{"id":6321,"date":"2023-06-05T21:43:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T01:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2023-06-06T06:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T10:29:59","slug":"forgotten-heroes-dreadstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=6321","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Heroes: Dreadstar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For my first Forgotten Heroes post of 2023, I decided to do Jim Starlin’s iconic hero: Vanth Dreadstar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dreadstar started out in Marvel’s Epic Illustrated, before getting his own Epic Comics series that lasted for 26 issues. Then Starlin took it to First Comics, where it was published until they went out of business in 1991. Dreadstar briefly returned for a limited series published by Malibu in 1995. As far as I know, that was the last appearance of Dreadstar in comics, although there is supposedly a TV series in the works. Guess time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a confession to make: despite having almost all the Dreadstar comics, I could never get into the character. Maybe I should try again. Still, I was a huge fan of First Comics, who published some really groundbreaking stuff back in the 80’s; including my favorite comic of all time, Grimjack<\/a>. First Comics heroes have been my go-to for Forgotten Heroes challenges in the past. I’ve done Badger<\/a>, Nexus <\/a>and Jon Sable, Freelance<\/a> in previous years, and if all goes well, I’l be doing another First Comics hero by the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But on to Dreadstar. To make this miniature, I used two old Heroclix models: Captain America, from the original Marvel Infinity Challenge set, and Aquaman, from the original DC Hypertime set. I removed Cap’s shield (cool objective marker!) and his head, and also beheaded Aquaman. Then I chopped off some of Aquaman’s hair and swapped the heads. Finally, I repositioned Cap’s arm. The end result was this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made his sword from a toothpick and green stuff, and I sculpted his belt and hood. As anyone with eyes can see, I’m a shitty sculptor. Sadly, I forgot to take any pictures of this miniature covered in green stuff, It was too depressing. Anyway, here he is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I added an old Space Marine bolt pistol to his hip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Up close, you can see how shitty my sculpting is. Try as I might, I can’t make that green stuff behave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dreadstar’s history is long and convoluted, and like i said, I could never get into it. According to the Fandom page, most of his powers are derived from his sword. It can be absorbed and extruded from his body at will (gross), allows him to speak and understand any language, acts as a shield, and gives Dreadstar enhanced reflexes, rapid healing and the strength of twenty men. It’s also a sword, so I guess it can cut stuff, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the sculpting flaws, I’m happy with how he turned out. Like I said, I’m hoping to get another First Comics character done by the end of the month. It’s a very obscure character. Want to know who it is? I’ll Whisper it to you….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For my first Forgotten Heroes post of 2023, I decided to do Jim Starlin’s iconic hero: Vanth Dreadstar. Dreadstar started out in Marvel’s Epic Illustrated, before getting his own Epic Comics series that lasted for 26 issues. Then Starlin took it to First Comics, where it was published until they went out of business in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,3,52,10,31,11,25],"tags":[71,28,57,27],"class_list":["post-6321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conversions","category-miniatures","category-painting-challenges","category-pulp","category-repaints","category-sci-fi","category-super-heroes","tag-forgotten-heroes","tag-heroclix","tag-super-mission-force","tag-supersystem-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6321"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6339,"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6321\/revisions\/6339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}