{"id":726,"date":"2010-06-19T11:50:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T18:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2011-02-01T18:58:51","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T01:58:51","slug":"minimate-spotlight-7-salaak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/minimate-spotlight-7-salaak\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Spotlight #7 Salaak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #b18d58\">Action figures have long been a perfect compliment to comic books, since every kid (or kid at heart) has that natural desire to act out adventures with their favorite heroes off the drawn page. <\/span><span style=\"color: #b18d58\">Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. Each Saturday, <a href=\"http:\/\/donny-b.deviantart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donny B<\/a> will be showcasing various offerings from Art Asylum&#8217;s take on the &#8216;block figure&#8217;, with a weekly spotlight on <em><strong>Minimates<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The upcoming <em>Green Lantern<\/em> movie\u00a0is gaining steam, and Ryan Reynolds&#8217; portrayal of DC&#8217;s lead GL (Hal Jordan) is causing a buzz.\u00a0But Hal Jordan isn&#8217;t the only character in DC Comics&#8217; library to hold the title of Green Lantern. In fact,\u00a0you may be more familiar with John Stewart or Kyle Rayner, and the list doesn&#8217;t end with human Green Lanterns protecting Earth. The <strong>Green Lantern Corps<\/strong> stretches across the universe, boasting members from countless alien races. One such member is the four-armed Slyggiarian known as <strong>Salaak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Art Asylum has flexed their\u00a0artistic\u00a0muscles many times over the years, crafting unique looks for certain characters that are very distinct, yet still clearly\u00a0identifiable as Minimates. This is no exception &#8211; in fact, some argue that this one Minimate is AA&#8217;s best offering in the &#8220;non-traditional Minimate&#8221; category.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minimates_2010_06-12.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1889\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minimates_2010_06-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minimates_2010_06-19.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minimates_2010_06-19-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #404040\"><strong>Behind the Image:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #404040\">\u00a0<\/span>I love playing around with Lighting. To achieve the look of this image, I used a traditional lamp, along with smaller blue and yellow lights to illuminate Salaak. For the background, I used one lamp with a green tinted bulb on a crumpled up black sheet (to give it an unusual texture). Simple, but effective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On Ebay<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22green+lantern%22&amp;submit=Search&amp;LH_TitleDesc=1\" target=\"_blank\">Green Lantern<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action figures have long been a perfect compliment to comic books, since every kid (or kid at heart) has that natural desire to act out adventures with their favorite heroes off the drawn page. Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. 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