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Hey, guys! Today is the blog's first anniversary online, and I
wanted to give a big thank you to all of you out there who have been
awesome enough to keep coming back or for sometimes leaving a comment. I
always appreciate them.
I started up this little
muscle haven on the Internet because of my love of barbarians and their
raw and rugged sex appeal. Since then I've branched out a bit more and
added more modern men to my lineup.
The first two
characters I created for Barbaric Brawn were Tuskar and Kugo. To
celebrate this first anniversary, I thought it would be fun to give you
guys a look at what these two studs were like in their prototype phase.
Since
these pictures are very wide, you may need to open them in
their own tab/window in your browser or download them to your computer
to see them properly.
The
story of Tuskar vs Kugo originally began with Tuskar (who was the
original owner of the Axe of Legend -- which later became the Axe of
Power) seeking adventure across the southern continent of Africa. His
exhaustive journey through the hot jungles eventually brought him to a
tribal village of black men. Hoping to seek shelter for the coming
night, he entered.
But the chieftain, Kugo, and the
big-bellied N'kaku protested his intrusion. They would not allow
outsiders from the north to stay in their domain. Angered by their
arrogance, Tuskar challenged the black men to battle!
Having
wrestled and overwhelmed the white barbarian, Kugo and N'kaku soon
defeated him and claimed him and his axe as prizes. The wise man of the
village recognized the Axe of Power and knew that his people would soon
prosper with its rumored properties.
All
of this was a bit too ambitious for me in the beginning, and because of
tech limitations, the village and everyone but the titular fighters had
to go. Kugo's model was changed to be a clone of Tuskar's and a
revised story was written. Oh, and for some reason, I had originally
called Kugo Nubios -- and then later Kgosi! It was only days before I
created Barbaric Brawn that I renamed him to Kugo.
A
bit of further work turned Tuskar and Kugo into what they eventually
became. Thanks for sitting through this bit of history with me. I had
fun going back to these pictures and looking at what things were like
with this story a little more than a year ago.
If the next year is even half as fun as this one was, I'll be a happy Lucky Stallion.
