From: Eli Arndt <emu2020@c...>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:58:44 -0700
Subject: The Tonk Project
Hello all, Well Phase One of the Tonk conversions is done. I sat down last night and in about a half an hour managed to convert the burly human faces on the minis to the wide-mouthed froggy-faces of the Tonk. This was surprisingly easy and I'm still wondering if I did a good job. I'll be posting the green-work as soon as I can get access to a friend's digital camera. A few notes for the background of these beings - They are large alien amphibians evolved from an animal similar to a hippo in nature. Environmental changes forced an evolution to a more land-based and less aquatic being. An abundance of high-placed and hanging food stuff facilitated the evolution of hands and reaching/grasping limbs and upright stature. The world they come from is a cool temperate swampy world with dim light and a murky atmosphere. Tonk have horrible daylight vision and compensate with hi-tech optics (thus the goggles). They are well-built and tough with thick skin. They are omnivores with a diet of insects, small aquatic animals (think shrimp and krill), fruits and grains. Thanks, Eli