Welcome to the August Dial Design Contest! These are the general rules of the contest are simple:

Anyone can submit and/or cast votes during any of the three rounds. Each round features a new design parameter and participants have a week to complete, submit, and edit their single-dial (unless otherwise specified) entry right here in the thread, after which the community will vote on their favourite dials. At the end of the voting phase, the most votes win the round, and the most votes after three rounds wins the contest. Constructive comments are always welcome. Language not conducive to the current PAC (including updates from SMBA) may affect a judge's voting consideration, so please avoid use of retired terms and symbols. Character selection may come from any medium unless specified, but references for non-mainstream characters should be included. Please use the Dial Generator provided in the Units section.
As a meta rule, during voting phases, please do not quote entire dials when making comments, to make things easier to read.

Round deadlines will be the following:
ROUND 1:
ENTRIES AUG 1 – 7, VOTING FROM AUG 8 – 14
ROUND 2:
ENTRIES AUG 8 – 14, VOTING FROM AUG 15 – 21
ROUND 3:
ENTRIES AUG 15 – 21, VOTING FROM AUG 22 – 28

With the final winner being announced AUG 29.


SPECIAL RULE: AN AUGUST MONTH OF CHARACTERS
Each entry this month will have a weekly prompt, but a special bonus point will be awarded for those that create an entry using the “Ruler” or “Celebrity” keyword.

ROUND 1: Barbenheimer
Design a dial that showcases two opposites that work together. Either a pair of characters with opposing traits, the use of colours, the theme, whatever.

Good luck!

Hey Buckwheat, I'll take that re-sizing help now!

#8001 Experienced Iceman and the Human Torch
Real Name: Robert "Bobby" Drake, Johnny Storm
Team: Team Player
Range: 6
Points: 50
Keywords: X-Men, Champions, Spider-Man Family, X-Factor, Celebrity, Fantastic Four

8 11 18 2

8 11 18 2

7 10 17 2

7 10 17 3

8 11 17 3

KO KO KO KO

8 11 18 3

8 11 18 3

7 10 17 3

7 10 17 2

8 12 18 2

KO KO KO KO

Ice and Fire!: Free: Turn Iceman and the Human Torch to the same click number of a different color.
The Unbeatable Combo!: If Iceman and the Human Torch is adjacent to Ice Terrain, Smoke Cloud as FREE, but only to place two markers.
Ice Slide! : Running Shot. When Iceman moves, generate an Ice blocking terrain marker adjacent to the he square started and finished his movement in. This game, that marker has "Adjacent characters must roll for break away if they don't already need to."
Nova Blast!: Pulse Wave. Increase damage dealt +1 for each "4" in the attack roll.
Flame Trail: After any action where Iceman and the Human Torch move, after resolutions deal 1 damage to each opposing character Iceman and the Human Torch moved through.


Chill out: Incapacitate
Dense as ice: Invulnerable
A frosty shell: Toughness
I can refreeze it! Regeneration
Ice makes things brittle: Enhancement
Ice Dupes: Shape Change
Put some ice on it! Support
Flame on! Running Shot
Don't stand too close: Pulse Wave
Heat Shimmer: Energy Shield/Deflection
Firewalls: Barrier
Toasty! Empower



Design Notes: Rarely have I been so inspired so quickly. This panel from the Days of Future Present story, told in X-Factor Annual 5, has always stuck with me. As Ahab, a mutant-hunting time traveler that may or may not be Cable has attacked both the FF and the X-Men, Iceman and the Torch meet up, shake hands, and steam. They ultimately combine to blow up Ahab's ship by super-heating and freezing it alternately. I've always loved this panel.

Edit-I am nothing if not reasonable.

2-Face-2
Real Name: (Unrevealed)
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 4
Points: 50
Keywords: Arkham Asylum, Future, Gotham Underworld, Monster

4 10 16 2

2 10 16 0

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

I DON'T INVENT—I INNOVATE: At the beginning of your turn, choose two of the following items minus 2-Face-2's number of action tokens. 2-Face-2 can use the effects of the chosen item(s) until your next turn.

