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In a list of Nikolai's most questionable decisions, pairing Nikto with Krueger as his handler is near the top of the list.

(You can't tell me weasel man would absolutely have a blast hauling ass through the forest on the back of a unstable wolf-man who hunts with single-minded focus, completely disregarding any handler's safety on his back)

I saw @evilfrogcereal29's post which led me to @just-some-user-hunny's idea about a werewolf Nikto and so!! Here we go!! I would love to design him some tactical gear when I'm not so bogged down at work... CW: violence/dark themes in HCs under the cut

Filed, blunt teeth (from use, by captors, or himself? Who knows). It makes his killings brutally inefficient - it's no quick bite to the jugular but a steady crushing, ripping, tearing. His maw unusually large, kept wide by scar tissue that pulls at the corners of his mouth. A broken jaw with bone that juts and doesn't quite align as it should. Scars from past captors and encounters with enemies, many made to answer the question, "Just how good is a werewolf's healing factor?"

Shifting is already a painful process - bones break, skin burts, muscle frays and re-knits. His are made worse by the heavy scarring, an already disfigured face morphing , somehow, into something much worse.

Torn nare makes his nose whistle a little if he's not careful with his breathing - he has purposefully trained himself to be silent when needed, and as a byproduct, has incredible lung capacity and stamina.

Only slightly larger than the average werewolf, he's no hulking behemoth of a specimen - but his visage more than makes for a terrifying opponent.

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I saw @evilfrogcereal29's post which led me to @just-some-user-hunny's idea about a werewolf Nikto and so!! Here we go!! I would love to design him some tactical gear when I'm not so bogged down at work... CW: violence/dark themes in HCs under the cut

Filed, blunt teeth (from use, by captors, or himself? Who knows). It makes his killings brutally inefficient - it's no quick bite to the jugular but a steady crushing, ripping, tearing. His maw unusually large, kept wide by scar tissue that pulls at the corners of his mouth. A broken jaw with bone that juts and doesn't quite align as it should. Scars from past captors and encounters with enemies, many made to answer the question, "Just how good is a werewolf's healing factor?"

Shifting is already a painful process - bones break, skin burts, muscle frays and re-knits. His are made worse by the heavy scarring, an already disfigured face morphing , somehow, into something much worse.

Torn nare makes his nose whistle a little if he's not careful with his breathing - he has purposefully trained himself to be silent when needed, and as a byproduct, has incredible lung capacity and stamina.

Only slightly larger than the average werewolf, he's no hulking behemoth of a specimen - but his visage more than makes for a terrifying opponent.

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Hey what's up it's me with a special interest in weapons and I wanted to share my thoughts about Nikto's machete (no that's not an innuendo for once)

Had a bit of a solo-mandela effect going on because for the longest time I thought it had a modified 'billhook'-like feature on the back of it for whatever reason (but smaller than what would be considered a traditional billhook, more like a hoof pick blade).

I kind of enjoy still HCing that it does have it because a) it looks kind of cool and b) a terrifying thought to think this man whips this giant intimidating blade out, flips it deftly in his hand to the hook side, just to sink it into flesh and yank people back in when they try to run. Also it allows me to think about a scenario where, resident karambit knife enthusiast Sebastian Krueger, can teach proper blade hooking techniques to our beloved plural man. Anyway back to the knife - It's like a cross between a coup coup and a bola? But has a cool flare like a Tapanga for his newer mwiii model. Also like a vintage Senegalese french machete, which were known for their high quality (might technically be the same thing as the coup coup, just with the locale specified I think, both entrenchment machetes). That curve also kind of reminds me of parangs but it's not particularly drop-pointed.

I HC Nikto as a very brutally pragmatic but particular man, so it doesn't feel too far off to think that he went out of his way to acquire something niche like that. Some kind of custom-made machete that fits his needs just right. The length of it, as well as the curved, ergonomic grip makes me think he's gotten it to do some serious chopping, so it's also probably heavy and weighted forward to make that easier when swinging. I don't see him as a flashy fighter personally, and though maybe it was a stylistic choice for the game devs/artists, I think it's a neat feature that speaks to his character. I do think it's made of hefty steel; weight is important in chopping knives, and though steel rusts, it's sturdy compared to a lot of other metals. Not to mention - I feel like oiling and caring for his weapons, machete included, would be a ritual source of peace for his sometimes loud and chaotic mind. Grounding when he can feel the weight and texture where his nerves aren't completely damaged, smell the oil, have tangible proof that it's reality when he sees the maintained blade even after he becomes unmoored.

Now this is just me WAY reading too much into it, but it gives me a little giggle - The hole at the end of the handle is for a wrist lanyard, so you can loop a piece of paracord rope to secure it around your hand. It's an important safety feature just in case the machete goes flying out of your hand while chopping, lest it hit people in your vicinity (accidentally...?). In his 19 model, he doesn't have the paracord rope attached; Nikto says "Fuck your safety" but also huge ego of "I would never accidentally fling my knife!!"

Could also be because it gets caught on stuff if it dangles off his hip though - he's got one on his newer model where he wears the blade on his shoulder, which looks like a place where it's less likely to snag on things. Could also be because he's been increasingly featured in larger factions, so he works with more people and was asked to have one on hand maybe?? I don't know. In either case the knot in the middle of the rope makes it too small for his wrist which could also be read as a passive-aggressive "Here's the fucking safety rope it's on there ALRIGHT" and yet he's also made it nonfunctional for its intended purpose lmao Okay that's all byeeee

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my headcanons for some of the faceless operators

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I heard this through the grapevine but … since you think Lev Kravchenko is a Pookie 🤔 do you have any headcannons for him?

Ich weiß wo dein Bett schläft

Take your Lev and leave me be, 'anon', the AUDACITY!!!

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Some portraits of my cod OCs (top two are technically my own versions of milsim barrage and shroud).

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Nika has no fear

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Nikto and Krueger sketch for my own birthday :) I said it everywhere else but I'll say it here too, thanks for your support. ♥

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they can't give me soft-spoken protective nail-gun wielding assassin michael fassbender in coveralls and expect me not to go FERAL

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this skrunkly man is absolutely ermine energy

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thinkin about...cyberpunk simon........................

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tryna figure out how I wanna draw this man (permanently missing some nails, partial reconstruction of septum, grey hair from follicular damage from inappropriately administered first aid and stress? not quite dad bod but heavier set...think thonk...)

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Last minute adjustments. krueger/nikto (twitter)

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that one Konig skin is just his fishing outfit