#While looking up Xrd/Strive DI Sol pics I found out someone had made a fully nude model with a poseable dick of it

[solradguy]

DI sol tier list???

I love DI Sol sooooooooo much. This list will be from least to most favorite:

6

Original Flavor Dragon Install: Not a whole lot of art for the early era of Sol's Gear form. I suspect that maybe Daisuke hadn't decided how far he wanted to push the design yet, or that maybe it was limited by the technology of the time. This illustration is the only one that has more going on than just white eyes. Note that he still has the suppressor headband on.

5

HOS DI: Tail

4

Xrd/Strive era: I've talked about this design a lot and how very close it is to being incredibly cool. Unfortunately, it's kinda goofy. No pants? Where'd his nose go? Why does the middle horn have jiggle physics. The glowy effect they did for his body is cool and I like that his head being almost solidly black is reminiscent of the brief moment you see him in silhouette in the older games when he installs, but I get the impression that this design might have been rushed. It uses the same jacket Sol wears in the story mode and the lack of pants is just way too funny.

3

Vastedge: This is another one where I used to feel like it was just missing something when I first saw it, and then I saw how it looked in the actual Vastedge animations and it changed my mind. It's pretty good, I'd like to draw it some day. This one being low on the list comes down entirely to personal taste. I like detailed designs more and this one is mostly a solid black silhouette. (note: the red hair/wings and cyan belts are placeholder colors in the concept art).

2

The Begin design: LA CREATURA. Ok I know he's just red and spooky in this design and that's super generic, especially with it being ABOVE the Vastedge design, but I think it's a good case of "less is more." The atmosphere of it makes it. Look at how he's clinging to the mirror in the second picture. Can you imagine that sprinting at someone at like 120mph and then bisecting them with his bare hands like they're a friggin loaf of bread??? This design would never work in the games, but it's perfect for the biological horror theme of Begin.

1

OVERTURE DRAGON INSTALL SOL: God what a FREAK. I love this design so much. It's the only one that has any design motif similarities with other (non-humanoid) Gears we've seen, with the big chompy teeth and more draconic silhouette, while also having aspects that would return in the Xrd/Strive design. It's so MEATY. AND it has 5 eyes?!? If they combined this design with the Xrd/Strive one, we'd get the coolest DI design Sol's ever had.

He just straight up throws away his sword for this giant beam of fire that's so long it clips into the ground when he walks: