Beasts of burden

[gfair]

And, the mek looks embarrassed because he's totally being groped by that human standing next to him.

-- X

And the human groping him is Mansa.

I linked the art in a previous thread, but I didn't realize that the image was shrunk to fit the page.

[John]

So if that's an inix, what does a sunback look like?

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

Personally, I find the scale of both the inix and mekillot a bit small for Zalanthan standards.  The back of the inix is only at the same height as the man standing in front of the mek, so about 70 - 80 inches. Now try to picture a half-giant riding an inix of that height.  The HG's feet would be dragging along the ground. It'd be like a very large man trying to ride a child's pony.

There is no mount that is commonly available that can really support a HG's weight well, si I'd say that analogy is just about the right one.

[MorganChaos]

For some reason I pictured inixes as being smoother. If anyone saw Obi-Wan's lizard mount thing in the monastery in Episode 3, that's what I thought an inix looked like, except no beak and smooth. Low to the ground with easy movement and stocky but supple limbs. Stich is probably another decent example, though not as good. Though I suppose I could see plates along the spine. Smooth plates.

[Anonymous]

Awwww mannnnn....

And here I thought the mek I drew was really cool.  And then you posted that.

Eh. well, mine's not copyrighted, I guess...

[Sephiroto]

I feel the same way as John.  It looks like dark sunback rather than an inix to me.  I picture an inix like a giant (large enough for a half-giant to ride), smooth-scaled komodo dragon.

[davienLazy]

A psionicist attempting to dominate an immature mek

[Dalmeth]

Actually, sunbacks are probably based off troodontids, since it mentions in game they are related to raptors.  Just imagine a raptor with a much longer neck, probably a bit bigger too, and you've got a sunback.

Also, about that inix : the one in the first picture just isn't a lizard.  For one thing, its legs stand beneath it, and all lizards walk at a sprawl.  The lizard from Episode 3 is probably the best science fiction representation of a huge lizard I have ever seen.  Pretty much the only difference from real lizards was that the legs were distinctly longer and more muscular in comparison to the usual ratios of a lizard, which made it look more graceful.  I didn't complain at all.

[Anonymous]

New and improved. With color.

[Fragmented]

I'm beginning to think I'm the only one who pictured mekillots like tyrannasaurus rex's. I mean.. we've got raptors (I assume it looks like a raptor like in Jurassic Park).

[Hymwen]

I've always pictured a mekillot being more like the tarrasque from D&D:



More of a semi-bipedal monster than a sort of oversized crocodile-lizard.

[Anonymous]

except we have braxat that look much more like that.

but yes. Meks are shellier than what I drew - hence why I labelled that one as an immature mek. Got to get there somehow.  Too shelly and I can't imagine ever managing to kill one with some bone spears and a stone-headed axe.

[Spooman]

Actually, sunbacks are probably based off troodontids, since it mentions in game they are related to raptors.  Just imagine a raptor with a much longer neck, probably a bit bigger too, and you've got a sunback.

Also, about that inix : the one in the first picture just isn't a lizard.  For one thing, its legs stand beneath it, and all lizards walk at a sprawl.  The lizard from Episode 3 is probably the best science fiction representation of a huge lizard I have ever seen.  Pretty much the only difference from real lizards was that the legs were distinctly longer and more muscular in comparison to the usual ratios of a lizard, which made it look more graceful.  I didn't complain at all.

The animals of Zalanthas have always been a debated issue....But here are all of my thoughts......
Scrab- even though it says they look like mantises, i still picture them as large beetles with pincers....
War Beetle- A huge rompcerous/hercules (google the pics of those beetles) beetle
Inix- A large lizard, simple as that, with a line of bone plates following its spine to its tail.
Sunback- Obi-Wan's Lizard in episode 3.....Minus the dreads.
Kank- A big ant, lol
Gwoshi- Lion mixed with a buffalo.
Gortok- like a Warg from LOTR, but a little smaller.
Mekillot- A mean, bulkier, brontosaurus without the giant neck. (it has to be toothier, and more claws.
Verrin Hawk- A large hawk capable of attacking prey as big as a person.
Ritikki- Small mantises....
Gurth- big turtles with spiky shells
Braxat- Huge, beastial, clawed troll with hair, and a large shell on its back......Troll from LOTR, but bigger, and more claws.

Feel free to debate my visions all you want.  


*edit* I said all of my thoughts....They are just some. *edit*

[Dalmeth]

The animals of Zalanthas have always been a debated issue....But here are all of my thoughts......
Scrab- even though it says they look like mantises, i still picture them as large beetles with pincers....
War Beetle- A huge rompcerous/hercules (google the pics of those beetles) beetle
Inix- A large lizard, simple as that, with a line of bone plates following its spine to its tail.
Sunback- Obi-Wan's Lizard in episode 3.....Minus the dreads.
Kank- A big ant, lol
Gwoshi- Lion mixed with a buffalo.
Gortok- like a Warg from LOTR, but a little smaller.
Mekillot- A mean, bulkier, brontosaurus without the giant neck. (it has to be toothier, and more claws.
Verrin Hawk- A large hawk capable of attacking prey as big as a person.
Ritikki- Small mantises....
Gurth- big turtles with spiky shells
Braxat- Huge, beastial, clawed troll with hair, and a large shell on its back......Troll from LOTR, but bigger, and more claws.

Well, I can't blame you for the sunback.  Afterall, it is called a sunback lizard.  I really do wish someone would come along and tell me if when they say a lizard in the game, they actually mean a dinosaur.  Yes, there are key structural differences, and it's getting really tiresome for me to keep picking it out.

Which is why I can blame you for your conception of the mekillot.  I personally like the idea of that long-tongued version.  At least it's vaguely lizardish, but then again, not quite.

[MorganChaos]

I feel the same way as John.  It looks like dark sunback rather than an inix to me.  I picture an inix like a giant (large enough for a half-giant to ride), smooth-scaled komodo dragon.

Yeah, that's how I picture inixes. Except a little more supple and less wrinly than a komodo dragon.