Flashback Friday – Evil-Lyn

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Nov 042016
 

Does this seem familiar? Well it should, because this. Is. A. FLASHBACK! Oh yeah! Click on pictures to enlarge them.

In the original series bible, Evil-Lyn is an astronaut from Earth named Evelyn Powers. She crashes on Eternia with two other astronauts, Biff and Marlena. Biff mutates into Beast-Man. Marlena marries King Randor to become queen and Evelyn becomes an evil sorceress named Evil-Lyn (love the puns!). This plot is pretty much abandoned by the cartoon. Evil-Lyn is an evil sorceress who helps Skeletor. She’s one of his most competent aides.

Here’s Nektara as Evil-Lyn. In the toy line, Evil-Lyn and Teela shared a body sculpt. In order to make each drawing more distinct, I went with the 200x update of Evil-Lyn for the original. This time around, I went back to the classic look for Evil-Lyn and went with the cartoon look for Teela to distinguish the two.

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Here’s the comparison to the original. The original Evil-Lyn was one of the weaker drawings insofar as keeping the character’s dimensions go. It just doesn’t look like Nektara. But I really liked the colouring and shading.

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That’s all for this week. More Masters flashbacks next week.

Flashback Friday – She-Ra

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Oct 282016
 

By the Six! Is it Friday already? Actually, I’ve been longing for Friday so…yeah! Let’s see a flashback! The pictures are small this week so remember to click to enlarge them.

Allura is Adam’s (He-Man’s) sister. She was kidnapped by Hordak when she was a child (which is why we never heard about her previous to her release). He raised her and brainwashed her to serve as the captain of his guard on Etheria (another planet). At some point she finds a mystic sword of her own and snaps out of her brainwashing and leads the rebellion against Hordak as She-Ra. The line was aimed at girls and didn’t match the Masters of the Universe toys so I never bought any of the figures. The cartoons replaced the He-Man series and I wasn’t able to get into them even though they look to be of better quality. There were a couple of crossover specials, including a Christmas one. That pretty much sums up my knowledge of She-Ra.

Nektara returns as She-Ra. Not a lot to say about this one, it turned out well. No special stories on drawing it.

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Comparison to the original. The limbs were spindly as always, but the original was otherwise pretty good for the time. The headdress hid how poorly I drew curved lines.

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That’s all for this week. Come back next week for another flashback from the Masters of the Universe mythos!

Flashback Friday – Trap-Jaw

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Oct 212016
 

Hello and good day to you friend. I hope this Friday finds you well. It is time for a flashback dontcha think? Click on a pic to see it big.

Trap-Jaw was one of my favorite action figures that I never owned. The concept of having three different pieces of equipment that you could plug into his arm was pretty cool. I don’t know why I didn’t get him. I couldn’t find him maybe? I ended up getting Roboto who had the same gimmick, but just wasn’t as cool for some reason.

Here we have Cyran reprising the role of Trap-Jaw. Of course Cyran only has one piece of equipment he can plug in.

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Here’s the comparison to the original piece. Back in 2012, I hadn’t started drawing Cyran’s legs in the mash-ups yet. I still had his tunic covering them up. It makes a big difference with what I can do with the character he’s portraying.

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That’s all for this week. Another flashback next Friday!

Flashback Friday – The Sorceress

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Oct 142016
 

Hello and good morning to you Flashback Fans. It’s Friday so let’s get to my favorite way to start the day. Click on a pic to see it big.

My memory of the Masters of the Universe toy line is that The Sorceress as she appeared in the cartoon wasn’t released until late in the line. I don’t even remember seeing her in stores. Was she a mail-in? In the comic series that accompanied the figures, I believe she first looked like a green Teela with the snake armor. That figure does look cool, but it wasn’t what I was used to from the cartoon.

Zoë returns as the Sorceress. I think I make this comment every time I draw a character with wings, but geez are feathers a pain to draw (and colour). I think they turned out well here, but not as good as some of the other winged Zoë’s I’ve done before.

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Here’s a comparison to the original mash-up. I have a much better grasp on Zoë’s face now.

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That’s all for this week. Have a great weekend and I hope to see you back next Friday for a new flashback!

Flashback Friday – Tri-Klops

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Oct 072016
 

Hello and welcome to the advent of the weekend. That’s right, it’s Flashback Friday. Let’s get to it. As always, click on a picture to see it enlarged.

Tri-Klops was another of my favorite villain figures even though there was no special action features. Being able to switch between three special-powered eyes was enough. He was one of the more clever villains as well, compared to Beast Man and Mer-Man who were kinda slow-witted. The green and orange scheme worked well together in my mind.

Here’s Red Rich as Tri-Klops. We have the red eye, the blue eye and the green eye. Wow, those colours are Rich’s colours. Talk about a coincidence!

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Here’s the comparison to the original piece. We’ve got him looking in the opposite direction. The limbs make the biggest difference I’d say.

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That’s all for this week. Have a great weekend and see you all next week for more fun!

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