Saturday, February 4, 2012

The End?

It's been really a while since I posted on this blog.
The chatbox on the side has expired so all previous comments were gone.
If you are interested in my stuffs you can check out my personal blog which is more active - TBSN.

Back to the topic>
It seems more and more unlikely that there will be any new related works from this project.
All due to the lack of time and my pursuing of more original contents.
This project was first created with the intention to practice my animation skills, and the use of the superheroes was to attract more views, and also to be able to skip characters introduction and development and go straight to the plot and action. I did not plan it to be a series or a big project.
Hence, I was pretty surprised when people actually enjoyed it and requested more episodes to be made.
Thank you so much to everyone who watched and enjoyed SHS.

Back when I was working on episode 2-3, many plots and stories were thought out and planned, and many other characters were designed to be introduced later in the series.
So even though we might not get an ending to this series, I shall share some of the previous ideas and characters that were designed. 


CHARACTERS

 I had a sketchbook where I sketched many designs for SHS. These images below were drawn by me recently based on the designs from the sketchbook.


The Genbu VII
Although they weren't officially named in any of the episodes, and all we know that the main antagonist of this series are known as the 28 Mansions. But the ones that has appeared so far in the series belongs to a quarter of the organization, known as the Genbu VII.
Which means, there are a total of 7 main villains in this series.
The idea of  28 Mansions is from the Chinese astronomy. The 28 mansions are made up of 4 regions, and Genbu refers to the north region.
In this series, the 28 Mansions is an ancient organization that also consist of 4 regions, North Genbu(Black tortise), South Suzaku(Vermilion Bird), East Seiryuu(Azure Dragon) and West Byakko(White Tiger).
There are a total of 28 members, although we are just focusing on the 7 in Genbu.

Not all the members made their appearance yet, but we've introduced them in this blog already, especially in the previous post. The 7 members are:

Cazo (leader, sunglassed and masked)
Cazo is the leader of Genbu and the 2nd most powerful member in the 28 Mansions.
He always wears sunglasses, although it is a trend for the leaders to wear them.
Hembra's monsters, Timmy and Jimmy were both Cazo's favorite pets. But unfortunately for Cazo, both were killed.

Vaca (Tallest with tattoo head)

Vaca is the 2nd-in-charge, he is a quiet but powerful man.
In the original planned script, he will play a bigger role in the 2nd arc, where the leader of Byakko blames him for the death of his member. Remember the Green Lantern scene? A 28-Mansions member died there and Vaca was in the sewage as well.

Pared (blind-folded)
Pared only appearance was him talking to Lex Luthor. But in fact he is the most important character in the series as he is planned to be the main antagonist, who later turn against the 28 Mansions. A scene involving him with Ironman was scrapped from episode 3 and was replaced with the Green Lantern scene. The scene will be about Ironman overhearing a more in depth conversation between Pared and Lex which will further explain the origins of 28 Mansions and their plans. But we thought the scene might slow down the pacing and also give away too much information and makes them less mysterious.
Pared was one of the first members of the 28 Mansions, he lost his sight during an ancient war. He is able to manipulates time and space and has the ability to create his own dimensions as well.

Hembra (Purple hair)

Hembra is is my favorite character. Many people claimed that I created this character based on Gaara, a character from Naruto. This was in fact not totally untrue, although I actually based it on a real person from my school who has the same hairstyle and hair color. The Gaara inspiration is probably on the eyes. As for the seal making and summoning, it wasn't based on Naruto although I am a fan of the manga.
Seal Making and summoning is actually quite common in Asia and many films and comics does that as well. Hembra has a feminine look and feel to the character because of the mansion he represents, which means 'female'. The dinosaur Rimmy, on the top right was originally going to appear on episode 4, and he is the brother of Timmy and Jimmy. He was replaced by the more fierce looking unnamed monster that took on  Hulk. Hembra is also the most powerful summoner that ever exist, and his most powerful summoning is actually a rival summoner, who he defeated long ago and forced him to becomes his summoning.

Peligro (White hair)
Peligro likes to play with disguise, although he isn't that good with it as seen in the series so far. He is also the brother of Vacio, and the 2 of them are the youngest in the group. He was designed to be a little clumsy and stupid, but does alot of damage especially when he is agitated. His Mansion means 'Danger'.

Vacio (Masked guy)
Vacio is usually seen wearing a mask, like the picture in the previous post. But in this drawing, you can see him without his clothes and he spots the same kind of eyes with his brother Peligro. Although Vacio has yet to officially appear in the series, but he is in fact the one that is attacking the X-men. His ability is to multiply himself and also to morph into anyone, as seen in episode 4 where a fake cyclops and wolverine appeared.
Peligro is probably jealous about his brother's ability, hence he try to learn the art of disguise as well.

