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Obsidius has got to be the single oddest kaiju I've had to work with. He's your typical lava demon thingie with smooth blocky plates, a modest tail with what looks like a asymmetrical whale fluke, and a gaping lava cannon for a mouth...that never closes. It doesn't help that Obby (taking a page out of ~GREGOLE 's book here ) doesn't have a face. Its literally this rocky slope that just surrounds that magma pit he calls a mouth. Thus another nickname that Obby here gets is 'Brick Face'. Because he's got a face like a brick wall, segmented and devoid of character. Being a creature born from obsidian-a jagged, usually black rock that in ancient times was used to make arrow tips and spear heads and is now being used to create scapel blades that are even sharper and smoother than industrial diamond coated steel blades-he's oddly flat and chunky looking. More like a standard earth golem than a volcanic kaiju. The fact that he can't close his mouth also makes him vulnerable to attacks that could destroy his 'core'. A major liability according to ~DinoHunter2 . One plus side to his design is the ape-like arms (i.e. beefy upper arm, long and very beefy forearm, see Pop Eye). He cloud even run on these things if he wanted to.

Neo was a hit and miss affair, as it usually is with the Neo series. The mouth cannon is still there but now its surrounded by jagged fangs, making reaching in there even more precarious. Neo changes the number of horns to three and arranges them blown-back-crown style on his noggin. Another interesting trait is the spinal ridge that almost gives the illusion of a living creature under all that rock. It also makes him more visually interesting. Speaking of visually interesting there are now big magma craters where his shoulders used to be. I can imagine those things blasting full force when Obby is pissed. Everything else appears a-okay...except the arms. They are now standard kaiju length and lack the sheer force the previous pair did. Obby uses a lot of slamming attacks, with these arms he's reduced to more of pugglist or swiper like Godzilla. He's also lost the ability to grab things along with his opposable thumbs. I still don't think he can close that mouth or at least not well. Even though the bottom jaw gives the indication of grooves where the fangs would rest. A fist may not make it in there but water and energy attacks could. The over all texture of the beast is okay, its now smooth, like cooled lava but it's still missing something...

Looking over these two walking volcano's I pondered what the hell was I going to do. I found my answer (partly) in a third verison by ~DinoHunter2 . DinoHunter2's idea was to make him more like his namesake and make him jagged and crumbly looking. He also addressed the mouth issue by giving him a fully closable, fanged jaw. Something that could actually bite people who try to get at his core. DinoHunter2 has a bias against Obby, since Obby is encroaching on his own monster's turf and making an ass of himself and the niche he fills in Toho's line up. So DinoHunter didn't push the envelope as much as he did with oh...say...Lightning Bug. With sources, Obby was still kinda lackluster but with three...

He was kicking ass and taking names. By combining the best of all three into a 'Hybrid' style, Obby looks presentable and to me at least respectable. His face now has definition though it still doesn't have any eyes. Doesn't need them anyway, vibrations and thermal sensitivity do that for him. His horns are now a major part of his head since they take root all the way down his face. His overall texture is jagged and sharp but not segmented interms of individual pieces. If I did that Obby would look like a flaming Krystalak and no one wants that. The forearms and the spinal ridge are present and sharper. I wanted to give the impression that just touching this guy would cut you to the quick before the lava got to you. He's got the shoulder craters, with fang like spires instead of large plates. The big issue here is again the friggen mouth. On one hand its great, on the other it takes away something indvidual to Obby. He has a fully closable mouth with fangs on the top part and two tusks on the bottom one. In creating his head this way I'm afraid I may have made him slightly draconic. Not my intention but that circular cannon orifice he had before isn't really here anymore, at least when he has his mouth closed.

SD is again based on the hybrid style and this is were my dragon worries start making sense. His head rather saurian from the side and doesn't have that 'OMG IM A CHARGIN MAH FLAME THROWER' look. Hmmm, its too bad I did the shwoop Da whoop joke already with Godzilla. Obby would have made a good canidate for it. Thankfully he has other talents that can be tied to a famous character...

The outlines didn't go as well this time. I should have kept them smaller damnit. They really don't do the portraits justice at all. Except the Millenium verison, he's about spot on. Just to let you all know, I imagine the hybrid standing gorilla style and moving in a similar fashion, except when he's doing his burning rick roll of doom. As always, feedback is appreciated.

