Comment on family promenade by RaXt0r

Bazil3282's avatar
For making such original drawing (I can see lizards striking poses, fighting, killing and wounding... but I can hardly see them on a family walk), you really deserve a fav :).

So... while today - probably - many people say that your Tyraeli remind them Na'vi from Avatar, to me they remind more of Sorin race from Dark Planet computer game and Lizardmen from Warhammer Fantasy. The latter because of this caste system, based on biological diversity (Arazewo and Aldaitsamu are much like Skinks, Aluerkawo are much like Sauruses and Accomandanih may be the equivalent of Kroxigors). The former because of the general idea of lizard race, living in peace with nature, who fight against human invaders, willing to colonize "their new planet". However, Sorin are not savage-like, but live on medieval level (and even have magic at their disposal) and fight with such weapons as swords, bows and axes. While Colonist (human invaders they fight), unlike humans in your world, are actually high-tech (they have stuff like power armours, battle droids and so on).

I don't mean anything like "you're not original" or "you stole from them", not at all... I like your Tyraeli, and although they fight against my own kind, I hope they will defeat human invaders :).
RaXt0r's avatar
again, thank you so much for your input!
to be honest, i dont really have much knowledge of the Warhammer universe and I believe i havent heard of the Dark Planet computer game before.
Come to think of it, i dont recall a specific influence when i came up with the Tyraeli and their classes. The Yautja (Predator) maybe.
Actually at first I just wanted a supercool tribal race of Raptor-people. And they actually were Raptors (utha-,veloci,- and some made ups). Only later on I made them a custom race with more unique features.
Bazil3282's avatar
You're welcome.

Dark Planet is an RTS that was released in 2002. It isn't brilliant, but quite nice (it's superb to me, because you can kick human's asses playing as a lizard:)). Kinda mix of StarCraft and Dark Colony - there are three races with distinct units and abilities (they even use different resources - for example, Sorin need wood, while humans have no use of it) - the human Colonists, the bug-like Dreil and the jewel in the crown - lizard-like Sorin.

There's a short gameplay, with Sorin kicking Colonists' asses:
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