#SKELETON WARRIORS

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

[maniakminis]

Happy Spooky Month everyone! Here's some reinforcements for the Skeleton War!

These models are kitbashed from a bunch of Napoleonic miniatures and a lot of broken Warhammer Fantasy Skeleton Horses I got off ebay. Very happy with how these guys came out. If I decide to add a unit of Bastards (Heavy Cavalry) to my Turnip28 army I think I'm going to make them out of Age of Sigmar Bonereaper models.

Closeups for the rest of the models under the cut.

~Doot 🎵

[therobotmonster]

Guys I think should be in MOTU: Origins

My love of MOTU Origins is not very hidden, and they've hit tons of great points, but there's so much further to go. So, here's my rundown of what I'd want to see joint the MOTU Origins lineup.

Section 1: Give it the Sun-Man Treatment.

Blackstar

The proto-He-Man of yore, Blackstar as an IP is probably well within the price range for Mattel to sweep up to sprinkle into the line the same way Sun Man's universe was.

For advantages, it's VERY aesthetically compatible and has several strong character designs. It's no more obscure than Sun-Man, and I want hordes of those imp-demons, damnit.

BraveStarr

Again, a no-brainer. Find the character rights holders, get the rights. New Texas is out there in space, use it as an excuse to do MOTU:Origins versions of the New Adventures designs ("space travel" He-Man) and Rio-Blast. If they already own all the rights then them not having already done this is toyetic malpractice.

Advantages are obvious. BraveStarr rocks. You have a POC lead hero, Tex-Frickin'-Hex, and Thirty-Thirty, who would be well worth the extra tooling to make a deluxe figure of (you can always do an upgraded Stridor repaint). You would scatter them through waves to keep from overloading with the Space Cowboy thing, but def a winner.

Also, Rio-Blast. Rio-Blast, Yo.

Skeleton Warriors

It was never strong enough to stand on its own. Give Skeletor some friends. 'Nuff Said.

One-Off Guest Stars

This section is a little different, as these wouldn't be permanent integrations, but more fun crossover one-offs rather than being a whole theme. Characters pulled from other Mattel-owned lines of the past:

Mojo Ken and Thunderpunch Barb-E

Here's the thing. This line is dead stupid, and should remain that way. Give Ken two heads (one 'bad' Mojo head and one 80s toy Ken style one) give Barbie weirdly plausible MOTU gear, the joke alone is worth the parts reuse. Best if nestled in with some Princess of Power characters.

Lets give Captain Power a hand, folks.

Its that live action TV show that interacted with the vehicles that landed in the uncanny valley between family TV and advert-traintment that never quite works!

Captain Power and Lord Dread are pretty much the only ones you'd want to hit, maybe the Soaron Sky Sentry. And really, they're not that hard to do. Captain Power could easily be made with Roboto legs and upper arms, any number of gloved hands, a new chest armor and a new head.

Any newly tooled pieces would be useful in MOTU movie and new adventure characters.

The Construx Alien demands your respect.

I know it makes no sense, I don't care, it's my list. He's amazing and needs to be big and buff with a weird hand.

Major Matt Mason has nothing better to do.

This set's a stretch, as it would require a chunk of new tooling, but again, maybe worth it for the New Adventures and She-Ra applications, plus hey, Astronaut prequel Biff Bestman, Evelyn Powers, and Captain Marlena parts!

He-Man's space-man friend is a role that could still be filled.

Next Up... Crossover Potential.

[chernobog13]

Various Ray Harryhausen-animated monsters from Jason and the Argonauts (1963).

Talos the bronze giant

A harpy

the children of the hydra's teeth

[taonpest]

by @kingdeath000

[kingdeath000]

This is me btw. When you're being mean to me this is who you're being mean to.

[tomoleary]

Claudio Mazzoli “Skeleton Warriors” Original Pitch Art Painting (Landmark Entertainment, 1994) Source

[importantbusinessdinosaur]

Warmup - Baron Dark (Skeleton Warriors)

Hi it’s obscure and old cartoon characters all June! Let me know if there’s any you want to see, maybe I’ll draw them.

ko-fi | commissions open| Patreon

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

" NOW I CALL UPON MY ARMY OF THE DEAD -- THE CAULDRON-BORN!"

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "The Black Cauldron" (1985) Cauldron-Born Warriors concept drawings by legendary Marvel comic-book artist, Mike Ploog (Walt Disney Studios, 1985). 

OVERVIEW: "Mike Ploog had great success as an artist at Marvel Comics in the 1970s, as well as a visual designer for the motion picture industry. He was an important character designer for the Disney animated feature film "The Black Cauldron" as well. These are a few pieces of Mike Ploog's original concept artwork for the Cauldron-Born warriors."

-- HERITAGE AUCTIONS (Comics, Comic Art, & Animation Art)

Sources: https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/concept-art/the-black-cauldron-cauldron-born-warrior-concept-drawing-by-mike-ploog-walt-disney-1985-/a/7196-96085.s (Heritage Auctions 3x).

[cyborn]

[monster4monster-bracket]

Submitted propaganda under the cut

Baron Dark X Cyborn (Baronborn) - Skeleton Warriors

In canon they may just be the main villain and his lead henchman respectively, they are very close, hang out together, call each other "dear" (my dear Baron, dear Doctor...), Baron Dark is genuinely interested in his inventions and respects him and demands the others to respect him as well, Dr Cyborn is very loyal and allows himself to be his voice of reason or even sass him up... sure whenever the Baron us drunk with the dark energy of the crystal he becomes crazy and violent even on him and more and more as the show goes on and he abuses the crystal and Cyborn worries more and more and gets more and more tired, it is obvious that before having it in their lives they were like husbands. Also, cool fanged skeletons ftw

Madame Pandora X the Captain of the Dead - The Petit Vampire franchise

Whatever continuity these 2 are essentially Gomez and Morticia just a slightly more realistic way since they can be jealous and fight. They adore each other, respect each other, are hot together, the Captain is protective of his wife and her son he sees as his treating her better than men she knew before him, they had a love at first sight and since then have co-led the haunted house together like a power couple. A vampire and a skeleton-like ghost who are both fuckable in-universe, jackpot.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

[dungeonsandmonsterminis]

[retrogamelovers]

Any Skeleton Warriors fans out there? 💀🗡️

[nightbringer24]

The flag covers up some of the dudes, but I managed to get my skellies all lined up and regimented so it actually works.

This is going to be a unit that will be a pain just because I'll need to spend time organising each guy to be in the right place so he doesn't offset or off-balance the guy in front or to the side.

Definitely do not recommend trying this again since it's a ball ache. But thankfully there's a lot of other undead skeletons in the wide world of fantasy wargaming.

[taonpest]

It's so annoying to have a character type like of course I'd love the spider character. Of fucking course.