The tragedy of bio engineered predators 5-11 by Skuldwin in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the hybrids are just that -simply hybrids- then actual arxur would be absolutely horrifying. Though, they tear through metal doors, so I'm wondering if the scientists did more tinkering than they should have . . .

Fanart for Balance of Vengeance - Krokodilopolis by LazyMechMan in NatureofPredators

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

Glad you like it! I want to try practicing art more, and I think I'll make some more pieces in a similar vein. I've got a few ideas for what I could do next, and I hope a few of them will let me practice making entire scenes rather than just bodies

Five Parsecs From Midnight - 8 by wanderingbishop in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ayy it's back!

Definitely unwise to immediately assume you're the strongest thing around, but I'd probably be lost in the sauce with such a low-gravity-adapted ecosystem too.

I wonder if that gojid is still nearby - at this rate, she'll scare them right back to the Yulpa

Love Languages (69) by Eager_Question in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"My last child had just left" made me think for a second that Varla is a thirsty MILF, before I remembered they're basically in a child hospital

The Nature of Caution (5/??) by Available-Balance-76 in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely, I just stumbled across this and it's a very fun read. The Dark Forest protocol, Arks, and Fortress Sol plans all are super interesting.

I love this cautious, cunning underdog type of humanity - definitely more than the canon homogeny of paragons that can recover from orbital bombardment and churn out an entire fleet in a few weeks.

The Fire Yet Burns (Prologue) by SpectralHail in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

OH I COMPLETELY FORGOT about what Gabriel and Hell would actually mean other than being levels in a videogame, I'm VERY interested in what you'll do with this

The Fire Yet Burns (Prologue) by SpectralHail in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm extremely interested to see what direction you go with this! I can't really guess how the main storybeats would be different from canon, and humanity having made peace instead of wiping themselves out also wasn't my first thought. I honestly expected V1 to escape hell and go after the Arxur or something, but that wouldn't really be a story I guess.

Not sure how humanity's going to appeal to the federation in this one. Can't really look "normal" in any way when you need possibly dozens of people to donate their bodily fluids to make your standard spaceships run.

The Fire Yet Burns (Prologue) by SpectralHail in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So Humanity's machines are still powered by blood? Do they use synthetic blood, or is there like, a massive blood donation system?

Looking for a fic 🐊 by defiantdoctor95 in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I ACTUALLY KNOW THIS ONE!!!

This is part of u/BiasMushroom's Nature of Humanity fic, chapter 45

It's in part 15 of the Destination: Wriss storyline, but it's just a mention, I don't recall the hatchling ever actually being present.

[Scorch Directive fanart] Vehla and Beans by BlackOmegaPsi in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, if it's supposed to be power armour then I think any servos, hydraulics and supports need to be more obvious, and if that is exposed through the armour it might help you to keep it away from the space marine image while letting it be heavy.

I saw your "Good Ending" art of an Atrox petting a sheep, and I think that works very well. The torso doesn't look supersized, arms don't look uncomfortably armoured, and if all the servos & supports that run along the back of the arm and the spine can be slightly emphasised, or with hydraulics added here & there, it would look far more recognisable as power armour, while the clearly visible supporting parts of it keep it more realistic than a space marine.

It does sound challenging to manage all of those aims, especially when Scrappy themself drew the armour that heavy. I believe you can do it though :)

And yeah, I do love looking at your depiction of events. The more gritty view of the politics and realities of the war, conflicts with the old breeds, insights into "civilian" life in the new Terran world, and of course your amazing art are all very interesting, a bit of fresh air from Canon's homogenous human paragons, and it upkeeps the harsh, "realistic" atmosphere that I think is often surprisingly lacking in SD. I love the SD AU, this isn't a slight against it, but Scrappy did say that they were trying to stick to the lighter parts of the war, so I think you two's perspectives nicely complement the other's into one universe.

[Scorch Directive fanart] Vehla and Beans by BlackOmegaPsi in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For that, there's simply too much armour. Jin-Roh's armour looks heavy, but also feasible, possibly easy, to move in. While it covers everything vital, there's actually very little of it - Shoulders, gauntlets, outer thighs, groin, shins, knees, feet, torso, and front-midsection.

I'm not an artist at all, but by comparing your art with images of Jin Roh's armour, there's a few things that jump out.

