[Mortal Kombat II-9] Shao Kahn (Pony)

“You weak, pathetic fools, I've come for your souls!” - Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat, 1995)

This model is entirely @BloodRedKittie fault! xD but seriously, check her out - models are really good!

When I saw that Cassie Cage model, I just had this idea from the second image, and it refused to vacate my mind. Yet, there were no Shao Kahn models that I liked - I don't like MK 11 and MK 1 designs. So... I decided to make an out-of-turn Shao Kahn Lora based on Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 9, and MK vs DC. There were some bits from MK 11 thrown in there just for good measure, but those are few. But that Cassie model was posted months ago, what took me so long, you may ask... it's because I also wanted to release some MK arena Loras alongside this one. Sadly, those never turned out the way I wanted them to - they are good for sceneries, but they do not work as a background. Apparently, location Loras need a different approach than my usual character ones. Besides, I, again, got carried away with the previews. However, this time, unlike my HoMM V Dark elves lora, I managed to limit myself with 100~ images, instead of 800~. Progress!

Overall, this model turned out... OK. It does recreate old Shao designs rather well, but, perhaps, it was a mistake to make a Lora that combines the designs of several versions. Some people can do this stuff very well, but I am not one of them. When or IF I will update this one, I will probably make a separate Lora for each version.

MK II

I must warn you that I tagged this one with "spiked knuckles" but you should not use that tag, unless you want 90% of your images to be Knuckles from Sonic.

shaomkii, yellow eyes, horned helmet, skull mask, muscular male, pectorals, muscular, abs, bare pectorals, greaves, knee guards, chest harness, loincloth, red spiked shoulder armor, belt, spiked bracelet, black boots, gloves,

MK 9

shaomk9, yellow eyes, horned helmet, skull mask, muscular male, pectorals, muscular, abs, bare pectorals, greaves, knee guards, chest harness, loincloth, spiked shoulder armor, belt, sandals, spiked bracers,

MK vs DC

shaomkvdc, red eyes, glowing eyes, horned helmet, skull mask, muscular male, pectorals, muscular, abs, bare pectorals, loincloth, chest harness, spiked shoulder armor, greaves, knee guards, belt, spiked bracelet, sandals,

Even though MK 9 design was clearly based on MK vs DC one, there are still some clear differences, so I tagged them separately.

I tried to get his unmasked look with those spikes on the forehead, but it seems like this time I actually had to tag those spikes as such, because they never appeared in my generations. Bummer.

I tried to give this Lora an ability to generate Shao with his iconic hammer, but even with a dedicated Lora this is hard to do.