Nocturne by Thuvaunu on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Moving on to North American Cryptids in my series of Beast Wars inspired transformable monsters, we have the shadowy Mothman - or Mothwoman possibly (I find the idea of her having to constantly correct people kind of perfect).

Nocturne is the Herald of her region - her arrival usually means something bad is going to happen, and while she will eventually become part of that something bad, she usually uses the opportunity to warn as many people as possible. She's loyal to her masters, but she's ethical, and she believes very much in fair play. She will call out other Transmythics for their behavior, and few are willing to challenger her, particularly at night.

The guyver/kamen rider look wasn't initially intentional - I was just thinking in bot mode the chitinous exoskeleton of an insect would become more apparent than the fuzziness of the moth/owl/man thing in her cryptid mode. Now I kind of dig the accidental reference.

I've been considering putting up transformation instructions on these critters - would anyone be interested in that kind of thing?