#Andorian chitin patterns

[indignantlemur]

Some more in-progress pics! Shral up top, and Thelen on the bottom. Flat colours only for now while I play around with skin tone and colour palettes, but overall I'm reasonably happy with the poses! Both of their chitin patterns are opaque for the time being as well, though that will change in the future.

You'll note that while Shral has very pronounced subdermal chitin on his face and around his antennae, he doesn't have any on his hands like Thelen does. Coming from different Clans, both of them have differing chitin patterns and expressions thereof. Thelen has much more pronounced chitin all over the rest his body, which is a vestigial trait of Clan Sannev. Shral does not, which is in keeping with the dominant Clan Hrisvalar expression.

[indignantlemur]

i was wondering how are are the clans identified? Did they have sigils like in medieval Europe or are they identified by their chitin lines?

Thank you.

No problem! Here's what I've come up with:

Clans are identified a few different ways. Most Clans have unique chitin patterns - whorls and/or straight lines, ridged brows or smooth, heavier expressions of chitin or lighter, and so on, but they also have emblems which date back to the warring periods before the Unification.

The Hrisvalar Clan, for example, uses a stylized Hrisal blade as an emblem, which serves as a display of martial skill. They also have distinctive whorls at their temples and their facial chitin has a unique pattern. Clan Sannev are recognizable even from a distance for their bulkier, heavily muscled builds and heavy chitin expressions, and their emblem is a geometric design representing the Clan's widespread presence across Andoria. Clan Tha'an has both distinctive, scale-like chitin that more closely resembles fish scales than most other Clans' chitin does, and they have an emblem depicting a steel scale weight, representing their mercantile roots.

Nearly every major Clan has an emblem, and many of the minor ones as well, but all Clans have distinctive chitin patterns which are passed down genetically. Interestingly, children born to a Clan by a quad who do not possess the family chitin pattern (such as children from the quad's secondary couple rather than the primary) are not considered less or viewed as separate from the Clan, which might surprise outsiders. This is partly helped by the fact that chitin patterns are not identical from generation to generation, the same way that a family with of individuals with a shared eye colour may not all share the same exact shade but will instead have subtle differences in shade and iris pattern. The overarching traits are what is looked for, rather than exact matches.

Many Andorians will wear clothing - particularly leather pieces but also embroidered cloth - which has been tooled or embellished with patterns that mimic their own chitin patterns, or the patterns of the Clan they belong to. This is both a statement of affiliation and, shall we say, advertising on a more personal level.

Very few Andorians will hide their Clan affiliations, as they are taught from a young age that loyalty to one's Clan comes second only to loyalty to the Emperor and Andoria herself. There are times where a degree of anonymity is desired, certainly, and steps are usually taken to obfuscate the visibility of one's chitin pattern in those cases, but it's very unusual.

Cheers!

[indignantlemur]

Various Andorian Headcanons:

The list became so long that tumblr wouldn't let me add more, so I'm breaking this up into separate posts.

Andorians and Food

Andorians and the Sea

Andorian Governing Bodies & The Role of Nepotism

Andorian Marriage Dynamics & Divorce

Andorian Proposals

Andorian Religion & Spirituality (And horror stories)

The Andorian Imperial Clan

Andorian Hair

Andorian Holidays

Andorian Courtship Ring Metallurgy

Andorian Medical Professionals

Andorian Awards and Commendations

Andorians and Figure Skating

Andorians and Dancing

Andorians and Currency

The Andorian Facepalm?

Andorian-Vulcan relations pre-ST:ENT

Andorian Language and Conlang

Andorian Weddings and Funerals

Andorian Attitudes on Interspecies Relationships

Andorian-Human Hybridization

The Am Tal and The Andorian Incident

Andorian Clan Identification and Chitin Patterns

Andorian Names

Andorians and Adoption

Clanless Andorians

Andorians and Rites of Passage into Adulthood

The Code of the Ushaan and the Holmgang

Andorian Fairy Tales

Kelenthor the Clanless and Watercolours

Human-Andorian First Contact headcanons

Andorian Fashion and Fabrics

Are Andorians Extroverts or Introverts?

