I've always been a fan of what-ifs, reinterpretations, "Bizarro"/opposite versions, and the like, and after seeing the new Kreon "Warriors" and
Thomas Perkins' stuff I got to doodling alter-versions of... Tarantulas for some reason. I dunno, guess I've always really like his design. Anyways, I thought I'd share some of these parallel Tarantulases.
80s TarantulasSpecifically, as he may have looked in the cartoon, so it's a bit more simplified and animation-friendly.
Ninja TarantulasContrary to the show, the toyline portrayed Tarantulas as a dull-witted ninja, so I went a little nuts with the idea. I was originally thinking he doesn't transform so much as he poofs into smoke and re-poofs as a spider (this IS supposed to be a weird parallel dimension Tarantulas, after all), although his limbs ended up looking like they could do a General Grievous-esque split to create 8 legs, maybe even using his
kunai to complete the look.