Dinosaur art?
pic semi-related
>>52315338
>feathers
Into the meteor crater you go, OP.
>>52315441
>when man children screech autistically about feathered dinosaurs because B-B-BUT IT'S NOT AS C-COOOOLL
>>52315484
m8 that drawing is clearly sauropoda inspired, and sauropoda dinos didn't had feathers
>>52315441
>>52315905
That is a looks like something closer to a therizinosaurus, with a shorter tail and a different gait, using it's forlimbs like an anteater would.
>>52315441
>>52315484
>not as cool
What could be cooler than the fact that living, breathing dinosaurs have been among us all this time and we didn't even know it?
Everyday you hear birds singing you're listening to a language that's been developed and refined for literally hundreds of millions of years.Any true world builder or lore-fag would orgasm violently just thinking about that.
>>52315338
Where the big herbivore dinos therapoda or ornthischia?
iirc only the therapoda have evidence for evolving feathers
>>52315979
>>52315484
More like normies assuming that they all had feathers having not looked into it at all.
Because most of the herbivores did not have feathers. The Jurassic Stegosaurus is one example of, which takes five seconds to look up.
>>52315441
>>52315905
It might actually be a hypothetical "terrestrial Azhdarchid" going by the shape of the forlimbs in which case everyone is wrong.
>>52316180
then it's not even a fucking dinosaur, why would it have feathers
>>52316180
>>52316308
Its not a dinosaur but it isnt also a possible terrestial azhdarchid. Its literally just some weird ass land bird thing.
http://commander-salamander.deviantart.com/art/Fauxs-Greater-Giraffebird-159245718
>>52315979
>>52316014
Due to a new study that came out today, that tree might be getting changed in a big way. Theropoda might be getting moved to a branch with ornithischia with sauropods being alone. They looked at a bunch of fossils and their anatomies with newer better tech and fossils; what they found was that the ornithischians fit better with theropods, who in some species have weird quill feathers and things like that. It's still very new and needs some review but there could be a giant shakeup in dinosaur science in the near future.
Posting most accurate trex picture as far as scientists say its like.
>>52316308
>>52316999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterosaur#Pycnofibers
Because Pterosaurs had some sort of insulation, just like every other flying vertebrate.
>>52317086
and said insulation looked like hair, not feathers like in the op picture
>>52315441
>>52315484
>>52315905
>>52316088
>>52316180
>>52316308
As far as I can tell the original image is titled "Giraffe Bird", so all you aspies need to take a deep breath because it's some Future Is Wild hypothetical evolution shit.
>>52317268
http://m0ai.deviantart.com/art/Fauxs-Greater-Giraffebird-159245718
>>52317268
>pic semi-related
OP may be a faggot, but he did not lie
>>52317436
That's a lot of feathers on its head for a carrion eater.
>>52316999
>>52317458
>>52317436
I fucking can't stand it when artists put random bright ass bird feathers on dinosaurs.
Yeah, we get it that you got it from an owl. Guess what, it's fucking nothing like an owl.
How do you guys fit dinosaurs into your settings?
Are they just vanilla dinosaurs or are just based on dinosaurs?
all you fucking homos arguing about if Dinosaurs had feathers and I'm still trying to find out how this is /tg/ related
>>52317597
If it means being closer to the truth and if that truth is rage, I will rage.
Falsehood is evil.
>>52317674
Lurk moar faggot
>>52317674
Just for you faggot.
There are a ton of systems that have dino stats and having art to go with it when playing is a time honored /tg/ thread type. aLso arguing about feathers is also super old and part of what makes these threads greatthough actually it doesn't and feathers are objectively best.
>>52317674
Boom.
>>52317844
>>52317665
>>52317674
Took a while for someone to notice it
>>52317938
Then what the fuck are you doing on the board for gay board games? Go back to whatever little shithole you call home newfag.
>>52317947
Im looking at this and all I can think is that the barbarian woman just threw that ankylosaur at the Trex.
>>52317947
...this image is a blatant mischaracterization of Paizo's attitude towards martial characters.
>>52317702
It was not the response I expected, but a very good response it was.
