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And of course here's the obligatory helmet line-up 'cause that's what I do. No I will not be doing side views for existing Ranger teams, ever, this is just for the fan made team that otherwise does not exist anywhere else.

so here we have: Kyofu Red, Kyofu Blue, Kyofu Green, Kyofu Yellow and Kyofu Pink.

Red was naturally the first I designed and probably the most evil looking which is entirely intentional. What was not initially intended was the uncanny resemblance to the Psycho Rangers, which very quickly I chose to embrace because 1-those designs are badass, 2-it works as a tribute to the true original "monster" Ranger team, and 3-it actually helped me refine the look for him. As a character I envision him being very aloof and proper, with a hint of flamboyance from time to time. He's noble, and while he more or less cares about his team he does tend to be cold towards them sometimes, and his morals are rather grey.

Blue is, well, a werewolf. His helmet was not hard to come up with it just had to fit the team aesthetic. As a character he's anxious, aggressive, and passionate. He's the only one actively and consistently concerned about the wellbeing of humans and civilians, and true to the blue ranger tradition would end up being the most broody when not tearing apart enemies.

Green was a bit tricky. I wanted to get the zombie/Frankenstein look right without making it too overt, but I think I got a good balance with the "hair". He is either the dead son of the mentor who was brought back by the latter's mad science, or the scientist strait up created him and they just have a father son dynamic. Either way he's lumbering, brutish and a bit slow minded, but gentle and relatively innocent too.

Yellow could've been the most difficult to do and almost was, if I hadn't thought of that look for the head early on I would've really struggled. As it was getting the shape of it right was still challenging, as was figuring out the snake and how the "wrapping" of the mouth would work. In terms of character she's the one I have least clear in my head, she's Egyptian and thus supremely ancient, likely noble or even a Pharaoh and so she's very dignified and a little full of herself, and for the most part views others as beneath her and just wants to finish the threat and go back to resting in the afterlife.

Pink was always gonna be a weird one. I wanted to reduce the main colour for her right from the start and knew the hat would be the best way to do that. The challenge was then how do I integrate a witch's hat into a helmet? Answer: like that, looks good to me (for the record the tip at the back is supposed to be disconnected). Pink is as you'd expect a bit kooky and whimsical, the most optimistic and scatterbrained of all the team and the most compassionate, particularly to the werewolf which is how he ended up on the team in the first place (she's there because Red knows her). She's a little more fond of humans than most of the others though usually in a more amused and fascinated sort of way than inherently caring about them.

It doesn't take a genius to notice that these characters are relatively conventional in terms characterization. That in conjunction with the standard colour palette is intentional; best to root the team in the familiar and warp things from there to keep the thing balanced. Have them be from the foundation fairly normal to juxtapose going quite so outrageous with the concept of the team.

With all that said, I'm super happy with the team. The fact that I can actually see these being a real Sentai team fills me with joy.

team concept and designs are mine so please don't touch

Description

And of course here's the obligatory helmet line-up 'cause that's what I do. No I will not be doing side views for existing Ranger teams, ever, this is just for the fan made team that otherwise does not exist anywhere else.

so here we have: Kyofu Red, Kyofu Blue, Kyofu Green, Kyofu Yellow and Kyofu Pink.

Red was naturally the first I designed and probably the most evil looking which is entirely intentional. What was not initially intended was the uncanny resemblance to the Psycho Rangers, which very quickly I chose to embrace because 1-those designs are badass, 2-it works as a tribute to the true original "monster" Ranger team, and 3-it actually helped me refine the look for him. As a character I envision him being very aloof and proper, with a hint of flamboyance from time to time. He's noble, and while he more or less cares about his team he does tend to be cold towards them sometimes, and his morals are rather grey.

Blue is, well, a werewolf. His helmet was not hard to come up with it just had to fit the team aesthetic. As a character he's anxious, aggressive, and passionate. He's the only one actively and consistently concerned about the wellbeing of humans and civilians, and true to the blue ranger tradition would end up being the most broody when not tearing apart enemies.

Green was a bit tricky. I wanted to get the zombie/Frankenstein look right without making it too overt, but I think I got a good balance with the "hair". He is either the dead son of the mentor who was brought back by the latter's mad science, or the scientist strait up created him and they just have a father son dynamic. Either way he's lumbering, brutish and a bit slow minded, but gentle and relatively innocent too.

Yellow could've been the most difficult to do and almost was, if I hadn't thought of that look for the head early on I would've really struggled. As it was getting the shape of it right was still challenging, as was figuring out the snake and how the "wrapping" of the mouth would work. In terms of character she's the one I have least clear in my head, she's Egyptian and thus supremely ancient, likely noble or even a Pharaoh and so she's very dignified and a little full of herself, and for the most part views others as beneath her and just wants to finish the threat and go back to resting in the afterlife.

Pink was always gonna be a weird one. I wanted to reduce the main colour for her right from the start and knew the hat would be the best way to do that. The challenge was then how do I integrate a witch's hat into a helmet? Answer: like that, looks good to me (for the record the tip at the back is supposed to be disconnected). Pink is as you'd expect a bit kooky and whimsical, the most optimistic and scatterbrained of all the team and the most compassionate, particularly to the werewolf which is how he ended up on the team in the first place (she's there because Red knows her). She's a little more fond of humans than most of the others though usually in a more amused and fascinated sort of way than inherently caring about them.

It doesn't take a genius to notice that these characters are relatively conventional in terms characterization. That in conjunction with the standard colour palette is intentional; best to root the team in the familiar and warp things from there to keep the thing balanced. Have them be from the foundation fairly normal to juxtapose going quite so outrageous with the concept of the team.

With all that said, I'm super happy with the team. The fact that I can actually see these being a real Sentai team fills me with joy.

team concept and designs are mine so please don't touch