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Marvin000 — KOF 20th Anniversary - The Boss Team

Published: 2014-05-21 11:27:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2419; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 0
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Description As the first, King of Fighters video game came out in 1994, and with it being 2014, this marks the 20th anniversary of the King of Fighters series of games.  So, in honour of such a momentous occasion, some of the artists from are teaming up for an art tribute.

Given my perchance for liking and appreciating drawing bad guys or villains, I was offered the opportunity to draw, what was affectionately referred to, as the Boss Team, that only appeared in the King of Fighters '96.  In the centre of it all, of course, is the one and only, Geese Howard, who has manipulated both Mr. Big (left) and the mighty, Earl of Stroheim himself, Wolfgang Krauser (right) to form a team, and enter the tournament. 

The purposes of Geese's manipulation, is for him to use his fellow team members, in order to gauge the strength of the Orochi power and minimize the strength of these rivals.  The bonus to all of this, of course, is the opportunity to settle the score with Terry Bogard, defeating him and humiliating him in the process.
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Comments: 21

LukeTheRipper [2014-06-01 17:42:23 +0000 UTC]

Looks awesome man, truly awesome ^^
It's great to see SNK's original antagonists getting the tribute they deserve ^^

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Marvin000 In reply to LukeTheRipper [2014-06-01 21:43:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man, that's very nice of you to say, and much appreciated.  I've always been a fan of bad guys, and SNK has some the best in fighting games, so it was my honour to bring these characters to life.

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LukeTheRipper In reply to Marvin000 [2014-06-23 13:43:15 +0000 UTC]

Well, the funny thing is, while SNK does indeed have some of the best villains out there, especially Geese and Billy who are some of my all time fav charas... there are KOF games completely devoid of antagonists save for the main boss, like KOF '94, '99 or 2000... it was mainly because of that that secondary villains got their own teams multiple times, be it the '95 rival team, the '96 boss team, the '01 NESTS team, and so on...

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Kein-Sylvan [2014-05-21 15:05:21 +0000 UTC]

Great art.  Love the Boss Team, overall their return in KoF 98 UM. Krauser is a mosnter!

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Marvin000 In reply to Kein-Sylvan [2014-05-21 16:23:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the kind words, they are very much appreciated.  Wolfgang Krauser is definitely someone to be scared of, heck each member of the boss team, can wipe an opposing team out, lol. 

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Kein-Sylvan In reply to Marvin000 [2014-05-21 19:42:01 +0000 UTC]

That's so true. Overall the only and one, Geese howard

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Marvin000 In reply to Kein-Sylvan [2014-05-21 20:26:13 +0000 UTC]

To this very day, I still can't even come close to doing the Raging Storm motion, aka the Pretzel Motion, lol.  And let's not even talk about trying to time, doing the Deadly Rave, lol....

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Kein-Sylvan In reply to Marvin000 [2014-05-22 13:59:07 +0000 UTC]

Well, at least the Deadly Rave is automatic in KoF 98 UM, so rest assured XD.

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Marvin000 In reply to Kein-Sylvan [2014-05-23 01:49:33 +0000 UTC]

Hahahaha, I'm so used to seeing the horror of having to manually in put those commands, back in the day, lol.....

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Reinhold-Hoffmann [2014-05-21 14:27:51 +0000 UTC]

Loving it *high five*

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Marvin000 In reply to Reinhold-Hoffmann [2014-05-21 14:34:45 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha *high five* back at you sir.  You know me, I love SNK and generally most fighting games, so the chance to draw 2 of my favourite bad guys/villains of all time, was just a no brainer for me, lol.  If you need any other pieces from me, let me know.

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Reinhold-Hoffmann In reply to Marvin000 [2014-05-21 14:44:14 +0000 UTC]

The American Sports team is still untouched hehehe, wonder if anyone will claim that in the next weeks

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Marvin000 In reply to Reinhold-Hoffmann [2014-05-21 14:55:21 +0000 UTC]

Hahahaha, if nobody claims them, you know who to call, lol...

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Reinhold-Hoffmann In reply to Marvin000 [2014-05-21 15:12:19 +0000 UTC]

I bet its just a matter of time anyway, seems there are still a lot fans interested in KOF and creating a tribute for it

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Marvin000 In reply to Reinhold-Hoffmann [2014-05-21 16:23:50 +0000 UTC]

The King of Fighters series has always had a great following, given how deep the fighting game mechanics and the designs for the characters are so amazing.

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borockman [2014-05-21 13:59:53 +0000 UTC]

So quick. 8O
Looks awesome man.

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Marvin000 In reply to borockman [2014-05-21 14:29:03 +0000 UTC]

Awwww thanks, that's very nice of you to say.  Part of the reason, why I drew it so quickly was partly because I was inspired, and partly because I was just in a bad mood, so I channeled that into the piece.  Took a day to draw and ink it in, and then a few hours to colour it the follow day.  Overall, not a bad turnaround on a piece....

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borockman In reply to Marvin000 [2014-05-21 14:35:58 +0000 UTC]

I'd say so. Man, time to ink mine then.

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Marvin000 In reply to borockman [2014-05-21 14:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, no need to rush on my account, lol.  I'm sure your piece, will trump mine, in terms of overall quality and awesomeness....

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borockman In reply to Marvin000 [2014-05-21 15:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I'm not so sure, yours is kinda hard to beat.

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Marvin000 In reply to borockman [2014-05-21 16:24:26 +0000 UTC]

Nawwww, you can do it, I got faith in you.

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