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The GI Joe/Cobra Concept Art & Filecard Project
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09-18-2009, 03:00 AM
zuludelta
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Zanzibar & Zandar
Design notes:
Had a devil of a time with these two. The original toys were very "Mad Max-ish," even by Dreadnoks standards. In the end, I gave up any pretense of toning down their sartorial outlandishness. Cutting down on the strange just distanced them too far from their roots. I tried to rationalize certain elements, but I pretty much took off the realism filter for these two. For Zanzibar, I swapped the wooden spear that came with the original for a modern polespear. Tinkered with the facial hair a bit so he doesn't look like Major Bludd on casual Fridays. The only major change I did with Zandar was to give him some semblance of a shirt... I just couldn't make the whole "I have sleeves but no shirt" look work.
Overall, I'm quite satisfied with how Zanzibar came out, a little less so with Zandar, who I might re-visit sometime down the line.
EDIT
: Updated Zandar pic. Much happier with this current image. I think the crouched pose mitigates a lot of the "poofiness" (for lack of a better or more politically correct term) of having him shirtless. Changed the shoulderpads to a
lorica manica
style sleeve. Doesn't make sense for him to wear one, in my mind, but in this instance, I think having him look like the common notion of Zandar is more important than having his costume elements fit rationally.
To read their full filecards, click on the Filecard Project link in my signature.
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