Week two of the design package published. We'll definitely be moving in to week three for the rest of the design package -- Still to come: Darkheart and Beastly, props and environments. It is taking longer than expected, but once again it's best to get these things settled as much as possible before moving on.
Shrieky and Sour Sam have turned out well. After much debate during the week Shrieky's hoodie will be included. In the cartoon Shrieky had a magic mirror. Powerful as it was, I don't recall her using it directly on the Care Bears -- just to spy on them -- and to torment Beastly. Her mirror will be making an appearance as one of the last vestiges of magic in the world -- but it's been broken. Shrieky has taken the shards and uses them to power a weapon that I am struggling to keep from looking like a light sabre... But it will use the mirror shards' energy to manifest different blades, beams, whips, whatever Shrieky might need at the time, and a basic handle-type design will best serve that purpose.
Sour Sam -- you may or may not recall from a Thanksgiving episode of the Care Bears. He sets out to ruin Thanksgiving by serving everyone "Crabby Apple Pies". Pies that make you stop caring after just one bite. Well... as you can see Sam's pies are making another appearance, but in this case we've set him up like a drug dealer. His pies are extremely addictive and he has turned them in to a multi-billion dollar industry -- making him one of the most powerful men on Earth. Once a person's addiction has reached a certain point they become red-stained, zombie like servants of Sour Sam. I've had a great deal of fun coming up with names for his pastry-fueled army. My top three choices are:
pie fiends (like crack fiends)
crab heads (like pot heads)
cappers (in reference to the initials of Crabby Apple Pie)
I'm not done with Darkheart's design. He's proving to be a little difficult. In the second Care Bears movie Darkheart was a shapeshifting entity they never really explained. He seemed like the 'bad boy' sort that all the girls had a crush on-- and I want to bring some of that appeal in to the Aftermath.
I have two options for Beastly -- a giant, brutish version of the character from the cartoons -- complete with German soldier helmet and flight goggles... or .... more in keeping with the cartoon -- a skinny weasle-esque creature that has only the desire to do evil... none of the power. Right now I'm leaning more towards the brute... I think I'd have more fun with that.
More to come next week --
j-Dawg -- out
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