Barnaby – Page 30 – Age of Animus

Krull – Kegan

Mar 262014

It’s that time of week again! I believe our forefathers used to call it Mash-up Wednesday. It’s a day rich in mash-uppy tradition.

We’re still in Krull mode here. As always, click on the picture to enlarge it.

Krull was the first movie I ever saw Liam Neeson in. If you had told me back in 1983 that he’d go on to become one of the most famous actors in the world, I wouldn’t have believed you. Kegan’s role was small, but I took a shine to him. He was just the right amount of charming for an escaped outlaw. My favorite line of his was when Colwyn was trying to recruit Torquil and his men and had just given his heartfelt plea. Kegan’s response was “Noble sentiments, but we fight for profit, you know what I mean?” This is Kegan from that scene, leaning up against the canyon wall. I intended to give Barnaby a beard like Kegan’s, but I forgot about it when I was colouring. I like him better without it.

That’s it for this week. Two more Krull weeks to go. Next week the Old One comes down from the mountains. See you then!

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Flashback Friday – Superbear

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Feb 282014

Once upon a Friday, there was a website that did flashbacks of stuff it had posted years earlier. In the end, it turns out that that website is THIS website and that THIS is one of those flashbacks. Did you feel the wayback machine kicking in?

Okay, so last week I said that this week’s flashback would again feature Barnaby and asked you to guess which of Barnaby’s roles it would feature. Were you able to guess Superbear? If so, kudos to you!

Superman’s is a very simple costume. I could have decided to go with his New 52 threads, but to be honest, I like the red undies over blue tights. The red breaks things up nicely and he seems to be missing something without it. The biggest challenge was finding a flying pose I liked. Since the costume molds to his body, there was nothing to break up my lines and it was smooth sailing.

Here’s the comparison. Superman’s curl is so iconic, that I featured it the first time. This time around, I gave him a whole head of hair to go along with it.

So that’s all for this week. Next week is Cyran’s turn to shine! Feel free to guess in the comments! Have a good weekend!

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Flashback Friday – Lando

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Feb 212014

Happy Friday folks! With great Fridays come great flashbacks! On that note, let’s take a look back.

This week’s flashback was originally supposed to go up last week, but I was so excited to show off the G.I.Fur action figure cardback I did for Flint Rich, that I pushed him ahead a couple of weeks.

When I did the first series of Star Wars mash-ups, most of the cast played characters from the original Star Wars. Barnaby was one of the exceptions (Deema was the other), playing Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back. For the return, like with Nektara, I chose to do a different costume. In Lando’s case, I chose his general’s uniform from Return of the Jedi. As always, click to embiggen.

And here’s the comparison piece:

So that’s this week’s flashback folks! Barnaby will be back for next week’s installment. As who? You’ll just have to come back next Friday to find out! Have a good weekend!

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Flashback Friday – Rick and Red’s Excellent Adventure

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Jan 242014

You know what day it is, I know what day it is, let’s not play any games with each other and just get to the flashback, shall we?

I’ve been revisiting themes in the original order they first appeared on the site. Next on the list was Bill and Ted. All the pictures are embiggenable. Just click on them.

Bill and Ted was a small theme the first time around so it was likely this flashback was going to be the only time I revisited it. It made sense then that both Bill and Ted would be featured. Because I like Bogus Journey more than Excellent Adventure, I considered going with the movie poster that featured Bill, Ted and the Grim Reaper pressed up against a pane of glass. I love that poster. …But it wasn’t full body. I flipped through some pictures online and decided to be ambitious and try the original movie poster or at least the main element of Bill and Ted sitting on top of the phone booth. As I went along, I decided to just do the whole thing. I even added the caption and some “credits”. My character’s dimensions meant I had to lay things out a little differently but honestly, I’m extremely proud of the way it turned out.

I wrote about the trials and tribulations of the picture here. To get an idea, on the left is an approximation of how far I’d gotten when Paint crashed, compared to the finished picture (sans space and text) to the right and the uncoloured picture underneath:

If you’re thinking to yourself, “Gee, you didn’t have very much left to do.” then you can imagine how devastating it was for me to lose all my progress. I’m just glad I ended up with a backup I could use. I know for sure I wouldn’t have had the stomach to start the whole thing over from scratch.

Next up are just the heroes of the piece. Together:

And separately:

Finally are the comparisons to the original pieces. I remember that the originals were the first time I drew proper sleeves for the shirts the characters were wearing. They weren’t as bad as some of the earlier pieces, but my lines were a lot shakier. One of my big goals is to work on my brush strokes.