Flashback Friday – Lizard-at-Arms

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Sep 162016
 

Hello Flashback Fans. It’s time. Let’s get to it! As always click on a picture to see a close-up.

Man-at-Arms, as his name suggests, is the weapon master and an advisor in King Randor’s court, an inventor who creates a lot of fabulous weapons and vehicles for the good guys in Masters of the Universe. He’s also Teela’s adoptive father. More importantly though, he’s also one of the few to know He-Man’s secret, that he’s really Prince Adam.

Here’s Deema as Man-at-Arms or rather, Lizard-at-Arms. I really like how the chest armor turned out here. It’s a good solid piece and the colouring really came out fine (and not just because she’s wearing my favourite colour, orange)!

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And here’s the comparison to the older piece. Other than the shaky pen lines the original wasn’t too bad for the time. The limb proportions aren’t terribly off compared to some. The new one is of course a lot sharper.

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That’s all for this week. More Masters of the Universe flashbacks to come every Friday! Have a great weekend!

Flashback Friday – Skeletor

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Sep 092016
 

It’s my last Friday off for a while. Let’s celebrate with the joining of flashback to website. As always, click on the pictures to embiggen them.

Skeletor has to be one of the cooler names to come out of Masters of the Universe. The expanded mythology gives him a pretty nifty backstory. It turns out that he’s actually Prince Adam’s uncle Keldor who was seduced by the power of the Dark Si–err Hordak.

Here’s Sass as Skeletor. She’s still wearing the blue body suit with the skeleton mask, but this time, she applied blue make up to her tail, paws and face. I really like the blue lightning effect on this one. EDIT: I really had a problem with how short I drew the fringes of Skeletor’s shoulder armor. I’ve therefore decided to redraw them and have added the revised picture next to the original.

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Here’s the comparison to the original. The new version lost the cape. I’m not exactly sure why I gave her a cape in the first place as it isn’t something that’s normally associated with Skeletor. The biggest improvement is again the limbs are better proportioned.

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And that’s all for this week. Come back next week for a new hero flashback. Have a great weekend!

Flashback Friday – He-Man

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Sep 022016
 

Hello there Fans of the Flashback and other perusers. It’s Friday and time for the first installment of the return of the Flashback Friday! It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned it, but you can click on any image to enlarge it.

He-Man was the star of Masters of the Universe, but he was one of the more bland figures. He looked like a blond Conan with a battle harness.  They made several versions of He-Man, and somehow the original bland version was still the best looking one.

Here’s Todrick as He-Man, or rather He-Fur since the word “man” doesn’t hold the same significance in Pelarian society.

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Here’s the comparison to the original. In this case, the original was one of the better ones from the Masters theme. Todrick’s face was still evolving and the limbs were too thin, but the proportions were better than most.

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That’s all for this week. Next week, we’ll take a look at He-Man’s nemesis.

Return of the Jedi – Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight

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Aug 242016
 

Wednesday isn’t over yet! There’s still time to squeeze in a mash-up!

When Luke walks into Jabba’s Palace, we can see he’s a changed man. Sure the black threads and the cloak make him look more serious, but he acts with more confidence. It’s almost like he’s a Jedi or something. He keeps the hood of his cloak up until he’s in front of Jabba and then it’s time for the dramatic reveal…even though we know who he is. But Jabba doesn’t, so there’s that. He has a well laid-out plan that looks terrible at first, but it all works out in the end and he and the others are able to save Han Solo from the vile gangster’s clutches.

Here’s Nektara reenacting that dramatic reveal. I thought it’d be a really cool pose to try to capture. I think it works…sorta.

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That’s all for this week. Next week we start with the flashbacks on Friday so no Wednesday updates for the next few months (no really, there are going to be a lot of flashbacks!)

Return of the Jedi – Han Solo

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Aug 172016
 

Hello friends. Let’s get to the mash-up.

After being freed from his carbonite prison, Han Solo completes his transformation from amoral smuggler to Alliance hero. He accepts the rank of general and volunteers to lead the mission to destroy the shield bunker on Endor. A New Hope Han would never even dream of undertaking a suicide mission like that.

Here’s Zoë in Han’s Endor trench coat. The idea for the picture sounded better than it really turned out. The coat is pretty boring really. Oh well. It’s done.

Han Trench Coat

That’s all for this week. One more Jedi mash-up to go. I think you can guess who it is. Come back next Wednesday to see if you were right.

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