Minions of Apocalypse: Metron, I mean Zodac by Rob Ayotte

I'm so sorry dropping out of sight for a while. AND I'm sorry that I did not follow the guide lines to the Minions of Apocalypse theme. MY EXCUSE: It is said that Masters of the Universe is very influenced by Jack Kirby's New Gods and that the most obvious parallel is between Zodac and Metron. They are both neutral observers who fly around in chairs and so on. If you Wicki Zodac it'll tell you all about it. I've been trying to get this color/painting/ digital art thing down and also trying to have a decent set of MOTU pieces for my portfolio so this seemed like a good choice for me. I hope ya'll can forgive me if you feel that this was out of bounds. A lot of wonderful work was produced while I've been away from the site! I've enjoyed looking and will continue to do so.Take care,
Rob

Halloween: Slime Pit Zombies Color Dun by Rob Ayotte and Greg Reekers

So this is actually another version because I realized I jumped the gun and stuff wasn't dun. anyways thanks again to Greg for help'n me out with the background. Peace Y'all

King Adam by Rich Flood

Explodar by Adam Rosenlund

Sorry for the delay. My gallery show opened this weekend, so I've been mega busy playing catch up from that. Anyways, here's a bio i whipped up for this dork:

"Explodar is an extradimensional being of pure energy. Using an ancient manuscript from the library of Eldar, Skeletor summoned Explodar to Eternia to do his evil bidding. Unbeknownst to him, Explodar was a benevolent being and had no interest in helping Skeletor wage war against the Masters of the Universe. Cast out by Skeletor using a spell from the same manuscript that brought him, Eldar floated across the dark plains, struggling to maintain his form, forever cut off from his home dimension. He was detected by Man-at-Arms, who was able to pick up communication from Explodar via the radio on the wind raider. Returning with him to the castle, Man-at-Arms fashioned a containment suit for Explodar, allowing him to channel his fantastic energy powers in the service of good."

I haven't nailed all the physical details down on this guy yet, but I think I may enter him in the contest. He uses some of the normal parts, like the loincloth, some of Man-at-Arms' armor pieces, as well as Roboto's gloves and lower legs. He has a custom head and torso, which show some Kirby dot energy action going on, probably in some kind of lenticular sticker.

Create Your Own Master: Orkathor by Josh Purple

Orko, Megator, and Panthor were hanging out getting wide on catnip and cannabis, when Orko lost it and starting casting out of control Polymorph spells (everyone lost their saving throws).  Orkathor is a good guy, doofus (goofy smile), rasta, who likes to mark his territory in the traditional cat-like way.


... I don't think I'll enter this in the contest :) , but it was fun to do (and I got my damn shadow wrong..).

photo of original pencil

Create Your Own Master: Ant King and Hypnos by Justin Zyduck

A couple rough sketches of what I came up with for the contest. I always enjoy the challenge of having a set of rules and then having to work within them. In this case, the contest's official rules say to minimize new sculpts and re-use standard torsos/legs/etc. wherever possible. I also gave both my villains the famous "He-Man crouch" until I realized that the new MoTU figures have articulated knees and elbows (!!!)

I don't have a better name for this guy than the Ant King. I came up with him because a surefire formula for a MoTU villain is "animal head with humanoid body" and I thought he filled a void in He-Man's list of adversaries -- an underground-dweller. The gimmick here is I thought he could have pose-able antennae like those bendy toys they used to make. The sword is weird, but I think I had an action figure with a sword like that. Maybe it was a Ninja Turtle? Anyway, you could tell the kids it's good for digging underground tunnels to break into Castle Greyskull.

This is Hypnos, Skeletor's psychic interrogator. I came up with the gimmick first of having armor that contains one of those spinny hypno-wheels. I came up with the helmet after my first drawing of him just looked like Hugo Strange in a funny outfit. The helmet is clunky and crude and seemed to fit perfectly with the original MoTU aesthetic.

Create Your Own Master: Bugzor by Eric Schuster

My cousin had a lot of He-Man stuff.  I was a little bit younger than him and kind of missed the He-Man boat...Ninja Turtles, Mario, and Ghostbusters were my favorite shows with big toy lines attached.  It was kinda fun playing around with the contest rules and swapping out stock parts trying to create something new.  This guy is BUGZOR which I think is an appropriate MOTU name.  He's got Buzz-Off's wings and feet, Beast-Man's hands, Mer-Man's chest plate, Keldor's gauntlets, Maegator's weapon, and the standard loin cloth.  New head and shoulder plates.  I imagine him to be villainous.

Create Your Own Master: Sawbones by Mike McMahon

Time was also my enemy this week, but I present to you Sawbones - Skeletor's evil mad doctor. I tried to make it look like the image might've been printed in the 80's. Keyword there is "try".

Create Your Own Master: Tech-Nubis by Josh Lynch

Pretty crunched for time this week.  Sorry.  But here is my MOTU character.  I think I followed the guidelines.  He uses the normal body, Trap Jaw's arm, Ratlor's legs, and a new head, armour, and a slight twist on the typical serpent staff.  Looking forward to everyone else's.