Queen Hunter
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do you think that if a predator got one of its dreads cut off, would it hurt? i mean do you think its kinda like a octopus tenticle accept it's on their head and they can't move it.... or just plain old hair
Is that from the Stan Winston's project or work book?I was told that one of Stan Winston's books described them as quills, like a porcupine, just thicker and different of it's own kind. This makes sense with the horn-like decorations some Preds have lining their cheek bones. Possibly harder, pointier quills.
Supposefully the dreads are a right of passage from what I was told that are in the three Predator books. I'm not sure if that is accurate I just believe they are hair and it may not hurt, but then again both cound be correct.Braided flesh? I don't see any braids.
Is that from the Stan Winston's project or work book?
Supposefully the dreads are a right of passage from what I was told that are in the three Predator books. I'm not sure if that is accurate I just believe they are hair and it may not hurt, but then again both cound be correct.
I have that comic it is called "Strange Roux" I think. I was like "Holy Crap the Predator gets gutten and made for dinner in the end? Talk about irony"Don't know which book it's from, wish I knew.
In the AVP novels, it was thick hair that was braided and then shelacked (covered with a resin to make them smooth), not flesh. The only point for flesh is a comic where a predator's mistaken for a Louisiana Gollywomp. During the final fight his dreads are slashed and they bleed. Honestly, doesn't make sense from a Darwin standpoint if all that rippable flesh isn't covered. Quills make better sense as a great natural method of protecting the skull.
From 'THE WINSTON EFFECT' Page 101.
DIRECT from THE MAN Stan Winston.
"Winston said. "I started drawing and designing this alien character with QUILLS that in silhouette would look like dreadlocks."
So with that in mind i doubt they hurt if they go cut, maybe his street cred may drop alittle with a mullet, but no physical pain in guessing hehe.
From 'THE WINSTON EFFECT' Page 101.
DIRECT from THE MAN Stan Winston.
"Winston said. "I started drawing and designing this alien character with QUILLS that in silhouette would look like dreadlocks."
So with that in mind i doubt they hurt if they go cut, maybe his street cred may drop alittle with a mullet, but no physical pain in guessing hehe.
HAHAHA!...Now I can't get the picture out of my head with of a predator with a mullet, trucker hat , nascar shirt with no sleeves and an old beat up ford truck.
So with that in mind i doubt they hurt if they go cut, maybe his street cred may drop alittle with a mullet, but no physical pain in guessing hehe.
Yeah, I see them ( dread-Quills) in that light too....I recall it being mentioned that Stand had said that the dread-quills, weighted down with the dread rings could be used defensively, so it would only be sensible to say that they could just as well serve as a buffer and lessen the force of a deadly blow from behind.Like the lion's manes, I really think it is more of an evolutionary thing to protect his neck from blows from opponents, which grew into a more decorative piece when rings were added.
Edit: if they are part of a sensory function, then the predators are in for a LOT of pain...
awesome pic,cuteI don't know what a mullet would look like on pred, perhaps a full out chrome dome would be a better option?