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SouthernNerd — Push it to the Limit
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Published: 2016-02-10 05:21:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 937; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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When you're born with no super strength, no technological advancements, and nothing to help you out in a fight you have to rely on what you have been given. For 2 Centuries, this has been the case for Vince Michael Collins as he has trained his body to the breaking point of any man and gone beyond it. He treats his body like a machine and with that requires maintenance each and every single day he isn't on the streets as the vigilante "The Reaper".--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Howdy,
Going away from the serious stuff
I want to give some mentions and a shout out. I failed on my part to come up with a story; however, a discussion one night had me aware that there was a lack of beefcake/cheesecake like images to show off the lure that each character brings to the table. As such I began wandering around DeviantArt artists until I stumbled across an artist by the name of who was more than willing to take the project. The result is what you see here. Vince brings the lure of being a bad boy who plays the role of a vigilante on the streets. Since he has to be able to be in the best athletic shape possible, he has to train non-stop just to appease a part of himself that he is capable of running the streets and putting the fear of the Grim Reaper into their hearts and criminals like them.The exercise shown is called a Salmon Ladder exercise that requires both momentum of the body and immense upper body strength. Basically you have to move your body up at the right moment to push the bar up to the next holder until you reach the top. From here you can either repeat the exercise but just descending or drop to the ground from a high altitude. References can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvxdpv…
The Reaper/Vince Michael Collins is the property of and SHOULD ONLY BE USED WITH MY PERMISSION.
The artist who did this fabulous piece is who I recommend anyone commission.
The Reaper makes his appearance in the Universe and the upcoming Dixieverse Universe.
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Comments: 51
What is this essence you found? Out of curiosity.
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Well for me theres something about it; every art. Great effects though. Wow its just hard to explain 😄
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Avionetca is to take credit for that. I just popped the image by her as a commission.
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I like the style you chose for his 'portrait'. Edgy.
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Heh, I didn't imagine that a beefcake image would be Edgy.
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Nice work. I think I need to train a little harder to get a physique like that.
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Plus several decades of martial arts experience and getting "drafted" into a highly questionable super soldier program.
I didn't do the art, :iconavionteca: did it. I just came up with the image idea for some sort of "beefcake" like theme for Valentine's Day.
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Well, I do have a fair bit of martial experience. The super soldier program is something else all together though
Oh OK. She's done a great job with him though.
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Yup, I am more than happy with the results!
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What is awesome? Just asking because the statement is a touch vague.
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Very nice art and character write up. I like it very much!
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Thanks Teri! This was meant to be a beefcake image for a Valentine's Gift to my watchers, but I am glad that it is getting respect for the write up as well! did a really good job with this!
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A very good combination of sexyness and mystery. I like it
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Well Aside for him working out It make me want to read a few of his stories to see how he would have handled the 9th Circle's Black Talons during the Kate Five incident now that I've seen him and hear about the 2 centuries part about him...
Aside from that I've always wanted to know what that exercise was since I seen it on the Arrow Series.
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I don't know what you mean by "9th Circle's Black Talons during the Kate Five incident". I don't know if you are referring to 's Kate Five or someone else but a link would help establish a mindset.
In terms of what he is capable of let me try to explain this without stroking my ego too much. The basis behind The Reaper's fighting is something like Batman, Captain America, or the top tier martial artists. The Reaper is the most dangerous when in close quarters as he has had decades of training in multiple martial arts focusing on nerve bundles, muscle groups, the cardiovascular system, and many more. It has even lead him to incorporate some of these techniques to his guns but The Reaper is capable enough to give metahumans problems if that make sense.
Same here, and from what I have heard it is a very demanding exercise for the chest and traps.
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Well I was talking about this actually.
Reflecting on Discipline Part one
Reflecting on Discipline Part two
Reflecting on Discipline: Part Three
The black talons is 9th Circle's private army and while Regent is after Kate Five he's ordered his army to keep the police and superpowered defenders of the city busy meaning all heroes and wildcards on deck dealing with diversionary teams who is either testing out their new weapons or handing weapons out to street gangs along their new designer drug Janus which either give the user the power they desire after three doses however if they lose focus they turn into monsters or gain twisted mockeries of said powers as displayed here.
Young Guardians: A Match between Marksmen.
As for cliffnotes on Reaper's abilites it give me a good idea of what to expect.
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Well something to keep in mind is that The Reaper has a code to only go after the corrupt and those that are what he sees as a "blight" to others. He only changes if given other orders from the organization he is going to be part time contracted to or if given a REALLY good reason.
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I take it that sweaty muscular men are something of your vibe?
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Thanks! Meant to be a beefcake image, but glad it came out as badass!
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That's how u bust ur ass and prove that u r the boss
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This was actually more of a beefcake image, but glad to know that the hard work is paying off.
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Super cool!! Looks like an interesting character! Great job!!
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Thanks! I plan to get an solo universe biography up soon, so there is more to him. There is a biography now but it is associated to another group. This is just a beefcake image for the public.
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I can't imagine how long it took to do all the little finer details on this one...keep cranking out the amazing work!
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Well I wish I had the level of artistic skill here. I just supplied the idea for a beefcake like image to share with others on Valentine's Day.
The true artist behind this is .
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I think you are the first to notice that this was a beefcake image!
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Nothin, just might do something like this next year.
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That might be interesting to say the least.
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Just going to need ideas though. Sexiness is something I am rather dull on.
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Are you wanting to draw, or render a picture? If I understand this right, you are wanting to do a beefcake piece of art?
What are we trying to make sexy? Reaper?
I need a bit more details as I get confused easily.
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Might be a bit hard for me to explain, but I'll try. I did the cheesecake/beefcake images of my main heavy hitters this time because I couldn't get a Valentine's Story ready in time. It isn't something I do on a regular basis because I want to focus on their actions not their looks.
I usually do renders if I can't do the drawing due to my abilities but I am always open for that. I don't know what my funding will support so I don't get a lot of images paid for. If I do a render series again of beefcake/cheesecake images it will be for my heavy hitters (Plasmoid, Nexus, Freedom Knight, The Reaper, and Southern Belle) but I leave out Nexus because there isn't really anything sexy about a villain who can destroy planets.
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did an awesome job with the artwork! Getting a spot on her commission list isn't easy.
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I was even more impressed that she managed to get the beefcake image down that I wanted to give you guys. Guess I am glad that I chose the right artist.
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