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Some results of another Episode 17 shoot. Still several more shoots to go in Jan and Feb! But we're moving right along.

Devorra the Queen Bee counts her stolen bank loot.
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Gardenia and Jinniyya confront Devorra in her lair.
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Devorra's mindless henchmen drones.
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A special comic-book rendition of the cast of drones (thanks to Drone #1, aka Jake!).
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Devorra struggles to break free from Gardenia's vines.
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Devorra in training for the next fight against the heroines. She discovers yet another new insect power!
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More stills from the latest EP17 shoot.

Gardenia attacked by Drone #1.
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Gardenia retaliates against Drone #1 with her Ironwood Fist!
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Jinniyya in pain from a powerful Devorra blow.
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Jinniyya punches Devorra in the abdomen.
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Jinniyya cleans up the loot with her wind powers.
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A couple more, plus our newest Youtube clip outtake from Stellara!

Drones #2 and #3 pummel Jinniyya!
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Jinniyya strikes her triumphant pose.
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Gardenia pauses to collect her thoughts before leaving the scene.
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Cast photo with the loot! (Kristin as Jinniyya; Sydney as Devorra; and Laura as Gardenia)
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And here is the wonderful Shannon as Stellara. Can't wait to write a full adventure for her!

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Great mini-shoot today (just two hours) with the beautiful and talented Indian actress Anna, who plays geologist Dr. Kalima Balakrishnan, also known as powerful supervillainess Kaliyuga the Destroyer.

When last we left Kaliyuga in Episode 15, she had transformed into her superpowered form due to the dark energy inadvertently provided by a collection of dark-energy meteorites which Spectrina the Rainbow Mistress (Erika) and Arogya the Healer (Nupur) brought to her lab for analysis.

The doctor no longer cared about her boyfriend running off with some rich girl from Bangalore. She no longer wanted to continue running her store, where she had to sell rare rocks and minerals for a living due to her inability to get a job in her field. She attacked the two heroines and buried them under a pile of rubble from what was left of her shop. She then went off to create a swath of destruction in the city, and track down the remaining heroines to destroy them.

Now in Episode 17, Kaliyuga has captured the target of her ire - Dr. Bernstein (Jon), who rejected her application for a research position at Carnegie Mellon. Taking him hostage, she forces him to witness her diabolical devastation as she collapses buildings around the university. Will the Pittsburgh Heroine League be able to counter her formidable threat? Well, that's what our shoot is about this coming Tuesday, so stay tuned.

Meanwhile, here are some photos from our shoot today. And like any proper supervillainess, Kaliyuga recites her monologue revealing her plans.

Kaliyuga confronts Dr. Bernstein in the university hallway, throatlifting him to within an inch of his life.
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Kaliyuga unleashes her destructive force blasts on the university buildings, forcing Bernstein to watch as the structures implode.
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Then, all it takes is a small blast from Kaliyuga's little finger to send the quivering Bernstein into dreamland. Where will she take him?
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Cast photo from our shoot today: Jon looking scientific and Anna looking radiant in her shiny spandex.
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Kaliyuga's supervillainess monologue. This is an outtake, because of her pronunciation of 'heroines'. She nailed it on the next take!

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Lots of great news on the Heroineburgh front this week!!

First of all, we had a great review come out of both Episodes 15 and 16, and Heroineburgh Comics #1, written by the inimitable Blake of
The Splintering, a comics / gaming / movies site. He was even-keeled, encouraging, and constructive with his criticism. We definitely appreciate his efforts! Read the results here.

https://thesplintering.com/2020/01/24/s ... -giveaway/

In another great development, we are now in touch with Youtube influencers who will help us widely publicize our Indiegogo once we launch it in the spring for the combined package of Heroineburgh Comics #1 and 2. Information about that will be posted over on the Heroineburgh Comics thread once it happens, but in the meantime, these helpful supporters are also going to check out our latest video episodes.

But back down to Earth for a bit. We are excited about the shoot we just did for Episode 17 involving three great actresses who did their best work in spandex. Of course, special effects will be added in post, and we aren't showing you everything yet, but these stills will give you the gist of at least some of what happens in this scene. We only have one more shoot to go (in early Feb) and EP17 is wrapped for post!

Finally...more great news on the actress front: we found a new enthusiastic actress to play Industria (she of the electric-shock crowbar and room-shaking stompy boots) in Season 2, and just in time, because she will join Etherea, Arcana and Lunessa in a goth-themed Dark Dominion adventure when we begin working on Episode 18. Look for some great shots of the new Industria by next weekend!

And now here are Frija (Sarah S), Kaliyuga (Anna) and Arogya (Nupur) from our recent shoot!

Kaliyuga explains her plan to destroy the city to her hostage, Dr. Bernstein.
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Frija attacks Kaliyuga with her hammer.
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Arogya bearhugs Kaliyuga (camera 1 angle). In post-production, there will be an "energy-draining" effect added.
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Arogya bearhugs Kaliyuga (camera 2 angle). In post-production, there will be an "energy-draining" effect added.
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Kaliyuga restrained in the power dampening device.
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More great shots, and an outtake from where Arogya and Frija enter the warehouse!!

Arogya and Frija teamup shot.
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Arogya and Frija discuss what's going to happen to Kaliyuga.
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Arogya and Frija wonder about the whereabouts of Spectrina.
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Cast photo from the shoot. Everyone had a fantastic time!
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Outtake from when Arogya and Frija enter the warehouse. Mighty Frija isn't going to play second fiddle to Arogya's "expert" leadership.



Another outtake from the beginning of the battle between Frija and Kaliyuga. Frija isn't too happy about the plans of the supervillainess. It gets pretty intense a bit further in when Kaliyuga unleashes her fury, but you'll have to wait for Episode 17 to come out to see that.

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We are excited that the final shoot for Episode 17 will be coming up on Feb 27, concluding all the principal photography so that we can concentrate on soundtrack and editing.

And of course we are always happy to show the gorgeous photos of our actresses as they prepare for their roles. For Episode 17, our star actress Christina (who plays TV reporter Rosa Perez, aka Latina superwoman Poderosa) recently got an upgrade to her 80s-style rocker-chick hairdo (very appealing for anyone who's a fan of Pat Benatar, Joan Jett or Chrissie Hynde) courtesy of hairstylist "Mudville Kasey" (he's a musician who plays guitar dressed up in an old-timey baseball outfit, a la the classic Americana poem 'Casey at Bat').

Christina posed for some fashion photos with her new haircut and a slinky dress. She is all ready to come to the rescue once again in Episode 17 as the powerful Poderosa...rumor is that she might finally be passionate about something other than justice.....

More photos after Feb 27! (and also some shots of the new Industria)
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Before we do the final EP17 shoot on Feb 27, here are three great announcements already portending Episode 18 and beyond.

1) We have selected a new actress for Industria, the arrogant anti-heroine (with super-strength, electric shock, and earthquake powers) who makes tons of trouble for the goth girls of the Dark Dominion (Lunessa, Arcana and Etherea). Meet Jess! She recorded a great character intro for our Youtube channel, and will begin filming Episode 18 with us within about six weeks. She is awesome!
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2) We have also recruited new actress Sheryl to play a supervillainess character who is going to be an arch-nemesis for Savanna the Feline Fury when she returns to action. In Episode 9, we mentioned that Anna Sauvage (Savanna's secret identity) has a sister named Stacy, who has gone bad and fallen under the influence of drug dealers. These very drug kingpins will be instrumental in transforming Stacy Sauvage into the ultra-strong villainess Panthyra, who will undergo our very first She-Hulk-style 'shripping' transformation! Look for that later this year.