Andorian Family Dynamics

Andorian Cosmetics and Perfumes

Andorian Arts: Theatre/Opera/Poetry/Etc

Andorian Quad Marriages vs Bonds

Temperatures on Andoria

Andorian Humour and Philosophy

The Spirits of Andoria

Andorian Blood Chemistry RE: Toxins and Cyanide

Andorian Homes and Decor

Star Trek Species in the Star Wars Universe

Andorian Mate Selection (Pheromones, Personality Traits, & More)

Andorians on Punks and Goths

Andorians on Diss Tracks

Andorians and Crime & Punishment

Andorian Etiquette vs Human Etiquette

Kelenthor the Clanless - More lore!

Andorian Lore & Character Lore tidbits

Character Lore Tidbits: Thoris

Character Lore Tidbits: Shral

Character Lore Tidbits: Thelen

Andorians and UV Exposure: Do Andorians Tan?

Andorians and Cave Diving

Character Lore: Shral's Family & Childhood

Andorian Conservation Efforts & Environmentalism

Andorian Education and Childcare

Andorians of Human Family Units & Thoris' POV in Ch 5

Andorian Quads and Larger Arrangements

Character Lore Tidbits: Thoris' Childhood

Thoris' Thoughts on Shral's Pining?

Vulcan and Andorian Cultural Compatibilities

Human-Andorian First Contact: Revisited

Andorian Opinions on Romulans

Andorians, Rodeos, and The Post-Scarcity Implications for the Terran Meat Industry

Andorian Jewelry

Shran, Archer, Trip, T'Pol and TATV in Emigre

Changes to Andorian Culture Over Time

Emigre Crew vs Carolers

What Dagmar Got Everyone For Christmas

Andorians and Salt

Thoris' Sleeping Arrangements in Emigre

Andorian Cryptids

What If the Mission in ENT 'Broken Bow' Had Failed?

If Shral Brought Dagmar to Meet His Family

Who Are Thoris' Spouses?

WIP Ask: Mirror 'Verse Emigre

How Old Is Thoris?: Andorian vs Human Lifespans

Character Lore: Emperor Rissithiath th'Zaa'Kor

Shrancher and Andorian Commando headcanons

Andorian Friendship & Human Antics

Andorian Superstitions

Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals in Andorian Society

Vilashral's Family and Potential Objections to Dagmar

Andorian Clans, Parentage, and Another Thoris Tidbit

The Cast Members' Guilty Pleasures

The Casts' Most Embarrassing Memories

Andorian Lawyers and Interplanetary Law

Headcanons about Andorian Doctors

Andoria's Historical Timeline

Am Tal Opsec

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[indignantlemur]

My dear Indi, I need your expertise !

Do you have any ideas or headcanons for Andorian outfits, from lighter to warmer? What would they look like in general, what texture is most appreciated or considered fashionable ?

Thanks ! 💙

Hello Zier! Let's see what I can do for you! Fair warning, this one is going to be image-heavy.

For the most part, Andorian fashion in my headcanons isn't unified. Different folks prefer to wear different things, same as Humans, but there are broader elements that are quite common.

Firstly, we know from ENT and subsequent appearances in the modern Treks that Andorians tend to wear a lot of leather, often embossed or tooled to have a particular sort of feel. The samples below from Discovery give me powerful 2009-2013 Gareth Pugh vibes.

Beyond that, the only other time we see Andorians is when they're in Imperial Guard or Starfleet uniforms, which mostly just gives an overall impression of leather, suede, and future-kevlar.

The Andorian ambassador in "Terra Prime" had a very different feel from these, of course, and that shiny outer robe ultimately inspired Thoris' official get-up.

By contrast, some super early screen tests and comic book depictions for everyday Andorians look rather different, however. We've got draping fabrics, robes, tunics, some thigh high boots, and what looks like bits of armoured studding and chainmail. That's quite the departure from the other depictions!

And then, of course, we have Shran's post-Imperial Guard coat. This one gets its own mention, because that coat is fabulous.

Honestly, this isn't a lot to work with. It's better than nothing, of course, but the different depictions feel very disjointed and all over the place. There's no sense of unity in the designs across the board.

So, from there I looked to real-world fashion to help me build a better idea of what I wanted my Andorians to actually look like outside of a uniform. As much as their depictions would lead us to believe that Andorians have an oddly prevalent leather kink, that's really not practical. Leather is a useful material, and certainly a heavily carnivorous population would end up with quite a lot of it, but surely that can't be everything they wear. So, I started looking around for things that felt like they fit the vague aesthetic we were given to work with.

