Retreating from Sanity

for question #3, would this be Gareth Thomas AKA Red Dragon? from Sentry (1st series)#4, he represented Wales for the S.H.E (Super Heroes of Europe), he was killed by the Void and replaced by a new female Red Dragon

i don't know i'm just guessing this one?

#6 is another guess, could this be Morph from Exiles (he's a metamorph, and he usually turns into funny looking shapes, creatures and he can usually be spotted easily, except for a few occasions when he can appear spott on looking exactly like the person he intended to impersonate)

anyway, i'm positive 3 is right but 6 is a pure guess

Necroleaf wrote:

for question #3, would this be Gareth Thomas AKA Red Dragon? from Sentry (1st series)#4, he represented Wales for the S.H.E (Super Heroes of Europe), he was killed by the Void and replaced by a new female Red Dragon

i don't know i'm just guessing this one?

#6 is another guess, could this be Morph from Exiles (he's a metamorph, and he usually turns into funny looking shapes, creatures and he can usually be spotted easily, except for a few occasions when he can appear spott on looking exactly like the person he intended to impersonate)

anyway, i'm positive 3 is right but 6 is a pure guess

You are spot on for #3, it is Gareth Thomas AKA Red Dragon
#6 is a good guess, but no. Sorry.

1 -
2 - Kitty Pryde
3 - Red Dragon
4 - Prof X
5 -
6 -
7 - Nightcrawler

2 points for Kat
1 point for lggp
1 point for pared2
1 point for Zookeeper
1 point for Necroleaf

1 Uncanny X-Men 153
6 Cessily Kincaid/Mercury

Zookeeper wrote:

1 Uncanny X-Men 153
6 Cessily Kincaid/Mercury

1 - Uncanny X-Men 153
2 - Kitty Pryde
3 - Red Dragon
4 - Prof X
5 - Angel/Archangel/Avenging Angel/(Angel of) Death/Dark Angel
6 - Cessily Kincaid/Mercury
7 - Nightcrawler

3 points for Zookeeper
2 points for Kat
1 point for lggp
1 point for pared2
1 point for Necroleaf

So, this round is complete, with Zoo earning a fabulous prize! (insert sarcasm here).
Either way, he has the right to request a micro.
I'll post these micros with his gift (and the Betsy I owe Kat) most likely tomorrow

1 - Whenever Colossus is part of the fastball special, he's usually not the projectile... which issue has this law reversed? - Kitty's Fairy Tale (Uncanny X-Men #153)


2 - This sprite has never been known to fly, save for one alternate universe. Who is this sprite? - Kitty Pryde


3 - This winged hero died almost as soon as s/he was introduced. Someone from the same coutry has already assumed the mantle, and replaced this character as part of the same organization. - Red Dragon I


4 - This well-known mutant is a surrogate parent to many, but fails with his/her own child - Charles Xavier.


5 - This mutant's codename has taken many permutations, usually around the same theme - Angel/Archangel/Avenging Angel/(Angel of) Death/Dark Angel


6 - This metamorph can assume many shapes, though only one is human, albeit not one passably flat-scan - Mercury

I noticed that Necroleaf's version is different than mine, so I'll be making a version based on his look too.

7 - This mutant's codename has nothing to do with the actual animal who shares his/her name - Nightcrawler


And here are the gifts I've made.
Kat wanted Australian Outback Psylocke


And Zoo wanted Banshee from X-Men: First Class the movie


Credit to: Joffre, Darkling, Anth, and Rayne for hair; Joffre for his Pirate Kitty micro that I used as a ref; Anth and Necrolaef whose Angel micros I based mine off of; Anth and alpha for Warren's wings (Kitty's and Piotr's I made myself); Anth for Kurt's micro as a reference; and MicroManED for the XFC uniforms which I based mine off of for Banshee.
Enjoy!

You know I love those Psylockes! And those Kitty's Fairy Tale ones are perfect! I always loved that story! Especially the 'Pini' Preserver.

This set is great. Love the last angel one, and cessily. Nightcrawler looks great too. Love the Banshees, thanks. The only bad spot is that hideous outfit on Xavier, but that isn't your fault...

I really enjoy the Mercury one, but to be honest i'm kinda tired of some characters that are overdone... (like angel which has already like 1000 kinds of sprites)

I wished some rare x-men allies and enemies would be done more often, like Black Tom, Mesmero and most of all the Dark Riders which have only one set made of them, that is kinda sad next to the million of angels and arcangels we already have.

Anyway they are still very well done, bravo.

I love all of them, but Banshee and Pyslocke incredible!

Kat wrote:

You know I love those Psylockes! And those Kitty's Fairy Tale ones are perfect! I always loved that story! Especially the 'Pini' Preserver.

I do; I'm glad the set entertains you, and that you like the gifts!

Zookeeper wrote:

This set is great. Love the last angel one, and cessily. Nightcrawler looks great too. Love the Banshees, thanks. The only bad spot is that hideous outfit on Xavier, but that isn't your fault...

Thanks Zoo! Hahaha, no I can't do anything about it.

Senyaka wrote:

I really enjoy the Mercury one, but to be honest i'm kinda tired of some characters that are overdone... (like angel which has already like 1000 kinds of sprites)

I wished some rare x-men allies and enemies would be done more often, like Black Tom, Mesmero and most of all the Dark Riders which have only one set made of them, that is kinda sad next to the million of angels and arcangels we already have.

Anyway they are still very well done, bravo.

I'm sorry you are fed up of seeing multiple micros/sprites of 'overdone' characters, but as my over-arcing project is to make every look of every character, you'll be seeing a lot more of the well known characters, they just have more looks.
However, that being said, I've made some rare characters too.
Also, implying that someone's micros are boring isn't a good way to get them to micro what you want. Your pandering and soliciting for certain micros is understandable, but also, please consider that I put some time and effort into my micros. If you don't like them, that's fine. But keep comments like that to yourself.
I'd been toying with making the Dark Riders, but your rudeness just turns me off from the set. I think I'll put them back on the back burner for a while more (I realize this may sound rude, but it's the simplest way to say that microers don't like being told what to do - asking is better than insulting or telling them off).

cyclops wrote:

I love all of them, but Banshee and Pyslocke incredible!

Thanks. The Banshee turned out a lot better than I'd hoped.

Nice work! Kitty's costumes look especially great, as do they XMFC Banshees!

Epic work!!!
Dark Angel is my favorite!
but all of them are amazing!
Love your shading!

pared2 wrote:

Nice work! Kitty's costumes look especially great, as do they XMFC Banshees!

Thanks pared. Banshee and Piotr are my faves from this set; I don't know that I can explain why.

DragonBurger wrote:

Epic work!!!
Dark Angel is my favorite!
but all of them are amazing!
Love your shading!

Thanks DragonBurger!

I've been working along today and I have some more micros to add to another set.
But first, the clues!
1 - This X-student shares a name with a character who has had his own Disney film, as well as appearing in a wellknown Dreamworks series
2 - This chica can really hold the leash (this is a pun on the codename)
3 - Not all mutant powers rock. Sometimes they backfire on the wielder. Just ask this fiery redhead
4 - One half of a crime fighting duo, this half really cuts through the shady stuff
5 - This second in command has actively conspired to use and dethrone the one he held up as the ideal
6 - Cypher isn't the only mutant with language powers, this one warps words in his/her own way
7 - This stripper can really shake things up, after all, she does become the right hand of a king

1. The Beast?

Zookeeper wrote:

1. The Beast?

Nope

Knowing nothing about why you are asking questions, I'd laugh if 4 was Dagger XD

1 Pinochio
2 Tether
6 Trista
7 Angel... Um, the one not Warren...

Fallen Angel wrote:

Knowing nothing about why you are asking questions, I'd laugh if 4 was Dagger XD

Because I've decided to make it more interesting to post micros - guess the characters and earn points. Highest point count gets to request a micro.
and yes, 4 is Dagger.

Zookeeper wrote:

1 Pinochio
2 Tether
6 Trista
7 Angel... Um, the one not Warren...

Correct.