In the meantime, here is a sneak peek at Sheryl fitting into the base design for Panthyra's costume...when it comes back from our costume designer, it will feature a large white panther-print logo and smaller paw-prints spiraling down one of the legs. Plus, she'll have a great mask to go with it!
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3) And finally, we began shooting Episode 18 today with a transformation scene (you know we love to do those!) for Lunessa - the gothic mistress of the moonlight - still portrayed brilliantly by the lovely Ashlee. In Episode 18, Vanessa Luna is established as an independent businesswoman who owns a tattoo parlor and massage studio. Near the end of a session with a client, she gets an urgent call from her friends in the Dark Dominion (Arcana and Etherea) that Industria is once again up to no good and has recruited a partner in villainy. Vanessa then transforms right in front of her customer, Molly, and becomes the amazing Lunessa, rushing off to battle. This scene also introduces Molly, who will take on a larger role as a sinister supervillainess in a future episode. Many good things in the near future for Heroineburgh, as we prepare for the busiest summer convention season yet (three in Pittsburgh, and five out of town!) and more great releases of episodes, comic books and comic strips!

Here are some stills from today's shoot!

Vanessa gets a phone call from the Dark Dominion while finishing up with her client, Molly.
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Vanessa gets ready to transform.
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She has once again become Lunessa, mistress of the moonlight!
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With another customer satisfied, she bids Molly adieu and rushes off to battle!
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An outtake from the Lunessa transformation scene!

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New updates about Heroineburgh productions:

1) The final shoot for Episode 17 (which was supposed to happen on Feb 27) wound up being postponed due to a last-minute cancellation, and will be rescheduled later in March and included instead as a scene in Episode 18.

2) Which is fine, because even without that scene, Episode 17 is now almost exactly 30 minutes long (excluding credits). We know this because we approved the rough edited cut today, which included soundtrack and foley. It will now move on to the FX stage, and that should be ready in two more weeks. Projected release date for Episode 17 is now the 2nd week of April (approximately around Easter) and there will be a release party/viewing here, with free admission, to be announced soon. It will also be a shared date for a video release debut for a local band (featuring their guitarist who plays the deadly Dysphoria, dominatrix of decay, in Heroineburgh).

In the meantime, we are happy to announce we now have a new Chlorina - the diabolical mistress of poisons - for Season 2, and her first appearance will be in Episode 18. We have two shoots that will be scheduled for her in April, including a battle with the Dark Dominion (Arcana, Etherea and Lunessa) and another fight against two more heroines (probably Vendetta and Arogya).

Longtime fans will recall that Chlorina began in Episode 11 (played by Sara W) as Dr. Claire Morena, a genius genetic biologist who attempted to conduct illegal cloning experiments at the University of Pittsburgh. Spurned by her colleague Dr. Marty Gupta (later known as Arogya the Healer), Claire underwent a startling epigenetic transformation and became Chlorina, the tyrantess of toxins. She can absorb any lethal substance and release it to kill, incapacitate or enslave her victims. Captured by Arogya and imprisoned by Detective Drake, Chlorina broke out of jail with other supervillains in Episode 14 and went into hiding. She has now re-emerged to wreak revenge on the heroines and build her villainous power base.

Please welcome the lovely Dana to the series as Chlorina. Here are her intro photos and video!
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More exciting news from Heroineburgh involves our sensational and sexy supervillainess Sintilla, played by the amazing Alicia.

Alicia was interviewed for the local Pittsburgh public television station - the legendary one depicted in the Mister Rogers biopic -
for an upcoming episode of their series "Filmmakers' Corner" which will debut later this month and run several times over the next year. The feature on Heroineburgh will include excellent quotes from Alicia about her involvement in Heroineburgh and her background in performance and comic book geek-dom, along with some clips from our recent episodes (mainly 12 through 16), showing off the various characters, their powers, and their backstories. It's going to be seen by thousands in the local area!

Here is Alicia, after her interview, with the show host Minette.
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And then, only a couple days later, Alicia brought yet more honor to the Heroineburgh name when a local award-winning upscale restaurant (Pittsburgh is known for its fine cuisine, if you weren't aware) named a cocktail after Sintilla! It's red-colored to match
the fiery red hair of her character. Alicia posed outside the restaurant (whose manager is a big comic-book fan and has attended
local Cons where he's witnessed Sintilla in full costume) with her cocktail and a plaque that's going to hang in the window of the restaurant. Signed by Sintilla, the plaque will beckon people in to try the new drink and maybe even meet the actress!
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Update: Tomorrow we're meeting with our editor to review the fully FX'd version of Episode 17. After undergoing revisions, we'll reconvene in early April, and hopefully be able to release Episode 17 by the second week of April, when everyone might be still trapped inside. Look for that announcement soon!

In the meantime, we had three April shoots scheduled to start building up scripted footage for Episode 18. So far, because of stay-at-home orders for our county, two of those three shoots had to be postponed, and we're working on moving them to May. The third shoot isn't until April 28, so we don't have any word on that yet. In the meantime, we're hunkering down and working with artist Ben to work on the second Heroineburgh Comics issue. (see the comics subforum for updates on that)

However, out of the blue, we were able to grab a bit of Episode 18 footage today, thanks to an unexpected accident which mangled a bus stop beyond repair right up the street from Hburgh HQ (don't worry - as far as we know, nobody was actually hurt!). Here is Italian sensation Vendetta, arriving at the scene of massive destruction by an unknown supervillainess, who has been testing out her powers by destroying public property. Vendetta misses catching the miscreant by only a few minutes, upon which she calls the incident in to the Heroine League, and then leaves in pursuit of the criminal across her neighborhood, Bloomfield ("Pittsburgh's Little Italy"). Who is to blame for the devastation? Episode 18 will reveal the answer in the summer.
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Here's an outtake from the brief shoot! Tenacious actress Mauricia nailed it on the very next take.

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It's going to be at least another week before we get Episode 17 up, although it's entirely finished. Our webmaster is going through a sick spell, and no, we don't think it's COVID. But in the meantime, you can get a live fix of Heroineburgh through an online panel
we'll be on at Geek Out Virtual Con, tomorrow (4/11) at 4 pm Eastern Standard Time. We'll be featured along with fellow comics creators Marvin (The Edge..who shares our table at Cons), Kat (Like Father, Like Daughter..which shares our comic strip artist Wayne) and Jason (creator of graphic novels about Steve Jobs, Gandhi and The Beatles!).

Also on hand will be special guest Mauricia, aka superheroine Vendetta (see the video in the previous post), in full costume. She has her own comic book, Music Maker, about a music-powered anti-hero, which has just released its second issue.

Geek Out Virtual Con, hosted by Geek Insider, will be broadcasting in three places:
-Embedded on their website at https://geekinsider.com/geek-out-virtual-con/
-From their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GeekInsiders/
-From their Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/GeekInsider/

Here's the page about Heroineburgh on the Geek Insider website. They did a great job with the presentation. Hope to "see" you there!
https://geekinsider.com/heroineburgh-is ... -con-2020/

Update: we did the stream and it got posted. The whole thing is three hours long, but you can see us come in at around 1:15:00.
There's a panel about comic book creators moderated by Rob from Indie Advocates (including a giveaway of a set of six Heroineburgh stickers) and then the lovely Mauricia sticks around for the panel about women in business, to talk a little more about her comic book Music Maker.



