Favorite and least favorite character redesigns

[CyberCubed]

This has to be based on already existing characters, not new ones. So:

Favorite:

- The Rat King (all around awesome design)

- Slash. His design is like Slash merged with Tokka.

- Rahzar. I love the idea of a skeletal wolf

- Rocksteady. He looks pretty damn good, especially with his gold shoulderpads.

Least Favorite:

- Neutrinos. I don't even see it as them, they're basically micro-bots with the same name.

- Hun. Again, they could have given this guy a new name and he'd be viewed as a completely new character. This isn't the same Hun from 2k3/Mirage/IDW, its an Asian guy with the same name.

[turtle1237]

I like the Bruce Lee clone.

[Icebot]

My least favorite is Lord Dregg. I liked his design in the old toon better.

[Penst0ck]

Favorite:

• Mona Lisa. Her redesign is a complete 180 from her original look. Her morphing pads, armor and sword are cool. Also no mammal features and she still looks like a total babe!
  
  
• Razar. (what Cubed said)
  
  
• Bebop(human form included). His suit and dance battle style makes him unique and entertaining to watch. Even though he's got a Michel Jackson nuance to him it's not his entire character *cough* HUN!! *cough* ahem, excuse me. Bebop's short stature to Rocksteady's tall make them both stand out as a comedy and battle duo, so that was a nice touch.

Least Favorite:

• Neutrinos. The WarBots from the Araggon episode were more intimidating than these round micro blobs.
  
  
• Hun. Hi Bruce Lee, welcome to tmnt.
  
  
• The Purple Dragons. Nothing wrong with their look right now, I'd just like to see more of them.

I actually thought hard about this and I really can't think of any other ones I don't like. Most of the redesigns are vary unique and service able to me.

[plastroncafe]

Character Design is one of the things that's consistently solid about this show.
Those folks do their homework and then some.

This includes Hun being Bruce Lee. Attila the Hun was purportedly East Asian in origin. So...you know, not a big bulky blonde dude.

[Zak The Neutrino]

Favorite:

Casey Jones - I love his new design with the painted mask, spiked hockey blocker and his strap that holds his stick and bats. (I know, I know not popular opinion around these parts.)

Slash - He's a total bad ass

Rocksteady - Like that he is not a dumb idiot and his new design is great.

Least Favorites:

THE NEUTRINOS!!!! - yeah I don't think much more needs to be said about this.

Mutagen Man - I wasn't really feeling the whole Timothy thing.

[GoldMutant]

Designs I'm not a fan of:

-The Neutrinos (no resemblance of the original concept. Hun I'm indifferent to overall, but he does behave like the character he is. The Neutrinos, eh generic looking monsters don't do it for me. Probably the worst reintroduction design personally.)

-Tragg and Granitor (the same as Neutrinos really, I don't find them too appealing. Just generic Dimension X creatures serving the Kraang as big bads. Kinda sucks, but I do like the volcanic linings on Traag's blackish body.)

-Mega Shredder (rather grotesque combination of the Elite Shredders. I like the episode for the monster, but ehhhh the design didn't do it for me, was kinda wishing it was more of a creature out of Godzilla because of the music for it's rise.)

-Stockman-Fly (As much as The Fly is a good flick personally, I'm not a fan of Stockman's massive head. Any instance of Baxter looking like a fly, I'm rather against as he is my overall favorite character in the franchise alongside Raph, Bishop, and Leatherhead)

-Bishop (I get he's an Utrom, but I kinda wished he had a different design outside the glasses and the Utroms being a lighter color with armor. The Norman design is good I will say, but something just rubs me the wrong way of him looking near identical outside those shades)

That's probably my main problem with some of the designs, the reoccurring and at times, the filler characters look decent. The giant monsters or non speaking mutants (except for the Creep and personally, the Chimera) just look rather lifeless and very simplistic for my tastes. Not saying blow the whole budget, but at the very least, make them visually appealing. Could use some improvements, because nearly every other design looks awesome.

