Showing posts with label Superhero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Superhero. Show all posts

Friday, July 14, 2017

Lady Fantomex


Lady Fantomex has one of those great superhero names that tells you exactly what she is: a lady version of Fantomex. She pretty much just has the power to run well in a coat, and is a great marksman. Once a member of the Psylocke led Uncanny X-Force, I have no idea what's happened to her since... because modern comics are a terrible, badly-written mess.

Monday, January 2, 2017

Jubilee


Jubilee - Mutant firecracker, Wolverine side-kick, mall-rat... vampire! She was one of the best things about the X-Men in the 90's, and also one of the best things about the 90's X-Men cartoon. Even one of the best things about X-Men: Apocalypse, despite barely being in it! She can throw plasma 'firecrackers' or mini-explosions of bright light and can wear a yellow (plastic I'm guessing!) trench coat like nobody's business.

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Polaris - Uncanny X-Men


Polaris is Magneto's only daughter. Take that not-even-a-mutant-anymore Scarlet Witch! She inherited her father's power of magnetism, and more than a little bit of crazy. Either the most capable member of a team or a borderline lunatic, depending on the writer, she's also had a lot of really wacky costumes. Like this somehow amazing purple mash-up she wore when rejoining the X-Men.

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Colleen Wing


Colleen Wing is a trained samurai and martial artist. Able to pull off being a natural redhead, despite being half-Japanese, AND a skintight white catsuit with sneakers. With Misty Knight she is one half of the 'Daughters of the Dragon'.

Misty Knight


Misty Knight is a bad-ass former cop turned private investigator,  bounty-hunter and sometime superhero. Injured on the job, her right arm was replaced with a bionic one invented by Iron Man. Known for consistently rocking a pretty sweet afro and being one half of the 'Daughters of the Dragon' with Colleen Wing.

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Magik


Magik (Illyana Rasputin) is a teleporting mutant who was sucked into the demonic Limbo dimension as a child (great job babysitting X-Men!). Growing up there as a slave of the demon Belasco, she learnt both good and evil magic. Ultimately creating her Soulsword from... well part of her soul. She also began manifesting more and more metallic armor over her classic New Mutants costume, kind of like the ultimate in over-accessorising.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Invisible Woman


The Invisible Woman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Woman), or Sue Storm, is an original member of the Fantastic Four. The prototype rocket ship crash and space radiation that gave all the Fantastic Four their powers (rather than say, death or a bunch of cancer), endowed her with the ability to turn herself and other objects invisible and generate similarly invisible force fields.

Monday, October 3, 2016

Scarlet Witch - Transian


The Scarlet Witch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Witch) has been a long time member of the Avengers. During a period where she was experimenting with 'chaos magic' she wore this costume in a nod to her heritage as a Transian itinerant. It's ridiculous and impractical for combat on several levels... So of course I love it.
Getting The Look
You will need access to the Amazon Fury, Part 1 & 2 DLC, and a CR of 100 to obtain the signature headdress and leg style.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)


Captain Marvel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Danvers) is an Avenger and all around tough lady. She retired her awesome 60's bathing suit costume in favour of this military-esque getup, at the same time upgrading her codename from Ms. to Captain. She also got a pretty great haircut while she was at it, so it was a busy week for her.
Getting The Look
This is based on the original version of Carol Danver's Captain Marvel costume, rather than the current version that features slightly different details, a more muscular physique and a much shorter haircut.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Domino - X-Force Black


Domino (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_(comics)) accidentally (or 'luckily', see what I did there?! SHE DOESN'T HAVE LUCK POWERS!) stumbled into one of Wolverine's X-Force operations, shot a bunch of clones, and became part of the team.
Getting The Look
X-Force was drawn by two very different artists, who took turns doing the arcs. For some reason they drew Domino's costume so differently, it might as well have been two entirely different outfits. So I'm going to do them both (because you didn't demand it, and no-one is reading this anyway)! The first is the version as rendered by Clayton Crain. In general his art on X-Force, though amazing, was so dark it was hard to make out little details... Like what the fuck people were wearing. So from what I can tell Domino's uniform was basically a black collared combat outfit, with some cleave, holsters and pouches.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Storm - Punk


Storm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_(Marvel_Comics)) is a mutant, and arguably the most recognisable of the female X-Men. In the 80's she transformed from a buttoned up weather "goddess" into a leather wearing, mohawk-ed (that's a word!), punk.
Getting The Look
In what might be the shortest blog post ever, all but one style needed to create this look is available at character creation. If you're building this look with a pre-existing character you can find any styles you haven't already collected at the vendors in the Hall of Doom/Watchtower.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Rachel Grey - Jean Grey School


After returning from space Rachel Grey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Summers) hung out at the Jean Grey School in Wolverine And The X-Men, but was only shown teaching once that I can remember. She probably spent the rest of her time seeing a therapist to try and figure out why she likes spikes so much. Despite the fact that they were part of her original hound costume; given to her by the people that imprisoned, tortured and forced her to hunt down other mutants to be slaughtered.

Getting The Look
Even though this costume makes no sense from a character perspective, I still love it. Pouches, the spikes, a jacket which is really just long strips of material whipping around... What's not to love.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Mystique - Spy


Mystique (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystique_%28comics%29) was coerced by Professor Xavier and Forge into running around the world in a halter top on secret missions. Kind of like Alias, but instead of wigs there was actual shapeshifting.
Getting The Look
Far easier than Mystique's original style to put together, this is a good option if you're working your way up to the Amazon content, or if you want to roleplay as Mystique on the hero side.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Stacy X


Stacy X (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_X) is probably most famous for having worked as a mutant 'prostitute' before joining the X-Men. Technically there was no touching, but I guess using your tactile mutant pheromone powers to get someone off is the same thing. Hated by a good deal of fans (not me!) her last official scene as one of the X-Men was skipping rope naked on a VHS tape. The only thing to be embarrassed about there is that she was still recording to VHS.
Getting The Look
Stacy X wore a very simple, and very revealing costume. The main part of her aesthetic is her mutant snakeskin. A striking look that few artists took the time or effort to get right (if you're interested read Uncanny X-Men #399. The art, and Stacy's introduction are both great).