[REWORK OF MY HERO CONCEPT] Slasher movie type, Melee, tank (all art, still by me)

stizzy320

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HI, To establish now, THIS IS HIM
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So this isn't seen as spam or anything, I CHANGED A LOT!


For instance uh- he didn't have thos coooool shoulder pads!

Also I have many many more assets and such

For a now desc before much else, Manic is a tanky psycho, designed to be indipendant, and able to handle large scale fights and force people to bunch up, and take in as much attention as possible. His abilities are designed to encourage hitting multiple people, or soaking up as much damage as possible, hopefully making him a viable person to do things such as perform 1v2s, and distract enemy teams, allowing him to do great damage with ally support.

I intended to emphasize some form of uniqueness via having him as best possible emulate a real slasher movie in which the best way to fight him is to steer clear and stay out of his way as much as possible, as well as making things such as his presence and ult loud, allowing enemy heors to prepare or attempt to flee from an altercation with him.
Yes, his primary weapon sucks, that is the point. He has okay burst, but past that his hatchets are only intended on being upgraded via builds for things such as slowing bullets or maybe gap closers to get into better melee

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MANIC VERS, IN ORDER

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POSTER DESIGN


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(The tear is a shining ref, when in doubt, make it a slasher reference)


DIALOGUES:
He wouldn't talk much, man of few words. Most people think of him as a monster, or a danger, and so he doesn't tend to speak.

Revanent:
"*Groan*"
"*assertive grunt*"
"Ow..."
Desperation-
"That- Hurt?"
"Be-... afraid- *pant* BE VERY AFRAID!"
"It's... funny... how much ammo you waisted."

SHOOT ME AGAIN!!:
"HAHAHAHAAaaa..."
"THAT ONE HIT MY HEART!!"
"You really don't know who I am do you-"
Desperation-
"STOP!! STOP STOP!"
"I NEVER SAID WE WERE DONE!!"
"RUN- *Grunt* OR DIE!"

Broad Swing:
"Go..."
"We're done here..."
"*snorts*"
Desperation-
"ENOUGH!"
"I'LL MAKE YOU BLEED"
"*Cackling*"

DISEMBOWEL:
"I NEVER SAID WE WERE DONE!!"
"Dog will hunt!"
"Come closer, it'll be easier for you than it was for Hunter."
Desperation-
"Get- Back- HERE!!"
"Here's MANIC!"
"You'll like your new face!"

MANIA:
"*Chuckle*"
"RUMRUMUMUMBBMBUMBUM- RUMBUMBUMBUM- (Yes, saying it out loud)"
"Always so loud."
Desperation-
"HEH! HAH! AHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAH!"
"STUPID PIECE OF FUCKIN-"
"For Hunter-"


Lore:
Growing up in a southern town of Bandera Texas, in the 1860s, 2 boys were born on the same moon, Bucky, and Hunter, their parents being Caroline, and Jacky
Buck and Hunter, born together and inseperable. They had little in terms of ability to be social so they both only really had eachother as true friends. They would go to school together, do their homework together, make food together, and above all else they never lied to eachother. Every secret they ever had was shared and they always kept the other one from being caught.

One day, they were 19 and the parents had left home for a couple days. A scream from the kitchen. Buck came sprinting out and found hunter, bleeding out on the floor, his neck erupting blood upon the linolium. Desperately he tried everything he could, he had tried to do anything possible and from there he bled out.

He sobbed, he never knew what to do about it and was totally lost. He screamed and woke the neighbors. The sherrif was called and from there he was arrested. There were no signs of a struggle from outside, the doors had no evidence, and for what the town knew, the 2 loner boys got into a fight and one killed the other.

He was held within the cell for 3 days, and his eyes lit up with hope upon his parent's return. His heart decided to race him to his own grave as it sunk below himself when they agreed to the hanging, he was found guilty.

He was hung that night and burried in a distant unmarked wooden box.

As the blood was cut from his head and his body was put into shock, he, with his last choked gasp, uttered a curse to his family, to those who betrayed him, and above all else, the one who killed his dear brother...

It was dark for a while... a long while... until... something- his... nose, it itched and then- something poking into his back, a rock maybe?

He erputed from his rotten coffin, from the lowest point of his shallow grave he ripped himself from the earth, the mealstrom had given him new life- and he intends to use it.
End:

His presence in the ritual is dedicated to essentially killing as many people like seven or drifter as possible, as well as hoping to find and get his brother's killer if they are by some means alive.


Design explanation:
Reuploading image for convenience
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I originally had a more muted color pallette but went with a more vibrant and noticable orage for the same reason I went with a solid glowing red for eyes, noticing them. He is designed to draw attention and so I am drawing him with the intention of being easy to see and thus eye catching (Same reason for fire axe, it's big, and red). The darker leg tones are so the body and head are more eye catching, allowing for hopefully more consistent shots to those regions.
His face is brutally messed up behind the sack so he keeps it one, people can smell the rotting meat which hurts his ability to hide.

I intended on hi always having the axe out aside from the ult, draging it along the floor.

His design is heavily inspired by Jason Voorhees, as well as Micheal Meyers.

The poster is also a reference to a Friday the 13th poster, as well as the movie Cabin Fever

Multiple of his dialogues are ripped from horror movies and slasher films.

