Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Update: Pirates! New Version of Fearsome Force! Removed Skins!

  This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Update: October 7, 2003
Pirates! New Version of Fearsome Force! Removed Skins!
I've got a bevy of new pirate skins available for Mike B7's and Texas Jack's PV_Pirate mesh. The mesh is available from FX Force in the Hexed Meshes section, with a standard skin by me! Check out my Pirates section to see this and my other pirate skins available from my Yahoo Group.
Robert over at FFStuff has new versions of Fearsome Force (my evil, commie version of Freedom Force) that he has skinned, available at FFStuff. These include new versions of the characters I had done, as well as some new characters that I never skinned myself. Check them out.
I've had to remove a few of my older skins to make room for my newer ones. If anyone wants one of the skins I've removed, please let me know and I'll try to get it to you.

Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Update: Catwoman

This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Update: September 12, 2003
Catwoman
I've created a skin of Catwoman for Bobby 69's batgirl_classic69 mesh. It works out pretty well for Catwoman, except for the spiked fins on the arms, and the bat shaped cape. It'll do until someone makes a dedicated Catwoman mesh, though.

Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Update: Two Versions of Man-Bat

This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Update: September 8, 2003
Two Versions of Man-Bat
I've added two versions of Man-Bat for Lord Ehmsidy's Flyer mesh. One is brown, one is black. The mesh is available for download at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lordehmsidymeshes2/
It's not a perfect mesh for Man-Bat, as it doesn't have big ears, and it's wings are not bat-shaped, but it's the closest mesh available at the moment, hopefully someone will make an actual Man- Bat mesh someday.

Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Update: No Marvel Skins

This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Update: September 3, 2003
Effective Immediately, No Skins of Marvel Comics Characters Will be Available to Preview at This Site, or Download from my Yahoo Group.
After reading the posts on the various forums about Marvel's overzealousness regarding skins of their characters, and now having recieved this email (link follows) from Ken Levine, I've decided to remove all Marvel Comics skins from my Yahoo group. I only have a couple of Marvel skins anyway, and it's not worth taking a chance at having the whole group shut down just to host them. I have no plans at the present to remove any DC Comics skins, not unless DC themselves start complaining about it, not just Marvel complaining on DC's "behalf."
This sucks. I'm not even a very big Marvel fan, but alot of people are, and it's just not fair to them to take all their skins away. We're not making any money off this, or taking any money away from them. If anything, these skins are a free form of promotion for them and probably get people who would otherwise be unfamiliar with Marvel Comics introduced to their characters and into the comic book shops to read about them. Pissing off die-hard fans like us is so stupid, we're the only thing keeping the comic book industry alive these days... sure they make all their money from toys and movies and stuff, but without people actually reading the comics that all their toys and movies are based on, how long do you think that will last? Ah, man, I'm just ranting now.... sorry, I'm just very unhappy right now. 

Anyways, here's the text of the email I just recieved...

 Sept 3, 2003

VIA EMAIL AND WEBSITE POSTING(S):

Dear Freedom Force Users and Fans:

It has been brought to our attention by Marvel Enterprises, Inc. that some Freedom Force users are allegedly creating and distributing characters for the Freedom Force game based on Marvel and DC comic book characters. While we are flattered by the mods and missions that people have created for the Freedom Force game and applaud the creativity that has spawned thousands of unique and original heroes, we wish to take this opportunity to remind you that Irrational Games' Editor's End User License Agreement ("EULA") provides that end user modifications ("Mods"):

"…may not contain any material subject to copyright or trademark unless you have obtained the consent of the copyright or trademark holder."

Irrational Games is concerned that copyrighted material belonging to third parties not be wrongfully duplicated and distributed by our users. One of our goals in creating Freedom Force is to allow the community to share in the joy of bringing their own creations to life and we do not want to discourage you from continuing to do this. While we appreciate your desire to see your favorite comic book characters in Freedom Force (and many other video games for that matter) and we understand that many of you think that Marvel's zealousness in pursuing this issue may be misplaced, we implore you to exercise your creativity and create your own heroes for the Freedom Force world!

As many of you may be aware, a Freedom Force fan site was recently shut down because it was distributing unauthorized copies of Marvel and DC characters. There may be numerous other websites doing the same. While Irrational Games has no control over or relation to these websites (including www.skindex.net), we hope anyone owning or operating such a website realizes the seriousness of this problem and acts to resolve these issues accordingly, to protect your own interests, as well as Marvel's and ours.

We have also noticed that some websites may be using the Freedom Force logo on their websites. We ask that any websites, Mods, etc. that are using the Freedom Force logo please stop doing so without our specific written approval (please email wgardner@irrationalgames.com for more information). You may, however, still describe your Mod as a Freedom Force mod or a "mod for the Freedom Force game", that is, in a way that merely states that your mod works with the Freedom Force game. We hope that you can see that if everyone used the Freedom Force logo on their websites, no one would know which site is the official Freedom Force website (e.g., Irrational Games' website).

I thank you for your attention. I sincerely hope you recognize the importance and gravity of what I have discussed and will act accordingly.

Sincerely,
Kenneth M. Levine
General Manager, Irrational Games

This is Atomic Robot again, hopefully I'll be able to keep the rest of my skins available for anyone who wants them... 

Aloha, Atomic Robot

Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Update: Two Skins

This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Update: August 10, 2003
Two Skins
I've got two new skins for the male_heavy mesh. First is the Golden Age green Lantern's mortal enemy Solomon Grundy. Check him out in my Heroes and Villains section.
Next is Batman villain Mark Desmond AKA The Blockbuster. I actually posted this one a few days ago but I never wrote an update for it. Preview this skin in my Batman section.
My skins are available to download from my Yahoo! Group.

Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Update: New Skins, and Some Variations on a Few Old Ones, Part 2

This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Update: July 25, 2003
New Skins, and Some Variations on a Few Old Ones, Part 2
I've got two new skins for you today. First up is The Flash's Freeze Gun wielding nemesis Captain Cold. Check him out in my Heroes and Villains section.
Next, I've got a skin no one was pining away for: The Composite Superman. You can read about that one in my Superman section.
I've also got another batch of variations on my old skins for different meshes. I've got two new versions of J'onn J'onnz the Manhunter from Mars and one new version of The Flash. You can read about those in my Justice League section. Finally, I've got a new version of Superman which you can read about here.
As always, all of my skins are available to download from my Yahoo! Group.

Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Justice League of America Skins

This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Atomic Robot's Justice League of America Skins

Featuring skins inspired by the Justice League of America and other DC Comics characters of the 1940's through 1970's. 

Most of my Justice League skins have been updated with greater detail, and a few have been redone completely. I've also added glow and reflection files for meshes that have them enabled. Check them out at my latest group, Atomic Robot Skins 3. 

UPDATED! Aquaman

 The Silver Age Aquaman, co-founder of the Justice League of America, and King of the Seven Seas. With his ability to talk to and befriend fish, he is a formidable opponent indeed. For the male_basic mesh. 

UPDATED! The Atom

The Silver Age Atom, member of the Justice League of America. The Atom had the abilities to shrink in size and alter his weight, neither of which is reproducable in Freedom Force. Enjoy! For the male_basic mesh. 

Captain Cold

The Freeze Gun weilding nemesis of The Flash. For MikeB7's TM_hood_holster_gloves_boots hexed mesh. 

UPDATED! The Flash

The Silver Age Flash, co-founding member of the Justice League of America. Poor Flash, he's the Fastest Man Alive, but he's always late for his dates with his girlfriend Iris. Ironic, huh? For the male_basic mesh and Bobby69's flash_allen69 mesh. 

NEW SKIN! Green Arrow

The Silver Age Green Arrow, member of the Justice League of America and Master of the Wacky Art of Archery. He's kind of like Batman, only lame. For the Beyonder's male_archer_round mesh. This is a new version of Green Arrow that replaces my previous skin.

UPDATED! Green Lantern

The Silver Age Green Lantern, a co-founder of the Justice League of America. Once in a Super Friends cartoon, he made a Green Jeep and was driving around in it, and I was like, "Dude, you can fly, why are you driving around in a green jeep?!," but he didn't listen. For the male_basic mesh.

Solomon Grundy

Solomon Grundy: scary zombie something-or-other! Mortal enemy of the Golden Age Green Lantern! Sometimes enemy of the modern day Batman! For the male_heavy mesh.

UPDATED! Hawkman

The Silver Age Hawkman, member of the Justice League of America and Winged Wonder from Outer Space. Hawkman has a lot in common with Aquaman. Aquaman can talk to fish, and Hawkman can talk to birds, plus they both love to eat worms. For the male_alpha mesh. 

UPDATED! The Manhunter from Mars

The Silver Age J'onn J'onzz, co-founding member of the Justice League of America. When Batman heard J'onn J'onzz (pronounced John Jones) chose the secret ID of "John Jones," he sarcastically announced he was changing his name from "Batman" to "B'rooz W'ane," but J'onn didn't realize it was a joke. For the male_cape mesh. Also available for The Beyonder's male_cape_boots mesh and for the TM_ J´onn_ J´onzz hexed mesh by Felídeo.

Snapper Carr

 This finger-snappin', slang talkin', teenage beatnik was an honorary member of the Silver Age Justice League of America. Snapper has no powers, yet he is unquestionably the greatest JLA member of all time. For the Nick mesh.

UPDATED! Wonder Woman

The Silver Age Wonder Woman, co-founding member of the Justice League of America. She is an Amazon Princess, so naturally she flies around in an invisble robot plane, like any good Amazon Princess would. For the female_longhair mesh. Also works for the female_longhair_effects mesh, and is available for Beardedinlair's Wonder Woman mesh, too. 

UPDATED! Wonder Woman with Cape

 The Silver Age Wonder Woman, co-founding member of the Justice League of America. She is an Amazon Princess, so naturally she flies around in an invisble robot plane, like any good Amazon Princess would. For Mienk's female_cape mesh. Available on my second yahoo group. 

Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery: Update: New Skins, and Some Variations on a Few Old Ones

This post originally appeared, in a somewhat different format, on my old website, "Atomic Robot's Freedom Force Gallery" at www.geocities.com/robotatomic.  That website is now offline, although an archived version of it is available at http://www.oocities.org/robotatomic/index.html.  Much of the information is now out of date, and many of the links may be inactive, but I'm keeping it online here for posterity's sake.

Update: July 8, 2003
New Skins, and Some Variations on a Few Old Ones
I've got some new skins for you today. First up are two versions of Vincent Price as Egghead. Check them out in my Batman TV Show section.
Next I've got two skins for Beardedinlair's Frankenstein mesh. First there is Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster. Second I've got a skin of Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster from the TV show The Munsters. The Herman Munster skin really didn't turn out that great, though. It's kind of like my Burt Ward as Robin skin, in that it's a decent looking skin, but it doesn't really look that much like the actor who played the character.
I've also got some variations on my old skins for some different models. There are two versions of Batman now available for Beardedinlair's awbatman mesh, one from the comics, one from the TV show. I've got a new version of the Green Arrow, this time for The Beyonder's male_archer_round mesh. I've adapted my Wonder Woman skin for Beardedinlair's wonder woman mesh, and I've also made a version of Wonder Woman with a red, white, and blue cape for Mienk's female_cape mesh. All my skins are available to download from my Yahoo! Group.