World Warriors

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Sep 192012
 

Wednesday has snuck up on us again and that means one thing around here: MASH-UPS!

This week’s theme is Street Fighter. A quick check shows that I haven’t tackled video games yet (Tron doesn’t count) and that’s all the reason I need. This theme got me to play around a little with poses, specifically fighting poses.

First up is Nektara as Chun-Li. Chun-Li was one of my go-to characters in Street Fighter II because her combos were easy to do. This was probably the most difficult pose to figure out. I had to cheat a little with the length of Nektara’s legs to get it to work at all.

If you take Green Rich and add a military look and straight blond hair, apparently, you get Guile.

Zoë gets to play Cammy. I bet you didn’t know that Zoë had such killer abs huh? Me neither! She’s wearing a beret just like I did at Comic-Con this year!

Vega (or Balrog as he was known in the original Japanese version of the game) is played by Cyran. Why Vega for Cyran? Well, the claws gave me a way to incorporate wrenches in his design and the ears could replicate Vega’s long braids.

Finally, we have the main villain of the game, Big Oonch is M. Bison, or Vega for those of you more familiar with the original Japanese version. The problem with Oonch (and Cyran) is that he has no legs to speak of, which means that I couldn’t give him M. Bison’s cool shin guards. I think he looks good without them though. It’s all about the hat!

Okay, that’s all for now. Come back next week as we continue duking it out in the streets!

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.

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