As some of you know, I'm currently writing Champions Villains -- a trilogy of books detailing the villains of the Champions Universe. Together all three books -- Volume 1 (Master Villains), Volume 2 (Villain Teams), and Volume 3 (Solo Villains) -- will feature over 300 supervillains!
To grace the covers of this fine series of books, we've gotten a superb triptych illustration from the Fraim Brothers, which I thought you'd enjoy seeing. The left third is for Volume 1, the middle third for Volume 2, and the right third for Volume 3. That way when you lay the books side-by-side on the table it forms one continuous tapestry of villainy!
Unfortunately there's only so much foreground room in which the artists could've put runners. Easier to assume the background guys, if not native flyers (such as Fenris, the character you mention) are leaping or something.
Unfortunately there's only so much foreground room in which the artists could've put runners. Easier to assume the background guys, if not native flyers (such as Fenris, the character you mention) are leaping or something.
The lizardly guy in the back right is Leviathan, a renegade Lemurian throwback.
Re: Menton, he's not depicted. We use a different appearance for him in the PnP RPG, so it's possible that he's the guy in the business suit on the left "under" Dr. Destroyer's legs. However, I actually think that's supposed to be Franklin Stone (who's sort of the "Lex Luthor" of the CU).
We are in fact considering doing one of those National Geographic style "grey silhouettes" of the illo with each villain numbered and identified.
Hmmm, thats a fun project, I might have to print it out and see if I can do that.
Question, is the woman to the left of Shadow D, Ista v'han?
Here is who I see in there so far.
Dr. D
Shadow D
Mechanon
Gigaton
Rakshasa
Hi Pan
Dark Seraph
Bloodstone
Hammer
Sickle
Mind Slayer
Bluejay
Foxbat
Black Harlequin
Mechassissin
Grond
Armadillo
Anklyosaur
Firewing
Ape-Plus
Gravitar
Fiacho
Here is a pic I uploaded with names, hard to read though.
I'd really like to see Anklyosaur in the game. I saw some concept art for him drawn up, but I guess he never made it. Maybe we'll see him when we get more dino-related content
Hehe I recognize a lot of faces on that cover, but many more are still unkown to me. Hopefully CO will expand with more of these interesting personalities showing up soon.
Hmmmm let's see how much of a Champions geek I am....
From Left to Right - Top to Bottom
Blond in blue with energy around her hands - can't remember but I know she has gravity powers
Mechanical thing - no idea
Guy in green tunic - no idea
Guy in red green and gold - no idea
Slug - Harbinger of the Elder Worm
Green tentacled thing - no idea
Dr. Destroyer - the REAL one
Franklin Stone
Ista Vahn (however it's spelled) - Queen of One Million Dimensions
Small figure right below her - not enough detail to tell - Thorn maybe?
Small orange figure - not enough detail to tell
Neutron
Holocaust
A Destroid
Shadow Dr. Destroyer
Person in shadow - not enough detail
Wizard in yellow - can't remember the name - Wearer of the Dragon Crown?
Mechanon
Person with fire powers - no idea - not enough detail
King Cobra
Warlord
Guy in blue and yellow - not enough detail
Dark Seraph
Person in purple and green - not enough detail
Greenish guy - not enough detail
Black Diamond
Blackstar
Mind Slayer
Sickle - of Hammer and Sickle
Guy in red and yellow - One of the Crowns - can't remember which
Binder
Durak
Cyclone
Girl in gold and black - no idea - Scorpia?
Guy in gold and black - no idea
Brain thing in the jar thing - no idea
Ape Plus
Blue Jay
Medusa
Hammer - of Hammer and Sickle
Feurmacher
Fiacho
Mentalla
Psi-mon
Cheshire Cat
Flying gray guy - no idea
Flying guy in a suit - can't remember- old school mystic
Thunderbolt
Guy in red and black/blue - no idea
FOX-BAT!