Sitio (sole female)
Sitio is the sole female in the group, and was the least developed character.
I always planned to have a female character in the group and she was originally supposed to be Hembra's character.



The Seiryuu Brothers

The 2 unnamed brothers were early designs and were planned to make their appearance later in the war. The Elder brother, the one wearing sunglass, is the leader of both the Seiryuu and the 28 Mansions. Hence, he is actually the most powerful character in the series.
Just like the Genbu, the Seiryuu is part of the 28 Mansions, and also consist of 7 members. The younger brother is the 2nd-in-charge of Seiryuu, and also widely regarded as the most powerful member outside the 4 leaders.
The 2 brothers has opposite personalities, the elder brother is more goofy and laid-back and often doesn't act like a true leader while the younger brother is more compose and serious.
Just like the other leaders, the elder brother often wear sunglasses, and he is also a very good friend of Cazo.
This 2 brothers resembles the Raikage brothers of Naruto, although I did thought of the idea and design way earlier.


The Bayakko
This 2 ain't brothers although they do share a relationship as close as real brothers. The one with glasses is Piernas, the leader of the Bayakko while the other one is Enlace, the 2nd-in-charge, and also the decease member found in the sewage by the Green Lantern. He was mysteriously killed and the 2 of them were originally going to have bigger roles in the 2nd arc. Piernas is a very fierce warrior and an unreasonable man while Enlace is well respected and popular among the other members of 28 Mansions. Due to Enlace's skills and power, Piernas feels that only another member of 28 Mansions can kill him, and believed that Vaca was the man who killed his lieutenant.

The Suzaku

They were designed to be a mysterious part of the 28 Mansions who all wears the same uniform and work mostly as a group.

Future Plot
The Superhero plot is supposed to be the first arc of the series while moving the series to more originality. Although there were plans to introduce more superheroes like Spiderman and Ironman.
The story will later move on to the Enlace's death arc where the focus will be solely on the ancient organization. Pared will later shows his true intention and possibly destroying the rest of the 28 Mansions. 

Thursday, May 12, 2011

SHS Updates and New Blog

Due to all the overloading school work, Superhero Slayers Project will be on permanent hiatus until further notice.
I'm currently just too busy and I can't find extra time to work on anything now.

And you probably have read from elsewhere that I've decided not to work on another episode of SHS anymore. Animation takes too much time and effort which I don't have the luxury now.


So the future of his project is definitely moving in a different direction. I may switch it to a comic, motion comic or even someone taking over the animation. It is probably a sad decision, but I can't find think of a better way out now.

Really grateful to all the people who enjoyed watching this series so far and especially to those who left positives reviews and comments. Thanks all!




On a side note,
I've set up another blog. It's more of a personal creative blog where I will post my own works and any inspiring stuffs I come across. So keep a look out if you are still interested in my works. :)

They Best Shine Next

~Xennethy

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Genbu VII


The 28 Mansions are a group of 28 powerful individuals, and made up of 4 different clans.


The Genbu 7 is one of the clans, they are also the main antagonists in SHS.

Members:
Cazo (leader, sunglassed)
Vaca (Tall guy at the back)
Pared (blind-folded)
Hembra (Purple hair)
Peligro (White hair)
Vacio (Masked guy)
Sitio (sole female)

Saturday, September 18, 2010

SHS 4

It's been really sometime since i updated anything here.
And I'll probably revamp this blog soon.

In case you haven't noticed,
Superhero Slayers 4 is out

~Xennethy

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Latest Updates

Reel 3-2 will be scraped and retitled as Reel 4.
And I've updated the previous reel, fixing the sound lagging issues and some pacing problems.
The only updated file is on Newgrounds. So check it out there.

As for the latest reel, I've completed half of it. So it will still be release by this year as expected.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

New Episode

Yes, I'm back working on the new episode currently.
But it may take me some time to finish it tho.
And it'll be release this year without a doubt.

Cheers.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

SHS3-1 Released!

Watch Here

Yep, it's on Newgrounds now. Go and Vote a 5!
Oh but there's some sound lagging problem.
Still unable to solve it. If not this movie will be perfect.

Cheers.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

SHS3-1 Completed! AND Release Date!

Yes, its finally completed and it'll be released within the week! :D

Edit: The official Release date is on Feb 28th. Keep a look out on Newgrounds.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

More screenshots

Loved taking screenshots. They are beautiful.
Once again, sorry for the delay.















Familiar hand, and ring.














Apparently these balls are some important items in the story.














Mr Fantastic is back.



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Mr and Mrs Reed having a tough fight.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Delays

Once again the release date for SHS3 will be pushed further again.
It won't be released within this month as mentioned before.
I'm pretty tied up with school work recently, so the time i can spent on animating is limited.
But what's left for SHS3-1 is not that much, so I'm very sure it'll be released on February.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Happy 2009 and SHS3 Updates

Yes, its 2009. Happy New Year to everyone!
And wonder where is SHS3?

