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Crystaldemon93 — Geodaemons Warriors
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Sketch to define the main warrior strains of four species of Geodaemon or Earth Fiends:The Spawn: a Drone, the basic, shape-shifting attack unit. It is the only caste besides the King. Said King feeds on fresh genetic material, then lays eggs with that same genetic material in them. Drones hatch from these eggs, and have all the memories(if the brain has been consumed) and abilities of the consumed creature, being also able to alter their form and assume the creature's form, their own or a hybrid of the two. They also possess liquid nitrogen as blood.
Sin: Envy (previously greed);
Tribute to: the Xenomorphs;
Creatures used: Xenomorph, Zilla, Guanlong
The Horde: A Reaper, the slithering attack unit of the demons of Lust, with axe-like blades on its arms. These fiends reproduce by sending Incubi and Succubi [link] to copulate with other creatures, which will result with impregnating them (in the Incubi case) or being impregnated (Succubi). In both cases, the spawn will burst from the parent in a matter of hours, then be on its way to the hive. Once one of these has been produced, the queen will be able to produce it endlessy. Their body is filled in a glowing purple liquid, a powerful hallucinogen that also sends the victim's senses to the stars. The Reaper here is created when one of the parents is a serpentine creature, either a Naga or a giant snake.
Sin: Lust;
Tribute to: the Zerg (Starcraft);
Creatures used: Zerg, Acrocanthosaurus, Debouse(Lost Planet), Species;
The Destroyers: the Warrior, core of the brutish attacks of the demons of wrath. They have a high internal temperature, that increases when fighting. Destroyers are immune to any heat-based, in fact, it feeds them. When exposed to pure fire, they grow more powerful, brutish, in a sense they evolve. Strange is that their own flames cannot do that, the fire must come from an external source.
Sin: Wrath;
Tribute to: The Tyranids (Warhammer 40000)
Creatures used: Tyranids, Carnotaurus, Destoroyah;
The Brood: the Broodling, spawn of the Queen, soldiers of the Brood. Higly intelligent and malevolent, the Brood are the only known Geodemons that actively produce and use any kind of utensils. They have great mental prowess and among the strongest Geodemons in terms of power. They're generated by cockroach-like infants eating away at other creatures's brains to grow up.
Sin: Greed (Previously envy)
Tribute to: the Brood (Marvel);
Creatures used: Brood, Dilophosaurus, Edgar Bug (MIB);
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Comments: 43
Drone:
Nothing new to me, but a very nice Drone sketch nevertheless.
Reaper:
0_0 AWESOME. Just how large are these critters, on average? Also, presuming this beast would occasionally drop down entirely to slither around like its parent/host, are those hallucinogen sacs on its upper body going to be a liability in movement?
Warrior:
Lookin' good. My suggestions would be to shrink down the hand claws, and add a fourth spur-like digit to the hand, which could sport a miniature version of the twin scythes. The freaky little hands are one of the abelisaurs' most distinguishable features, you know.
Broodling:
Awesome, though the abdemon definately screams "Brood" far more than anything. My advice: keep the overall length, but give it "more tail, less stinger", if that makes any sense. Otherwise, perfect, especially with the head crests
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Drone:
Neither to me, but I deemed it necessary to pint out the addition of skeletal features as well as the tail-blade.
Reaper:
About 2-3 meters in height and 4-5 in lenght. Those sacs inflate when on combat, when the creatures will rear up, the rest of the time they would be roughly the size of common pectoral muscles.
Warrior:
I thought those were short enought, my bad XD I did that as a reference to the'Nids Rending Claws biomorph [link] but your suggestion could work too.
Broodling:
Indeed that didn't really convince me. Glad you like that crest, it was to rensemble Brood's head crest and make a different Dilo design.
I'm editing these sketches as we're talking, man. And Thanks, btw.
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Drone:
Well, I hope not. LOL And okay then.
Reaper:
Huh, smaller than I expected. And good explanation, you're catching on
Warrior:
LOL an abelisaur can never have too short digits. They don't really look like ripping claws ATM, just "so I don't have stubby fingers" claws.
Broodling:
Eh, I tried. Welcome, bro
Anytime, dude, anytime.
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Drone:
However, I admit I keep liking the old, horned, big-eyed version of em.
Reaper:
Your standard Hydralisk size. Thanks.
Warrior:
Really now? XD Uhm..I'll admit I was inpired by this too [link] Also, the nids are skeletal, but built like humanoid beings. Should we keep that body design, meaning longer ankles and thin hips, or stick with what we have here?
Broodling:
I'll admit I can't decide how to make em. I like both the 'Returned 1982 clan', which appear more Naga-like, and '1999 clan', similar to Kruthiks, you can find those here [link] Could that stinger-tail design I made some time ago work?
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Drone:
Bah, big eyes aren't the best first choice for designing something vicious. The smaller the eyes are, the less emotional/sympathetic/whatever a creature looks, thus giving it an illusion of aggression and hostility. Bug-like eyes are an exception, though they should have no brows; they're supposed to look emotionless and completely inhuman, so anything that can be conveyed as intelligent emotion should be left out.
