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Crystaldemon93 — Basilisk in progress
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Well, this is an old design for a new look of the infamous basilisk. In truth, I don't like it being a cross between a snake and a rooster. I would name that a cockatrice. However, to justify the bird-like features, I told myself: what hapens when you cross a reptile and a bird? A dinosaur! So I went for the infamous Dilophosaurus, whose poisoned fame is quite extended. Also, the basilisk is called the king of serpents, and it is said to have a diadema-shaped crest rensembling a rooster's one, so I think dilo quite fit in the role.This first version has just a dilo with some snakey features, but I'd like the ultimate version to be more snake-like, and woth maybe some frills from the basilisk lizard to justify the feathers it was said to have.
Side note: This Basilisk's stare KILLS, doesn't petrify.
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The Basilisk! One of my favorite creatures from the ancient world. I believe my friends and I met a few back in our own world.
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And you're still alive? I'm surprised. XD
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Hey, my friends and I were powerful entities. We were practically the ruling gods of the world we lived in. Nothing could touch us.
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Overall, I like it. But there's a few details that I'd suggest for the design, because when I first saw this, "basilisk" isn't the first thing that cme to mind.
First off, Like RR was probably intending, some feather-looking scales/spikes couldn't hurt. Best place would be on the arms, of course. Secondly, perhaps a false beak could be of use.
BTW, I have something of an idea for the Ultimate Basilisk design. Would you like to hear it?
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In fact, wat should come to mind is "death" XD
Uhm...I dunno..
Of course, go on, I'm all ears(or eyes, in this case)
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LOL That was the third or so thing coming to mind.
Well, go nuts with it, and see what works. Scientific accuracy has nothing on mythical monsters, you know. LOL
Hmmmm....I can't seem to find a pic of what I'm thinknig of. Oh well, it's a new idea then XD
Basically, imagine this Basilisk, but the tail is huge in ALL dimensions: in short, it can slither about like a snake, but still have all of its limbs fully functional. If need be, it could retract the giant tail, of course.
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Uhm...well, the first should be snake, the second bird and then death, guess i'll have to work on that.
I know perfectly LOL
Not really, there's someone else who thought about that at the same time: me! XD
Well, I tried making a sketch, and it's not bad. Would you take the cobra hood away? basilisk Its said to be the king of snakes, so I thought the real king's most famous feature wouldn't hurt.
Another thing: what color do you suggest? I keep imagining it colored as Snake Jafar (dunno why), but maybe it could have some rooster's colors: black-gold and brown, with some snakey green. Whatcha think?
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It varies.
LOL good.
XD
Um, depends on how large the Basilisk could be. For a truly gigantic monster, the hood could be relatively small, to enhance its apparent scale on paper. A pair of rooster's combs on the neck wouldn't hurt, either.
I'd suggest rooster/snake colors, but with the pattern of Snake Jafar.
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XD
You know what, with some researches, I found out that cockatrices are young basilisks, and a new idea fell on me: At first there's the cockatrice, who roughly looks like a four-armed archaeopteryx, then the creature would become a basilisk, but in two ways:
1-a giant serpent with a beak-like mouth, taloned wings and petrifying stare;
2-a 5/7 meters long, four-armed dilo/snake, weaker but with killing stare;
I just don't know how to make the change happen in one way or the other. At the extreme, they could be male and female. Whatcha think?
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Really now? I've never heard that particular theory.
1 -- Give it more features of this "dilo-lisk" here, and I'm all for it.
2 -- Make it bigger, of course XD
Well, many invertebrates metamorphasize, so perhaps the monster can do such as well. I mean, I got a freakish bird creature that looks NOTHING like its parents, so it's not too far of a stretch.
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Neither I did 'till a week or so ago.
Uhm..dunno. Wait a bit for the firsts sketches an we'll see then.
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Sounds more like Sinornithosaurus, really. Protofeathers would be nice there, to go with the venomous bite. Personally, my design would have been more like a giant lizard, as it is the Cockatrice that is better known for the bird qualities, but this is an interesting design too.
