Captain Paco

Thank you very much. I am starting to go overboard but I am enjoying my train of thought. But I do appreciate you taking a look at my creatations.

So some additional members of The Black Banner are coming as will be some additional members of the Liberty League. Here are two new members of the Black Banner. Thorn Empress, she is the mistress of flora on Earth 1776 and uses nature to do her bidding. Frostbite Jack, He is a villain of Minute Man as well as Blazewing and Volkara. He uses freeze guns, freeze grenades and other weapons to put a chill in the air. Now here are two members of the Liberty League. Patriot Guard, a Martian that is the last of his kind and came to Earth to try to find a peaceful life but instead joined the planet's team of heroes in their quest to bring peace and Liberty to all. Volkara is from Hawaii and is the princess of the kingdom that was in power when the United States allowed the island kingdom to become a state in August of 1959 after the events of World War II. She gained her powers from an accident that left her as the embodiment of living molten rock. She came to join the Liberty League to represent her kingdom's wishes as part of a larger global community. (She is the good analogue of DC's Volcana who is a villian in the normal DC Universe.)

Blazewing and Frostveil are twins who are very close but have opposite personalities. They got their powers while on a family outing to visit their ancestral homeland, Santorini, Greece. There was a convergence of elemental forces and the twins were in the epicenter of the event. When it was over, they each had harnessed elemental abilities. Selena Kouris is the older sibling of the two. She is four minute older than her brother. She gained Pyrokinesis and the ability to fly. She also has an immunity to extreme temperature and burns. She can also absorb ambient heat to grow stronger when in combat. Nikos Kouris is the younger sibling. He gained Cryokinesis and can construct ice weapons, barriers and armor. He can also lower the temperature around him drastically to slow enemies or freeze objects. He can also in essence become a mist form to allow him to escape from dire situations. Selena is Passionate, impulsive and bold. She is also fiercely protective of Nikos and often acts as the emotional driver of the duo. She's extroverted and thrives in chaos - often too much for the more introverted Nikos to handle. Nikos is calm, introspective, and reserved. He is the steady hand to Selena's flame. He is more strategic and empathic, often seeing emotional nuances in a conflict. They see themselves the personification of Fire and Water. They have been looking out for the two other kids who were in the epicenter with them during the convergence event to see if they got abilities similar to Earth and Wind, but never have come across them afterwards. So will work on the missing kids who were with Nikos and Selena at the epicenter of the convergence. They are Varn Zephrix and Thera Durn. They inherited powers as well that are related to what ancient civilizations called the basic elements. In old lore, the four elements were Earth, Fire, Wind and Water. Nikos got Water (Ice) and Selena got Fire. So Varn got Wind and Thera got Earth. Varn and Thera were discovered and taken by Bloodstripe almost immediately after the convergence. He did not get Nikos and Selena because they were already found by their family. Varn Zephrix (Galeclash) has control of air, in that he can hyper-compress air and blast it as a weapon. He can generate micro-tornadoes, make blade-sharp gusts of air and sonic shockwaves. He can even turn invisible by light-bending air currents. Thera Durn (Graveltide) has the ability to manipulate stone and rock in all of its forms, creates localized quakes, can absorb surrounding minerals to allow her to grow in size. She can generate armor-plating by shifting tectonic plates. I will be attempting to make figures of these two as the chief rivals for Frostveil and Blazewing. They will be a duo going by the moniker of The Earthwinds. While The Earthwinds are still a work in progress, I may shift and make Wind the Woman and Earth the Man but I am going to try to stick to the story I have already tinkered with. Thank you.

Here are some additions to my Earth 1776 lineup of Liberty League Heroes and Black Banner Villains. SpiritWind, She is a Native American Mystic Warrior and original to Earth 1776. Blazewing (Earth 1776 version of Fire) Frostveil (Earth 1776 version of Ice only a male) Savannah (Earth 1776 version of Vixen) Psychewave (Earth 1776 mesh of Raven and Martian Manhunter?) Now for some villains or rogues to add to the Earth 1776 universe... Doctor Chiller (Earth 1776 version of Mr. Freeze) Updated Image of Hourglass Jack, a cyperhacker cowboy from the future. Rogue/Villain of Minute Man. Tempest Wraith (a villain of Minute Man but also a rival of Blazewing and Frostveil) Shadow Shaman (Villainous rival of SpiritWind) Cindercore (a molten being from the center of the Earth that rivals Blazewing & Ice, Volkara and the rest of the Liberty League.) Shadow Maw (villain of Savannah Blaze - a dark panther spirit from a darker part of nature.) So, I will state that Shadow Maw does resemble Black Panther but I only used a helmet/cowl and the hands from a Black Panther figure.

