#proto gauss

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Gauss injures himself a lot, mostly by running into walls. Luckily Grendel is there to be his first aid.

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I made even more proto-Grendel and Gauss art 💙🧡

I thought about also sharing some of the characteristics and ideas I had while designing proto-Grendel and Gauss, a lot of which I took inspiration from people who commented on the original design sheets. (Thank you for that <3)

For Gauss, I really liked the idea of him being an old hot rod lover with greying hair on the sides and a large scar on the bridge of his nose from all the walls he keeps crashing into. I thought it would be fitting for him to wear a black leather biker jacket along with his atomicycle helmet, which I made based on his original design mixed with a fighter pilot helmet. Unlike Amir, Gauss uses his inline skates to achieve his inhuman speeds.

I designed Grendel as a large juggernaut unit with lots of padding around his original warframe design. Accompanied by a full ginger beard that slightly greys out the father it gets to his hair. He has no real medical skills but always keeps a box of band aids (with hot wheel-like designs on them) in one of his many pouches to patch up Gauss with. Dealing with an insatiable hunger. Grendel's constantly growling stomach reminds him of the Helminth strain growing inside him.

Thinking about how their romance system would work in the game. Coming from someone who has two partners, I really loved the idea of Grendel and Gauss being a romanceable couple. That way the drifter can enter their relationship as a third. They could even have a KIM group chat with the two of them reacting to the drifter's messages.

These are just my thoughts and ideas for a personal headcanon, but I really loved reading the suggestions people commented on the original design sheets, so feel free to add your two cents :)