As for designs I like:

-Rahzar (for once, I gotta agree with Cubed, Rahzar looks intimidating and probably the best design he's had. I been looking at Castlevania Judgement, and I was thinking Cornell might be an awesome character for Rahzar to resemble some day. Here's a link to images of him from Judgement: https://www.google.com/search?q=corn...vania+judgment)

-Newtrailizer (of all the new characters, he's my favorite newly designed. I'm waiting for a Ghost Rider esque mutant now. )

-Creepweed (now this is a giant monster done right!)

Probably some more I'm missing, but these stick in my head most of the time among the best and worst.

[Utrommaniac]

This first time I looked at the thread, I didn't realize it was for Nick exclusively, and thought "the Fugitoid is golden!" (which I love), then I realized otherwise.

And one favorite is the different designs of the turtles. Other than IDW, it's the first time they've really been put to the "silhouette test" and each really looked different from each other besides having different colored skin and masks. And they really look like, you know...teenagers.

Bebop and Rocksteady have some really "differenty" designs too, especially the oh so smol Bebop. Most of all, they have some range of competence, especially considering their old lives as humans. Though, I went in clueless as to who was going to mutate into them, and assumed Sterenko would end up mutating into a polar bear. Not because he's Russian, but because of the emphasis on his taxidermy bear.

I'm with everyone else on Hun, though. Even though he wasn't a martial artist, Andre the Giant would have been a better model to step off from, even if he doesn't come close to Hun's typical presentation.
And, much like a lot of the IDW stories, I'd like more distinction between "main" Utoms. I had previously complained about all the models being exactly the same, down to their speckling, but then I noticed a differences. But, it would work better if each one passed the "silhouette test" like the turtles do.

[Tarris Vaal]

The Neutrinos were an ..... odd design choice. I was kinda expecting them to take the helmets off and reveal more classic designs within - but there we are...


Favourites:
The Turtles - as stated before, these are some of the best silhouettes we've seen in the show's history and still manage to look 'young'

Splinter - I like the idea of Splinter not yet being so old he's always in need of the walking stick.

Shredder - Though not a huge change from other iterations, I think this one is another positive step in the evolution of the character's look.

April - Honestly I like the younger April. Though her design in Season 4 is a massive improvement on the earlier ones in Seasons 1+2.

Casey - Same again - I like this younger, updated version. The facepaint especially was a nice touch.

Rahzar - And I also have to put another vote in for Rahzar - easily one of the best redesigns of the show. The skeletal wolf works really well compared to the comical werewolf we had in earlier versions.

The Salamandarians - All of them. They're just a cool looking species

Rat King - Again, a great redesign and the much better themed than the other animated versions.



Least favourite
Big Foot + the Finger - Both awful looking designs, especially Big Foot. Compared to the animation of most of the series, her design was so 'clunky'.

The Shredder mutants - all of them, in all their various forms (inc Mega Shredder). Other than the big crab one, I just think they looked too comical to be taken seriously.

Karai (Serpent hybrid) - I dont mind Karai's design at all. I dont mind Karai's serpent form at all. But when she's at the halfway point (ie Karai with snake arms)..... Oh god those snake arms look ridiculous. Personal taste perhaps, but I really dont like that design.

[Powder]

I love all of 'em, including what they did to differentiate the turtles. Donnie is especially endearing with his gap teeth & doe eyes. I really like April's look too.

My overall favorite redesigns would be Rat King, Baxterfly, Casey (That mask is too rad), The Shredder Clones, Tragg/Granitor, & Rahzar. Big points for taking characters I hated (Neutrinos & Mona Lisa) & making them into something wildly different that I can get actually behind. Good job, guys. Oh, & I LOVE Bebop & Rocksteady's human forms, but I dunno if they count.

Least favorite redesigns would be... hmm... Karai, I guess? Not huge on her hair, but it's a minor quip & I like her look overall, just not that aspect. Pretty much everything has been solid to me.