Below are some samples from the ungodly huge pinterest board I keep for ideas and references for Andorian fashion. I think these mostly hit all the key notes for my headcanons.

A lot of these images are very bland in terms of colour, particularly by Andorian standards, but I think you should be able to see what I've drawn inspiration from.

What I ended up with was a combination of future-fashion elements, and influences from places like Japan and India - with a heavy slant towards using leather, silk, velvet and occasionally soft, drapey fabrics. Heavy ornamentation, such as embroidery, is very common but lacework on clothing is actually quite unusual. Andorians tend to find it catches on their chitin and tears too often to be worth the fuss.

In particular, I really like the idea of layers, off-set or asymmetrical necklines, and elements of structural/architectural fashion for Andorians. Tooled leather is very popular, as well.

Another detail about Andorian fashion that I've mentioned a few times in other posts is that they like to show off their chitin patterns. Often this is done using leather as the medium, but embroidery is also a perfectly acceptable option. Often times, these articles of clothing (usually outerwear but not always) will have a Clan sigil somewhere on it as well, but it's not at all a requirement. These practices accomplish a couple of different things:

Firstly, it offers prospective playmates a tantalising 'preview' of what's underneath. Andorians are not shy about these things, nor do they understand why aliens think they should be. Some Andorians find particular types of chitin patterns very attractive, while some are averse to partners with what they perceive to be too much or too little chitin - or worse, chitin patterns that are far too similar to their own, which would suggest a shared lineage somewhere.

Secondly, it shows off Clan affiliations, especially for Clan members who were not born with their Clan's 'typical' chitin pattern. (Married individuals will often wear things that show their affiliation to both their birth Clan and their marriage Clan, as well, though these are usually ornamental items such as jewellery or hair pieces.)

Thirdly, wearing one's Clan affiliations stamped on their sleeves can sometimes serve as a conflict deterrent. Some Clans are just not worth picking a fight with, and knowing who's who ahead of time instead of after someone says something spectacularly stupid tends to save lives. Since the Unification, the need for these sorts of deterrents has dropped substantially, but it's never entirely gone from Andorian society.

This is not to say that I imagine that all Andorians wear the same things. Being able to express individual preferences is very important, especially in a society where most other individualistic pursuits are seen as counter-productive to the harmony and unity of a community.

Shral, for example, deviates from the norm by preferring dark colours and minimal ornamentation. To other Andorians, his sartorial choices are almost conspicuously bland. On the other end of the spectrum, Thelen adores vivid colours - neon oranges, shocking yellows, acid greens - and fully embraces the bombastic colour palettes his people are known for. Thoris is doomed to be trapped in billowing robes he'd much rather burn in a steel drum behind the embassy under cover of darkness, but he prefers layered tunics, boots, and breeches that don't inhibit his movement. Vrath is in the middle of the road, favouring bold colours and practical clothing but never quite able to resist bits of ornamentation that give her wealthy Tha'an Clan allegiance away. Miraal, on the other hand, adore soft, draping fabrics and wears very little leather, or any other similarly heavy materials, and she prefers to wear minimal ornamentation so as not to distract from her wares.

In terms of seasonal clothing, Andorians can tolerate very broad rangers of temperatures, and they have thermal regulators built into much of their clothing. They can get away with quite a lot, in terms of weather, but a heavily cultivated sense of caution generally prevents them from wandering out into surface conditions wearing anything less than full winter gear - though, naturally, their idea of full winter gear is rather lighter than what a Human would go in for. In extreme heat, Andorians have no problem wearing as little as possible - often to the consternation of other species who do not share their total lack of nudity taboos.

Regarding colours, I headcanon that much like how Vulcans view green as a traditional mating colour owing to the hue of their blood, and Humans view red much the same way, so too do Andorians with the colour blue. Just wearing blue alone isn't an invitation for anything, but it is very noticeable and considered a very attractive colour. Wearing a particularly fetching shade of blue while lurking in a bar and being very noticeably single, however...

Andorian silk is a luxury item, and one in high demand. Made from cocoons harvested from a domesticated relative of the infamous Andorian ice borers, it's ten times stronger than Terran silk, rendering it resistant to slashing and piercing damage. It can be woven into heavy brocades or crafted into a diaphanous, organza-like material, or blended with other fibres. It almost always has a slight iridescent or even metallic shine to it, a highly coveted property, and it is ludicrously expensive.

