HF, My Designs- Camilla and Gertrude

During the time Hero Factory first came out, I was naturally disappointed when seeing the minimalism LEGO had applied to the designs of this new series. With this disappointment, I figured, if I  were the designer of HF art, I would make the characters more artistic, and less manufactured in appearance. Naturally, I like day dreaming of my own scenarios and characters which can fit into an already existing universe invented by another (in other words, I like inventing alternate fan fiction ideas). This led to day dreams of my icon character, Pearllight, showing up in the HF world at one point; and the invention of my own characters, drawn in my own style, followed after. I figured, maybe Hero Factory could be more interesting if I apply my own ideas to it... never did become an avid fan for Hero Factory, simply remained neutral and saw it as a separate story which belongs in its own category; but I did invent my own characters which apply to the series, and did in fact include these inventions in an alternate scenario episode as part of my favorite Bionicle fan fiction "Life of Lewa". But enough talk of the why I made these characters, now I'll be sharing who these characters are.

Nurse Camilla, female medic bot

 Nurse Camilla, my first personalized HF character, is associated with a basic day dream of who might be working in the repair center of Hero Factory. I figure there's a repair center in the Hero Factory somewhere, and I applied my own ideas to this concept. The repair center of the building no doubt has staff who get heroes, and even damaged villains in custody, and repair them back into functioning order. Whether it be missing limbs, snapped wires, internal circuitry damage, or quaza stone repair/replacement; the medical repair team is always standing by. I thought up ideas for what the repair center may be like, and it's kind of like a pleasant hospital area with mechanical based things thrown in. Nurse Camilla happens to predominately work in the recovery section of repair center, where she checks over patients who have just undergone surgery or check ups pertaining to serious problems. She works with other staff when needed, will come around when someone needs a shot, and commonly carries around a small energy box with a transfer wire for connecting into the quaza core port to recharge a patient who's system is very weak. Camilla also contains a super powerful, internal electrical system, built into her structure for the purpose of performing electric shock CPR. Camilla's functions and daily work, all of which have been explained above, are shown in a three panel picture I made, which will be shared at a later time.
     Camilla was built to look pleasant and calm, valuable traits for a medical bot who's made to comfort and care for injured heroes. I wanted to make a female bot who didn't look so flat and generic like the lady bots working in the emergency call center answering the Hero hotline, or resembling the news reporter Daniella Capricorn from the HF cartoon. Camilla's hair isn't made of metal panels like that of Daniella or other female bots, but rather made of fine wire strands which sway and flop like actual hair strands. These fine strands attach to a metal bun base which is connected to Camilla's head, and in a prototype concept, the bun may be twisted, which causes the metal strands to be drawn inward, consequently resulting in a shorter hair style if necessary.

Gertrude, front door desk worker and paper work employe

 Gertrude, the front door desk worker of  Hero Factory, is a slightly grouchy character, her personality professional, and by the book. Her character is roughly based off Roz, the slug monster from "Monsters inc." Anyone who has to get and return files at Gertrude's desk, dread the encounter. It's hard to make Gertrude smile, some younger heroes have tried, and only one of them nearly succeeded. Even the most experienced heroes are secretly intimidated by Gertrude, being that she can be rather cold, and knows anything about everything that goes on in Hero Factory, being that her job is to document everything about Hero Factory, missions, hero reports, and even data files on every worker in the HF building, including details that connect to every hero on a personal level. Many heroes, including Preston Stormer, are uneasy around her, fearing she's able to black mail anyone, at any time. Anyone who enters through the front door will always see Gertrude constantly working at her desk. If anyone has a question or appointment, Gertrude will make sure they're checked in, and given passes if they're visitors of HF, but not workers.
    Gertrude's build is meant to be stocky, and business based. Her structure in general, was made to be efficient and energy reserving, that way she can work many hours at a desk and never get worn out. Her base structure, with additional skirt plating, is made to look like a classy business outfit. She can change out color panels for variety in outfit design, but usually prefers wearing wine purple at all times. Her hair is solid, and always shined to perfection. There are slots in her hair bun which hold what appear to be decorative sticks, but are actually pens she can pull out for signing special documents. Gertrude also has a set of built in cat eye glasses that contain a computer screen projection option. She can replace these glasses for varied looks when she pleases. Gertrude is one of few in HF who has a nose and dominate feminine features, like rosy cheeks and defined lips.

Both Gertrude and Camilla were included in a Life of Lewa episode where Lewa accidentally portals to the wrong dimension. that tale, is however, for a much later time.

Art details- I added the Hero factory H on both pictures, matching the color scheme with the character. I feel blue would be the dominate color of repair center; and as for the green H of Gertrude, I sometimes imagine a neon sign of it that may serve as a clock which hangs on the wall of Gertrude's open desk office. Mediums used: Prismacolor pencils and jell pen.

(Below) The two images displayed are the original color quality versions of Camilla and Gertrude. I adjusted levels to bring out the rich tones of these two beauties.