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While redesigning the TMNT characters, I also thought about loosely redesigning the Turtles' weapons in Blender, but hopefully not to the point of looking overdesigned. I've just recently recreated Splinter's Cane/Staff (sorry if the design looks....unfortunate), Casey's arsenal, and some original weapons for April. I probably plan on texture baking, exporting them, and uploading them to my Sketchfab if anyone's interested.

TBH, this probably worked better in my head.

These are some alternative designs that I came up with for Fox's bo staff. This is based on a note for a Star Fox film trilogy concept that I've been working on, based on the out-of-cockpit hand-to-hand combat for the team (though they can reference/incorporate the movesets from Smash, it shouldn't be done in a way that sets up a non-existent Smash movie). I also think it'd be neat to give Fox a collapsible bo staff (used in a way that could make Tim Drake and Remy "Le Diable Blanc" LeBeau go to town on their popcorn, and make every existing version of Donatello take notes) alongside his blaster as a nod/foreshadow to Adventures (without having to cram the Sauria conflict alongside the Lylat Wars into the first movie) combined with his moveset from Smash (though I know for a fact that's going to lead to a series of memes claiming that Fox McCloud is secretly Nightwing or Daredevil or Gambit or something). I also think he'd use the bo more than the blaster. I made the bo staff concept in Blender, BTW (and loosely based the color scheme on the Arwing). Also if anyone wishes to use this model for anything, I haven't baked the textures or exported it yet.

While writing notes for a potential Sony-produced Star Fox movie, I made a note on wanting to give Fox a bo staff (currently working on a few new designs of the weapon in Blender) as a nod/call forward to Star Fox Adventures. By the time Krystal shows up in the sequel; which would be based on Adventures but renamed to Star Fox Dinosaur Planet, I just recently thought of how I would have Krystal's staff style would be different from Fox's by the time she's freed early, since they'd technically both be using the same weapon more or less. Unlike Fox's style, which would be similar to modern bo staff combat techniques and bojutsu, I was thinking about having Krystal's style, in terms of using her staff as a melee weapon, be more along the lines of a qiang/Chinese spear and/or a naginata.

I even made some playlists on Youtube to give people a general idea of how their styles would contrast.

• Fox's Staff Style Playlist
• Krystal's Staff Style Playlist

I designed my own versions of the TMNT characters. I took inspiration from multiple versions with Rise being the most (namely with the Turtles being different species and customized versions of the Hamato Clan gi from "Insane in the Mama Train"), along with Splinter being heavily based on the 2012 version.

With April's outfit, I was going for a mix between Mirage and the yellow jumpsuit from the '87 series (due to its style), and I was thinking about putting her in the "18-19-20" age range to try and find a middle ground between adult and teen April without the relationship between her and the Turtles feeling weird (was thinking about making her and Irma college students, with April majoring in Journalism, but minoring in Computer Science as a nod to her original Mirage counterpart when was Stockman's head programmer, and the News Reporter version everyone's familiar with). With Casey, there wasn't much I could change without it being too drastic (though I was thinking about giving him black nail polish). The black parts on the "cheeks" of Casey's mask for this design was intended to be a nod to 2012 Casey's mask in a sense. And I'm just gonna be very honest, I probably struggled a bit with Irma's redesign.

For the Shredder, it's pretty much an updated version of his '87 design, but also taking inspiration from real world Japanese armor while also trying to avoid recreating Michael Bay's......whatever that was. I also made his tekko-kagi function similar to MK1 Shang Tsung, with them having the ability to fold back when not in use. Not much has changed about Bebop and Rocksteady's designs apart from being slightly more detailed to a minor extent, but while designing Tokka and Rahzar, I was going for sort of a loose oni inspired aesthetic to an extent as a contrast to Bebop and Rocksteady's aesthetics. (SIDE NOTE: Also, similar to the 2012 version, Tokka is female)

While I was working on my TMNT redesigns, I also started fancasting who I'd want to play who if the designs were ever used for a series or movie; in any medium but if live action were an option, I'd have it be stylized live action to try and avoid the uncanny valley effect when translating to live action. Also I was casting by acting/voice acting rather than star power.