Next thing we're gonna do during our downtime because of MySharonaMileyCyrus is our fourth video podcast with the local channel
Start the Beat, which will feature full interviews with Kristin (Jinniyya) and Mauricia (Vendetta). Spaghetti Monster willing, that'll happen on Thu Apr 23 in the evening, and hopefully by then we'll have Episode 17 launched and be able to talk about it.
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Our cover artist (and expert character renderer) Jason has begun work on the third "Anti-Heroineburgh" graphics, which will be featured in Episode 18 and also on the sticker which we pass out at Comicons and insert into our comics, etc.

The third "Anti-Heroineburgh" bunch includes the supervillainesses Chlorina (returning in Episode 18), Serpenta, Panthyra (brand new in Episode 18) and Stellara (brand new in Episode 17).

Here is Chlorina. This is very close to what our new actress Dana looks like. Three more to go for Jason!
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Serpenta, the reptilian rapscallion, by Jason Wright. (as depicted in Heroineburgh Episode 9, and Heroineburgh Comics #1)
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Panthyra, the evil older sister of Savanna, who will debut Episode 18. Raw muscular feline power, as depicted by Jason Wright.
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One more supervillainess design to go, to finish the new "Anti-Heroineburgh" graphic!
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Episode 17 is up and available for download - see the Superheroine Releases subforum or the Front Page for more information!



Also during this lockdown crisis we bring you some Instagram fun. Here is some great wiggly Sintilla action from the Freaky Fair:

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And special birthday wishes from Sintilla to the frosty and feisty Arctica!



No Steel City Con in April, but we're still waiting to see what happens for June and August. Sintilla misses the chance to steal your heart!



Stay safe and healthy everyone!
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Behold! The mighty solar-powered supervillainess Stellara! (by Jason Wright)
And you can see her secret origin and transformation in Episode 17, available on our website now! (Stellara is portrayed by Shannon)
http://www.heroineburgh.com/season/episodes-season-two/
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Jason Wright has now finished the comic book graphic for "Anti-Heroineburgh #3".
You can get this as a sticker if you order the comic book online, or pick it up for free at one of the Comicons (once they start up again). Eventually we'll be making some T-shirts with this design as well.
Jason continues to create the most gorgeous art for us....now that's out of the way, he'll begin work on the cover for issue #2.
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Filming for Heroineburgh Episode 18 resumes this weekend with a three-person scene involving Drake, Spectrina and Vaporia
in a totally amazing set backdrop. Spectrina will be leveling up and increasing her power towards her own selfish ends.

We'll post some shots from that next week, but in the meantime, Josalynn is returning once again as the violent and voluptuous Vaporia, and wants to show off her brand new costume!

For those of you who have been following the series, Vaporia was introduced in Episode 11 (played by Valiha) and then Josalynn took over the role starting in Episode 14. Vaporia's secret identity is Victoria Vaughan, vape shop owner and underworld criminal, who is married to the corrupt Detective Mark Drake. Together, they supervise a secret cabal called the Black Faction, which is dedicated to destroying the Pittsburgh Heroine League.

Vaporia's power involves transforming all or her part of her body in vapor or smoke, allowing her to travel quickly from place to place, sneak through the smallest cracks, and choke her victims to death. She enjoys capturing, tying up and asphyxiating the heroines, and knows her way around sophisticated weaponry.

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Of course when you have a new costume you also deserve another character intro, so here is Vaporia talking about her latest evil plans. We're looking forward to a steady series of shoots starting this weekend and continuing throughout June and July!

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We have resumed film shoots for Heroineburgh Episode 18.

Today was a fantastic adventure outside in Downtown Pittsburgh using a huge installation as a film set to produce the most stunning transformation of Heroineburgh Season 2.

Wracked by greed and jealousy, the character of Spectrina, mistress of the rainbow, has gradually turned to the dark side, as laser physicist Dr. Katrina Spector (portrayed brilliantly by Erika) serves as a secret mole within the Pittsburgh Heroine League and benefits from committing crimes, as the corrupt police detective Drake looks the other way.

Now she completes her deepest desire, funding the construction of a gigantic crystalline machine whose sole purpose is to imbue her with immense dark energy, transforming her into Dark Spectra...the most powerful being in the city! Her next move? Taking over the organization of super-criminals known as the Black Faction, while its founders - Drake and Vaporia - look on in utter astonishment.

Can anyone stop the power of Dark Spectra? Find out when Episode 18 emerges later this year. More EP18 shoots coming up in June and July.

Spectrina (Erika) reaches ecstatic levels of pleasurable power as Vaporia and Drake help spin the crystalline turbines which inch the machine closer to its maximum threshold.
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Drake and Vaporia look on in astonishment, as she transforms into the supervillainess Dark Spectra, now in full possession of one hundred times the power of her former superheroine body. What is Dark Spectra's first move? To take over the organzation of supervillains known as the Black Faction, and cement her hold on Pittsburgh's criminal underworld. Can she be stopped?
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Dark Spectra introduces her new costume and persona to the city. Don't get in her way!

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So we do have an update on Episode 18: because of Covid we only did a couple shoots in June, but they were productive:
- Dysphoria meets Drake and delivers the parts which allow him and Crainiac to build a nano-machine device.
- Crainiac and Drake assemble the device in Crainiac's new basement lab.
- Supervillainess Chlorina battles Italian heroine Vendetta and Afghani heroine Darbouka in a laundromat, while we also meet Darbouka's husband Ali for the first time.

Also in the past month we did our fitting/intro shoots for two new supervillainess characters - Panthyra and Indarra - and found a brand-new actress to revive the role of supervillainess Serpenta.

Here are the results:

Dysphoria strides down the alley with the case full of nano-machines she stole from Carnegie Mellon. She had no problem sending a security guard to the hospital with her flesh-decaying powers.
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Dysphoria watches as Drake inspects the merchandise she stole. He tells her to keep out of the sight while he completes the device.
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Craniac explans to his brother Drake how he will assemble the nano-weapon that will put the high-tech heroines under their control.
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Dysphoria and Drake outtake clip:



Meet the beautiful Olivia...taking over the role of the slinky reptilian supervillainess Serpenta.
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Here is Serpenta's intro clip. We think Olivia will do a great job with this character!

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Then we did a fitting/intro shoot for new amazing actress Sheryland, who will be playing the supervillaines Panthyra.
Longtime Heroineburgh fans were given a hint about Panthyra, who is Savanna's sister Stacy Sauvage. In Episode 9, Savanna and her mother discussed the problem of Stacy running around with a "bad crowd". On July 16, we'll be filming the origin story of
how Stacy becomes Panthyra. In the meantime, here is her intro. We think Sheryland will do a fantastic job in this role!

Stacy Sauvage aka the super-strong feline-powered supervillainess, Panthyra in her power stance.
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Panthyra ready to pounce.
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Panthyra's intro clip.



Next we did a fitting and photo shoot for one more new supervillainess character. This is a very unique concept. Isabella Vazquez (portrayed by the vivacious Spanish actress Barbara) is a Basque freedom fighter which the Spanish government considers to be a terrorist. Wanted by the authorities, she hides out in a cave outside Pamplona, and finds a meteorite similar to the Pittsburgh fragments, which imbues her with immense strength and power. Dubbing herself Indarra (which means supernatural power in Basque), she kills her pursuers and then escapes to America in her costumed disguise, hoping to join the Heroine League as a new member, while biding her time to raise funds and return to Spain to continue her fight for the resistance.

