FINAL FANTASY IV
OFFICER PROJECT #643 CREATED: FEBRUARY 2020 Officers were troopers in the Baron royal military who managed to rise through the ranks to supervisory roles. They possessed a bit more military savvy than the standard Soldiers, who were largely content to just follow orders. After Cecil Harvey rescued Rydia the Caller from the Village of Mist, an Officer and several Soldiers were sent to confront him. They ordered him to hand over the child. Cecil refused, and was forced to defend Rydia by engaging the troopers in combat. After the Soldiers were defeated, the Officer quickly realized he was outclassed, and he immediately fled the scene. (For the Game Boy Advanced and PlayStation Portable updates of Final Fantasy IV, the Officer was renamed General, which is actually the name of another enemy from the Super Nintendo version of the game. How confusing!) I built the Officer action figure out of an Angus toy from the Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog series by Bandai. It was already wearing armor, so all I had to really do was whittle down some of the existing details and sculpt a new head. The sword is from the Silver Samurai figure from the Marvel Legends assortment. While I weathered the other figures heavily with silver paint, I realized the Officer was a coward who probably didn't see a lot of direct combat, so I painted him accordingly, with only minimal battle damage. |
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