I’m nervous to make any changes to the face of arguably my most popular creature design, but I’m probably gonna give scuds eye stalks because it gives them a lot more room for expressiveness. I’m also tweaking their feet, which are now even fluffier so no one is allowed to complain about it.

If you’re wondering how scud hairs/setae feel, they have a texture ranging from a soft paintbrush tip (the shorter setae) to the stiffness of a bird’s flight feather (on the longer setae). The setae on the antenna and the paddling surfaces are actually slightly barbed to interlock with each other during motion. Unlike the filaments of a feather, they are multilayered and do not require frequent preening to zip them back together.