Sentinels of the Crochetverse

Weird question I know, but does anyone know what Visionary wears on her feet? I'm part way through a little crochet project and I've realised that none of the cards in her deck show her below the knees!

I'm assuming that a) she's pictured in other decks and b) some of you Sentinels-encyclopedia guys know this already...

http://sentinelsofthemultiverse.com/multiverse/heroes/visionary

Click on the banner at the bottom of the page. It will open a picture of Visionary which will have part of her right boot showing. That's the best i've got.

Thanks Ronway, that does help. I was thinking knee-high boots made sense but wanted to get it as right as I could!

Only problem is she's wearing a green body suit thing there and the art in the deck has her in blue, with a green cape. I've used blue. So I reckon she should have blue boots to match, right?

Bugger. Looks like I need to redo Unity's boots! I have them in black...

Check out the art on Pervasive Red Dust (Wagner Mars Base, Enhanced Edition). She's literally holding a boot up to the viewer's eyeline.

(In case it's not readily available: Yeah, same color as her suit and gloves, high-heeled, with the same black trim as the gloves.)

Most likely, she might of just been feeling a little green the day that picture was taken. Not sure if her being green is better or worse when she is blue...

Brilliant, thanks! See, I knew someone would know. ;)

I'll need to do everyone's footwear eventually. I'm creating my own little Sentinels doll army...

You gotta show us when they are done!

Will do! Unity's almost done - she needs new boots and I still have to figure out how to do her goggles, and Visionary needs arms and a cape.

I'm not the best crochet designer in the world, but I like them so it's all good. :)

Right, well since I'm seeing two different colour schemes in Visionary's artwork, I made the executive decion to go with the following: Suit in royal blue, cape in green, boots and gloves in green with black trim, section of skin showing behind the lacing on the front of the suit. She matches the deck art but not the character card art or the picture Ronway posted - I had to make a decision one way or the other and I think the increased contrast using blue rather than teal is more pleasing. She's still very obviously Visionary and I'm happy with how she's shaping up.

I now just need to sew on her cape and embroider the lacing. Should be done in an hour.

Next, finish Unity, who needs new boots and some goggles.

And after that? Well, I'm not sure. Either AZ or Tempest, I guess. I plan to do them all eventually, but it might take some time! ;)

Funny...I hadn't really thought about it before, but always sort of assumed she was barefoot.  

Interesting! Yeah, I can see that, but in my head if she's wearing gloves she's probably wearing boots too.

I demand pics!  And a cookie!

Visionary is my favorite hero, she's so good and you can't shut her down.

Right, pics it is then. Apologies for the poor quality, the light was fading and I'm using my phone camera.


Tiny Visionary exploring Insula Primalis, otherwise known as My Front Lawn.


Wait, what's that?


Giant evil hand! Quick, Wrest the Mind!


Tiny Brachiosaurus is apparently harmless, and inquisitive.


Tiny other dinosaurs join in the investigation.


You know how Visionary likes to deal Fluffy Bunny damage...?


Okay, this is getting silly.

And as for your cookie, well it was apparently eaten by tiny dinosaurs.

Urgh, why won't my pictures display in a smaller size? I did tell them to. Bah.

Adorable. :)

That is awesome.  I love it.  Also, your backyard has a tiny volcano?  Super cool.  I hope they base an environment off my house soon.  There could be horrible cards like "Brother-in-laws pile of dirty socks" and "Screaming baby at 3am" or even "More drama about dishes."

The pile of socks card would be indestructible and put cards underneath to deal increasing amounts of toxic damage until someone skipped their turn to throw them all in the trash, then the card would deal some sonic damage and go back in the deck.  That way it could just keep on happening over and over again.

Aaww those are cuuute :D. Make cute ickle bots to go with your Unity (when she's done), and make the Mr Chomps the cutest of them all! :D

I love the four dinosaur pic.

It's what you end up with when Visionary draws two Wrest the Mind in her opening hand, Dinosaur Battle Royal!

