fox in mech armour for s0lar1x

I saw this pic last night in it's finished version and i thought...oh my god, I have to draw that! I bought more than I bargained for though, as, because of the incredible detail, it took me over three hours to do!!
This design and colouring belongs to who I have become a fan of recently for his awesome mecha design (darn it! I have competition, I will have to pull out all the stops now!)

Yay! I think I am getting better at using pencils! This is only my second pencil picture and i am still treating them like watercolours which you probably shouldn't do!
I don't have that many pencil colours, and I didn't have the violet colour that this suit is supposed to be. I had a choice of either blue or purple...those who know me will know that the decision was an easy one!
Sorry for not asking permission! But I couldn't help it!

The suit is (c)