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Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread
- Thread starter Ken Gilliland
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should be great to ride an ant! 
Rent them at your own risk... they're both pretty bad lol
Well, I finished all the morphs (for now) and have all 12 major ant 'types' found in the world (there's over 22,000 subspecies in all). Next, I'll start some textures...
Below is all the different types. It's hard to see the subtle differences in some (other than size), but most have slightly different head, mandible and antenna shapes and different eye positioning. The Honey Pot Ant is shown with it's "full" morph. Select Honey Pot Ants collect and store nectar to feed the colony-- sort of acting like an insect refrigerator.
Below is all the different types. It's hard to see the subtle differences in some (other than size), but most have slightly different head, mandible and antenna shapes and different eye positioning. The Honey Pot Ant is shown with it's "full" morph. Select Honey Pot Ants collect and store nectar to feed the colony-- sort of acting like an insect refrigerator.
the honey pot ants are those that children there eat as a sweet?
They are "Bush Candy" for Aboriginal kids here in Australia - highly prized. They actually taste quite nice too. I like the burst of 'honey' when you bite into them.
thanks! i hear about them..but was not sure !
Szark
Awesome
does it kill the ant? I thought it didn't am I right?
Lovely image, Szark!
Thanks!
LOL! Ants are looking great, Ken
Thanks!
LOL! Ants are looking great, Ken
Flint_Hawk
Extraordinary
For those of you in the U.S. who get Turner Classic Movies, they plan to broadcast "Them!" on Sunday (September 3rd). I've already got it set to record!
Texturing the ants has been much more challenging than I would have expected. I thought I could just paint a simple texture for them.. silly me... after four different attempts, I think I've fallen upon a set of workable techniques to produce the varieties I want to include. Part of the challenge was that ants are a little hairy-- it's sparse enough that most hair painting techniques just look wrong or dumb-- and then, there's glossy skin that's a little translucent.
In any case, here's my first texture-- for the Army Ant. Experts are very clear about what to do in the case of encountering army ants... run away (although walking quickly is probably fast enough). While only 0.39-0.47 inch in size (8-10 mm), they are very aggressive and will attack what ever is in their path, traveling at 60 feet per hour and summoning their entire colony (up to 2 million individuals). Their scissor-like mandibles can cut through human flesh.
In any case, here's my first texture-- for the Army Ant. Experts are very clear about what to do in the case of encountering army ants... run away (although walking quickly is probably fast enough). While only 0.39-0.47 inch in size (8-10 mm), they are very aggressive and will attack what ever is in their path, traveling at 60 feet per hour and summoning their entire colony (up to 2 million individuals). Their scissor-like mandibles can cut through human flesh.
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