FINAL FANTASY IV
GIANTBAT PROJECT #622 CREATED: JANUARY 2019 The GiantBat was a particularly vicious nocturnal creature dwelling within the deepest and darkest of caverns. A little bigger and a bit stronger than the common Cave Bat, the GiantBat had adopted a similar strategy of feeding upon the blood of any unfortunate travelers who dared venture into its natural habitat. Cecil and his traveling companions were forced to fend off entire colonies of GiantBats while exploring the depths of Cave Eblana. The vicious little things targeted bare, unarmored skin and would pierce their victims' flesh with their incisors, draining the very life blood from their targets. They easily shrugged off Lightning-based attacks, which only seemed to make them stronger. (The GiantBat was called the Bloody Bat in the Game Boy Advance remake of Final Fantasy IV, which is closer to its original Japanese name.) A lot of the plastic bat toys I found online were much too large to be properly in scale with my other Final Fantasy IV monsters, but the Papo version was tiny and perfect. I painted the colors of the body first and then went back and added the highlights to the wings and ears and face. I tried to match the colors of the 16-bit game sprite as closely as possible. |
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