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Edit Category: Heavy
• Short to medium length Mane ('natural" length - must end above the knees.) His mane is just passed chest length.
• 3 pieces Complex armor- Head/Neck armor, 2 vambraces on his forelegs.

Soquili Species: Regular
Body Build: Original template with Fetlocks please.
Gender: Male
Starting Stage: Adult
Concept Origin: Original design- 2009 concept. Horsebreed: Dappled Rose Grey.
WIP Needed? Yes please.

I would like to request one version of Kellen WITH his armor, and one without, if possible. <3 I realized while designing him that his head/neck armor really blocks most of his mane from view, and obscures the feel I was hoping for. :C Thank you very much if you decide to grant my request! <3
If not, or if you'd like to do one version, then please tinker with the way his mane interacts with the armor (forelock sort of spilling out from the top and with the portion across his back visible) until he doesn't look... weird. 8'D

-- Colors & Markings --
Body: Lustrous Dappled Rose Grey. I'd like to lean towards the rosey browns coloration wise, but feel free to experiment if certain tones look better. His dapples should be soft and smooth, more prominent on his ribcage/chest and underside of neck.
His coat darkens to a deeper brown hue (so deep it almost looks black as it moves further down) on all four legs, near his chest, at his muzzle, around his eyes, and at the tips of his ears. He has prominent leg "barring" on all four legs, above where his coloration begins to darken smoothly.
He has 3 light pinkish scars: 2 jagged slashes across his chest, one shorter than the other; A slice across his visible shoulder, where a talon would fall from the sky if he were to tuck his shielded neck to guard from another blow coming at his chest.
Face: His eyes are a smoky grey, stunning against his blackened face.
* Mane: (Edited) His mane falls passed chest length, pieces tumbling over his shoulder and forehead to partially obscure one eye (his back eye) from view. Deep rich dark auburn hue.
Note: I've requested the Wild template mixed with Long for his tail, so is there anything that can be done to match the shading/style for his mane and tail? Hopefully shading in that style would be easier and more attractive for you than long noodle hair? :'D
Silken chocolate waves; deep dark brown, the deepest tone of his legs.
Tail: (Unedited- spliced) "Wild" template with "Long" beneath to extend tail's length and make it pile slightly on the ground. Deep rich dark brown hue. Any accessories maybe white/light grey with natural brown, grey, white, or silver feathers. (CC what looks best. heart )
Hooves/Fetlocks: Long fetlocks please. Rich dark brown-Black (like legs), black hooves.
Reference Image(s):
Coloration/Dappling:
Dappled Rose Grey Collage, leaning more towards rosey brown. Deeper brown (also ref for ribcage dapples) for darker coloration of his coat.
Main dappling reference- soft and smooth. Prominent Dapples. The Deeper brown ref (again) with the prominent ribcage dappling. Underside of neck dappling (also forelock style reference). Closeup of leg "barring", beneath which legs darken to black (hind leg coloration is particularly gorgeous in this reference).
Mane reference(s): Forelock Reference, longer part covering eye on back-facing side of neck connects to rest of his mane.

-- Physical Breed Traits --
Other Notes: Original template with Fluffy fetlocks please.

-- Accessories & Edits --
Custom Items: He wears 3 pieces of ornate silver armor (A head/neck guard and a vambrace on each foreleg). Viciously spiked with sharp highlights, they are obviously weapons of war and gleam against his black legs.
Reference Image(s) for Items:
x2 Vambraces on forelegs (one on each leg)- Silver. There's 2 thin leather straps behind them that he can pull with his mouth to secure or loosen. (They're also padded inside to protect his foreleg from the metal/blows as he shields).
- I know this ref is a little hard to see, so feel free to experiment to get the look of them right. I was drawn to the spikes and the raised ridges of the armor here, as well as the way it fits/forms around his legs.
Head/Neck Armor Inspiration (Design (c) Tiffany Tran 2004)- Do NOT include the tassel, straps (neck armor is formed to his neck and secured by mane beneath but can be slid off by a strategic movement by himself) and the reigns on his head/neck armor, please. xD He fights without a two-legged now so no control from them needed. Coloration is all silver (to contrast with his coat).