Megaman Robot Masters - Blog Posts

Finally finished!

I only wanted to do a redraw in my style but that fell apart real fast

SORRY @autistictransbiankumatora, I WAS GONNA ANSWER YOUR ASK BUT DELETED IT BY MISTAKE!!

I do remember it was you letting me know my art makes you happy, thanks so much. Reading that made me happy too and as a thanks I offer you an unused robot master hug.

I'm not sure if you saw it, but yes his name was in fact "Bat Man."

I think he'd give really good hugs.

The promised art I mentioned in the last post, both were surprisingly fun to draw.

Plenty of rambles under the cut, if you wanna read go for it:

I know I gave Roll platinum blonde hair but I honestly think I could've gotten away with giving her regular hair color. I still like Roll as the goat because I see her as more aggressive than Rock, even if that isn't true most of the time. I just wanna give her huge weapons, she deserves it. As a treat y'know?

Regardless, this was a nice fit, Roll has always been associated with warmer colors and Rock with cooler ones, her hair was also just more convenient. The main reason I drew Rock as the Lamb in the first place was because the Lamb had the main character status and is generally considered to be more mild compared to the Goat which I thought suited Rock better. This way does give Roll more rep as the main character tho, and Rock can finally get the chance to be a littol sheet, so huzzah.

If Rock and Roll are in the place of the Goat and the Lamb then they should have some followers too right?

I think the robot masters could fill in the role of the followers, with the first gen robot masters following Rock and the Megaman 9 robot masters following Roll. Time and Oil man are finicky though, since they weren't introduced in the original game, so I'm unsure which one they should follow. It'll probably come down to colors at the end of the day so Timeman follows Rock and Oilman follows Roll, but since both cults work so closely it shouldn't really matter. Aside from those two, the rest of the many robot masters can follow either or some may not even join either cult at all. Prime example being Cossack's line of robots.

This brings up the idea of there being two cults. I haven't played the game so I can't say for sure what the Goat's deal is, but for this au in particular, Rock and Roll are in charge of separate cults that work closely with one another. I'm also making a change and not have Rock and Roll be related in any way. They still treat each other as siblings, but in more of a found family kind of way.

I think at some point in their past, Rock and Roll knew each other and were pretty good friends before both were sent off to be killed. They were killed in separate places but met death at the same time. I wonder if they both have some sort of link because of that or if they somehow just knew the other was alive and sought out to look for them.

If the duo are the playable characters then who should be The One Who Waits?

My first thought was Protoman, he's got the second identity thing going on, but Bass or Zero are also on the table. I'll have to think about that later, maybe draw some doodles.

God I haven't been able to draw anything these past few months, life keeps uppercutting me with reality checks left and right. Glad I'm able to doodle more player 2 au.

Nothing too special, honestly it's just more redraws of X and Zero but with Rock and Roll in their place.

The more and more I draw, the more I can't help but imagine this story and what this version of Megaman and Roll can do.

Here's some extra doodles I might do digitally under the cut

Funny Megaman au thought time.

After Wily gets defeated for the first time and subsequently released from prison, Roll starts pranking him. Like she finds him, realizes he's gonna make his own robots, and decides to postpone his plans by being a little turd.

Wily has no knowledge of this and is freaking out over an unseen prankster that seems to have it out for him specifically.

Roll never does anything that causes physical harm, only minor inconveniences that leaves Wily confused and a little scared.

I think it'd be even funnier if Roll didn't tell Rock or Dr. Light, but the Robot Masters figure it out and agree to keep it on the down low if it means they can also prank Wily.

Alright, so. Context.

Any fans remember when the Megaman team at Capcom asked people from around the world to participate in the Boss Character Design Contest?

So, this guy was one of those and his actual creator was one of the guys who worked on Megaman 11. I can't remember what his name was, I'll have to get back to you guys on that but yup. I really liked his design and I decided to draw him. He's just a littol gremlin in my eyes. I've got a few more doodles for him but it'll be a while before you guys can see those.

Oh yeah btw, the guy's concept name was Bat Man.

Imma just leave this bad boi here for now.

When I first brought up this au, I toyed with the idea that Zero was based on Roll and Protoman, I've been thinking about it a lot lately and drew up a few doodles of Roll using Zero's sprites as a reference. The irony isn't lost on me but I like em so much I just had to share.

If you're wondering why her skirt's missing, it's because Roll has her game face on in these doodles. The skirt is removable and in this au, Roll throws it off when she locks in. So far I haven't thought of when she does this, probably after Wily gets away one too many times or she's just had it with his schemes. Maybe it could be a callback to when Rock was contemplating killing Wily that one time? Only difference is putting Roll in Rock's place.

Idk some food for thought.

Anyways, I'll leave off with two photos the twins took while visiting their little brothers at work.