Pokemon Fan Makes Cute Spiritomb Figure

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The Pokemon franchise is full of Pokemon that are cute, cool, and even intimidating, but some Pokemon go a step further and aim to creep fans out. Ghost-type Pokemon are especially prone to this, often featuring designs modeled after ghost stories, puppets, dolls, and other spooks. One Pokemon fan decided to create a tribute to one especially spooky Pokemon by crafting an adorably unsettling Spiritomb figure.

Spiritomb is known as the Forbidden Pokemon and is a dual-type Ghost/Dark Pokemon introduced in the Gen 4 games. This rare typing means it only has one weakness, Fairy-type, making it a strong choice for any team. The Pokemon also played a starring role in one of Pokemon Legends: Arceus' creepier quests, which tasks players with gathering 107 wisps to meet Spiritomb.

Pokemon Fan Creates Awesome Holographic Spiritomb

Redditor bbobblob shared a photograph of the Spiritomb figure they created using the craft of needling felting. Needle felting is done by combining wool roving with very sharp needles with barbs that are used to agitate the wool fibers and persuade them to stick together. Felters can create a wide variety of soft, fuzzy art pieces, including wool paintings and detailed 3D sculptures. Bbobblob decided to use the craft to make an adorable, soft, and quite detailed full-body recreation of Spiritomb.

The wool figure features a small tan base and a large light purple «face,» as Spiritomb does not have a traditional humanoid or animalistic anatomy. Instead, the Pokemon takes on the form of a mass of ghostly energy with eyes, a mouth, and markings. The energy appears to be anchored to a stone found at the bottom of the Pokemon's mass. Bbobblob's figure portrays the mass of energy as an irregular and relatively thin