Howler
Black Knight
Fenris
Guy next to Fenris - no idea
Zig Zag
Black Harlequin
Blond in black and blue - no idea - Lady Blue?
Grond - RUN!
Pulsar
Shrinker
Anubis
Armadillo
Behind Grond on the right shoulder - Mechassassin
Firewing
Capt. Chronos
Sollitaire's Sister - name escapes me all the sudden
The Monster
The Alchemist? - something like that, he uses Lemurian magic and tech
Cateran
Leviathan
Ankylosaur
I gave up on the people in the far background because a lack of detail
I liked 3rd edition Mechanon better, but if this is how Mechanon looks, I'll be satisfied with it.
I hope to see multiple versions of Mechanon in game, including ultimately, the Mechanon that's a city and a small moon, "That's no moon..."
I liked 3rd edition Mechanon better, but if this is how Mechanon looks, I'll be satisfied with it.
I hope to see multiple versions of Mechanon in game, including ultimately, the Mechanon that's a city and a small moon, "That's no moon..."
Plus there's Installation Alpha-8, which is Mechanon's space station that orbits the moon!
*crosses fingers for Moon Zone*
Blond in blue with energy around her hands - can't remember but I know she has gravity powers: Gravitar
Mechanical thing - a Black Talon
Guy in green tunic - no idea (Joseph Otanga?)
Guy in red green and gold - no idea
Slug - Harbinger of the Elder Worm
Green tentacled thing - no idea
Dr. Destroyer - the REAL one
Franklin Stone
Ista Vahn (however it's spelled) - Queen of One Million Dimensions I think you are right, but this is a new look for her. Isn't she supposede to have white hair and dots on her cheeks?
Small figure right below her - not enough detail to tell - Thorn maybe?
Small orange figure - not enough detail to tell
Neutron
Holocaust
A Destroid
Shadow Dr. Destroyer
Person in shadow - not enough detail
Wizard in yellow - can't remember the name - Wearer of the Dragon Crown? No, thats Doctor Yin Wu, the Dragon Mandarin
Mechanon
Person with fire powers - no idea - not enough detail
King Cobra
Warlord
Guy in blue and yellow - not enough detail
Dark Seraph
Person in purple and green - not enough detail
Greenish guy - not enough detail
Black Diamond
Blackstar
Mind Slayer
Sickle - of Hammer and Sickle
Guy in red and yellow - One of the Crowns - can't remember which Bloodstone
Binder
Durak
Cyclone
Girl in gold and black - no idea - Scorpia? Tiger Lily
Guy in gold and black - no idea
Brain thing in the jar thing - no idea The Overbrain
Ape Plus
Blue Jay
Medusa
Hammer - of Hammer and Sickle
Feurmacher
Fiacho
Mentalla
Psi-mon
Cheshire Cat
Flying gray guy - no idea
Flying guy in a suit - can't remember- old school mystic
Thunderbolt
Guy in red and black/blue - no idea (Brainchild?)
FOX-BAT!
Howler
Black Knight
Fenris
Guy next to Fenris - no idea
Zig Zag
Black Harlequin
Blond in black and blue - no idea - Lady Blue? Esper
Grond - RUN!
Pulsar
Shrinker
Anubis
Armadillo
Behind Grond on the right shoulder - Mechassassin
Firewing
Capt. Chronos (yeah, but I had no idea his special effects were so swish)
Sollitaire's Sister - name escapes me all the sudden Talisman, Witchcraft's sister
The Monster
The Alchemist? - something like that, he uses Lemurian magic and tech Zorran the Artificer
Cateran
Leviathan
Ankylosaur
I'm interested in finding out who kung fu catguy is. He's gotta be a badass to run around in that getup.
He could be a Japanophile kind of like Sodom or Rufus from Street Fighter. An American looking ridiculous trying to act Asian but still kicks **** while doing it.
I'm interested in finding out who kung fu catguy is. He's gotta be a badass to run around in that getup.