-RenDragonClaw

Description
Obsidius has got to be the single oddest kaiju I've had to work with. He's your typical lava demon thingie with smooth blocky plates, a modest tail with what looks like a asymmetrical whale fluke, and a gaping lava cannon for a mouth...that never closes. It doesn't help that Obby (taking a page out of ~GREGOLE 's book here ) doesn't have a face. Its literally this rocky slope that just surrounds that magma pit he calls a mouth. Thus another nickname that Obby here gets is 'Brick Face'. Because he's got a face like a brick wall, segmented and devoid of character. Being a creature born from obsidian-a jagged, usually black rock that in ancient times was used to make arrow tips and spear heads and is now being used to create scapel blades that are even sharper and smoother than industrial diamond coated steel blades-he's oddly flat and chunky looking. More like a standard earth golem than a volcanic kaiju. The fact that he can't close his mouth also makes him vulnerable to attacks that could destroy his 'core'. A major liability according to ~DinoHunter2 . One plus side to his design is the ape-like arms (i.e. beefy upper arm, long and very beefy forearm, see Pop Eye). He cloud even run on these things if he wanted to.

Neo was a hit and miss affair, as it usually is with the Neo series. The mouth cannon is still there but now its surrounded by jagged fangs, making reaching in there even more precarious. Neo changes the number of horns to three and arranges them blown-back-crown style on his noggin. Another interesting trait is the spinal ridge that almost gives the illusion of a living creature under all that rock. It also makes him more visually interesting. Speaking of visually interesting there are now big magma craters where his shoulders used to be. I can imagine those things blasting full force when Obby is pissed. Everything else appears a-okay...except the arms. They are now standard kaiju length and lack the sheer force the previous pair did. Obby uses a lot of slamming attacks, with these arms he's reduced to more of pugglist or swiper like Godzilla. He's also lost the ability to grab things along with his opposable thumbs. I still don't think he can close that mouth or at least not well. Even though the bottom jaw gives the indication of grooves where the fangs would rest. A fist may not make it in there but water and energy attacks could. The over all texture of the beast is okay, its now smooth, like cooled lava but it's still missing something...

Looking over these two walking volcano's I pondered what the hell was I going to do. I found my answer (partly) in a third verison by ~DinoHunter2 . DinoHunter2's idea was to make him more like his namesake and make him jagged and crumbly looking. He also addressed the mouth issue by giving him a fully closable, fanged jaw. Something that could actually bite people who try to get at his core. DinoHunter2 has a bias against Obby, since Obby is encroaching on his own monster's turf and making an ass of himself and the niche he fills in Toho's line up. So DinoHunter didn't push the envelope as much as he did with oh...say...Lightning Bug. With sources, Obby was still kinda lackluster but with three...

He was kicking ass and taking names. By combining the best of all three into a 'Hybrid' style, Obby looks presentable and to me at least respectable. His face now has definition though it still doesn't have any eyes. Doesn't need them anyway, vibrations and thermal sensitivity do that for him. His horns are now a major part of his head since they take root all the way down his face. His overall texture is jagged and sharp but not segmented interms of individual pieces. If I did that Obby would look like a flaming Krystalak and no one wants that. The forearms and the spinal ridge are present and sharper. I wanted to give the impression that just touching this guy would cut you to the quick before the lava got to you. He's got the shoulder craters, with fang like spires instead of large plates. The big issue here is again the friggen mouth. On one hand its great, on the other it takes away something indvidual to Obby. He has a fully closable mouth with fangs on the top part and two tusks on the bottom one. In creating his head this way I'm afraid I may have made him slightly draconic. Not my intention but that circular cannon orifice he had before isn't really here anymore, at least when he has his mouth closed.

SD is again based on the hybrid style and this is were my dragon worries start making sense. His head rather saurian from the side and doesn't have that 'OMG IM A CHARGIN MAH FLAME THROWER' look. Hmmm, its too bad I did the shwoop Da whoop joke already with Godzilla. Obby would have made a good canidate for it. Thankfully he has other talents that can be tied to a famous character...

The outlines didn't go as well this time. I should have kept them smaller damnit. They really don't do the portraits justice at all. Except the Millenium verison, he's about spot on. Just to let you all know, I imagine the hybrid standing gorilla style and moving in a similar fashion, except when he's doing his burning rick roll of doom. As always, feedback is appreciated.

-RenDragonClaw