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JohnnyUtah

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BEHOLD, THE WEAPON ICONS

Posted by JohnnyUtah Jul. 20, 2007 @ 3:57 PM EDT

Alright, so it seems like the new weapons were overall pretty well recieved.

I literally had them finished a year ago and haven't seen much of them till the redesign launched. Thanks to Stamper for some polish and the scythe icon.

I know alot of you are fanatics when it comes to leveling up and I've seen some debate on certain icons such as the tomahawk and gloves....or possibly the order of certain icons.

It was a total bitch putting all of these in some kind of order. What's more powerful..a pipe or tire iron? A golden executors axe OR a skull mace? Also, this is silly to admit but I always though the Level 30 gold sword from the old design was a spear head due to its width...so I redesigned it as a spear. I also think of level 58 as a full suit of golden armor, not just a golden helmet..and level 59 sort of like you've now been infused at the molecular level with...lots of power who the fuck knows, I just wanted to make it cool.

I'd like to revisit these in the future and tweak a few more to my liking. This probably won't happen soon, but maybe when things calm down a bit and nearly all bugs are squashed. Feel free to tell me what your favorite / most hated icons are, or any problems you have with the ordering in the comments below.

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44 Comments

Jul. 20, 2007 | 4:08 PM Zen-Zinxe says:

The new icons look great. Its nice to have updates. My most favorite icon has to be level 42 or 55. Swords rawk dewd

Jul. 20, 2007 | 4:20 PM JohnnyUtah responds:

thank you sir


Jul. 20, 2007 | 5:14 PM Zerg-Ruler says:

sick mosh! :-)


Jul. 20, 2007 | 6:09 PM Patdigit says:

Nicely done. Should've thrown in a pool stick though.
Why aren't there any explosives or firearms?


Jul. 20, 2007 | 7:11 PM Masquatto says:

The new icons are quite hot. Oven mitts may be needed. :0

I trust one of them has a penis embedded in its shading, right?


Jul. 20, 2007 | 8:17 PM TheSoulMan says:

Nothing about the levels, except that the lollipop should stay as 1, but I guess that if it's been changed it's for something. That's all.

BUT.

Badges = no. I find those actually pretty boring. The low ones are ok, actually pretty fine to see, since they change a lot. But from level 7 they become pretty boring and similar to each other until Commander (which is swell by the way) and Supreme. Maybe the old ones were pretty similar between each other aswell, but I prefered those.

Don't know, just matter of opinions.


Jul. 20, 2007 | 9:35 PM SardonicSamurai says:

God, I wish I could draw as good as you...

Ah well, practice makes perfect. I'll have to get to practicin' then D:

Jul. 20, 2007 | 10:12 PM JohnnyUtah responds:

i sold my soul, why do you think im such a dick? ;)


Jul. 20, 2007 | 10:13 PM ItGoesSplat says:

I love level 60. that is fucking amazing. Also, i agree, i always thought level 30 was a spearhead, not a sword. but great job on all of the new icons.


Jul. 20, 2007 | 10:59 PM Frostbreath says:

You've done a fucking amazing work alogn with Stamper designing these new levels. I don't know why people are bitching. As for favourite level, well, it's level 60 of course. And that's probably why it's near impossible to gain ;) Other than that it's the nunchuks.

I see you've gotten rid of the magic wands (old 23rd and 29th). Good thing, didn't think there was anything macho about them :P

Keep up the good work.

Jul. 20, 2007 | 11:07 PM JohnnyUtah responds:

yeah...i didnt think the emo community wanted a fairy wand.


Jul. 20, 2007 | 11:26 PM Mogly says:

What do you think about how many icons there is? To much, to few..?

I personally reckon there's to many.. but, we've been on this new site just a couple of days. In a few weeks im sure we'll all know the order a little better.

