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Hi! So... I'm in the process of writing a massive Bestiary for Lustrian beasts. But even before that I looked a lot into Warhammer's older and often forgotten lore from old version (stuff that has been clearly not canon for a long time, but also not unusable by us current writers) and found this guy:
The Carnivorous Snapper, described as follows by Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition:
I instantly fell in love with this pudgy guy, and got to work on actualizing him to "modern" warhammer fantasy's feel.
Just like how the “Cold One” is based on dromaeosaurs:
And the carnosaur is Lustria’s tyrannosaur:
The old image of the Carnivorous Snapper
made me think of old illustrations of ceratosaurus(which is also my fave dinosaur):
So my idea of the modernized carnivorous snapper would be the lustrian version of the ceratosaurus: A lightly armored, three horned bipedal predator with clawed forearms of a size large enough to be used in hunting. A mid-zized predator to bully cold-ones and stand up to young carnosaurs, but not big enough to compete with carnosaur adults or hunt the mightier herbivores of Lustria.
Elements of the design:
Now, there’s some elements I wanted to keep and that I didn't want to keep from the original description:
That I wanted to keep:
Carnivorous Snappers are the last remnants of a race of great lizards from the days when reptiles ruled the Known World. They are fast-moving and ferocious, but extremely stupid and are sometimes used as hunting beasts by Lizardmen, although it is thought that they once walked the surface.
The Carnivorous Snapper is a bipedal reptile, about 10 feet long from nose to tail and standing about 5 feet high, although - in combat - it can rear to a height of 7 feet. Most of its weight is distributed around its hind legs and it has a heavy tail, which is uses to balance itself while running. Its forelimbs are small and almost useless. Colour varies from dark green to dark brown.
The Carnivorous Snapper is a bipedal reptile, about 10 feet long from nose to tail and standing about 5 feet high, although - in combat - it can rear to a height of 7 feet. Most of its weight is distributed around its hind legs and it has a heavy tail, which is uses to balance itself while running. Its forelimbs are small and almost useless. Colour varies from dark green to dark brown.
I instantly fell in love with this pudgy guy, and got to work on actualizing him to "modern" warhammer fantasy's feel.
Just like how the “Cold One” is based on dromaeosaurs:
And the carnosaur is Lustria’s tyrannosaur:
The old image of the Carnivorous Snapper
So my idea of the modernized carnivorous snapper would be the lustrian version of the ceratosaurus: A lightly armored, three horned bipedal predator with clawed forearms of a size large enough to be used in hunting. A mid-zized predator to bully cold-ones and stand up to young carnosaurs, but not big enough to compete with carnosaur adults or hunt the mightier herbivores of Lustria.
Elements of the design:
Now, there’s some elements I wanted to keep and that I didn't want to keep from the original description:
That I wanted to keep:
- Fast moving and ferocious: I wanted it to be a mid-sized theropod. So obvious.
- Sometimes used as a hunting beast: Obviously since I want it to be a mount I want to keep how useful it is.Specially since I plan on some Saurus and lizardmen-aligned humans on riding them.
- Bipedal, weight on the hindlegs and heavy tail: All normal traits in theropods.
- Extremely stupid: A lot of Lustrian creatures are typecast as dumb lizards because of how old the lore is and old paleontology tropes. I don’t want to keep that, especially because it’s a companion to the main character of one of my stores and that would just not be an interesting dynamic.
- Size: The old version of this creature is really small, literally the smallest “large carnivore “ of Lustria and that would make no sense(it seems to be even smaller than a cold-one), specially if it’s to be a rideable animal. The size I image is is between 7 and eight meters long and about 2,50-2,75 meters tall.
- Forelimbs small and useless: All lustrian theropods have large and very useful forelimbs, so while I don’t want it to be as big as those I still want it to have useful claws, doesn't make sense for it not to have the same traits as its cousins.
- Colors: I just want to have it be more varied in colorations, like all the other Lustrian creatures.
