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Megaman fire man12/29/2023 I’d always thought that sounded like a really cool visual, so I worked something out here. I remembered the old D&D spell “Burning Hands” and its description of a wide, flat pane of fire extending from the fingertips. Instead of looking like the Mega Buster and just being big cylinders, I went with wide, flat projectors that would shoot out sheets of flame. My last idea was to rethink his flame cannons. I’ll use red and silver somewhere else, I guess. ![]() Red and black just felt better, heavier, tougher – cooler, frankly. While I really wanted to keep his red and silver color scheme, I just couldn’t find a way to make it work that felt strong enough. I used repeated spiky forms to make him look dangerous and to repeat the visual idea of flames throughout his body. I wanted to keep it simple and sleek, bringing him much closer to Mega Man’s armored aesthetic, but bulk up his shoulders and upper torso. I set out to make Fire Man look like a dark knight. What I started to see in him, though, was that his lighter-head design also reminded me of the helmets knights wore a very medieval armor look. ![]() So I didn’t want to take too much away from what made Fire Man cool (hot?) in the first place. Realizing I could do more than just the main guy, I started ruminating on other characters and soon enough had to put pen to tablet and get going. I was reading the Mega Man comics (which I highly recommend) and kept wanting to tackle a Mega Man redesign, but I started having really clear ideas of what I could do with Fire Man, too. He’s also the design that really gave juice to my wanting to do this project. Ask any young guy which of the Captain Planet rings he’d want and (after he asked you what the hell Captain Planet was and laughed at how old you are) he’d pick fire. Compared to how dumpy most of the MM1 bosses were, Fire Man looked ready to throw down. I mean… look at him! It’s both a clever pun (his head is based on an old lighter) and a pretty sleek, tough set of armor. Today, we’re turning up the heat with Fire Man!įire Man was probably the coolest design in Mega Man 1. How do you do, fellow teens? Time for more talk about redesigning characters for a game that hasn’t had a new installment in seven years – Mega Man! We’re almost through the classic MM1 Robot Masters, with only two entries left.
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