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Kirinized: Chrysalis - Changeling Kirin, minor Dragon/Tiger phenotype

Boy howdy this was an interesting one to do! I’d been meaning to get around to the mean bug queen and just finally got to it. Now, hers in particular was hard because I don’t have a changeling headcanon. I don’t have a subspecies in Neighpon or anything like that. But I suppose if I did, Chryssy here sets part of that standard!

Chrysalis has a false eye behind her real one, and it, like her belly and “crown” “jewels”, it glows. Barbels on her are far more bug-antennae shaped than they are in regular Kirin. Bug influences here are Rhino Beetle, Cicada, and Firefly. She also displays some traits from Dragon and Tiger Clans, regarding her plating and fin/bug-wing membrane, as well as Tiger Clan’s ear ocelli, tusks, and stripes. Overall very fun! :D

Others in the Kirinized Canons Series: Celestia Luna Cadance Sombra Tempest Mane 6

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Kirinized: Nightmare Moon - Imperial Kirin, Dragon/Akurei Qilin/Tiger phenotype

This was done as part of a commission payment to @goombot/ @askqueenmoon, and built off her design of NMM and my previous Kirinized!Luna design. I had a lot of fun with this design, making it similar but different to Luna. Especially that borealis type vibe I aimed to do with the wings and the stripes! Included two versions since I couldn’t pick between the glowy and non-glowy versions~

Others in the Kirinized Canons Series: Celestia Luna Cadance Sombra Tempest Mane 6

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A long overdue work of my fave horse from the movie that I still haven’t seen yet but I really like Tempest’s design for the same reason I loved Sombra’s. Gimme dat edge. hush I like my literal dark horses okay :p

Anyway. xD It was real quiet in my head, none of my OCs were prodding me, so I turned to a canon character instead. And I figured, “I already made Five Clans Kirin out of the Mane 6 +Sombra, I’ma do Kirin Tempest!” She’s mostly Tiger Clan, with handfuls of Phoenix and Akurei Qilin thrown in! Not enough of the latter to give her wings, but the shoulder and hip scales plus the additional mane and tail feathers, and feather feathering. Tempest makes a gorgeous kirin, if I say so myself~ c: She also makes a perfect reason to develop what happens when a Kirin’s horn-antler gets broken, and a perfect excuse to showcase a very common practice for cracked or broken horn antlers in Neighpon: Tsunotsugi, “horn mending”. A lacquer or other similar binding agent mixed with a highly magically-conductive material (gold, jade, other semiprecious stones) is used to fill cracks and bind broken pieces back together. It’s considered a high honor among Kirin of the Imperial Military to have had it done.

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Kirinized: Luna - Imperial Kirin, Akurei Qilin/Dragon phenotype

And here’s a pretty pretty Luna, displaying some Akurei Qilin and Dragon traits. I can rationalize the choices of the clans rather readily but to be honest I wanted to do some heckin’ beautiful galaxy fins okay. Also I wanted to do “finthers”, fin-feathers. They’re kinda like fins but they’re kinda like feathers. I haven’t really fully worked it out yet but they have properties of both to where they are neither one. Finthers are what’s there where I normally put tufts of hair or feather.

Others in the Kirinized Canons Series: Celestia Cadance Sombra Tempest Mane 6

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Kirinized: Celestia - Imperial Kirin, Phoenix phenotype

Haiyo I’m back at turning more canon ponies into Five Clans Kirin. xD EDIT: Gave her a little more visual dynamic because Luna outshone her otherwise. lol

This time I’m at it for the remaining Princesses. First up is Sunbutt herself, of course!~ While an Imperial Kirin embodies all Five Clans’ traits, some traits can show up more than others. Celly shows more Phoenix in her appearance, given her warm and playful nature that, if steered astray, turns as brashly destructive as a wildfire.

Others in the Kirinized Canons Series: Luna Cadance Sombra Tempest Mane 6

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Kirinized: Bulk Biceps - Turtle/Qilin mix

Hims so big with so leetle wingses. xD  One of the suggested canon ponies to be Kirinized. Kirin!Bulk probably could not fly with those wings but Onmyodo help you if he gives you a chest bump. lol My tired butt forgot his barbel whiskers. I fixed that now.