Artistic Challenge 18: Mantles - An Amalgam sorta (Assignments Posted)

[Pyroclasm]

Here is the new Artistic Challenge thread!
This month is a twist from the standard Amalgam challenge.  Your character is still the same character you've chosen.  Only in this challenge's reality, he/she has taken over the position of another character.  This idea was inspired by Captain America's untimely death.  So it's like "What If..." <Your Chosen Character> took over the role of <Randomly Assigned Character>.  (i.e. when Spider-man became Captain Universe, Scorpion became Venom, Azrael became Batman, etc.)

1) Sign up by naming your intended base character regardless of universe.  (If you choose an avatar, it must be from the Avatar Permissions list, and one not previously used in Challenge 15.
2) On July 1st I will randomly give you either a mantle from any universe, or one specifically tailored to the universe you've chosen.  I'm not sure yet which way will be more fun, so opinions on that would be good.
3) Start posting as soon as your image is done.  "Bonus points" for coming up with a cool origin to go with the design.

This challenge ends on July 31st.  If you want join this challenge anytime in July or finished and want another go, just ask to sign up and I will give you your assignment.  After July 31st, I will not give out new assignments for this challenge.

IF you want the added difficulty of being told a random art style to attempt, please indicate so in your signup post. (This may include but is not limited to Kirby, Timm, Anime, etc.)
Also...
IF you want to be given a random theme from the randomizer, please indicate so in your signup post. Niether option is mandatory.

Rules:
1) It must be your art.  No reposting or "kitbashing" of other people's art.  Obviously it's an honor system, but you don't wanna get called out on it and end up ruining it for others.
2) Nothing from Freedom Force or City of Heroes/Villains.  (Both have their own sections on FR.) If you make something (like a skin) that coincides with your art entry, you can link to the another thread.
3) Although technically not a work in progress thread, you can update the image in your post at any time.  You can also create a new thread featuring your work in progress and link to it.  I just don't want other artist's work buried under repeated postings of your progress.
4) Forum rules still govern subject matter.

Remember this is open to artists of all levels and all styles!

Here is the preliminary list of Mantle assignment candidates:
[spoiler]Batman
Blue Beetle
Captain America
Captain Universe
Green Goblin
Green Lantern
Herald of Galactus
Iron Man
Punisher
Sorcerer Supreme
(Hell)Spawn
Spectre
Superman
Venom
Watcher
Wonder Woman (Amazon Warrior Leader)
(If you have additional suggestions, add them to your post or send them to me via PM.)[/spoiler]
More to be added...

Start Drawing! :thumbup:

[gdaybloke]

Okay, so I've yet to post my entry for 17, but I'm still in for this one... heh.

[Pyroclasm]

Heh.  Then name your base character.  :P

Me, I'm gonna name...
She-Hulk

[style]

I would love to do, what if Robin took over the mantle of Batman! :thumbup: I already have the picture in my head! :blink:

[gdaybloke]

You and your wacky rules, Bamph...

Okay, um... what if someone else took over the role of me!

[Pyroclasm]

Hmmmm....let me reiterate.  You are naming a character who will take over the role of someone else (who is randomly assigned).
So in your case, Gday, it would be what if Graham Day took over the role of <Random Assignment Here> ;)
Sorry it's a bit confusing.  Had a hell of a time writing out the theme.

Oh, and the beginnings of the mantle list pool is at the end of the first post.  If anyone has additional ideas for it, add them to your post or pm me. (Not all will be used.  All will be considered.)

Oh, and do you guys want the mantle to be specific to your character's universe, or a complete multiverse crossover?

[gdaybloke]

Oooh, so it's what is (nominated character) took on another role, as opposed to what if another character took on (nominated role)?

In that case, I nominate Nien Nunb, just to see how many people have to hit Google to find out who the hell he is.

As for a Mantle, I'll suggest The Watcher.

(for precedent, X-51/Machine Man/Aaron Stack took up the mantle of Watcher in the Earth X series after Uatu was rendered incapable of fulfilling his duties)

[psychopanda]

Base character: Blue Beetle (Ted Kord).

