Tyrant - Unvanquished

Old work from 2012 for the open source game 'Unvanquished.'

"The enormous tyrant is the end result of alien evolution, a hulking behemoth capable of demolishing human defenses and quickly killing anything not wearing a battlesuit. It's nowhere near as mobile as the other aliens, but due to its size and great strength, it can best be thought of as a living tank."

As the original Tyrant model from Tremulous was quite iconic to players of the game, I felt it important not to make this redesign too radically different. As it is the most advanced and powerful alien within the game I also felt it was important to push the reptilian and insect features further than some of the lesser aliens. Exaggerating contrasting features like fleshy reptilian skin with a hard segmented carapace really helped to sell the creature as something otherworldly.
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