Retro Darknut (Blue)

The Darknut resembles a large knight, equipped with heavy armor and a large sword, and a wide shield. Darknuts are notoriously difficult to defeat, and are considered by many fans as the hardest non-boss/non-mini-boss enemy in games in which they appear. These foes share trite similarities to the Iron Knuckle, though there are a few discernible differences, one being the Gothic appearance of Darknut's armor as opposed to the somewhat Eastern appearance of the Iron Knuckle's armor. Apart from that, the two have never appeared in a game together (aside from the non-canonZelda: The Wand of Gamelon, where Darknuts are a common enemy and an Iron Knuckle is a boss). Additionally, sinceOcarina of Time, Iron Knuckles have wielded two-handed axes while Darknuts prefer swords or maces.

I made this skin in the Novaskin editor. It took about 5 hours to finish.