His name's Cheshire Cat; he's a member of the group GRAB. He's actually one of the oldest villains in the CU; he's been around since one of the earliest supplements from 1981 or '82.
Relating to villains (one in particular). I posted the following in the "game bugs" thread, but I wanted to check with the PnP gurus here as well on this.
Regarding the mission Psidwinder (think that's the name of it). The mission in Canada where you fight mind-controlled VIPER agents and eventually fight Mind Slayer.
In the mission; Mind Slayer looked to be at least 6'6'' or so. The guy I teamed with in this mission was using a character that is 6'7" (scaled and built the character myself) and she was as tall as he is. She also looked different than I remember her looking in Stronghold Prison (hairstyle, outfit coloration, etc.)
The character I was using was Emerald, who is around 5'6" tall, and Mind Slayer towered over her.
Is Mind Slayer supposed to be that tall, or did a developer slip some growth potion into her psycho brownies?
With that posted; just how tall is Mind Slayer supposed to be? Is she a really tall amazon woman, or is she supposed to be average height more or less?
OK, since most of the guesses have come in, I'll do a complete list. Thanx to Lohr for the numbered version of the illo.
*snip*
I think y'all got pretty much all of 'em!
I love the pic...I hope that's what we see coming at us on the last day of the Anniversary event
No Ripper? He was a fave of my PnP group back in the day. So fun to see him in the game, although I liked his original art better and they really should have kept him at Stronghold.
There's no Ripper because he doesn't appear in these three books. He's a member of VIPER's Dragon Branch, so he'll appear in the VIPER supplement, when we get around to revamping it for 6E.
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Armadillo looks like Grond just stomped on him.
Looks mega cool anyways.
Theres lots that I dont even recognize :eek:
However, I find it funny what the picture is centered on
I don't forsee him doing too well when Grond catches up with the rest of the group
Where is Menton in that pic?
Oh yeah....These guys, all of them...they need to be ingame....Now
Re: Menton, he's not depicted. We use a different appearance for him in the PnP RPG, so it's possible that he's the guy in the business suit on the left "under" Dr. Destroyer's legs. However, I actually think that's supposed to be Franklin Stone (who's sort of the "Lex Luthor" of the CU).
We are in fact considering doing one of those National Geographic style "grey silhouettes" of the illo with each villain numbered and identified.
Question, is the woman to the left of Shadow D, Ista v'han?
Here is who I see in there so far.
Dr. D
Shadow D
Mechanon
Gigaton
Rakshasa
Hi Pan
Dark Seraph
Bloodstone
Hammer
Sickle
Mind Slayer
Bluejay
Foxbat
Black Harlequin
Mechassissin
Grond
Armadillo
Anklyosaur
Firewing
Ape-Plus
Gravitar
Fiacho
Here is a pic I uploaded with names, hard to read though.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Mavrycke/Champions#5504215927296451746
And here is a numbered PDF file. There are number of them I can't figure out.
Catdude in the front is Cheshire Cat!
Also, that version of Dr. D is awesome.
Try using white text?
From Left to Right - Top to Bottom
Blond in blue with energy around her hands - can't remember but I know she has gravity powers
Mechanical thing - no idea
Guy in green tunic - no idea
Guy in red green and gold - no idea
Slug - Harbinger of the Elder Worm
Green tentacled thing - no idea
Dr. Destroyer - the REAL one
Franklin Stone
Ista Vahn (however it's spelled) - Queen of One Million Dimensions
Small figure right below her - not enough detail to tell - Thorn maybe?
Small orange figure - not enough detail to tell
Neutron
Holocaust
A Destroid
Shadow Dr. Destroyer
Person in shadow - not enough detail
Wizard in yellow - can't remember the name - Wearer of the Dragon Crown?
