Heroes wear Spandex

Growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, heroes didn’t all wear capes. But they did wear fluorescent spandex, face paint, and occasionally snakes. This was the Golden Era of Professional Wrestling in the United States, if not the Universe.

Perhaps Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan’s brand of kid-friendly, larger-than-life WWF stars were your thing? Or maybe you were a fan of Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and their unique brand of NWA / WCW blood-soaked hot-dogging?

Well, 10-year-old Fraser Davidson was a sucker for it all, every last drop. The music, the neon, and of course, the toys. The huge volume of toys. The Golden Era of Wrestling project is an attempt to create a nostalgic series of ‘action figure style’ renders, paying homage to the greatest epoch of ‘Sports Entertainment’.

THE CHARACTERS

Throughout the era, Hulk and his pals would take on a cavalcade of villains and a few notable heroes! Below and within the Wrestlers section, you can find carefully curated renders of the Stars of the Golden Era!

THE 3D Models

Lockdown 2020 brought with it a chance to learn a few modeling and rendering techniques. Resorting back to my muse, this project gave me the perfect opportunity to create these fun characters. All artwork has been created in Cinema 4D with Redshift.