Crazy work on that skull, looks nuts up close.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 3:00 AM Russ3ll says:

Fucking amazing. =D Levels 60, 59, 58, 46, 39, 34, and 13 are my favorites.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 9:16 AM Grammer says:

I love all of them, my only problem is it'll take too long to get to the scythe!! :o


Jul. 21, 2007 | 9:30 AM G-Banger says:

Nice work with the profile picture and banner combination. It looks brilliant.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 9:47 AM McJesus says:

Where could I find full-sized versions of the levels like the skull mace you just posted?


Jul. 21, 2007 | 9:52 AM UberBarista says:

Level 32 was actually one of my favorites (9, 11, 39, 43), I can understand how ninja stars (33, 34, 50) are are more stealthy and deadly, but they don't instill any vision of fear...

Not like a Mace can. Then again... you can duck a mace, you don't see ninja stars coming.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 10:01 AM Negrenade says:

holy shit!!! that is freaking awesome! nice work


Jul. 21, 2007 | 10:13 AM Doom-Fan says:

Tnak you fine sir for you and Stamper putting T3H AWSUMNEZZ back into the level icons. Also, thanks for the four level increase and bloody hammer. I tip my hat in respect to you.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 11:15 AM Rudy says:

I saw all the icons and I really enjoyed em all. The placement is a bit off but oh well. It's easy to access em by even retyping the number in under the URL address for whom doesn't know. I still think Level 60 is monsterous. Fucking God. Wow.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 2:47 PM TacoFreak says:

Fuck sake you didn't have to take out the pimp cane.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 4:08 PM FBIpolux says:

I'm PRETTY sure the old level 30 icon has been a spear all this time... I've been debating a lot about it, but I can say it never really looked like a sword to me.

On other words, awesome job on the new weapons... I cannot wait to get the level 39 icon =]


Jul. 21, 2007 | 4:29 PM Reaperyami says:

Level 45 is my new goal that Sythe will give oh so much more power to my name.


Jul. 21, 2007 | 4:45 PM TomAzza says:

fucking awesome icons man.. i knew you made them...

I like them all... swear to god especially the last 3...

and YES! finally someone else who thought the old lv 30 pic was a spear! I was convinced until proven otherwise.. and even then, i preferred thinking of it as a spear.. it was just to wide and short to be a sword....

now everything is perfect..personally, the only one i dont like is the whip, not the pic, but the actual idea....

meh

you rock as always..

Jul. 22, 2007 | 12:01 AM JohnnyUtah responds:

I got word from official channels it's a sword, WHO KNEW!?!?


Jul. 21, 2007 | 9:47 PM djs111492 says:

I love level 60 it's like rapeng the planet with fingers.

Jul. 21, 2007 | 11:58 PM JohnnyUtah responds:

I..wait...dammit I guess


Jul. 21, 2007 | 11:31 PM Reyals says:

If I were to die in some bizarre, violent way, it would definitely be a golden skull mace to the head.

Jul. 21, 2007 | 11:58 PM JohnnyUtah responds:

good point.


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:32 AM SlashFirestorm says:

I wonder, is level 44 supposed to be a katana/wakizashi pair, or two katana?

Not even Musashi could use two katana...


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:39 AM Rabid-Echidna says:

There's too much of a difference in quality between a lot of the new icons. You have a bunch of them that are really well done and detailed like level 27, then you have this crummy looking level 37 with thick black lines and almost no detail at all. It just looks like time was spent making some of them good and others were just churned out quickly for the sake of filling a level spot.

Besides that most of them look pretty good. 36 still looks lame though. Another year until I get the chainsaw.


Jul. 22, 2007 | 3:03 AM JerkClock says:

I pretty much like the new icons, but I think level 60 should be effected by auras


Jul. 22, 2007 | 3:33 AM FatherTime89 says:

well the icons are all pretty goood but I bet you don't want nothing but comments saying how good they are so here's some suugestions.

Levels 10 and 11 just don't seem threatening. A swiss army knife? That jsut doesn't seem as powerful as brass knuckles. same with the one before it. Also 8 and 9 seem out of place, maybe too powerful. That's about it thoguh great job, do you ahve a link to the old weapons for comparison?