Indarra poses in her new costume, which displays the lauburu emblem (symbol of the Basque people) proudly on her chest.
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Barbara (as Indarra) does a test lift of the "one-ton rock" she is going to lift in her debut origin appearance. She did very well!
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Close-up of the beautiful Barbara in the Indarra costume. She is ready for the shoot, which will happen on either July 27 or July 29, depending on the weather (it's an outdoors shoot in a cemetery). The entire scene will be shot in Spanish (with English subtitles).
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Indarra's intro clip, featuring her strong Spanish accent.

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At last, in June we got to do a full battle scene, one of several in Episode 18. In this scene, Chlorina is on the run from the heroines, having escaped an earlier battle in the goth nightclub (which will be filmed later in August). She ducks into a laundromat and finds herself fighting both Italian heroine Vendetta and Afghani heroine Darbouka, while Darbouka's husband Ali looks on in his disbelief (he had no idea until just now that his wife had superpowers! Looks like they're going have a talk.)

P.S. We also have yet another shoot scheduled in July, which is supposed to take place in a doctor's office! This one involves Cameraman Pete (who was shot in Episode 16), and the heroines Arcana, Poderosa and Arogya. There will be some romance
and sexy flirting involved in that one.

Chlorina fleeing the heroines.
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Ali and Darsha (aka Darbouka) discussing their day while doing their laundry.
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Chlorina recharging her toxic powers by drinking some detergent pods.
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Vendetta runs into the laundromat in hot pursuit.
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Vendetta in the laundromat door from the other camera angle.
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Vendetta finds Chlorina and challenges her to battle.
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Outtake of Chlorina recharging her powers with the detergent pods.

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More pics from the laundromat battle scene!

Chlorina attacks Vendetta with her toxic gas! (special effects to be added)
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Darbouka transforms into her costume.
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Ali watches Darbouka transform for the first time and is dumbfounded.
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Darbouka steps in to battle Chlorina, after Vendetta is subdued by the villainess.
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Chlorina is knocked out by Darbouka's sonic blast, but does she stay down?
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Darbouka uses her sound vibration powers to rid the unsteady Vendetta of the toxins in her system.
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Outtake clip of the second half of Darbouka's transformation (pre-special fx) as she tells her husband to stay out of danger.

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Another great shoot for Episode 18 - our most complex episode yet with several storylines. We still have several shoots to go to complete it, but this one worked very well last night. It tells the origin story of mighty amazon Panthyra, who was first mentioned in Episode 9 (two years ago!) as Savanna's little sister, Stacy (played by talented actress Sheryland).

Stacy has a "younger sibling" complex where she always felt underappreciated in comparison to older sister Anna (aka Savanna) who is a successful veterinarian for the Big Cats at the Pittsburgh Zoo. So Stacy leaves home and falls in with a bad crowd and drug-dealer boyfriend, Cor'Von (played by our comic book friend Marvin), becoming dependent on his drug supply.

Cor'Von puts his trust in his bodyguard, Thick (played by Jabari) who brings home a meteorite fragment he found in the street. Hearing the news that some women are getting powers from meteorites, Cor'Von decides to grind some of it up into a powder and mix it into Stacy's dose to use her as a guinea pig.

(Influences: 1) The "green light" drug from Black Lightning which gives people powers. 2) The origin story of Cloak and Dagger where their mutant powers are activated by drugs. 3) Marvin's own comic book about The Edge, a drug which gives people powers. 4) The T'challa vs Killmonger relationship in Black Panther. 5) 70s movies about powerful black heroines like Cleopatra Jones. 6. The first black comic book superheroine from 1971...can you find the reference to her in our photo stills?)

Instead of following his instructions, she impetuously swallows the entire meteorite crystal! A She-Hulk style transformation ensues as she increases in height and develops super-strong musculature. In her ripped clothing, she demonstrates her strength for her boyfriend by bending a metal bar. Cor'Von then has Thick retrieve his "mother's old 70s disco outfit" which Stacy gladly puts on.

Cor'Von then challenges Thick to attack Stacy in the new costume. Thick is brought to his knees and humiliated by Stacy's new strength. Cor'Von tells the embarrassed Thick to get out of his sight, and Thick swears he'll come back and have his comeuppance against Stacy.

Responding to her boyfriend's comment that she looks like a panther, Stacy renames herself "Panthyra" and revels in the power of her new superhuman form. Cor'Von capitalizes on Stacy's hatred for her sister by telling her that her first mission as Panthyra is to track down Savanna and destroy her, punishing her and the Heroine League allies for interfering in his drug trade. With her heightened aggression level, Panthyra readily agrees to do his bidding (for now). Cor'Von rubs his hands together and mutters, "Heh heh...Jackpot!"

[Note: See the thread about Heroineburgh Comics #2, where part of this scene is being recreated in comic book form!)

Stacy lounging in her boyfriend's drug den.
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Stacy checks out the meteorite before abruptly swallowing it.
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Stacy begins to feel the change.
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Stacy in agony as the muscular change courses through her body.
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Shrippage photo 1: her biceps rip through her sleeves.
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Shrippage photo 2: her pants retreat up her legs in classic Hulk style.
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More photos from last night's Episode 18 session - the origin of Panthyra.

Shrippage photo 3: Stacy's leg muscles tear through her pants, Hulk style.
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Stacy completes her transformation - rips in her torso and abdomen, and a newly mutated hairstyle.
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Stacy in her shredded clothing returns to show her boyfriend Cor'Von.
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Cor'Von tests her strength, and she bends the metal pipe.
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Stacy receives her costume (Cor'Von's mom's old 1970s disco outfit) from Thick.
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Having donned the costume, Stacy accepts Thick's physical challenge, beckoning him to attack her.
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Last round of stills from the Episode 18 shoot on the origin of Panthyra. Probably one of the most solid origin sequences we've done to date!

Panthyra defeats Thick, bringing him to his knees.
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Panthyra and an embarrassed Thick, who is dismissed by his employer and runs off swearing revenge.
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Panthyra takes on her mission to destroy Savanna, proudly declaring herself an enemy of the Heroine League.
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Panthrya and Cor'Von break the fourth wall! We filmed the very last shot two ways - normally, and then She-Hulk/Deadpool style (talking to the camera). One of them will probably end up as an after-credit scene.
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Outtake from the shoot, now up on Youtube!

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Today, Mauricia (Vendetta) and Bridget (Arctica) stopped by to do a video interview for a Patreon site by local creator and astrologist Anjali, who makes videos showcasing Pittsburgh area creators, artists and healers. Two of our other actresses - Kristin who plays Jinniyya, and Tiffany who plays Darbouka - have also made videos for Anjali's site as well, so Anjali is very much included in the Heroineburgh family, and might even appear in a future episode.

Anjali's content will up in a couple weeks as soon as she edits it, and an excerpt from the interview will also appear on Youtube, so we'll link to that when it's available. In the meantime, here's a photo of Bridget and Mauricia doing the interview.
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And while Bridget was in our studio, we decided to get a jump on Arctica's appearance in Episode 19 (later this fall) by filming a complete "zip-up" style costume transformation, similar to the one that Alicia Silverstone does as Batgirl in "Batman and Robin". The only difference is that we added a campy, humorous element by adding one more costuming step: Arctica touches up her blue lipstick!

This scene will appear in Episode 19 when Arctica returns. For now, just be content with these stills. We love transformations!!
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The conclusion of Arctica's transformation!
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And just like that, Arctica girds for battle. We kept her hair tied back rather than letting it down, because we don't know what hair length she'll have when she records Episode 19 in the fall. Better safe than sorry! :)
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Another great shoot completed last night for Episode 18. We have three more shoots to go (including two epic battles) to complete the work for EP18 before we can edit, but it was nice to get this one under our belts because we were able to shoot in a real doctor's office!

