Posted by Venomous Goldens: Viper, Cobra, Gaboon

Agryo [Quitting] (#70050)


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Posted on
2019-08-01 12:07:03
So! I breed Blacks, but looking at the options for gold breeders who want to breed something nice is... really, really sad. Spite kicked me into action, so I'm tossing some ideas for new Goldens to a) encourage more people to give them the time of day and b) fill out some genetic groups in need of more diversity.

To start things off, let's get some golds fit for any breeder miffed Scoundrel was made red: two bases inspired by venomous snakes, Cobra and Viper!

Cobra
Gold Medium Countershaded Special
Inspired by spectacled cobras, spitting cobras and king cobras, a lovely golden base with a striking hood and details. (Lineless)
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Viper
Gold Light Solid (or Countershaded) Special
Inspired by the desert horned viper, a fairly pale base - the main selling point is that face and those gradients.(Lineless)
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NEW!
Gaboon
Gold Dark Countershade Special
The gaboon viper, in all its chonky glory, was my muse- however it looks like an absolutely complex MESS and not a base, so I tried to capture the spirit of it. Dark, dangerous and likely hiding in the leaf-litter at your feet(Lineless)
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As much as I love breed-onlys, I propose that Cobra and Viper be applicator Specials. GMC and GLS/C desperately need applicator bases that actually look, well, golden- Bast is beautiful, but it wouldn't fit a natural pride at all. Hell, the latter only just got Angelic. Bless your soul Serval ilu, but it needed that blue due to the mane.
Cobra's job is to give Mandarin/Dhahabi/Maziwa breeders an in-between to apply to their kings and breeders while they breed that perfect heir, while Viper is just. Finally giving GLS/C some love
Gaboon could also be an app, but it's slightly less tense a situation (Anubis can pass as slightly more natural than Bast, sliiightly). Thus, I wouldn't be opposed to it being a combo of other snake Goldens ;3

Making them NCL-exclusives or breed-only (or Creams) would defeat this point. I'd suggest that they be attainable together, maybe from March, some sort of storyline or an Explore encounter (more common than Interstellar lmao).

A great suggestion by ausgoth:
"Would be amazing to be able to craft these with chaos snake scales or something like that?
Maybe something gaudier for more scales or something like that."
(absolutely yes please sign me the HELL up I would love this)

Thoughts? Suggestions for edits or alt versions? I'd love to hear em!
If you have any suggestions for snakes bases to give the other golds natural-looking applicator bases, post below! <3



This suggestion has 377 supports and 8 NO supports.



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Edited on 03/11/19 @ 05:38:13 by Agryo [Project] (#70050)

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spots (#98320)

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Posted on
2019-08-01 12:12:05
YES
YES
YES PLEASE



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Posted on
2019-08-01 15:19:04
bruh this is SEXY



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Severinus [Dorsal
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Posted on
2019-08-04 10:38:50
These would be great additions to the goldens! Medium especially needs more specials/rares.



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Berenos|On hiatus (#84593)

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Posted on
2019-08-06 01:10:06
Lovely bases <3



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Riza H [9k
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Posted on
2019-08-06 05:41:03
I swoon for cobra omg!!



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imke (#35030)

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Posted on
2019-08-07 06:00:59
Viper is stunning!!



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Posted on
2019-08-30 06:07:47
Eh, these are both really just- unexciting? No love from me. I like the idea of them, though, and with some work to make them more bold/striking I could change my mind.



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🌻 the serval
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2019-08-30 16:10:42
How is this unexciting or bland? They're both patterned and gradiented? Not to be rude, I just can't tell what you mean.



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Ivy (Main) (#2473)

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Posted on
2019-08-30 16:14:11
They are really lovely! <3



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Shima (#14142)

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Posted on
2019-09-01 03:11:52
Huge support since this month's applicator is yet another black (I'm honestly not surprised anymore) and Goldens are still lacking applicators. Not to mention that there are literally zero Golden Light Solid Specials in game.

Also the comment saying that those bases are 'unexciting' is laughable, Goldens aren't meant to be eye-burners to begin with and we already have Green/Labradorite that don't match the average expectations, with Ember on the side.



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Sallin (#17483)

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Posted on
2019-09-01 08:04:23
These are super-pretty and I especially love Viper!



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Agryo [Quitting] (#70050)


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Posted on
2019-09-01 08:36:57
Thank you for all the support! <3


I like flashy bases as much as the next Black breeder- but these bases aren't intended to be the next Gilded or Labradorite. They're not gaudy, sparkling bases to slap on a multi-Rosette with Feline Ebony marks (I say this with an Elysian multi-Rosette with Feline Ely/En lmao).

They're intended to give breeders who favor natural lions something to make pretty natural-ish Specials, without requiring one hell of a breeding project (or simply giving them one period in Viper's case). A base to put on your pretty 8-mark cub that failed to get Dhahabi, or an in-between while you struggle to get Mandarin to pass (an F in chat for Hybrid base nerf- for the record, doubling a pass rate presumably under 1% doesn't help much!).

Gold already has a good few flashy bases- they have their niche! And they're beautiful, but don't suit many projects or designs. What Gold breeders want now, to my understanding, is a return to their roots: bases that actually look good with natural-ish designs. <3



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🌺✨Starry✨🌺 (#113617)

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Posted on
2019-09-08 05:54:13
I NEED cobraaa!



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Posted on
2019-09-08 06:02:37
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEAAAAASEEEEEEE
SNAKE THEMED GORGEOUS GOLD BASES????????
FUCK YES.
Would be amazing to be able to craft these with chaos snake scales or something like that?
Maybe something gaudier for more scales or something like that.

I'd love one based off a gaboon viper? Maybe a dark gold?



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Agryo [Quitting] (#70050)


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Posted on
2019-09-08 06:09:14
Why didn't I think of that??

That's brilliant ausgoth!! I'll add it to the main post- thanks for the contribution! <3

Gaboons are gorgeous snakes and I love them, adapting such a complex camouflage pattern to a base will be tricky. But something inspired by them should be do-able, I'll give it a try!



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