Success... new races

now all I need to do is make them smaller, and convert them to .png

I would be interested in these pictures!

ooh! make a pure-evil looking race!

I am unable to make anything. just want to clarify.. I am hunting them on the web and finding interesting things... I can make small editing jobs.. but that's about it.

ooh! make a pure-evil looking race!

Oh come on, you don't think the Drengin look purely evil enough??

No, actually. I liked my character from fable, he was sure evil enough. 2 foot long horns, Red aura, Insects flying around, Murdered 156 civilians... My was that a fun day. Sadly, It's on my Xbox and i dunno how to get SS's there without modding it.

MOIISKA, mind sharing the site?

Oh come on, you don't think the Drengin look purely evil enough??

I hate the drengin portrait. Looks like some monkey-man to me. IMHO Aliens should look RADICALLY different from humans and have little or no humanoid traits.

Why is the humanoid look (two eyes, a nose, a mouth, two arms, etc.) SO prevalent in Science Fiction?

Gotta love an alien-looking face on a totally human-looking body UGHHHHH! (like cheesy Star Trek)

A pet-peeve of mine since I was a kid

renfl

not one site.. but I spent like 4hours this am hunting.. lots of sites.. I picked th ebest of the best...


but the files are too large to host on my hosting site..

I am gonna shrink/modify them and share.. I promise.. but it might take a few days...

these images amongst the many others will have to be cropped and corrected for Gal Civ 2 format...\\\but yea, I struck the mother load...

Two eyes, a nose, and a mouth...God!
Can any one think of aliens aside from the human form? Must most aliens be...humanoid?
God!
This isn't a movie using actors in makeup. This is art and annimation. C'mon! Use your damned immagination and stop posting "devils" and "goblins" and Star Wars and Star Trek! God!

-Wade

And you too Stardock! Get a clue... God!

I much prefer humanoid looking aliens. Most people do, which is why that's what you see in most sci-fi. You can't give recognizable (to us humans) facial expression to amorphous blobs. Also, without a humanoid face they could not communicate like humans do which could make dialogue problematic.

wade

Don't get mad at me, I just scoured the net. I posted links to what people asked for. I found many, many more then that. Images that need alot of adjustment before they are worth sharing. I understand exactly what you mean. I have an old game, Ascendancy, and I tried to crack it open to get the 21 ALIEN races out, but I can't. MY computer doesn't recognise the file system there.


/Shrug


If you do not like what I posted, I am sorry. You scour the net, search to your hearts content, and then share the loot with us. Just like that Pirate I found.

Got Ascendancy too and I can say, I hated the races there. All this weird creations, who would never be able to explore the galaxy using ships.

Its all about evolution. If you dont have hands, you cant manipulate tools. How would you then explore using a ship? It would be ridiculous to thinkg any race would either use organic technology, shiping around in organic ships, or being telepaths using telekinese to use their tools.

It will always come down to humanoid like races. Maybe a couple more eyes or legs or arms, but not necessary at all.

It will always come down to humanoid like races. Maybe a couple more eyes or legs or arms, but not necessary at all.

ok, but there were some times when i do wish i had third arm or so. i've heard others say the same, but evolution hasn't lent a hand in that direction yet.

Two eyes, a nose, and a mouth...God! Can any one think of aliens aside from the human form? Must most aliens be...humanoid? God! This isn't a movie using actors in makeup. This is art and annimation. C'mon! Use your damned immagination and stop posting "devils" and "goblins" and Star Wars and Star Trek! God! -Wade

I agree. Nothing against the OP but the prevailent "humanoid" forms in most Sci Fi is lame LAME!!!!

Got Ascendancy too and I can say, I hated the races there. All this weird creations, who would never be able to explore the galaxy using ships. Its all about evolution. If you dont have hands, you cant manipulate tools. How would you then explore using a ship? It would be ridiculous to thinkg any race would either use organic technology, shiping around in organic ships, or being telepaths using telekinese to use their tools. It will always come down to humanoid like races. Maybe a couple more eyes or legs or arms, but not necessary at all.

A silly theory at best. Are you certain that a creature with say, ten tentacles could not manipulate the world around him? LOL I'd say he'd have an ADVANTAGE over any humanoid. Also you DON"T need opposable thumbs. It's just what helped US conquer our one little insignifigant planet....sheeesh!

To think that any space-conquering civilization needs to be humanoid is severely limited thinking...at best.

Skyjack{/quote} That is why I am not going to post anymore pictures....... All you haters can find yer own "weird" looking aliens.. and I will stick to my own..... renfl

we need to find a way to cmoounicate via e-mail without posting it on this forum... I will share my finds with you....

I found a picture of an alien that should please Skyjack and the other dude:

Guys you can always use the Galactic Core Forums for this topic as we would be happy to continue this topic in our GCII section

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1 of the aliens in there is a kaminoan from star wars I dont suggest using it unless you want to get into a star wars mod

Yes! The sunflower is actually some thing to consider. Put aside the happy, girly human thoughts it provokes.
The petals are a means of sexual attraction via bees. A cooperative interspecies relationship. The leaves are "mouths" for energy; as well as the roots. Given enough time and the proper niche in evolution (via mutation, wich is the main aspect of evolution) could make a plant sapient.

I have not considered collecting such pictures until now. I'll scour the web and come back and post them right here on your thread "Success... new races. Give me at least a week. I also work and play.

MOIISKA and Stardock, I slightly appologize for the earlier rant. It's just a pet peeve of mine also, like Skyjack.

-Wade

Actually, yes, many scientists believe that a sentient species requires to be bipedal, and have binocular vision in order to adapt best to its enviroment. It's all about tools and depth perception.

The only thing that could vary would be the organic compound the species are made out of. The majority of life on Earth is carbon-based, but there are a few silicoid-based creatures. Carbon and silicon bond best (through the means of water) to amino acids to create complex organic compounds. Most species would be carbon based since carbon is easier to create in a fusion reaction than silicone is.

Truly alien looking sentient species could exist, such as sentient plant-life, but they wouldn't possess the motor skills to be able to manipulate tools, nor would they have the depth perception to utilize those tools properly.

Actually, yes, many scientists believe that a sentient species requires to be bipedal, and have binocular vision in order to adapt best to its enviroment. It's all about tools and depth perception.

Being bi-pedal (or any-pedal) is only useful for an organism that lives at a solid-gas boundary, like we do at the surface of the Earth. An organism that lives in a thicker fluid environment, such as a liquid ocean or denser gaseous layer such as those found on gas giants, has wildly different locomotional needs. Furthermore, being bipedal has absolutely nothing to do with the operation of tools. Neither do hands. Don't forget, tools are evolved to suit the physiology of the users, not the other way around.

Binocular vision, though, is likely to be more fundamental than any limb configuration. An intelligent species that evolved without the ability to accurately estimate distance in real time would be remarkable. Such a species would fail to be a successful predator and would instead be spectacularly successful prey. That said, the use of the word 'vision' reveals an assumption that eye-like organs would evolve spontaneously in extraterrestrial environments. It also implies that environments opaque to photons or devoid of light would not support life, an assumption that we don't need to look past Earth to disprove (though no such life forms on Earth ever evolved intelligence, as far as we know). It also assumes that triangulation by vision is the most efficient and effective way to estimate distance, which makes one wonder why echolocation evolved in bats and radar is used in the military. However, triangulation through binocularity has the distinct advantage of being passive.

Finally, gross distinctions like 'plant' and 'animal' are highly terracentric. With our sample size of one (1) ecosystem for extrapolation, the assumption that there is anything else in the universe that meets our definition of a 'plant' is hugely defeasible.