In my Recap and Review of the
Doctor Who episode
"Father's Day," I mentioned how disappointed I was in the monsters of that episode, the Reapers. Meaning I had the perfect excuse to bring back Redesigns to the NewtCave after two years!
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| Because when I think "Grim Reaper," I think... bats? |
As always, I gave myself a few rules.
- Keep the brown leathery skin.
- Keep the general design of the mouth.
- Keep the scythes.
- Make it look more like its namesake without making it look overtly humanoid.
Here's what I came up with.
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| 100% less bat, 50% more teeth. |
Though the Reapers were designed to look like sharks, I took inspiration from jellyfish, which I merged with the Grim Reaper's basic silhouette. I decided to make the mouth look more nightmarish and hood-like, and I thought it would look neat if you could see the time vortex within the shadows of their insides. At the very least, I think it looks more otherworldly.
Well, there you have it. Do
you have any requests for any future redesigns? Feel free to leave a comment or tweet to @NewtCave!
Pretty good, the teeth remind me of the Langoliers, fittingly enough
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, I forgot to mention. The teeth were inspired by Jorgandr, a boss in one of those non-canon Game Boy Final Fantasy games.
DeleteThe ones that were originally part of the SaGa series, right?
DeleteYep. The third one was my JAM back in the day.
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