Dragons with feathers! : V - Skyrim

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:41 am

That looks awesome.

went around googling "quetzalcoatl" since it's pretty much an aztec feathered serpent god and i thought it'd fit the bill.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:00 am

I don't think these are natural dragons >_>

know what would be even more awesome? CLIFF RACERS that fight like Dragons.

In one of the preview articles they said if you haven't encountered a dragon for a while the game will make sure you do somehow. Dragons ARE the new cliff racers, I give it till the end of November before people start whining/nerd raging about it.

On topic: No feathers. I want to fight dragons, not giant chickens.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:57 pm

Giant feathered creatures, yes. Dragons with feathers, no.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:13 am

I love the idea of feathered serpents and think it would be cool as hell (like someone said above, think Quetzalcoatl), but I'm sure Bethesda is going for a more stony, rugged look.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:13 pm

I don't think these are natural dragons >_>

There are natural dragons?

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:41 am

1.they are already designed so I doubt it would change
2.it would cause an incredible lag or not look good becuase the feathers would have to be actual objects sense a dragon is so big and a texture would just make it look flat

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:01 pm

If they look like a huge http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/dinosaur-images-050-resize.jpg, then why not? I'm always for more variation. Perhaps they shouldn't breathe fire, though.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:55 pm

It's not fighting a featherd dragon can be done, it's just I don't think I could really play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBLoZYbVLqA to something that (when I picture a feathered dragon) comes out of "My Neighbor Totoro."

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:09 pm

No.

Original Jurrassic park raptors > JP3 raptors.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:06 pm

LOL LEAFY THE DRAGON!

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:29 pm

I should edit my post.. I must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. I still believe this thread should have been included with the original thread but I wasn't very nice about it. Sorry about that.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:42 pm

Dragons don't have feathers im afraid but in our history there was speculation and evidence that suggests that our dinosaurs had feathers i remember reading on it a while back.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:29 pm

Dragon, the new dinosaur.

I think not.

» Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:15 am

sorry, all i can come up with for a mental image is a giant chicken. no thanks.

Ultra-Mega Chicken? No, shhh he is legend.

» Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:00 am

why start a thread about pheonix and then start a separate thread about dragons with feathers? Shouldn't you have just posted this in your original thread?

Probably because phoenixes and feathered dragons aren't at all the same thing.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:12 pm

I like feathered dragons.

http://images.elfwood.com/art/k/n/knuth/standing.jpg

Maybe just rims of feathers and just a mix of both scale and feathers, not a dragon enveloped with them but a mix would be nice.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:13 pm

It looks like the team has decided to use the big, beefy style of dragon that seems to be common in western fantasy settings. The design that I have seen is also very reptilian, and feathers would look a bit strange with that design. With that said, I would like to see different types of dragons in the game (which I think Todd mentioned in one of the interviews). If there is more than one type of dragon, I would love to see a feathered variety that is more birdlike and swift.

I only see 2 legs and arm-wings.

I'm trading my eyes in for a newer model this weekend.

» Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:26 am

Dragons don't have feathers im afraid but in our history there was speculation and evidence that suggests that our dinosaurs had feathers i remember reading on it a while back.

Dragons can have whatever the creator wishes them to have, and there is precedent in other fiction for dragons with feathers.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:16 pm

It looks like the team has decided to use the big, beefy, quadrupedal style of dragon that seems to be common in western fantasy settings. The design that I have seen is also very reptilian, and feathers would look a bit strange with that design. With that said, I would like to see different types of dragons in the game (which I think Todd mentioned in one of the interviews). If there is more than one type of dragon, I would love to see a feathered variety that is more birdlike and swift.

I only see 2 legs and arm-wings.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:27 pm

dino's had feathers would look cool if dragons had a few feathers here and there.
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Lore wise they could be used for mating ceremonies idk ..

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:20 am

I've often seen the amphithere classified as a type of dragon. It's a feathered serpent.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:45 pm

Feathered flying creatures - yes. Flying feathered dragons? Nah. Not all of them at least, maybe just a certain type. And even then, they should be downplayed.

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:39 pm

I think scales would look a lot cooler then feathers, but it's possible tough because some scientists and archeologist still think dinosaurs had feathers...

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:47 pm

These are called "Flying Velociraptor" (because at one point, they had feathers...and some could glide...)

» Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:34 pm

*Facepalm*