• The Joker's Joke Book: Perplex, Poison. When using Poison, 2-Face-2 treats characters he targeted with Perplex this turn as adjacent.
• Roboto's Right Eye of Death: Penetrating Psychic/Blast, Ranged Combat Expert, ⦿ █ ● OO>.
• Professor Nichols' Time Ray: Probability Control, Telekinesis. POWER: Turn 2-Face-2 to click 1 or 2.

SIGNIFICANT APPEARANCE: Batman #700 (2010)

Unique Two-Face
Real Name: Harvey Dent
Team: Batman Ally, Batman Enemy, Police, Underworld
Range: 4
Points: 50
Keywords: Arkham Asylum, Gotham City Underworld, Police, Politician

7 11 18 3

7 11 18 3

6 11 17 3

6 10 17 2

6 10 17 2

6 10 17 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Conflicted: Shape Change. Two-Face's Team Abilities can't be copied by friendly Wildcards unless permitted by this trait. // At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin, Two-Face uses the effects of the result until you flip again.

-Heads: Defend, Support, Leadership. Wildcards can copy the Batman Ally and Police Team Abilities from Two-Face.

-Tails: Willpower, Ranged Combat Expert, Close Combat Expert. Wildcards can copy the Batman Enemy and Underworld Team Abilities from Two-Face.

DESIGN NOTES: So with the Notorious set Two-Face revealed, WHY am I taking a crack at him with that one impending?

I have several critiques of it, one of the biggest is Probability Control. While yes, it can't work off his coin flips in game, it doesn't suit Two-Face as a character whose psychological issue in Batman comics, is feeling like he has no control over his own fate and relies on chance to decide what to do. And beyond that, the NOT Set Two-Face looks more like they decided to use the coin tosses more as a gimmick in his 50/50 trait, which I don't like either for not being terribly true to him. Oh well, maybe this dial would make a good alternative.

#Aug01 Unique Pee Wee Herman
Real Name: Paul Reubens
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 40
Keywords: Celebrity, Past, Pee Wee's Playhouse

7 0 18 0

7 0 18 0

7 0 17 0

6 0 17 0

6 0 17 0

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Targeting: Ignores Characters
You Said the Secret Word!: At the beginning of the game, choose a standard power on the PAC. Whenever a character uses that power, Pee Wee Herman's player must shout "You Said the Secret Word!" or “Did you just say [insert chosen power here]?!” and both players must scream real loud. If anybody from outside the game screams real loud, Pee Wee Herman's team modifies their damage values by +1 until the end of their next turn.
Jambi The Genie! : Probability Control, but only if you say "Mecca Lecca Hi, Mecca Hiney Ho" first.
Connect the Dots, La La La La!: Friendly characters can draw line of fire to any character Pee Wee Herman can draw line of fire to.
I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Super Senses. When an attack misses Pee Wee Herman, deal the attacking character one click of unavoidable damage.

Leap/Climb: Bouncing Around the Playhouse
Perplex: I'm Just Trying to Illustrate That Its Okay to be Different...
Enhancement: I'm Trying to Tell Kids to Have a Good Time...
Empower: And Encourage Them to Be Creative and Question Things.



#Aug02 P. W. Herman
Real Name: Pee Wee Herman
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 30
Keywords: Celebrity, Martial Artist, Past, Spy, Pee Wee's Playhouse

8 10 18 2

7 10 17 2

7 10 17 2

7 9 17 2

7 9 17 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

P.W. Herman! Paging Mister P.W. Herman!: If P.W. Herman is friendly to Aug01 Pee Wee Herman, he can use Sidestep.
I'm a Loner, Dottie. A Rebel.: Modify P.W. Herman's attack value by +1 if no friendly characters are within 5 squares.

