Masters of the Universe: Battlegrounds (April 10: Grayskull Dice Tower)

[Malebolgia]

Cheers lads! Yeah, Contrast is fantastic for that bright saturated 80s look. I'm also using it on my 15mm sci-fi to get that retro sci-fi look and it works so well.

[NotifyGrout]

Everything in here is fantastically bonkers, I'd forgotten just how silly Masters of Universe was.

This is the joy of Masters of the Universe in a nutshell- especially after the cartoon came out, it was an unabashedly crazy magi-tech setting, where Rule of Cool, or at least Rule of Far Out (man!), was the main reason for everything.

Stinkor is one of my favorite minor characters; the rest of Skeletor's crew avoid him because the poor guy can't turn it off. He smells so bad that he needs his own tech to help him not gag on his own odo(u)r. His backstory is wonderful dark comedy.

I am looking forward to getting my copy of CMoN's take on the game (the one exception to my usual "no more CMoN Kickstarters" rule).

[DivisMal]

Cheers lads! Yeah, Contrast is fantastic for that bright saturated 80s look. I'm also using it on my 15mm sci-fi to get that retro sci-fi look and it works so well.

It was actually your thread here that made me go all in with Contrast paints and also Acceptably in the 80s Chaos works brilliantly with then.

[Malebolgia]

The Contrast adventure continues with Buzz-Off!. Awesome silly design and a real treat to paint. I'm still impressed with how stable the model is considering he is only connected to the base with part of his foot! Great design




Only Whiplash left! And that's a good thing for wave 4 is supposed to be delivered tomorrow! Whoop whoop!

[Elk101]

That's nice! I'm loving seeing these on the forum.

[Golgotha]

Gosh, I never liked him but he has come out really well. Awesome job.

[DivisMal]

Buzz-off Buzz!! One of the last and one of my favorite MotU characters! I remember he had claws instead of hands and couldn’t hold *anything* in it, especially no weapons 

An excellent paintjob as usual. I’m always impressed just how good contrast paints on those models work. You continue to have the POWER!

[The Voivod]

Oh, Dang. He looks amazing.
Stellar job on the yellow and NMM effects.

I just ordered wave 4. Including the Hordak on Mantisaurus model.
I have the other ones. Figure all leaders need a mounted version.
Very curious how the new faction plays.

[Malebolgia]

Cheers lads! It's a great character to paint...I don't do yellow a lot so that was something new and fresh

[Vanvlak]

Superb, he came out well - the wings are a treat! 

[Malebolgia]

Yeah, the wings were a lot of fun to do. Contrast > drybrush > Edge highlight > glazing some Contrast around the shades. Fast and effective

And the next -and for now last- model of the range is done...the man in green: Whiplash! Cool model. Not very flashy or wild, but he has a nice colour palette to work with.




That finishes all of the current models! Tomorrow I will receive wave 4, with Hordak and co so the fun will of course continue. Here's a shot of everything I did so far:


(link to a bigger image: https://paintoholic.nl/images/MOTUB2.jpg)

[DivisMal]

They look fantastic!!!

[RustyT]

The Contrast adventure continues with Buzz-Off!. Awesome silly design and a real treat to paint. I'm still impressed with how stable the model is considering he is only connected to the base with part of his foot! Great design




Only Whiplash left! And that's a good thing for wave 4 is supposed to be delivered tomorrow! Whoop whoop!

This is stunning, love your work! ... and the group shot is out of this world

[Bloggard]

continuing to get fantastic results. 

[Malebolgia]

And a new addition...although technically not from Battlegrounds. It is the stretch goal freebie from the Fields of Eternia kickstarter. Yes, once again Archon Studio did something totally silly: add a free HIPS dice tower to the pledge. Homongous, heavy and totally awesome. Lots of fun to paint and easy too. And although made for Fields of Eternia, of course it will be used in Battlegrounds as well!