This scene stars our lovely heroines, Puerto Rican powerhouse Poderosa and Indian goddess Arogya, and also introduces a new actress playing Arielle Kane (aka the secret identity of Arcana, mistress of shadows) and a new actor portraying Poderosa's cameraman boyfriend, Pete.

New actress PJ as Nurse Arielle Kane (aka the gothic superheroine Arcana).
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Poderosa's power stance, taking charge of the situation.
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Poderosa is worried about her cameraman Pete after he was shot by Pagliccia in Episode 16.
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Poderosa talks about Pete's condition with Nurse Kane.
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Arogya steps in to explain to Nurse Kane about her healing powers - she can literally rearrange biological tissue, and it's not magic, it's ancient science using the power of the Ayurvedas.
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Arogya lays her hands on Pete and begins powering up her healing energies, which she acquired by absorbing them from the supervillainess Kaliyuga in Episode 17. Special FX to be added!
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The tagline for Heroineburgh is still Adventure, Drama, Comedy and Romance in the Finest Spandex and Capes...
and this scene definitely leaned heavily on the romance as well use of superpowers.

Close-up of Arogya's gorgeous golden gloves sending healing energies into Pete's injured body. (Special FX to be added)
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The other heroines are amazed that Pete is feeling so much better after Arogya's infusion, which takes a lot out of her.
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Poderosa realizes that she almost lost Pete, and the two officially declare their love for each other. Poderosa brought a valentine box of chocolates to the hospital, and flashes her incredible smile.
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Meanwhile, Arogya gets to know Arielle better in the waiting room. In Episode 11, we established that Arogya told her brother that she didn't go to Pitt Medical School to meet boys. But after telling Spectrina in Episode 15 that she prefers brunettes, it's now clear that Arogya has no problem meeting girls! It's a doctor-nurse professional romance blossoming before our eyes, as the two ladies flirt with each other. Originally the script just called for Arogya to touch Arielle's hair, but then PJ suggested that she tug at Arogya's belt in response, as if suggesting that she wanted to pull her costume off. Of course we said yes!
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Cast photo from the scene. Poderosa and Pete get ready to return to the TV station, while Arogya and Arielle plan to go out on a dinner date after stopping at Arogya's apartment first to get out of her "work clothes" (i.e. her superheroine costume).
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Arogya and Arielle (aka Arcana) head down the street for an evening of hanky panky.
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An outtake from Youtube of the Arogya/Arcana flirting scene.



Meanwhile, Bridget just posted on Instagram about her Arctica costume transformation sequence. It will appear in Episode 19 later this year!

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Episode 18 shoots continue to move along swimmingly - shooting in small groups seems to be mostly OK during the COVID times.
We have two more shoots to go to complete all the scripted/planned scenes for Episode 18, but we finished this one yesterday evening, filming in a beautiful cemetery which had some ancient-looking walls, a nice war memorial and even some small caves.

This scene introduces another very unique character: the Basque anti-heroine Indarra (which means 'energy' or 'strength' in the Euskara language) whose chest emblem is the lauburu, a traditional Basque cross which represents the mythological power of the sun. Indarra is portrayed by the brilliant Barbara (an actual native of Spain, with some Basque heritage!) in her stunning Heroineburgh debut, and this is our first scene to be filmed entirely in Spanish and Euskara (with English subtitles to be added).

Isabella Vazquez is a dedicated Basque revolutionary freedom fighter who is on the run from the authorities after bombing a police station in Pamplona. Hiding out in a dark cave located behind a Spanish war memorial, she stumbles upon the same kind of dark-energy meteorite which has transformed many women across the world. Acquiring superpowers (incredible strength and blasts of pure force) and a colorful costume reflecting her Basque heritage, she must defend herself against an armed Spanish guard who discovers her hiding place. She kills her opponent to protect her secret.

Realizing that even with her fantastic abilities, she simply cannot fight the entire Spanish military, Isabella decides to flee to Pittsburgh - the epicenter of superheroine activity - and join the Heroine League, hiding in plain sight as the masked do-gooder, Indarra.

But will the members of Heroine League uncover the secret agenda she harbors for her people's liberation movement? Find out as Season 2 of Heroineburgh rolls along in the fall.

And now for some stills from the shoot, showcasing the wonderful Barbara, and her battle opponent, the unnamed Spanish guard (played by experienced actor and combat choreographer, Bogdan).

Isabella is on the run through the forest, hiking up a steep hill to reach some secluded caves.
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Isabella takes refuge in the caves behind the Spanish war memorial.
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Isabella feels a surge of great power after picking up the meteorite, and begins to undergo her transformation.
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Isabella has transformed into a woman of incredible power, calling herself Indarra, meaning 'supernatural power' in Basque.
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After trying out her green force blasts (special FX to be added), Indarra tests her strength, easily lifting a half-ton boulder.
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Oh no! Indarra's hiding place has been discovered by a Spanish guard. He recognizes her as the terrorist Isabella Vazquez, and she responds by calling him "fascist scum". She must defend herself against this threat!
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Continuing the origin of Indarra....

Indarra battles with the Spanish guard. He tries to use his gun but she overpowers him with her superior strength. He also tries to punch her repeatedly (not shown) but her body is impervious to his weaker blows.
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Although knocked to the ground by Indarra, the guard regains his weapons and is about to fire at Indarra. Is she also impregnable to bullets?
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We don't get a chance to find out, as Indarra brings the half-ton boulder down on the guard with incredible force, utterly crushing him.
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Indarra stands over the guard's corpse, checking that she has finished him off. She then gets rid of the evidence, blowing up both the rock and the body beneath it (special FX not shown). Her secret is safe!
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Now safe once again for a little while in her cave, Isabella thumbs through her Basque-language atlas (yes, we actually have one of those), picking up Pittsburgh as an ideal place to hide out from the Spanish authorities. Her plan? To sign up with the Heroine League, working in a disguise as a masked superheroine. Will she pull off this ruse?
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Confident with her new costume and incredible powers, Indarra recites her revolutionary manifesto, "Gora Euskal Herria Askatasuna" (Freedom for the Basque Nation), and speeds off to hire a boat to America.
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Here's an outtake from the shoot. Barbara's beautiful Spanish accent helps bring the action to life! (English subtitles will be added to the entire scene)



More Episode 18 action soon!
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Many thanks to everyone who is checking up on the developments in this thread!

This past weekend, we finished an amazing story arc that will be included in Episode 18 - the origin of the towering feline amazgon Panthyra (portrayed by Sheryland) and deadly rivalry with her sister, the superheroine Savanna (returning actress Janeka).

Two days of shooting produced some great content which includes Savanna and her Mom (played by Tracey) being confronted by Panthyra's boyfriend, the drug-dealer Cor'Von (played by Marvin), and then a 'mortal kombat' style battle between the rival superpowered sisters featuring punching, kicking, clawing and slashing, with knockouts and choking and bondage peril. Not to mention a stunning guest appearance by main villainess Vaporia (played by Josalynn) who adds her own schemes to the mix, as
she tries to recruit allies for her battle against Dark Spectra's takeover of the Black Faction.

We only have one more shoot to go next Sunday (featuring the goth superheroine trio, the Dark Dominion, vs two of their enemies) and all of the sequences for Episode 18 are done...then we can move to post-production.

OK...here's the scene with Savanna and her Mom. We'll post more in a couple days. Enjoy the stills!


