I find that I have been steadily collecting toys and collectibles to transform into the 200+ monsters of Final Fantasy IV at a much greater rate that I've actually been building them. Spending money is easy; hacking away at toys with an X-Acto knife and gluing random parts to their bodies and mixing up batch after batch of paint, well, takes a bit more time. Factor in the fact that it's the holiday season (hoop-de-doo and dickory dock) and I manage a toy department, and you can perhaps understand that I've been slightly exhausted. Anyway, I now have an entire box filled with toys that are eventually going to be added to the illustrious roster of Final Fantasy IV monsters. It's not all of them, by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a decent start. I have a master list of all the baddies in the game along with some ideas of which toys might be suitable to represent them. (For example: I've always thought that Morrigan from Capcom's Dark Stalkers would be perfect to represent the VampGirl and VampLady. The Brooklyn toy from Disney's Gargoyles will be suitable for the Hooligan that appears in the game. When it comes to monsters like the WaterBug or the StoneMan or the AquaWorm or the DarkTree? I have absolutely no idea! Seriously, I would appreciate some suggestions.) For now, here's my latest batch of creatures: the Eagle, the Roc Baby, and the regrettably-named Cocktric, all appearing in different stages of the game. These are pretty different than a lot of the projects I've done in the past. I tend to favor cartoony media characters over realistic-looking animals, but I feel like they turned out really well. Is it a bad thing when I'm actually impressed by my own work...?
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It took me a while to get my Final Fantasy IV Chocobos finished up. I was waiting on some new white paint to show up in the mail. (I mix white paint into pretty much every color. No white paint, and I can't do a damn thing.) So, I've got a version of the yellow Chocobo, the white Chocobo, and (of course) the ever-elusive black Chocobo (spoiler alert: it's really more blue than black). Going forward, I've got toys ready to modify into the MacGiant and RedGiant, and I also picked out some toys to turn into the various food-based monsters (Jelly, Cream, Pudding, etc.) Not exactly sure which ones will be next, so I guess we'll both be surprised! As long as you're reading this, have you ever noticed a toy that made you think, "Wow, that looks exactly like a monster from Final Fantasy IV"? Yeah, I know. It probably happens every single day. Anyway, if you want to, go ahead and click the Contact link and let me know about it. Maybe it's totally different from what I'm planning, but maybe it's a fantastic idea that I'll totally steal. You never know! |
DAVID GRAHAM EDWARDS
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