I read from a dragon drawing book at one point that the reason for the deadly stare is this beast can shoot venom from its eyes, which explains why the book depicted it as a giant horned lizard. However, considering the spitters' nature, the mutant dilo may be suitable as well.
-WFR
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I need an excuse for snake-dilos XD well, originally the basilisk was a a lethal, 10-cm long snake, then slowly began to take on rooster features. Later, the bird-like was named cockatrice and separated from the basilisk.
I have to admit I don't like feathered basilisks, and to tell the truth i'm not crazy about eight-legget lizard either. I know, I have strange tastes, but I wanted something old and new all together.
Uhm...that would be interestingas a bio-possible monster, but I'd like this to be a magical beast. Also, I was sick of the petrifying stare from which you could be saved. Take this guy in a staring contest, and you're dead on the spot. not even reflection or any king of transparent screen will save you from this bastard's death glare.
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Old and new magical beast works well. I assume the magical energy projected from its stare is automatically lethal-dose level, although the venomous bite, spit, and secretions could be dangerous too. Don't forget that some say its hiss can kill a person, so I assume it also gets an extremely powerful sonic scream to go with the rest of the stuff it has
-WFR
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xD
I imagined the stare as a heart blocking/brain shutting spell, whose command makes our main organs stop immediately their activity. This happens when you look at its eyes, but, since the blind creatures in my world are not at all rare, basi' got other ways to kill. Its breath is poisonous, and very, as are fangs and saliva. Also I'd give it a poisonous aura, for it is said to burn away plants in its surrownding. About the hiss, I imagined it coming from the tail, whose power is that to paralyze any who hear it. I think its a good engine of destruction xD
for such a destructive creature, I suppose a normal reproduction method is out of question, since a widely spread population of basilisks could cause apocalypse. I won't go for the legendary breeding method, though. Any suggestion?
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Oh, I don't know... My idea would probably be a single queen and king basilisk per colony, the royalty being very rare but huge, powerful, and extremely ornate, with the ones that do all the killing shit being the workers of the colony that are sterile and cannot breed. Hey, it worked for the Alien 
-WFR
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Uhm...I already have some hive-based species. Thinking again, the serpent egg hatched by a rooster is good.
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Oh, I don't know, then... The serpent-and-egg stuff does sound appealing, but the Harry Potter basilisk did that already. In that case I would suggest something like lion prides, which are smaller-scale but still rely on coalitions of dominant males in charge of larger groups of females with which they breed. That would be a good opportunity to implement the gender differences and more reasonable than the chicken's egg crap anyway, since it would be insanely difficult to put the two creatures in the same environment lol. If that still doesn't work, though, I'm not sure if there's any other alternative other than the conventional procedure, so I guess if that approach keeps the numbers down then it could work just as well.
-WFR
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Well, the difficulty of a similar conception would reduce the possibility of a basilisk's birth greatly, giving all living things one more breath of life. but that style of life you suggest could be very good, wasn't it that basilisks can easily kill eachother. They're not immune to their gaze.
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Hence the whole mirror thing. If all else fails, I guess they lay eggs the normal way but without mating, some lizards can do that here on Earth. The dunghill could serve as incubation, although where the chicken and toad come in... well, I guess it could be folklore but it's anyone's guess XD
-WFR
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Uhm...give me some time and I'll have it figured out.
Are you still thinking about ptero-demons/angels?
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Coming soon. I have to work on some Kaiju-All-Stars stuff first but I have a few ideas.
-WFR
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I like the thought put into it. PS: the basilisks stare does kill but it noly petrifies when it isn't looked at directly, like it's reflection, or through a camera or through a ghoast
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Thanks. That's Harry Potter, man, and I don't approve that. Looking in a basilisk's eye brings death, no matter how you look at it.
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do u not like harry potter
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I really lke this look, not too sure what else you can add to it.
Though on the note of feathers, you could use a hybrid, not quite scale, not quite feathers.
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Thanks.
Uhm...I dunno, I like it very snakey.
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