13 October 2017

Eternian Flame - Him Homme and Scaredy Cat

Back in August, Asslessman proposed that we indulge in a bit of nostalgia with a group project in homage to the most heroic of 1980s heroes: He Man.


He Man was The Man. He was tough. He was brave. He had a kick-ass sword and a fearsome tiger to ride around on. He fought against some pretty unpleasant bad guys and delivered wholesome moral lessons to the avid cartoon-watching children of the era. He is the perfect character to reimagine in 28mm for a different setting in a different universe...


The stars are plagued with space pirates and mercenaries, everything from large warbands to lone wanderers. Him Homme and his companion Scaredy Cat are two such drifters. It is rumoured that Him Homme was once a Big Deal. Those who have an inkling of his past say he might have been a prince. He is rumoured to have possessed a mighty power sword and protected the innocent and weak. But times change. Titles fall away and homes are destroyed. Swords are lost, as are notions of honour and justice. Him Homme is now just another muscle-bound mercenary, with a cowardly xenons companion - only concerned with self-preservation. 


Him Homme is an unreleased 40k Space Pirate. I believe it is a training piece...it is certainly, er, an interesting take on the theme. Happily he has all the right attributes to act as a facsimile of He Man; excellent musculature, furry boots, long hair etc.


Scaredy Cat is a converted pre-slotta Weretiger. I added the harness, belt, eyepatch (left eye, not obvious in the pics) kneepads and pistol. I didn't actually convert him up for this pair - he was done 6 months or so ago - but he seemed to fit the bill exactly.


After selecting the figures, it was just a case of painting them up in the required colour schemes. Him Homme got a blue casing on his lasrifle to evoke He Man's blue chest harness thing, while Scaredy Cat's gear is red to replicate the armour on Battlecat.

Flesh with brown and blue, green with yellow stripes and red gear. All bases covered!




Him Homme and Scaredy Cat take on Double-Trouble and Lashwhip!

Watch this space for future reimaginings and reworkings of He Man and some of the other characters. I'm sure it will be a fun ride!

Next up is Mr airbornegrove!



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    1. Thanks cheetor. I enjoyed painting them, even if I had the He Man theme tune on repeat in my head for the entire process.

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  2. I love how one can tell Him Homme has known better times. He's just the right level of pathetic. Brilliant.

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    1. Poor guy. At least he's been able to keep up with his tanning regime :)

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  3. Brilliant! Can't wait to see more of this project!

    I have two of those Were tigers (painted up as were-cat and were-panther) and have always been a bit thrown by the scardey cat hand positioning - but it is absolutely purrr-fect for this. Sorry/not sorry.

    I'll get my coat.

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    1. I applaud your feline humour - no need to apologise here!

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  4. Scaredy Cat takes this post to 11!

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  5. Genius is the only word for it. How much entertainment is this pair going to provide? It's unlimited.

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    1. I have a feeling that these will be my default characters for many a high-octane adventure. I'm already thinking that I need more characters to add to the crew.

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  6. YOU HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. Wow, really good work! That muscle man, while lacking in clothing, is very well painted (might be a correlation there) and the cowardly tiger man is excellent.

    Who else might join the crew? HF's Delphine might fit in somewhere ;)

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    1. Delphine would fit nicely indeed. I did take my time over the muscles - just to make sure I got them painted right you understand :)

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  8. A true hero for this age! I await the arrival of Her-Aagh with not a little trepidation however...

    On a side note, it's great that Netflix have both He-man and She-ra - both my kids have it on on heavy rotation and it trumps any of the newer crap they like! There's some real wacky bad guys who only ever showed up for the odd episode!

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    1. I suspect there are many interesting interpretations to come!

      My son is also pretty fond of He Man, although he likes Thundercats better!!

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  9. A timely reminder to take the grimdarkness of the blah de blah very seriously indeed. Nice conversion work on the Scaredy Cat too - is the eyepatch a homage to Tiger Claw from TMNT?

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    1. It would have been neat if the patch was linked to TMNT. But it's coincidence. Nothing should be taken too seriously though, right?!

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