#fire lion

Helper to Hero round 2: Tac and Burning Leo / Fire Lion (who I combined into one character)! Info about them under the cut

New sona-alt drop

He's strong as hell and also on fire - I love the idea of having a mane/hair that's just fire it's just so fun

Here's a rough full-sketch of the rest of him btw 💜💜💜

Today's Schleich is:

The remaining redesigns of the Pipeworks designed monsters for Godzilla Unleashed.

Krystalak

Lightning Bug (unmade)

Fire Lion!

Well.... yeah that definitely is a Fire Lion, can't deny that. Fire Lion is a mid-boss that, in their debut, gave the Burning ability, but in their reappearance in Kirby Super Star Ultra, they give the Fire ability! Makes more sense that an enemy called "Fire" Lion gives the "Fire" ability, but Super Star also has "Burning" Leo who gives the Fire ability so what's even the freaking point in trying to make sense of these names. Accurate to the Burning ability however, Fire Lion can attack by dashing forward as a ball of flame, and accurate to the fact that they are a LION, they can also pounce on Kirby and scratch him up. In their original appearance, Fire Lion was a very goofy looking cartoon lion (which I depicted in a doodle), without any actual fire on their body, but it was their redesign in Nightmare in Dream Land that made them much more intimidating, as well as, ya know, on fire. Even then, Fire Lion still has some silly exaggerated sprites, as many Kirby enemies do, so there's definitely enough charm for it to still fit in with the rest of the cast. I wonder what this thing would look like running around with a 3D model... maybe one day we'll find out! I mean it's not like theres any other lion-themed Kirby characters running around these day-