“Those who cross Andross will die!”
Of all the Star Fox pieces I did last summer, this one is the biggest and certainly one of my favourites. The various representatives/lieutenants/bosses of Andross’ empire as seen in Star Fox 64 and Zero.
This was such a fun one to work on, trying to portray the different personalities of each pilot or lieutenant from what little the games showed of them, as well as sprinkling in a few extra details of my own. The primates were so much fun, they’re my wife’s favourites (Granga especially) so I had to do them all justice. I’ve seen several interpretations of them where they have mechanical eyes/visors built into their faces, while I prefer the idea that their glowing eyes are a stylistic choice and they have regular eyes underneath their helmets. Benjamin proved to be a challenge in this regard, so I just have the brim of his engineers cap obscuring his eyes.
I tried to make the reptiles noticeably more reptilian/crocodilian, as the games were somewhat ambiguous about their designs. Caiman looks more like a caiman now, instead of just being a reskin of Granga. The Attack Carrier pilot was given a gross smushed face in 64 3D and Zero that I never saw him having in the N64 version and the Area 6 Commander got similar treatment. Andross himself I once again based on his Adventures design as I love how wrinkled and scarred that game made him. He looks even more monstrous than a disembodied head can look and I can’t wait to see him in motion in the Switch 2 version.
