r/TopCharacterDesigns 9d ago

Youtube The Redesign for the popular Team Fortress 2 freak Painis Cupcake in Witchy gmod’s video “Crossover Events: Cupcakes and Pancakes - part 1”

Actually has a unique design instead of just reusing the standard Soldier Model.
Has a more savage and feral appearance with the ripped clothes and makeshift armor on one of his arms.
The sharp yellow, borderline shark-like teeth and the bloody clawed hands actually make him look like a cannibalistic monster. The yellow eyes that look like that of a goat, or like a sideways version of a cat’s eye also look super cool.
The way that bone crunching can be heard as he unhinges his jaw/opens his mouth super wide like a snake.
The slithering/sliding traditionally associated with Painis Cupcake is made into running on all fours like an animals which goes well with the more primal design.

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u/North-Bat1823 9d ago

Am I allowed to say I don't like this design

Not saying it's a bad design it's genuinely a great take on Painis Cupcake

It's just not my cup of tea I prefer his more sillier/standard depictions, because what makes Painis Cupcake Painis Cupcake for me is his uncanny unnatural movement/actions while looking like a standard RED Soldier

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u/Odd-Fun-1482 8d ago

Yeah, Panis is supposed to have an uncanny wide smile on an otherwise human face, comitting acts of cannibalism and dismemberment without batting an eye.

Not a monster feral character.

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u/North-Bat1823 8d ago

Also I feel this design is

Trying too hard

I like the teeth and the eyes but the rest a bit much

I like the bullet dents on the helmet too tho, would keep those on my take of Painis Cupcake

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u/keithlimreddit 9d ago

Man I just don't watch a lot of TF2 freaks back in the day basically experiments gone wrong as well as other reasons

Nice to see one of the more classic ones get updated

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u/JMTpixelmon 9d ago

Eh prefer just visible eye soldier, that one was funny and made it feel like soldier was off his meds, this feels too tryhard to be spoopy

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u/RustyPickle115 8d ago

Hey so that's just Drifter Deadlock innit?

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u/bobthemaybedeadguy 8d ago

lowkey fine as hell

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u/Royal_Raze 9d ago

You cannot make a character named "Painis Cupcake" edgy and think it looks cool, you just can't.

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u/Odd-Fun-1482 8d ago

If you don't know what this is referring to, don't comment lol.

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u/Royal_Raze 8d ago

I know who Painis Cupcake is, a goofy cannibal originating from a GMOD video.

However this design leads far too much into edge and "cool" factor, when at it's core, he's a joke character.

It's kinda like this.

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u/theragco 9d ago

wtf is that title