Think you need to work on your light source. The legs indicate the light is coming from the right, the gauntlet is a mixture but has a highlight and shadow that may indicate the light is from the rear left and the arms and face make it look like it's coming from behind the viewer. But I immediately thought Megaman before reading your description, so you've done a good job on capturing the likeness.
Report it if you think there's been plagiarism
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