phayze sideblog

the process of its initial creation was unpleasant, to say the least. it's a refurbished zomg that eventually underwent further modifications at its own request, taking inspiration from many of the other bosses- but especially the three paralloons (dragoon, maveripp, and orcinyx). it actually wishes it were a paralloon too, but unfortunately no amount of modifications could make it functionally the same as one 💔

it went for a speed and agility-oriented build, allowing it to escape from most situations with relative ease. because it's very new to the life of a bloon (and a boss bloon at that), it's not used to fighting the monkeys and prefers to stay away from conflict, much to bloonarius' dismay. like dragoon, it's even working on befriending monkeys behind the other bloons' backs! (much to its surprise, its efforts are much more successful!)

I decided to really lean into the reptilian theme with this. diabloceratops was my main source of inspiration for the head, while I tried to make the other segments look more rattlesnake-like. the rattle tail was left largely unaltered because I felt that aspect of its design works well as is.

I thought giving it a beak (which ceratopsians like diabloceratops had, as seen in the image above) would work better than its current "mouth" for supporting a pair of fangs. turns out I was right, it looks a lot more realistic and fierce now!

I decided to replace its eyes with much more reptilian ones, albeit elongated. (they were partially inspired by a thought I had, back when it was first announced, that its eyes could be a pair of red bloons.) I don't have much else to say about them aside from the fact that they also bulge out (it's hard to tell with this side view though) like those of a small reptile- including certain species of vipers (not rattlesnakes unfortunately). it can be a bit goofy-looking as a treat.

relict (and technically lych) is the oldest, being over 11,000 years old

diamondback is roughly 400 years older than bloonarius

bloonarius, dreadbloon, blastapopoulos, leviathan and vortex are similar in age (by boss bloon standards), with bloonarius and dreadbloon being ~1 year apart, dreadbloon and blastapopoulos being ~7 years apart, blastapopoulos and leviathan being ~3 years apart, and leviathan and vortex being ~9 years apart

lych was resurrected fairly recently, about 200 years ago