Hope this helps! <3

[indignantlemur]

hello, I have a bit of an odd question. For each species culture in Star Trek do you think would fit in Star wars? I think the andorians and Klingons fit with the mandalorians. What do you think?

Have a nice day.

Hello! This is a fun question!

I'm gonna narrow the scope a little, because if I did every Star Trek species we'd be here forever, but I'll try to hit all the main ones.

Andorians: I could see Andorians fitting neatly into the realm of Pantoran or Chiss characters pretty easily, and what little we know about the Chiss feels a lot like it could parallel Andorians in their earlier, more isolationist histories. I particularly feel like the rigid social structures of the Chiss and their military philosophies would fit quite nicely with Andorian values. Likewise, Pantorans share some similarities with Andorians, like exceptional hearing and coloration. Additionally, the tradition of garnering tattoos to indicate family and allegiance amongst Pantorans does feel similar to Andorian chitin patterns.

Humans: Humans across all universes are pretty much the same, let's be honest. If you take an average Star Trek Human civilian and plonk them down on an average Core World in the 'Wars universe, they'll do just fine.

Vulcans: Of all the species, I feel like Vulcans prove to be excellent candidates for Jedi recruitment, but that's not actually a species, so: Kel Dor. Hear me out: they have sages, they're largely mysterious, they are on the whole very force sensitive (psychically powerful) and they keep much of their culture and traditions to themselves. It's a stretch, admittedly, but I think it kind of works.

Trill: Phydolons feel like a good match. They're a symbiotic species which form a kind of gestalt consciousness between a mammalian host and a fungal symbiote, who value wisdom and spirituality.

Klingons: The Noghri might not feel like the most immediate option to come to mind, but bear with me. Noghri are skilled warriors who utilise technology and an array of natural weapons and defenses, place high value on honour, and function societies built upon familial clans. It's not as much of a stretch as you might think, looking at that. Just as the Klingons are honed for war, the Noghri are uniquely suited for combat - though the Noghri are most well known for being assassins, rather than front-line warriors.

Orions: The Falleen, hands down. Green skin, dark hair, known to use powerful pheromones to influence others, regularly associated with major crime syndicates... it's hard not to see the parallels. It's tempting to say Twi'leks here, but honestly I feel the Falleen are a much better match.

Ferengi: Muun in general, and the Banking Clan in particular. Muun are extremely intelligent and naturally gifted at mathematics, and while the Banking Clan gives them something of a negative reputation, most Muun are pretty decent folks. Sounds familiar? Wildly different physiologies aside, I think the Ferengi and the Muun have a surprising amount in common.

Tellarites: It would be incredibly lazy to say Gamorreans here, so I won't. Truthfully, with the minimal lore on Tellarites that we have to work with, finding an equivalent for them in the Star Wars universe is a bit tricky. I'd be inclined to say the Gran, perhaps, for their colonial tendencies and agricultural leanings, but even that feels very weak to me.

Mandalorians: Mandalorians are not a species but diverse individuals who follow a shared creed, and therefore I don't feel it sensible to include it with any of the above options which are based on species. Additionally, there are at least four kinds of Mandalorians, which further complicates the issue: Death Watch, the Children of the Watch, the True Mandalorians, and the New Mandalorians. Your choices narrow down to child-abducting-hyper-militant-terrorist group, weirdly-genetically-homogenous/militant-pacifist group, militant-but-mostly-reasonable-and-kinda-culty group, and a virtually non-existent faction of militant golden-age-Mandos-cut-down-before-their-time. With all of these, your mileage may vary wildly. I could see Vulcans being attracted to the New Mandalorian philosophies, I suppose, and Andorians would probably be all over the True Mandalorian option, but it's hard to say more beyond that outside of individual circumstance.

Thanks for the ask!

[indignantlemur]

Hey! I've been a bit quiet lately, so I though I'd share what I've been working on between tapping away at the new chapter! Inspired by this post about Andorians and silly drinks - a bar scene, on Earth, featuring Thoris (drinking Andorian port), Thelen (with a salt-rimmed margarita), Shral (enjoying a cosmo), and Dagmar (drinking traditional akvavit)!

Remember how I said I'd never do complicated background or lots of glass ever again? Well, turns out I lied. Spectacularly.