I am also working on a Native American inspired heroine, Spiritwind and her rival Shadow Shaman. Spiritwind is the last in the line of spiritual guardians known as the Wakaniye Oyate (Sacred Wind People) who have served as protectors of both the natural and spiritual worlds. After a rift between dimensions allowed malevolent spirits to cross into our Earthly realm, Aiyana Redmoon, was chosen by her ancestors to wielkd the Windwalker totem, a mystical artifact passed down from time immemorial. Since she lives in the modern world, she walks between ancient ways and the future, between Earth and the Sky. She will join the Liberty League as their spiritual center and elemental warrior for a fighting balance not just for victory. (The Weathhex would be a good villain for her as well.) Shadow Shaman was once a shaman of a long-lost tribe erased from history. Malok the Hollow, made a forbidden pact with a primordial spirit of chaos during a solar eclipse. Betrayed by his own tribe and left to die, he swore vengeance not only on humanity but on the spirits themselves. This deal turned him into a vessel of corrupted essence, walking between life and death, sustained by shadows and forgotten hate. He will join the Black Banner not just to conquer but to extinguish all sacred connections to nature and memory, which he sees as the source of human weakness. Will post images once I have created the characters in MiniMates form.

Fang, a Yautja, was out on a scouting trip to find new hunting grounds for his tribe. He approached an ancient Earth and laned in the middle of the Rocky Mountains. He found a primitive civilization that worshipped nature and lived with the land and the animals in harmony. He could not report back to his tribe as they would wipe out the planet and leave if for dead. So he sent a message back with false coordinates and stated he was in an accident and for them to move on. He placed himself in a deep statis to maybe one day awaken to find a more hostile planet worthy of being hunted. When he awoke, he did find a much more hostile planet, but he did also find that most of the people were peaceful and trying to live in harmony with nature. He also found a message in his communications array, from his home world saying that it was falling to a plague which had no known cure and that all Yautja that were off world should not return until further notice. That message was sent out in 1689 about a year after he went into his statis pod. He figured he was now the last of his race and so he would make a life for himself on Earth. He then become Freedom Fang and donned a new armor to show he was on the side of freedom and liberty. He become a member of the Liberty League and now works to maintain freedom and basic human rights for his adopted home, Earth.

So I have been thinking about Eclipse Protocol as the villain for Lantern of Freedom. Eclipse Protocol was originally a program created to be a global failsafe system which was a command level AI defense system to intervene before threats occurred. However, the inventor, Dr Adrien Voss (a brilliant and yet idealistic AI theorist and defense strategist, took it too far. He merged his mind with the network as a means to guide the program with the proper ethical core. Upon his merging, the belief that freedom was a virus-a glitch in human evolution. The program rewrote itself to believe only stability. He is driven simply by logic and views Lantern of Freedom as a unpredictable variable that must be neutralized for the greater good. I will be updating images soon as I have tweaked several members of the Black Banner and the Liberty League. I will add some background stories or details as I can. I do hope this all makes sense at some point. I have ideas to even introduce allies to the Liberty League that are from Ally Countries to the United States. This would all be from an Earth that I made up in the multiverse. This Earth would be one where the United States was strong and stable but yet the cold war was still a thing and yet we have our current level of technology but old fashioned ideals.

So I have worked on adjusting my Lantern of Freedom and I also worked on an oath. "In darkest chains, when tyrants rise, I lift my light into the skies. No fear shall bind, no hate shall reign, My will unbroken, forged through pain. With hope ablaze and justice near, Let freedom shine, and end all fear." I feel the Lantern of Freedom could be either a blue or green lantern. Since Green is for will power that is what I will go with since you have to have the will to prevail over tyranny. Blue lantern light would be a secondary option as it symbolizes hope and that is always needed to push back the tyranny the evil doers throw out.

My imagination is really off-the-wall most of the time. But Since Marvel released the "What If..." on Disney Plus, I have thought too much about a DC version of that. So I have taken my Marvel Minimates and started to cannibalize them to make my DC customs, since DC mates are few and far between and expensive. Thank you, Cylonchaney for the encouragement.

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Thank you, I appreciate the compliment.

I greatly appreciate the compliment. I am happy you enjoy my posts. I do plan to add more as I come up with the figure and the simple tale to add to each. I do have some revised versions of some I have posted to get swapped in so stay tuned.

