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BrendanCorris β€” Hyrule's Most Heinous - Moblin

Published: 2013-05-31 17:36:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 6870; Favourites: 186; Downloads: 0
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Description These guys are a necessity. They originated as Ganon's main underlings, made in his likeness. However, by Ocarina they became far less common, only appearing in ONE spot. They patrolled the Sacred Grove when you're an adult and became huge and scary as hell. In Wind Waker, these guys went back to getting the attention they deserve, and they were given the most personality they ever had, portrayed as manly brutes with little brains. In their most recent appearance, Skyward Sword, they became enormous obese versions of the already crappy Bokoblin design in that game, with thongs showing their nasty warty asses. They weren't so much intimidating as they were just gross.

Anyway, I tried to capture elements from all of their appearances, but mostly tried to do a revamp of their original NES design. I originally drew three of them, with one in the back lifting a hand to his brow to look in the distance while hold his spear vertically, but while working on the picture I figured that would create to great a cluster of detail and would leave very little space around the Moblins, so I left him out. I also flipped the blue one from his original position since he didn't fit well on the left. I also originally planned for them to be with Jaba the Hut and Imperial Walkers but due to my limitations... no, seriously though, everything before that was true.

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Comments: 48

MDetector-5 [2014-04-19 18:01:32 +0000 UTC]

By drawing them, you've made them look badass

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BrendanCorris In reply to MDetector-5 [2014-04-21 23:46:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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MDetector-5 In reply to BrendanCorris [2014-04-24 20:46:53 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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Dragodonv2 [2013-08-06 08:08:32 +0000 UTC]

Dude, If you want a cool design for a moblin, go look up "Moblin Twilight princess".


Apparently they were almost added to the game, and let me tell you, if Ocarina of Time's ones were scary, this is pure nightmare fuel!

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BrendanCorris In reply to Dragodonv2 [2013-08-07 23:42:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that was such a cool design, why couldn't they have put that in the game? It's like a scary-ass version of the Wind Waker design.

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Dragodonv2 In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-08-17 06:08:02 +0000 UTC]

Say, while I have your interest, why not do a "Hyrule's most heinous" on them?


Oh, and another thing, does the phrase "Mechwarrior 3" mean anything to you?

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BrendanCorris In reply to Dragodonv2 [2013-08-17 17:07:40 +0000 UTC]

I already did the Moblins in this series. If I redo creatures in different designs it deduces the number of different monsters I can do. I already wrote up a list of all the monsters to do before starting the project.

Never played Mechwarrior.

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Dragodonv2 In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-08-18 05:28:37 +0000 UTC]

I see... That's alright then, I would probably suggest doing it for fun, but you do have a task you have assigned yourself.


I asked about Mechwarrior 3 because the commanding officer (and final boss) of the game is namedΒ Brandon Corbet, which sounds a lot to me like your name.


Alrighty, well, good job and all that.


Oh, and have you played Skyward Sword at all?

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BrendanCorris In reply to Dragodonv2 [2013-08-20 17:59:28 +0000 UTC]

Nah, Brendan Corris is my real birth given name. I'm all for using my real name. Yeah, I've played Skyward Sword a few times. I'll be posting a Zelda series review in a second to go along with my monster series. Check it out.

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bbb35 [2013-07-15 01:47:27 +0000 UTC]

WHOOH!! Those Moblins could scatter a crowd at THIRTY-Miles!!

Stellar work here, the color, the shaped, design and overall UUUUGLINESS of the Moblins is perfect!

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BrendanCorris In reply to bbb35 [2013-07-15 04:08:52 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks

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bbb35 In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-07-15 22:23:06 +0000 UTC]

Welcome Got talent

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hyenacub [2013-06-11 05:33:49 +0000 UTC]

I love your description of them.

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BrendanCorris In reply to hyenacub [2013-06-12 21:06:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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VampireQueenEffeffia [2013-06-08 17:21:33 +0000 UTC]

These guys pissed me off to no end -_-

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LuVi-Verse [2013-06-02 22:26:25 +0000 UTC]

I miss these kinds of Moblins

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SuperNormalMan [2013-06-02 16:19:46 +0000 UTC]

I used to think that they were some kind of beetle. It wasn't until later that I found out what they were supposed to look like.

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thinkingstone [2013-05-31 21:56:55 +0000 UTC]

Moblins were always my favorite thugs to fight in Zelda. You captured them very well. I'm really enjoying this series, since Legend of Zelda is one of my favorite series of games.