1 - Pinochio
2 - Tether
3 -
4 - Dagger
5 -
6 - Trista
7 - Angel S

4 points for Zookeeper
1 point for Kelly/FA

For number 3 wasnt Chamber a redhead? his powers definitely "backfired" what with the whole blowing open his chest and jaw deal that happened

3 Firestar
5... good luck with that

Fallen Angel wrote:

For number 3 wasnt Chamber a redhead? his powers definitely "backfired" what with the whole blowing open his chest and jaw deal that happened

it did blow up in his face, but he's usually seen as a brunette, and not a ginger.

Zookeeper wrote:

3 Firestar
5... good luck with that

3 is right, Firestar got cancer because of her powers.
5: Hahaha

1 - Pinochio
2 - Tether
3 - Firestar
4 - Dagger
5 -
6 - Trista
7 - Angel S

5 points for Zookeeper
1 point for Kelly/FA

The last batch looks fantastic Spaz
Pete, Kitty, Gareth, Xavier, Warren, Cessily, Kurt, Betsy and Sean are wonderful
for question 5 it's either Exodus or Fabian Cortez
still well done!!

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I'm sorry you are fed up of seeing multiple micros/sprites of 'overdone' characters, but as my over-arcing project is to make every look of every character, you'll be seeing a lot more of the well known characters, they just have more looks.
However, that being said, I've made some rare characters too.
Also, implying that someone's micros are boring isn't a good way to get them to micro what you want. Your pandering and soliciting for certain micros is understandable, but also, please consider that I put some time and effort into my micros. If you don't like them, that's fine. But keep comments like that to yourself.
I'd been toying with making the Dark Riders, but your rudeness just turns me off from the set. I think I'll put them back on the back burner for a while more (I realize this may sound rude, but it's the simplest way to say that microers don't like being told what to do - asking is better than insulting or telling them off).

Lol, that wasn't my intention at all, don't get me wrong the micros itself are more than perfect, I was just saying some characters (not your micros) are boring to myself as I'm seeing them like a million times already, that has nothing to do with your skill of creating micros silly, they are perfect!
And of course i've seen many unique ones aswel, I was just tired of seeing angel for the 100st time, but again that doesn't say they are ugly at all, its something with the character itself not with your work. :p

I'm sorry if this would seem like an attack on YOUR work as it wasn't, it was more against the character itself.

5. Shinbobi Shaw?

Man - these questions get answered so quickly...I never stand a chance.

Necroleaf wrote:

The last batch looks fantastic Spaz
Pete, Kitty, Gareth, Xavier, Warren, Cessily, Kurt, Betsy and Sean are wonderful
for question 5 it's either Exodus or Fabian Cortez
still well done!!

Thanks Necroleaf! As for #5, you got it, it's Cortez.

Senyaka wrote:

Lol, that wasn't my intention at all, don't get me wrong the micros itself are more than perfect, I was just saying some characters (not your micros) are boring to myself as I'm seeing them like a million times already, that has nothing to do with your skill of creating micros silly, they are perfect!
And of course i've seen many unique ones aswel, I was just tired of seeing angel for the 100st time, but again that doesn't say they are ugly at all, its something with the character itself not with your work. :p

I'm sorry if this would seem like an attack on YOUR work as it wasn't, it was more against the character itself.

Fair enough.
Thank you for the compliment on the micros. I get what you mean about seeing the same characters over and over - there are some I simply hate seeing (a lot of the big name characters who aren't mutants are a personal peeve).
Hopefully, some of the micros I post each batch will have something for you to get from them.

pared2 wrote:

5. Shinbobi Shaw?

Man - these questions get answered so quickly...I never stand a chance.

Nope, sorry. For the questions, I guess it all comes down to timing.


1 - Pinocchio
2 - Tether
3 - Firestar
4 - Dagger
5 - Fabian Cortez
6 - Trista
7 - Angel S

5 points for Zookeeper
1 point for Kelly/FA
1 point for Necroleaf

Zoo has picked his prize, so I'll be making that today and, if lucky, will be posting the batch later tonight.