Mechanon
Person with fire powers - no idea - not enough detail
King Cobra
Warlord
Guy in blue and yellow - not enough detail
Dark Seraph
Person in purple and green - not enough detail
Greenish guy - not enough detail
Black Diamond
Blackstar
Mind Slayer
Sickle - of Hammer and Sickle
Guy in red and yellow - One of the Crowns - can't remember which
Binder
Durak
Cyclone
Girl in gold and black - no idea - Scorpia?
Guy in gold and black - no idea
Brain thing in the jar thing - no idea
Ape Plus
Blue Jay
Medusa
Hammer - of Hammer and Sickle
Feurmacher
Fiacho
Mentalla
Psi-mon
Cheshire Cat
Flying gray guy - no idea
Flying guy in a suit - can't remember- old school mystic
Thunderbolt
Guy in red and black/blue - no idea
FOX-BAT!
Howler
Black Knight
Fenris
Guy next to Fenris - no idea
Zig Zag
Black Harlequin
Blond in black and blue - no idea - Lady Blue?
Grond - RUN!
Pulsar
Shrinker
Anubis
Armadillo
Behind Grond on the right shoulder - Mechassassin
Firewing
Capt. Chronos
Sollitaire's Sister - name escapes me all the sudden
The Monster
The Alchemist? - something like that, he uses Lemurian magic and tech
Cateran
Leviathan
Ankylosaur
I gave up on the people in the far background because a lack of detail
I am such a fanboy!
Mind Slayer in front, center, and lookin' great...this is a fantastic bonus since she's my fav character in the Champs IP.
If the interior artwork of the books are that quality; I'll be grabbing a copy.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to setup my new desktop wallpaper.
24 - Zorran The Artificer
25 - Captain Chronos
28 - Esper
38 - I'm thinking maybe an updated Warlord, or a Black Talon suit
55 - Blackstar
62 - Brainchild
65 - Zigzag
I hope to see multiple versions of Mechanon in game, including ultimately, the Mechanon that's a city and a small moon, "That's no moon..."
Plus there's Installation Alpha-8, which is Mechanon's space station that orbits the moon!
*crosses fingers for Moon Zone*
Blond in blue with energy around her hands - can't remember but I know she has gravity powers: Gravitar
Mechanical thing - a Black Talon
Guy in green tunic - no idea (Joseph Otanga?)
Guy in red green and gold - no idea
Slug - Harbinger of the Elder Worm
Green tentacled thing - no idea
Dr. Destroyer - the REAL one
Franklin Stone
Ista Vahn (however it's spelled) - Queen of One Million Dimensions I think you are right, but this is a new look for her. Isn't she supposede to have white hair and dots on her cheeks?
Small figure right below her - not enough detail to tell - Thorn maybe?
Small orange figure - not enough detail to tell
Neutron
Holocaust
A Destroid
Shadow Dr. Destroyer
Person in shadow - not enough detail
Wizard in yellow - can't remember the name - Wearer of the Dragon Crown? No, thats Doctor Yin Wu, the Dragon Mandarin
Mechanon
Person with fire powers - no idea - not enough detail
King Cobra
Warlord
Guy in blue and yellow - not enough detail
Dark Seraph
Person in purple and green - not enough detail
Greenish guy - not enough detail
Black Diamond
Blackstar
Mind Slayer
Sickle - of Hammer and Sickle
Guy in red and yellow - One of the Crowns - can't remember which Bloodstone
Binder
Durak
Cyclone
Girl in gold and black - no idea - Scorpia? Tiger Lily
Guy in gold and black - no idea
Brain thing in the jar thing - no idea The Overbrain
Ape Plus
Blue Jay
Medusa
Hammer - of Hammer and Sickle
Feurmacher
Fiacho
Mentalla
Psi-mon
Cheshire Cat
Flying gray guy - no idea
Flying guy in a suit - can't remember- old school mystic
Thunderbolt
Guy in red and black/blue - no idea (Brainchild?)
FOX-BAT!
