I haven't seen these big, handsome men in a long time <3 The Wind Waker Darknuts were so cool. As well as their beefiness, they also have a certain mystique that you captured well here

I really wish they could return in a future title. I believe there's also a lot of potential for a Darknut village, or something like that. They're super interesting, and they deserve more love

its so funny, the wind waker designs are sort of meant to catch you completely off guard, these masked knights that usually appear pretty generic are dog men with faces and even personality when they act surprised you cut away their armor. i think youre right expanding them into a race in zelda would be fun, or maybe something like smrpg's monstro town where you get to see into the personal lives of ganons minions. and also everyone is huge and big of breast