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Published: 2018-01-31 21:41:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 4071; Favourites: 131; Downloads: 32
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So I came to next Temeraire series dragons category - the lightweights.Only mention of Alamans in the books is the egg size and colouration, so I went to Uncle Google to learn something about the name origins. So Alaman is either a village in the northern part of Iran (not really Turkey) or a German tribe form about 3rd century (definitely nothing to do with Turkey)... I guess we can assume the breed has some kind of Persian origins, but that doesn't really help. So I ended up creating a dragon a bit like Kazilik, but with shorter tail (it makes "only" about 1/2 of it's body length) and less spiky. And ofc not a firebreather. The colours are inspired by the egg shell that was supposed to be yellow with brown spots if I remember correctly (Wiki is not working again).
Personally I feel this one is kind of regress comparing to the last two I made, but after all I'm glad I managed to produce ANYTHING with all the things going on here...
EDIT: KeizerHarm requested adding some anatomical details due to the dragon's pose, but u know... reptile genitalia are not really impressing when "inactive"... Anyway - added xD
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Yey another one :3Β
Yeah this breed had VERY few hints to go on xD
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Yup, that's a curse and a blessing at the same time - on one hand no one can tell u it should look otherwise, but if u can't find it in your head, u won't find it anywhere...
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That is very well said indeed
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Omg, it's so beautiful, and it looks so nice... I wish Temeraire had saved that egg too ;-;
It's an amazing job, congratulations 
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I love your design. That version of Alaman looks cute and positive.
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Oh, thanks 
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i love your temeraire designs!! makes me wanna draw em againΒ
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Heh, I feel some of mine definitely require re-drawing... But I think I should finish te ones that don't have their refs yet (that may take a few years more, given that I started the series in 2010 xD).
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I think you've made a good job and the dragon looks really good; considering there were only very few informations about them available in the books or in the internet.
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Thanks
I was trying to make it at least a bit original and not a "generic"one, so decided to make it mostly brown, because there isn't as many dragons of this colour as yellow/golden ones.
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You're welcome and I guess that's the least you could do. Anyway the resulting dragon looks good and I'd say the colouring suits the dry and mountainous terrain of the area.
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I like his playful pose
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My mom called it a "lazy dog" because of the hind legs position.
As for the egg producing - reptiles have quite differently built genitals than mammals. When "inactive" they are hidden and only some small bumps and straight or v-shaped slit is visible outside. So in this position maybe a little line would be visible near the area where the dragon's rear meet the ground. I can add it if u really want xD
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Well, given that I know you do possess the reptiles - I will take your word for it
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Yup, I used to keep some lizards - telling the girls from the boys was really painful... U know, all u see is this .
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