Thread "HERO: Ancient Mariner by SUX" in forum "HA Characters"

Posted at 7:04AM, Apr. 16, 2013

I think the "Steam-powered Mariner" character concept would be a good fit for my suggested "Leviathan" story arc in the "Stories and Storylines" thread.
I've roughed up some character concept art for your comment (and for the practice :)). Since SHELL and Relik both already have a sleek exo-suit look I made this guy more bulky looking.
I think the upper body came out okay, but I'm a little smeh on the lower body. All comments welcome.

Posted at 8:04AM, Apr. 16, 2013

I like it, reminds me a little of a centurian in the armor.
I think the symbols and the face part of the helmet should be bio luminesent, since the ocean is pretty dark.
All in all, that is pretty close to how I was going to draw him up so it's great that you did that.
I think I have a name for the guy who discovers the suit. "Jules Savage" Combine the classic Jules Verne with Doc Savage of classic Pulp.

Posted at 5:04PM, Apr. 16, 2013

I modelled the general aesthetics off Greek and Roman soldiers, figuring that those civilisation would have been partly influenced by interactions with the Atlanteans.

Which would make it doubly-fitting if we can use an offshoot of the Evosians since the Evosians already have kind of a Graeco-Roman aesthetic to them. I PQed Nepath to see if he'd be cool with us doing that.

I can't get the bioluminescence looking good so I'm going to leave that aspect of it for now.

Personally I'm not a fan of the name 'Savage' for the character because it makes him sound, well, savage - I think the allusion to Doc Savage would be lost on a lot of people. I haven't come up with a better alternative, though. 'Verne' is great though and would work as a first or last name.

I'm personally envisioning him as a physically fit man in his mid-40s with salt-and-pepper beard/stubble. A professional (mostly marine) archaeologist with a science background and a couple of decades experience under his belt. It might be cool if he were of Indian ancestry. After all, Captain Nemo was from India. Hmm, 'Professor Verne Khan' maybe? A cross-cultural name for a cross-cultural background? Dunno about 'Khan', tho. Hmm….

Posted at 7:04PM, Apr. 16, 2013

hmmm, I like Jules for his name…maybe allude to another writer like HG Wells. Jules Wells or maybe Jules Doyle

Posted at 5:04PM, Apr. 17, 2013

For a superhero name how about 'The Ancient Mariner' (probably mostly shortened to 'Mariner' in practice)?

Call him whatever names ring true for you, tho - he's your character. :)

To use him in 'Leviathan' all I need is that his armour be Atlantean in origin and that he have good archaeological knowledge…

Posted at 9:04AM, Apr. 19, 2013

Ancient Mariner works out, And I like Jules Doyle since it really does invoke Jules Verne and Conan Doyle and their respected works.
And Yeah it can be Atlantean no prob :)