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Dragonthunders — Kaiju creation: Sphyraphobe

Published: 2018-12-29 02:47:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 8963; Favourites: 296; Downloads: 18
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Description The mixture of characteristics of other animals in certain kaijus is notorious, sometimes subtle in some and in others extravagant, although few rival in the true aberration that the Sphyraphobe can archieve.

A pretty large armoured kaiju of about 225 meters long, this has a resemblance to a vertebrate tetrapod in bauplan, however with more extreme variations, including a greater number of limbs, being in this 8, each with a series of appendices that act as fingers, but with different functions, being only 2 tentacle one working like normal fingers, a third proboscis like structure which has each one a mouth which can use to feed either smaller and even stab and take chunks of meat of bigger prey like other kaijus, and 2 retractile, paddle shaped tentacles which helps them to manipulate and reach small objects. Interesting enough the arms actually can act as individual beings in the moment to feed looking for different prey and even fighting each other in the case both are looking for the same target. Up to these tubular limbs several drums-like structures perch on the shoulders, it is not known with accuracy how are structured internally, although by special observation, it seem that these hold parts of the digestive system of the creatures.

In front of the creature following its sinuous and long neck there is a small "head", which has a prominent jaw devoid of lips, with huge teeth and an extra pair of rows on the palate. The upper front of the head is smooth in texture and covered by a transparent layer, and inside of it posses what appear to be a pair of tubular eyes within a hollow area of the skull, somewhat similar to some deep-sea fish. Something that should be highlighted in conjunction with the text of the legs is that the head seems to lack any digestive orifice, making it hypothesize that in fact the long head of the animal is actually a limb without any feeding function.

At the other end of its body there is a titanic tail, which is as long as almost half of its body, at the end of which are groups of what appear to be multiple fins conforming a large fluke. Studies in structure and composition have shown that these fins could actually be highly modified gills.

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I had started doing this kaiju for a while, I based it at first creating the head from a barracuda skull and then mergin different creature features from tardigrades, snails and dragonfly larvae.

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Comments: 17

Eldertyrant682 [2018-12-31 01:35:38 +0000 UTC]

Moar Kaiju

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malevouvenator [2018-12-30 22:47:41 +0000 UTC]

Titan Sighting!

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DaKingofAll [2018-12-29 23:41:37 +0000 UTC]

At first glance I thought it was the Biolizard from Sonic Adventure 2.

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90pringles [2018-12-29 21:55:14 +0000 UTC]

nice

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Dragonthunders In reply to 90pringles [2018-12-29 23:34:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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WinterdayJC [2018-12-29 17:07:37 +0000 UTC]

shouldnt name be sphyromorph?

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Dragonthunders In reply to WinterdayJC [2018-12-29 19:29:37 +0000 UTC]

Nah

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electreel [2018-12-29 15:33:52 +0000 UTC]

Me encanta como has combinado características de kaiju tradicionales con características más propias de invertebrados marinos, sobre todo esas extremidades semejantes a los parápodos de los anélidos La mención de que la cabeza no está involucrada en la alimentación lo hace aún más interesante si cabe. Me recordó a tu versión de Typhon, por cierto.

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Dragonthunders In reply to electreel [2018-12-29 19:40:10 +0000 UTC]

Muchas gracias colega, traté de hacerlo lo mas bizarro possible

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electreel In reply to Dragonthunders [2019-01-02 01:30:55 +0000 UTC]

Y lo conseguiste

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iamdeceased [2018-12-29 13:00:07 +0000 UTC]

So is the implication that the tail is actually the head?

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Dragonthunders In reply to iamdeceased [2018-12-29 19:30:06 +0000 UTC]

Not really...

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Edddit In reply to iamdeceased [2018-12-29 17:10:22 +0000 UTC]

That would be strange
Fun fact: Kaiju means Strange Creature/Monster

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Ryan-Bowers [2018-12-29 11:02:38 +0000 UTC]

Man this is truly epic and I agree with GiantBlueAnteater the level of detail on this design is spectacular 

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Dragonthunders In reply to Ryan-Bowers [2018-12-29 19:29:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Giant-Blue-Anteater [2018-12-29 04:53:45 +0000 UTC]

There's almost a Wayne Barlowe vibe in this piece, and you got it down pretty well here!

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Dragonthunders In reply to Giant-Blue-Anteater [2018-12-29 19:29:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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