#Metroid Queen

[coldgoldlazarus]

These are the same thing, to me...

[radicalgator]

still on a metroid kick tbh. So heres one the best xeno critters, the Queen Metroid! Tbh always been a fan of her design.

[alligator-with-a-top-hat]

The front of a Queen Metroid I sprited in PICO-8. Largely inspired by its appearance in Another Metroid II Remake, but with details taken from the original Metroid II. Bonus Samus Returns-colored Queen included.

[ifra-strawberii]

METROIDS. Parasitic Organisms man-made in a joint effort between the Echidna and Chozo to rid the planet SR388 of the X-Parasite as their single-minded desire to replicate and consume everything was deemed too horrific of a threat to leave unchecked. Of course, the metroids would become a problem themselves, as not only would they become dangerous when there weren’t any Thoha Chozo around to control them, but plenty of people would see them far more useful as a deadly weapon, especially the Space Pirates. The job to rid the galaxy of these creatures turned weapon would fall onto Rouge’s shoulders, save the one infant metroid who hatched before her eyes after her adventure on SR388...

The metroids take their designs from a mix of the original source material metroids and the different stages of Chaos; Chaos is still a separate thing, but served as one of the inspirations for the Echidna and Chozo when creating them. To be specific, the Larval Metroids and the "Super" Metroid take inspiration from Chaos 0 (though the "Super" one has Chaos 6's eyes). Alpha and Gamma have elements of Chaos 2. The Zeta and Omega metroids have elements of Chaos 6. And the Metroid Queen is modeled more closely off of the Sonic Generations design for Perfect Chaos, with elements from Chaos 6 as well! Power wise, they're rather similar to the Source Material. They drain energy and consume X-Parasites. The stronger ones do have limited amounts of Hydrokinesis as well to mirror the original Chaos, but none of them have anywhere near as much control over water in comparison, aside from maybe the Queen. A larval metroid at most miiiight be able to slap you with its own water tentacle, but nothing more.

[batgirlteeth]

updated version/redraw of a samus piece i did last year! keep on stretchin! no abberation + closeup under the cut

[dstriple]

[molagboop]

Ok I'll talk more about Raven Beak's suit.

You know how Samus' suit just up and explodes if you get her killed? At least in Mawkin powersuits, that's an intended feature for specific warrior classes.

If you were to kill Raven Beak in some way other than allowing a Metroid to juice him like a lemon, his suit would explode. That's a security feature: the Mawkin are very proud of their technology, and firmly believe that their secrets of warfare should never fall into the hands of Others: partly because they're so proud, but also for the good of the galaxy. They don't want their secrets being used by bad actors to wreak havoc.

Raven Beak is the Mawkin Warlord: as such, his suit is juiced up to the nth degree. If he were to fall in battle and his suit didn't explode, the Mawkin would be waist-high in the swamp. If, for example, the Space Pirates were to get ahold of his suit and reverse engineer it, the Mawkin would be held responsible for unleashing the means for the Pirates to create devastating weapons based on their designs.

Mawkin suits are highly optimized and possess combat capabilities and weapons that far exceed most other tribes. Raven Beak's suit has custom "firmware". His suit and the suits of a number of high echelon warriors and intelligence agents are designed to combust in a very particular way.

When the wearer's vitals fall below critical levels, the suit cannibalizes its own upgrades. The excess matter that accumulates as a result of this reaction is highly volatile, and the speed at which this all occurs helps to catalyze a fantastic explosion that ensures no technological footprint is left behind. No user data, no biometrics, no upgrades, no suit. Typically, the more upgrades you have, the grander the explosion is: that's more matter for the dying suit to push together like a play-doh ball made of dynamite.

Upon death, the Shrouded Talons' suits are designed to destroy not just the tech, but the body as well. If a unit is decommissioned, the intelligence wing of the tribe logically does not want the agent's identity to be discerned. Leave no trace and there's no trail to follow, as it were. There's a reason the Talons aren't common knowledge in intergalactic intelligence circles: they take cleaning up after themselves very seriously.

[kosmonauttihai]

Queen Metroid with hatchlings, just being critters.

Mixed media: acrylic, puff paint (some of the carapace edges), glow-in-the-dark paint (hatchlings), air-dry clay (limbs), and polymer clay (teeth) on cardboard and cardstock + translucent red plastic from a candy wrapper, green tissue paper, and some kind of decorative plastic mesh glued over holes cut in the cardboard + photographed with fairylights behind the painting + some digital editing.

[brennanamuffin]

She

[elliot-geltz]

I love how we know more about what Doom Guy does in his off time than we do about Samus.

[dananicolesdrawings]

My new Queen Sonia charm and smol Samus stickers are now up on Etsy! The link is in my bio. 💙💙💙

[metalvania]

Why aren't there plushies of Metroids....I want to cuddle a Metroid......

Cuddle....

[the-starry-lycan]

AM2R, anyone?

[knightofleo]

Denali as Samus Aran Kahmora Hall as Bayonetta Utica as Sephiroth

[cadhla182]

Patreon pieces for the month of July! NSFW variants up for Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/Cadhla182

[zovis]