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Again, no clue if this is the right category or not.

I've read the Starcraft manuals since the original game came out, and I have tried on several occasions to find pictures of the "pre-assimilated" species from which certain zerg units were derived. I have come to the conclusion that (unless I am incredibly bad at searching for them, which is possible), pictures of these pre-assimilated species do not exist. I have therefore taken it upon myself to draw a few pre-assimilated zerg species just for fun.

That said, this is how I always pictured the slothien in my head (the slothien is what became the hydralisk after they were assimilated by the zerg). I based my picture on the manual description, which can also be found here:

[link]

Herp derp!

Edit: I figure the scythe-like projections were probably used for some means of collecting grasses/leaves whatever, both for building and for food-eating purposes. I'm sure the various species absorbed by the zerg were not originally color-coordinated, so I went with a kind of classic "caterpillar" coloration. Although, at such a large size, I can't imagine what sort of use the spots would serve...

Edit Edit: Since it would appear that the hydralisk "evolved" even further between Starcraft and Starcraft II, I based this particular design more or less on a "de-evolution" of the Starcraft (I) hydralisk model.

All Starcraft II words and descriptions belong to Blizzard. I claim only this particular imagining and piece of concept art as my own.

Description
Again, no clue if this is the right category or not.

I've read the Starcraft manuals since the original game came out, and I have tried on several occasions to find pictures of the "pre-assimilated" species from which certain zerg units were derived. I have come to the conclusion that (unless I am incredibly bad at searching for them, which is possible), pictures of these pre-assimilated species do not exist. I have therefore taken it upon myself to draw a few pre-assimilated zerg species just for fun.

That said, this is how I always pictured the slothien in my head (the slothien is what became the hydralisk after they were assimilated by the zerg). I based my picture on the manual description, which can also be found here:

[link]

Herp derp!

Edit: I figure the scythe-like projections were probably used for some means of collecting grasses/leaves whatever, both for building and for food-eating purposes. I'm sure the various species absorbed by the zerg were not originally color-coordinated, so I went with a kind of classic "caterpillar" coloration. Although, at such a large size, I can't imagine what sort of use the spots would serve...

Edit Edit: Since it would appear that the hydralisk "evolved" even further between Starcraft and Starcraft II, I based this particular design more or less on a "de-evolution" of the Starcraft (I) hydralisk model.

All Starcraft II words and descriptions belong to Blizzard. I claim only this particular imagining and piece of concept art as my own.