<font size="3" color="#ccccff">In a perfect world I'd have all the time I wanted to spend making DC mods and art, but alas- blah blah blah. :D :D
The following is a list of ideas that I've thought about/worked on at some point:

Star Wars
Have=> I've got a huge library of images from the movies and so have any small pics and big pics I'd ever need. There are some walls available at the FRUA archive. I've done half a dozen icons.
Don't Have=>wilds, sprites, icons, backdrops, default art (camp, treasure, etc.), sounds, overlands, good story idea that isn't just a rip-off of something that's already been done.

X-men/Spiderman
Have=> I've got a huge library of images from various media, so as above, small pics and big pics are taken care of. There are a couple of modern walls available online, and a couple that I've done for my mini-mod (set in the Marvel Universe, but not involving the X-men or Spiderman), I've done some good icons of various Marvel heroes, but haven't done all of the X-men.
Don't Have=>wilds, overlands, enough walls, backdrops, sprites, sounds, default art, way to do certain things in DC- yet, good story idea.

W.I.L.D.Cats
Have=> I don't have a big library of images, but enough that I'd probably be okay for a medium or smaller sized mod's worth of small pics and big pics. I have done two icons. I do have a good story idea...if I can just find where I wrote it down. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Don't Have=>wilds, walls, sprites, backdrops, default art, sounds, icons, default art, overlands.

Dragonball Z
Have=> I've got a huge library of images from various media, small pics and big pics are covered. I have several sprites and could easily do any more that I needed. I have done icons of all major and most minor characters (not the ones that were up on my site a long time ago, but new and better ones), I've got plenty of appropriate walls and backgrounds. I'm good for sounds. I have default art and fx art that's appropriate. I can easily make the wilds I need. I even have a decent story. Hmmm...
Don't Have=> overlands. capability in DC to do a couple of things- yet.

Lord of the Rings
Have=> overlands! (this is the only one ;) ), some images that could be used as small pics and/or big pics, a couple of different story ideas.
Don't Have=>small pics, big pics, icons, sprites, walls, backgrounds, default art, sounds, wilds.

:D Feel free to comment, or add your ideas to the list. :D

-manikus</font>

Other than Dragonball Z (which I really don't like) I'd love to see any of those ideas turned into mods. I think Star Wars and Lord of the Rigns especially would look really good. I might try some icons for those actually, if I get time, they would be interesting to do I think.

For myself I'd like to do a Lovecraft style horror game. Very creepy old houses and tombs with strange, horrific monsters. I was actually thinking about making some icons for this as well, like paranormal investigators as the PCs and some really ghoulish monsters.

<font size="3" color="#ccccff">A Lovecraftian story would be awesome. There is a really good icon of a starspawn in the FRUA archive that could be made over. I think I'll make some icons for this. [img]smile.gif[/img] I've been looking for a new theme...

-manikus</font>

Well, I had a go and created a male and female occult expert for a possible Cthulhu campaign. You can find them on my site.

I also added some Lizardmen and Orcs.

Oh, and where can I find that Starspawn icon Manikus?

[ 03-23-2005, 05:16 PM: Message edited by: Telwyn ]

<font size="3" color="#ccccff">Try this link-
http://frua.rosedragon.org/pc/uanews/nlhtm04/combat.htm

There are lots of great ideas in all of the FRUA newsletters. You should check them out if you haven't already.

-manikus</font>

<font color="#ccccff" size=3>I just checked out the occult expert icons- very nice. I think they use excellent colors and have some nice accessories. [img]smile.gif[/img]

-manikus</font>

That starspawn is pretty cool. I'll have to have a go at some cthulhu style monsters at some point, though I'll have to think about them a bit more before I have a go.

I'm glad you liked the occult expert icons. I wasn't sure about the umberella as a weapon, but I think it looks original [img]smile.gif[/img] .

