So, I got Maya a while back, but I still haven’t done shit because I am completely lost with the interface. That’s what this thread is for; I’ll be making a character model here and posting pics. Meanwhile, I’ll be asking help at different intervals and HOPEFULLY, someone will be kind enough to dispel any questions. This could also be quite the helpful thread for any other model-maker-hopeful.
OVERALL PREMISE
The tresants were the first bit of the fauna of Karamajo Earth encountered when they invaded the jungle planet during the Karamajen Wars. Though unintelligent animals with dimensions of 3x5 feet, these extraterrestrial creatures proved to be a terror for the first human soldiers that arrived on the planet.
The tresants started out as cave dwelling creatures, and were the top of the cave food chain. However, during the Karamajen Stone Age, when the feline-like aliens inhabited caves, the tresants were driven out. The tresants were quick to adapt to their new jungle environment.
Tresants comprise of a small, hairy, spherical center, with three legs radiating from it. The bulbous center houses a bundle of neuron-like cells, which serve as a primitive brain. The three legs are as much for movement as for defense and offense; each leg ends in a diamond shaped “shield”. This “shield” is comprised of a hard organic material, akin to bone, and is nigh colorless on every individual. The upper and lower point of each shield ends in a very sharp tip, which helps the creature with traction and provides it with a deadly weapon. If attacked, tresants will hide the important center from it’s attacker by covering it with two shields, the back shield helping maintain stability. The front side of the shield is featureless, while the backside contains two vital body parts for the tresant; a bundle of sensitive feelers and two siphons. Because the tresant was originally a cave dwelling creature, it developed no visual organs. Instead, the tresant relies on ground vibrations, and uses its feelers to detect them. The siphon is used to feed. When the tresant kills its prey, it impales its victim with its shield and uses one siphon to inject the body with acid. The other siphon sucks up the resulting cocktail. Because they are faceless, tresants have no real orientation. The upper half of the body is a mirror image of the lower half and the knees are able to bend both ways. This allows the tresant to move around on its “back” with ease. The same applies in the horizontal aspect; tresants can suddenly move in the opposite direction by simply changing the orientation of one of its legs and without ever turning around. Stories from the early invasion days depicted stories of soldiers attempting to sneak up on a tresant while it was feeding on other fauna. The tresant, feeling the vibrations of their footsteps, would suddenly attack from the rear. Tresants, therefore, cannot be described with “backwards”, “forwards”, or “upside down”, and in effect they are nearly impossible to sneak up on.
Tresants make up for their relatively small stature by traveling in huge groups. Groups are nearly unstoppable, and have been known to decimate entire bases, if they are not properly defended. Because they are relatively unintelligent, they have no fear, and never stop attacking until they are satisfied with their meal, or they believe they have defended their hive. The hive is usually dug into the earth, and is comprised of a large dug out cavern and an immense queen. Queens act as the females, and lay eggs to generate more tresants. However, younger tresants have no sex. When they come of age, they either remain normal tresants or their sex, and some of their DNA, is altered. If they are to become queens, there size increases to more than 300x500 feet. To keep this growth constant, queens must intake a vast amount of food every day. For the rest of their lives, they do nothing but eat and lay eggs. Because of their vulnerability, queens burrow themselves in the ground, creating the hive cavern. A worker class is tasked with constantly bringing food to the queen. If the food is inadequate, the queen eats the worker. Because of the absence of eyes, this happens very often.
