#and i like just the slight cracked doll motif

[muzzleroars]

im so sorry this is like the 3 billionth time ive sent an ask but the way you describe the stone-like skin that covers fallen gabe's body makes me think of like. a ball jointed doll. which i might actually go for that kinda look if i ever finish and or post something in the next year. but does that make him heavier?? gabriel becomes a heavy class enemy real?!??!

READING MY MIND...it was just cut off in the first pic i posted of gabriel with his tail, but right above him i had this sketch:

so yes you're exactly right!!!! he's based on a combination of enemies like the hideous mass and ball-jointed dolls, which i thought was an appropriate mash-up for a fallen angel (plus he needed the ability to still bend/articulate, so it made sense to take this route) like in the sketch, the separations appear as more golden cracks...and i think he made them himself as his skin hardened, breaking himself open in order to move (v1 assists in stubborn areas) i'm working on a fully-finished piece of complete fallen gabriel (or....i have the idea of it. in my mind.), but his armor covers most of these details!

and for your question, yes again!!!! i mentioned it briefly in the gabe slam-storage ask, BUT he does become a heavy class so he's entirely grounded and acts as a very effective anchor point for v1 lol (it's not...canon ig, but i imagine anything in the medium/medium-heavy classes can be little unpredictable with the whiplash, so they can be unreliable sometimes if v1 wants to pull itself to them. not so anymore with gabe!!)