Gonderbraun

[Nux]

It seems like the dragoon inspires a lot of creativity in me. Trying to improve my technique I decided to go do something with an old goon head pic I made at the time of that 'Goon Art' thread.

The result is the not entirely goon-like 'Gonderbraun', which must be some sort of mutated monstrosity born of our beloved goon.



I called it Gonderbraun because the name came to me when I made it. According to Babelfish 'braun' is German for 'brown' and 'gonder' is German for 'more gonder'. 

EDIT:

Here's a larger view of that last one.

[Plague Bringer]

THE BROWN MORE GONDER.

RUN.

What's that spike thing projecting from it's front legs? CAN IT FLY? Perhaps it can glide? DO YOU GET IMPALED?

[Nux]

Any spikes are there to be pointy. Half way through making it I decided that it should be an aquatic/low-gravity creature to allow it to have a much more unusual body shape.

So to answer your question: Yes it does fly but where it lives, so would you. On terra firma it strides and crawls menacingly.

And yes, YOU do get impaled.

[Bissig]

"gonder" is not a german word.

[Nux]

I figured that much, though I can't explain why babelfish would think Germany has MORE of whatever it might be.

Gonder is in fact a corruption of 'Goonder' which itself came from 'Goon' as in the 'Dragoon'.

[Syntac]

Awesome! (And creepy.)
Doesn't the -er suffix mean "more" in German? Or am I just spouting nonsense as usual?

[fleash eater]

awesome! great concept, maybe it will be featured in a future version of NomX! 

[Taiyo.uk]

Looks like a reasonably fast alien - it's hind limbs look like they'd do a good job of thrusting it forward with each stride, though it'd have to fold it's pointy claws toward it's elbows to use it's front limbs for striding/running. The big fin on it's butt makes me want to chase people in the water tank in Pulse while playing the Jaws theme tune. I'm really digging the skeletal head on the last one, that's really metal.

[+ OPTIMUS +]

i like the head, nice shading also, especially the "bone"-stlye :-)
the body is strange, but maybe can work with some changes. plan it in perspective and let's see if it fits :-)

good to see tremdrawings again btw!

[Nux]

Looks like a reasonably fast alien - it's hind limbs look like they'd do a good job of thrusting it forward with each stride, though it'd have to fold it's pointy claws toward it's elbows to use it's front limbs for striding/running. The big fin on it's butt makes me want to chase people in the water tank in Pulse while playing the Jaws theme tune. I'm really digging the skeletal head on the last one, that's really metal.

That's pretty much spot on

i like the head, nice shading also, especially the "bone"-stlye :-)
the body is strange, but maybe can work with some changes. plan it in perspective and let's see if it fits :-)

good to see tremdrawings again btw!

I might do a perspective shot then. Not only because it would be good practice but it would help explain the body shape a little more. For instance the front legs are further apart than can be seen here when it's walking/running and the back legs foldin when it's swimming.

[Bissig]

Awesome! (And creepy.)
Doesn't the -er suffix mean "more" in German? Or am I just spouting nonsense as usual?

In a way it does:

Höher, weiter, grüner, größer, weiblicher

Higher, farther, greener, bigger, "more womanlike" (?)

[Syntac]

Okay, cool. I was afraid I'd get ridiculed for spewing falsities.

[Redsky]

CAN IT FLY? Perhaps it can glide?

Plague, don't be an asshole

yet another great art from Nux, even better than all previous...
its in midjump, right? how does it look whan standing on earth (it looks like it's able to wallk on walls)?

[Hendrich]

yet another great art from Nux, even better than all previous...
its in midjump, right? how does it look whan standing on earth (it looks like it's able to wallk on walls)?

I'm guessing it stands diagonally, front "claws" first. Or else if it stood normally up, it's hind legs would be kicking frantically.

[Nux]

its in midjump, right? how does it look whan standing on earth (it looks like it's able to wallk on walls)?

Yes, it's in mid-dash. When I'm making the perspective shot I'll be sure to demonstrate it's 'on earth' rest stance.

I'm guessing it stands diagonally, front "claws" first. Or else if it stood normally up, it's hind legs would be kicking frantically.

Yes it can stand diagonally but it usually just has it's front limbs bent and splayed outwards

When attacking, it can reach it's front limbs forward with a slashing motion of it's claw and also uses it's solid head to ram it's victim.

The two prongs jutting from it's back are what used to be legs but now serve as a form of airbreak for rapid deceleration in air and water. They're also used to display when confronting rivals.