Mortasheen - Unused "Sizzlegeist" Concept Sketch
Added 2018-08-16 00:48:59 +0000 UTCI have very few fire-themed monsters, so I tried to come up with some heat-generating Ectosaurs I might actually like, but so far, none have really clicked with me.
My favorite fire-element creatures I can think of in any series has always been those from the original Metroid and Super Metroid. They managed to make fire monsters look really weird and alien and I really liked that, so I think a lot of Metroid rubbed off in this design.
The spindly arms feel like something I overuse, however.
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Maybe instead of long spindly arms give it tentacle fingers that are wavy like coils? Or like radiator/hair dryer/exhaust pipe arms? It could propel itself backwards by shooting fire out of its arms, like a fire nautilus and ironic living equivalent to the meteor that killed the dinosaurs.
2020-10-09 07:46:25 +0000 UTCThe head and those spiked structures on the back do evoke a firestarter aesthetic to me, the mouth in particular looks like it just needs to click its beak or flick its tongue to get a flame going. Personally I love spindly limbs, but for something different, maybe if it had a long body with pudgy limbs, like an anorexic caterpillar. Maybe it could wrap around things and raise their temperature, a living heating coil.
2018-08-17 20:40:16 +0000 UTCmaybe make it a bit more compact? keep the little metroid-esque details but make it rounder and blobbier, something like a podaboo or a blargg!
2018-08-17 03:29:22 +0000 UTCThere are lots of ways fire manifests, I think a pudgier oil slick slime boy might fit the bill. I don’t know why but trying to imagine this I thought of <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=106630." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=106630.</a>
GreenThreads
2018-08-16 23:18:01 +0000 UTC
