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Published: 2015-06-11 18:53:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 7108; Favourites: 155; Downloads: 0
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Bestiary artwork for Endless Realms , a D&D-like "pen and paper" fantasy RPG I'm working for.Here's another cold-loving critter - this one tunnels through ice and snow, then ambushes surface-dwellers from below, pelting them with shards of ice it stores in its gullet.Β I was vaguely inspired by blubbery beasts like belugas and manatees, but it probably doesn't show much :b
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Kind of reminds me of the Graboids from Tremors. Nice work on the worm!
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I swear I've seen Tremors, but totally not ringing a bell, will have to look up lol.Β But thanks!
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It's a pretty interesting series and the graboids are a very unique species despite being fictional.
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Haha, glad to hear it! Β I've done a few others of them for the game, if you're interested 
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I'm going through them right now as we speak, of course!^^
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Β I just love Creature Design! So many creative make believe creatures are made year after year!Β Β In this case, I love how this one appears to be influenced by both worms and whales alike. At first, I thought the hair was influenced by horse manes, but after reading your description, I could be wrong.
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Thanks so much! Β The mane wasn't reeaaally inspired by any particular creature, I don't think - I think I mostly just wanted to give it a shaggy feature, which seemed somehow suiting on an arctic creature, and thought a mane might be neat.
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Alright. That's fine.Β Β
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My first thought was of that famous picture of a fox halb buried in the snow while huntig mice.
Afterwards i imagined him facing this worm while hunting and... yes, i guess the outcome would be quite clear. XD
It will be very hard to fight this one, since the eyes as a weak spot aren't there. I guess the big sack under his maw could be a vulnerable point.
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Haha, yeah, that's a fun photo
I'm not so sure!Β I think the gullet/craw might be extra tough, as that's where it stores all the crushed bits of ice and rock.
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I feel like it'd probably give a pretty bumpy ride (especially while tunneling underground :V)
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Actually, the inspiration is noticeable, both in it's overall shape, and in specific areas like it's throat - which decidedly reminds me of a mature bull walrus.Β
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Heh, thank you very much!Β Glad it sorta comes through 
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All I know is. Rolling saves and praying for the dice gods to love me enough to run the other way!
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The dice gods are a fickle bunch >_O
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They require huge sacrifices....and death. Lots of death.
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