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"I have been around since the days of Street Fighter 2, but I guess Ken was always the favored blond in the arcades. Who am I?"Terry Bogard, the one and only motha F'n lone wolf!
Terry is one of my all time favorite characters in video games. The dude is pretty much the American equivalent to Ryu from Street Fighter, just walks around the country, trains like crazy, and is always looking for the next tougher opponent so he can raise his skill level another notch. Badass. Not only that, just when I thought he couldn't get any cooler SNK totally remade him when they came out with Mark of the Wolves, and once again Terry was kick'n ass like nobodies business.
Then I guess the question you have to ask yourself is, how in the hell do you REDUX a character as iconic as Terry Bogard? Simple answer is, you can't. But what the hell I gave it a shot anyway.
Now my biggest gripe with SNK is they don't evolve characters much, and when they try to like falcoon did with those crazy KOF 2006 costumes, it was WAAY overboard. So what does SNK do for KOF 12? They bring old terry back
So what I decided to do was mix the old and the new. I realized I couldn't go all flight jacket with terry cause SNK already did that. And I knew I couldn't go with sneakers and baseball cap because he is just to old to wear them now, so I combined his two looks. You got Terry without the hat, but still keeping his longer hair. And instead of the Red vest and sneakers, you have a leather vest which takes the place of his bomber jacket. I still needed to keep his color scheme though so I added his fight gloves to bring back the red to the scheme. And of course you can't have Terry Bogard without the jeans.
This was a tough one to REDUX for me because he is so iconic, but I am happy with the compromise.
-DN
See the rest of my KOF REDUX series with over 50 redesigns:
The KOF REDUX Gallery
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Comments: 141
RiseDarkMoon In reply to ??? [2009-02-05 21:18:31 +0000 UTC]
damn thats awesome
digitalninja U ROOOCCKKKKK
yaaay for more KOF
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Revluflymachine In reply to ??? [2009-02-04 23:17:54 +0000 UTC]
Ahhh, good ol' Terry. Terry 's always been a personal favorite out of any fighting game out there; definitely a classic bad ass. Your REDUX design is pretty solid, nice work!
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ReXXXSoprano In reply to ??? [2009-02-04 13:58:09 +0000 UTC]
I guess you weren't lying DN. This is the best yet from the REDUX series. If you haven't won the internet yet, I think you just hit pay dirt. Thank You for reppin Terry correctly. He is one of my favorite video game characters and you did him justice.
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World-EnderRagnarok In reply to ??? [2009-02-04 12:47:33 +0000 UTC]
Oh, one more thing: GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUH... *points at you*
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digitalninja In reply to World-EnderRagnarok [2009-02-06 22:17:56 +0000 UTC]
Lol, I was playing kof 2003 the other day, and Geeses opening comment when I faced Iori was: "C'mon, young boy!". I was laughing for like 5 minutes. Iori must have been stunned by that hehe.
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World-EnderRagnarok In reply to digitalninja [2009-02-06 22:47:14 +0000 UTC]
LOL why's that?
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digitalninja In reply to World-EnderRagnarok [2009-02-06 23:02:08 +0000 UTC]
Not sure, I guess it's just a new saying they gave Geese. It was the first time I had ever heard it so I started laughing.
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stefaneschwarz [2009-02-04 00:13:51 +0000 UTC]
*jaw drops* Now that's an awesome lookin' design for Terry. Wonderful job on making this outfit for him. If only he were to wear this in an actual KOF game, that would be so cool!
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DarkAmriel [2009-02-03 23:44:22 +0000 UTC]
Great job with this. I've always loved Terry with his long hair and its great to see that one again. The pose is great for him and the belt buckle is awesome.
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BigK64 [2009-02-03 22:09:53 +0000 UTC]
Now that there is one awesome fanart to the most coolest fighting game characters ever!!!!!
The colors are so good that it gave me a fanish thought.
Keep up the good work.
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IamZ [2009-02-03 22:08:12 +0000 UTC]
I love this, especially with the red gloves and the torn jeans. Belt buckle looks fantastic by the way.
But I do have one question for you.
ARE YOU OKAY?!
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IamZ In reply to digitalninja [2009-02-03 22:25:46 +0000 UTC]
K-FREAKING-O!
Haha I'm so glad you replied with that. Just made my day.
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jang-gun In reply to ??? [2009-02-03 20:23:32 +0000 UTC]
finally terry's here awesome design. him and ryo are the perfect rivals in KOF.
