WIP
This is my very first post, so forgive me if I screwed something up (and also for image compression, I used a giant canvas ;3;).
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Anyways, after messing around with a lot of different ideas, I’ve settled on these for now. Of course, I’ll be reworking them based on feedback, but these are my current rough designs.
So I was thinking that such a bizarre combo of traits warranted an equally bizarre design. I wanted to avoid wings, and I stumbled upon the idea of a creature using its long spiraling tail to fly. Then I remembered a real life lengthy creature that often does spiral, Praya dubia, also known as the giant siphonophore. Since all siphonophores are laced with venomous units, this would perfectly fit Poison. It also made me think of a good way to tie in Tinted Lens too: add units that specialize in seeing like in real siphonophores.
When I saw that the primary ability would be Stamina, my first thought was to have this long tail coil and compress tightly around the main body, forming a sort of rubbery shell/vehicle. After playing around with designs for 30b, I came upon a sort of upside down cone shape. I realized that the shape I drew looked a lot like Leonardo da Vinci’s tank flipped upside down. And then it clicked... my idea for 30i’s spiraling shape also vaguely resembled da Vinci’s helicopter. This was just the thing I needed to tie the two forms together!
So basically, my take on CAP 30, at least for now, is a Praya dubia mon whose main form is a sturdy and defensive da Vinci tank while its visually-augmented, offensive form takes the appearance of a da Vinci helicopter. And for extra visual clarity, I made the main body look kinda like an arrow so that it would point up or down depending on its form.
The main part that I think needs work is the way 30i’s tail connects to the body. I just drew some random round shapes, so I could really use some suggestions on how to make that look better. I also don’t know if I can justify 30i having big conical spikes when 30b has thin spindly spikes? That was what looked good to me, but I don’t think it has much logic to it. Maybe I’m wrong there? Also a bit iffy on 30b's colors, I made them darker so it would look more compressed but I might have to toy around with the palette more. Oh yeah, dunno what the item should be at all. I just made a spiraly slime thing. Suggestions on that would help too!
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