Pod'20: Goldballs (March 22)

[BentonGrey]

Haha, you beat me to it, CB! 

[Podmark]

Just when you think I was out, Benton pulls me back in...

Today I present skins of the Legion of Super-Heroes' Star Boy (Pre-Crisis):





I'm by no means a Legion expert but over the last year or so I've become very interested in the team. Probably a result of the Supergirl TV show and various teasing and speculation that the Legion would be returning to DC comics - which was just announced recently. When Benton asked me to skin the star field Star Boy costume I agreed largely because it was pretty easy but also because he hit a sweet spot right now in the form of the Legion. I then went into research mode scouring the DC wiki and some other sources trying to nail down what costumes Thom Kallor had worn over the year. And I found seven different variants of his star field costume and decided to do all of them, and the original caped one as well.

So there's my skin for the year. Maybe it's time to go back into hibernation until 2020...?

[BentonGrey]

These are so fantastic, Pod, and I am blown away by the fact that you did all the different versions!  Each one is just plain perfect, and I am really impressed by how you captured the age we talked about just right.  I didn't much care for his Silver Age look, but I'll be darned if you didn't do such a lovely job that I really love it!  They're all great, man! 

I'm really glad I happened to luck out and hit on a character and a team that could motivate you into giving us such beautiful skins, Pod!  I hope we can convince you not to fade back into the woodwork just yet. 

[deanjo2000]

Always impressed with your skins and you havnt lost a step

[murs47]

These are great Pod! I've tried a couple times to get into Legion but I just couldn't. But, some of the members are quite familiar to me simply because of cross-over appearances.

So there's my skin for the year. Maybe it's time to go back into hibernation until 2020...?

Cave's still warm.

[BentonGrey]

Haha, don't you start tempting him to go back into hibernation, Murs!  Next we've got to get you in on the fun! 

I had only read a few Legion stories before I started this DCUG chapter, but I've been reading a lot of the original run, the Jim Shooter ones, and I'll be darned if they aren't some of the best Silver Age DC books I've ever read.  They're still a product of their time, but they actually have some characterization, some stakes, and some dramatic sense.  And that's all the more astonishing because he started writing them when he was like 14!  Anyway, I wasn't much of Legion fan before, but I am now!

[Podmark]

So sleepy...mmm nice warm cave...

My actual Legion reading experience is pretty limited. Mostly just Legion of Three Worlds from Final Crisis (which is awesome) and the backups in Adventure Comics when it starred Connor Kent. Maybe a few occasional issues here or there featuring some members. But I've seen their appearances in cartoons and TV shows, and read some about them. I understand in the 70s or 80s theirs was one of the most popular comics. I'd certainly like to read more.

From a visual stand point they're really fascinating as there's so many of them, so many versions of them, and thus so many costumes and designs.

[murs47]

...and thus so many costumes and designs.

And thus, so many skins to make.

Legion of Three Worlds was actually the one I really tried to get into...just couldn't. I did try though. I think there just needs to be a complete redux like Ultimates was to Avengers for me to get into it.

Haha, don't you start tempting him to go back into hibernation, Murs!  Next we've got to get you in on the fun! 

Tee-hee!

[Cyber Burn]

Fantastic Skins Pod! Is this an all-in-one Skope?

[Podmark]

Fantastic Skins Pod! Is this an all-in-one Skope?

Indeed.

[Cyber Burn]

Doubly impressed! 

[BentonGrey]

Come out of the cave, DJ, we have more booze AND obscure characters!

[John Jr.]

Great work with Star Boy, Pod. All skins are great, but the bearded 80's version is just perfect!

[Podmark]

Star Boy is up on HF.

[Podmark]

I skinned Brainiac 5:


Hoping to do some more skins soon.

[deanjo2000]

Wow I love it I was thinking about doing him but that is perfect.

[Tomato]

That's really good! Out of curiosity, I should know already but what vx base mesh is that? I'm gonna be looking for something with poofy sleeves soon and that might work for it.

[Podmark]

It's a vx Brainiac 5 that Benton sent me. It seems to be full mesh that Vertex made but I never came across it back in the day.

[Cyber Burn]

Very nice linework, as always, Pod. Glad to see you skinning again.

[BentonGrey]

Ah!  I missed this!  How fantastic, Pod!  That's a great skin, clean and precise and detailed.  Wonderful work, man!

[Jimaras8]

Pod, i know you are not as active anymore but is there any chance you will upload your cannonball skope that you and Windblown were working on? I'm thinking of making a hero file for him and i remember you were close to finishing it.

Oh, and Benton you got mails 

[Podmark]

Sorry Jimaras, I wasn't working on Cannonball with Windblown, I checked my folder and don't see a Cannonball. I recall he was working on a New Mutants set but I never got them. Maybe AA was the skinner on them?

[windblown]

Hey Pod,
It's been a while! It's great to see that you're still skinning and that you still have the touch, Brainiac and Star Boy look great. And I'm in love with your Gentle skin I've missed our collaborations!

Pod, i know you are not as active anymore but is there any chance you will upload your cannonball skope that you and Windblown were working on? I'm thinking of making a hero file for him and i remember you were close to finishing it.

I need to see my files, I was working with Afghan Ant on the New Mutants set back then. If I recall correctly, Pod skinned Sunspot and Cypher.

[Podmark]

I've missed our collaborations!

Me too!
Anytime you want to get back into it let me know.

Fun fact before Windblown first showed up I was close to retirement. Your work always inspired me.
I need to find more free time. So many things I want to skin still.

[Roseweave]

Hey there, I've been checking out your releases and really happy with the range of obscure characters you've covered, it just makes me happy knowing people are giving Bling and Nature Girl some love.

A couple of Qs -

1) Do you still have the Siryn? As an Irish lass I'm upset at the inability to play as one in any superhero games.

2) Do you mind me using these for 3D Prints? Hasbro are dicks so canned the scale I collect and don't tend to like making X-mans anyway. I'm happy to share the tricks I use I to make lower poly game models into useful 3D prints, here's a Magik I'm working on(mix of Marvel Future Fight, CoC and custom) - https://imgur.com/a/DSwJorQ

[Podmark]

Hi Roseweave, thanks, I like giving obscure characters some love.

1)  Here you go:
http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/Podmark/marvel/Siryn_X-ForceV2.zip

2) Neat! Please go ahead.

[Roseweave]

Also how can I open these up as whole figures? I can't get Nifskope to open them so I only really have Ninjaripper.

[Podmark]

Hmm, maybe ask in the Hex Editing forum?
Freedom Force has a character tool for viewing characters.

[Jimaras8]

Sorry to hijack the thread Pod, i just wanted to ask benton if he got my e-mails and dms from last month.

[windblown]

I've missed our collaborations!

Me too!
Anytime you want to get back into it let me know.

Fun fact before Windblown first showed up I was close to retirement. Your work always inspired me.

Oh! I had no idea about this, but I'm glad that I decided to post that first skope back then. We did some great collaborations and I really enjoyed them

My fun fact would be that when you first contacted me to skin Pixie I was really excited because I'd been a big fan of your skins for years. Knowing that there was a talented skinner who wanted to skin my skopes of characters so obscure like Network, DJ or Rubbermaid was the main reason for me to try to improve my skoping.

I need to find more free time. So many things I want to skin still.

Just tell me which mutant would make you to come back