Charge: Ninjas! I'll Handle This!
Force Blast: Get Those Ninjas Away From the Bike!
Precision Strike: Take That!
Super Senses: The Soviets Have Stolen The Prototype Bike!
Combat Reflexes: Those Ninjas Will Have To Get Past Me First!

Like many my age, Pee Wee Herman was a childhood icon of mine. Pee Wee's Big Adventure was an aboslutel laugh riot, Pee Wee's Playhouse was a Saturday morning fixture we didn't dare miss, and we all had numerous Pee Wee toys and collectibles (you had the pull string talking Pee Wee too, right?). If you were a kid in the 80s, Pee Wee Herman was a part of your life.

So the news of Paul Reubens' passing yesterday hurt. It didn't take long to try and come up with ways to immortalize him in Heroclix.

I knew for the prompt, I needed both Pee Wee himself and his big league action movie doppelganger, P.W. Herman as portrayed expertly by James Brolin, giving a performance that is playing it completely straight in being one hundred percent Pee Wee's opposite. But the question was which Pee Wee I would dial. Would I try to recreate his arc in Pee Wee's Big Adventure? Or would I go into the Playhouse?

The Playhouse won out, if only because it afforded more opportunities for Heroclix players to behave in a silly manner while playing, which is absolutely key to Pee Wee Herman as a character. He's not without his tactical uses, of course. He's not a fighter, but he is one heck of a supporting player, bounding about the Playhouse with reckless abandon to Perplex, to give his friends a helping hand, to connect the dots on the battlefield to help them make their shots.

I knew I needed to bring The Secret Word and Jambi the Genie in, and make them both absolutely silly but also useful.

P.W. Herman is full on a fighter where Pee Wee is not. He's not very much one for helping his teammates out, as he's a loner, Dottie. A rebel. Maximize his stats by keeping him away from his friends. Having Pee Wee on the field alongside P.W. can increase his mobility, as Pee Wee can call him to the front desk to receive a phone call.

Rest well, Paul Reubens, and thank you for the memories. May you continue to avoid door-to-door salesmen and build your tin foil ball to ever greater magnitudes.

Just now saw this. Miller's is 500 pixels; mine is 600.

https://i.imgur.com/OUnv7K9.jpg

I expect nothing, but: Come get metaphysical with me, friends!



Love & Hate
Team: Cosmic Energy
Range: 0
Points: 35
Keywords: Cosmic, Deity, Ruler

7 11 16 0

6 11 16 0

6 10 16 0

5 10 15 0

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

6 9 18 2

6 9 18 2

8 10 17 2

9 10 17 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

I'm Yours And That's It, Forever: FREE: Turn Love & Hate to the same click number on their other dial.

Love Sings A Song As She Sails Through The Sky: , Pulse Wave.

My Vacation's Ending, I'm Coming Home Late
I Can't Wait To See You Again
No One Here Cares If You Go Or You Stay
Every Stranger And Drifter He Greets
The Strongest Stuff You Can Drink
Shakes Hands With Every Loner He Meets
Carrying With Her The Good Things We Know
As Soon As He Sees Her, Hope Fills His Eyes
Hate Gets Home Lucky To Still Be Alive
I'm Sorry

Significant Appearance: The Ballad of Love and Hate (Emotionalism, 2007)

#003 Unit-01
Real Name: Shinji Ikari
Team: NERV
Range: 6
Points: 400
Keywords: NERV, Eva Pilot, Teen, Celebrity, Robot, Pilot

