Fakemon Concept Art: Mega Metal Fish By MopMaster Watch

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I've been 'floating' the idea for this one around for awhile now.



Type: Water/Steel



Info: If I could bring an extinct species to the modern world, it'd be Dunkleosteus. It had the second strongest bite in known history, instead of teeth, it had these bony plates that would form a giant pair of shears. To quote the ever reliable Wikipedia, "Dunkleosteus could quickly open and close its jaw, like modern day suction feeders, and had a bite force of 6,000 N (612 kg ; 1,349 lb ) at the tip and 7,400 N (755 kg ; 1,664 lb ) at the blade edge. " It came from a class of armored fishes known as placoderms that grew bony plates on their bodies, and Dunkleosteus could grow up to 20 feet long (about the size of a great white shark). Older than the dinosaurs, these things ruled the ocean for a time.

I originally envisioned this as a Mega Evolution for Relicanth, but it seemed to deserve it's own spot on the dex. Seeing how the only parts of it that were preserved were the bone plates, we can only speculate what it might've looked like, so Artistic License Ahoy! I barely changed anything about the real world version of this, just slapped a thin coat of Poke'paint on there. Most obviously the bone plates were made metallic, and the fins are now giant blades. How the hell this thing maintains buoyancy is a mystery to me. The rust patches seemed natural for a steel plated organism living in the briny deep. Maybe they're just the spots where its 'anti rust mucus' has worn away. Maybe they get larger as it ages, like steel fish arthritis. Maybe they're not rust patches at all, but rust colored algae that grow exclusively on this fish. The diamond shaped scales along its lateral line are all supposed to be bladed, but I forgot to finish that before I started uploading it. C'est la vie.

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Published : Oct 5, 2018