Also brilliant work on the pose and the flow of the cape.

Edit: for some reason I keep double posting

She is so cute! And your dinosaurs! And your bunny!

Soo want to see a Freedom Five like this, even though I know that's a lot of work for you.

Well done!

Thank you guys, Tiny Visionary appreciates the compliments. :) I'm glad you like her! It's nice to be able to combine two of my hobbies. ;)

Oh, and I'll definitely have a go at Mr Chomps when Unity's done, at some point. Dinosaur shapes are harder to design though (I got the patterns for them from a great site called Planet June which has awesome realistic animals if you're into crochet), but I like a challenge!

Freedom 5? Which one would you like to see first? (Not Bunker though please, he'll need a completely different pattern so I'd prefer a "basic shape" hero before I tackle that).

After using Next Evolution, Legacy looks down and sees his body has been crocheted, and says, "Well, that's different."

Folks here know I love Zero, but wouldn't Wraith have a similar pattern to Visionary?

Yeah, Wraith would take the basic girl shape.

Zere's not too complicated, but the positioning of the head would be the tricky bit, with it sitting kind of "low". I can't quite see how Ryan fits in there!

Well, he's probably a bit sort of...shrivelled from the cold or something ;).

I always assumed he was a smaller guy, and that everything behind the head, bulked up behind the shoulders, etc. was actually where all the equipment that ran the suit was sitting. I imagined his shoulders are actually right where you would expect given where his neck comes out of the suit, farther down than where it looks like they should be. I assumed his arms sit low and forward in the armor's arms, allowing a great deal of space for the controls, mechanical aspects, etc. to go above and behind his arms, down to the hands.

Just my interpretation, though.

According to the website, he's 5'7 which is... not much taller than me, actually. He's the same height as Wraith, and tied for shortest in the FV. So no, not a big guy at all, really.

ALL THE CUTENESS! Adorbs.

5'7"? Only an inch taller than me!

I reckon with AZ I'll keep him fairly simple and close to the standard male shape (which I haven't designed yet), but add more bulk to the shoulder area. Should be easier than Bunker, anyway!

Oh and Tiny Visionary now has a friend... but you'll have to wait until tomorrow to see him/her. Too dark for pics right now.

Good, Visionary would be lonely without a friend to manipulate and control.

Apologies for the delay, but here's Tiny Unity. Various bits of her took a while to get right, especially the googles - I made the lenses from shrink plastic but had to experiment some to figure out how to do the frames.


The colours are brighter in real life - probably should have messed with the levels in Photoshop or something.


The goggles. Worth the effort I think, Unity's not Unity without them.


Tiny Unity raids my studio and collects up some of my jewellery-making supplies and tools. Wonder what she's going to make?


Well of course, a Tiny Raptor Bot! Hi Mr. Chomps!


He's about 3.5 inches nose-to-tail, and unlike my Raptor Bot prototype he stands on his own. I've been challenged to make a Bee Bot to the same scale which should be, um, interesting...


Tiny Unity considers a new bot design. The ladybird's actually life-sized, which of course makes it pretty big to Tiny Unity! Luckily it's friendly.

Next? Absolute Zero.

Cuteness levels... almost too high to handle.

Dear Lord, I would pay so much to have one of these. SO MUCH ADORABLENESS

This is really, really fantastic. 

This might be asking too much, but once you're done making Sentinels characters, you should try to make the freedom bots.

OMFG MR CHOMPS AAAAWW :D :D :D.

Very nicely done.  These are fantastic.

How much time do these take to make?

Also are all the parts of unity attached?  That little satchel is the best.

You're too kind guys!

I've been asked about this before, but I'm not sure it'd work. The "basic human" shape is pretty simple so I'm relying on using the correct colours and accessories to make the characters recognisable. Using silver/grey only, I don't think I'd get the details well enough for Champion Bot to be obviously Legacy, or Swift Bot to be obviously Wraith. I'll certainly attempt this but not feeling terribly confident.

