As promised, I wanted to do some spooky projects this month since Halloween is just around the corner. There are several types of undead skeletal monsters from Final Fantasy IV, and most of them hang out around Mt. Hobs and Mt. Ordeals. It's sort of implied that they're the remains of the various adventurers who tried and failed to climb the mountains (witness the impromptu grave sites complete with makeshift tombstones about halfway up Mt. Ordeals), which is a pretty disturbing prospect if you stop and think about it. These guys gave me a lot of trouble. I average working for about a month on each new batch of projects, but I actually started these guys last year but gave up on them for a while. I had to do a lot of structural work in addition to all the usual customizing and painting, and it was rather time-consuming. I'm very pleased, however, to finally reveal the Red Bone, Skelton [sic], and Skull, who honestly I think are some of my best Final Fantasy IV monsters to date. However, I'll let y'all be the judge of that. Feel free to leave comments! Don't be shy! Oh, I almost forgot. I'm not planning on a November update because I've got some other stuff I'm working on. I have the fifth Butterfly Princess novel written, but I need to do some editing, illustrate the book cover, and format the book for publication. (I'll never get any of that done if I'm spending all month painting toys, so I gotta tear myself away from that for a bit. If I get done before the end of November, maybe I can squeeze in a simple project. No promises!) In the meantime, check out the wiki to get caught up on current events from the series!
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This month I set out to tackle three of the armored knight warriors from Final Fantasy IV who serve the forces of Golbez, namely the Guard, the FlameMan (pictured), and the BladeMan. These projects were the culmination of many months' worth of hunting down the very specific action figures and accessories I required to bring these video game enemies to life. I make it look easy, I suppose, but the process involved is often anything but. When it came to the BladeMan and his buddies, for example, it was clear I needed to start with an action figure of a medieval knight. But, which one? Was it affordable on eBay? Would I be able to collect three of them? After discovering the existence of the King Arthur and the Knights of Justice toy line, that solved the problem of the base figure, but what of the accessories? This project required a very large shield and a broadsword to make it work, as well as a suitable cape and helmet. Where would I get them? And how would I ever find three matching sets? These are the questions that keep me up at night. Well, that and too much Mountain Dew Voltage. Next month is Halloween, so I suppose it won't be giving too much away to mention that my plans are to do a suitably spooky project. A haunting we will go! |
DAVID GRAHAM EDWARDS
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