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“Somewhat of a follow-up to this image! I didn’t get to show off more green colouration last time, or scale patterns on the chin.
Cardassian “hair” is made up of protofeather-like tufts, which is more obvious with certain hair...
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Somewhat of a follow-up to this image! I didn’t get to show off more green colouration last time, or scale patterns on the chin.

Cardassian “hair” is made up of protofeather-like tufts, which is more obvious with certain hair types than others (most commonly green). Scale patterns on the chin may sometimes have small unbranched filaments poking out. Having such large darker scales on the tip of the lower jaw is pretty rare, but happens, and green as strong as Jil’s is quite rare too. Their society has been homogeneous for so very long that it’s hard to trace physical traits like that back (as opposed to larger more obvious anatomy changes) - and really it doesn’t matter to anyone, given their unification under the state. 

I’m so glad Marc Alaimo played Macet and Dukat differently lmao, because otherwise Macet’s profile would have ended up an awkward recolour of Dukat’s. I’m not sure if I’m completely happy with Natima (since I don’t know her yet, and also couldn’t find decent reference of her hair), but I wanted to trryyy. SO YEP MORE SPACE LIZARD FACES FOR Y'ALL.

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“ Gul Madred, and his offspring Jil Orra. Gul Madred is hardly the first military officer to bring his child to see his “work”, but his offspring is one of the most noticeable.
Whilst grey and blue are most common, followed by...
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Gul Madred, and his offspring Jil Orra. Gul Madred is hardly the first military officer to bring his child to see his “work”, but his offspring is one of the most noticeable.

Whilst grey and blue are most common, followed by red, Jil’s colour is the most rare among Cardassians. That she is so unusual gives away a time long ago when Cardassian society was not so homogenous, when pockets of civilisation had been isolated from each other. Even now, the branched filaments of her mane (far different in texture to the unbranched filaments of Cardassians such as Garak or Dukat) are most commonly associated with the green colouration, even though branched and semi-branched filaments can occur in any Cardassian (Seska is one such example). Jil inherited her colour from both of her parents, and the slight green tint to Madred’s scales can be seen in the correct light.

An unusual trait Madred and Jil both share are unbranched filaments on the body (noticeably the chin, but also appearing on the arms, legs and spine). Around only a quarter of Cardassians have this, but it appears on any colouration in equal measure. Jil’s other parent does not have unbranched filaments on their body. As well as inheriting Madred’s unbranched filaments, she also inherited his eye colour - again, the rarest on Cardassia, making Jil a very unusual sight.

Here’s a portrait of them I did two years ago which has some more info about the above.

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