Let's see… Raptor Bot probably took 4-5 hours. That's including remaking his head several times to get it just right, and all the assembly and embroidery. The crocheting itself didn't take very long. The prototype probably took 6 hours. A second bot I'd guess I could get done now in 3-4 hours.

I didn't keep track of Unity and Visionary, but it wouldn't have been a good indication of the "typical" time if I had. Unity has a lot of fiddly bits and I created the basic design as I made her, and Visionary has some time-consuming colour changes so both took a lot longer than I'd expect a more standard character to take. I'll take note of how long AZ's creation process is.

Everything's attached to Unity except the satchel. The shirt round her waist probably would slip off eventually if I hadn't sewed it on, and the bandanna wouldn't stay put at all. Besides, the fixed bandanna meant that I had to attach less hair, and hair takes AGES.

Absolute Zero (done today, pics tomorrow) took 6 hours of TV-watching. And he's pretty uncomplicated.

Wow, making all of the heroes is going to take a long time!

Will he live in your freezer? :)

That will take a while to get all of them, but it will be worth it (for us at least).

Well that's my amusing photo idea spoiler-ed then!

I feel a bit mean taking him outside into the sun to photograph him since it's quite warm out there today. Maybe he could stay inside playing with my copy of Ice Weasels (strange little card game involving weasels, you guessed it, trapped in ice blocks).

I didn't guess it, I thought they were trapped in the wild, where they have to fight lions and tigers and bears, oh my! With their super ice powers, that they would use to freeze the ground and cause the vicious predators to slip and fall. As the Weasals are too kind hearted to freeze other animal kind.

Nope. The way the designer describes it, it was inspired by those frozen flavoured ice treats that come in plastic joined together in strips. (You rip one off, cut the top off and push the ice up through the top so you can eat it, you know the things I mean. We call them ice pops, but you guys probably have some weird name for them). His kids used to fight over particular flavours so he made a rule that you could only take a pop that was at the end of a strip, and noticed how they'd persuade each other to take the next pop so they could have access to the one they wanted. And the game was born.

It's weasels because of a brand called Otter Pops.

You get points by defrosting the weasels. It's a bizarre little game.

My family call them iceblocks, as just one word. Don't know if they have a "proper" name. Sounds like an entertaining game though 

I've always called them Ice pops, however I decided to look them up. According to Wikipedia, the main name is Freezie, at least since that is the articles name. The do have a long list of different names they go by, crazy.

Isn't there a book "Never freeze a weasel?"

I had to look that one up. Nice work!

Unfortunately the fates (and my dog, who had a recurrence of a balance disorder today and is finding it very difficult to stand and walk) conspired against my plan to do AZ's photoshoot. I'll try my best to do it tomorrow.

If I had artistic talent I'd draw some pictures and remake that book with Sentinels imagery, it could work.  My crude stick figures wouldn't do justice.

I know the feeling, all too much do I wish I could draw. I would be creating SotM fan art on a near constant basis. I would want to draw a picture after every game I play, drawing out the aftermath. Tons of bodies laying, with the occasional villain victory with them standing over the heroes. But sadly, that will never come true. Curse my hands for being so terrible at art! If only I could get the robot devil's hands...

Hehe, I have a similar problem - I can visualise in my head easily the image I'd like to portray - unfortunately it doesn't manage to make its way properly down into my hands and through a pen/pencil/other drawing apparatus :P.

I'm not great at drawing either, but I can guarantee that if you practice, you'll get better. So many people claim not to be able to draw, or sing, or dance, or whatever, and while I'm willing to accept that talent plays a part in all of these they're also abilities that have to be studied and practiced and "earned". I doubt even the most naturally talented artist could paint the Mona Lisa without churning out a whole lot of crap for ages before they started to get good.

They say "practice makes perfect", however I say "nobody is perfect, so why practice?"

I've always meant to work on developing my art stat, however I always end up putting all my points in the "Ronway" stat instead. That's why Ronway has become a synonym for "most awesome thing one can experience".

