Modified sprites from Zoids 2: Counterattack of Zenebas (1989), an NES title which I will be using for my next bead sprite project.  They will be made with mini-beads and will end up measuring ~7.5″ across, each.

From left to right, top to bottom: Sea Panther, Saicurtis, Storch, Sinker, Iguan, Helcat, Twinhorn, Zatton, and Hammerrock.

My sister has been a nail artist for the past 2-3 years, and has been obsessed with the idea of customizing some Zoids using powders and foils (normally fragile but she has some sort of voodoo mix that makes them turn into armor level toughness that lasts months.) She’s not necessarily into collecting Zoids, however, so she recently bought me this art statue, and painted it up in some amazing nail powder colors (for the shell, the body is acrylic.)

The colors are extraordinarily hard to photograph, but the shell has a shimmering green-blue fade depending on the light (with the green showing strongest in bright light.) All the crevices are painted black to look like proper bug markings and the body is weathered in shiny gold, with the base overhauled using diaroma tree material. Even the interior of the shell has the original red, intentionally left to make it look more like a natural ‘shell’ over a more biological body.

This was a shock to say the least, and the colors are beautiful!