A very long feline from Librum Prodigiosum! The Serpopard, from Egyptian mythology! Featured in Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art, though their name is of more modern origins as its true title is not featured in ancient texts!
Once again I am typing these a mere 6 minutes away from posting... Listen time is a social construct, okay?
Lookat the snake cat! Do I know why I chose the clouded leopard? Yes, because they're cool as hell. Do I even know what snake I based it off of? ...Nope!
Creatures depicted on some Egyptian and Mesopotamian art and artifacts, such as several Egyptian palettes and a seal from Uruk.
They appear to be symbolic beasts moreso than representative.
I had to include some sort of beast from my home continent, and with the prompt "Feline" I thought I'd try summon a Serpopard - a long necked, leopard or lion-like creature from a few ancient Egyptian artefacts. We don't have much surviving lore on it - there are theories that the motif it reflects is chaos beyond the kingdom's borders - a chaos the pharaoh would have to subdue. That seems draconic enough to warrant a nice big CR 15 statblock for the largest of their kind.
I wanted to capture the mayhem of a desert dust storm, and so its abilities reflect that. It roars to terrify its prey and then, in the obscuring dust, it lays waste. Like many snakes, it can sense movement and heat, giving it even more of an edge in the midst of the swirling sands.
Once again, this is scratchbuilt from plastic toys - a generic chonky sauropod with a nice curved neck, and a tiger with a slightly pained expression. The seams were hidden with a generous splot of Green Stuff, and then, having built and painted the whole thing I felt it needed more 'serpo' alongside the 'pard', and gave it a cobra hood. This took a LOT longer than I anticipated, and after quite a few iterations I eventually wound up moulding it from Green Stuff, textured with a bit more of the unfortunate sauropod toy.
Although I'm in the last day of Smaugust 2023, this is not going to be my last dragon of the season! There's one more to come...
a woman in thigh high black boots and a matching light coat seemed to appear out of thin air her question thick with what sounded like a russian accent, walking the same pace as the man and his pet. a sly smile crept on her face, gloved hands clasping together while she fluttered her lashes,
“ and i don’t mean the dog. “ / @tanteichi for marc
Eeveelution look-a-likes to Venomous Beasts. Pt. 1
So I was watching Truegreen7(totally go watch him by the way) and I had made it to his "What If Eeveelutions Evolved AGAIN? 2" video. And an idea suddenly hit me.
What if people bred multiple breeds of pokemon to resemble the Eeveelutions, and the ones who bred them had such Toxic standards they wanted these pokemon to be, that it made them evolve into monsterous forms?
separate pokemon bred to be like the Separate eeveelutions, with their own evolutions. the evolved forms all gain the poison type, to represent the treatment for the species to meet the toxic standards of those that bred them, as well as becoming Mythical creatures, preferably those that are at least somewhat feline in nature.
Vapormew(Water/normal)(a cat pokemon bred to somewhat resemble Vaporeon, the end of its water resistant fluffy tail has a Hard paddle-like fin) -Vaporpent(Water/Poison)(this pokemon stands as tall as a Mudsdale, its previously fluffy fur around its neck and on its tail has hardened and molded into hallow, specialized inflatable swim-gear on its chest and along its feline body. this not even mentioning its most notable feature, its long, snake-like neck, paired with Retractable, Venomous fangs)(a Serpopard)
Joltimeow(Electric/normal)(a cat pokemon bred to have a Passing Resemblance to Jolteon, its Tail has been made to be Curled up into a High tensioned Bun with a Sharp point to make up for how Jolteon don't have visible tails)- Jolticore(Electric/Poison)(Joltimeow whose Tail has reached the breaking point in tension, suddenly lose control of them as they whip out uncontrollable, lashing the pokemon violently. the sudden pain has caused the pokemon to evolve in response. The fur of its tail has become a elastic, rubber-like carapace, with a Sharp, Pointed Tip, resembling a Stinger. a Strange Yellow Fluid drips from the tip.)(a Manticore)
Flaremrow(Fire/normal)(a Bulky cat pokemon bred to Pass as a Flareon, its Thick fur often catching an Unhealthy amount of dirt and debris. No matter how hard groomers try, they can never seem to remove the strange, Thorn-like debris that seems to always be caught in Flaremrow's fur)- Flaretus(Fire/Poison)(the dirt and debris that's been collecting it its fur finally reached its breaking point as strange thorn like growths sting it. the pain of being constantly stung have caused it to evolve so its growths form outside its fur, which has now hardened and formed into a Club-like shape making up its entire tail, resembling a Orange Cactus. when its tail smashes into something, Purple smoke billows from the seems of its armored fur)(Cactus cat)
For the first stages, I had their names resemble the corresponding eeveelutions names, but having the -eon part of their names being various words for a Cats Meow. Meow, Mew and Mrow!
The Breeders Toxic standards have been met with Poisonous, Monsterous results with their Evos, turning its Venomous Mythical Creatures.
HE’S PRACTICALLY GLOWING. ZATEROS’ presence always had such a profound affect on him. Just this small kiss alone rose his energy levels by at least seventy percent. ❝Ah, it is amazing how you know how to lift my mood.❞ Not that he had been in a bad mood to begin with, but he had certainly been lazy. Just the thought of having to listen to scribes rattle on and on as they presented messages to him made him instantly want to find one of his hidden spots to nap the hours away. Of course, for now, he would be good…he supposed, and actually attempt to do the things he was meant to accomplish this day, if only because a certain serpopard had opted to grace him with her ever desired appearance. He'd laze around later when all was said and done.