I drew a lot while I was in school, all the way to about 8th grade.  Used to get books on how to draw and practice all the time, still draw like crap, anything much past stick figures starts to get ugly.  I can't draw straight lines without an aid, but I did learn to trace well, used to do comics of my own where I'd trace the characters into new situations.  They looked good, and I learned I was much better at the story side than the art.  I stopped drawing and started writing, then turned from writing to RPG's, because there is nothing better than other people telling you a story that you wrote.  I've written my own world, and a decent number of campaigns, sadly my groups tend to break up before I get to do too much.

I know practice is huge, talent isn't anything without work, but you have to have the talent to start with.  A lot of insanely talented people never reach the top because they go so long before they ever have to really work hard at it, and lesser talents surpass them because they know how to work at it.

Yeah, true. If you don't have any talent at all you'll never get good, but I guess I'm saying that everyone's rubbish in the beginning and who knows if you have real talent or not if you don't nurture it?

And even if you have precisely zero talent some practice will make your ability less crappy, and that might be enough to satisfy you.

Personally, I only really draw when I feel the need for a character portrait for one of my RPG characters or an amusing little cartoon in a note to my boyfriend or something. I'm by no means brilliant, but my drawings are recognisable and with practice I could probably become at least a little bit good. My problem is, I lack the imagination necessary to create anything interesting. I have no idea how I'd practice that!

Silverleaf (and anyone else who is interested in working on creativity): Check out the book A Whack on the Side of the Head. There's some good practice material there.

I don't recommend the rest of his stuff as strongly, though. (It's gotten to be nothing but money-making material based on the notoriety of A Whack..., his first book.)

I must say how funtastic these Crochetverse characters are. I mean, seriously now. Fun. Tastic. Yes, please!

Well AZ is still waiting to be photographed due to my tweaking him some, lack of appropriate light, dog illness, and my own health problems. I'll get to him soon, hopefully...

In the meantime I'm working on Wraith. I know she'll take ages because of all the visible hair (each stand is tied in pairs so there's a lolt of work) but the thing I can't work out is her cape. It's purple with a red lining and that's the problem. When I did Visionary's cape I used a particular stitch that creates a loose flexible piece and then I steam ironed it to get it nice and flat and smooth. If I made a two-layer cape it'd iron okay but it'd be too thick and stiff to look or move right, so I'm considering cheating and using a single colour (probably red).

But that would be WRONG.

2 layers = too thick. 1 layer = wrong. Some experimentation is in order.

And in other news, I now have the appropriate yarn and embroidery thread to make Legacy and Tachyon. (Why is it that their bios state they have dark blonde and stawberry blonde hair respectively, but in the art it looks like the same colour? Not camplaining, since it makes life much easier for me...)

I'm not too impressed with Visionary (the medium you're working in doesn't offer facial detail, so doing people in it lacks a certain something), but the dinosaurs are cute.

EDIT:  Unity is better than Visionary, but I still prefer the dinos.

Obviously it's because he's a complete pinhead. 

This.  Every single word of this.

By the way, if you're still trying to figure out The Wraith, don't neglect to take a look at the Pin card in Gloomweaver's deck which is stuck in a little doll of the Wraith (you can't miss it, it's the only one of the Pins where the doll is recognizeable, and not just a random poppet).  It's not in crochet form, but you might get something out of checking it.

They look different to me, IIRC.  Especially on Team Leader Tachyon, and her divider card; her hair is practically orange in those, as best I can picture them in my head.

It's deliberate - I'm perfectly capable of adding in more detail but I'm working in a Japanese style called amigurumi which is characterised by simplification, big eyes, that kind of thing. My own particular take on the style involves omitting all facial features except the eyes, for cuteness reasons.

The only problem I'm having is how to create a double-sided cloak without having a double-thick crochet sheet, which would be too bulky to "drape" properly.

I'm going with the character cards, which are I'm pretty sure exactly the same colour. Sure, the dividers are different colours, but the lighting's completely different (Tachyon's in sunset, and Legacy in the shadow of a white light) so they can't really be compared.

