With a Webcomic version of The Adventures of Lucky Vega now in thumbnailing, I decided it was time to have a set of final master drawings of the lead characters of The Environauts, both as they will appear when they acquire their super-powers and become Earth's most awesome adventurers, and as they'll appear in the prequel. With this post, the coloring of these model sheets is complete.
The powers of the Environauts reflect the spheres of the natural environment through which life has evolved (or will evolve as man advances), from Ocean to Land to Sky to Space.
The unquestioned leader of the Environauts, Lorenzo Roberto Miguel Vega, mainly called Lucky Vega and known in his super life as LUCKY STAR, is the "Space" character and the embodiment of science and the future. If you can imagine the elastic leader of another very famous comic-book foursome as a 22-year-old Latino, that's Lucky. Unlike that character, however, Lucky is not quite so verbose, much more emotionally open, and has an aggressive edge to match his scientific brilliance. Lucky would have been the youngest of three children if his older brother and sister had survived; the third time Dr. Esteban Vega and his wife Rosita tried to have a child, they finally got "Lucky". Young Lorenzo, the heir to a computer and technology-industry fortune larger than the budget of the United States, is every bit his father's son. Esteban Vega, a genius at computers and everything scientific who had a vision of perfecting the human race for its destiny in space, was determined that his only boy would be a man of pure science, free from all superstition, dogma, prejudice, and magical thinking, and embracing higher human principles (not invented supernatural authority) as the source of all human virtue. That's how Lucky was raised (which came between his parents when Rosita turned back to the Catholic Church, which Esteban absolutely rejected) and that's who he has become. Lucky is either personally capable of anything scientific, or able to summon masters of any scientific discipline to his aid. His scientific genius and resourcefulness are virtually super-powers in themselves and the potential undoing of many a villain. Lucky is filled with wonder at the incredible things he encounters in his adventures, things that would overwhelm or terrify most other people. Confronted with aliens, monsters, mysteries of the universe, and strange new technologies, Lucky smiles and uses his favorite expression: "This is amazing!" Lucky's amazement is always greater than his fear, which makes him the greatest of heroes. The ironic thing about Lucky is that for all he has and for all he is capable of doing, at heart he wishes he could be "a regular boy" and wants nothing more than to have the things in his life--friends, girls, sports, fun--that regular boys have. Lucky is attracted to older women and in love with his college physics professor, Elise Hall, whose ex-fiance, Graeme Grimstead, becomes Lucky's most personal enemy and the arch-foe of the Environauts. The most touching part of his relationship with his three closest friends and partners is that while he affords them a life beyond their wildest dreams, they in turn are his touchstones to a life that he would otherwise never know. The bond of loyalty and friendship between Lucky and the others is actually the greatest "power" that the Environauts possess.
Lucky Star can become a living, incandescent body of plasma like that in a neon sign or the Sun. In this form he can fly as fast as 300 MPH and emit beams and bolts of plasma energy, or give off powerful electromagnetic pulses. Like a star, he is also a strong source of heat and light. His corona can melt weapons and projectiles that come near him, and he can dissipate the discharge of energy-based weapons or attacks from energy-powered opponents. His one vulnerability is to strong magnetic fields, which can disrupt him and force him back to human form, but he's working on that. Lucky is always working on something, which always keeps his friends' lives exciting and interesting. When Lucky Star calls his friends together, they know they'll soon be heading into something awesome.
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