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Description The Westlands, Mid 1800's..Strange things are happening in the Wild American West. Monsters, Angels, Demons, Robots, Mutants, Outlaws, Lawmen, Cursed souls, and Aliens roam the wild untamed lands. What is the treasure fabled to be won at the town of Belgrave? The Gang known as the Fateful, are from a prophecy that tells the tale of 7 strangers who band together, and ultimately save the world.

The Aberrant: not Normal, Varying form, the Unusual..Unnaturals, Mutants, and legendary creatures..

The Westlands are home to gangs of high powered Mutants, humans born with super abilities. most stay hidden, but here in the Westlands they roam free and vie for power, and the ultimate power that is rumored to be held in the town of Belgrave. Most of these High powered mutants.. or Aberrants as they are referred to, have amnesia.. they do not know where or how they came to be and possess such power.. One such Mutant who awoke with this power went insane.. his name is X!!!

The Aberrant called X, is currently Insane, he leads the evil Gang of Mutants called the Slingers!

this is a name they gave themselves because of their abilities to sling power from their hands.. Each Slinger can produce a different effect. Some are able to produce fire, some are able to produce ice, and some can shoot spikes of Bone from their fingers.. but the most powerful of them all is their leader, he is called X. he has no real memory of his past, and has a large branded "X" symbol on his chest.. sometimes X will have memory flashes of himself being tortured and that giant "X" being Burnt into his chest with a Large Branding Iron..

in those cases he usually ends up incinerating something..

Powers:

X is a mutant with the superhuman ability to absorb ambient cosmic energy into the cells of his body, transform it in an unknown manner, and release it as waves of energy that heat the air in their path enough to turn it into plasma, which is a super-heated state of matter consisting of charged subatomic particles. These waves will emanate from his body in all directions unless he purposefully tries to channel them in a single direction, usually along the length of his arms. X is himself immune to the intense heat he creates, as well as the flaming heat blasts generated by his teammate Infernous!

Despite past accounts, the energy that X releases is not truly a concussive force. When X strikes an object with the waves of intensity of hot plasma, the sudden vast jump in temperature will often cause objects to shatter, explode, or seemingly disintegrate, and an observer might therefore wrongly think that the object had been struck by a concussive force. Should X direct his energy at the lowest level, he can project it towards a human being and his target will suffer a severe headache but will not burn up.

X's body is constantly in the process of absorbing cosmic radiation. When each of his body's power-storage cell enclaves reaches its capacity, excess cosmic energy is thereafter absorbed and immediately re-emitted in negligible quantities. Upon the total expenditure of all his available energy, it takes X's body about 16 hours to recharge to its peak level. The act of concentration involved in releasing his energy in anything other than an omnidirectional wave is physically exhausting for X if he continues it over an extended period of time.

this has been proven as a way of wearing him down and eventually causing him to retreat in defeat..

X is the older Brother of the Aberrant Known commonly as The Ghost., and eventually X joins the gang known as the Fateful. His relationship to the Ghost is made apparent when X sees Ghost for the first time without his mask, and recognizes him as his little Brother..this fact does little to stop his insanity, which eventually get equalized later in the series..

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Design Notes:

this guy was my very first Westlands character..I had always wanted a mutant who had the powers of Havok to be a super hero in the westlands.. but that Idea had taken a back burner to the creation of other characters for the super heroes universe, namely star superion.. so in many ways X is my very first super hero..and he is even older then good ole' Star Superion..

the "X" that is on his chest is a Brand, much like you do a cow.. only in his case it didn't scar his body, rather it left a dark "X" which is forever ingrained in his skin..since he can absorb heat and not take damage from it, it is assumed he got that mark before his powers became manifest.. which begs the question.... who was it that tortured X?
His eyes are Black with a white Iris, which is pretty cool and symbolizes his powerful nature, not to mention will scare the crapola out of any enemy.. he is known for disintegrating his enemies..


