Royal Vandagyres

[Ian Wolf-Park]

Rainbow Pool

[PFA]

I liked the designs a lot so I made the very sensible decision to immediately buy a royal PB

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No regrets

[Stephanie (swordlilly)]

I painted my Vandagyre, Normatt, too

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I might change his base colour back to Red, but I really like the costume.

[Duke Pikachu]

Ooh, vikings! An interesting pick for the Vandagyre, but then again they already did a few Asian-themed Royal Neopets (Kacheek, Mynci & Nimmo). Not they haven't done Viking before, the Yurbles are Viking theme, but where the Yurbles are more operatic (which of course is a reference to Richard Wagner's "The Valkyrie"), the Vandagyre is more "these are actual warriors".

Now only one Neopet remains for Royal to be completed: the Chia. Which to me is a bit odd, Chia feels like such a mascot Neopet character that having it be a Neopet needed to complete a Colour is strange. If anything I'd imagine it being like the Aisha, a Neopet which only has a few Colours left before it's "completed" (or we need to create a whole batch of new Colours). I am curious what they would do for a Royal Chia. One "last chance" to depict a set of royal figures. What culture would they be, or if not from a culture a fantasy trope? Because the Chia is such a mascot Neopet it's hard for me to picture anything but a typical medieval king and queen. And yes, I know it's not that big of a deal as they could always released wearables based on different culture royals, but when it's a PB Colour it feels a bit more special. Up to me, hmm... OH! I know, I'd based them on Vertumnus! Oh, don't know what Vertumnus is? It's a famous painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II... but the emperor is made of fruit and vegetables (and flowers). And for the Neopet species which famously can be transformed into all sorts of fruits and vegetables, I don't think there's a better option for a Royal Colour for them!