Reaper:
Bah, that's tiny. XD Welcome.
Warrior:
Bah, your beasts are far more interesting than that thing. Tyranids do have skeletal external features, though most of it seems to be for looks, since some biomorphs can be very large/bulky. Abelisaurs are also quite burly creatures, so I'd suggest making the Destroyers similarly brutish (personally, I see them as having the most raw muscle of all Geodaemon breeds).
Broodling:
Dude, when you post a link, make sure your punctuation is a space apart from the URL, or the link won't work properly. XD Anyways, I rather liked the '92 Brood. I honestly cannot recall it ATM.
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Drone:
True, but if they're given small eyes and that crest is kept, they'll rensemble Xenomorphs a tad too much. Also, I recall one of their powers was to launch bio-nitrogen blood from eyes. I admit I like these ones a tad more (let's see if I can post link that work XD) [link] the one in the middle. I'd add bigger, brood-like eyes.
Reaper:
What would you suggest then?
Warrior:
They indeed are the muscle of Geodaemon. So, shall we go for plates on scales? As for build, I think this [link] could work.
Broodling:
sorry for that XD. it's in the long column of images on the right.
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Drone:
I haven't seen any evidence for that in your pics...yet, so for now, I'll disagree on that. Yes, but that doesn't mean their eyes need to be larger, the spray would then scatter shotgun-like...then again, that isn't such a bad idea in itself. Same here: other than the missing Guan-Xeno crest, I'd call that one just about perfect.
Reaper:
Depending on the size/type of the parent/host (your info sounded to me like there are several naga-esque critters to choose from), anywhere from laughably small (3 feet or so) to pants-wettingly large (60+ feet). Again, depending on the host size/type.
Warrior:
I thought so: the Spawn are standard troops, the Horde are infiltrators, the Brood are aerial specialists, the Devourers are naval specialists, the Destroyers are heavy artillery, the Symbiotes are Special-Ops, and the Hive are swarmers: that all sound about right? Perhaps, though with a larger torso and hips (all the better to dropkick the enemy with, you know). I'm also thinking that hoof-claws might fit the Destroyers, since they're the heavy hitters and will need sufficiently heavy claws to support their strength; my Ruiner sketch showed this vague idea.
Broodling:
LOL it's cool, I fixed the link and saw what needed to be seen.
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Drone:
Mainly because those were just sketches, but if you imagine those with jet-black colorstion and certain movements, they really rensemble Xenos. 0_0...That I would very much enjoy. I think I'll stick with the horned one. So, bigger Brood eyes?
Reaper:
To name some hosts there would be Naga, Gorgons, even common snakes. I'd imagine Incubi and Succubi not exactly like I've drawn them (those would be the human ones), they could simply be walking bags of hallucinogen, then shape themselves in the needed form, kinda like the Zerg Changeling.
Warrior:
Not exactly, the Spawn would be the infiltrators, and the Horde the standard troops. Uhm...Hoof-claws could be a tad too much like the 'Nids, but we can try and see where it goes. Those of the Ruiner were hoof claws? I did not notice. You imagine this as a split hoof-claw or a fused one?
Broodling:
Which ones you prefer? If you need more precise pics, I can upload them, they could give you a clearer idea.
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Drone:
That's true. Well, such a spray wouldn't technically be coming out of the eye itself, but from a vein very close to it...but anyway, yes, a slightly larger eye I guess.
Reaper:
Right then, though you might want to include Pythons (the monsters, not the real snakes) too. Oh, fun. XD
Warrior:
*headdesk* I tried. XD Tyranids just have hooves, not hoof-claws. Yes, they were: three functional toes like standard theropods, but the claws tipping them are very large and bulky, like hooves. My bad if I didn't post the pic large enough to make those details out ^^' The Ruiner also has a dewclaw, but it faces backwards and is essentially a mini-scythe: my mantra in designing the Ruiner's talons was "if it isn't a hoof-claw, it's a scythe".
Broodling:
The '92 variety, the Queen specifically.
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Drone:
I know it wouldn't, but these big, unblinking eyes could really give off a disturbing feeling. Also, I wouldn't mine a shotgun-like spray for the King, while Drones have a less powerful, but more precise spray.
Reaper:
Never heard of those. LOL
Warrior:
The rest was more than okay, though. XD Ah, then I noticed that. We could also have the foot-claws larger than the toe, like this pic, giving tha beast a nasty kicking attack. I like the dewclaw idea, and that's a mantra I love XD.
Broodling:
Good choice, those buggers even managed to infect Ghost Rider [link]
However, which one would you choose between the Reborn Clan-82 and the Clan-99? If you can't make them out, 99 are very Kruthik-like in appearance, while 82 reborn have no abdomens and are more Naga-like overall. If you want, I can provide you with better pics.
