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[PMDU] Ninhelm Sleek -- Redesigned

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The dates next to the characters indicate when that image was drawn. Just sayin' because the style of 2010 Ninhelm is pretty much the same as how I'd draw him in 2014. It's cool to think I had that particular way of drawing sleek body type cartoons nailed down way back then. haha x'D


So there's an interesting story behind this character. Four years ago I drew this guy thinking he was super cool and that I would maybe use him for something. Then a while later I noticed that Pawniard was a thing and noticed how similar they looked and then scrapped the character. I'm not sure if I knew of Pawniard's existence at that time since I wasn't keeping up with Pokemon at all back then, but I digress. Regardless of if I knew of Pawniard's design or not doesn't change the fact the I couldn't have subconsciously copied it regardless as the design came about when I misinterpreted the shape of different game's character in a tiny ass thumbnail. I saw the spiked and arched back of that character as it's head, and it's tiny head as a claw and the angular body and long legs as a body of sorts. The pose was pretty dynamic, so the confusion was understandable. I actually still have the reference screenshot I used saved in the art file if anyone's curious. lmao

In the end he became a completely new character and if you saw him next to the thumbnail-character, it would not be clear at all how A became B. haha
However, despite this, he shared enough similarities with Pawniard to warrant a "cancellation" of this character as I knew if I had posted his design way back when, I'd get a non-stop flow of "Th1s loOks lIke PAwNn1arD!!1!" comments and I didn't want to deal with that. So that was the end of Ninhelm Sleek. :c

Or at least, it was until I decided to embrace his similarities with Pawniard and just convert him over completely. I've been re-imagining my next three teams for PMDU as of late and I REALLY wanted to add a Pawniard. When I was contemplating a design, I immediately thought of this dude and voilà! He has been re-purposed as a Pokemon! And a mighty badass one at that! <3

Don't ask me how or why he's named the way he is, though. He even had a number under his name in the original art file like he was a robot from a production line. (v4.0932) I think these titles were just the first thing that came to mind, as odd as they are. I don't even know if they were meant to be temporary. haha But that doesn't matter now since I'm embracing his name regardless of what happens! |D

I'm not sure when exactly I'll introduce this guy and his team, but it should be fairly soon, possibly during or after the Basalt Halls dungeon. So look forward to that! cx

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nuttyjigs's avatar
Aww yeahh you should totally go with this, if ever! XD Always thought Pawniard was pretty badass...Especially playing Pokemon Amie with it. I'm so careful; the slicing sound effect with the injured hand when you touch the blades always freaks me out ;n;