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Published: 2013-06-10 21:31:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 3058; Favourites: 81; Downloads: 8
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Description "Meltdown Man"

CLASS: BIOCONSTRUCT

Startlingy strong for its sickly, blemished figure, this babbling humanoid emits enough radiation to at least mildly sicken most other creatures by sheer proximity. Crystalline structures in its brain and siliceous ocular bulbs channel this energy into highly focused microwave signals, inflicting considerable discomfort at a distance and dissolving cellular bonds at closer range. Hair, teeth and nails are the first to slough away under this bombardment, shortly before the victim's flesh begins to blister, peel and melt into the viscous, meaty pudding the Chernoblench subsists upon.

Chernoblench personify radiation itself as a "she" and often express a desire to "be with her." To this end, they are drawn like moths to high-output sources of radioactive energy, even enough to finally destroy their astoundingly resilient bodies.
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Comments: 26

Nuclearinsanity [2015-11-04 01:14:06 +0000 UTC]

This guy is definitely on the team.

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EvolutionsVoid [2013-06-12 01:01:40 +0000 UTC]

Love the melting skeleton look of this one. I really like the creatures that look so menacing yet pathetic at the same time. Which probably makes things worse when it melts your flesh.

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MessyPaperCut [2013-06-11 07:54:46 +0000 UTC]

i like that he has "clothes"

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scythemantis In reply to MessyPaperCut [2013-06-11 16:54:30 +0000 UTC]

Nah he just has very loose folds of skin, actually kinda based partly on how a soft-shelled turtle looks, though the overall shape is based on a sloth

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MessyPaperCut In reply to scythemantis [2013-06-11 18:05:16 +0000 UTC]

his nose mouth is cool though

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scythemantis In reply to MessyPaperCut [2013-06-11 18:57:45 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I'm not sure whether I think of that as the nose or mouth myself. It's likely it's the opening to both its throat and sinuses, and nobody knows what its face would be like if it wasn't constantly dissolving.

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Omny87 [2013-06-11 01:41:51 +0000 UTC]

Was the name based off of Chernobyl or Chernobog?

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scythemantis In reply to Omny87 [2013-06-11 01:50:46 +0000 UTC]

Either one really. Mostly Chernobyl though.

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LordTombot [2013-06-11 01:11:41 +0000 UTC]

Was this originally a zombie? I can see a worm.

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scythemantis In reply to LordTombot [2013-06-11 01:52:20 +0000 UTC]

Nah, I have lots of non-zombies with worms, maggots and rotten flesh. Zombie class is different

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LordTombot In reply to scythemantis [2013-06-11 02:15:43 +0000 UTC]

That leads me to my next question: What kind of freaky worm can withstand that much radiation? Mortisheen must have some badass annelids.

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scythemantis In reply to LordTombot [2013-06-11 17:09:57 +0000 UTC]

It's been an irradiated and polluted world for thousands of years by the time Mortasheen city arises.

There are actually very large earthworms who thrived in the fallout of Chernobyl

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LordTombot In reply to scythemantis [2013-06-11 17:32:08 +0000 UTC]

That worm and its bretherin are the true survivors of the mortisheen world.

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Demialc-neeb-sah-em In reply to LordTombot [2013-06-11 02:30:44 +0000 UTC]

It has some badass everything, really.

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TheLazyWriter [2013-06-11 00:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Was this at all inspired by The Incredible Melting Man?

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Daimera [2013-06-10 23:33:06 +0000 UTC]

I wonder how these would get along with Exovoros. Friendship or rivalry?

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scythemantis In reply to Daimera [2013-06-11 00:40:45 +0000 UTC]

They would probably be enamored, but Exovoros might be weirded out.

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Daimera In reply to scythemantis [2013-06-11 04:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Awww, that's adorable~

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Orionide5 [2013-06-10 22:58:30 +0000 UTC]

The dripping, oozing texture is fantastic here.

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SodaliteSabre [2013-06-10 22:28:09 +0000 UTC]

I forget, has there been any radiotrophic fungi in Mortasheen yet? If there hasn't, why?

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FiftyFootWhatever [2013-06-10 22:25:08 +0000 UTC]

I don't know if this was intentional or not, but I really like how you included a bit of Megatherium in this design. I wonder what the "bombardment" would look like... Would it be visible eye beams or just the creature staring at the victim so intensely that the latter appears to melt?

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scythemantis In reply to FiftyFootWhatever [2013-06-10 23:17:29 +0000 UTC]

The latter! Its eyes probably glow a bit greenish, of course, proper monster radiation glows greenish.

I did use a sloth skeletons as reference

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FiftyFootWhatever In reply to scythemantis [2013-06-11 01:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Which would make it far more disturbing. But hey, this is Mortasheen!

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Gorger [2013-06-10 22:24:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god everything about this guy is adorable

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QueenSerenity2012 [2013-06-10 22:02:30 +0000 UTC]

This is arguably the cutest Mortasheen yet.

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Comickit [2013-06-10 21:39:08 +0000 UTC]

whoooooa this is really gooey, nice work!! .o.

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