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The much feared spitting mousedragon!Name: Spitting Mousedragon

Description: The much feared spitting mousedragon swoops on its prey, snapping the neck instantly.
When confronted with enemies – or rival spitting mousedragons – they use their tail to spit noxious chemicals into the face of their opponent.

Yellowish-orange with reddish-orange highlights, the spitting mousedragon sports wings and wicked claws.

Statistics:
Abilities – Mating Call, Jump (1), Glide (2), Sprint (3), Sight
Attack – Bite (3), Charge (5), Spit (2)
Socialize – Sing (1), Dance (4), Charm (3)
Speed – 5
Health – 50
Diet – Carnivore

Notes:
When I started this creature I was actually intending on having it be a replacement for my original Flying Purple People Eater. However I got so caught up in the design of the thing that it had two eyes and no horn and was fully painted up before I remembered what I was doing!

The spitting mousedragon has armour plates running from just under his neck, along his belly and up the tail to the “Problem-solvent” on the end. Getting the plates to line up correctly was very difficult. The camera doesn’t really want to swivel low enough for you to see under there very well on this creature, so it was mostly done via some very careful mouse maneuvers.

The tail mounted spitter was originally on the end of a couple of segments of limb, but I had to scrap that idea for two reasons. Firstly, it gave an uneven look to the tail, with a clear step between the end of the spine and the start of the faux-limb. Secondly, it added too much complexity, making it difficult to get all the other gnarly accoutrements installed.

The orange theme to the colours is unusual for creatures I’ve created. I’m not a huge fan of orange in general, but it seemed to work for this creature.

Interestingly, the babies for the spitting mousedragon don’t look all that different to the adults, just smaller. Many other creatures look cute due to larger eyes and other features. Doesn’t seem to be the case here.

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  • Ritek
    I'm so getting the full version of CC - look at the claws on that thing! ;-)

    I tend to think of a particular part or feature I want in the new creature, and the rest flows from there. My next one tonight was going to have some sort of spitting part as well.

    I've got two up in the Sporepedia now, but I'll be bookmarking this one - well done!
  • I love those claws, yeah!
    I was quite fond of the spitting parts in the demo, so I have a few more creatures with them yet. ;)

    I just checked your Sporepedia page and I really like your green dude, looks like he has a really nice paintjob on him. Hope he turns up in my game when the full one is out!
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