Wanted to try and do a little variation of some Zfarn women. Also lets me play around with some ideas of the culture and create a reference for myself and anyone else who might like to try.
- Kind of imagine that coming from a desert planet, there's a tendency for people to be leaner. Of course, the lady on the left proves some of them can be quite buff.
- Ears are almost elven, pointed, small and almost turned down, letting less sand in there. Same reason the nose is flatter and wider, with the nostrils slightly smaller
- Hair would almost universally be dark, braided or done into dreadlocks, probably to retain moisture.
- Hands have 3 fingers and an opposable thumb. Likewise, 4 toes.
- Skin colour probably comes in hues close to the three shown here. Tried blue, doesn't really work. Stripes would be a common variation, almost like freckles.
Cultural ideas.
- Lady in blue would be an athlete. I imagine a sparring sport that's a combination of Muay Thai and Greek Palé wrestling. Maybe another sport would be similar to the ballgame play in Mesoamerican cultures, but instead of hitting the ball with the hip, its done with the elbow and knee. Kinda see those games as being far more ceremonial.
- Lady in the middle, we're seen her before, because I think she also represents the technological level of the Zfarn. These aren't some ignorant backwater species. This is a post scarcity society. Cybernetics are common place, the most common form of transport would be communal fliers. Because most of the urban structures are in a thin strip of land between a Sahara-like and an Antarctica-like deserts, most food is actually grown on rooftops.
- Lady in red. I imagine she would represent a mix of priestess and doctor/scientist. Think to days when priestesses used to try and heal people with herbalism and carry that idea on to a futuristic setting where instead of herbs, its advanced pharmaceuticals and instead of leeches, its actual medical procedures.
Probably some more ideas there, but I might leave them for another day.