Howler
Black Knight
Fenris
Guy next to Fenris - no idea
Zig Zag
Black Harlequin
Blond in black and blue - no idea - Lady Blue? Esper
Grond - RUN!
Pulsar
Shrinker
Anubis
Armadillo
Behind Grond on the right shoulder - Mechassassin
Firewing
Capt. Chronos (yeah, but I had no idea his special effects were so swish)
Sollitaire's Sister - name escapes me all the sudden Talisman, Witchcraft's sister
The Monster
The Alchemist? - something like that, he uses Lemurian magic and tech Zorran the Artificer
Cateran
Leviathan
Ankylosaur
That is just because all bald men look alike.
I like the guy above him in the suit and cape who is seems to be rocking out.
He could be a Japanophile kind of like Sodom or Rufus from Street Fighter. An American looking ridiculous trying to act Asian but still kicks **** while doing it.
His name's Cheshire Cat; he's a member of the group GRAB. He's actually one of the oldest villains in the CU; he's been around since one of the earliest supplements from 1981 or '82.
Yes, that's Istvatha V'han, Empress of a Billion Dimensions.
1. Kinematik
2. Dr. Destroyer
3. Franklin Stone (possibly Menton -- both look similar)
4. Gigaton
5. Holocaust
6. Mechanon
7. Durak
8. Bloodstone
9. Binder
10. Medusa
11. Bluejay
12. Hammer
13. Cheshire Cat
14. Black Paladin
15. Pulsar
16. Shrinker
17. Anubis
18. Armadillo
19. The Monster
20. Talisman
21. Ankylosaur
22. Leviathan
23. Cateran
24. Zorran the Artificer
25. Captain Chronos
26. Grond
27. Mechassassin
28. Esper
29. Howler
30. Thunderbolt I
31. Fiacho
32. Psimon
33. Ape-Plus
34. Mentalla
35. The Overbrain
36. Mind Slayer
37. Sickle
38. The Warlord
39. Dr. Yin Wu
40. Copper Spear
41. The Slug
42. Slither
43. Joseph Otanga
44. Victrian Walker
45. Gravitar
46. Istvatha V'han, Empress of a Billion Dimensions
47. Shadow Destroyer
48. A Destroid robot
49. King Cobra
50. Just background filler, I think
51. More background filler I think; this doesn't seem to match anyone I can recall.
52. Black Diamond
53. Dark Seraph
54. Orion
55. Blackstar
56. Hypnos
57. Tiger Lily
58. Cyclone
59. Feuermacher
60. The Demonologist
61. Warhammer
62. Brainchild
63. Foxbat
64. Black Harlequin
65. ZigZag
66. Firewing
67. Stormfront
68. Fenris
I think y'all got pretty much all of 'em!
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Regarding the mission Psidwinder (think that's the name of it). The mission in Canada where you fight mind-controlled VIPER agents and eventually fight Mind Slayer.
In the mission; Mind Slayer looked to be at least 6'6'' or so. The guy I teamed with in this mission was using a character that is 6'7" (scaled and built the character myself) and she was as tall as he is. She also looked different than I remember her looking in Stronghold Prison (hairstyle, outfit coloration, etc.)
The character I was using was Emerald, who is around 5'6" tall, and Mind Slayer towered over her.
Is Mind Slayer supposed to be that tall, or did a developer slip some growth potion into her psycho brownies?
Listing this just in case there was an oops.
Feedback appreciated.
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With that posted; just how tall is Mind Slayer supposed to be? Is she a really tall amazon woman, or is she supposed to be average height more or less?
I love the pic...I hope that's what we see coming at us on the last day of the Anniversary event
No Ripper? He was a fave of my PnP group back in the day. So fun to see him in the game, although I liked his original art better and they really should have kept him at Stronghold.
There's no Ripper because he doesn't appear in these three books. He's a member of VIPER's Dragon Branch, so he'll appear in the VIPER supplement, when we get around to revamping it for 6E.