Interesting, it must of been the thing on his back but for some reason I pictured Escrima/Kali gear. As it resembles the face guard of the escrima helmet. The new silhouette reminds of a satyr, or at least that's how I'm reading it. The lanky arms are interesting;however in a biased fashion I still prefer the enlarged…
Looking forward to the sculpt. I had interesting idea pop in my head when I saw the second variation with the shield. Rather than the face and tongue you could incorporate an "Evil Eye" or something similar. It would be interesting in two cases, one being that the user is blind and people can believe it is the source of…