8 10 19 5

8 10 19 5

8 10 18 5

7 10 18 4

7 11 18 4

7 11 18 4

6 11 17 4

6 11 17 4

6 10 17 4

5 10 17 3

5 10 17 3

3 9 16 3

3 8 15 3

3 8 15 3

9 12 18 6

9 12 17 5

9 11 16 4

9 10 15 4

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

AT Fields: Energy Shield/Deflection. // Enemies cannot use Energy Shield/Deflection when being targeted by a character with this trait.
Somebody Help Me! Please Don't Abandon Me!: If there are no friendly characters within line of sight of Unit-01, subtract -1 from all attack rolls.
EVANGELION Prototype 2014: Super Strength. If this character is KO'd, friendly characters cannot use Willpower for the rest of the game.
Can't Run Away: At the beginning of your turn, roll a D6. On a 1-3, Unit-01 cannot make any attacks. On a 4-6, Unit-01 can make two attacks at no extra cost.
The Beast: STOP: Invulnerability, Combat Reflexes.

Team Ability: NERV - Mastermind. Enhancement, but can only target characters with the NERV or Eva Pilot keyword.

(Running Shot) I Don't Want To Run Away Any More!
(Earthbound/Neutralized) No One Understands Me
(Flurry) Brutal Beating
(Blades/Claws/Fangs) Deploy Prog Knife!
(Precision Strike) Monstrous Devouring
(Invincible) Fortified Armor
(Impervious) Cage Weakening
(Toughness) Massive Cranial Damage
(Ranged Combat Expert) Position Target In The Center. Pull The Switch
(Exploit Weakness) Target The Core
(Battle Fury) S-2 Drive Assimilation


First Appearance: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), Episode One - "Angel Attack!"



#002 Unit-02
Real Name: Asuka Langley Soryu
Team: NERV
Range: 0
Points: 400
Keywords: NERV, Eva Pilot, Teen, Celebrity, Robot, Pilot

9 11 20 5

9 11 20 5

9 11 20 5

7 11 19 5

7 11 19 5

7 10 18 5

7 10 18 4

7 10 18 4

5 10 18 4

5 9 18 4

5 9 18 4

3 8 18 3

3 8 18 3

3 8 18 3

9 12 16 6

9 12 16 6

9 12 16 6

3 9 15 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

You Were Protecting Me All Along!: Energy Shield/Deflection. // Enemies cannot use Energy Shield/Deflection when being targeted by a character with this trait. // When on Click #15, this character can use Energy Shield/Deflection, but adds +3.
Idiot Shinji!: If there are no friendly characters within line of sight of Unit-02, subtract -1 from all attack rolls.
EVANGELION Mass Production Model: Super Strength. // When this character successfully uses Super Senses, remove an action token.
EAT THIS ARSCH***H!: Range 7, . // Energy Explosion, Penetrating/Psychic Blast.
I Don't Want To Die, I Don't Want To Die, I Don't Want To Die : STOP: Invulnerability, Combat Reflexes.

Team Ability: NERV - Mastermind. Enhancement, but can only target characters with the NERV or Eva Pilot keyword.

(Charge) I'll Think For Myself And I'll Live For Myself!
(Flurry) Pathetic
(Hypersonic Speed) There's No Way I Can Lose!
(Earthbound/Neutralized) Look At Me! Please Look At Me!
(Invincible) Try Not To Get In My Way, Shinji
(Impervious) I've Still Got Twelve-Thousand Plates Of Fortified Armor!
(Toughness) Nobody Stays
(Super Senses) We Were Always Together!
(Close Combat Expert) Get Back Here, You Dumb Rookie!
(Battle Fury) I'll Kill You! I'll Kill You! I'll Kill You! I'll Kill You! I'll Kill You!

First Appearance: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), Episode Eight - "Asuka Strikes!"

One dial guys, not two.

