After spending a great deal of time working on my EvilMask project, I wanted to work on a Final Fantasy IV project that was a little bit simpler. I recently picked up some tiny fairy toys with the intent of turning some of them into the Sylphs, the little green fairy creatures whom Rydia eventually learns to summon during combat. Painting them was easy; the hard part was figuring out how to build a figure stand for them so they could be displayed as if they were in mid-flight. (And if you think they look a little bit like Tinkerbell from Disney's animated Peter Pan, you're not the only one.) Also, according to Weebly's site statistics, I finally seem to be gaining some traction with regular visitors. I create these projects because I have an insane love for the original media, and really want to own three-dimensional representations of its characters. The whole reason I take the time to photograph them and do write-ups about the projects, though, is for you guys. So, thanks for visiting. It makes me feel less like I'm shouting in the dark and more like I have something approaching a fan following.
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This month's project is one of the most complex Final Fantasy IV projects I've attempted. The EvilMask, who doesn't appear until the last leg of the game, is a humongous roving mechanical head with fangs and wires poking out of its cranium, like some kind of twisted science experiment gone awry. It mocks you as you try to destroy it, staring at you with those fierce purple electronic eyes. To say they are the easiest enemy in the game to defeat would be a bald-faced lie. To say they're not easy to destroy would be an understatement. I had absolutely no idea where I was going to get a giant action figure head to use for this project, and I also had no idea how I was going to add all the wiring and things poking out of his skull. In the end, I feel like I really did this monster justice in three-dimensional form. By definition, half my projects are going to turn out below-average, but I'm really, really pleased with this one. |
DAVID GRAHAM EDWARDS
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