I urge people to follow the link to see the full gallery, the Blaschka family made absolutely breathtaking zoological and botanical sculptures for museum displays. Made ENTIRELY FROM GLASS.
The gallery linked above only contains a fraction of their work, it’s seriously unbelievable what these guys were able to do.
Continuity Trousers and Mechanical Gear Top by YILEE.
Item: Vest of Throwing Stars; rather than the usual magical “patches that turn into the things they look like” it is literally a vest made of throwing stars clipped together. Also functions as mail armor
Today’s entry in “the world of fashion baffles me.” I’m left to explain the pants, which I think are doing half-assed job of concealing a demon or satyr’s backward knees and hooves…
As someone who uses an RSS reader to follow everyone here - and who therefore sees everyone’s themes when I want to like/reblog - EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THESE!
Here’s a small collection of lesser-known bats with interesting characteristics for your viewing pleasure:
Fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus. This bat is known for it’s diet that mostly consists of frogs and other amphibians. Oh, also it’s lips. No need for an explanation on this one. Pretty obvious. [Marco Tschapka]
Western red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii. This bat is related to a similar look-a-like, the eastern red bat. Needless to say they both appear to have been sneaking hot cheetos from the bag when no-one is looking. [Geoffrey Gomes]
Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni. This fruit bat is native to Australia, and, as it’s name suggests; sports a tube-like nose and eats fruit. However most would say it looks rather like a fruit itself, (this one says she takes artistic inspiration from over-ripe bananas) [Merlin Tuttle]
Chapin’s free-tailed bat, Chaerephon chapini. This bat wants you to know that itfucks.No, really- with this hairdo and singing voice the males put on quite the show when courting females. This one just bought tickets to a twisted sister concert. [Tristan Landis]
Lesser bull-dog bat, Noctilio albiventris. There is nothing lesser about this bat because it has jowls and pretty much looks like the chiropteran version of pluto the dog. Did I mention it can catch fish while on the wing? No? Well now you know. [Yuri Aguirre]
Wrinkle-faced bat, Centurio senex. Simply put, this fellow does not have the prettiest complexion. This feature aids in catching every last drop from the fruits they eat, but it simply does not help the fact that this poor guy looks like a defeated raisin. No disrespect of course, I’m sure he is quite the gentleman. [Merlin Tuttle]
Hammer-headed bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus. Contrary to the insulting latin name, he’s a real sweetheart. Only the males sport this peculiar face for amplifying their calls to attract females. (unfortunately due to the bushmeat trade this fellow was primarily blamed for the spread of ebola virus, which was nothis fault, mind you.) [Sarah Olson]
Proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso. This is an incredibly small bat, no less than 6cm and she looks remarkably similar to a muppet. They like to roost horizontally in trees in single-file lines, and this little lady is carrying a ball of lint pup underneath her belly. She looks very kind. [Jess Findlay]
Anyone else keep trying to picture Batman versions of each of these, or is that just me? Different versions of the mask/cowl for situations that are really niche even by Batman’s standards.
This is the best genre of publicly displayed art. I believe that we should all make giant snake, dragon, and assorted monster skeletons and put them all over the place.
