Sunday, 11 February 2018

Skeletor

Skeletor is the second painted mini for my Masters of the Universe Project (after Orko), and  my first for He-Month.

My order from Qminis (click for link to Qminis Etsy store) arrived mid-week, but then I was hit by a heavy cold, so I didn't feel up to prepping minis until yesterday. I put together Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Beastman and my four Hover Robot proxies, then tackled painting Skeletor today.

The paint scheme is super-simple, mostly influenced by the original toy and the 1983 cartoon, although I painted the shaft of Skeletor's Havoc Staff in near black to break things up a little.

The Qminis sculpts are clearly based primarily on the 1980's Filmation He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon rather than the original figure line, and this keeps them mostly nice and straightforward to paint (not that the action figures were especially fussy in their designs).

I think Skeletor has a really visually distinctive design even over thirty five years on, stronger than his rivals Hordak and especially King Hiss. And I am glad the mini kept to the classic elements.

I have nearly finished my first draft rules for Masters of the Universe gaming, and the bottom is the game card I have done for Skeletor. He-Man will be a better warrior, while Skeletor is more crafty and cunning, and of course is a master sorcerer.

Finally, if you are looking for MotU minis and proxies, I did a post earlier in the week giving a list of options (click for link).
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27 comments:

  1. Simon Quinton 11 February 2018 at 11:46

    A very speedy paint job dude. Skeletor has turned out fantastic I really like the blue skin. It looks spot on imo.

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  2. Blaxkleric11 February 2018 at 11:48

    Awesome sauce, PulpCitizen. Good to see your painting mojo is still in force. Lovely subtle colours on the blue. Top stuff :-)

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    1. pulpcitizen12 February 2018 at 10:26

      Cheers BK. :)

      I am still umming and ahhing as to whether I should have gone lighter with the blue. :)

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  3. Michal DwarfCrypt11 February 2018 at 13:15

    Ah excellent work my friend!

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  4. Kieron11 February 2018 at 15:03

    Nicely done sir! Now you’ve made me want to go back and revisit my blue again. Perfect job!

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    1. pulpcitizen12 February 2018 at 10:31

      Cheers Kieron. :)

      I am a little unsure and wondering if I should have gone a little lighter?

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  5. CounterFett11 February 2018 at 17:56

    Very nice. Your coloration is spot on!

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  6. Doctor Merkury12 February 2018 at 04:16

    Excellent work! Looks perfect, from the shading down to the colors themselves.

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  7. Carrion Crow12 February 2018 at 05:20

    As a licensed property, the Qminis are quite reasonably priced compared to others and the poses are suitably dynamic. Nice work on Skeletor, Leon. Looks exactly as he should.

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    1. pulpcitizen12 February 2018 at 10:49

      Thanks a lot Jez. :)


      I think the pricing is excellent, even factoring shipping and customs charges I was happy with the cost of a set of 6 minis. :)

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  8. Colgar613 February 2018 at 01:41

    It's not often that you get to paint a blue and purple figure, is it? Turned out nicely, mind :-) ...

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    1. pulpcitizen13 February 2018 at 11:37

      Cheers. :) You are right that it is an unusual colour scheme - the MotU stuff seems pretty psychedelic in its colour choices. :)

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  9. JamieM15 February 2018 at 04:42

    Yet more temptation! Really nice job on this villain, the blue is brilliant.

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    1. pulpcitizen15 February 2018 at 10:55

      Cheers Jamie, and apologies for placing temptation in your way. :)

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  10. Rob Bresnen19 February 2018 at 04:59

    You have done a great job.EPIC! The Colour scheme is perfect.

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    1. pulpcitizen19 February 2018 at 10:51

      Thanks mate. They are fun to paint, that's for sure. :)

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  11. FourEyedMonster21 February 2018 at 17:55

    Skeletor!!! Color scheme is spot on, sir, spot on!

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    1. pulpcitizen22 February 2018 at 10:14

      Thanks very much FourEyedMonster. :)

      I am pretty pleased with him. :)

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  12. Dick Garrison5 March 2018 at 13:48

    Wow, just saw this post (been out of it for a bit and still catching up), those figures are awesome, and your paintwork if great too, if they had been available back when I started my conversions...well it would have saved a lot of time. Best of luck with this, but be warned it's addictive and there are an awful lot of character's in the range (still I guess not as many as GI Joe).

    Cheers Roger.

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    1. pulpcitizen20 May 2018 at 00:34

      Thanks very much Roger, and good to see you back in he blogospshere! :)

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  13. WARDUKE17 July 2018 at 11:31

    Hi. These look great, and I just ordered some minis of Qminis Etsy page.

    Are your skirmish rules available anywhere?

    Thanks!

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    1. pulpcitizen18 July 2018 at 10:50

      Hi Warduke.

      Thanks for that. :)

      Are you on Facebook?

      If so, look me up, otherwise contact kitbashgames at gmail dot com

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  14. Hiền Trang29 September 2021 at 20:12

    great bồn tự hoại đại thành chính hãng

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