<font size=3 color="#ccccff">The umbrella is my favorite part. :D

-manikus</font>

Well, if the world was a perfect place, yadda, more time... (believe me, I feel that manikus!!!); I'd make a few types of my own. Examples:

police/detective action mod(s) with just people and/or real life situations

as above, but with a sci-fi and cult feel (like X-files)

after the holocaust; kinda a mix between teenage muntant ninja turtles and the oldschool cartoon "Thundar the barbarian"

And I LOVE the books from HP Lovecraft, so who knows.

Sadly, I have like NO TIME right now... :(

SilentThief

<font color="#ccccff" size=3>I was working on something along these lines a long time ago. It was a political thriller set in Manhattan, Washington DC and Philadelphia. I have maps for each of the three cities (on paper) and there are tons of great public domain photos for each of these places. My problem, and why it got put onto the burner farthest in the back, was the scope- 6 100x100 levels make up Manhattan at street level (though I also made a smaller version that is 70x100). Do you know how long it would take to process 60,000 squares (with backgrounds, walls, events, etc.)? Me neither. :D </font>
<font color="#ccccff" size=3> [img]smile.gif[/img] There are mods for both of these settings done for FRUA. [img]smile.gif[/img] And Autery did some excellent icons of the TMNT's. Maybe a good starting place, you know, some day. [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>
<font color="#ccccff" size=3>We should all just do what we can on this topic, an idea here, a picture there, until someone has the time to run with it, or perhaps even someones...

-manikus</font>

I agree with this, and a team game would be great. The problem with teams is that most people have their own ideas and themes and want to do their own thing, but if more than one person wants to do something similar, as in this situation, then a team makes perfect sense, and things would get done a lot quicker.

I'm going to do some more icons and possibly try a few small pics and walls etc. My only problem is that I have a limit of 50 files on freewebs and that is almost met already. I think I'll have to zip up everything that I already did and offer them for download that way.

<font color="#ccccff" size=3>If you have ftp capabilities, you can upload work to CocoaSpuds site. If you're interested, pm me and I'll give you morre info (like the passwords and such).
He has made quite a bit of space available for DC art and related files.

-manikus</font>

Not only that, but as with the DL of icons for the I-works site; DLing only one at a time is kinda tedious. You SHOULD group them together, as its far simpler to DL groups than 1 at a time. [img]smile.gif[/img]

As for group ideas, they have all the time constraints of everyone in the group and they take on other (planning and writing, to name a couple) problems as well... but it just might be the easiest way to get thru writers block and the sheer size overwhelm of making larger mods. So I'm kinda neutral to the idea... I dunno... But if we had some groups or individuals who actually put out some mods it would be awesome!!! :D

Our current selection of finished mods is kinda low, and it would be easier to rally ppl to the DC cause if there were more.

SilentThief
PS I'm not sayin I'm not "down" for a group mod, if the previous sounded negative... So perhaps I'll message some ppl about it...

[ 04-02-2005, 04:55 PM: Message edited by: SilentThief ]

<font size=3 color="#ccccff">Here's an idea for zipping files that would work for icons at least. You would gather 10 or 15 files put them in a zip, and create a graphic file that would be a combo of all the icons. So, 10 or 15 files becomes 2. I've got wi-fi, so I don't mind dling a lot of files. :D

The group thing...I know more about it than most. [img]tongue.gif[/img] I'm heading up the DC collaboration project. Everyone involved is awesome, but not in a hurry to get things done. And I don't just mean creating files/graphics/etc. If I try to come to a decision on something, At best I've been able to get half the people to respond, and not always in a timely matter. :D But, with that said, the group started with the idea that it would be fun to do a group project, so formed a group and then decided the project. If you decided the project first, and then took volunteers, it could be a lot smoother. And, I do mean a lot. (I try to run the collaboration by a group concensus... :D Ya. There are easier ways to do things.)

-manikus</font>

About the zips...yeah, I've kinda done that Manikus, though the combo only has a selection of the icons, so people have an idea about what to expect. I've zipped them up now, so it's down to four files (PC's, Monsters, Cthulhu and walls).

Abou team projects. I know what everyone means. I've been the head of my own mud on the internet for the past 10 years and trying to motivate people working on it, is one of the most difficult things for anyone to do. I still think a team mod would be interesting to do though.