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Published: 2018-10-27 21:29:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1803; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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Description This is a hero design that I’ve had in my head for a while but haven’t brought out into any medium till now.  Given this character’s theme the Halloween season would be the best time for his debut.  Say hello to Mothman, essentially my version of Batman and Black Panther.  Here is his bio:

Overview: Mason Tennant was young man from Point Pleasant who was born deaf, mute, and blind yet remarkably aware of his surroundings and exhibited a level of brilliance.  His secret is that he is a psychic medium who gained understanding of the world through communicating with spirits.  Through special assistance and help from his spirit guides he was able to graduate from college and become a part-time inventor.  Since childhood he was fascinated with superheroes and the local legend of the Mothman but it wasn’t until a series of murders where committed in his home city that he became compelled to become a superhero himself.  With his self constructed power suit inspired by the famous cryptid and aided by the spirits of the murder victims, Mason was able to track down and apprehend the serial killer thus starting his reputation as the Mothman.

Personality:  Normally very reserved due to his handicaps, Mason is generally more comfortable around ghosts and spirits than living people, though his eagerness to learn more pushes him to interact more.  As Mothman he is highly observant (explained how in personality and powers), meticulous, and critically thinking.  He is more willing to interrogate any spirits in the vicinity but if there any key living witnesses he will discretely but thoroughly.

Powers and Abilities:  Most of Mothman’s abilities come from his power suit which was inspired by a concept developed by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku (look up sci fi science superhero on Youtube).  His suit is bullet proof and grants him enhanced strength and speed.  A pair of winged, robotic arms grant him flight with the aid of a silent propulsion system as well as additional strength and grappling.  His hands and feet are equipped with graphene claws to cling to surfaces and cut through obstacles. His hands are equipped with atomic magnetometers to read the thoughts of criminals he’s taken down.  To compensate for his handicaps, Mothman utilizes brain to machine interface to detect his surrounding and translate his thoughts into verbal speech.  Opting against normal vision, his suit detects vibrations, x-rays, thermal signatures, sound waves, even scent.   As aforementioned, Mothman’s one ability unrelated to his suit is communicating with ghosts and spirits, which not only helps compensate for his lack of sight and hearing but allows him to gather information that no one else could.

His design may change over time but I would like your guy’s feedback.

Comments and critiques are welcome
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Comments: 7

Sacred-Knight [2018-11-05 23:24:02 +0000 UTC]

Amazing design.

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Aliencon In reply to Sacred-Knight [2018-11-05 23:27:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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JackVenom [2018-10-27 23:00:33 +0000 UTC]

Interesting concept, I had never really thought of a crytid superhero. I like the idea behind his origin and power set, although i would possibly develop it a bit more in the reasons behind his gifts. Design wise i think it looks fine currently but i do have some suggestions. 1) Im not sure if you know this but Mothman was originally described as being white rather that the black color he's commonly depicted as, so I think it would be sort of interesting if his suit was white, sort of reminiscent of Moon Knight's colors. 2) I would make his suit a bit fuzzy or hairy because Mothman was most likely actually a snowy owl that was living in a local barn so him being feathery would make sense. In addition to this i think his wings should be more bird like than bat like in structure because of this. 3) I think he looks to bulky, I think a more thin body type would make more sense for him. Otherwise I like the character so far and he seems to have an interesting story so far so keep going. Good luck.

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Aliencon In reply to JackVenom [2018-10-27 23:28:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the feedback.  For a response, having heard several interviews with people who are psychic mediums its apparently something some people are born with and with varying degrees.  So you can't learn to be psychic.  Not sure if there's a specific reasoning behind it.  As for the Mothman suggestions, I've never heard or read of the Mothman originally being described as white, not even in the first sighting.  I actually based my hero's appearance on various of descriptions collected over the years:themothman.wikia.com/wiki/Cros…

I know wings are occasionally described as feathery though they're also described as bat-like and I went with bat-like because it seemed more practical for the suit design.  I like the idea of fur for stylization and was originally going to include that in this piece.  I made add it to the next one of Mothman.  I agree he may be a little bit bulky though I was envisioning the suit to be larger than the person wearing it (around 7ft) and the cryptid Mothman itself is generally described as large and the legs in particular (when seen) were described as muscular.  Thanks again for the feedback.

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JackVenom In reply to Aliencon [2018-10-28 00:35:48 +0000 UTC]

I  don't know exactly where you stand on this but I don't believe in psychics or anything supernatural at all so i don't think you necessarily need to follow the develops at birth thing. As for my Mothman suggestions I source Trey the Explainer's videos on Mothman which contain sources in the description if you want more in depth information. There a good watch, you should check them out. 
Video one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w07gB…
Video two: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2W7WL…

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Aliencon In reply to JackVenom [2018-10-30 03:26:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for share those videos.  Trey the Explainer really does have some interesting and informative videos.  Concerning the psychic thing, since it's a consistency from real people weather you believe them or not*, I'm going to stick with it as I feel it would be more relatable than something completely imagined from my end.  I'm also sticking with the dark color as the majority of Mothman reports describe this and it makes more sense for someone trying to be stealthy at night (same reason Batman uses dark colors for his outfit).   I'm going to do some quick sketches comparing wingspans to see which works best and I'll post them here so be on the lookout for that.  In this pick I have it at around 15ft* if I got the scaling right

*I find the topic interesting and an open minded to it but it doesn't really matter to me if psychics are real or not.
*I initially chose 15ft as it's apparently the largest wingspan reported from the various sightings over the years even though 10ft is reported most often.

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JackVenom In reply to Aliencon [2018-10-30 04:59:55 +0000 UTC]

Ya those choices make sense for the feel you seem to be going for. I just wanted to put some ideas out there for what I would do and what you could do. I look forward to seeing any tweaks you make to the design.

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