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Manticore by ~Tricheus:iconTricheus:

Categories Digital Art > 3-Dimensional Art > Characters > Animals & Creatures

©2009 ~Tricheus
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this was for a project for work that was canceled.

First time doing a monster creature, but looking at it now, it could have been more original. Its basically a monster scorpion with an extending hidden opera mask face... with teeth.

i think i did a pretty good job while keeping it pretty low poly (2000 was my limit so...)

if i figure out how, i'll put up the animations later


concept art: [link]

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~Slayer-1412 Feb 24, 2009, 4:28:45 PM
it really does look like a scorpion, the defensive stance shows that very clearly

maybe you should've researched what a Manticore was, like the original story and characteristics

or maybe go into your imagination and break down the words and from there create an original form, abilities and character

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~Shufly Feb 24, 2009, 4:43:04 PM
Yep, Maticors are pretty much a different culmination of critters that just a scorpion (hell as I hate to admit it. Nice try though, good work with the character construction though. Nice UV layout as well.

Quote from wiki~
The manticore (Baricos in Greek) is a legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx. It has the body of a red lion, a human head with three rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), and a trumpet-like voice. Other aspects of the creature vary from story to story. It may be horned, winged, or both. The tail is that of either a dragon or a scorpion, and it may shoot poisonous spines to either paralyze or kill its victims. The creature's feet may also be of a dragon.

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~Tricheus Feb 24, 2009, 5:15:18 PM
aye, that i should have done

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Mecki
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~Tricheus Feb 24, 2009, 5:17:22 PM
nyeah~ that it is. Although, the original prompt for it was a monster scorpion, and was dubbed a manticore later.

but yeah, i was way off.

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Mecki
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~Slayer-1412 Feb 24, 2009, 5:48:36 PM
oh well, there's always next time, right? :D

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~miizmei Feb 24, 2009, 5:54:09 PM
i had no idea what a manticore was (only very minimal info)...

but that is one monster i d rather never see...

I hate opera masks....aggghhh nooo so scary...AGGHGHHH

*bleeds tears*

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~Tricheus Feb 24, 2009, 6:39:58 PM
gah! no bleeding!!

*wipes away tears of blood*
*with mah butt!!*

lol, thanks for favings! luff~

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Mecki
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~dontuna Feb 24, 2009, 7:30:01 PM
I like the pictures in the back. Did you draw those?

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~Kyle-DS Feb 25, 2009, 3:47:13 AM
the mask makes it look less intimidating D;

and uh... i always imagined a manticore as a scorpion-tailed mantis-bear. i dunno why.

looking at the concepts on the background... maybe you could give it a humanoid like torso with a long neck?

.... and hmm, the stinger looks.... kind of odd. i dunno why.

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~Mirsad77 Feb 25, 2009, 5:05:26 AM
this has 2000 poligons???
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