Rebels – Zeb Orrelios

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Apr 012015
 

Hello there! For those of you in the know (or who own a calendar), it’s Wednesday! That means mash-up time! Let’s get right into it!

No surprises here, it’s another Star Wars: Rebels mash-up this week. As always, click on the picture to enlarge it.

Zeb is the strongest member of the Ghost crew, so the role had to go to Barnaby. The most challenging thing about this piece was the blaster. I knew I wanted to have it slung over his shoulder. I just had no idea how he needed to be holding it. It took me a while, but I figured something out that looked plausible.

Zeb-Barnaby

That’s all for this week. Next Wednesday is Todrick’s turn to use the Force! Come back to see the results!

Rebels – Ezra Ridger

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Mar 252015
 

Hello there. Is it already new mash-up time again? That week sure did pass by quickly! Let’s get to it!

We’re starting a new theme this week and it’s Star Wars: Rebels! I don’t know why I’m just digging the show. As always, click on a picture to enlarge it.

We start things out with Red Rich as the main character, Ezra Ridger. Ezra is a late tween-earlier teen. You can tell because the character designers gave him an energy slingshot. Because kids still love slingshots in the Star Wars galaxy.

Ezra-Red-ger

That’s all for this week. Come back next week to see who Barnaby will be dressed up as.

G.I. JOE – Serpentor

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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?

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Only the official Serpentor colours got onto the action figure card.

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That’s all for this week. Next time is a new theme! Find out which one next Wednesday?

G.I.JOE – Firefly

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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.

Skitterfly

Here’s Skitterfly’s action figure card.

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And that’s all for this week. See you next Wednesday for Chae’s turn at being the Kitty Empress!

G.I.JOE – Bomb Strike

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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.

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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.

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That’s all for this week. Next week it’s Kitty’s turn!

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