Thoris remains unchanged, but Thelen has undergone a bit of a redesign - I've been refining his chitin pattern a little, and after playing around a bit I decided to ditch the 'traditional' Andorian hairstyle for Thelen as well as for Shral.

Meanwhile, Shral and Dagmar are largely the same, and unabashedly texting each other while less than ten feet away from each other. Thoris is exasperated and - begrudgingly - entertained. Shral remains baffled but endeared by Dagmar's relentless use of emojis.

I haven't quite figured out how I want to do the fluid/glass distortions just yet, and there's some tweaking to be done here and there, but overall it's a fun piece! I'm tempted to experiment with flat colours in some areas and shading elsewhere, maybe play with more dynamic lighting, but I haven't quite decided yet.

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[indignantlemur]

I finally got around to creating proper chitin maps for Shral, Thelen, and Thoris! Detail shots below the cut, as usual!

Primarily, what I wanted to do here was illustrate (1) the actual chitin patterns for the characters so I could keep a clear reference picture on hand for future art, and (2) an example of how the average body types for Andorians tend to look. Andorians by and large tend to be narrower in builds - willowy, even - but they can be bulkier as well. They'll never be as bulky as Humans can get, however. It's important to remember that Andorians don't store anywhere near as much fat as Humans do, as well, meaning that they tend towards being very lean.

Unlike Humans, Andorians have much less variety in their natural shapes and sizes, though they do also have outliers and exceptions.

Shran, for example, is unusually short for an Andorian - a species whose average height for males and females tends to be 6'0 even according to most sources. Jaro, from Deck the Halls (and Not The Vulcans) is unusually large - he's basically the Hafþór Björnsson of Andorians. Between those two extremes, you tend to see folks built more like these three above for the male half of the population.

In terms of genitalia - Andorian males keep everything retracted. Having dangly delicate bits in a frozen hellscape is a terrible idea, and keeping everything internal most of the time means that the gonads can be kept at a consistent internal temperature.

When in a neutral state, such as depicted here, the genital slit is naturally held closed and has partial protection with single, narrow plates of free-floating, vestigial chitin on either side, sandwiched between softer lines of more flexible cartilage. These plates are very thin as well, which renders them slightly flexible compared to chitin found elsewhere on the body. At one point, these chitin plates attached to a long-since lost plate section in the lower abdomen. As it is, Andorian biologists estimate that in a few hundred years or so the free-floating plates may no longer develop at all in the majority of Andorians.

Thelen has the bulkiest build of the three, heavily muscled and heavily armoured - the jaguar build, over leopard or cheetah. His chitin patterns are more extensive than the other two's, and they are more organic in nature, following the lines of muscle fibres to allow for maximum movement while still maintaining a high level of protection. Many lines of chitin can collapse and resettle into a neutral state very like an accordion as the muscles beneath them flex and relax, but quite a few are more rigid and inflexible.

Sannev have so much chitin that it does limit the range of motion that they have in some limbs, and the extra weight makes them a bit slower as well. Additionally, all that weight from their chitin means that Sannev Clan members burn far more energy in a fight (and on a daily basis) than most other Andorians. This fact, when combined with the rapid metabolism Andorians evolved with, means that the Sannev were forced to adopt a strategy of short, brutal combat using overwhelming force to compensate. When a Sannev man - or woman, for that matter - goes on the warpath, the conflict is resolved in very short order.

Thoris has a moderate build, neither built for speed nor for brute force but landing somewhere comfortable between the two. I mentally map Thoris' build to be more like a leopard than a cheetah or jaguar. His chitin is much less extensive, and unlike the Sannev pattern, the Kor pattern is primarily made up of layered plates of chitin which can compress and fold due to being a little thinner and having a degree of flexibility to them. His spine is heavily armoured, as are his ribs, but the plating throughout his legs, arms, and even torso is much less prominent or widespread than Thelen's.

Some would say that this means Thoris occupies a sweet spot between being light and mobile and being well-protected. Thoris would call those people fools. Being in the middle of the road for speed and natural defenses meant he had to work twice as hard to attain any level of physical prowess compared to his peers (many of whom had natural advantages over him) and this is particularly true where duels were concerned. The Kor Clan are traditionalists, and their duelling style favours minimal movements, the development of uncanny reflexes, and maximize energy conservation over brute force or speed. A Kor Clan member will dodge by a fraction of an inch, a mere turn of the head, a slight shift of the hips. No energy is wasted, no movements are more extravagant than they absolutely need to be - and no strike is anything less than exactly as strong and as fast as it must be to get the job done. A competent Kor duellist is one of the hardest opponents in a ushaan duel, simply because they can outlast every other opponent.

