See, I told you I'd upload photos of these projects eventually! So, the Fiend and Gremlin, arguably two of the more weird-looking monsters of Final Fantasy IV, have actually been a staple of the game series for a while. They originally appeared in 1988 (in different colors) as the Pit Fiend and the Imp, both creatures appearing in the 8-bit Final Fantasy II for Famicom in Japan (not to be confused with the Super Nintendo release called Final Fantasy II). The point of all this is that this style of monster was created for the series pretty early on in its life cycle, predating their 1991 appearance in the Super Nintendo version by a number of years. These projects were a little more elaborate than some of the other ones I've done. I guess one of the benefits of social distancing is that I've got lots of time to spend at home working on projects. Each of them even has a tiny voodoo doll hanging off his belt, which I think marks the first time I've ever built a toy that's carrying another toy.
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These are not the elaborate, in-depth projects I was hinting at last month, but I've already gotten these cool cats photographed and ready to unveil first, so here you go. The Panther and the BlackCat (yeah, I know, he's actually blue) are two of the more tricky enemies from Final Fantasy IV to dispatch properly if you encounter them before you're ready to actually fight them. They were a little easier than some of my other Final Fantasy IV projects because cats are something that exist in the real world, so there were figurines that I could buy off the shelf and only required a new coat of paint to bring them to life. I did, however, spend hours painting all those leopard spots by hand. (And then had to completely redo one of these projects a second time because my daughter decided to mess with it, only one day after I finished it!) |
DAVID GRAHAM EDWARDS
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