Original Character: Thirteen (NOW WITH PREVIEW VIDEO)

[Sean Altly]

Yes, I know we have our own sub-section for the SHADEs of Manhattan project, I decided to put this in the projects section because while Thirteen exists within the SoM universe, he is not planned to be included in this game (maybe the sequel, lol). Also, very few people frequent our board and I'd like some feedback. It's already hard enough to get people interested in original characters let alone if they have to go onto a whole other board (OH NOEZ).

Anyway, Thirteen's story is that he is basically the unluckiest man in the world. He was born on Friday the 13th of June, 1980. He was always very unlucky and his cruel parents teased him about it constantly, claiming that since he was a mistake (unplanned), that he was cursed. Growing up he was very accident prone and was viewed by his peers as a bad luck charm, and thus he had very few friends.

When he was 18, his parents kicked him out on the street, where he wandered aimlessly, homeless and with very little money, until he became addicted to cheap drugs and a life of crime. He was apprehended in his birthday for trying to steal a car, and was sentenced to 13 months in prison, where his ID number ended with one and three. He was beaten badly during his prison stay, and the week before he was to be released, he was nearly beaten to death. Moses Maddigan selected him from the infirmary to be a part of the SHADE. He became subject number 13.

Thirteen has the unfortunate ability to protrude razor-sharp bone growths from 13 different points on his body: His wrists, his shoulders, his knees, three points on his spinal cord, his sternum, the heels of his feet, and the most painful and disfiguring of them all, his right eye socket. Every time he uses his powers, the bones rip through his flesh, but as a result of the experiment, he gained superhuman healing abilities, meaning that he must re-open his wounds every time he uses his powers. This is finally enough to drive him completely insane, and he becomes a serial murdered and all-around psychopath.

He has a few animations done, namely his fighting stance, his walk, and his three jumping animations. I am having a lot of fun drawing him since I find him to be one of my more physically interesting characters. Here are a couple of the animations:


In his stance, you may notice that his breathing is irregular. I thought it would be interesting for him to start breathing slowly, and as he stands there, he breathes faster and faster until he stops, and then regains his composure.


His walk may need another frame or two, but for now it will do.

Here is a concept pic hand-drawn and digitally-colored by myself. His colors a bit different here as well as his protrusions looking more like blades than they will in the final character.


I will post some more concept art soon along with more animations as they are completed. I hope you find him interesting, and let me know what you think.

PS: I'm sure someone will make all the following comparisons, so I will go ahead and admit that this character is a massive amalgamation of aspects of the following characters:

Wolverine, Jason Voorhees, Judgment (Toshinden), Baraka, Doctrine Dark, Garuda (which you'll no doubt notice when I start his attacks), and probably some others.

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***NEWER UPDATE (8/9/08)***

So, all of his required sprites are now done, which means all of the boring stuff is done. Now I can start on his attacks, specials, personal actions, etc. I took some advice by checking out Iori for some attacks, and so I'm looking forward to spriting Thirteen because I think he will have a lot of personality. Here is a new animation:


It's his getting up anim. I channeled Vega from the SF2 animated movie, having him sort of spring up and be in your face suddenly. What's cool is that if your opponent is hovering right above you, waiting for you to get up, Thirteen ends up behind them at the end of the anim, making him kind of sneaky.

More updates soon!

Here it is, preview vid made by Zeckle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M74oPUTF6QY

Sweet screenshot:

[Iced]

I like it, looks like someone that would pull out random objects to attack.
On a sidenote,I do check more the childboards than the rest, specially by standing out it helps to keep an eye on the project.
Take it as you may, but I dont think you get less feed from being in a specific board.

Good luck on him.

[[[D4RK_R4V3N]]]

 I think looks good so far, the breathing anim, I think Freeman stance can help, the eye patch is white in the art, but its different in the sprites (I think this may be fixed in a hi-res ver of the sprites), you need to give him an old twisted look (got in mind Jason when I first saw this topic) or some blood stains hope you know what I mean. 

[Sean Altly]

I think looks good so far, the breathing anim, I think Freeman stance can help, the eye patch is white in the art, but its different in the sprites (I think this may be fixed in a hi-res ver of the sprites), you need to give him an old twisted look (got in mind Jason when I first saw this topic) or some blood stains hope you know what I mean.

Yes, I know I said that the art was different than the final version. Thanks for the kind words, but I like his design as his, and I actually don't know what you mean by "old twisted look." I also said that I knew people would draw the comparison, but he's a bit of a lot of different people, more than just Jason.

Thanks!

[Alhambra]

Excellent work so far. I'm glad some people are still pushing for more original creations instead of re-doing old chars (not that theres anything wrong with that). I'll be watching, good luck.

[Lett1-retired]

i think Ioris Blood Rage DM would fit him 

[Kurizu208]

looks interesting i kinda like it minus the bald stripe thing

[Meatball]

His sprites look much better than your previous characters. But I can't seem to figure why.

[MDI]

Looks awesome so far! A bit on the short side compared to most characters in Mugen, but overall looks great.

Perhaps he can be good competition against Ella? I can honestly see this character mutilating and mauling his opponents.

[K.O.D]

Looks very promising, I suggest Iori as inspiration for his moves.

Good luck.

[Sean Altly]

looks interesting i kinda like it minus the bald stripe thing

I'm pretty sure you're talking about the straps for his mask.

His sprites look much better than your previous characters. But I can't seem to figure why.

It's probably both the usage of color (his colors contrast more, giving them a slightly-CVS look to them), and the fact that he is just more visually interesting. That's what I think, because honestly, he doesn't really have extra detail or color depth, so yeah. Thanks!

[~*Ishida-Uryuu*~]

O_O

Whoa...

This guy looks...pretty damn cool.

[Kurizu208]

looks interesting i kinda like it minus the bald stripe thing

I'm pretty sure you're talking about the straps for his mask.

oh i see lol

[Smash-Kun]

This creation looks like it has potentional. I like the fluid animations thus far.

Good luck. 

[JozoTheBoogey]

He looks like Jason, lol
Good spriting. Which gameplay is he gonna have

[Manobaru]

He looks absolutely great

[exgem]

great char seanaltly

this is Jason Voorhees?

what are their movements?

bye bye!!!!!

[Sean Altly]

No, he's not Jason. His mask in the big picture looks like Jason's, but as you see on his sprite his mask is more like Vega's, a smooth solid surface. It has one eye hole and the red "X" over the other (the one his bone comes out of). The concept art was drawn last year sometime, and I've since changed his design slightly. Thanks for the interest!

[Cybaster]

Very nice and original concept. I really like gory chars like that (cf. chars by Borghi), and it's nice to see one with super powers.

When you talked about bones coming out from his body, I immediately thought about Kimimaro from the Manga Naruto. You may want to take a look at his techniques in the manga.

Thanks for the hard work and the hours spent making very nice creations.

[Yerphobia (aka Cap'n Krrow)]

Great character! I can't wait to see the finished product. Is he based on Jason Voorhees?

All of your characters are awesome by the way.