377 – Too Easy
Mar 182015
Hello Joe! See what I did there? The theme is G.I.JOE and I called you…ahem. Yes. Welcome to another Wednesday of mash-up fun!
This week is the final Cobra mash-up (until I decide another new character deserves some classic mash-up theme treatment). As always, click on a picture to enlarge it.
Chae closes things out as Felina (the Kitty version of Serpentor). Serpentor’s colours are green and gold so of course I did one layer with those colours. However, while green works well for a snake, I wasn’t convinced that it was the best choice for a cat. I searched for alternate colour schemes and while I didn’t find any official repaints, there were some custom paint jobs out there with the Python Patrol colours. I thought they looked sharp so I tried that as well. My personal choice for colours were purple and silver so I did a layer of that also. All that work to find out that really, the green and gold looked the best (my personal choice I felt gave more of a Shredder from TMNT vibe). At least in my opinion…what do y’all think?
Only the official Serpentor colours got onto the action figure card.
That’s all for this week. Next time is a new theme! Find out which one next Wednesday?
Mar 112015
Hello and good Wednesday to you! It’s great to see you. Ready for a new mash-up? Of course you are. Let’s get to it.
We saw some new Joes, now it’s time for some new Cobra characters. As always, click on a picture to enlarge it.
I really avoided Firefly the first time around because I didn’t want to feature any characters wearing masks. “If he’s wearing a mask, nobody can tell who’s wearing it, so what’s the point of calling it a mash-up?” Well, when it came time for Skitter to join the Cobra ranks, I had trouble finding an iconic Cobra character. In the end, I decided the mask wasn’t so bad because you could see the fur around his eyes and tell it was Skitter. I’m glad I did, because I love this piece! So here’s Skitterfly.
Here’s Skitterfly’s action figure card.
And that’s all for this week. See you next Wednesday for Chae’s turn at being the Kitty Empress!
Mar 042015
It is now time for the Wednesday Mash-up!
It’s a return to the Joeverse today. As always, click on a pic to enlarge it.
I don’t know why, but when it came to the Joe side, I really wanted the girls to dress up as female Joe characters. I didn’t have the same hang-up when it came to the Cobra side…It worked out fine for the others. I had four girls to dress up, there are four main Joe gals. For Chae though, I really had to dig (which is fitting, her being a mole and all). In digging, I found Bomb Strike. She doesn’t have the most elaborate uniform or anything, but all in all, I think it turned out alright.
Here’s the card. Bomb Strike originally appeared on a Venom vs. Valor card. I used the pose from that release on a vintage card. I found what I think is a mock-up someone made of what a 25th anniversary card for Bomb Strike would have looked like, but I liked the Venom vs. Valor artwork better.
That’s all for this week. Next week it’s Kitty’s turn!
Feb 182015
Good morning world (or whatever time period it is for you)! It’s mash-up time again! Let’s get to it!
More Star Trek this week! As always, click on the picture to enlarge it.
I skimmed through a LOT of pictures before finding a uniform I thought would be nice to draw for Chae. I ended up going with a uniform from the movies (II through VI). Those uniforms are just my favorites. This is the one the ensigns wore.
That’s all for this week. Be ready to go “Yo Joe!” next week! See you on Wednesday!