Welcome to another edition of the Wednesday Mash-up!

I already let the cat out of the bag (Sass did not approve of me keeping cats in bags) on Monday that this week’s theme was Master of the Universe. This set of mash-ups took longer than just about any other set I’ve done so far. As I get a little bolder and fancy with my colouring choices, I’m spending more time on each individual drawing. Some took between three and four hours, although that took some silly mistakes I made which doubled some of the work I had to do.

So let’s get on with it, shall we? Masters of the Universe tell the story of Prince Todrick, who transforms into the powerful He-Fox when he holds his power sword aloft and says, “By the Power of Furskull! I have the power!”

There are only three other heroes who know He-Fox’s secret. Chief amongst them is the guardian of Castle Furskull, the Zo-rceress!Drawing and colouring all those feathers was a pain.

Then there’s Deema, the Lizard-at-Arms. She’s a skilled weaponsmith and mechanic.

Finally there’s Cyro the wizard. Most of spells end up backfiring, but maybe that’s because he needs a new wand attachment for his wrench. I think Cyran makes a great Orko. Looking at him now I feel that his wand arm is off and looks backwards.

Some of you may have seen a preview of Many Masks on Facebook earlier this week. Many Masks may not know He-Fox’s secret, but he’s a valuable ally nonetheless. With the change of a mask, he can transform from a raccoon to a robot to a terrifying monster. Man-E Faces was the first Masters of the Universe action figure I ever got and I was really eager to include him in this week’s theme. But if you’ve seen Man-E Faces, you know that his helmet melds into the rest of his body. That look just didn’t work for Red Rich since he (and all the other Funnies characters for that matter) have such big heads. I almost gave up trying to draw him after my first attempt. I put him aside and worked on the other characters. When only Red Rich was left, I tried to think of another hero to use, but I felt that Man-E Faces three faces synched up so well with Red Rich’s masks that it would be a shame not to use him. So I tried again, forgoing the action pose I had originally envisioned in favour of the at-ease pose show below. After colouring him, I felt he was perhaps the best of the bunch. As for the faces, I used no less than nine layers to do them. Three separate ink layers, three colouring layers and three shading layers. I could then hide and unhide the layers I needed for each face.

That’s all for this week. Come back next Wednesday for more of the heroes of Masters of the Universe and the following two Wednesdays for the villains. Have a good week y’all!