[Kirby] Sir Arthur: May the Stars be with you

For the first time, I've actually drawn something other than gijinkas! But, of course, there will be a gijinka version soon. I say 'soon' because gijinkifying[?] Sir Arthur takes forever because his armor is painful to draw.
Also known as "holy shit, I can actually draw puffballs!"

Both jokes aside, there is a lot of (intentional) duality going on in this picture. Very, very easily, I could have drawn it as the puffball version of Soldier of the Stars, that one gijinka GSA!Meta Knight that you guys seem to love, but I chose to keep the backdrop of this piece a lot cleaner, brighter.
Reason why is I've always imagined Sir Arthur to be a 'knight in shining armor'. Even as he fights, he shall, and will always be so. As if he's the role model of all soldiers in the universe, spoken of in legends and in awe, revered by all. I chose to draw him like this to reflect that mental image I have of him. If I had the time to make it a lot more epic, a lot more badass, then I definitely would have taken it. Though at the moment, that kind of luxury is hard to come by .-.

But when I was drawing this, Ivy's Arthur character sheet fav.me/dtgmbk was a godsend. Dunno if she's still in this part of the fandom, but Ivy, if you are still around, people still love your work and what you've done for Kirby. No matter how long ago you've done it ;]

Also, the flag design, because I think it's big enough of a detail to note: the emblem on the flag [ --✪_] is the same as my signature. I like doing logo designs, but this little headcanon of what the GSA's flag looks like was planned from the beginning. They have another flag as well, but that's for later, when I get around to doing a group picture of the 'four generals'.
With that said, enjoy the very first puffball picture in my gallery ;]

9/9/12: EDIT for upping the quality and making it Pixiv-worthy. Apparently after submitting a work, Pixiv won't let you change the file like dA does...which is unfortunate for people who are never really finished with a drawing, like me.
Right now, Arthur and the flag look a lot 'cleaner' than the previous version. I still have both versions saved :V

Pixiv link: www.pixiv.net/member_illust.ph…

DL for fullsize. This thing is huge. I mean wallpaper huge.