EDIT: Forgot Armaggon. I don't care much for his new look. When it was first revealed I was on board, but after the hype wore off I found myself a bit disappointed with him.

[Ninturtle]

Favorites
Stockman Fly
Rahzar
Mutagen Man
Rat King
Casey
Armaggon
Shredder Clones
Triceratons
Fugitoids

Least Favorites
Nuetrinos ( I don't care for the design but I don't hate it since I don't care for the characters )

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Favorite designs: Out of all my favorites, I like Splinter's design the most. It's different and he looks more authoritative as a sensei. I really do like April's design as a teenager. I could imagine her looking a lot worse. As far as villains go, Rahzar has the best design out of any version of him. Karai's design was something I disliked on a preview image of her reveal but in cartoon, it looks really good. Still not keen on her being a teen (haha) but I can see why they did it.

Least favorite designs:

Bebop - I don't mind the skinny design but the Tron look doesn't do it for me. Not a huge fan of the camouflage ability for a warthog (be a more fitting ability for a possible version of chameleon) and of course, is annoying.

Baxter Fly, while I think it's a step up over the OT's version, the hair on top of his head looks like doo-doo and the vomiting can be a bit excessive at times.

Punk Frogs - Too generic for my taste. Uninteresting characters.

There's the Neutrinos, of whom I never cared for anyway but their designs are really......unimaginative.

[Jephael]

To be honest, I love just about all the character redesigns, especially April. She's just my favorite character on the show for some reason!

[psychturtle]

I'd say my most favorite redesign is splinter. My least favorite is Casey Jones. My god, I hate this new take on the character

[CyberCubed]

Armaggon's new design is pretty cool, especially since his armor is basically a space suit he can "swim" in space with.

[Etsyturtle2]

Favorite is muckman.

Least favorite is bebop.

[Utrommaniac]

Ah, man...I forgot that I likes Splinter's new design too. It's probably above the turtles in design.

It really works against the "just a gray/brown rat" formula, because these days, we understand how much more color rats can have. Granted, it's more in domestic rats than sewer rats, but it's still a nice touch. Plus, he looks closer to a rat than most of the other designs, especially in the face and ears. He's not scruffy, especially since most rats, even sewer rats, aren't; their fur doesn't get long enough.

Then it takes its own spin by making him taller and a little more imposing. Take that as you will, but I like it.

[Kingoji]

When we first saw character designs for this series at all I was not a fan. But time (and motion) have changed my mind. And this show has it's own visual identity, which is good. Rarely does any prior 'named' character reappear without considerable though going into changing the way they look. Renet is the only real exception that springs to mind.
That said, there are designs I prefer and designs that don't really do it for me.

I really like Splinter, Mondo, and Slash (although he took some getting used to). And I like Hun despite his 'in name only' status, because I love Bruce Lee and this is just about the only homage to him I can think of that isn't cringeworthy... It actually feels like this is how Bruce would play a villain.

In particular, I dislike Casey's broken-toothed punkbrat-minus-the-punk look. But maybe that's more informed by the fact that this Casey fecking sucks in general. I *despise* Napoleon Bonafrog for being downgraded to a homage of an overrated character just so they could get the same guy to play him. And I guess I'm not sold on Armaggon's pointless shark within an industrial metal shark look... but I'm just so glad to have him that I overlook the inanity of that. Ditto for Bellybomb.

[drgon78]

Favorite designs
April, Splinter, Turtles, Baxter(both versions), Triceratons, Rat King, Rocksteady, Slash, and various creatures like April's "mother" or the dream beavers.

Least Favorite
Neutrinos, Mutant wasp, mutant car(with or without Doni) and Karai's mutant form.

[DVD]

Redesigns are always tricky. You take the familiar and set it on a new course.
iPhone 5 is redesigned into the 6... I like it, but I preferred the 5 chassis. I get a better product but I prefer the look of the previous design.

So, in the new show, my favorite redesign is the look of the Turtles themselves. I'm totally sold on their look.

Least favorite redesign: the one I was looking forward too, and felt let down with was Bebop.