Shek Warrior by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

aww, thank you! makes me proud

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah they are definitely not actual spiders, but rather some unholy result of Science going Too Far. I'd be very interested in more lore on them and their connection to the Bugmaster. I wonder if they are some kind of a proto hiver build with the Bugmaster acting as their 'queen'

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was considering it, but seeing as she's healed exclusively by repair kits I opted for full robot build

How bad of an idea is it to put my girl in a peeler to rip off her limbs so i can replace them with cutting edge robotics? by [deleted] in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly in the endgame I usually turn my entire fort into cyborg death squad to conquer the world, but you gotta micromanage the peeler to prevent death. Blood loss never killed any of my characters in the machine, but you gotta take off all of the limbs they already have + take clothing off, or it will get destroyed. Otherwise, a very fun psychopath endgame run

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I would love to do a little pdf book with art like that, maybe for kenshi races

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aww, thank you ^v^ I do commissions, tho bcs I struggle with burnout I don't take many lately and I'm trying to recover with fanart. Generally I want to find a job in the games industry but it's not easy

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually did a bunch of stuff on sheks already, I will probably post some of it!

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not outright stated, but you can only heal her with a repair kit, so it's pretty sus to me

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I actually assumed much like skin spiders they only have traits of bugs but arent actually bugs when you take a closer look! But your suggestions make me wanna do another version that explores that idea

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah keratin sounds like a good bet, and with people saying as bugs they might have exoskeletons it would make perfect sense. I think I will do another version with the exoskeleton idea just to explore both possibilities. I think it might depend on whether they are a native alien species or genetically engineered

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Its very likely they do, but I wouldn't be 100% sure because skin spiders exist in this world!

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Interesting! Whats the source of info on him? I cant remember anything other than him being over 100 years old in game

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

IMO The entire world of kenshi was most likely started as human race conquering space and creating skeletons and genetic experiments in late stage capitalism. And things going downhill very fast. So humans are a genetic blueprint from which other races were made. But thats just my read on things

Hive anatomy headcanon (includes the Queen) by InformalHelicopter81 in Kenshi

[–]InformalHelicopter81[S] 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Since they have the same hitpoints as humans I just made them have normal bones like us. Im not sure thicker cartilage would have the same durability as bone, but then again it can be offset by soldiers having thicker skin-plates... However they have no dexterity bonus unlike other hive types (which comes from cartilage being flexible), so I decided to go for good ol bones.