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Here is the continuation of my work.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-RagaFort.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-RagaFort.jpg[/img][/url]
A longly Raga fort, possibly inhabited by a lower noble of some kind

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-DesertRunner.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-DesertRunner.jpg[/img][/url]
This one and the following creatures are an attempt at a more original and interesting creature. This one is a speedy predator protected by an armor of scales.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-Carapasslizard.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-Carapasslizard.jpg[/img][/url]
A slower herbivore. Feeds on cacti and mostly relies on the carapace for safety. I think it would be interesting if this creature could exist in several different sizes.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-DesertFox.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-DesertFox.jpg[/img][/url]
I tried to use the idea voiced by lb003g0676. The flaps evacuate the heat and are retractable. They also could be used for the rituals during the breeding season.
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Post by Elfane »

I like your creature ideas. They are thought through and have nice sketches.

Dont like the flaps in the last one though, looks like wings. Also the combo of flaps and a furry animal is not my bag of potatoes.

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What's lovely about your creatures is the thought put into believability and detail. The small mammal, for instance, reminds me of the functionality like that belonging to a desert hare or dimetrodon :)
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I haven't been here in a while, as I had very few moments of free time recently, but I did manage to color on of my precedent sketches.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-Carapacelizardcolored.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-Carapacelizardcolored.jpg[/img][/url]


I will try to color the others as well when the time permits it.
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Just so this doesn't get missed, it's really quite awesome. You have an obvious talent in coloring. Personally I would reccommend your promotion based of the examples given. However, are you planning to have more time on your hands to do art? You seem to be pretty busy.
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WOW! You rule in colouring! (and drawing of course)
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I'm going to echo Elfane and say that I think the flaps on the last one are a bit un-mammalian, but the first two creatures are fantastic!
If you're looking for a place other than ears to circulate blood, you might try putting flaps of skin connecting the legs or neck to the torso. May end up looking a bit like a sugar glider, but for different reasons (not much to glide from in the desert)
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Well, we are talking about a world that has elves and trolls and imps (how do they stay up anyway).

What about the platypus? Or feathered dinosaurs.

Maybe it use to be a gliding rat before it moved into the desert.
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I think I remember hearing that the Alik'ir (sp?) has a lot of cliffs, so that shouldn't matter. Gliding animals is a good idea, as they wouldn't need flapping animations, or any animations for that matter, other than swaying from left to right.
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Gnomey wrote:I think I remember hearing that the Alik'ir (sp?) has a lot of cliffs, so that shouldn't matter.
It's a desert, probably more like a dune than anything. It might have mountains on some of the borders, but the Alik'r won't have cliffs Gnomey. You need to do more reading methinks :)

You might be thinking of Hews Bane, or the Dragon Tails.
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Morgoth wrote: However, are you planning to have more time on your hands to do art? You seem to be pretty busy.
Spring break has started for me, so since schoolwork will be out of the way I should be able to post more stuff in the beginning of the week.

I will also try to apply the great suggestions I've received so far, thank you everyone.
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As promised here's an update.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-DesertRunner-color.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-DesertRunner-color.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-DesertFox-colored.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-DesertFox-colored.jpg[/img][/url]
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Post by sapien »

That armoured running lizard thing is really good , reminds me of a cross between a monitor lizard and a meercat.

Nice colouring as well
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I've done a couple quick sketches of creatures. if anyone likes those ideas, I'll develop them some more.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-Idea2Creatures.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-Idea2Creatures.jpg[/img][/url]
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The caterpillar is too Scrib like. And to be honest giant insect creatures are much more suited to Morrowind. Apart from the occasional one that slips through. I love the squirrel though.
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lb003g0676 wrote:The caterpillar is too Scrib like. And to be honest giant insect creatures are much more suited to Morrowind.
Giant bugs are simply TES, and Hammerfell is very like to Morrowind, environment wise. Remember, alien is good according to Sload. (Just not too much.)
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I like the flying spider too- but we should probably have either the spider or the squirel- and the spider seems more like an enemy to me.
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Judging from the replies the spider is the favorite, so I'll work on it some more. I'll also post a different creature sketch tomorrow morning.
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Morgoth wrote:
lb003g0676 wrote:The caterpillar is too Scrib like. And to be honest giant insect creatures are much more suited to Morrowind.
Giant bugs are simply TES, and Hammerfell is very like to Morrowind, environment wise. Remember, alien is good according to Sload. (Just not too much.)

But giant bugs are far better suited to Morrowind, and the 'alien' point is true, but you've got to follow a basic theme, otherwise there is no separation between the places. Arachnids are another story, spiders and scorpions weren't prominent in giant bug life in Morrowind and yet giant arachnids seem quite fitting in the deserts of Hammerfall. even mentioned in lore if I'm not mistaken.
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Well, at any rate giant centipedes would work. Aren't the herd animals of the orcs a breed of furry centipedes? (Or something to that effect). The desert version could be the fur-less cousin of the dry and hot areas in eastern Hammerfell.
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I just think that an extent of restraint is needed in creature creation. I am not completely writing off the idea, you can't in Tamriel, but there is some pretty strong evidence.