>>52317810
If that's /tg/ related then I guess discussing Jack Nicholson's career on /sp/ is /sp/ related since he's a Lakers season ticket holder
>>52316088
>implying we know for certain which species had them
Sure, you could guess stegosaurus being a ornitischian (and older) it would have been featherless more than a t-rex, but...
>>52318170
>GRRM endorsing it
Please don't tell me it features dinosaur rape
>>52318227
Of children.
It's GRRM. Don't forget the children.
>>52318127
Look, I get it, you're a troll starving for (you)s, and the economy has been pretty bad. But there is a difference between arguing about the way an animal looks when being presented before players in a TTRPG, aka what this thread is mostly about along with arguing about taxonomy and the weird little bits of evolution that may pop up in a scifi setting, and talking about something utterly different to the board it's actually on, aka talking about the movie career of a movie star who happens to hold sports tickets on the sports board.
Ours is worldbuilding for traditional games, while yours is a random topic with only the barest attachment to the sports board.
>>52318170
>>52318303
god the art has gotten atrocious
>>52318170
>GRRM using and calling his own work by the wrong name
I smell bullshit
>>52318127
Neck yourself faggot
It's /tg/ related as heck
>>52318264
I can deal with that.
I wouldn't deal with dinosaur rape tough. My fucking childhood, man.
>I still like GRRM as much as it is cool to diss him now, but he's literally obsessed at times, I still can't believe he could think anyone would give a shit about Rhaenrya's hymen for a page and half of the World book, both IRL and in fiction
>>52315338
l think people tend to go a little overboard with the whole "Dinosaurs had feathers" thing like either they had no feathers at all or were entirely covered in them
pic related is a tiny dinosaur thats still kicking around today
the things that look like spikes on their backs are feathersthey also have a third eye on the top of their heads that close over when they get older
>dinosaurs are /tg/ related
>>52318285
That's a creepy looking TurkeyRex
>>52318439
>smear shit all over yourself before battle
let's see a dino take a bite of you then
Arambourgiana.
For when you want to give the halflings a really bad time.
On this topic, fantasy and dinosaurs. Did any of you tried it? I mean, not in the King Kong's island sense, but something like a more precise worldbuilding of, I dunno, dwarves using brachiosauruses to do heavy engeneering work?
>and yes, I know aramabourgiana it's not a dinosaur, thank you
Hey guys I was looking for /tg/ and accidentally discovered a bunch of man children discussing children's shit... Can someone direct me back to /tg/ please?
>>52318599
>Hey guys I was looking for a bunch of man children discussing childrens shit and accidentally discovered a bunch of man children discussing children's shit... Can someone direct me back to man children discussing childrens shit please?
What did he mean by this?
>>52318661
he, on a board where we play games with little toys, thinks dinosaurs are kiddie shit
>>52318661
Don't reply to trolls, dummy.
>>52318661
>>52318414
This.
I'm not against some dinosaurs having feathers at either a scientific or aesthetic level but I am annoyed to some extent at every amateur artist these days covering their dinosaurs in a full plumage of bird feathers like a peacock. It's cool if it's being done as deliberate fantasy but a lot of people actually seem to think they're being 'so realistic' when they really aren't.
The problem is that people hear that some dinosaurs were feathered and they jump to the conclusion not only that they all were but also that those feathers were just like those on modern birds. The fact is a large portion if dinosaurs had just good old fashioned scales - including pretty much anything on four legs and/or herbivorous - and even most of the ones that did had more of a sort of proto-feather fuzz than what you would see on a modern bird. The only dinosaurs that may have actually looked like this >>52317257 would be raptors and those proto-birds whose names I can never fully remember/pronounce (arche-something)
>>52318878
*even most of the ones that did have feathers
>>52318335
He's clearly referencing the TV show.
I'm sick of correcting people about the name of the book series.
I haven't even read, just my autism for accuracy.
I was jonesing for a dinosaur thread and of course I find one on /tg/. You jerks are great. Have this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXt9XgxM7zo
>>52319869
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr2iQ96em2w
>>52318494
Komodo dragons don't give a shit, I'm sure T Rexes can handle that stuff as well.
>>52317665
The way I did it in my setting is that both feathered and featherless versions of dinosaurs exist. With the featherless ones being slightly more docile and easier to try and domesticate and the feathered variations just being fucking batshit mad at all times and they just hate everything around them.