Another thing in my mind was a species that's a tribute to the Genus from the Alienators series. They could reproduce either by 'Infestation' like some Zergs, or by 'Implanting/merging' with other organisms like the Brood Clan-92.
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Drone:
Works for me.
Reaper:
LOL Python was the earth-dragon of Delphi, and was eventually slain by Apollo; I'd provide a link to Wikipedia's entry on the monster, but the link has an underscore in it, so it won't work here.
Broodling:
Precisely, and GR should've possessed/weaponized a bucket-wheel excavator like he did in the live-action sequel: it's perfect for smashing big bugs. LOL I'd use a mix of both, but with the designs of specific Brood castes leaning towards one of the two clans, depending on said caste's purpose. And yes, better pics would be helpful.
Heard of 'em once (from you, incidentally), and I've never seen them. I'd have to be familiar with these critters before I can make any decent suggestions.
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Reaper:
Uhm...could be, could be.
Broodling:
LOL. Ok then, I'll post a 'Brood Collage' soon.
I thought you knew them, they're your standard quickly-evolving alien, but they can evolve to rensemble any earth species, albeith with alien characteristics, like big monkeys with purple spikes, tigers with six eyes and purple fangs, and such. Here's the series intro [link] , Scope's is the big red tentacled guy. If you want, I can post pics of them too.
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Reaper:
Indeed.
Broodling:
Right then.
I know they were in a movie called "Evolution", that's about it. The description sounds like a pretty mundane bunch to me, but fortunately that intro clip indicates otherwise: now I gotta watch the actual movie on Youtube. LOL I also happen to know where to find some concept art for Evolution: [link] . They should be labeled.
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Yes, they were, but the animated series happens to be far better as to the aliens. In the movie they're just an entire alien ecosystem, barely aware that other aliens are different from humans, and have no real allegiance to eachother. I can't link you to it, but you should check it out. Why are some of those drawings awfully familiar? XD jokes aside, there's nothing from Evolution in those concept, even if the Plagues are awesome.
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So, the "Godzilla '98 effect": the animated series easily trumps the live-action film.
What do you mean "just"? XD Already found it on Youtube, I plan to watch it over the next couple days. LOL The Mbwun-like beast and the pseudo-pterosaur were both designed for Evolution, though judging by your statement, they unfortunately didn't make the final cut. Yes, now I know why I liked their in-game designs so much
Sorta off topic: I recently heard of a videogame beast referred to as "Crawmerax" (which would've been an AWESOME kaiju name), whom appears in a DLC for Borderlands. Not sure if you could/would make use of its design, but have a look and tell me what you think: [link] , it could be useful for finalizing some of the larger Hive/Destroyer castes.
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Kinda, yes.
I mean that I prefer an Army to and ecosystem, but that's just me XD. You found the movie or the series? LOL now that I look at them, I'll tell you 'not really'. Indeed XD
Looking at it, those claws make me think of the Hive, could be a large burrowing caste, rival to the Destroyer Trygon.
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Just finished watching Evolution this morning...and I LOVED IT! XD
True, and as I mentioned above, the movie. They are titled as being for the Evolution film, but they clearly didn't make it into the final cut: a shame really, I thought that the higher vertebrates towards the film's end could've been more imaginatively designed. Todd Marshall did have one other conceptual piece for Evolution - I think it was for the little tadpole thing in the pool's maintanence shed - but he doesn't seem to have included it when he updated his website to its current layout.
Indeed; though it can't be seen very well in that clip, Crawmerax and his juvenile minions are actually fairly serpent/grub-like in their hindquarters, so designing a Hive burrower (Tunneler, perhaps?) after it would've be too challenging.
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I had no doubts you'd like it.
Eh, well, movie's still nice.
UHm...we'll see. Even the Necromorphs have been tickling my imagination lately...
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LOL yes indeed.
Indeed it is. Hilarious quotes abound.
Aaannnndd...I'm out.
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Heh, remember that movie next time you see a big, purple mosquito
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Whaddya mean next time? XD
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What, you didn't see any of em already? ;D
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Niiiiice! I wonder what species were used to make these designs, though...
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Thanks! I put some description you might find interesting.
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Cool, I'll check it out ASAP. (BTW, did you get my note?)
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Ok, and yes, I'm just thinking about that. If you don't mind, we could chat about that.
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I don't have the time, unfortunately, since I'm preparing for school stuff. It's probably best to simply reply to the note for the time being until I actually get some time away from studying to talk.
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Ok, then, no prob. I'm replying to your note just now.
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These guys look pretty cool, I can see where several of your past designs have gone into their creation.
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Thanks, I tried to make sort-of final versions, but I don't know if they'll really be XD. What's your favorite for now?
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The second. It reminds me a lot of the Monster Rancher nagas and that sits very well with me.
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Well, not meant, but welcomed, given also that one of its parents was a Naga.
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Figured that much.
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cool creatures, they look like they'd be vicious in battle
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Thanks, and they ARE
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