
Originally Posted by
Charlie Brown
nice to see your work again.
i quite like your revelation king grayskull.
great ideas on sunhawk, daton and magnon.
Thanks, it's fun to be back after so long. I find myself playing around in the Preternian era again, so here are a few pics.
Here is a revised / "finalized" version of my Revelation King Grayskull, along with Veena and a couple versions of He-Ro.
I tweaked a few things, but otherwise he's pretty unchanged from the "draft" version I posted a few days ago.

I didn't really change much on my version of Veena, but updated her to my current "assembly required" style ...

I tried to keep the same general "vibe" as my previous version of He-Ro (post #292 on page 12 of this thread, if you're curious), but made some slight revisions to his armor to synch up more closely with my most recent version of She-Ra (page 16 / post #386 on this thread). In my backyard (i.e. my personal head-canon), I still see him as King Grayskull's brother (half brother? adopted / blood-bound? I dunno) as opposed to his son.

While King Grayskull's power passed down through the generations to Adam / He-Man, He-Ro's power did the same to Adora / She-Ra.

I imagine it was He-Ro (not King Grayskull) who banished Hordak to Despondos, but he was sucked through the vortex / portal as well and ended up on Etheria (Pretheria? is that a thing?), where he maybe eventually built the Crystal Castle (with a portion of the crystal from his staff or something ... I don't have all the continuity worked out quite yet). While there, he fathered descendants who served as generations of champions on Eternia's sister-world.
This is what he would have looked like during his tenure on Etheria (again, in my personal canon).
EDIT:
I think I've worked out how He-Ro and King Grayskull co-exist in my backyard (character evolution lineup below).
First pic ("Acolyte of Zoar"; Veena included to illustrate visual parallels)
He-Ro is to accompany his twin sister Veena when she is sent by their temple to aid King Grayskull in his defense against the dual threats of the Horde and the Snake Men. At this stage, He-Ro is fighting his powers as a mage, wanting to be a warrior in the fight against the enemies of the free people of Eternia.
Second Pic ("Cosmic Warrior"; falcon emblem is replaced by the "He" symbol*)
Grayskull and Veena eventually wed, while He-Ro and Grayskull become as close as any brothers raised together from birth. During this timeframe, He-Ro and Grayskull forge the Sword of Power and the Shield of Protection (which He-Ro can shape into a staff or sword). He-Ro is also infected with a techno-virus by the Horde, a fact he hides from his sister and brother-in-law since no known magic can heal the dread Horde infection. A climactic battle ensues (same basic premise as the MYP Episode "The Power of Grayskull"), during which He-Ro counters the magic of the Horde Wraiths but is sucked into the vortex / portal that consumes the Horde ... I'm toying with the idea that Horde Prime (replacing Hordak during the Preternian era) is casting the Spell of Separation and this actually splits Eternia in two (not literally a physical split, but half its "essence" or whatever), and Etheria is formed as a result of this cataclysmic event ... the ability to steal a world's power / essence / soul then drives the Horde on its quest for conquest, becoming a sort of galactic vampire in and of itself.
Third pic ("Most Powerful Wizard")
He-Ro and some of his nearby allies are presumed dead, but are actually sucked through the vortex / portal to the dimension of Despondos. They land on the (newly formed?) planet Etheria (Pretheria?) after some sort of interaction with the Crystal Light Barrier, but He-Ro is able to use the Staff of Protection to prevent his allies from being turned to crystal. The contact with the Crystal Light Barrier interacts oddly with the techno-virus coursing through He-Ro's system, somehow enhancing his magical abilities (up to this point, I imagine Veena being more magically gifted than her brother). He-Ro and his allies establish a stronghold on Etheria and later become known as The First Ones.
Maybe shards of the Crystal Light Barrier are also flung to Pretheria as well and eventually become the Rune Stones, their locations corresponding to the future sites of various territories / queendoms / whatever.
As they establish their stronghold on Etheria, the sage Eldor (who was one of the nearby allies sucked through the vortex/portal) uses his own magic to stem the tide of the altered techno-virus (now susceptible to healing due to the power of the Crystal Light Barrier). During the course of Eldor's treatment, He-Ro falls in love with Eldor's daughter. They eventually wed and have a daughter of their own, who will become the first heir to the Sword of Protection.
Fourth Pic ("Beacon of Hope")
As time goes on, it becomes clear that the altered techno-virus has not been cured after all, and gradually He-Ro's body comes to resemble glowing translucent crystal, becoming a literal beacon of hope when the Horde eventually locates their encampment. At some point there is an epic battle that results in He-Ro sacrificing himself to protect his people from a Horde attack, said sacrifice resulting in the formation of the Crystal Castle (he gets everyone he can inside the fortress and fuses himself with it or something).