The latest update for SHS3 is that it'll be release in 2 parts, rather than a whole chunk episode.
Due to the length and some technical problems, i decided to split it up to 2 parts.
The animation for the first part is completed, I'm just waiting for all the voices to come in and it'll be done. So if there aren't any unexpected delays, it'll be released within this month. ^^

The second part will then follow through, I'm still working on it, so it'll probably come a month after the first part.

The first part, which will be titled SHS 3-1, will include Scene 1, Scene 2 and Half of Scene 3. The second part, SHS3-2 will include the rest of Scene 3 and Scene 4.

Some Screen shots to share:

Continued from the previous reel, Reed and Sue faces the summoned monster.


1 of the many slayers. Will be credited as "Purple hair Slayer" as his name has yet to be revealed.

Someone being beaten up... lol

Thursday, December 18, 2008

SHS3 Poster and Updates!

Made a poster for SHS3 while slacking away from the project itself. Hope you guys like it!

As for Updates:

Scene 1: 90%
Well, basically what's really left is just the lip-sycing and some redos. Might take a week to finish up.

Scene 2: 70%
The main part is finished. I'm just waiting for the voices. And just a bit of editing here and there should finish up this scene easily.

Scene 3: 5%
I just started on scene 3. Lots of stuffs to work on. -_-

Scene 4: 70%
I've not touched it since a long time.
Its basically done, except lip-syncing. But I'm not entirely satisfied with it so i may still edit and work on it.

Overall: 60%
I'm generous enough to give a 60%, although i knew there are still quite alot to work on.
Hmm, originally the stated release date is on December, but i'm still like struggling with it now, so i guess this year end project may end up as my first movie in 2009. lol




And yes, the poster, 1 more new slayer this time!!! >>

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Introduction to SHS3 Crew and Updates!

Yeah so from now on till completion I'll post some weekly updates for SHS3.
So far I'm 1 week behind schedule but things are progressing pretty well. I also managed to whipped out Scene 1 successfully. :D
SHS3 will be made up of 4 different scenes, each equally long, and i presume that the whole video will be around 8-10 minutes long. Yay long movie!

SHS3 Crew
Yeah, for such a big project, think i can handle it all by myself? Not quite, That's what friends are for!

Deven Mack (D-Mac): Voice Director. D-Mac handles all the Voice acting parts, which includes putting up an audition, searching for Voice actors, directing the voices in the scenes and he plays a couple of characters in the movie too! Amazing.

Stephen “Shard-Spider” Lynch: : Script. Shard is basically my adviser, he probably knows the story more than me!! Ha, he gave plenty of ideas to the story and he wrote the script for me. Phew, i just suck at writing scripts. Oh oh, and he voiced one of the character too!!! No spoilers though.

Xennethy: Director, Animator, music, and every other things else. Yeah, I'm in charge of everything else. From the plot of the story to the animations, sound effects, etc. Heh, Its pretty tiring and I'll probably get some help for my next project....

VAs: I'll leave the list of VAs to the next post... yeah no spoilers involving the characters that will appear....


So here's a simple update for the project:

Scene 1: 70%
I've managed to complete quite alot of it. I'll work on the rest once i receive the voices from D-Mac. Just a little bit more to completion, and that includes lip-syncing.
Oh and its looking good!

Scene 2: 50%
I'm currently working on the second scene. Scene 2 is pretty short, should be able to finish it within the week. :D

Scene 3: 0%
Not yet started. This is also the longest and the most intense scene.

Scene 4: 70%
Its basically done, other than lip-syncing. But I'm not entirely satisfied with it so i may still edit and work on it.

Oh and updates won't be completed without some screenies. lol


Sewers Scene...


Ooh and another spoiler, its the Green Lantern. ^^

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Flame On!

Yay New Screen Shot to share. Johnny in Battle mode.
I'm still working on Scene 1. And you can see that i have yet to add in the backgrounds too. Which is such a hassle.. lol
More to come...


Hank Pym (Antman) and Johnny Storm (Human Torch)

Monday, November 24, 2008

Updates and Redesign

Ohh, its 2 months since i last posted!! And yeah, its 2 months since i last updated my SHS3 .fla.
Its a crazy 2 months in school... lol
And finally its holiday for me!!!

So I'm back working on SHS3.
So far scene 4 is almost completed and scene 1 is being drawn out. But I'm not really satisfied with the character s' design so i redid the scene. The reason behind is that the original design i made was rather realistic looking and so different from the previous reel. So i decided to remake them and bring it closer to the feel of the previous reel.
Here's some new characters' design i made. Oh and i may still redo some parts of scene 4. It's still a long way to go for me. -_-