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| Topic Started: Nov 24 2013, 09:58 PM (77,839 Views) | |
| the dark phoenix | Apr 22 2017, 11:55 AM Post #301 |
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King of wonderlandia
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InB4 he asks for everything he ever caught on rod and reel... I'm waiting on the cretaceous birds. That Confuciusornis will be worth the wait. Will any long tailed birds be in the cretaceous pack? Rahonavis? Jeholornis? |
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| Whalebite | Apr 22 2017, 12:11 PM Post #302 |
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No its is just the early crown birds, will probably do new skins for the other 2, I could do better, any color scheme ideas? Hopefully people will use some of the Jurassic birds to make some of the cretaceous stem birds I have also seemed to have lost this pack, I was wondering if anyone still has some of it, especially the Wood Pigeon and shelduck
Edited by Whalebite, Apr 22 2017, 10:07 PM.
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| Animales | Apr 22 2017, 02:04 PM Post #303 |
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Glad you're working on more prehistoric birds. It's nice to see something other than just extinct megafauna being made from time to time. |
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| UraniumThylacine | Apr 22 2017, 08:10 PM Post #304 |
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☢The Last Thylacine☢
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I love that your making obscure creatures no one else has made, Keep up the good work. |
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| AnimalGenius | Apr 22 2017, 11:26 PM Post #305 |
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Just a ZT Youtuber
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I think every mod creator should make obscure creatures. We pretty much have all the standard known animals at the disposal of previous mods. |
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| the dark phoenix | Apr 23 2017, 02:58 AM Post #306 |
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King of wonderlandia
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You can use my Houshanornis when you want. I don't recall the base species but a guy offsite helped me with modeling it into what it is now. |
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| RGDS | Apr 23 2017, 04:59 AM Post #307 |
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Well, we don't have the 10th of known animal and most of them need reskins or updates so I think that it's cool to have different types of designers in the community. ----- And I love the fishes, they look reaallyy good. |
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| Whalebite | Apr 25 2017, 12:31 PM Post #308 |
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![]() Fish From the Sea of Cortez Clarion Angelfish King Angelfish Totoaba Blacknosed Butterflyfish ![]() I think you mean obscure prehistoric animals, but yeah we still don't have all the iconic ones yet. I have also updated my site to have a lot of the newer projects. A big Thanks to Silverwren for holding onto and recovering some of my older downloads, some of which can no be found both in the download section and on my site (NZ Woodpigeon, Paradise Shelduck, Golden Toad, Morepork, and NZ Donation Box) I acutually don't mind the cretaceous birds as much as I thought, but may still do a few modifications. For the fish I still have a few more packs I am going to do, and I will start the pterosaurs soon. Edited by Whalebite, Apr 25 2017, 12:40 PM.
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| Anthracite | Apr 25 2017, 04:03 PM Post #309 |
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I never realised you'd made so many more downloads, they're spectacular! |
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| Whalebite | Apr 26 2017, 07:59 PM Post #310 |
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No New Fish... ...but... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All use skin elements from Hendrix, Renee did the Tupa Crest models by Hendrix and Lazardi Still have to finish up coding and sounds... any requests Also for biomes I would like opinions Dsungaripterus- Temperate Coast Anhanguera- Temperate Coast or Pelagic (Thoughts?) Tupandactylus- Tropical Rainforest or Tropical Dry forest (what was the Crato Formation environmentally like?) Pterodaustro- Tropical Coast, Wetlands, or Temperate Coast (Thoughts?) |
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| alewis16 | Apr 26 2017, 08:03 PM Post #311 |
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THEY ARE SO PRETTY!!! |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Apr 26 2017, 08:10 PM Post #312 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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Very nice, very nice. If I were you I'd thicken up their necks some (DM's was based off the WWSM one, which is hideously shrink-wrapped) but other than that they look great. I would not do temperate coast for Dsungaripterus- it was primarily an inland animal, so temperate forest or something would probably be more suitable. |
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| Whalebite | Apr 26 2017, 08:23 PM Post #313 |
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Yeah I didn't think that through, too much paleo art if them on beaches on the edge of the sea. Is it still current thinking that Dsungaripterus is a shellfish eater? So maybe Wetlands or Freshwater may be the way to go. It is unfortunate that the necks are so thin. As for diets Dsungaripterus- Shellfish and Fish Anhanguera- Fish Tupandactylus- Fruit and Meat (small animals) Pterodaustro- Shrimp Edited by Whalebite, Apr 26 2017, 08:24 PM.
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Apr 26 2017, 09:18 PM Post #314 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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That's one of the hypotheses, but it's my understanding that it's largely a holdover from the days when Pterosaurs were thought to be seabird analogues, each and every one. I think it's far more likely, given their inland habitat and ridiculously reinforced skeletons, that they were much more likely to be somewhat violent carrion specialists, smashing up bones to get at the marrow and battling each other and other scavengers over a carcass. Of course, I'm no expert, so don't take my word for it. It hasn't been proven one way or the other. |
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| Whalebite | Apr 26 2017, 09:43 PM Post #315 |
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You have me looking over Witton's chapter on them, it seems that most studies on their flight seem contradictory. Its wings give it flight similar to a kite, or possibly a marsh bird, but it is defiantly not a graceful sea bird. One study suggesting it was adapted to lots of short fights, which is more like a resident shore bird than a vulture. and on the ground it would be fast. it seems though it wasn't even remotely adapted to wading, and since they are inland, the scavencing hypothesis is maybe more likely. My thought, and part of the skin inspiration, came from oystercatchers. They hunt on rocks at low tide, but if inland tidal influence is not significant (although the moon was closer, so maybe there we massive tidal shifts up rivers, which occurs under very particular situations today.) I think my issue is the beak shape. It seems analogous to a shore bird. If it lived alongside small creeks and turned rocks, maybe it did eat shellfish. The thing is no modern scavenger has that distinctive look, they have hooks, or in mammals teeth and force directed up front. The tip of Dsungaripterus seems like a meant for precise use. Maybe a bone eater (did see that piece of paleo art) |
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