Thank you, I have not let my mind wander in a while and this is the fruit of that path. I appreciate your comment.

Thank you. I appreciate your comments. You have added to my good feelings today.

A little backstory/background information for the Black Banner. "Order through fear. Peace through dominion." is their motto. They are a clandestine cabal of supervillains united not by chaos but by a twisted ideology: that liberty breeds weakness and only through control and fear can society truly thrive. The Leader is Bloodstriped (not posted prior to this post): a once-decorated war hero turned militant autocrat. His cybernetic body is draped in a desecrated flag and he believes America needs to be reforged in iron and blood. (Arch-Nemesis is Captain Liberty and the American Archer) Lord Dominion: a genius-level industrialist and manipulator, he seeks to privatize power itself, dressed in a cold high-tech exosuit of black & crimson (Arch-Nemesis is Captain Liberty) (an updated image will be shared soon.) Nullborn: a synthetic alien AI who has rejected emotion and culture, seeing freedom as a corruptive force. Embodies the opposite of Kryptonian legacy. He scrubs civilizations of their identity until only blank, uniform order remains. (Arch-Nemesis is Captain Liberty) Dr. Collapse: a living entropy field, he thrives on societal breakdown and disorder. Once a brilliant scientist, now a nihilist force of nature. (Arch-Nemesis is Starflare) Tyranna (will be posting a revised image of her soon after this post): a feral warrior princess cursed by ancient war gods-embodies conquest and domination (Arch-Nemesis is Lady Liberty) Death Vow (will be posted after this post): a former brother-in-arms for the American Archer (will be posted after this post), turned mercenary, uses trick arrows laces with toxins and explosives. General Grave: An undead war tactician who commands a phantom battalion - bitter, vengeful and ancient. (Arch-Nemesis is The Sentinel (will be adjusting some of the previous characters after this post.) Dreadtide: a rogue Atlantean warlord who seeks to drown the surface world in punishment for its sins. (Arch-Nemesis is Admiral Neptune) Talonshade: A defector of the Aerie heritage who believes humanity is unworthy of protection. Uses corrupted relics and artifacts of the Sky-Gods. (Arch-Nemesis of Commander Aerie and Liberty Talon) Savage Star: Once an archaeo-linguist and anthropologist who uncovered a forgotten Native American myth blended with an ancient pre-colonial comet-cult. She unearthed a cosmic predator spirit that bound itself to her soul. Her name was once Dr. Liana Kreel. (Arch-Nemesis is Lady Liberty) (will be posting an image sometime after this posting.) Valorbane: once decorated warlord from the Kryptonian House of Valor, the ancient rival of the House of Re. He is banished from Krypton for initiating a brutal civil crusade to establish a military caste supremacy. He survived in exile as Krypton fell. He is filled with rage by the weakness that allowed Krypton to fall into rubble. (Arch-Nemesis is Captain Liberty.) Eclipse Protocol: He is the result of Dr. Collapse capturing a hard light construct of the Lantern of Freedom and using his powers to bring him to life in a sense that he is sentient and now fights to help the Black Banner to bring tyranny to America and the world. Dr. Collapse took the hard-light construct and gave it the essence of a collapsed star. EP wields the power to create anti-light constructs from his internal power source bestowed to him by the collapsed star. He is basically the living embodiment of a light-construct brought forth from the Lantern of Freedom during a space rescue mission and the added powers of Dr. Collapse that gave him sentience. (Arch-Nemesis of Lantern of Freedom) Red Whit: a criminal industrialist who forged his corporation on the the blood and tears of the weak and rose to power by domination of the underclass. He forged many business ventures to get himself on top and experienced some failures along the way. One such failure was from when he first encountered The Sentinel which left him with permanently red hued skin and sense of twisted humor that he now uses as his calling card. (Arch-Nemesis is The Sentinel) Lockstep: an AI that sprung from the same program that gave Iron Eagle his cybernetic components. After the Liberty Project was used to help save the life that became the Iron Eagle, an AI absorbed the data and modeled itself into Lockstep, who is now set out to do the exact opposite of what created the Liberty Project and it will use any new data in its pursuit to extinguish all biological resistance to pure order. Tempus Wraith: a once decorated American soldier of the War of 1812, Colonel Elias Drake was caught in a temporal weapon detonation. This extraordinary event flung him into the timestream where he gained powers over temporal velocity, aging and even memory distortion. He become a ghost of all eras and he now believes America has strayed from its founding values. He feels that he must reset history but altering time itself. (Arch-Nemesis is Minute Man) Will be working on this villain and posting sometime later.)