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Volcommnky [2009-02-03 19:24:16 +0000 UTC]
totally agree.. its very hard to try and redux someone as iconic as terry but if anyone were to do it your the one to pull it off and make it look amazing lol i love the fact u didnt put his hat on. i think terry in mark of the wolves is my fav terry of all time. agian amazing job
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digitalninja In reply to Volcommnky [2009-02-03 20:18:46 +0000 UTC]
Yeah I thought the mark of the wolves Terry fit him perfectly, I had no problem with him losing the hat.
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orochiphoenix [2009-02-03 17:48:13 +0000 UTC]
My god.
Being a longtime fan of Terry, I can totally understand the trepidation behind wanting to redesign him. Like you said, he's got a classic, iconic look that really doesn't need to be messed with, both in his Fatal Fury and Mark of the Wolves incarnations.
That having been said, I really think that you did the character justice with this one, perhaps moreso than most of your other KoF Redux designs so far. He looks like how I imagine Terry would look if there was a live-action Fatal Fury movie being made, since Pizza Boy Terry just wouldn't fly on film.
What strikes me the most about him, though, is how much the image itself just says "Terry." It's obvious how much you appreciate the character, just by looking at the drawing - he comes across near-flawlessly here. The only gripe I have (and it's minor at that) is the gloves, since the classic ones were his dad's, but it's a Redux, and it does keep enough of his classic color scheme in there.
Good job, man. Cream of the crop here.
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digitalninja In reply to orochiphoenix [2009-02-03 20:17:55 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, now only if they made a live action film
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calkan [2009-02-03 14:34:12 +0000 UTC]
i really love your personel style.. terry is amazing .. looks like there are both of terry .. maybe there both of terrys moves..
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zerojad [2009-02-03 13:39:32 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, kinda hard to see Terry withut his iconic hat.
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digitalninja In reply to zerojad [2009-02-03 17:46:02 +0000 UTC]
True, but he didn't have his hat through all of 'mark of the wolves' and in 'another day'. I think people are used to it now.
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World-EnderRagnarok [2009-02-03 12:44:50 +0000 UTC]
GET SERIOUS! LIVEWIRE! KICKBACK! CRACK SHUU! AREYOUOKEY!? BUSTAH WULF! GO BACK! CRASH! RISING TACO! GEYZAH! ONCE POWUH! ROCK YOU! POWUH WAVE! BURNING! BURNNAKU! GET READY? BEAT UP! POWUH DANK! OKEY!
Yeah, that about sums it up.
HEY. RHUKEE.
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SzabolTeam [2009-02-03 11:09:44 +0000 UTC]
Wow! Damn awesome! I think this is the best in your Redux series!
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pulmonox In reply to ??? [2009-02-03 08:23:56 +0000 UTC]
I have to admit that I've been waiting to see your Terry REDUX since I discovered this little... project of yours. Terry is likewise one of my absolute favorite characters in videogames (possibly my no1). His personality, fighting style, and character all come together to create someone you can't help but like.
All in all, I love it. I think it captures him perfectly. As Terry was, effectively, the epitome of an American in the eyes of the Japanese who designed him (as I've read is the claim in several KOF sites), the style you have suits him well. I'm not too big on leather, but it fits here, and the boots are a nice touch, I think they work really well.
I do have to say, though, that I'm not terribly thrilled about the torn jeans. Terry may have not been the most sharply dressed person out there, but he was never the 'trashy' type, so I'm not so sure it fits.
Nevertheless, a worthy addition of a worthy character. Props!
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digitalninja In reply to pulmonox [2009-02-03 08:39:52 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, glad you liked it. The jeans were designed like that to seperate him a bit from his current incarnations. I didn't want it to feel like I just took his old style and added a leather coat. So the jeans helped differentiate him a tad. I know he doesn't wear ripped jeans in the game, but the Terry is practically a drifter, so I can see him wearing something like that once and a while during his travels .
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chamito448 [2009-02-03 06:34:43 +0000 UTC]
"get serious" ahh that phrase never gets old, Nice job there ^_^
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Ninjinister In reply to ??? [2009-02-03 06:26:02 +0000 UTC]
ARE YOU OKAY? BUSTA WOOOF!
The Legendary Wolf has never looked better. Kudos!
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Demon-Charlotte-III [2009-02-03 05:47:54 +0000 UTC]
YES! You finally did Terry! That's awesome!
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Eranova [2009-02-03 05:47:32 +0000 UTC]
I do agree that you probably couldn't fully redesign someone as iconic as Terry without making him seem like a completely different, but I do like what you managed to do with this REDUX. I do also agree that he's gotten a bit too old for the hat. I mean, there's nothing wrong with red baseball caps, by all means, but I just kinda got tired of it, you know? Nice job on this, man.
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