#blasting zone

[ethernalium]

[pearlescentiris]

A Squinoa piece I did for my portfolio! I love this game and I love its characters and I love the themes and I love that deep lore and MMMM! I’m always happy to draw more FFVIII art. ^w^

Absolute power couple. I always low-key headcanoned that Squall and Rinoa eventually end up really gravitating to Quetzalcoatl & Alexander and Carbuncle & Bahamut respectively.

Hope you enjoy and have a good one!

Edit: I just realized I accidentally posted this on FFVIII’s anniversary!!! Holy moly that is pure serendipity and it does me a smile!

[contemporaryartsgallery]

Blasting zone by Istvan Nyari

[redsmith94]

Same Energy  EXCALIBUR BLASTING ZONE HEAVENLY BLADEWING

[dithaya-ffxiv]

80 GNB

[ethernalium]

[xivartref]

GNB Blasting Zone

[squall--taejin-blog]

Weapon and Techniques

Squall is a commando for Taejin's Army with an emphasis on his physical prowess, with the gunblade as his weapon of choice.

Gunblade model: - Omega Weapon (Upgraded from Hauteclaire, FFXIII)

Squall's gunblade is a modified version of the original, with a stenciled image of a winged lion (Griever) painted onto both sides of the blade, and a chained pendant of Griever's head hanging from the base of the hilt.

He takes great care in its maintenance, and keeps a special case for it in his room. The gunblade folds up into a more compact form which he keeps in a holster hanging on his left side from one of his many belts.

Special Techniques: - Renzokuken (Close ranged physical attack, multiple slashes on the enemy)

Finishers: {OOC: His finishers don't really make much sense. XD} - Rough Divide (Squall charges toward the enemy and executes a powerful upward slash, which somehow unleashes a shockwave from the ground.)

- Fated Circle (Squall jumps upward and gathers energy in his gunblade, before swinging it in a wide arc and unleashing a shockwave of energy at his enemy.)

- Blasting Zone (Squall lifts his gunblade straight up, and gathers energy from god knows where, giving it the physical form of a blade of light that extends beyond the atmosphere of the world, before bringing it crashing down on the enemy.)

- Lion Heart (Squall's most powerful finishing move, he gathers energy in his blade, enough so that his entire blade starts glowing. He then charges towards his enemy, knocking it into the air, after which he relentlessly attacks the enemy multiple times. He then gathers energy in his blade once more before unleashing it all in a single powerful slash that cuts through the enemy, with the energy causing a shockwave to implode from within the target. The enemy then takes damage from falling from a great height. This powerful finisher ignores defense and physical resistance.)

{OOC: For obvious reasons, Squall won't be unleashing Lion Heart very often. Additionally, I will be thinking of a way to tweak Blasting Zone so it's not quite so impractical and ridiculous. Doing this section had me in stitches. XD}