CUSTOM HE-MAN & BATTLE CAT

This is a killer custom HE-MAN & BATTLECAT statue by "SIMON"
(aka SiMo Sol). Simon posted online:

Hello there!

My Name is Simon, I am 32 years old and live in Germany - and I have been He-Man fan since the first TV commercial in 1982.

I am hobby sculptor and I want to show you my 1/6 He-Man Statue - riding on battlecat, inspired by Sideshow's "Gothmog on Warg". I made it for my own collection. Including the rock Base it is about 18 inches in height.

I know there will be some hardcore fans who would say "Battlecat's mask is not correct"... blah blah... I know that.

The design is based on the classic line but I made various things in an own interpretation.
Longer haircut for the man, the mask of Cat is a mix between the old and the 200x one, the arm-accessiores are designed totally different. The small bag at He-Man's belt in the 200x series was a good idea in my opinion, but I would not like it to dangle in front of my balls. So I put it at the hip.

More sensible will be the fact that I gave some reins to the tiger. Well - I think it is an animal and the LotR Warg was quite a good example for my idea.

WIP:
Base of the whole project was a resin tiger figure, 16 inches long, I buyed at ebay.
The piece got a whole new head... I laid back the ears and made a new open mouth... bigger teeth... bigger paws... new fur... animal pics were a good help for building an agressive tiger. Well - there is not much of the original figure left. Then the saddle - patience and apoxie, because I wanted a removable mask.
To make it look like leather I gave it a structure and big quilting seams.

Next step: He-Man.
I made him of three parts - two leg parts, so I could take him off the saddle while sculpting and painting. And the body. The power sword is made of Wood and Apoxie.

Updated pics here