Sailor Moon – Sailor Chibi Moon

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Mar 292019
 

Hey! It’s Friday and I have the day off so I’m posting…in the middle of the afternoon! Crazy huh?

Here’s Barnaby as Sailor Chibi Moon. The idea behind this mash-up is so simple: Take my largest character and dress him up as the smallest character (that isn’t a cat). Whereas I chose to have Todrick be embarrassed in dressing up as Sailor Mercury, Barnaby is embracing being Chibi Moon.

Here’s a comparison to the original. When I look back at the original set, this is the piece that I felt most needed a remake. If taken by themselves, the head was “fine” and the body was “okay”, but put them together and oh boy. The scale was off. Part of the challenge of the Animus characters is that their heads are so large (like the Peanuts gang). Here, Barnaby’s head was just too small. I did a much better job (as you’d expect) in the remake.

That’s all for the Sailor Moon flashbacks. We have the two new pieces with Skitter and Chae coming up next. Skitter will be first next Friday. See you then!

X-Men – Colossus

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Nov 102018
 

Hello and welcome to a special “James forgot to post on Friday” Saturday edition of Flashback Friday.

I don’t really have a lot to say about the X-Men. I chose them to be colourful.

Here’s Barnaby as Colossus. I REALLY like how the metal colouring turned out on him.

Here’s a comparison to the original mash-up. I had moved into my more detailed style here but I hadn’t smoothed out my lines yet. Still very shaky. But I think the Colossus piece was pretty good for back then.

That’s all for this week. More mutant mayhem next weekend. See you then!

Hallowe’en – Frankenstein Trio

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Oct 102018
 

Hello peoples! It is time for the showing of the mash-ups! This week we start a spooooooky Hallowe’en theme!

I kinda sorta remember reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I’ve never seen any of the movies based on the book. The story and the classic movie’s visuals have infiltrated the culture. If you say the name Frankenstein, most people immediately think of the monster Boris Karloff played on the screen. Even though Frankenstein is the doctor’s name. His creation is just the monster. The lab assistant, commonly named Igor, wasn’t in the original book. He was a later addition in stage and movie adaptations.

So here we have the trio of Dr. Frankenstein, his lab assistant, Igor, and the monster, played by Cyran, Skitter and Barnaby respectively. Barnaby was a natural fit to play the monster, though I suppose it could have been humorous to switch Barnaby and Skitter’s roles. I haven’t mentioned it in a while, but you can click on the pictures to see closeups.

Here are some closer looks to the individual pieces, starting with Cyran as Dr. Frankenstein. I really dig this one. And I feel the electricity effect came out well.

Skitter as Igor. The costume is based on the costume Marty Feldman work in Young Frankenstein.

And Barnaby as the monster. The green tinge on the fur worked out FAIRLY well. It was something I wanted to try.

That’s all for this week. More spooky fun next Wednesday!

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