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– Kamen Rider Decade: Rockman no Sekai

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so changemans hydra soldiers typically look like this - stationary rubber masks with beautiful blond wigs 😌

the eye sockets are made of a presumably reasonably see-through fabric to throw our stunt team a bone. Outside of the mask the rest of the costume is pretty boring - at the start of the show the tubes spew gas when they're cut open but they stop doing this pretty quickly

however imo the mask is doing a very good job of making these guys stand out amongst the grunt crowd. The moulded, monstrous faces are the first real step away from the typical sock on head goon we had before them, and once you get past the goofiness of the hair they genuinely feel pretty threatening.

BUT THEN ON TOP OF THE UNIQUE LOOK they also get a couple special versions. At the start of the season we get this fella

its mouth and eyebrows move, its got a gross little tongue and is - most importantly - covered in slime. The hole that its tongue moves in and out of is also used to spit out gas (very good)

we (understandably) dont see this guy after the first couple of episodes. thats not a mask you can do stunts in, thats not a mask that can take a punch. However, having this mask be one of our establishing shots of these gross little creatures does a great job of keeping them feeling yucky and awful throughout the rest of the show. This isnt a beastie you want to be grabbed by.

another mask variation they get is a fella i affectionately refer to as "omg i love when they use the big teeth mask"

again this reinforces how much you do NOT want these guys getting ahold of you. Their biological origin and overwhelming numbers make you feel uneasy, and then the big old moving mouth adds another layer to their repulsive vibe.

we dont see this mask a whole lot either but when we do its a real treat and i love it. i love when mouths move. (carranger is a really good show if you love seeing monster suits with mouths that move)

a couple of other additional notes/foot soldiers i wanna mention:

bioman and flashman also give us some fun grunt mask variations

the mechaclones have an outer shell that our team wasnt scared of smashing to show off their robo guts, and the zorrors have these delightful moving teeth. Obviously the regular stunt helmets wouldnt be able to do these things but the differences between versions are less apparent here than they are with the hydra

liveman and ohranger also give us fun lil looks at the inner mechanics of their robo grunts, and boukengers jaryu sometimes get cute lil moving snouts 😌

idk i just really like when we get these nice lil bits of depth and context for the foot soldiers. Seeing their mouths and eyes move, or how their parts work, even if its only once or twice, it just does such a good job of making them feel tangible and threatening.

you get so used to seeing the grunts doing their thing that they can begin to become pretty boring, but then they pull out the ol moving mouth technique and suddenly i'm in love with them all over again.

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2016年9月10日12:43

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younger Racs and Kaguragi sketches, they are taking a stroll around the countryside during summer + bonus: the consequences (or something like that)

script under read more - just in case

[left image, two panels; they're both supposed to be a few years younger than their present selves and wear slightly different outfits]

Racles: I don't know how you do it, we've been walking for hours... it's so hot and there's nowhere to sit...

Kaguragi: Well, I can help with the last part! (he sits) You can sit on my lap, if you please.

Racles: ...you're okay with that?

Kaguragi: YES! It's totally normal, trust me.

[right image, Kaguragi sits on Racles, who's sitting on his own throne in Shuggodam]

Racles: Why do you think they're staring at us?

Kaguragi: no clue!

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ビュンとブンを描く元気が無くてごめん

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they could be friends

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hachi aug

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Kamen Rider Agito (2001) 01x48 The Governor of Stars

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Adding more Toku stuff to my car and made little doragoku and torabolt decals

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source

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have you been keeping up with gozyuger? it's just... truly wild to watch

OKAY I'm finally caught up! and...wild is an understatement, huh! getting some real Donbros energy off of this one (in the best of ways though really) (just all kinds of super weird and super fun! 💍) (...also the blue ranger might have murdered a child?) (I mean probably not) (they wouldn't. but.) (what if)

I'm especially fond of Bouquet and Fire Candle, just because they encapsulate the two modes of my brain at any given moment

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Hoeru Tono in No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger 01x07 Get Excited! Come Together, Gozyugers!

+ bonus

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@userdramas creator bingo ✦ color palette

Kamen Rider Saber: Trio of Deep Sin (2022)

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more of the trio!! (i think im done with frills for now)

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den-o