Sketch for a crystal-backed Pangolin, hope you guys like him, his 2nd and third Tiers are going to lean away from cute and be a bit more "hardcore" and intimidating. Think, a lion/draconic lizard I know it sounds odd but I hope it works.
Also, feel free to give me ideas on a colour scheme on this guy, at this point I'm thinking black, beady eyes, a sandy beige for the exposed parts of it's skin fading to a clay red as it nears the crystals (reverse colour scheme of the real Pangolin. See bottom of page for a link to images of a Pangolin) and either a Ruby colour for the crystals or an Amethyst purple.