I'll suggest Thor as a mantle.

[Rick Battlemage]

I choose Nightcrawler

And I suggest Dr. Strange as a mantle

[The Hitman]

Howard the Duck!

And... The Spectre as a mantle?

[daglob]

Well, I enjoyed the last one, so:

base character: Valkyrie (from The Defenders)

Mantle: Ambush Bug

[Revenant]

I'll use Wonder Girl (Cassie) as my base character...

and i nominate Blue Devil as the randomly assigned mantle.

[UnkoMan]

As always, I sign up. And I think I'll take Toxic J as my character, if that's alright.

I'll sugest Blue Beetle as an obvious mantle character. I will also toss out some other names to be considered; Wonder Woman, The Phantom, The Shadow, and Aquaman.

EDIT: Oh... I guess I'll throw in random theme, too, if you see this. For kicks.

[daglob]

As always, I sign up. And I think I'll take Toxic J as my character, if that's alright.

I'll sugest Blue Beetle as an obvious mantle character. I will also toss out some other names to be considered; Wonder Woman, The Phantom, The Shadow, and Aquaman.

Ah, but WHICH Blue Beetle? And The Phantom already has a syem built in for someone to take over his legacy...

But... One of my Champions players has a character with  legacy like The Phantom. He came up with a way for a line of heroes to be broken and yet still "keep it in the family".

[psychopanda]

As always, I sign up. And I think I'll take Toxic J as my character, if that's alright.

I'll sugest Blue Beetle as an obvious mantle character. I will also toss out some other names to be considered; Wonder Woman, The Phantom, The Shadow, and Aquaman.

I'll offer Toxic J as a mantle then. :P

(I already claimed Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) as my base....no reason the other beetles couldn't be used though)

Another interesting mantle character would be Galactus or more likely, a herald of Galactus.

[Pyroclasm]

Ah, but WHICH Blue Beetle? And The Phantom already has a system built in for someone to take over his legacy...

I'll offer Toxic J as a mantle then. :P

(I already claimed Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) as my base....no reason the other beetles couldn't be used though)

The mantle is independent of the person wearing it.  That's the point.  The Blue Beetle mantle has already been passed on to two other characters.  It doesn't matter which BB, because it's going to be passed on to yet someone else (the base character).
Toxic J isn't a mantle for this reason.  He's who he is, and nothing in his origin suggests his power/identity could be passed on.

[daglob]

Ah, but WHICH Blue Beetle? And The Phantom already has a system built in for someone to take over his legacy...

I'll offer Toxic J as a mantle then. :P

(I already claimed Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) as my base....no reason the other beetles couldn't be used though)

The mantle is independent of the person wearing it.  That's the point.  The Blue Beetle mantle has already been passed on to two other characters.  It doesn't matter which BB, because it's going to be passed on to yet someone else (the base character).
Toxic J isn't a mantle for this reason.  He's who he is, and nothing in his origin suggests his power/identity could be passed on.

I don't know enough about Toxic J to be sure, but part of the fun could be trying to come up with ways to assume a character's mantle, even (or especially) those that have powers and abilities not readily "transferrable". As an example, John Henry Irons building himself a suit of powered armor and becoming "Superman", or, of course, Ted Cord building all that gadgetry so that he could replace Dan Garrett.
Of course, if we all did this, it would get REAL old REAL fast, like by the second or third entry.

I hadn't thought of it, but Valkyrie could be on either list, since she was a set of powers bestowed on a mortal at one time.

[Revenant]

If Blue Devil isn't a mantle hero, I'll suggest Wonder Woman.. it would be interesting to see a man take on the mantle of Amazing Amazon.  How would a guy, like Punisher or Nightwing deal with being the representative of an island of women?  (he he he.. maybe that'll be an easy one after all... )

[psychopanda]

If Blue Devil isn't a mantle hero, I'll suggest Wonder Woman.. it would be interesting to see a man take on the mantle of Amazing Amazon.  How would a guy, like Punisher or Nightwing deal with being the representative of an island of women?  (he he he.. maybe that'll be an easy one after all... )

If memory serves...Blue Devil was just a costume and a pitchfork. Don't see why someone else couldn't adopt that mantle?

