FINAL FANTASY IV
GUARD PROJECT #636 CREATED: SEPTEMBER 2019 Guards were former Baron loyalists, once sworn to serve their country, who had been recruited by Golbez and forced to serve him. Two such Guards flanked Karate Master Yang when he was found alive in the Baron Inn by Cecil Harvey and his companions. Cecil's group was delighted to find that Yang had not been killed by Leviatan, but Yang and the Guards remained under Golbez's evil spell. Yang was sufficiently strong-willed that he was able break free from the mind control, but the Guards could not be swayed and had to be dispatched. Guards were also stationed in the deeper parts of the Old Water-Way beneath Castle Baron to prevent unauthorized access to the castle. They were sometimes accompanied by a monstrous Hydra. They were even given the gift of magic, and would attempt to use the spell Size to downscale their opponents. (In the Game Boy Advance remake of Final Fantasy IV, the Guard was renamed Baron Guard.) It's not difficult to find action figures that look like medieval armored fighters (King Arthur from the King Arthur and the Knights of Justice assortment from 1992, in this case). The hard part was finding a large crest-shaped shield and a Roman-style helmet for them to wear. After a great deal of searching, I stumbled across the existence of the WWE "Create-A-Superstar" Knight Pack, which just happened to come with a Roman helmet and a crest-shaped shield. Perfect! His sword is made out of a die-cast metal. I had to rebuild his arms so he could hold his sword and shield at the right angle. I decided that the dye he would have used on his cloth cape probably wouldn't be a perfect match for the paint used on his metal armor, making it a bit darker on purpose. I also added some silver drybrushing to his armored parts to make it look like he's seen a few battles. |
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