Masters of the Universe - She-Ra added (update 01/08)

[white knight]

Love this project. I've been working on sculpts for the MoTU characters recently myself.

Looking forward to seeing that. Have a few coming up myself.

Have you watched the Netflix series "The Toys That Made Us"? They are pretty entertaining, especially the He Man and Transformers ones.

Not yet, but it's been on my list for some time.

[Giger]

I just wanted to drop a comment here to say how much I've enjoyed keeping tabs on this project, a wonderful set of painted miniatures.

[white knight]

Thank you, it's appreciated. A few more, very fast and simple models:

Evil Horde - Slime Monsters

Both the Filmation cartoon and the mini-comics featured Slime Monsters. While their affiliation could vary, I decided to give mine the colour for my Horde bases, on account that since Hordak has a Slime Pit, it made the most sense. The models are Otherworld Miniatures mud monsters, which were perfect for the part. These were very quick to paint up, nothing fancy here.





With Slime Monster He-Man:


Get back, you slimy freaks!

[Suber]

I had missed the latest additions, I love all of them!

[white knight]

Thanks! Working on some mounted figures now, but these will take a bit longer to complete.

[DivisMal]

Rogue Planet was a rule set that was written, IIRC, for MoTU style heroics. I'm fairly certain the author specifically said that at some point. It is a very cinematic style rule set. Haven't had occasion to play it yet myself, but it might be worth checking into.

Love this project. I've been working on sculpts for the MoTU characters recently myself.

Have you watched the Netflix series "The Toys That Made Us"? They are pretty entertaining, especially the He Man and Transformers ones.

I second that. The Rogue Planet rules favor cool over equipment and make for very cinematic games!

Apart from that: the models shown here are simply brilliant!

[white knight]

Like Queen Marlena, John Blackstar is an astronaut from Earth, stranded on the planet Sagar after being swept in his spacecraft through a black hole that took him to an ancient alien universe. On Sagar, John makes allies with the Trobbits, the shape-changing Klone, the dragon Warlock, and Mara the Enchantress. Armed with the Star Sword, which forms one half of the Powerstar, Blackstar and his allies oppose the evil Overlord who seeks to rule Sagar. While his ethnicity is never clarified, Blackstar is presumed to be of Native American decent.





The model was a private commission with a limited number of copies made. Aside from using too much black to outline the eyes, I think he came out rather well.


Blackstar as he appears in the Blackstar show

Blackstar was produced in 1981 by Filmation, who would go on, shortly after, to produce the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon. Both shows share a lot of similarities, both in used concepts and the general look and feel of the setting. Some monsters and animation sequences from Blackstar were later used in the MOTU cartoon, though the one thing that, above all of these, firmly puts the planet Sagar in the MOTU universe is the appearance of a Blackstar statue holding up the Starsword in a MOTU episode:


Blackstar statue to the left


Masters of the universe


Your magic wand is no use against my Star Sword, witch!


Who are you, one of the denizens of the Overlord?

[Mason]

I had no idea who Blackstar was until you posted this.
I have seen the great sculpts that you have commissioned but did not want to show my ignorance (until now!) by asking.

Looking at that shot from the cartoon, I reckon that you and Boris have both nailed him perfectly.
 

[DivisMal]

Amazing. Magnificent. Bloody Awesome. Herausragend. Zapfpolterdausmeindingcrutzitürkenhalleluja!!!!

This, sir, is a very neat thread with some really great paintjobs!

[white knight]

Glad you like them. 

[white knight]

The Hover Robots are Skeletor's disposable minions, well...., most disposable minions. They are mindless automatons, which might be an early design for Hordak's horde troopers, as there is some resemblance. They are relatively small in stature, but can fly, shoot lasers and have whirling blades for hands. The figures are part of a private commission with a small run and they are spot on in my opinion.



I somewhat rushed the paintjob on these, not taking as much time as I should, but then I plan do plenty more of these, so some speed is of the essence. With hindsight, using dark grey instead of black for the recesses might have been better, but it still works OK. I think I waited too long removing the masking tape from the flying stands as some of the glue stuck to them and removing them left a somewhat matte finish. Still, they remain usable and I may try at some point to add a coat of gloss varnish to see if that resolves the issue.




Skeletor and his Hover Robots


He-Man is battling one of the Hover Robots and is unaware of the ambush coming from above...




Skeletor is urging on his minions... from a safe distance...

And finally, a look at the original inspiration:

[DivisMal]

They look really good and your painting is simply ace!

[white knight]

Thanks! I particularly like the picture with the one lunging from above. 

[DivisMal]

Thanks! I particularly like the picture with the one lunging from above. 

Yes. That did come out really nice. Those Killbots are really nice, and I love the simplicity of their design.

[goon3423]

Fantastic! I always hoped MOTU Classics would squeeze Blackstar in there someplace but alas  . Always hated the hoverbots (much bigger fan of the Skelecons or generic skeleton soldiers)but your painting looks great!