I'm pretty sure the issue is that the mechanism doesn't actually work in the form presented nor is it even remotely what rabbits do so you don't have that justification.

This was evo's response:

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the gastrocnemius attaches to the femur over the biceps femoris yeah

Evo gave me the okay to show these wips.









While this is an ophrey, which has some of its own specializations, the differences from more primitive species are mainly in the tail; the hip and leg/wing anatomy apart from the raised wing toe is common to all 'biats and the oral ring anatomy is common to all descendants of the hearthead.

Yeah, it would be smashing juveniles but probably prefer other species.

The snowy florasnapper was meant to be a poor flier like a chicken, yes. Capable of flying some to escape predators, but no sustained flight.

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QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Oct 18 2022, 11:46 AM)

This is very far outside work-in-progress rules, and you don't seem to have added onto it in more than a month. I recommend either rejecting it immediately, or rejecting it if it has not been substantially added to by today.

We are not enforcing this rule due to the large number of submissions under review and will only do so once they are the last species in the gen.

Can I recommend making the white pupils more obvious in the artwork? So it's not misinterpreted down the line

It should probably also be a new genus.

The sauceback cloaca should be at the back of the hip segment and certainly not extend past the lung region. I'm not sure why Evo thought otherwise.

I could ask Evo about muscle names.

This doesn't really address the anatomical issues, I've commissioned a full skeleton and muscular diagram for a flying sauceback from the same person who made the original diagrams that will hopefully be a useful reference

The gastrocnemius is in the way of doing that in saucebacks. At the very least it needs a better explanation, though it seriously looks like you mostly or entirely referenced mammal musculature and projected it onto the sauceback skeleton.

You can't just decide that there is a rift valley somewhere.

oh I forgot to name it apparently, lemme do that

Added "During development, they are initially skinny and only their trunks have heartwood until they reach their full trunk-level height, at which point the interior of the prongs lignify for support as they grow longer and thicker"

Also, is that mammal-like wrap around the knee necessary for the mechanism? Please remember that sauceback musculature is not the same as mammalian musculature.

Why does it need a crank if the femur is doing all the work? And if the crank is really as you describe here, even if it can stretch, wouldn't it prevent the wing from fully extending for flight?

A question was brought up on discord--what, exactly, is the crank segment in the rocker-crank mechanism? There's no rigid part connecting the heel to the hip.

EDIT: It was also pointed out that rabbits and kangaroos, which you based this on, store energy in their elastic Achilles tendon to bounce after hitting the ground, rather than using a mechanism like what you described.

Animals with cartoonish numbers for markings also exist in real life, for some reason. Look at this butterfly, it looks like something made in generation 89:

The debates about Quetzalcoatlus' ability to fly were settled years ago. It could definitely fly.

This is less bulky than it looks due to its integument, and it has a longish tail which makes it technically smaller than a 2 meter bird would be. That said, it's not intended to be a very good flier as an adult. It pretty much uses it in short bursts to cross terrain that would be difficult on foot, like a chicken flying to escape a predator, except that it is the predator.

I see no issue with having the gen number as a pattern. It's unusual and novel but not against the rules.

the blue grey replicates the breakdown of iridescence well, I think. I'd add some slight cyan gradients in places to keep it from looking too dusty.

In that case, maybe try blue-grey?

Still looks white. Iridescence won't generally look quite that much brighter than the base color.

Sparkleshrog has red/pink gloss on its brown fur and purple gloss on its blue tail.

Long-Tailed Flunejaw has cyan and purple gloss going on, though I admit it doesn't look great.

The mailclad devorator lineage in Beta has multicolored iridescence.

Snawler has an iridescent tail, made with bands of red, green, and blue.

For a blue creature I'd do either green or purple for the gloss, or maybe a mix of both. I suggest playing with the colors, layer modes, and opacity to see what looks good.

I'd have colored the gloss. That's how I've represented iridescence in species before.