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Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread
- Thread starter Ken Gilliland
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it's looking like a Gecko will be possible 
Love geckos!
But then too, I love gecko hands and feet on my human figures too :wink:
But then too, I love gecko hands and feet on my human figures too :wink:
I finally have a UV map I'm happy with so I'm starting to fill in the blanks on this and upcoming "lizard" projects as I shift to textures and species selections. I'm envisioning the Lizard will have a similar approach in packaging as did my moths had, only only difference being that since the Lizard is much more complex than the moth model was (as well as the textures), it will come with one base species and the add-on sets with 4.
So here's the plan (subject to change):
Base set (Lizard Model with the Fence Lizard included; both eastern and western species)
*Note-- having the Western Fence Lizard means my Greater Roadrunner can finally have something to eat
Volume One (Base Set required)
Volume Two (Base Set required)
Possible Candidates... (iguanas, helmeted and flying lizards, chameleons, etc will need to be a separate model(s)/project(s))
Ground Agama
Common collared lizard
California rock lizard
Viviparous lizard
Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis
Tokay gecko
Common Butterfly lizard
Blue-tongued Skink
Common Skink
So here's the plan (subject to change):
Base set (Lizard Model with the Fence Lizard included; both eastern and western species)
*Note-- having the Western Fence Lizard means my Greater Roadrunner can finally have something to eat
Volume One (Base Set required)
Volume Two (Base Set required)
- Gila Monster
- edited: Black-necked Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis)
- edited: Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)
- ...?
Possible Candidates... (iguanas, helmeted and flying lizards, chameleons, etc will need to be a separate model(s)/project(s))
Ground Agama
Common collared lizard
California rock lizard
Viviparous lizard
Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis
Tokay gecko
Common Butterfly lizard
Blue-tongued Skink
Common Skink
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I'm also liking the Microlophus albemarlensis. Her belly definitely looks like dragon scales.The colour of the Acanthocercus atricollis is really pretty (hope someone will do that for texture for the dragon
I would be hard pressed to choose from those suggestions for the second pack Ken. I never knew lizards could be so colorful.
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I have to put in a vote for the common skink of course, but I'm also partial to this little fellow, commonly found in our bush up north
It's no accident I included a NZ lizard-- I like to keep my fan club happy
I included the Blue-tongue to keep the Australian fans happy, too ...as for the frilled necked, it will require a separate model. That frill will be troublesome to create and rig, since I'd insist on it being workable (being able to retract).Well, then I'd like a Frilled Necked, Blue Tongue or perhaps a Goanna then
Admittedly, my list is a little California heavy-- but I'm creating the stuff, so I get first pick...
..and besides despite being one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world (over 5,000 native plant species with over a 1/3 of them being endemic), California is poorly represented in 3D flora and fauna (with the except of birds lol)
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Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
Sounds great these are all lizards, not geckos right? Wait I do see one gecko on your list…
And I got a little confused between a Western fence lizard and a blue belly… Looking them up on Google I think they're the same thing? Lizards with beautiful blue on their undersides are so common in California, I love them. But then actually I love any and all lizards because I just think they're so darn cute! I actually owned and even tried to raise the tiny unknowingly lizard… Dragon just doesn't know what I'm trying to say not even sure I can spell it with Dragon in my hand is really bad this week after too much art …a And oh L darn it… anolie they are little tiny lizards that change from green to brown ! my little guys laid eggs and I called the San Diego zoo to try to find out how to try to hatch them and did my best putting them in moist soil on top of the refrigerator but they never did Hatch.
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5453ebc5/...noles-evolved-in-florida-20141031/650/650x366
And I got a little confused between a Western fence lizard and a blue belly… Looking them up on Google I think they're the same thing? Lizards with beautiful blue on their undersides are so common in California, I love them. But then actually I love any and all lizards because I just think they're so darn cute! I actually owned and even tried to raise the tiny unknowingly lizard… Dragon just doesn't know what I'm trying to say not even sure I can spell it with Dragon in my hand is really bad this week after too much art …a And oh L darn it… anolie they are little tiny lizards that change from green to brown ! my little guys laid eggs and I called the San Diego zoo to try to find out how to try to hatch them and did my best putting them in moist soil on top of the refrigerator but they never did Hatch.
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5453ebc5/...noles-evolved-in-florida-20141031/650/650x366
Haha of course you get first pickI included the Blue-tongue to keep the Australian fans happy, too ...as for the frilled necked, it will require a separate model. That frill will be troublesome to create and rig, since I'd insist on it being workable (being able to retract).
Admittedly, my list is a little California heavy-- but I'm creating the stuff, so I get first pick...
..and besides despite being one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world (over 5,000 native plant species with over a 1/3 of them being endemic), California is poorly represented in 3D flora and fauna (with the except of birds lol)
I'd be really stoked with a BT. I know the Frilly would be hard to do, just couldn't resist asking since its pretty distinctive
Yes, ... blue-bellies are just another name for the Western Fence Lizard
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Here's a little texture wip in progress render of the Fence Lizard-- I'll be having alternate materials to add the blue which appears during mating season. There's still a ton of work to do to them, bump/displacements are placeholders from another species, legs are roughed in-- as well as the belly, but the head morphs are about right.
Our endangered Calochortus weedii (an endemic Californian Lily) opened today... this and others will eventually be recreated in 3D for a future Nature's Wonders product...