When in doubt, make it a horror reference
 
I may have commented before but I slide over here anew seeing things and my first thought is 'YIPPIE THE MAN.' and I am filled with joy.
 
I may have commented before but I slide over here anew seeing things and my first thought is 'YIPPIE THE MAN.' and I am filled with joy.
Yeah I saw your other comment! I'm really glad people like the idea. You commented on an earlier post of the same hero concept, I wanted to do a bit of a rework of the idea and I couldn't find out how to edit more than the title, so I redid it in a new post, this time with a lot more effort.

Response to other post, yeah whatchu sayin is fully correct about the lore but honestly, that's like every slasher ever when it comes to lore. I wanted to keep it slasher esq while still having the person in question be some kind of moral standing, it'd make it more interesting than mindless murder drone, but honestly when it comes to the lore for this guy I have no preferences.

With the comments of magic, he's not exactly magical inharently. past the idea of shrugging off harm which a few characters in deadlock have goin on, there's little in terms of magicality.
 
pretty awesome that u even went as far as to make the poster lol
this is really well made
thank you, it's a reference to a friday the 13th poster as well as cabin fever (Think I said that already in the post) Happy with how it came out tho, I did wanna make the lines of the axe less smooth but eh, it's whatever.

Thank you tho, glad you like it
 
love the concept of a slasher villain, although it might be a liiittle too modern but i dont really see that as an issue

minor thing that could be changed about his 1: what if instead of him getting a barrier, he could "repel" the bullets in a small-medium aoe circle around him? (or maybe this could be an upgrade?) i think that'd meld well with his whole "getting attention" playstyle

regarding his visual design, i feel like he could be given a few more details here and there
maybe his jacket could be more disheveled, bloody, and have some sort of flannel pattern? more exposed, rotting skin to show that he is a rotting corpse would also be a really neat detail i think (even vines if you REALLY wanna go into that aesthetic)
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(overall i'd just tweak him to look less prepared/"normal" by making his clothes look more like it came off of a rotting corpse)

if he still keeps on the head sack even after execution, what if he also kept on the rope? i think this'd help separate his design/silhouette from the other bulky dudes in the roster
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(another character who was hung, keeping his rope attached for example on how it might look)
i think keeping manic's rope attached would also make for more interesting visual storytelling as the random person would start playing as this guy and be like "damn this guys badass and survived an execution like seven" except its like an inversion of that and its much more tragic
(also would be a good indicator in fights to see if he's manic or not)

sorry for such a lengthy response but i hope to see more about him! i'd love to see his interactions with other characters
 
love the concept of a slasher villain, although it might be a liiittle too modern but i dont really see that as an issue

minor thing that could be changed about his 1: what if instead of him getting a barrier, he could "repel" the bullets in a small-medium aoe circle around him? (or maybe this could be an upgrade?) i think that'd meld well with his whole "getting attention" playstyle

regarding his visual design, i feel like he could be given a few more details here and there
maybe his jacket could be more disheveled, bloody, and have some sort of flannel pattern? more exposed, rotting skin to show that he is a rotting corpse would also be a really neat detail i think (even vines if you REALLY wanna go into that aesthetic)
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(overall i'd just tweak him to look less prepared/"normal" by making his clothes look more like it came off of a rotting corpse)

if he still keeps on the head sack even after execution, what if he also kept on the rope? i think this'd help separate his design/silhouette from the other bulky dudes in the roster
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(another character who was hung, keeping his rope attached for example on how it might look)
i think keeping manic's rope attached would also make for more interesting visual storytelling as the random person would start playing as this guy and be like "damn this guys badass and survived an execution like seven" except its like an inversion of that and its much more tragic
(also would be a good indicator in fights to see if he's manic or not)

sorry for such a lengthy response but i hope to see more about him! i'd love to see his interactions with other characters
honestly love this idea yeah, and I'm so thankful people like the idea, I plan on adding much more to the concept overall, voice lines and animations ofc.

But to adrerss your main points
Yeah, the original design (This one still) Has the rope, but it's very subtle. Screenshot 2026-04-09 034942.png
It's more noticable in the older design, but I did think about making it more prevalent, just didn't know how to impliment it all too well, I'll defo think about how I'd do that tho.

With the clothes, yeah I also thought about doing that but I figured it would be hard to get consistant in a way I liked, but I'll definately try that too, see how it looks. I was more so going for the idea that he's been up and about for a minute now so he kinda just took his coat off of like, a homeless guy or some dude he killed, which I guess would still mean it'd be more tattered.

I think the repel might sound like a good vers for the manic vers of the ability, but the core one itself I wanted to moreso recreate the feeling of when for example micheal meyers or jason, get blasted with a shotgun, fly 10 feet back into a wall, and just stand right back up. However looking back it might be cooler if I replace the 1's tier 3 at base with gaining unstopable for a bit, could also healp with initial charge ins as well.
But also, bullet repel is an item itself, maybe again in manic mode though yeah

I'll draw that though, thanks for the feedback man!
 
My suggestion would be to change his weapon from an axe to a machete like Jason's, and have him throw it and have it return to his hand like a boomerang.

Note: I don't speak English, so I used Google Translate; if there are any mistakes, please forgive me.
 
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