Nico: Lightning knight mode

This has to be my favorite sprite i have created since I've been on Deviantart, i love the design so much, blows away all my other nico sprites.

This is a SATBK cosplay, and also a mode he can go into. Not a form folks, there's a difference. Was inspired by a iron maiden song to create this ( youtu.be/ZM1zAVXKdXg , or avenged sevenfold version youtu.be/rAChjO9nons )

But yeah, i plan on making the actual transformation sequence using something similar to ichigo's when he get the mask on.( Haven't watch bleach in a long time, so don't remember much about it.) And just like ichigo, when his mask breaks, his armor dissapears and he reverts back to his hand combat. He can quickly transform back however.
He uses a lightning blade to fight other sword users, doesn't like to use this mode against hand to hand combat fighters cause he thinks it's unfair. But always uses this against other sword users. This is not a power up, but just a switch of fighting style. His armor is made of lightning but takes the form and hardness of metal.

This ability is probably gonna replace the color lightning idea i had since it's much easier to come up with moves for this. I'll probably have this mode's whole move set on the same sheet as his hand- to- hand combat move set is on. 

Backstory to this: Nico had a hard time fightning against sword users just using his hands, so he was trained by a Legendary Sword user (who would later turn evil) to use a sword. He then was able to incorporate his armor with his lightning, and could create a lighting blade that is like a normal sword at first, but when nico adds lightning to it can slice through almost anything( of course rubber is something that cannot be sliced through lol )

Everything but the hands is scratch, please do not steal.