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BrendanCorris In reply to thinkingstone [2013-06-01 17:34:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. They've always been some of my favorites, too.

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hooksnfangs [2013-05-31 21:16:31 +0000 UTC]

Great work making them look like the BRUTES they should be! Dem muscles!

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BrendanCorris In reply to hooksnfangs [2013-06-01 17:35:32 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks.

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DeadCobra [2013-05-31 19:33:41 +0000 UTC]

Great

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BrendanCorris In reply to DeadCobra [2013-06-01 17:35:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Owl-Robot [2013-05-31 18:54:34 +0000 UTC]

Nice job. Lots of brutal character coming through your art style on these guys.

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BrendanCorris In reply to Owl-Robot [2013-06-01 17:35:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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gallantmon8 [2013-05-31 18:34:25 +0000 UTC]

Wait, THOSE WERE MOB,INS IN THE SACRED GROVE.

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BrendanCorris In reply to gallantmon8 [2013-06-01 17:35:05 +0000 UTC]

Haha, yeah.

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gallantmon8 In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-06-01 17:52:13 +0000 UTC]

I didn't think those were Moblins! I always thought they were rock golems or something

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Godforoth [2013-05-31 18:24:34 +0000 UTC]

Cool

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BrendanCorris In reply to Godforoth [2013-06-01 17:34:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Godforoth In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-06-01 19:25:04 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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Afrobo [2013-05-31 18:21:32 +0000 UTC]

I'd say the towering and brutish appearence properly illustrates the intimidating aura they have in all of the games. They're tough enemies and I think these are the most formidable looking versions I've seen yet!

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BrendanCorris In reply to Afrobo [2013-06-01 17:34:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot. Yeah, I tried to design them so that if they appeared to you in a game like this, you'd be totally scared.

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PallidCrestUT [2013-05-31 18:05:15 +0000 UTC]

You put a lot of detail in your artwork

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BrendanCorris In reply to PallidCrestUT [2013-06-01 17:34:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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LuigitheYuriKaiser [2013-05-31 17:48:57 +0000 UTC]

In SS they were a pain but in all the other 3-D Zeldas they weren't that bad.

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BrendanCorris In reply to LuigitheYuriKaiser [2013-05-31 17:51:10 +0000 UTC]

Every enemy was a pain in SS because they all had the redundant strategy of forcing you to choose the right direction to slash. They were too easy in OoT, though.

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UseTheBrakes [2013-05-31 17:45:12 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, what the hell were Skyward's Moblins? I mean, they were really only a challenge on narrow bridges and the like, and I just slashed the life outta them, really. I like the WW Moblins best. The OoT ones scared me.

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BrendanCorris In reply to UseTheBrakes [2013-05-31 17:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, and in most cases with the ones on narrow bridges you could just drop down to the ledge and creep past them anyway. I thought they were tough the first time I played them but the second time I played through the game I realized how easy they were. The WW ones are my favorites too, and yeah, the OoT ones were pretty scary, like when you were certain they couldn't see you, then they'd turn scream and charge at you. Man, good times.

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UseTheBrakes In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-05-31 19:53:15 +0000 UTC]

The first time I fought them, I was like, "Awesome, you can cut their shield or even climb it!" But then I just flailed.

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BrendanCorris In reply to UseTheBrakes [2013-06-01 17:32:40 +0000 UTC]

Wait, you can climb on their shields?

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UseTheBrakes In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-06-05 00:18:27 +0000 UTC]

That's how you beat the Iron shield Moblins. Lemme guess...now you're thinking they're REAL pathetic. Well, they kinda are.

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BrendanCorris In reply to UseTheBrakes [2013-06-05 07:19:11 +0000 UTC]

I always just used my shield when they strike and it leaves them stunned and open for attack for a while. If they're not on a thin bridge I'll just run in circles around them and attack their backs when exposed. Learning this makes them even easier. Yeah, pathetic is the right word.

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UseTheBrakes In reply to BrendanCorris [2013-06-05 18:07:12 +0000 UTC]

...Never thought of a shield bash. Considering how predictable they are, that would be cake.

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whitevillage [2013-05-31 17:44:58 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I like these guys. Your style does them justice.

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BrendanCorris In reply to whitevillage [2013-05-31 17:53:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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ArsonDadko [2013-05-31 17:41:06 +0000 UTC]

Going from the ALttP and OoT, I always thought they were dogs :S

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BrendanCorris In reply to ArsonDadko [2013-05-31 17:42:28 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, when I was a kid I always just called them "The Bulldogs".

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