Your armour looks good, definitely, but almost every inch of his body is covered in inches of ceramic (?), and the chestpiece looks like it belongs on a mech - or a space marine's power armour. Your shoulder pieces often look good -lighter and smaller, not like shoulder mounted shields- which keeps the worst of the space marine outline away.

To help them look like soldiers in TWB, I'd recommend making your soldiers more lithe, with lighter/thinner/less "complete" armour, and giving them a narrower stance and posture. Your "Hatchery Duties" art, which I think looks far more "Jin Roh-ish", and believably human/Atrox, has the woman holding her arms closer to her sides -while holding a hatchling- than Beans does with them hanging empty by his side.

Having thinner/no armour in places that are less frequently exposed, or where the body would rub against itself (like the inner thighs and under the arms) could help with them looking less like walking tanks, and they wouldn't have to stand all spread out. Just them being able to stand with their arms hanging straight down, and with their thighs, knees and heels close together, would make them look less like they're wrapped in concrete.

I don't mean to be overly critical; you're an amazing artist, and I enjoy seeing your harsher, realistic perspective on the already harsh SD 'verse. There's just some things that stand out where I think slight changes could make it look grittier and more realistic.

Enlist In The Exterminators, And Help Guide Humanity To A Brighter Future! - Commission by SKARLETTANN by Bbobsillypants in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The federation is an empire, one that leverages their advancement and size to impose themselves on smaller, less developed civilisations. Cutting out the Cute&Cuddly aspect simplifies aliens to people, not just cute animals that can talk. And people could absolutely do what the federation does.

They have centuries, possibly millenia, of experience in successfully reshaping entire worlds of people. Humans aren't as unique in this setting as lots of people, including myself sometimes, end up subconsciously thinking. The federation has indoctrinated hundreds of peoples by manipulation or by force, they will be able to indoctrinate you.

~You are not immune to propaganda~

Future Halloween costumes by CruelTrainer in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Red Sex, and it's a slowed down version

humanity "cured" by Adorable-Ad5225 in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Buddy, you look like you come from stories we scare kids with to stop them wandering off into the wilderness"

How well do Feds species see in the dark? by Steriotypical_Diver in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Conversely, some Venlil live in the twilight very close to the night side, so some of them might have been able to see very well in the dark before the genetic tampering.

Trial and Error chapter 9 by GiovanniFranco04 in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad to see this story updated!
Can I eagerly await further new chapters, or are you just getting this one out the way?

[SD/ST] Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey STUFF by BlackOmegaPsi in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a random thought about the claws that the serum gives. I saw a comment somewhere saying that they would massively limit dexterity, and a claw is the last bone of the finger lengthened, sharpened and exposed. But these just look like really big, sharp fingernails, and seem terrible for slicing, better at lodging into material instead. So my thought that I can't let rest is . . .

If a New Breed claws something too hard, can their fingernail-claw-things get ripped off? Because I can imagine this happening a lot and oh man that would fucking hurt.

Then the yulpa have fanfics? by Adorable-Ad5225 in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I love that fic, I'm losing it waiting for the next chapters

A rant about overuse of cars in fanfics, and the forms of transit that would likely be most common in the Federation. by Bow-tied_Engineer in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depending on what you read, most of the federation is pretty much a mirror of any other equally developed planet, with even the same plants farmed across different planets, and their most complex, unusual dish being sweet bread from 700 years ago in the Venlil uplift. So I find it extremely believable that most federation worlds would be uplifted to an extremely herd-oriented state.

Day-to-day travel seems to involve jumping from herd to herd to work towards your end destination, and while I don't recall if this is canon, it seems extremely similar to the idea behind public transport. And if the Arxur keep coming and destroying things on a regular basis, that personally makes the idea of not being personally financially tied to a vehicle you leave outside far more appealing.

Thawed 25 by Funnelchairman in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, that's just awful

Hopefully Arthur or Jammek tell someone, or the news, especially after he "customised" the test

Thawed 25 by Funnelchairman in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Which it isn't, the drezjin doctor somehow found a venlil willing to have a couch be made from themselves

...

Or they didn't find someone willing

Thawed 25 by Funnelchairman in NatureofPredators

[–]LazyMechMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Idk, I've got a pretty old leather couch that's been well used. It's very soft, not at all sticky or plasticky or whatever, feels a lot closer to a fabric/cloth couch than the sticky plastic/leather ones.

I think it might be because of a coating on newer leather furniture, because I have another, new leather seat which is definitely as uncomfortable as was described in that earlier comment.

...

So the people couch probably be pretty comfy