Doctor Anna Sauvage working in her office as the veterinarian for the big cats at the zoo.
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Anna's mother Thomasina comes by for a visit with a gift for her daughter.
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Cor'Von, the drug kingpin, bursts into the office and threatens Anna and her mother.
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Since she was closing up her office for the day and was on her way to attend a Heroine League meeting, Anna is ready with
a quick response. She hands her eyeglasses to her mom, stands up, and rips open her labcoat to reveal the incredible costume
underneath. She is ready for action as the ferocious feline fury, Savanna!
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Savanna moves at catlike speed, wrenching the gun out of Cor'Von's hand.
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Savanna throatlifts Cor'Von against the wall, yelling at him for threatening her mother.
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Savanna reads a ransom note which Cor'Von delivers to her, perhaps indicating that her sister Stacy is in danger.
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After Cor'Von leaves, Savanna thinks to herself about the danger her sister may be in.
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Savanna in her confident power stance, ready for action to save her sister. (part of a body pan shot)
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Savanna warns her Mom to go home and stay out of danger.
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After Savanna leaves the office, her Mom prays that both Anna and Stacy will be alright.
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Outtake from the scene:

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Last weekend, on the second day of shooting, we completed the entire introductory Panthyra story arc for Episode 18 by having Panthyra and Savanna meet for an initial climactic battle, which Savanna loses (SHIP fans from this forum will hopefully enjoy that aspect when the episode comes out this fall). Panthyra and Vaporia then meet, and form an alliance of evil which will further both Panthyra's aims of taking over the city's drug trade, and the Black Faction's ultimate goal of discrediting the Heroine League.

Here are some enticing stills from the action!

After receiving the hostage note, Savanna enters the same warehouse where she captured Serpenta...and scopes it out for trouble.
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Savanna notices some ripped clothing on the floor...what could it be from?
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Panthyra steps out of the shadows. The ripped clothing is left over from when Panthyra underwent her She-Hulk styled transformation!
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Panthyra tears off her trenchcoat, revealing her amazonian physique and tight costume. But Savanna still doesn't recognize her.
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After a short supervillainess monologue, Savanna recognizes Panthyra as her former little sister Stacy! Panthyra has channelled her resentment against her over-achieving big sister into an obsessive desire to dominate her boyfriend's drug-dealing empire.
Proclaiming herself to be physically and mentally superior to her sister, Panthyra challenges Savanna to a battle!
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Panthyra strikes the first blow with a powerful punch. More stills from that shoot soon!
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Just finished a seven-hour marathon shoot finishing up the "Dark Dominion" arc for Episode 18. All shooting is now finished for that episode and we'll be going soon into post-production. But before we show examples from that, let's finish out the Panthyra origin battle from last week: ferocious feline combat!


Savanna starts out strong, belly punching Panthyra.
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Savanna slashes her claws at Panthyra's face.
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Panthyra sustains bloody damage on her face, but depends on her quick healing factor.
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Panthyra delivers a harsh kick to Savanna's groin.
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Panthyra hits Savanna with an upper cut.
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The sisters are locked in an epic hand-to-hand struggle.
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Ferocious feline combat continued....

Panthyra overwhelms Savanna with superior strength, crushing her against the wall.
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Panthyra deals the knockout blow to Savanna.
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Savanna unconscious on the floor.
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Savanna bound in chains by Panthyra.
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Gorgeous close-up of Savanna's unconscious face.
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Panthyra prepares to break Savanna's back, Bane-style, forever crippling her and ending her superheroine career.
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You'll find out what happens next when Episode 18 comes out in the fall. Next we'll show some stills from the Dark Dominion arc,
so look for those soon.
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OK - as promised, here are some stills from the Dark Dominion story arc, which consists of four scenes total (one of which is the
scene we did a few months ago with Lunessa transforming in her tattoo studio...see above in this thread).

First, we've got a scene with Industria (played by excellent newcomer actress, Jess) and the club owner Franco (Ian).
This particular scene is for the fans of female domination.

Franco is Industria's boyfriend, but she is very abusive to him, basically using him for her own purposes: draining him for both
the money he makes in the club, and for sexual pleasure. She also forced him to make her a DJ at the club (from Episode 7).

Industria confronts Franco about the money - the club hasn't been doing that well, and she's getting a lesser cut of the proceeds.
Being a greedy supervillainess, she is NOT happy about it!
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Industria beats her boyfriend with her crowbar, and knocks him to the floor. She threatens him with more punishment!
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Using her incredible strength, Industria tosses Franco roughly onto the pool table.
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Industria taunts Franco by scraping him with the crowbar. She says that if he becomes useless as a source of income, then he's
only good for one thing: sex. And she likes it rough!
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Industria has a cruel idea of foreplay - she loves to inflict pain on Franco by crushing him with her crowbar.
Here's one angle.
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Here's another angle. Franco can only groan and protest in pain as she dominates him completely
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Second, we've got the Dark Dominion meeting scene. Our actresses PJ (Arcana), Maura (Etherea) and Ashlee (Lunessa) are in their
civilian 'goth' attire. They get together once a month to discuss their DJ business and superheroine problems in the goth scene.
Here, they find out that they have some problems: Franco is about to sell the club to a new owner...and their fellow DJ Industria
has been sexually abusing Franco in the club office. They resolve to make sure they stay employed at the club, and to support Franco, who has been good to them. They make a plan to stop Industria once and for all!

The Dark Dominion meet at a local cocktail lounge.
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After going over their plan, they put their fists together in a show of superheroine solidarity.
Their fists glow with awesome power (special effects to be added). Go Dark Dominion!
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Here's a closeup of the three heroines' fists together (special effects will be added to indicate their respective powers).
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Third and finally, the nightclub scene with the climactic battle. Five powerful ladies in spandex costumes!

Industria arrives with Franco at the club to battle the heroines. She pushes him roughly onto the floor, and then does a
shockwave foot stomp right into his face, calling him "nothing but an ATM for a powerful woman."
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Industria meets with Serpenta the snake woman (played by amazing new actress Olivia) whom she has hired as a mercenary to help take down the heroines of the Dark Dominion. Serpenta is a fugitive from prison, and gets paid in cash in advance for her services.
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The Dark Dominion arrives in the club to save the day. From left to right: Lunessa (Ashlee) the mistress of the moonlight;
Arcana (PJ) the sovereign of the shadows; and Etherea (Maura) the sorceress of bliss.
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Stills from the goth club shoot continue!

Industria slaps Serpenta on the ass to encourage her to attack the heroines. Serpenta shoots her a sly grin and begins her assault.
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Serpenta punches Arcana in the jaw, knocking her to the floor.
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Serpenta pits her hypnosis powers against Etherea's bliss hormones (effects to be added in post).
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Arcana, Etherea and Lunessa join forces for a triple attack on Serpenta with all their powers (effects added in post).
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Teamwork pays off as Serpenta is cornered and hisses angrily at her foes.
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Feeling outnumbered, Serpenta grabs her money and flees the scene. Little do the heroines know how she is connected to the club!
More on that in the next episode.
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More stills from the goth club scene as we are in the midst of post-production for Episode 18. A big tip of the hat to the beautiful and talented actresses who made this scene work so well...as you'll see when it comes out around Halloween. Note that these shots are all from the one camera angle..there's a second camera that will show different angles and some tantalizing closeups as well.

With Serpenta now on the run, Industria is forced to directly confront her foes in the Dark Dominion.