>>52317702
Op literally stated semi-related though
You're're dumb.
>>52317117
"Lemme smash"
>>52320766
I'm laughing far harder than I should have at this
>>52318414
Not a dinosaur, not even close
>>52320890
l think the point is that they've been around relatively unchanged for more than 200 million years, meaning it has traits similar to that of what prehistoric lizards developed
>>52320766
Best post in thread.
>>52318522
I always wanted to rip off this game and translate it into a RPG setting.
>Can ride EVERYTHING.
>Different Dinosaurs have different niches.
>All set on an island thats a mix of Skull island and the Bermuda triangle.
>Cultures from different time periods meet up and clash. Nazi's fighting Greeks fighting "modern" survivors.
>Strange alien structures to explore, but never really explained.
>Each player gets a pet dino to ride and fight with.
Sadly you'd probably have to build a new system to run it in, because mounted combat usually is an afterthought in most systems.
>>52316999
What's the source for the reclassification?
>>52321216
Matthew G. Baron, David B. Norman, Paul M. Barrett. A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution. Nature, 2017
Literally came out today.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170322143202.htm
>>52318015
They're probably playing Exalted.
>>52320766
>>52321859
>Dinosaur rubs quills on its prey's carcass in order to dissuade larger, more ferocious, animals from scavenging it. Similar to how Hyenas will defecate on their kills in order to keep larger animals from stealing it.
I could buy it.
>>52320612
Cool setting
Reminds me of that dumb idea for a fighting game the SBFP came up with based on Primal Rage, Dinos vs Saurs
Using small raptors instead of wolfs as minor wild enemies, since it is a fantasy setting they are called drakes.
>>52315338
Threads like this make me depressed. All my life I wanted to be a Paeleontologuist, but I was teased about it relentlessly. So I gave up and decided to become a Historian. Now, 8 years in and with a masters under my belt, I wish I had never done it. Postmodernism killed my love of History leaving it a hollow and empty thing that brings no joy, while every new Dinosaur or other extinct animal discovery only fires up the old imagination and brings the longing and regret back to the fore.
>>52322664
Count your blessings anon. You still can love paleontology.
If you got into the field you would've found out it's mostly digging out teeth, looking through a microscope at teeth, and describing teeth in excrucating detail.
have you guys ever decided to make prehistoic versions of the creatures in your world
would a prehistoric Tarresque be stronger or weaker than a regular one?
>>52316088
>anyone giving a fuck about herbivores
How does it feel to be a giant faggot?
Carnivore theropods or go the FUCK home.
>>52318414
You are fucking retarded.
It's so old, it fucking predates the first motherfucking lizards. So no, it's not a fucking dinosaur you fucking retarded cocksucking faggot.
If you don't fucking know your dinosaur facts, SHUT THE FUCK UP!
>>52323206
>mostly digging out teeth
the rest is shit, but digging big holes and looking at rocks is fun
>>52324405
>it is sorta reptile
>it is ancient looking
Therefore it is a dinosaur.
t. popular culture
>>52324154
That would depend if there was ever such a massive shift in enviorment that the Tarrasue size and strength became useless.
If no then I imagine earlier Tarrassques were weaker compared to the refined and evolved modern version.
>>52321094
Yeah, but dinosaurs aren't prehistoric lizards.
>>52319171
>bent legs
>belly close to ground
>neck held upright
>dragging tail
>swampy terrain
That picture is so wrong it hurts.
>>52324470
No shit m8, it is from the early 20th century.
I know this might be the wrong thread for it but it's the closest I can find. Does anybody have that picture of the tiny blue dragon in an adventurers hand?
>>52318522
Man, what the fuck was God thinking when She created these fucking things
>>52324470
>these stupid idiots weren't even aware of scientific discoveries that happened decades later!
Any cybernetic dinosaur pictures around, or similar?
Reasons.
>>52321212
Hell I'd be down for something like this for HZD as well
people often think that giving feathers to dinousaurs makes them less badass. I dissagree. Imagine a velociraptor with black feathers joining its packmates in doing batman style takedowns on a diplodicus. or an allosaurus with a lion like mane of tawny feathers.