And Gnomey, sometimes what you say really confuses me. Yes, they did breed giant shaggy centipedes. However that was near the border of Valenwood in Orsinium, very far away from Hammerfell's deserts and these beasts "can live only at high altitudes on alpine and sub-alpine forage." Completely different to the majority of Hammerfalls landscape.

Giant minibeasts, bugs and arachnids inhabit Tamriel, yet they need to be separated to live in the environments suited to them. Your soft caterpillars won't last long in a dry desert. They need moisture.

Although sounding extreme, I reiterate, I am not writing the possibility of there being caterpillars off. They just seem out of place to me.
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I never said deserts, just not in a place where fur would be needed to stay warm. (Though I admit that my "dry" was probably wrong, due to my lack of knowledge concerning insects). But Orsinium in Valenwood? I always thought (and read) that it was by eastern Hammerfell and some of High Rock. (Which also makes sense when you consider the war between Redguards and Orcs).
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Caterpillars die in deserts. Hammerfell has lots of non desert lands, so maybe it could be used - possibly as a creature that is found close by the border to the north maybe? Giant armoured milli/centipedes in the desert sound great to me though...I might even come up with a couple of concepts myself - I can imagine they'd be a bugger to animate though :/
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Gnomey wrote:I never said deserts, just not in a place where fur would be needed to stay warm. (Though I admit that my "dry" was probably wrong, due to my lack of knowledge concerning insects). But Orsinium in Valenwood? I always thought (and read) that it was by eastern Hammerfell and some of High Rock. (Which also makes sense when you consider the war between Redguards and Orcs).

Yes, Orsinium is in High rock, I got mixed up throguh reading the extract I got my quote from.


I was also thinking of armoured millipedes Nalin. Millipedes have a much larger chance of working, they aren't so squishy. Infact suited for dry conditions, still though I disagree with the idea as scientific facts can't be the basis for how it works, a theme for each province is there, and I don't think they fit in, if you're gonna have something wriggly, have a snake. And it's true that Hammerfell has a lot of non-desert areas. But most of it is dry and hot even if it isn't on the borders of countries. And is it really worth designing an animal for a border region only?
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I think you're right. Snakes would be much cooler (though the millipedes would be cool too) and seems like having the "caterpillar" in border regions would kind of be trying to justify a way of fitting that piece of concept art into Hammerfell rather than it naturally fitting.
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Post by Gnomey »

Good point. Really I just wanted to point out that a similar giant bug can be found just east of (or maybe in) Hammerfell, so Inerri's picture would actually fit.
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Sketch as promised. It's a elongated creature, inspired by a specie of snakes that travel under the sand. It is scaled like a snake, but the mouth is closer to one of a carnivorous worm. Since it uses sand as camouflage, I don't think it would need to be of a light color.

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-DesertBurrowingWorm.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-DesertBurrowingWorm.jpg[/img][/url]
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That's a nice clean little sketch - good colouring too :)) The creature (maybe intentionally) reminds me of 'Tremors'. I really like the idea of this (perhaps a creature similar to this has been brought up before? - if not i'm surprised it hasn't!).
Imagine wandering through the desert having no clue whatsoever (aside from perhaps a slight rumbling sound) that a giant killer wyrm was about to burst out of the ground and devour you. The PC would be constantly on it's toes! - though i'd imagine it'd get annoying if they popped up all the time...like cliffracers allover again!
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Same idea was used in Dune, on a much larger scale. :)

I like the idea, as long as it isn't over done.
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Here are some more creatures

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Creature-Scavanger.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Creature-Scavanger.jpg[/img][/url]
A creature that would most likely feed on the recently dead . Inspired by the almost total absence of birds in TES

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Creature-multipedeLizard.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Creature-multipedeLizard.jpg[/img][/url]
An attempt at something deviant

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Creature-FlighingSpider.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Creature-FlighingSpider.jpg[/img][/url]
The expansion on the flighting spider idea
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update thing....

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The colored version of the undead above.

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Post by Jale »

Yummy! Try adding a few amulets around the body though, thats what keeps them going apparently (in a book from morrowind...)
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I shall.
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Same mummy equipped with the promised amulets.

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Update *finally*

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/hammerfell-glassclutter.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_hammerfell-glassclutter.jpg[/img][/url]
Some glass dishes, cups and a carafe. Those would probably go in upper- middle class and middle class homes.

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Some ideas for the pillars found in ruins.
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[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/Hammerfell-MiddleClassDishes.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/isibis/th_Hammerfell-MiddleClassDishes.jpg[/img][/url]


This is a *hopefully* complete set of middle class clutter. The best material for this would be light colored clay. If there are still some things that should be in the set and aren't, please tell me.
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Post by Jelle »

looking very nice, I only have one thing to say: the pot looks more Elfish then Hammerfellish to me, but I can be wrong. (IMO the goblet and bowl look kinda Elfish to, but less then the pot to me)
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For some reason they all look Elvish or Cyrodiilic to me.
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I agree.

anyone think of interestign shape plates. Now I know not everythign needs to be abstract in Hammerfall, but it might be worth seeing.

Especially sicne these are too Elvish or Cyrodiilic.
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