• Dallas Liu as Leonardo
• Sauriyan Sapkota as Donatello
• William Chris Sumpter as Raphael
• Walker Scobell as Michelangelo
• Tadanobu Asano as Hamato Yoshi/Master Splinter
• Iman Benson as April O'Neil
• Aramis Knight as Casey Jones
• Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Irma Langenstein
• Carl Lumbly as Prof. Jordan Perry (REAL NAME: >!Dr. Baxter Stockman!<)
• Nathan Mitchell as Bebop
• Cosmo Jarvis as Rocksteady
• Mayling Ng as Tokka
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Rahzar
• Takehiro Hira as Oroku Saki/The Shredder

While I was working on my TMNT redesigns, I also started fancasting who I'd want to play who if the designs were ever used for a series or movie; in any medium but if live action were an option, I'd have it be stylized live action to try and avoid the uncanny valley effect when translating to live action. Also I was casting by acting/voice acting rather than star power.

• Dallas Liu as Leonardo
• Sauriyan Sapkota as Donatello
• William Chris Sumpter as Raphael
• Walker Scobell as Michelangelo
• Tadanobu Asano as Hamato Yoshi/Master Splinter
• Iman Benson as April O'Neil
• Aramis Knight as Casey Jones
• Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Irma Langenstein
• Carl Lumbly as Prof. Jordan Perry (REAL NAME: >!Dr. Baxter Stockman!<)
• Nathan Mitchell as Bebop
• Cosmo Jarvis as Rocksteady
• Mayling Ng as Tokka
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Rahzar
• Takehiro Hira as Oroku Saki/The Shredder

I designed my own versions of a few of the TMNT antagonists. For the Shredder, it's pretty much an updated version of his '87 design, but also taking inspiration from real world Japanese armor while also trying to avoid recreating Michael Bay's......whatever that was. I also made his tekko-kagi function similar to MK1 Shang Tsung, with them having the ability to fold back when not in use. Not much has changed about Bebop and Rocksteady's designs apart from being slightly more detailed to a minor extent, but while designing Tokka and Rahzar, I was going for sort of a loose oni inspired aesthetic to an extent as a contrast to Bebop and Rocksteady's aesthetics. I plan to color them in soon.

This is based on a note for a Star Fox film trilogy concept that I've been working on, based on the out-of-cockpit hand-to-hand combat for the team (though they can reference/incorporate the movesets from Smash, it shouldn't be done in a way that sets up a non-existent Smash movie) and, to an extent, some character beats. Though unrelated to his combat style, I imagine Falco carrying a balisong, specifically a balisong trainer, with him and flipping it throughout this film concept; mostly when not fighting, since the blade is blunt anyways. Despite using the same model as a base, I also made an alternate one for Katt that has an actual blade. Also if anyone wishes to use these model for anything, I haven't baked the textures or exported it yet.

I came up with a concept of how I imagine the logo for the potential Star Fox movie concept I've been writing notes for would look. I used the new logo from the new Switch 2 game; due to it looking like a modern version of the SNES logo, as the base, while taking a bit of inspiration from the logos for 64 (the hint of a dark blue gradient near the bottom) and Zero (the overall aesthetic of the design).

I came up with a concept of how I imagine the logo for the potential Star Fox movie concept I've been writing notes for would look. I used the new logo from the new Switch 2 game; due to it looking like a modern version of the SNES logo, as the base, while taking a bit of inspiration from the logos for 64 (the hint of a dark blue gradient near the bottom) and Zero (the overall aesthetic of the design).

I made some lamb chops and mashed potatoes last week, along with a simple cole slaw as a side and a gravy using the thinnest of the lamb chops to make a simple stock. BTW, this is my second time cooking with lamb.

Long before Superman (2025), which features Guy Gardner, was released and before we got our first look at Lanterns, I made a concept of how I imagine the ring and power battery for the Green Lanterns would look for the DCU in Blender. Was also made in the middle of getting the hang of Blender as well. I drew a lot of inspirations from the many versions of GL in DC's history (with some elements of Alan Scott being implemented in the ring and the battery).