Return of the Soul Calibur IV Doomite Customs!

Some of you may recall a while back that coldwin and I had made customized Cossack, Yurak, and Haggar fighters in Soul Calibur IV on the PS3. Unfortunately that project (and any additional customs) was put on hold when my toddler hit the power switch on the surge protector while we were saving the game and it erased all our data, and we were forced to replay everything and unlock everything all over again. Anyway, after setbacks of moving and various other less-fun real life time hogs, we got back into it. We re-made Cossack, Yurak, and Haggar and I actually think they're better than the first attempts since we've unlocked all of the gear in the game now and have more options to choose from.

We also made other characters, pretty much all the named Doomites, and one Allura (though mostly for Lotor, and because giving her the My Beloved weapon, which is a giant rose, was too amusing a notion to pass up). The pics are below the cut.

First up is the re-made Cossack. He gets to go first because he's Cossack the Terrible and he runs my Voltron site.



Next up is the re-made Yurak. This version is almost the same as the original, although I put him and Cossack both on more appropriate backgrounds for Doom commanders. There are 3 Star Wars boards in the game, so each Doom commander (yeah, there's a Mogor/Morgil too) got to pose on one. The only thing I was disappointed with on this Yurak is the inability to give him his giant ears, but the game engine only allows for so much. Also, unlike in Soul Calibur III for the PS2, there's no glowy sword that looks like the one he has in the show.



And since we're on a roll with the commanders, here's Mogor/Morgil. There was no helmet with horns like his, so this was the closest. That part I'm not thrilled with, but the rest came out okay considering the limitations of the game. Too bad I couldn't give him a sweatdrop or two for more realism...



Since his ego can't take waiting any longer for his debut, here's our version of Lotor. Aside from the bow on his neck drape, I'm pretty happy with how he turned out.



Next up is Haggar. As it turns out, there's no floor-length robe for the female customs, only males. The best I could give her is the frilled skirt, which is only slightly better than the "witchy activewear" pants. Male models get a monk's robe which would've been great, but I didn't want to cross-gender her just for that.



This is King Zarkon. He was by far the hardest to make and therefore is the one I'm least happy with. I'm sure he needs work, but you can only do what you can do, right? Like with Yurak, the lack of big ears is a bummer. There wasn't really a robe that could work for his either, or a crown. Anything remotely like it was a helmet that covered up his face, and that wasn't acceptable to me. I did like his facial expressions and the lumpy head though.



Last but not least of the Doom crew (especially if you ask her) is Queen Merla. I really like how she came out.



And just so the good guys aren't totally neglected, here is Allura. Instead of going for the princess dress version, I opted to try and make her in the frilly pink pants suit outfit with her hair up in the bun.



I also made fighter customs of two of my original Doomite characters that appear in my Chronicles of a Dark Planet storyline.

First is Cossack's wife/Yurak's mother Kuryaki:



And second is Cossack's younger sister Cassri. It was fun trying to design trendy Doom civilian clothes out of the game engine choices. She's only 19, so she's allowed to dress like a teenager I figure.



And that's all my Voltron-related customs thus far! This is a fun game to play in general, if you like fighting games, and the characters have a bit of story without bogging you down too much in detail or time-sinks if you're strapped for time as I often am.