She begins with an attack on Arcana, trying to shock her with electricity from her crowbar (FX to be added). However, Arcana
saves herself by activating a new power (which she had already mentioned in the Dominion meeting scene). Find out what that
new power is when Episode 18 comes out.
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Next, Industria battles with Lunessa, who attacks her with lethal daggers of light. Find out how Industria is able to defend herself against Lunessa. (FX to be added)
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Feeling outgunned and out(wo)manned, Industria backs herself into a corner and takes her club owner boyfriend Franco hostage in order to secure her access to his money bag. She already expressed in a previous scene that he is only a means to an end for her ruthless plan.
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Etherea is concerned about Franco. Does she also have a crush on him? Maybe that plotline will develop in a future episode, but for now, she seems especially heroic about rushing to his aid.
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Etherea uses her hypnotic bliss hormones to pacify Industria's rage. Suddenly, Industria begins to lose the will to resist, although she tries her best to fight Etherea's control. She drops her crowbar on the floor. (FX to be added)
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Using their teamwork skills, the Dark Dominion works together to attack Industria on all sides. Lunessa keeps Industria busy with her light daggers, so that Industria can't do her patented "shockwave stomp". And then suddenly, Arcana reappears with Industria's crowbar, knocking her over the head with it in a mighty blow. What will happen next to Industria?
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More adventures with the Dark Dominion - the final stills from Episode 18, which is in post-production right now.
I get to see the raw cuts (with soundtrack and foley, but without effects) this Wednesday!

Close-up of Industria knocked out from the crowbar hit by Arcana.
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The heroines put Industria in restraints. Lunessa ties her up in her unbreakable light bonds, and she is placed in a power dampener
for good measure. (light bonds special effects to be added)
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Industria unconscious and restrained. Special effects (Lunessa's unbreakable light bonds) to be added.
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Industria is so resilient that she starts to wake up. Etherea gives Industria a final taste of her own medicine by subduing her
with calming bliss hormones, but not before Industria vengefully vows, "I'll be back, bitches!"
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Arcana gets on the phone to Captain Peggy, letting her know that Industria has been caught and is ready for pickup by the police.
Lunessa stands by, making sure to let Peggy know that Franco is willing to testify against Industria on a bunch of felony charges.
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Serpenta got away, but she'll be back another day. In the meantime, the Dark Dominion (Arcana, Lunessa and Etherea) celebrate
their win with a powerful cheer. (their upraised fists will show their powers when effects are added)
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While Episode 18 is being edited (it should be ready in a couple weeks), we've already embarked on some shoots for Episode 19.
Of course EP19 will contain the usual: drama, action, romance, comedy, and various superheroine battles. But we're also adding a few new concepts we haven't tried before.

The first one is a "swimsuit issue" scene. None of our heroines have been shown in swimsuits before, so we took the opportunity to use the last few hot days of summer to shoot a very fun swimsuit scene with Christina, who plays the superheroine Poderosa. In this scene, Rosa Perez is relaxing in her bathing suit by the pool (which she can afford, because she's a well-paid celebrity reporter for the TV station) and then takes a leisurely dip, exercising her superstrong muscles by swimming around at super speed. Then she gets a Heroine League alert and has to transform into her superhero costume and fly away, but not before she poses superheroically on
the diving board. We have a lot of customers who are specifically fans of Poderosa (and you can see why!), so we created this special segment for them in Episode 19. Here are some preview stills.

Rosa is checking her phone while sunning on the pool deck. No messages, thankfully! She can take a cool dip.
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Rosa swimming in the pool, doing laps at super speed (fx to be added).
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Rosa rises from the pool, dripping wet. We tried to give this scene a "Bo Derek in 10" type of feel.
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Rosa hears the Heroine League signal on her phone. Luckily, her costume is hanging right by the pool for easy access.
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Ready to take off into the sky, the mighty Poderosa poses on the diving board.
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Behind the scenes: Christina's brother came with us to the shoot, and ran second camera. He was very helpful, and made sure we didn't drop any electronics into the pool. Always drinking Iron City!
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Also, the owner of the pool is a good friend (who appeared in Episode 11), and we met his girlfriend, Milo. She enjoyed watching Christina's shoot, and will be joining our series as the new actress portraying the super-strong steroidal villainess, Dyna. Milo will be doing a test shoot for the Dyna character this weekend - welcome her to the Heroineburgh family!

More Episode 19 adventures coming soon, as we did a very fun shoot today which is a parody of a movie that was recently filmed
in Pittsburgh. Trying new stuff all the time!
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Hope you are enjoying the stills of Christina in her swimsuit scene! Yesterday we did a very fun shoot which is a parody of a widely released movie which was shot mostly in Pittsburgh near Heroineburgh headquarters in 2018. The mastermind behind that movie is also a producer on two very respected superhero television series, so I figured that the homage was appropriate.

The story involves our Jewish superheroine Gardenia, who is very environmentally inclined in a Poison Ivy manner, saving a local artisanal food vendor from a couple of miscreant hipster thieves. She transforms into her costume, gets into a bit of peril, uses her superpowers, and even takes a selfie! See if you can figure out which movie we are referencing. Everyone had a really fun time shooting this story, and it was perfect weather - probably one of the last weekends we could comfortably film outside. And don't worry - Laura (who plays Gardenia) wore a warm outer coat between takes. This tale will appear in Episode 19.

While tending to a neighborhood garden, Becky Bloom hears a cry for help in Yiddish (vos is dos?) and transforms into Gardenia
using the classic Supergirl blouse-rip.
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Gardenia confronts the thieves, but they grab her and slam her against the wall. They are eager to teach her a lesson!
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Another angle showing the belly punches that the thieves administer to Gardenia. (We shot some close-ups, too).
But with her superpowers, she is far from helpless!
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After using her "ironwood fist" power to stun the thieves, Gardenia wraps them up using her patented unbreakable vines.
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Gardenia returns the stolen money to the street vendor. He is very grateful and calls her a "miracle from God" and "an angel from
the Garden of Eden" in Yiddish. That's why she's called Gardenia!
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The publicity-savvy street vendor takes a selfie with Gardenia for his Instagram. Gardenia happily obliges, but they are photo-bombed
by an admiring customer. (Note: the customer is played by Casey, who will take over the role of supervillainess Stellara in Episode 19. Look for her test photos to come out later this week!)
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Next up we've got test photos and character intros from not only Casey as Stellara, but also new actress Milo, who will be bringing the
steroidally strong supervillainess Dyna back to the Heroineburgh universe for Episode 19 (Dyna was last seen in Episode 10).

Look for them soon!
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So, great news: we have a new wave of as many as four actresses coming in to take over the parts for others who moved away from
Pittsburgh. We'll have new actresses playing the parts of the supervillainesses Stellara, Dyna, and Fenneca the Silver Fox, as well as the heroine Devana.

And what's great about this new batch of wonderful ladies is that they are all "true geek girls" - that is, they have skills which intersect
between cosplay, makeup, and acting, and all of them are well-versed in the comic book and movie universes, having cosplayed at Comicons and read the comics. So, for example, when one actress says something like, "So when I put my hand to my head to concentrate
like Professor X.." while we're filming a scene, and another actress knows exactly what "Black Cat crossed with Silver Sable" means without explanation...well, I think we've found our right bunch. And they are hella cute too!

First up is Casey, who has taken over the part of Stellara from the wonderful Shannon, who moved to Texas a couple weeks ago. Casey is an avid cosplayer with tons of vivacious charisma. Today we filmed a couple of 'set-up' scenes with Stellara, which lead to a ferocious battle she's going to have with three superheroines in Episode 19. This includes both a transformation sequence from her military fatigues to her costume, and then a scene where she destroys some public property on the street to get the attention of the TV news, which draws the superheroines in to come and stop her. Her ultimate goal? To get paid the big bucks as a murderous mercenary by the bad guys who are trying to wrest control of Pittsburgh away from the Heroine League.