I liked the open shirtless look of his design, it says evil and badass, like he doesn't care about covering up his body, he's pure badass in and of itself..he usually wears his bandanna and sports it when he raids towns, and fights other villains or Heroes..the chains on his hands are made of a substance that is unknown and are not removable with his powers..this too is a mystery in which X will eventually solve on his way to redemption as a hero..

but for now, if there was ever a Magneto to the X-men, then that is what X and the Slingers Gang are to the Fateful..

The Idea of the Westlands centers more around the Aberrant (mutants) Gangs then the supernatural forces that are swirling around.. most of the early stories will center on the Aberrant Gang wars, turf wars, and what it means to be a Mutant in the Westlands..

I wanted this to be very much mutants of the wild west, but with some supernatural and alien stuff rolled in for posterity..which, even you guys who aren't big on the Wild Wild west have gotta admit.. is frickin cool!! Cheers and Rock On!!
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Comments: 40

jmqrz [2010-10-03 17:55:40 +0000 UTC]

nice design!

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skywarp-2 In reply to jmqrz [2010-10-03 23:41:45 +0000 UTC]

thanks! ?I am glad you like it!

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jmqrz In reply to skywarp-2 [2010-10-04 04:08:45 +0000 UTC]

cool!

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NonieR [2010-09-28 05:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh, YEAH!

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skywarp-2 In reply to NonieR [2010-09-28 06:40:47 +0000 UTC]

yeah, X has to be my most favorite of all the Westlands characters, he is just pure cool, and pure badass in one package..

not to mention he has an attitude that screams, kickass..

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Kenjisan-23 [2010-04-28 19:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, he looks so cool

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jmqrz [2010-02-27 18:40:53 +0000 UTC]

cool design, like the action shot on the side!

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KRINGLES-WORKSHOP [2010-02-11 18:34:54 +0000 UTC]

Tightness Boss,
Like this one a lot

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Kayne003 [2010-02-11 18:17:46 +0000 UTC]

That is one wicked power to throw in to the wild west scene! Very cool design and story.

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whiteknight222 [2010-02-11 07:40:30 +0000 UTC]

Nice power effect and cool belt. nice.

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skywarp-2 In reply to whiteknight222 [2010-02-11 12:51:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks my man! wait until I upload the terminator-esq, Infiltrator with it's chameleon-like sentient skin

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whiteknight222 In reply to skywarp-2 [2010-02-11 13:43:54 +0000 UTC]

Well I can promise I'll check it out, I do comment a lot but I do not always get time too. I'm moving, working and doing school right now. I'm swamped with messages and deviations. Hell I barley find time to draw anything. The last two pictures I colored was due to me staying up all night and working the next day. My life studies class makes me draw my ass off.

It's a damn shame to because my head is just in an explosion of concept ideas ans no real time to develop them out, next week should be better though.

I think maybe just maybe you should add something to X like a prefix or suffix. West themed of course.

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gwdill [2010-02-10 16:00:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh man! This guy is gonna make some "havoc"!! LOL Nice work once more, Adam! Awesome design...this dude looks tough as nails! And I'm sure he is too!! Rockin' powers too...keep it up!

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skywarp-2 In reply to gwdill [2010-02-10 16:06:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks man! I got a good guy version of him too, he cuts his hair and dons a sort of jacket.. it's pretty cool too..

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gwdill In reply to skywarp-2 [2010-02-10 16:09:18 +0000 UTC]

That sounds cool indeed!!

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skywarp-2 In reply to gwdill [2010-02-11 04:06:49 +0000 UTC]

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RODCOM1000 [2010-02-10 06:31:09 +0000 UTC]

Very cool looking character!

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skywarp-2 In reply to RODCOM1000 [2010-02-10 13:50:45 +0000 UTC]

thanks Rod, glad you dropped by!

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RedWingsDragon [2010-02-10 05:56:32 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! Awesome work here dude he looks badass

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skywarp-2 In reply to RedWingsDragon [2010-02-10 13:50:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man! I am glad you like him.

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saintvulcan [2010-02-10 05:48:52 +0000 UTC]

dude!!

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skywarp-2 In reply to saintvulcan [2010-02-10 13:50:18 +0000 UTC]

Where's My cAr? LOL!

