Fortnite fan claims new ‘Grimbles’ skin is inspired by their concept

Epic Games added a selection of new content to the Fortnite Item Shop on December 22, which included the Grimbles Outfit, and one fan thinks it was inspired by their own concept. 

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The new character, which has a festive gnome design, is labelled as a Rare Outfit and is available on the Fortnite Item Shop for 1,200 V-Bucks. 

However, when one Reddit user realized how Grimbles looked in the game, they posted a reminder on the game’s subreddit of a concept that they had posted over 8 months ago – called ‘Woodland Warriors’ – and the two do look very similar.

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If you look at the concept outfit on the left (below), or Klaus as his creator yg99 named it, you can see a lot of similarities between Grimbles facial features and even the attire. 

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While some fans might be a bit annoyed by Epic adding a skin which is very similar to there’s without credit, the Reddit user simply said they were “mind blown” when they saw it had been added to the game’s store. 

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While the creator of the ‘Woodland Warriors’ concept thinks that their design has been added to the game, with a few tweaks, other Reddit users suggested that it might not be the case. 

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“Not only is that a stereotypical gnome look, but the pointy hat and pointy beard were already established as the chosen look if a gnome skin were to come,” TeaTimeKoshii said. 

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The concept from yg99 does look distinctly similar to the gnomes which already feature in Fortnite, they simply just translated that into a skin design. 

Whether or not Epic has taken any inspiration from the Woodland Warriors concept is unknown at this time.