Next up are the Mendacians:
The Mendacians were first encountered by a trading expedition that passed near their territory. The expedition bartered with a Mendacian commander for some samples of their advanced shielding technology; trading their jump drive schematics in return. Trusting the seemingly friendly Mendacians – they installed one of the prototype shield modules on their ship – but the next time they passed through an asteroid field the ship’s shields suddenly failed and was then destroyed by an asteroid impact. As the trading expedition discovered – the Mendacians are deceptive and cunning. Most of their society is based on lies. Lies that every Mendacian propagates to their own benefit.
They will have higher health than humans – but poorer science and repair skills. They will have quicker projectiles than most other species – but the projectiles will not be any more powerful than the human projectiles. Their ships will have very high shields but not have much in the way of armor. Their color scheme is green/green-yellow/black and some grey.
For their heads, I used a combination of MakeHuman and Blender sculpting. They have a somewhat toad-like or lizard-like appearance(can you guess which species from TNG I was inspired by?):
I’ve got 5 more alien species I want to do – plus I have some ideas for some critters that might be interesting to put on derelict ships (large insects/arachnoids and I’ve always wanted to try doing some kind of worm type model).
I’m getting my wisdom teeth pulled out tomorrow.
