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Bajoran Redesign

This one’s not as weird as the Trill, sorry guys.

Down at the bottom are Kira and Odo.

The Bajorans are a narrow species, notable for their relatively deep chests, large lungs, and and large hearts that make them excellent sprinters. Their nostrils and airways are broad, increasing air intake. The top speed of a Bajoran athlete is around 45 mph (72 kph), and their agility is top-notch, able to turn on a dime. However, they’re not great with stamina, and Bajorans tire more quickly than comparable species. It’s not something you’d notice in day-to-day activity. Just be aware that when you’re on a long hike in the mountains, the Bajoran in your group is probably going to be the first one to ask for a break. They also tend to have small feet but that’s not really all that important.

Bajorans have very large eyes relative to their skull size, and their eyesight is excellent. They prefer dimmer lighting than humans, and pick up movement very well.

They’re (generally) very agile, due to their flexible spines and great balance.

They look kind of tall in the proportions picture, but the average Bajoran female is only around 5’3”, males 5’4”. To humans, they seem very androgynous. Females usually have slightly narrower shoulders, broader hips (though still narrow by human standards—Bajorans only gestate for five months, and their babies are small and vulnerable), longer arms, longer tails, and more hair on their chest and underneath their breasts (that hair would have allowed ancestral Bajoran babies to better hold onto their mothers. It just never evolved away.) Bajoran males have slightly smaller eyes. and squarer jaws.

Because of the short gestation and Bashir mentioning “high vascularization” between parent and fetus, they are born with two umbilical cords, so they have two scars, on either side of their abdomen. Doctors always monitor the fetus closely to make sure that it doesn’t get tangled up in utero because that can make for a complicated birth.

I didn’t feel like making up genitalia but instead of making them Barbies I put them in lovely floral undies, you’re welcome.

I like Odo with this design. I imagine him sitting in his office with his tail forming a puddle down beside his chair. If you knock on his door, he sucks it up and it’s a proper tail again. He still hasn’t quite mastered how the tail works, though, and it can be a little disconcerting when it doesn’t act the way a tail should.

If anyone ever has any questions or suggestions, please speak up! I’d love to discuss how things could/should be, and I always forget to write stuff in when I’m posting.

[pose references from SenshiStock on DeviantART]

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Trill Redesign

Tried coming up with a bit of a different design for the Trill.

I’m a sucker for things with four arms, so my Trill (hosts) are bipedal hexapods. Their legs have joints at the hip, knee, and ankle. The Trill ankle is located higher on the leg than the human ankle—it’s a bit like a dog. Though they have five fingered hands, Trill feet have only four long, two jointed toes. These are actually the second through fifth toes—the first toe has evolved into the Trill equivalent of a calcaneus and gives the Trill a similar rolling stride.

Other significant differences include the dual pupils, which allow light to enter into separate chambers of the eye. The Trills’ antennae plates are highly mobile, and house their tympanic organ and are used for nonverbal communication (kind of how humans move their hands when they speak). The hairs along the edge of the plates are chemoreceptive and attached to sensitive nerves withing the plate itself that can detect changes in air current and pressure. The plates themselves are covered in an iridescent chitinous shell. 

The average Trill male is around 5’10”, but the female is, on average, around 6’2”. You can see other dimorphic features there, some facial features, spot patterns, etc. Males usually have chunkier spots, but they’re highly variable.

Down at the bottom there are how I’d imagine Jadzia and Curzon Dax. I’ll probably paint an Ezri, sometime, too.

[pose references from SenshiStock on DeviantART]

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Elim Garak: spy, assassin, trained in torture, expert tailor

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Elim Garak: spy, assassin, trained in torture, expert tailor

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Julian Bashir

I don’t know who I’ll post next.

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Jadzia Dax

:3 I love her so much.

I love her humor. I love her gossip. I love her mischievous smile. I’d keep listing things but the list would go on forever.

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Major Kira

I think it’s funny how Kira’s hair is always changing color. This reference was the ‘almost black’ phase.

I’ve got more of these coming, be prepared.

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Rules

Rule 1: Always post the rules.

Rule 2: Answer the questions the person who tagged you has written and write 10 new ones.

Rule 3: Tag 10 new people and link them to your post.

Rule 4: Let them know you’ve tagged them.

I was tagged by unknowntrombone!

1) What is your biggest turn on in a man/woman? 

Short term:  sense of humour, ability to make me laugh.

Long term:  kindness.

2) What is your drug of choice (does not have to be an actual drug)?

Caffeine? Or possibly Star Trek? I pay far more attention to both than I should.

3) If someone who is incredibly attractive but 10+ years older than you asked you to hook up with them, would you?

In a hot minute. Dear God, yes. Now, 10 years younger? Perhaps not.

4) What is your opinion on feminism?

That I don’t know as much about it as I should.

5) If someone gave you the opportunity to know what your life would be like in five years, would you take it?

Nope. I don’t want to seal my deal. Let’s let it be a surprise.

6) If you are not a vegetarian, what would it take for you to become one? If you are a vegetarian, what would it take for you to eat meat?

I teeter. Ethically, eating meat is indefensible. But it’s so easy.

7) What is your guilty pleasure?

Tumblr. Fanfic. DS9 fangirling. Thank God for it.

8) If you could kill anyone in the world and not get caught would you do it? If so, who?

Nope. Who am I to pick who lives and who dies, to coin a phrase? And then I get to live with it? There’s never enough data to make that kind of choice.

9) What traits do you consider to be ideal in a leader or boss?

Firm. Kind. Logical. Decisive. Backs you up.

10) If you became the opposite gender of the one that you currently identify for a day (or, if you are agender or genderqueer, you became one gender or the other), what would you do?

Probably the same kind of things I do right now. I’d masturbate fer shure, because who can pass that up? And I’d go shopping, and go for a walk, and see what it’s like being male, and I would probably see if my husband was up for shenanigans.

Now, your questions!

1.  Chocolate or vanilla? And WHY? You must defend your choice!

2.  Would you rather have the ability to fly or to breathe underwater?

3.  In a partner: pretty eyes or lovely voice?

4.  Humankind has built the first generation ship, on its way to Alpha Centauri, to colonize the confirmed Earthlike planet we’ve found there. Do you sign up for the mission?

5.  What’s your first memory?

6.  What’s your favourite piece of jewelry?

7.  What’s one thing you’d change about yourself?

8.  Would you ever unironically wear jeggings?

9.  If you were in a band, what kind of band would it be, and what would you play?

10.  What does your best friend do that you wish you could do?