Shral is one the narrower end of Andorian builds, more like a cheetah than a leopard or jaguar. He's built for speed rather than raw strength, and so he lacks the bulk that makes Thelen such a close quarters powerhouse and the more extensive chitin patterns that Thelen and Thoris have for overall protection. The upside of his build is that Shral is not limited in his range of motion or otherwise weighed down by the extra chitin - and the mirroring downside is that he's much more vulnerable as a result. He's not quite a glass canon, in that he can take a hit and keep going, but he'll take much more damage than someone like Thelen would.

What Shral does have is meant to reinforce key areas and protect the spine, and little else besides - a common trait among the Hrisvalar Clan, and one they account for with their duelling strategies. Somewhat ironically, Hrisvalar and Sannev go about solving the problems posed by their inherent chitin patterns and the body-types that most often crop up in their lineages by adopting the same strategies; quick and brutal. While the Sannev go about this using the brute force method to overwhelm their enemies, the Hrisvalar prefer a more delicate touch. They teach their members to strike quickly, to do so with ruthless efficiency, and to remain extremely mobile in combat. A Sannev will break every bone in your body, and a Kor will defeat you with technical excellence and cold efficiency, but a Hrisvalar will hamstring you and cut your throat before you even know what's happening.

Not every member of the three Clans mentioned will be built as Thelen, Thoris, and Shral are - they are just examples of what's typical. Exceptions certainly occur in every Clan.

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[indignantlemur]

Say hello to Vrath! Vrath was created by @the-lady-general as part of a gift fic, and has since been adopted into the story properly!

I'm experimenting with grayscale shading and gradients this time, and I'm quite looking forward to seeing how she turns out!

Vrath's chitin map is a bit different from some of the others we've seen, owing to her Tha'an heritage. Andorians from Clan Tha'an tend to be lighter on chitin patterns overall, but what they do have is distinctive and readily identifiable at a glance. In particular, the chitin that forms around the eye is unusual in its expression, drawn more to points beneath the skin than the rolling, rounded edges seen in Sannev and Hrisvalar Clan members. Some folks have speculated that an ancient Tha'an took an Aenar woman to wife hundreds of years ago, but this is largely considered a malicious rumour rather than fact.

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[indignantlemur]

Winter holiday pic incoming! Here's a bunch of in-progress screencaps showing a little bit of my process!

This is the first time I've drawn Dagmar, so it was a bit of a process to figure out how I wanted her to look. You'll notice one of the in progress pics has a much thinner starting point, which is sort of how I picture Dagmar in her hyper-athletic, definitely-healthy-coping-mechanisms-what-are-you-talking-about phase. However, Dagmar no longer looks like that and hasn't for a little while now. Keeping that in mind and drawing on how I mapped out the chitin patterns for each of my Andorians, I also mapped out fat-layers for Dagmar for reference. Also, yes, I know the courting ring is one the wrong side, but guys. Guys. Hear me out: I've already started colouring this. I've come to far to fix it now.

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[indignantlemur]

@horta-in-charge You know, I'm pretty sure you're the one who suggested an Andorian pin-up calendar... Could be a fun way to map out more chitin patterns, if nothing else. 😉😂

I haven't actually thought of what Andorians would call their cosmetics and the various ways of wearing it. I suppose they might call it something similar, or at least adjacent to smokey? Or maybe they're weird and don't have specific words for these things, and think Humans are weird for being oddly specific about it. The possibilities!

Thelen has entirely too much sass. He's great that way.

Some more in-progress pics! Shral up top, and Thelen on the bottom. Flat colours only for now while I play around with skin tone and colour palettes, but overall I'm reasonably happy with the poses! Both of their chitin patterns are opaque for the time being as well, though that will change in the future.

You'll note that while Shral has very pronounced subdermal chitin on his face and around his antennae, he doesn't have any on his hands like Thelen does. Coming from different Clans, both of them have differing chitin patterns and expressions thereof. Thelen has much more pronounced chitin all over the rest his body, which is a vestigial trait of Clan Sannev. Shral does not, which is in keeping with the dominant Clan Hrisvalar expression.