haha I thought it was a spike too 
BTW please post: poly count and mesh please..
dont forget metal shadow and the other metal sonic like a version 3 of it and metal knuckles
http://www.haslage.net/matt/videogames/sonic/MetalSonic.gif
http://www.planetdreamcast.com/sonic/sonic/songames/multi_sonicr/art_metalknux.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/zrocko13/images/metal%20shadow1.jpg
I love the tweaks, it looks real spiffy-like now and was exactly what I meant.
Keep up the great work. :laff: