Comments on: Power Enterprise Mark 27

By: Toren

Toren — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:34:45 +0000

Dierdre xxx is a British mercenary who was trained in various martial disciplines by WODEC. During her first government assignment she went AWOL and became affiliated for a short time with a crime syndicate where she maintained a very lucrative position as a �problem solver.� When the syndicate was more or less dissolved through internal conflict and WODEC operations, she put her skills on the freelance market. She has worked under or teamed up with various individuals and factions for the past 18 months, accruing warrants for her arrest in 7 different countries.

Rust is skilled, cunning and efficient. She enjoys her work but she is at all times the consummate professional. She keeps a complement of carbon fiber katanas that were designed and crafted for her by WODEC scientists and engineers. They are razor sharp and impervious to her corrosive powers.

By: Toren

Toren — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:05:41 +0000

I guess I’ll have to try them all and see whose fingers come off the cleanest!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:16:10 +0000

What about a ceramic knife? Chefs are using them now, they’re super sharp and keep their edge a long time.

The only downside is that they’re a bit prone to chipping if you catch them wrong.

But on the plus side, the blade can either be white or a cool black.

By: Puck

Puck — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:35:14 +0000

Snow Crash is probably my favorite book ever. I have the audiobook if you want to borrow it for a listen.

The glass-knife idea is cool, but they don’t last in extended combat. Raven (from Snowcrash) had several small ones that he’d use after throwing/breaking them. I think Toren’s idea of some advanced carbon-fibre works better if she’s going to keep the katana over an extended period.

By: Toren

Toren — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:46:21 +0000

I have not read Snowcrash but any non-metal supersharp material fits the bill!

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:34:44 +0000

Joe, you are really outstanding at this! You and Toren should collabarate a lot more. Very exciting. The first picture is great, but the second is very menacing and ready to kick ass.

By: banks!

banks! — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:05:34 +0000

Have you read Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson? The bad guy in that book had a glass knife to get past metal detectors. The knife was really sharp and could cut through bullet proof clothing really easily. Perhaps her katana is something like that?

By: Puck

Puck — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:29:45 +0000

Ok, did some changing of the colors and playing around with the background. I made her hair grey instead of red because it just felt right. Maybe her powers destroy the colouring of her hair.

By: Puck

Puck — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:04:09 +0000

Yup, Photoshop. I can send you the file and you can monkey with it. All the colours are layered so it’s a snap to change them to whatever you want.

By: Toren

Toren — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:43:42 +0000

Hey that’s good – is that Photoslop? I forgot to point out that her skin is a nice light rust colour. I think her hair is probably darker red. I was going to make her shirt army green and her vest maybe greyish. Hey we could have a colouring contest!

By: Puck

Puck — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:27:38 +0000

I gave it a try. I'm no artist, but it was fun trying to come up with a Mutants and Masterminds style cell-shading:

By: Tigger_Too

Tigger_Too — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:15:49 +0000

Fibreglass? No no no. She’d want carbon fibre. Or if the tech is available, perhaps a sword made from carbon nano tubes.