Idea: Making the Bengalass critter look like the Thanator

[ZealotPowerade]

Selendis definatly has a bone crest, you can see the double ridge.

I suppose I should have defined my terms before I entered into this conversation.

I took a few minutes and did a quick sketch of what I'm referring to as the "bone crest" I don't think the overall shape of the head has changed much since sc1. I always figured that if you were to take the protoss from the end game score screen of sc1 and rotate it to the side you would find the basic protoss head (as shown in my sketch) When I refer to the bony crest I'm talking about the hard bumpy ridge that surrounds the forehead and the dinosaur like spikes that travel up the center of the forehead. In other words it just looks like a hard plate that formed over the forehead, creating a protruding ridge above the eyes and fanning out towards the sides of the face.

[ArcherofAiur]

First off you have very good art skills.

Oh I see what your saying. For the sake of simplicity can we call that a center ridge. By bony crest I mean the two flat portions on the head.


But yes Selendis does have the "crests" but no "ridge". Also there are pictures of protoss in Starcraft 1 that dont have the crest even when viewed from the side. You can also see this in the Starcraft 1 mission screen.

[ZealotPowerade]

First off you have very good art skills.

Oh I see what your saying. For the sake of simplicity can we call that a center ridge. By bony crest I mean the two flat portions on the head.


But yes Selendis does have the "crests" but no "ridge". Also there are pictures of protoss in Starcraft 1 that dont have the crest even when viewed from the side. You can also see this in the Starcraft 1 mission screen.

So it seems that some protoss have the double ridge/bony crest and some don't in sc1. Both Zeratul and Artanis have the double ridge while Fenix does not. Not sure I've seen a protoss in sc2 that doesn't have a double ridge though. Can anyone confirm this? Although something that is far more interesting that they changed is the forearm section of the protoss. Lore can't explain that. Double ridge/bony plate you could say that older protoss grow the bony plate and have a more prominent chin. But the bulk of the forearm in sc1 protoss was near the hand now its more humanoid and the bulk rests closer to the elbow. Not really sure why that was changed :/

[ArcherofAiur]

But the bulk of the forearm in sc1 protoss was near the hand now its more humanoid and the bulk rests closer to the elbow. Not really sure why that was changed :/

Can you give an example?

[ZealotPowerade]

Can you give an example?

http://starcraft2.com/features/heroes/zeratul.xml

vs. what artanis and zeratul have in brood war cinematic "fury of the Xel'naga" (attached image or watch it on youtube.)

[The_Blade]

It's basically has to do with anatomic proportions of the legs or arms I think

Insects have something like this

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While other mamals and humans have something like this

>--<>--O

[ArcherofAiur]

Oh snap. Your right. Why did they change it? I liked it the other way. Made them seem actually different from humans.

Seriously the Protoss are so similar to us that they even have brachioradialis musclulature? Cmon Blizzard!

[The_Blade]

Oh snap. Your right. Why did they change it? I liked it the other way. Made them seem actually different from humans.

Seriously the Protoss are so similar to us that they even have brachioradialis musclulature. Cmon Blizzard!

Some times its just the artist, but some other times it has to do with reality. Though, Blizzard has never had a close feel towards reality hehe.

[ArcherofAiur]

Some times its just the artist, but some other times it has to do with reality. Though, Blizzard has never had a close feel towards reality hehe.

I know its just for once Id like to see an alien that doesnt follow the Anubis body plan. Look hes different from us!




Which of course brings us back to Mr. Bengalaas. I dont think an alien creature should be just a regular cat with extra racing stripes painted on to fool the unobservant.

[Triceron]

Why harp on the bengalaas though? Why not look forward to seeing new creatures that are out of the norm rather than trying to change what is already there?

They could make another species of 6 legged cats, no?