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Because Satyr (human + leg morph and horn), pegasus (horse + wings) and unicorn (horse + horn) are easier to do by yourself than centaur (human body + horse body)
Just Satyr is :
And these products already exist :
I remember it took years of begging and whineing and groveling to finally get the geografted centaurs and I am grateful!!
LOL!
Of course gorgonians and harpies are not popular at all.
I beg to differ.
I've thought of doing a harpy but man, making and rigging wings scare me.
I don't have any empirical evidence for this, but I can confidently state that a lot fewer people want to bang snakes and birds than horses.
Meh, "fewer", I won't argue, but that doesn't necessarily mean "none". I dare you to visit some of the chan boards or e621 with a side helping of Fur Affinity and you'll discover there exist a sizeable number whose, ah, "interests" lean in that direction.
Me, I prefer bog standard "cat girls". Ears, a tail, a cute lil muzzle with a nose pad and a plush pelt and I'm happy. Digitigrade paws and claws are a nice "plus", of course!
Sincerely,
Bill
Only in the under 5 crowd.
Luckily RawArt provide a large variety of creatures
Awesome, I've been waiting for a Pan before considering buying the other weird Greek Mythology characters.
Just you guys wait, I'm working on a hecatoncheires!
(not really. ;)
Some of these posts are getting a trifle risque - please dial it back.
I can't wait for this Genesis 8 figure
That could be handy
Yipes! I'd better keep an eye on my avatar! Six-limbed dragons I can deal with, but insects bug me...
I'd need another monitor just for the expressions dials!
Depends on your take on it. The snake tailed gorgon is, I believe, originally associated with Ray Harryhausen's take on them in Clash of the Titans; In classical mythology, Medusa was often actually winged. In some later classical versions of the myth, she was actually said to be exceptionally beautiful, but cursed by a jealous Athena.
I personally chose RawArt's Lekkulion morphs as the basis of gorgons in my setting; something that looks like it could once have been human, but not that weird.
(Also I'd add that even if gorgons aren't necessarily attractive themselves, their petrification can play into various "distress" fantasies).
Unlike the creature with the swords & mace in the image above, who is just a bit heady.
Yes, please.
Yes, can buy their bits over there.
I was joking, of course, but now I'm ... actually thinking of how one might pull it off. Mmmm.
Because I'm allergic to sales, apparently.
Oh Gods yeah!!
I don't use myth beasties in my work often, but, lacking more goat themed ones (there's that lovely Genesis one, but he's a little cartoony) the G2 minotaur gets used most.
I'm kind of hoping pantomime horse come back in fashion as well.
Personally, Id rather be a Motaur.
Unicorns have appeared a lot in UK political cartoons during the whole Brexit debacle of the last 3 years. They represent “unrealistic expectations”.
These are all drawings though, not sure I have ever seen a 3D render for a political cartoon. I guess the extreme faces, expressions etc needed doesn’t make 3D suitable.
All these Satyrs have too big hooves. They aren't descendants of horses and cows. Look at the goats. Look how small their hooves are, compared to their bodies and strong legs. Goats perfer living in mountains, where there is no space on steep mountein sides for big hooves. I would really like to get a Satyr or Fawn with realistical small hooves.
It is always funny when peopletalk about reality when dealing with fantasy creatures.
There is no absolute fact from which to draw the design of such characters from, so everything is up to the eye of the artist and what they choose to accept as the most logic premise for the design. Goats hooves are small because they are not very heavy (when you break it down by weight per foot), and they evolved for rocky terrain. But if you were to put such a tiny hoof on someone of human size and weight, then the first patch of wet or muddy ground, they would immediately sink to their knees and get stuck. So it would limit believable renders to only be done on rocky ground. Making it less usable.
Also from a rendeing point of view, if hooves are small it will easily get lost and not read like a hoof and people would wonder why someone is standing on their toes all the time. So for good rendering of fantasy creatures some exaggeration is important.
Must not say anythign about high heels on armour. Must not say anything about high heels on armour. Must not ... oh, High heels on armour!
(of course this would be worse - at least with high heels the toe portion can bear weight.)
LOL, reminds me that my mom's high heels used to fascinate me & my sister as little kids. Even then we could see something was really funny about being a half foot taller than what you really were. For us it was like a free trip on a carnival ride, especially when we put on dad's glasses to make us seem another 10 feet taller than we actually were. One of my older brothers threw one of those high heels at me when I was being mean once and I barely escaped! The heel left a big hole in the door where it hit! Those doors were cheap, the kind of doors that firemen knocking down doors would love.