Jul. 22, 2007 | 5:30 AM Torkelson says:

Lovein just about all the new icons, i really believe you did a great job. It's more the order in witch some of the icons are that have me a bit miffed. For example. a Swiss army knife is now level 11 and a Boxing glove wrapped in barbed wire is level 9. Honestly i think a boxing glove with barbed wire is just a tad more bad ass then a Swiss army knife. Unless some extremely bad ass Swiss boy scout proved me other wise. Those two are the only icons that i believe should be switched... and that's it. Everything else is pretty damn fantastic. And i'd have to say my fav icon is the one i got now...i just love meh bloody hammer.

Whips kinda pussy too...but that would just be to bitchy of me to go on about that. ;)


Jul. 23, 2007 | 11:19 PM reality-monkey says:

you, mindchamber, and other random artists are my only competition.......and you do cock jokes too much......... im surprised there isnt one as an icon........i mean MAN!!! its ok to like a cock joke but WOW.........off topic, not insulting just stating the obvious for those who cant see the obvious (youve seen the obvious right?) good, and gj with the icons, i love them

Jul. 25, 2007 | 2:54 AM JohnnyUtah responds:

the whole "cock joke" thing is a bit blown out of proportion


Jul. 24, 2007 | 9:58 AM mariobro42 says:

How is boxing glove (lv 4) less powerful than ungloved fist (lv 5)?

Jul. 25, 2007 | 2:55 AM JohnnyUtah responds:

because its padded. you do realize boxers wear them to lessen the damage right?


Jul. 25, 2007 | 12:11 PM RiotDemon says:

My favorite is level 40. Personally I think level 7-8-9-10 range is messed up..

Spikes on a closed fist seems that it would do more damage that a padded glove with barbed wire... yes, wire would cut, but the spikes would puncture deeper. 8>9

Brass Knucks would do more damage that a bare fist even though the wrist is supported 7>10

30 & 36 are my least favorites


Jul. 25, 2007 | 4:46 PM WadeFulp says:

Yeah, when I drew the old Level 30 it was supposed to be a sword. You can tell it's a sword if you watch my old Flash movie "NG Experiance" or whatever. It was probably a dumb design for a sword, but at the time people were into those big over sized swords in those anime toons or video games. Now that we don't have to rely on my shitty art skills it's nice to see all the levels redone by a real artist. :)

We should have like 200 levels, want to draw anothe 140 levels Jeff? :) j/k


Jul. 25, 2007 | 8:10 PM KupaMan says:

I don't get how ninja stars are more powerful than a studded flail or a pair of dragon nunchaku.


Jul. 26, 2007 | 5:37 PM H00N says:

lol plunger.


Jul. 29, 2007 | 12:59 PM Alphabet-Soup says:

Dude how'd you draw that picture so good?
What did u use to draw it?(program)


Aug. 1, 2007 | 2:49 PM NickScott says:

Lvl 19 is gay. Why is a tire iron even in here, and it's above a plank with nails in it!


Aug. 16, 2007 | 6:12 AM fuzz says:

level 60 is sucky

My fav level is the one you posted huge :)


Aug. 19, 2007 | 6:44 PM Sammeh says:

The best thing about the new icons is that I leveled up on the redesign.


Sep. 24, 2007 | 5:33 PM the-dunce says:

Haha, I have that skull mace on WoW.


Sep. 26, 2007 | 3:51 PM gummyboi says:

the level 60 picture is truley amaising, its a shame nobodys gonna get it for quite alot of years with the current scoring system =(


Oct. 4, 2007 | 10:49 PM Purpin says:

I hate the swiss army knife, love the rest.


Dec. 4, 2007 | 2:31 AM The-Yokai says:

The katana and wakizashi. Musashi weapons. They kick ass.


Jun. 20, 2008 | 3:44 PM nunsense says:

I still like the boxing glove with barbed wire on it, that awsome!!!

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