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"I have been around since the days of Street Fighter 2, but I guess Ken was always the favored blond in the arcades. Who am I?"

Terry Bogard, the one and only motha F'n lone wolf!

Terry is one of my all time favorite characters in video games. The dude is pretty much the American equivalent to Ryu from Street Fighter, just walks around the country, trains like crazy, and is always looking for the next tougher opponent so he can raise his skill level another notch. Badass. Not only that, just when I thought he couldn't get any cooler SNK totally remade him when they came out with Mark of the Wolves, and once again Terry was kick'n ass like nobodies business.

Then I guess the question you have to ask yourself is, how in the hell do you REDUX a character as iconic as Terry Bogard? Simple answer is, you can't. But what the hell I gave it a shot anyway.

Now my biggest gripe with SNK is they don't evolve characters much, and when they try to like falcoon did with those crazy KOF 2006 costumes, it was WAAY overboard. So what does SNK do for KOF 12? They bring old terry back :(, not even a slight upgrade to him.

So what I decided to do was mix the old and the new. I realized I couldn't go all flight jacket with terry cause SNK already did that. And I knew I couldn't go with sneakers and baseball cap because he is just to old to wear them now, so I combined his two looks. You got Terry without the hat, but still keeping his longer hair. And instead of the Red vest and sneakers, you have a leather vest which takes the place of his bomber jacket. I still needed to keep his color scheme though so I added his fight gloves to bring back the red to the scheme. And of course you can't have Terry Bogard without the jeans.

This was a tough one to REDUX for me because he is so iconic, but I am happy with the compromise.

-DN


KOF REDUX Series:

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Mai Shiranui
Rock Howard
Blue Mary
K’
Vice
Joe Higashi
Kula Daimond
Kyo Kusanagi
Whip
Geese Howard
King
Sie Kensou
Leona Heidern
Ryuji Yamazaki
Yuri Sakazaki
Ryo Sakazaki
Vanessa
Oswald
Mature
Ralf
Angel
Iori
Athena
K9999
Elisabeth
Andy
Nagase
Ash
Kasumi
Benimaru
Lien Neville

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:iconavenger41:
Now THAT is how Terry is supposed to look.

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:iconeranova:
I do agree that you probably couldn't fully redesign someone as iconic as Terry without making him seem like a completely different, but I do like what you managed to do with this REDUX. I do also agree that he's gotten a bit too old for the hat. I mean, there's nothing wrong with red baseball caps, by all means, but I just kinda got tired of it, you know? Nice job on this, man.

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:iconafrothunder3:
YES! You finally did Terry! That's awesome!
:iconiamthes:
ARE YOU OKAY? BUSTA WOOOF!

The Legendary Wolf has never looked better. Kudos!

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:iconchamito448:
"get serious" ahh that phrase never gets old, Nice job there ^_^

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cool!!

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:iconpulmonox:
I have to admit that I've been waiting to see your Terry REDUX since I discovered this little... project of yours. Terry is likewise one of my absolute favorite characters in videogames (possibly my no1). His personality, fighting style, and character all come together to create someone you can't help but like.

All in all, I love it. I think it captures him perfectly. As Terry was, effectively, the epitome of an American in the eyes of the Japanese who designed him (as I've read is the claim in several KOF sites), the style you have suits him well. I'm not too big on leather, but it fits here, and the boots are a nice touch, I think they work really well.

I do have to say, though, that I'm not terribly thrilled about the torn jeans. Terry may have not been the most sharply dressed person out there, but he was never the 'trashy' type, so I'm not so sure it fits.

Nevertheless, a worthy addition of a worthy character. Props!
:icondigitalninja:
Hehe, glad you liked it. The jeans were designed like that to seperate him a bit from his current incarnations. I didn't want it to feel like I just took his old style and added a leather coat. So the jeans helped differentiate him a tad. I know he doesn't wear ripped jeans in the game, but the Terry is practically a drifter, so I can see him wearing something like that once and a while during his travels :).
:iconszabolteam:
Wow! Damn awesome! :O I think this is the best in your Redux series!

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