Sketch: Manticore

Posted on 2014-01-31 by bblackmoor

Counting down: two days until our Kickstarter for Bulletproof Blues Second Edition! This evening, Brandon Blackmoor (Evil Mastermind of Kalos Comics) sat in with Mike Lafferty, Sean Izaakse, and a few other gaming luminaries to discuss comics and their favorite “alternate continuities”. It should be posted to the BAMF! podcast in the next day or so, so keep an eye out!

[As always, I think I sounded like an idiot, and I wish I had talked more about the talented folks who will be contributing art and stretch goals for Bulletproof Blues Second Edition. Aaargh! — BSB]

However, we don’t want you to leave the Kalos Comics blog unsatisfied, so here is a sketch from Sean Izaakse, and one of our favorites: Chloe Zhang, also known in North America as Manticore. Chloe Zhang is the photogenic, famous, and brilliant daughter of Zhang Ka-shing, one of the twenty richest people in the world. Fun fact: In China, Chloe’s superhero persona is known as “Dragon’s Lovely Daughter”, while in Japan, she is known as “Super Demon Rider Girl”.

Sketch: Chthyra

Posted on 2014-01-29 by bblackmoor

Counting down: four days until our Kickstarter for Bulletproof Blues Second Edition! This is a sketch from Sean Izaakse: Chthyra, the Crawling Chaos. Chthyra is a psychic parasite from a reality in close proximity to our own, which travels to our reality in its astral form. As such, it does not have a physical form in our reality. When Chthyra manifests in our reality, it usually takes the form of an oily black-skinned humanoid, a shapeless mass of hairlike tendrils of darkness, or something in between the two….

Don’t forget about our contest! Take one of the characters from Bulletproof Blues, and write, draw, or design a new format for the character’s write-up at the back of Bulletproof Blues Second Edition. The winner will receive credit in the second edition credits and a free print copy of the game (either the current edition, or, if they are willing to wait for it, the second edition). Here are the characters to choose from:
http://ogc.rpglibrary.org/index.php?title=Bulletproof_Blues:Characters

The contest will run through the end of the Kickstarter, but don’t wait until the last minute. Send your contest entries to bblackmoor@kaloscomics.com.

Sketch: Miasma

Posted on 2014-01-16 by bblackmoor

Two weeks until our Kickstarter for Bulletproof Blues Second Edition, which is scheduled to start February 1st! This is a sketch from Sean Izaakse: Miasma, a disgraced Canadian Special Ops officer who now leads a team of elite mercenaries. Favoring non-lethal munitions and gas grenades, Miasma and her Fume Troopers have established themselves as professionals who can get the job done quickly and efficiently, even in the face of posthuman opposition.

The contest will run through the end of the Kickstarter, but don’t wait until the last minute. Send your contest entries to bblackmoor@kaloscomics.com.

Sketch: Widow

Posted on 2014-01-03 by bblackmoor

One month until our Kickstarter for Bulletproof Blues Second Edition, which is scheduled to start February 1st! This is a sketch from Sean Izaakse: Charlotte McCoy, better known as the Widow. In her guise as Widow, Charlotte’s entire body is covered by a thin layer of extraterrestrial nanotechnological goo. The goo can take on any color or texture, but because of the neuroses of the previous wearer of the goo, it now tends to display itself in ways that represent spiders.

As we gear up for the Bulletproof Blues Kickstarter, we are having a contest. Take one of the characters from Bulletproof Blues, and write, draw, or design a new format for the character’s write-up at the back of Bulletproof Blues Second Edition. The winner will receive credit in the second edition credits and a free print copy of the game (either the current edition, or, if they are willing to wait for it, the second edition). Here are the characters to choose from:
http://ogc.rpglibrary.org/index.php?title=Bulletproof_Blues:Characters

Send your contest entries to bblackmoor@kaloscomics.com

Sketch: Thornmallow

Posted on 2013-12-24 by bblackmoor

We are laying the groundwork for our Kickstarter for Bulletproof Blues Second Edition, which is scheduled to start February 1st. This is a sketch from Sean Izaakse: Grand Duke Albert Thornmallow, also known as the Iron Lich… but don’t let him hear you call him that.

Gender and sexuality on character sheets

Posted on 2013-12-20 by bblackmoor

You probably know that one of our goals for Bulletproof Blues Second Edition (Kickstarter coming in February!) is to completely revise the layout of the sample characters. As part of that redesign, and as a result of a recent conversation over on Facebook, we have decided to add lines for “gender” and “sexuality” (along with “eye color”, “hair color”, etc.) on the character sheets.

Why? At first blush, it seems superfluous. Unlike height, weight, hair color, etc., you can’t just look at someone and tell who they’d prefer to go on a date with. However, character relationships are vital to a fun and interesting game. Even at its simplest, most superficial level, the posthuman with a secret they keep from their girlfriend or boyfriend is a staple of the genre, as is flirtation between a posthuman and one of their antagonists. So adding this information to the sample characters can help you have more fun with your games (although as always, you should feel free to change any aspect of a sample character to make it work with your game).

Bulletproof Blues Character Pack 002

Posted on 2013-12-02 by bblackmoor

The Bulletproof Blues Character Pack 002 contains eight brand-new pieces of high resolution, royalty-free character artwork by Dan Houser, along with the characters’ Bulletproof Blues character sheets in PDF and Bulletproof Blues Character Sheet Helper format. Eight brand-new characters are included:

Noble Glaucus, a warlord of Lemuria
Scanner, a tortured psychic on the run
Tempest, the Aspect of the Storm
Thornmallow, the iron lich
Ticktockman, the master of time
Vulcan, the stone-fleshed scientist whose heart burns for revenge
Widow, the super-strong web-spinning acrobat
Zero K, the living heat sink

The image sizes vary, but are generally around 3000 pixels x 4000 pixels.

Everything in this pack is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/.

Thanks for playing!

Bulletproof Blues Character Pack 001

Posted on 2013-04-19 by bblackmoor

The Bulletproof Blues Character Pack 001 contains ten pieces of high resolution, royalty-free character artwork by Dan Houser, along with the characters’ Bulletproof Blues character sheets in PDF and Bulletproof Blues Character Sheet Helper format. Ten characters are included:

Blueshift
Chthrya
Crocolisk
Ganyeka
Grimknight
Karen X
Manticore
Master Sin
Miasma
Monolith

The image sizes vary, but are generally around 3000 pixels x 4000 pixels.

Thanks for playing!

Character Sheet Helper 1.11

Posted on 2013-02-11 by bblackmoor

We’ve made a few small changes to the Bulletproof Blues Character Sheet Helper.

Added rank numbers to WikiSheet for accessibility.
Added Powers and Abilities section on Background tab.

Remember to post any questions you might have to the Kalos Comics mailing list.

Miasma and the Fume Troopers

Posted on 2013-01-26 by bblackmoor

A new character for Bulletproof Blues: Miasma, a disgraced Special Ops officer who now leads a team of elite mercenaries.

Favoring non-lethal munitions and gas grenades, Miasma and her Fume Troopers have established themselves as professionals who can get the job done quickly and efficiently, even in the face of posthuman opposition.

Miasma is cool, tough, and professional, but she sometimes can’t help taunting posthumans whom she has outfought or outsmarted.

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