Author Topic: Masters of the Universe - She-Ra added (update 01/08) (Read 56140 times)

Mason · « **Reply #225 on:** July 20, 2020, 05:30:49 PM »

Brilliant!

Orko for President!

white knight · « **Reply #226 on:** July 20, 2020, 06:43:52 PM »

There seem to be two camps about Orko. Those who grew up with the cartoon and consider him essential and those who loved the more brutal world of the early minicomics and see Orko as the embodiment of the subsequent dumbing down of the franchise.

FramFramson · « **Reply #227 on:** July 20, 2020, 08:15:24 PM »

As I recall, an Orko was the only actual original He-Man figure I owned.

Amazed it's been this long before he was added!

Dr Mathias · « **Reply #228 on:** July 20, 2020, 09:43:12 PM »

You don't hold back on your projects, awesome additions!!!

There was a strong (and in my opinion dubious) idea in the entertainment industry that you have to have a silly sidekick for the kiddies. Ewoks, Orko, Snarf, Kowl, Jar Jar, Ewoks... the list goes on. Glad you included him though!

white knight · « **Reply #229 on:** July 21, 2020, 12:20:00 PM »

Quote from: Dr Mathias on July 20, 2020, 09:43:12 PM

There was a strong (and in my opinion dubious) idea in the entertainment industry that you have to have a silly sidekick for the kiddies. Ewoks, Orko, Snarf, Kowl, Jar Jar, Ewoks... the list goes on. Glad you included him though!

Pretty much every cartoon had them and it's still being done.

Quote from: FramFramson on July 20, 2020, 08:15:24 PM

Amazed it's been this long before he was added!

There were several options for him released earlier, but this one felt the closest to the original.

white knight · « **Reply #230 on:** July 21, 2020, 12:22:14 PM »

Evil Warriors - Evil Humans
When Eternia's territory was divided between a Light and Dark hemisphere, some human tribes found themselves stuck on Skeletor's side. Most probably under his dark impulses, they gradually descended into barbarism and served him as evil human warriors, thus swelling his ranks...

To the best of my knowledge, these only appeared in a single minicomic, shown below, but they always appealed to my imagination.

The figures are from another limited run of private commissions. They are painted to match the comic reference, including using Foundry's oriental flesh triad to match the skin tone.

You don't actually see their weapons in the comic, so using the standard MotU weapons on them makes sense. I decided to paint them in the dark red colour that these were also released in for the toy range to give some contrast as I didn't fancy adding even more grey.

Good human cannonfodder versus bad human cannonfodder

I figured it was time to do another group shot of my Evil Warrior faction. This does not include the variants I have done of Skeletor, Faker and Copy-Cat.

Mason · « **Reply #231 on:** July 21, 2020, 12:59:37 PM »

Lovely additions, that flesh came out really well.

I am glad that you are adding the 'extras' and not just the main characters to your project, as that is what really brings a project to life....for me, anyway.

white knight · « **Reply #232 on:** July 21, 2020, 01:22:26 PM »

Yes, I prefer worldbuilding rather than plain skirmish- or armybuilding.

Pictors Studio · « **Reply #233 on:** July 21, 2020, 08:43:22 PM »

Just amazing stuff here. The Sy-Klone figure looks wonderful. Great sculpting and great painting.

white knight · « **Reply #234 on:** July 22, 2020, 09:22:38 AM »

I can't take credit for the sculpting, other than the odd conversion here and there, but the painting at least is all mine.

axiom · « **Reply #235 on:** July 22, 2020, 09:40:54 AM »

This is honestly one of my favourite threads on LAF. I love being a voyeur to your nostalgia-soaked project - the miniatures and painting are just perfect! I hadn't thought about Blackstar for literally years, but then when you showed off your painted version I remembered that I had the toy mixed in with my He-Man toys. I remember that the articulation of the action figure's arms was a little clunky compared to the He-Man action figures. I remember that the glow in the star sword was much cooler than He-Man's sword, and I usually swapped them over

Lau · « **Reply #236 on:** July 22, 2020, 04:51:24 PM »

I just love following this thread!

white knight · « **Reply #237 on:** July 23, 2020, 06:38:27 PM »

Thank you, gentlemen. Nostalgia is a strong driving force in this project.

white knight · « **Reply #238 on:** July 26, 2020, 03:15:24 PM »

Evil Horde - Imp

Imp is Hordak's spy, spying on both Horde and Rebellion members, making him disliked by all. His abilities include flight and shape shifting. He can shape shift into numerous different forms, seemingly without limitations. Most times he will retain his natural blue colouring, but has shown on occasion that he can assume different colouring when in another form. In addition, he also seems to possess the ability to take on the characteristics of whatever form he takes, as illustrated when he transformed into a working flamethrower, nearly burning down the Whispering Woods, or when he transforms into a laser blaster and can fire laser bolts while in this shape.

The model is a great sculpt done by Fancagne Didier. My main issue with it being that it's so tiny, around 12mm, that it was becoming hard to paint. As such, it's not my best paintjob, but it looks good enough to the naked eye when it's not blown up like in these pictures.