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Description Name: Snipe (Serial Number: 5N-1P3)
Age: Unknown, probably no more than a year old
Occupation: Robot Ninja
Bloodline: Metal/Wires... made in Japan
Home Town: Unknown
Bio:
The 5N series of robot ninja minions is the latest in micro-fiber biotic design. The arms and legs are able to telescopically extend up to five times their original length. When the limbs are at their normal length, they display the same durability as chain mail. Additionally, the arms come standard equipped with transforming appendages, converting from heavily armored battle talons capable of crushing a lead pipe or ripping apart a steal door, to hands as dexterous and sensitive as any human hand. their overall design is light weight for maximum agility and stealth. Their upper legs house powerful kinetic accelerators enabling the 5N series to run faster and jump farther than any design beforehand. Their synthetic brains are pre-programmed with the discipline if nunjutsu and are capable of learning from combat experience. It should be noted though, that for a light weight combat model, the armor is extremely light and the 5N series is susceptible to damage just the same as a human. If the 5N unit suffers cranial damage, than dispose of it immediately due to the possibility of synthetic AI corruption which may result in the 5N unit behaving unpredictably.

second chapter spoilers!
Once a mindless robot minion of the villainous Cyburai, unit 5N-1P3 suffered cranial damage at the hands of Isis when he unwittingly attempted to attack Ila. Having thought to have been destroyed in battle, Unit 5N-1P3 awoke hours later in the wreckage of the urban scene where the battle took place. Not knowing where he was or who he was, 5N-1P3 sot after the last faces he remembers before his system crashed- Ila and Isis. Having found them and pleaded his case, Isis decided to take him in and teach him to lead a peaceful life, giving him the name Snipe.

Artist's Comments:
Snipe was another character who's had a dramatic change to his design. Besides a few little things here and there, his battle talons have been completely redesigned. I wanted to make them look like the old Japanese shoulder armor when it's retracted. Since Snipe can't show a variety of facial expressions, I've decided to fill that space with his appearance in his cloak.
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Comments: 20

GeassDragon [2013-01-25 22:46:55 +0000 UTC]

nice taste in wigs

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RogerRaven [2010-08-12 22:11:11 +0000 UTC]

I simply LOVED the simplicity of your robot design! Makes him look a lot cooler and deadlier. The colour combination also looks great!

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JLCL01 [2010-05-06 06:44:48 +0000 UTC]

You know, I find robots/mechas wearing capes kind of awesome.

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ziginz [2010-04-24 06:59:25 +0000 UTC]

robot ninjas are always nice

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RedandBluereviews [2010-04-09 06:22:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is great original design work

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RochelleRoberts [2009-10-03 22:38:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh I like this design! I especially love the coloring
Is it weird that this charcter reminds me of Naruto? (the show, not the character XP)

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geoxen [2009-03-22 02:27:03 +0000 UTC]

Really like this design, well thought out.

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Didj In reply to geoxen [2009-03-23 02:41:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a bunch. I first came up with Snipe's initial design way back in high school when I just doodled a ninja to silk screen onto a t-shirt (I think I still have that t-shirt around here somewhere). Since then, I've always come back to his design, changing it just a little each time for whatever I wanted it for. Sometimes he's a desert nomad vampire, other times he's a grungy cyborg sniper. Though this is the first time I've actually placed him in a complete story.

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geoxen In reply to Didj [2009-03-23 08:16:04 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

Pretty neat history.

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Razmakai [2009-02-22 07:17:33 +0000 UTC]

Lol, if only I listened to ya when I drew him XD
I'll have to give him another shot >> can't beat the ninja robot >_O

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Tannalein [2009-02-10 03:00:57 +0000 UTC]

I love the talon design, and how they stay on the shoulders when they're not active

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ROKU-HOKAGE [2009-02-09 19:32:31 +0000 UTC]

aww.. that remember me when i did that one in 3d .. you gave me something similar to that .. but he wasn't exactly like that ... if i remember well ^^

look really cool XD

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Didj In reply to ROKU-HOKAGE [2009-02-09 19:41:57 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I did make some changes to his design for the continuation of my story. Truth be told, I was never happy with how I initially designed his battle talons, particularly how they recoil into this upper arm (part of the reason why I gave him that cloak). Since I was going some design tweaks to the cast, I thought I'd fix his battle talons. Also I tweaked his knees and feet. But other than that he's the same old Snipe.

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ROKU-HOKAGE In reply to Didj [2009-02-09 23:42:32 +0000 UTC]

wa... yep .. he look sharp ^^ well .. i can,t wait to read the next chapter of you comic ^^ keep it up man

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magmanorn [2009-02-09 11:40:12 +0000 UTC]



Is he coming back soon?

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Axixion [2009-02-09 01:25:53 +0000 UTC]

hahah this guy was my inspiration for J.A.C., my own little robot ninja.XD

his simple design is overall kickass

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RockyVRWolf [2009-02-08 22:51:01 +0000 UTC]

I love this guy so much ^_^

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NightmareOne [2009-02-08 22:46:46 +0000 UTC]

5N1P3! He's one of my favorite characters.

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NocturnalZombi [2009-02-08 22:38:30 +0000 UTC]

<3 Snipe.

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MelodicManiac [2009-02-08 22:04:48 +0000 UTC]

Kickass. I really like the colors and the arms design.

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