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CCxProductions [2010-02-10 01:27:21 +0000 UTC]

Lovin this one...dig the power effects...reminds me of Magneto when he was cool (careful of that...I didn't get a chance to read his powers yet and I'm guessing they are totally different). He really does look crazy...but why would anyone follow a crazy guy unless they're crazy too (or stupid).

Small crit...his back looks off...? IDK if it's the shading or the defining lines but the muscles look wierd...hmm...IDK?

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skywarp-2 In reply to CCxProductions [2010-02-10 02:17:17 +0000 UTC]

yeah totally different.. he looks like Andy from Street fighter, but has the powers of Havok, and reminds people of Magneto, even though X is probably about 25 years old..

LOL..

I think I may add the bandanna to his face in the power shot..

as for the back muscles, you are right.. I fixed that.. it did look awkward.. I was tired when I finished it last night and didn't follow my shading template too well..

thanks for the help!

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CCxProductions In reply to skywarp-2 [2010-02-10 11:42:18 +0000 UTC]

I don't know Andy from Street fighter, but I know why he reminds me of Magneto and why he looks so cool...

Glad I could help with the back.

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MakotoPrime In reply to CCxProductions [2010-09-28 05:08:32 +0000 UTC]

Did you mean Andy Boggard? Andy Boggard is from Fatal Fury and King of Fighters, used to be SNK back then.

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CCxProductions In reply to MakotoPrime [2010-09-28 12:20:49 +0000 UTC]

You'll have to ask skywarp as he was the one who mentioned the character.

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MakotoPrime In reply to CCxProductions [2010-09-28 13:38:42 +0000 UTC]

I see.

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skywarp-2 In reply to CCxProductions [2010-02-10 13:49:37 +0000 UTC]

Why is that? the White hair, the power pose.. LOL..

it was intentional..

I went with that Magneto-esq pose to emphasize his reminiscence of that Marvel comics villain..

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CCxProductions In reply to skywarp-2 [2010-02-12 04:37:54 +0000 UTC]

X-Men #1, page 2...Jim Lee's Magneto just after attacking a space shutle. Was that the "Magneto-esq pose"? It's cool, that Mags was damn awesome! Jim is, was, and will always be one of my favorite artists. X looks great but if you're gonna use a pose from a comic, try one a little less recoginzable and try to make sure your character doesn't resemble the original as much. I will say that if you just used the Mags pic as referance, you did an amazing recreation. It looks spot on. I'm gonna put it in photoshop and overlay the two to together to see how close you got.

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DarqueChyld [2010-02-10 00:18:56 +0000 UTC]

dude i freakin love this one.

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skywarp-2 In reply to DarqueChyld [2010-02-10 02:13:25 +0000 UTC]

thanks DC! I am glad you like it!

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NewPlanComics [2010-02-09 23:28:35 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love the addition of the character using their powers at the end. Very nice!

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skywarp-2 In reply to NewPlanComics [2010-02-10 02:13:11 +0000 UTC]

thanks! that was mainly to show that this guy is truly a mutant and that mutants are a theme in the universe called Westlands..

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NewPlanComics In reply to skywarp-2 [2010-02-10 03:10:22 +0000 UTC]

You actually might want to think about making it the standard.

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skywarp-2 In reply to NewPlanComics [2010-02-10 04:35:19 +0000 UTC]

I may do that, thanks!

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androcoastal [2010-02-09 23:15:05 +0000 UTC]

wild west magneto

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skywarp-2 In reply to androcoastal [2010-02-10 02:12:21 +0000 UTC]

yes! I think that he reminds me a bit more of that street fighter alpha guy with the criminal outfit..Andy I think is his name..

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pittstop [2010-02-09 22:31:46 +0000 UTC]

great concept, excellent description of his powers, intriguing story arc and another very professional work of art.

Can't wait to see more Mutant's of the olde west.

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skywarp-2 In reply to pittstop [2010-02-10 02:11:24 +0000 UTC]

why thank you very much, I appreciate the kind words of encouragement..

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