Ladies, everyone's favourite Resident Evil character (LOL), Leon S. Kennedy of Earth-ARV98!
(Yeah, his middle name is still Scott, btw)
With the release of Resident Evil: Requiem (or RE9) alongside its ridiculous mods on PC (I haven't even play the game yet LMAO), I guess we can all conclude that Leon has slowly turned into Dante for many reasons. Like, dude, bro can parry a freakin' CAR like it's ROYALGUARD!
While I adore Leon's RE9 look, at the same time, I still miss his RE6 China attire, hence why I mixed that look with Dante's DMC2 coat for his RE Code Lacrima look. Not gonna lie, both of those costumes are kinda similar for some elements I see, and when I combined them, it worked!
For his Devil Trigger design, I decided to pay homage to Dante's DMC3 DT instead (especially for the Rebellion and Beowulf DT form, ever since Dante's DT look in DMC3 actually differs depending on the Devil Arms or weapons he's using), while combining with Dante's unused Perfect Devil Trigger concept from DMC4. Not to mention I used a little element from RE4 Verdugo, but decided to not making it too similar to them. Inspired by 2 different takes on Verdugo Leon from @polarspaz LMAO
Funny, you should said, that polarspaz also did Leon's DT design, but here, my design predated those!
Leon S. Kennedy (Earth-ARV98) — artwork by CaptainARV on DeviantArt. Normal Form · Yeah, his middle name is still Scott, btw. With the relea
That being said, my view on RE9 Leon also affected my take on Leon's sword, Esperanza (literally means "hope" in Spanish, to match with the entire Los Illuminados motif, in which, in Earth-ARV98, is another demonic cult here), which is highly inspired by Venat's sword from Final Fantasy XIV. Until now, I just can't get rid of Leon's hatchet from RE9, so I decided to integrate it into Esperanza's design, so it would work as some sort of Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts game. You know, as both SWORD and HATCHET or AXE in the same time.