OK, I saw the twitter pic.

I demand more pics of the new additions.

The world needs crochet heroes!

Any chance of it being shared here, for those of us who don't tweet?


FANTASTIC!!!

That's pretty damned awesome!!

I have to point out, Wraith's not finished yet. She needs a cape and some bandages - she should be finished some time soon.

Tachyon is 80% finished. :)

Stop sitting on 20% of your butt and go finish her!

Lack of updates on this thread will be forgiven if you give us pics once Tachyon is finished.

We love our crochet heroes.  We want more.

Just wondering if someone were to want you to make them a copy of one, how much would be a worthy amount for the time, effort and materials?

If it wouldn't really be feasible that is okay too.  

Any plans yet for Fanatic, I can't imagine she'll be easy with all the armor and wings and that wierd red cloth hanging in front, but I'm excited to see any of them, I honestly wasn't expecting any of them to look good but they are all amazing.

I hadn't considered selling crocheted Sentinels things, for a couple of reasons. While the materials are relatively cheap, even the simpler ones take a long time to make, much longer than you'd think, so the price would have to be higher than I think is fair for a tiny doll. And more importantly, these aren't my characters and I don't feel that it would be ethical to make money from someone else's creations.

Maybe I could make a few as gifts for people I especially like though. :)

Taking pics of Tiny Crocheted Tachyon might be a problem. How do I get her to keep still? She's pretty stationary at the moment since she has no feet, but once those running shoes go on... I'll try! ;)

Fanatic? I'm not even thinking about Fanatic. Actually, now I am. Hmm. The wings will be okay, I can use a base of pipe cleaners and some fancy edging to suggest the feathers. It's the armour that'll be the problem. Still, once I've messed around with Bunker a bit I'm sure I can get that to work. It's only 3D shapes.

Maybe you can make some fuzzy shaky camera home movies of tachyon running about.

I am not at all surprised the amount of time and care you put into them is evident.

Brilliant. ;)

Nicely done.

Thought you guys might like a teaser - here's a bit over an hour's worth of crochet work (including design modification). 

Yeah!  I always hope there will be an update with more of these.

Consider me teased.

Oh no! Two more dastardly supervillains have emerged to threaten the safety of the crochetverse! Who is brave enough to stop their reign of adorable wooly evil?


Holy ! Those are awesome!

I love how you even got Dawn's facial expression and pose. Just awesome... 

LIKE

Wow, they are BIG! My little guys are in awe. ;)

I'm fangirling over these!!! What a beautiful job!

Thanks, guys! If there are any characters you’d like to see, let me know; the best part is figuring out how to make unusual designs. I think I’m going to try Omnitron next.

The Sentinels? Wraith and Medico both seem like challenges.

These are great. Let's see Argent Adept with instruments!

Ooh, accessories! I like it…

How about Argent Adept as an instrument.

The Fallen Adept, playing the Drum of Despair while pantsless Servants of their dark lord dance to it's evil beat.

You know this happened in the comics.

It would be really awesome if you did Akash'bhuta.

Setback.  Everyone loves Setback.

Like this, Sejixs? 


Destruction can be so cute.

Death by cuteness 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHE'S SO GREAT!

oh wow good job

AHHH! So CUTE! 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I want one of my own now!

Akash: I will devour this world.

Sejixs: You're going to have to devour this spoonful of deliciousness first.

Sejixs feeds Crochet Akash.

Sejixs: How was that? It was good wasn't it?

Akash: (sighs) Yes, yes it was.

I give most of my creations away (it's about the making more than the having for me); this one's yours if you want it. 

Oh My YES! That would be awesome! 

Hahahaha!   Love it.

Ahmigosh! Dawn is preciesely perfect! Gah!

Right? The attitude in that little crochet lady is Spot On. 

They got them!

Huzzah! My creations spread. Next year, I’ll have to bring more wee Sentinels and take their pictures with cosplayers.

That would be so cute! You should definitely try to do that next year!