Flashback Friday – Teela

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Dec 102016
 

Welcome to a special Saturday edition of Flashback Friday, also known as “Carja forgot Friday morning, got home way late from gaming, the site was down so he had to wait until Saturday morning to post” or the CFFMGHWLFGTSWDSHHTWUSMTP for short…it’s going to become a thing. Watch. In the meantime, remember to click on the images to get a close-up.

Teela. One of the three female characters from the original toy line (I wasn’t able to get any of them). The toy came with some pretty nifty looking snake-themed armor pieces that were dropped from the character in the cartoon. Her look in the show pretty much defines her now. She’s the adopted daughter of Man-at-Arms and biological daughter of the Sorceress (her biological father is at present unknown, but I wouldn’t put it past the current comic book line to explore that history someday). For the longest time, Teela is oblivious to the fact that Prince Adam is He-Man (a testament to his skill at playing a good-for-nothing). She does eventually find out in the aforementioned comic line, where she also learns of her heritage. Her character history is actually pretty interesting and more than the common toy line fare.

Sass is here to reprise the role of Teela. The pose is taken from the Teela statue from Pop Culture Shock and though she’s far from perfect, I’m proud of the way she turned out considering how hard it was to draw. I really had a lot of trouble with her lower body. I just couldn’t get the legs looking right. I eventually realized that the upper body positioning was off which made the legs look really off so I started over and finally managed to get it looking acceptable. This to say that I still struggle greatly with anatomy and posing. It occurs to me looking at it as I prepare to post that the tail is maybe a tad too long.

Here’s the comparison to the original mash-up. That original torso is really off and of course the spindly limbs detract from the action pose. The first mash-up is based on the toy while the new one is based on the cartoon. Since Teela’s and Evil-Lyn’s toys had the same body sculpt, I didn’t want the two mash-ups to look like each other (the same reason why the original Evil-Lyn mash-up was based on the Evil-Lyn from the reimagined toy line while the original Teela mash-up was based on the original Teela toy.)

That’s all for this week. We’ve got three more Masters flashbacks to go and then four new pieces before we move on to the next theme.

Flashback Friday – Zodac

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Dec 022016
 

Hello and welcome to another Flashback Friday, the feature read by top women. TOP. Women. (I believe in keeping things even.)

Is Zodac a bad guy? His original action figure’s packaging listed him as an evil cosmic enforcer, but just about all of his appearances across various media had him acting as a neutral entity and they eventually ditched the “evil” tagline on later packaging. I needed to balance things out between the heroes and the villains so he’s on the bad guy side here. I didn’t much care for the action figure back in the day because I found the design a little boring. I dig the helmet today.

Not surprisingly, Big Oonch got the role of Zodac because he wears a helmet that covers his eyes. I think the helmet turned out really well here.

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This was another situation where I ended up not liking the first sketch I drew and started over before I got to inking and colouring it. Here’s the first sketch. I was going for an action pose as though Oonch was about to fire his blaster, but meh. I like the more casual pose above much better.

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Here’s the comparison to the original. I think the red pops more in the remake. The original is a askew because I was again going for that action-type pose and it was supposed to depict one foot being ahead of the other. It ended up looking like I drew it at an angle.

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That’s all for this week. See you for more flashbacks next Friday.

Flashback Friday – Orko

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Nov 252016
 

Friday morning is here and that’s time for a mash-up. It’s about the only thing that’ll have posted on time this week. I’ve been so lax. Click on pictures to enlarge!

I’m split on Orko. The character was comic relief in the cartoon and tended to be on the annoying side. His figure was similar to Ram-Man in that he was a block of plastic with only his arms that were poseable. I never got the toy but I wanted it. The zip cord that made him roll across the floor in circles was just a neat feature.

Here’s Cyran as Orko. I love how this one turned out. In particular, I think the robe looks good, particularly the way the hem billows out.

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Here’s a comparison to the original, which I liked except for it looks like his left arm backwards. That has a lot to do with how I drew paws back then.

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That’s all for this week. More Masters of the Universe fun in the weeks to come. Don’t ya dare miss it!

Flashback Friday – Faker

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Nov 182016
 

Wow! I almost missed Friday completely…I woke up late this morning and had to hurry to get ready for work. I have no excuse for missing yesterday’s Funnies update, but that just went up before this. As always, click on a picture to see a close-up.

So Faker is a He-Man clone sent by Skeletor to trick the other good guys. I don’t know who he was supposed to fool, being blue and all, but then not all of Skeletor’s plans were winners. I liked the colour scheme of the figure though. They chose a nice shade of blue for his skin and orange and purple are my favorite colours so it all works for me. If I ever got Faker, it would have been to get Skeletor’s armor in orange.

If Todrick is He-Man, then he also has to be Faker. No stories to tell about drawing this one. It turned out well.

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Here’s a comparison to the original piece. I chose not to go with the orange ears this time around. The way Todrick is holding his sword looks a lot more natural as well.

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And that’s all for this week. Have a great weekend everybody. More flashback fun next week.

Flashback Friday – Ram-Bear

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Nov 112016
 

Hello and welcome back to Flashback Friday. Is this like Deja-Vu Tuesday? No! Flashback Friday is vastly superior, especially since Deja-Vu Tuesday isn’t a thing so far as I know. Click on pics to see a close-up!

Ram-Man was probably one of my least favorite Masters of the Universe characters, both in terms of the toy and his actual character, at least as depicted in the cartoon. First, the toy was big departure from the MotU action figure aesthetic. This was necessary for the toy’s ramming action feature, but it just reduced articulation so much. And Ram-Man was such a dim-wit in the cartoon. Not even in a charming, funny way either. There was really nothing I liked about him. Now, I can appreciate the style of his design, particularly the updated version.

Here’s Barnaby as Ram-Man. I particularly like the way the colours worked out in the helmet, just a ting of purple adds a nice effect.

ram-bearOriginally, I wanted to try drawing Barnaby in a full-charging pose.  I got so far as finishing a full sketch but didn’t like the way it turned out, so I started over and went for a battle-ready pose that could suggest that he was READY to charge as you see above. Below is the original sketch.

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Here’s a comparison to the original. With the exception of the stick arms, the original Ram-Bear was my favorite of the set, particularly the shading. The new Ram-Bear isn’t my favorite of the remakes, but I do think it turned out solid.

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That’s all for this week. Come back next Friday for another look back at Masters of the Universe. Have a great weekend!

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