[daglob]

If Blue Devil isn't a mantle hero, I'll suggest Wonder Woman.. it would be interesting to see a man take on the mantle of Amazing Amazon.  How would a guy, like Punisher or Nightwing deal with being the representative of an island of women?  (he he he.. maybe that'll be an easy one after all... )

If memory serves...Blue Devil was just a costume and a pitchfork. Don't see why someone else couldn't adopt that mantle?

Ah! But it was a high-tech, animatronic costume, with built in special effect (we would call them super-powers), that somehow got welded to the wearer's skin.

You know... same ol' same ol'

[Pyroclasm]

If anyone has additional ideas for it, add them to your post or pm me. (Not all will be used.  All will be considered.)

If memory serves...Blue Devil was just a costume and a pitchfork. Don't see why someone else couldn't adopt that mantle?

Blue Devil started off as a costume, but became an actual blue devil.
If I don't feel it fits the spirit of the challenge, I'm not adding it.  Not just any old character will fit the theme of the assignment.  If that were the case, I wouldn't have asked for suggestions since every single character ever published would qualify.
Please let's try to limit the debates, and just let people sign up and post their art when the time comes.

[WeaponX00]

Hey Newbie here looking to have some fun trying this thing out.

Ok so for my character I go with The Incredible Hulk

For a mantle I will suggest Moon Knight

[Pyroclasm]

No one indicated if I should make it cross-universe or universe specific.
I'm assuming from some of the weird nominations that cross-universe is the consensus.
I'm going to roll them all up and post shortly.

[Pyroclasm]

This is a "what if" so you can place it at any point in the character's histories.  For example your character may be dead in current continuity, but he/she could take on a mantle at some point in the past or maybe not have died at all.  It's up to you how you try to fit it in.  This is cross-universe, so your character could have been transported to the other universe, or the mantle character was transported, or maybe the universes got mashed together at some point.

So here's the story...
Something happens to your assigned mantle character. (They don't necessarily have to die. heh.)  Your chosen base character steps in for whatever reason.
Good Luck...

1} Gdaybloke:  What If... Nien Nunb Became the New Green Goblin?

2} Pyroclasm:  What If... She-Hulk Became the New Iron Man?

3} Style:  What If... Robin Became the New Batman?

4} Psychopanda:  What If... Blue Beetle Became the New Watcher?

5} Rick Battlemage:  What If... Nightcrawler Became the New Herald of Galactus?

6} Hitman:  What If... Howard the Duck Became the New Blue Beetle?

7} Daglob:  What If... Valkyrie Became the New Captain Universe?

8} Revenant:  What If... Wonder Girl Became the New Captain America?

9} UnkoMan:  What If... Toxic J Became the New Spectre in a Post-Apocalyptic World?

10} WeaponX00:  What If... The Hulk Became a New Green Lantern?

P.S.
It was totally randomly assigned (absolutely no fudging).  Style, seems the Randomizing Faerie likes you.

[Pyroclasm]

Ah.  I figured out what I'm doing with mine last night.  My "What If..." will take place post-Civil War, probably a year or so after the death of Captain America.  In brief: Iron Man becomes president, and recruits a few registered heroes to carry on his work as Iron Man.  She-Hulk will be one such hero.

[The Pwime]

Can I still sign up?

If so...

Base Character:  Deadpool

Mantle: Parallax

[Pyroclasm]

Can I still sign up?

If so...
Base Character:  Deadpool

The Pwime:  What If... Deadpool Became the New Venom?

[psychopanda]

The layout for mine popped into my head this morning. Hoping to get mine done this week, as we're heading off to vacation soon and will be really busy.

It'll be a weird concept, but at least I didn't choose Howard the Duck as my base. 'Panda no draw ducks! :p

[The Pwime]

Can I still sign up?

If so...
Base Character:  Deadpool

The Pwime:  What If... Deadpool Became the New Venom?

Oh HELL yes!  :D :D :D

[The Pwime]

...okay, this is actually a lot harder than I imagined it could be.  :blink: