{"id":3878,"date":"2026-06-05T16:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scrollboss.illmosis.net\/blog\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:56:20","slug":"in-the-shadow-of-grayskull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scrollboss.illmosis.net\/blog\/?p=3878","title":{"rendered":"In the Shadow of Grayskull"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Masters of the Universe movie is in theaters now, so I figured (sensible chuckle) this would be the right time to add some Eternian pixels to the site!<\/p>\n

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Custom Sprites: Masters of the Universe<\/a>
\n– He-Man: new “I have the POWER” pose, all new sprite with parts of his original harness were from my 2017 scratch-made sprite.
\n– Skeletor: redone Havok Staff stand sprite, using parts of a new sprite base I made and piece of my 2021 sprite.
\n– all-new sprites of Tri-Klops and Buzz-Off in the 1982 stance (I’ll explain in a sec).<\/p>\n

He-Man and Skeletor now have separate galleries and their earlier sprites have been moved there.<\/p>\n

Props to long-time friend of the site (and contributor) Psicoso for suggesting I make a standard base for MotU characters. It’s something I didn’t do before because I thought people would be mad if they had the same bodies… even though the original toyline did it first. That first pose is based directly on the 1982 toy sculpt. Then my new He-Man and Skeletor sprites have parts made to match this new base. Do you like how these sprites look? I’m not promising that I’ll make the whole line, but I’ll make a lot more with this base.<\/p>\n

The new sprites were also added to the GFX Generator<\/a>, along with an all-new background outside Castle Grayskull! This was something I’d started in 2025 but wasn’t satisfied with the castle I was drawing, so I drew it over again this year. There are still some things I’d like to add to it, but it’s good enough to show now. I’ve also added a custom Masters of the Universe theme to the MvC ending. Check THIS out:
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\nI made that Grayskull-ish background for the text, along with that new dialogue font based on what you’d see on the old-school MotU toy packaging. Trying to find all those letters, numbers and symbols on different cardbacks almost took as much time as it took to draw them.<\/p>\n

If you’re a Masters of the Universe fan, more sprites based on this series and Princess of Power (1980s) will be added this year, along withe replacements for earlier sprites I’ve made.<\/p>\n

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I’ll be doing some special case commission work later this month, so this site will probably be quiet for a while. There will be a toy section update this month that would’ve happened last month if Amazon hadn’t canceled my Nendoroid Kirby re-issue pre-order on the day they were supposed to deliver it. Am I still salty about that? YES I AM, because I can’t find it for regular price anywhere now. Luckily, I’ve got some other things in that’ll let me update some rosters, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and DC Comics.<\/p>\n

The next main update will be on July 19th, 2026, the 26th Anniversary of the site. I’ll be concentrating on games more for that one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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