Iron Splicer!

Some would argue that you can splice something with itself. Hell, you even did so yourself.

stand strong in the face of defeat
Im ready for a judgery to happen

BY THE WAY I'M TAKING SPOT SIX ON THE WAITLIST I WAS CHEATED OUT OF A NOT-KULLEN MATCH

Once again, Kullenuska and Makkilemore have raised the Iron Bar! Let's check out the scores!

Kullenuska

Splice #1: 37/40
"The face looks weirdly put together, but otherwise a very cool splice."
"Only the slight misalignment of the front blades keeps this from being a completely perfect splice."

Splice #2: 38/40
"Elegant and fuzzy."
"Evil shrimp with fluff. I absolutely admire the shading on this one. Fur is generally hard to shade and you pulled it off amazingly."

Splice #3: 29/40
"Relatively bland, and I do wonder how much Crawdaunt has actually gone into it."
"The spider is strangely cute but I feel like there's too much going on in the head area."

Splice #4: 36/40
"Hands-down, I gotta give you full points for just using the ingredient and creating something completely new and unrecognizable to Crawdaunt."
"Turning one Pokémon into something entirely different is certainly quite a feat."

Whole Collection: 35.5/40
"A bunch of well made crustraceans out of the crustoceans, what more is there to say?"
"Great variety and creativity. You really pulled out the stops on this one."

Total Score: 175.5

Makkilemore

Splice #1: 33/40
"Some unfortunate issues of perspective, but it's a solid retype. No pun intended."
"Rock lobster, my only weakness! (it is actually done really well tbh)"

Splice #2: 25/40
"I can appreciate the novelty of the splice, but otherwise it looks a bit strange on the lining."
"It's an interesting idea, but the final product is a little underwhelming."

Splice #3: 31/40
"Outstanding splice, but there's a couple of details that seem to have been missed."
"I love the additions to the back of Crawdaunt and adore the recolor."

Splice #4: 29/40
"Again, more of a novelty splice. This is an example of picking components over results."
"So much crab! Not enough Crawdaunt."

Whole Collection: 29/40
"You really explored the idea of Crawdaunt nicely."
"You fought hard, but in the end I don't think you took down Kullen. At least the next contestant won't have to feel the frustracean of losing to her."

Total Score: 147

An additional judge's comment: "These two went hard core today. If everybody worked this hard, it'd be so lovely."

A top-notch effort from both contenders, and a real whizbang of a victory for Kullenuska's sixth Iron Splicer win! Congratulations on setting the standard for Iron Splicer excellence!

Of course you have earned this custom trophy by Lavatarorigin as well as the title of Iron Splicer: Crawdaunt.

In addition, you are now the first inductee into the Iron Splicer Hall of Fame! Check the first post in this thread to see your commemoration! Congratulations Kullenuska, and thank you for your inspiring work.

With that, Kullenuska is forcibly retired, so we will have two new contenders for the next challenge! pilesofpixels, moonbat, are you ready to take on the Iron Splicer challenge?

"Relatively bland, and I do wonder how much Crawdaunt has actually gone into it."
EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T LIMBS IS CRAWDAUNT U LEG i only used three others, and that was for legs and colouring. what is wrong with you
anyway yes now i can retire in peace knowing that i have broken iron splicer to the point where nobody will reach where i am now. i will re-enter when someone breaks my record
you are all safe

Anybody seen pilesofpixels?

I'm going to give him one more day to respond, or we'll move to the next name on the list.

Alright, I will start the contest tomorrow at 12:00 noon Pacific time (3:00 Eastern, 8:00 GMT)!