Reference: Kree by KreeTheBasilisk

30 Aug 2010 05:30 pm

I paid 19 bucks for this image! :P
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    Reply KreeTheBasilisk 30 Aug 2010 05:55 pm

    Done at last! Sheesh what was I thinking doing two pages?! Sorry for the uninspired backgrounds.

    Smackjeeves has a file size limit (and the reference isn't supposed to be two pages :P) so if you're curious to see the full pages, here they are: Page 1, Page 2

    So anyway, here's Kree! Man, it looks so weird next to all these other normal reference pics :P

    Also some additional factz:

    • He likes to poke around. Feel free to draw him lurking around just about anywhere (as just about anyTHING). He (generally) means no harm, he's just super-curious and wants to see what everyone is up to!

    • He does actually wear clothes! But since he likes to climb through vents and stuff, they usually don't manage to stay with him for very long :P He tries though.

    • He's (probably) an engineer. I'm sure he's found some sort of technical position of work anyway. Someone probably just discovered him fixing something one day and just assumed he worked there. He doesn't mind; he likes to fix stuff.

    • Kree will sometimes make a habit of imitating or even completely mirroring the species of the person he's interacting with. Or not, it's sort of whimsical.

    • He can split up into multiple pieces if he wants to, which generally makes them more intelligent than getting split up by accident/attack. In either situation, he'll eventually pull himself back together starting from the largest piece.

    • The death-by-insane thing. For him, a tumor would need to be treated by a shrink with an intro lesson in microbiology. Something like Dissociative Identity Disorder would result in either multiple heads or multiple people. Generally all mental conditions are amplified because of the "canvas" made available by a shapeshifter body. He would very much appreciate not dying by insanity.

    • I swear I definitely thought him up before I read Schlock Mercenary! He is sorta similar to Schlock in abilities though :P

    • I got it into my head that Hex would swear in math. The really serious profanity would be something like a logical fallacy or a false proof! :D



    Feel free to ask for any other details you have in mind! I'll be updating this page if I come up with anything new.

    Users' Comments:

    Reply MacSimon 30 Aug 2010 06:21 pm

    Kree, this is a great introduction. Great to see you'll be part in this one. : D

    Reply iAttackMentally 30 Aug 2010 07:08 pm

    I love this introduction. Very creative. :)

    Reply TerminalMontage 30 Aug 2010 07:28 pm

    Oh boy! :D

    Reply Twentydragon 30 Aug 2010 07:29 pm

    What was Hex doing just hanging around in a cemetery?

    Reply Mozz 30 Aug 2010 07:36 pm

    Don't you know? Cemetery tuesday!

    And kree, i love your art style. Your shapeshifty lizard is adorable. it's a shame you weren't in on the last round D: it would have been awesome. Oh well.

    I have a feeling Kree and flint would get along. same sort of personality. though i decided to reveal Flint's personality in due time.

    Reply Daiger 30 Aug 2010 11:16 pm

    Awesome intro comic here, and we haven't even started the game. XD

    Also liking your alien lizard guy too and the throwback to the previous game. XD

    Reply KreeTheBasilisk 31 Aug 2010 01:12 am

    Thanks guys! Glad to know that people like it :)

    @Twentydragon
    HEX SEES ALL! He's the all-mighty arbiter of the mafia universe.

    @Mozz
    I could picture the two of them doing a long-armed-high-five.

    OHH HEY that just reminded me of another detail: Kree will sometimes make a habit of imitating or even completely mirroring the species of the person he's interacting with.

    @Daiger
    I was grateful that Hex included me at all when I forgot to submit something, so I thought I'd poke fun at myself this time around, seeing as it's technically the same character :P

    Reply Pandachu 31 Aug 2010 02:18 am

    Ahahahaha Brilliant intro comic, I dig your character. xD

    Reply Twentydragon 31 Aug 2010 02:24 am

    I imagine that Kree would actually be quite sensitive to temperature in either direction. Too cold, and he'll freeze. Too hot, and he'll melt or even evaporate. And evaporation might actually cause injury, while melting is just a major inconvenience.

    Reply KreeTheBasilisk 31 Aug 2010 04:59 am

    He's not quite that liquid-like, he won't evaporate. He could armour-up with some shell as some protection from short encounters with heat. He burns like any other biological creature but he can regenerate from it, so anything short of heavy loss of body mass would be survivable. Burns still hurt though! :(

    Sustained heat is the killer. Sustained heat below the normal biological killing point would cause him to sprout a lot of fins and other heat-sink shapes to keep from overheating. If he's particularly hydrated he might even try manually emulating sweat. But all this would wear him down without access to any sources of cool to dump heat into. Same deal as humans dehydrating.

    If he knows he's going into a very hot or cold environment he usually either takes note of places to heat/cool (like a lizard! XD) or builds/finds his own mechanical heater/cooler device to hide inside himself. (Even something simple like a hot water bottle, if he's in a pinch :P)

    Reply Hexaditidom 31 Aug 2010 09:45 am

    Hahahaha! Fantastic reference. XD Very unique way to go about it.

    Reply Mozz 31 Aug 2010 10:59 am

    @Kree: I maay just have to draw that now. XD

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