I disagree-

Seraphimon
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 7
Points: 300
Keywords: Monster, Ruler, Soldier, Virus Busters

9 12 19 4

8 11 18 4

9 12 18 3

8 11 19 4

8 11 18 3

8 12 18 4

7 11 17 3

7 12 18 4

7 11 17 3

7 11 17 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Targeting: Hindering, Destroy Blocking: Once per range attack, this character can draw a line of fire through one piece of Blocking terrain. Immediately after the attack resolves, destroy that piece of Blocking.
DARK ALTERNATE: Once per game when Seraphimon would be damaged, you may choose that it instead takes no damage. After resolutions, generate a DanDevimon bystander token.
RULER OF THE ANGELIC HOST: Leadership, but may target any friendly character in range that shares a keyword with Seraphimon. When Seraphimon rolls for Leadership and succeeds, you may choose to heal the targeted character 1 click instead of normal effects.
TESTAMENT: STOP. Invincible, Super Senses. POWER: Roll a d6. Deal damage equal to the result to all characters on the map except for Friendly Characters that share a keyword with Seraphimon. After resolutions, KO Seraphimon.
SEVEN HEAVENS: Ranged Combat Expert. Power: Make a Ranged Attack. On a hit, choose one: Damage Dealt by this attack cannot be reduced -or- Hit characters cannot be given actions (costed or free) until the start of your next turn.




DanDevimon
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0

10 12 18 3

Movement: Elevated, Outdoor Blocking
DanDevimon Possesses all Keywords of the character who generated it.
CORRUPTED DATA GIVEN FORM: Charge, Plasticity

Significant Appearance: Digimon Adventure: (2020)

Design Notes: If I can get away with it, I will always sneak a Digimon dial into one of these contests, haha.

Seraphimon in Digimon lore is the ruler of all angelic Digimon and one of the most powerful creatures in the entire net as a result. In Digimon Adventure:, we're shown that Seraphimon once fought in a great battle and was one of the only survivors. Driven mad with grief and anger, it separated into two halves, one the holy Angemon and the other the evil Devimon. Eventually Angemon would regain its strength and reabsorbed Devimon back into itself, once again achieving the ability to become MagnaAngemon and later Seraphimon. During the final battle of the series when certain death loomed for Seraphimon, Devimon made one final appearance by remanifesting itself as its strongest form, DanDevimon, to protect its good counterpart. With its sacrifice, it helped ensure victory for Seraphimon and its allies.

Seraphimon is one of my favorite Digimon, so I really wanted to come up with a powerful dial but had to be sure I represented that final scene as well since I felt it was such a good culmination of both character's arcs.

I read “a pair of characters with opposing traits” as requiring two dials, so at the very least it’s sanctioned. After all, can you really have opposing traits on a single dial?

You could, with some real clever hacking. I think of something like Devil Dino and Moon Girl as an example, with one being a rampaging Rex and the other a genius inventor. But personally, it's easier to make two dials.

You wanted Barbiehiemer, well I hope this is enough. BEHOLD!!!



#045 Unique Penance and Squirrel Girl
Real Name: Robbie Baldwin and Doreen Green
Team: Mystics,Team Player
Range: 5
Points: 125
Keywords: Avengers, Great Lakes Avengers, Thunderbolts, New Warriors, Initiative, Celebrity, Brute

9 11 17 2

8 11 17 2

7 10 17 3

7 9 18 4

8 9 18 4

8 11 18 4

10 12 18 4

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

movement: elevated
P-Cat, The Penitent Puss: Beginning of your turn, roll a d6. If your roll is less than your printed damage power generate a P-Cat, The Penitent Puss pog adjacent to Penance and Squirrel Girl (Max 1)
You still have your balls right?: When Penance and Squirrel Girl make an attack generate a smoke cloud for each targeted character.
Double Date Disaster: Willpower. When Penance and Squirrel Girl miss a Willpower roll -1 from their combat values.
Therapeutic Release: Precision Strike, Steal Energy but with Close or Range Attacks.
Come back to us Speedball: Energy Shield/Deflection, Super Sense, Toughness

P-Cat, The Penitent Puss
Real Name: Niels the Bouncing Cat
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0

6 11 17 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Not Neutered: Sidestep, Leap Climb, Plasticity
Still has his balls: Quake, Precision Strike. P-Cat the Penitent Puss attacks generate a smoke cloud for every character targeted.