A New Challenger Appears

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Sep 262012
 

Wednesdays, Mash-ups, let’s do it!

Today we conclude our look at Street Fighter. I couldn’t for the life of me remember what the game says when a new player joined in but I think this is it. If I got it wrong, please let me know.

Some of you may have been expecting to see Ryu last week, seeing as he’s the main protagonist of the Street Fighter franchise. Well, I wanted to keep one big name for the second week…actually, I just didn’t get to drawing him until Thursday. Anyway, Todrick was my first choice for Ryu. His energy ball didn’t turn out quite the way I had hoped.

Following up, we have Deema as Sakura.

Then we have Ibuki. Ninja thief girl? That’s totally Sass.

Finally, we have Barnaby as Balrog, or M. Bison as he was known in the original Japanese.

So that’s it for Street Fighter. Next week: New theme! Bet you weren’t expecting THAT huh?

 

You Can’t Take the Sky From Me

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Sep 052012
 

It’s Mash-up time again!

As promised, here are the first Firefly mash-ups. This week we’re focusing on the crew of Serenity. As always click to embiggen.

First up is the captain of Serenity, Captain Todrick Reynolds. He fought for the Independents, or Browncoats in the Unification War. One thing I can say is that I find pure white and pure black to be the two hardest colours to shade well, which is why I normally don’t do it. I tried here with mixed results.

Todrick’s first mate is Zoë Washburne. She’s a fellow Browncoat who served with Todrick in the War. Of course, it was a no-brainer that Zoë would play Zoe.

The pilot is Richmond “Rich” Washburne, Zoë’s husband. Here is holding his beloved toy dinosaurs. The one cursing the other for his “sudden but inevitable betrayal”.

Keeping Serenity in working condition is a big job. Thankfully Nektara Lee Frye is up to the task. By her own admission, engines just talk to her. She’s a real sweetheart and you can tell by the patches she chose to sew into her jumpsuit. There isn’t a power in the ‘verse that can keep Nektara from smiling.

Finally, we have Serenity’s muscle, the bear they call Barnaby Cobb. Here he is wearing his cunning hat and holding his pride and joy, Vera. I tried my best to do Vera justice. I’m pleased with the results.

That’s it for this week. Next week we’ll look at the passengers who also call Serenity home.

Deeper Still Under Snake Mountain

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Aug 292012
 

Hey there folks! It’s Wednesday and you know what that means! Time for new mash-ups!

This week we conclude our visit on Eternia with the final batch of Masters of the Universe villains. As always, click to embiggen.

For the heroes, I cast Todrick as He-Man. It follows then, that for the villains, he’s Faker. I don’t know how anybody was supposed to confuse the blue guy for He-Man. Maybe Eternians have a special kind of colour blindness where blue and tan look the same colour? Anyway, I think Todrick actually looks pretty good in blue.

Next is Barnaby as Beast Bear. Hear his mighty roar! Beast Man was the first Masters of the Universe action figure I ever saw. I really liked his red and blue colour scheme.  They remade his armor in a different colour in a weapons pack (yellow I think) but it didn’t look as cool.

I mostly bought MotU figures based on their action features. Even though Tri-Klops’ special feature is just a ring around his head with eyes painted on, Tri-Klops is one of my favorite villains. There’s just something about his design. Tri-Klops’ eyes are red, blue and green. Who else for the part then, than Red Rich?

Finally, we have the Big Oonch as Zodoonch. There’s some debate as to whether Zodac (or Zodak) is actually a villain. His original action figure card said he was evil though, so that’s what I’m going with. I love his helmet.

So that’s it Masters of the Universe and Animus fans! Come back next week for a new mash-ups theme!

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