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I drew both of the concepts of pic related and people have been arguing about them and right now the mantis so i'll explain
The mantis is based on an orchid mantis and a bit of the choeradodis'. Also based on armored samurai (and Knights)
The "scyther head" of the mantis is based on the orchid mantis' pointy head.
I don't know what is the commotion about the humanoid body type. The concept i posted was in a different angle so it looks like it's standing straight but it's not. It's crouching in side-view.
I based it of on plenty of choeradodis, or mantises with an expanded thorax (which Leavanny is based on) but i toned it out a bit so it won't look like i ripped off Leavanny but still people think i did, assuming because i 'copied' it's arm design but that's not the case. I tried to make the arms look like petals like in the orchid mantis but anyway, it still looks the same with Leavanny but i don't care.