>>52329054
I can see some issue with people getting too enthusiastic with feathers, but part of the trouble is that scale purists don't want animals, they want monsters, they liked being ignorant about the full nature of dinosaurs because the mystery is what made them badass in their minds, one guy I'm subbed to on youtube is so set off that he brings up his hatred of feather dinos every time anything tangentially dinosaur related comes up in the vids they do
>>52330175
A scaley one would look cooler.
>>52317458
>T-Rex
>Primarily a scavenger
>>52317458
Go home Jack Horner, your Spinosaur waifu turned out to be a giant crocodile.
>>52330340
thats a Cryolophasaurus
>>52330794
heh, more like a macro duck
>>52315338
>featherfag
Take your paleomeme art out of here.
>>52330340
T-Rex were carnivores, there is not a single carnivore on this planet that doesn't both, in some way, hunt and scavenge.
:^)
>>52330898
>heh, more like a macro duck
http://kirbyniferousregret.deviantart.com/gallery/
>>52331259
That's a big damn sawfish. Crazy that they still grow almost that large.
>>52330340
>he doesn't know about the new theory of tyrannosaurs age-dependent group hunting
Experts now assume that young (lightweight) tyrannosaurs would chase down prey and trick the prey into heading into an ambush where the older slower and heavier tyrannosaurs would lie in wait.
>>52331601
>Experts now assume
Dinosaur art of varying accuracy inbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4PM-4cRTx0&index=19
>>52332117
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Zh3tON_80&index=18&list=PLD6E4985C2AA8AA00
>>52332147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50VIT_-FGKc
>>52332186
>>52332212
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnhui1o37o
>>52332246
>>52332275
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-aEVaObDN4
>>52332291
>>52332317
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it3LzKoUk74
>>52332345
>>52332367
>>52332397
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ovs7G0JMkM
>>52332419
>>52332451
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tJqX7d_5ZI
>>52332275
>EEEEEY YOO GUUUIIIISSSE
>>52332472
>>52332451
A CHALLENGER APPEARS
Is this awesome?
[y/n]
>>52332498
>>52332518
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nGdUHDvRg
>>52332541
>>52332562
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA9NJJXUNCM
>>52332574
>>52332592
>>52332616
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOYhRthHG0M
>>52332638
>>52332667
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY9sEDTFe5g
>>52332708
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NktN3fpC7sk
>>52332734
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2eYUicEUjw
>>52332765
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTi6uo7X3A8
>>52316921
....
D... do I want to know why that anime girl is there for reference?
>>52332802
>>52332833
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K4acdI-2ws
>>52332861
>>52332879
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neyTrD5w8WQ
>>52332905
>>52332926
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea2BPK-jR5I
>>52332275
>bad joke telling t-rex
>>52332949
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXTspZhM05A
And that concludes my dinosaur art folder
>>52321212
I've been meaning to look into adapting Savage Worlds to handle ARK. Guns, dinos, and native tribes with a bizarre mix of primitive and future technology.
>>52333075
...isn't that already handled by Savage Worlds?
I'm sure it wouldn't take more than one or two extra books at most.
>>52330827
I drew hat you did there
>>52330827
I see what you did there
>>52316014
Not a dinosaur, but interesting nonetheless, pterosaurs had something like hair, but it was obviously distinct from hair that a new name for it had to come up.
Pycnofibers is what the went with.
Also
>Research into the genetic code of American alligator embryos could suggest that pycnofibres, crocodile scutes and avian feathers are developmentally homologous, based on the construction of their beta-keratin [37]
from 2006 not sure what came of it
>>52321212
Kinda want to play ark again, but the building is tedious even when you do know the pillar lowering/raising tricks.
>>52333075
There's a book coming out soon I think that's all about that. Kronocalypse might have been the name.
>>52315338
Recent discovery that dinosaurs lacked the vocal structure required to roar. It's more likely they made quacking type noises.
>>52338418
or maybe some loud hissing or rumbles
>>52338418
I mean if you take a pigeon coo and scale the animal up multiple times it would basically turn into this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3rzkrm98J0
>>52339316
ahh Dougal DIxon, questionable scientific viability but fun nontheless
>>52339282
>Freddy Kruger Dinosaurs existed.
Damn nature.