Lieutenant Stella Rathburn in her former military garb. Formerly, her transformation were dangerous and uncontrollable, but she has
used her military discipline to teach herself to transform at will.
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Stellara fully transformed, and off to cause trouble and mayhem!
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Stellara on the street, looking for a way to cause destruction which will bring the media and the heroines running...
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She finds her target, destroying a bus stop (and possibly killing an old woman who was sitting there..unless we cut her out of the 1st camera shot!).
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Then she runs away towards a secluded warehouse, ready to lay her bait for the heroines who will follow her to battle!
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Here is Casey's wonderful Youtube intro for the character of Stellara. Soon I'll be posting clips from the other new actresses as well, as they do their test intros.

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Lots of great Heroineburgh news! On the Episode 19 horizon, we're doing two shoots on Nov 17 and Nov 22 featuring the first appearance of Casey as Stellara, and the first appearance of cosplayer/actress Tara as the return of Fenneca the Silver Fox.
(If you don't recall Fenneca from Episode 13, she's a mash-up between Black Cat and Silver Sable)

Here's Tara's intro video on Youtube as Fenneca...and a full body shot from her test shoot. She's ready to play the sharp-clawed superstrong villainess in a team-up with the sneaky Sintilla!
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Meanwhile, things are going quite well with Episode 18...which is turning out to be a double length (one hour) and will be released in two parts! The FX cut has been approved, and next week we should have final version in hand. Then it'll take about another week to launch.

Here are some of the FX our editor worked on so diligently. There are many more great FX in this episode as well.
It's his second episode (he also did EP17) and he's really come into his own!

Arogya projects her healing energy into Pete the Cameraman, while Poderosa looks on anxiously (she's falling in love with him!).
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The Dark Dominion (Etherea, Lunessa and Arcana) launch a three-way no-powers-barred attack on Serpenta.
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Spectrina demonstrates her incredible power levels to Vaporia & Drake after she becomes the evil Dark Spectra (yup, switching sides!).
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Dysphoria melts a hole in the wall during her secret meeting with Drake.
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Industria tortures her boyfriend Franco, to punish him for not telling her that he was selling the nightclub. She is quite cruel!
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Episode 19 shoot yesterday went incredibly well - one of the best ever. We certainly got a ton of scenes and action done in only five hours, and the actresses all had a fantastic time (we celebrated three of their birthdays in November, with cupcakes and carrot cake).

First up was the return of the Lebanese-American superheroine Jinniyya to live action.

Zaynab is hard at work in her business office - she's just signed a deal to build a windpower farm in Erie County!

(note: actress Kristin is a bellydancer, among many of her other talents. If you look closely, you can see a photo of her in her bellydance costume posted on the wall!)
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But all is not tranquil - the beautiful inventor receives a text alert from the Heroine League that a new supervillainess is on the loose!
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Zaynab gets ready to spring into action...but not as her civilian guise.....
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She transforms into her costume using the classic Supergirl blouse rip, and becomes Jinniyya, mistress of the wind!
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A sudden whoosh of wind is heard (we'll add that in foley), and Jinniyya takes off to a nearby warehouse location to save the day!
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More photos from this fantastic shoot soon!
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Let's go a bit further - here's how the main battle scene begins.....

Vendetta is on the street, reporting in to the Heroine League about following the trail of explosions across the city,
which ends at a destroyed bus stop. A new supervillainess is on the loose - is she a bomber or a terrorist of some sort?
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Stellara has set a trap for the heroines in a warehouse. She revels in her plan of baiting the line and spreading the net..
all that's left is to "catch the man"! [extra points if you know which song lyrics that references]
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Vendetta tracks the power emissions to the warehouse. Jinniyya responds to the League alert (see above) and meets her there.
Vendetta explains that they don't have full information about their foe. Jinniyya proclaims confidently that her super strength
can take care of the problem, and shows off her powerful muscles.
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Searching different parts of the warehouse, Vendetta comes upon the new villainess, challenging her. The villainess explains that she is not a terrorist, introducing herself as Stellara, and boasting of her great power.
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Vendetta, of course, is unimpressed, and begins her attack with a stomach hit on Stellara, using her escrima sticks.
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Vendetta then follows up immediately with a hit to Stellara's head. Stellara recoils in pain from the attacks.
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More from this shoot soon!
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Interrupting the Stellara story photos to bring you a crucial Sintilla update - one I'm sure the likes of Batgirl1969 might appreciate.
The lovely and vivacious Alicia is back!

We had intended to film an entire story with Sintilla, Fenneca, Arctica and Hellfyra today, but unfortunately some sickness (non-covid related) got in the way. We'll re-schedule those scenes pretty soon, but in the meantime we were still able to complete a scene where Sintilla's young charge - supercriminal-in-training Peccadilla - betrays her to an enemy for a pure profit motive. The rest of the new Sintilla story arc will explore the repercussions of that with some heroine-on-villainess (and villainess-on-villainess) action.

While we were completing the shoot, we were also able to grab some brand-new promotional shots of Sintilla for the series.
Just imagine her smacking you silly with her rubber fetish paddle weapons. She looks unbelievably great! Enjoy - we'll come back to the Stellara photos tomorrow!
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Back to the Stellara arc we recently filmed for EP19! Note that the FX will be added later.
Stellara is looking to win against as many heroines as possible to bolster her reputation as a mercenary-for-hire.

Stellara blasts Vendetta with her powerful star blasts. Vendetta's metal escrima fighting sticks are no match to stop her!
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Vendetta begs for mercy as Stellara has her on the ropes. Luckily Stellara doesn't kill without a good reason!
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Stellara knocks out Vendetta with another star blast.
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Great shot of Vendetta knocked out on the ground, and helpless.
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Stellara takes a photo with her cellphone for proof that she defeated Vendetta.
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Jinniyya comes into view next, challenging Stellara for the honor of her fallen friend. Her powers are at the next level!
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Jinniyya has super-strength equal or greater than Stellara's, plus control of the wind. Stellara will have to step up to the challenge.

Jinniyya presses the attack by pinning Stellara against the wall with her wind blasts (FX to be added).
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Jinniyya delivers a punch to Stellara's face!
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Jinniyya follows up with a blow to Stellara's stomach.
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Jinniyya concludes with a knee to Stellara's crotch!
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Stellara is reeling from Jinniyya's painfully physical barrage, while Jinniyya asks her if she is ready to surrender and be taken to jail.
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Stellara's answer is no! She counter-attacks by grabbing Jinniyya's hands. She begins to administer a series of star blasts to Jinniyya's exposed skin, determined to burn her. (FX to be added).
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More blue-hot action soon from the Episode 19 Stellara arc, upcoming!
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After burning Jinniyya's hands four times with her solar powers, Stellara is able to make Jinniyya pass out from the pain,
and our Arabic heroine drops the floor.
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Jinniyya is sprawled unconscious on the ground.
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Stellara takes a photo of Jinniyya's prone body for proof of defeat. She'll post it to her social media!
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Stellara rubs her hands in delight - she has documented the defeat of two heroines and is about to call it a day.
Just then, a whoosh of air is heard as Poderosa flies down and enters the room.
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Poderosa scoffs at Stellara. How could Stellara possibly defeat her? Poderosa is nearly invincible!
(see our Youtube channel for an outtake of this segment)
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Stellara doesn't waste time, and goes on the attack to test her strength against Poderosa.
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