This lets me keep everything tied to the same bloodline (i.e. it requires someone of the right lineage to access the full power of Grayskull / the Crystal Castle) and establish that bloodline on both worlds. It kind of makes Skeletor's Keldor-origin necessary (as opposed to an otherwordly demon from Infinita or whatever), but I kind of want to keep that origin in "my canon" anyway.
*"He" in this iteration becomes a sort of sept / clan / surname / title coming down from He-Ro and Veena's family; Veena and Grayskull pass that title on to their daughter He-Ra, the first heir to the Sword of Power (and a nod to the early She-Ra concept).
I imagine Eldor's daughter / He-Ro's wife looking something like the Light Hope from the Netflix She-Ra reboot ... I'm still not sure who I see becoming "the" Light Hope, but I wanted to incorporate a little of the Motu:C Light Hope's look in He-Ro's final iteration. I'm kind of thinking that Light Hope will be a communal entity in some ways similar to the Orb containing the power of the Elders on Eternia, since in theory that would be a power structure with which He-Ro is familiar so the mirrored concept would make sense.
The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward He-Ro becoming the initial incarnation of Light Hope. Perhaps as others of the First Ones pass (Eldor, He-Ro's yet-to-be-named wife), they somehow add their spirits to the collective consciousness of Light Hope and it becomes a sort of communal entity. It also sort of balances the idea of The Sorceress on Eternia with a Sorcerer on Etheria (at least initially).
EDIT2:
Back with something a little more classic.

And something a little more modern ... sort of. My take on Randor during his service in the army of Eternos.

In my canon, the "kingdoms" of Eternia are actually powerful, fortified city-states that only control the cities themselves and a certain amount of territory immediately outside their walls / boundaries. This leaves plenty of room for unclaimed or wild territory, and the great distance between most of these city-states allows a high degree of autonomy as well as a limited sphere of influence (i.e. keeps Eternos from dictating that there could be no slavery in Targa or that men must be treated equally in Arcadia).
In my backyard, Miro was king of Dyperia, not Eternos. Stefen was the older brother and set to inherit the Dyperian throne, so Randor enlisted in the army of Eternos*. That way we can still have King Miro but Randor can still be declared king by the Council of Elders in the aftermath of Keldor's attack on the Hall of Wisdom (which is likely the same as Central Tower in my canon).
*This would have been something common among the second (or third, fourth, etc.) sons of the nobles and rulers of nearby city-states as it was considered an honor to serve under the Council of Elders (who ruled the city of Eternos instead of the usual king or queen). To be accepted into the army of Eternos would mean not only that you are a formidable fighter, but that you are truly noble in spirit and don't necessarily reach for your sword first in order to settle a conflict. Eternos would be among the most powerful of the Eternian city-states in terms of both area controlled and sphere of influence, based largely on a reputation for wisdom / enlightenment and vast arcane knowledge (including the technology of the "lost sciences").
EDIT3:
The next step in the evolution of Randor, this time during his reign as King of Eternos. I went with something resembling his 200x/MYP-era look, modified to fit my "assembly required" / parts-re-use series. Nothing groundbreaking here really, but fun to do.

And another character from that same era, The Faceless One.

I've been playing with this one for a long time, but I think I finally got him to a place I like. He was tricky as his design is essentially the same from version to version, but with a few tweaks here and there that made it difficult for me to nail him down in certain details. I'm playing around with a Preternian / human-form version of him as well, but we'll see where that ends up.
EDIT4:
It ended up like this, I guess - Lord NiMo of Zalesia:

I mostly hate the "Earth names" given to some MotU characters, so I just combined "Nikolas" (his classics bio says his name is Nikolas Powers) and "Morgan" (from Evil-Lyn's classics bio Evelyn Morgan Powers) to get NiMo (Ni'Mo?).
EDIT5:

Nothing much new here, but an updated He-Man and Skeletor in my current "style".
EDIT6:



A "set" of new pics here, if you will. Moss-Man (pretty classic), his arch-nemesis (at least in my backyard) Stinkor (mostly 200x), and his Etherian counterpart Perfuma (mostly Netflix).