I don't know what they are, but I like it. I also think they're neat, too.

They're Kjola, a non-human sentient being that "discovered" the primitives on Earth in 1970. They may have fur, but the aren't "furries."

Yeah they seem like they wouldn't be furries unless they were the other kind, who like furry critters as a fan.

Still, it's a great design and the outfit is also nice.

Are they alone in their "discovery"?

Dalmirin is an entity of 21 different non-human species, living an a number of different worlds -- the word only means "civilization." Humanity isn't a member ... and at this rate isn't likely to be. I have't detailed much about the other members of Dalmirin, but have written about Teh Langgi, and know a little about the Uluriamimsi. A couple of others have names, but not much -- else like the Riijinla and Dnebrala. Their civilization includes species with different levels of technology. The Kjola are cutting edge, the Dnebrala not so much, and the Teh Langgi are more or less at an Woodlands Indian level of technology, but are mechanically clever enough to service high-tech. In other words, each is difference. Dalmirin encloses a space of about 1,000 lightyears, and Earth is just outside of that space. The Pleiades Cluster is approacimately in the center, and Kjoja, the home world of Saara's people is close enough to the open star cluster that it is a the whole of the night sky in it's season.

I see! Interesting stuff. Are humans so bad that they won't join? I still have hope they'll be able to survive and thrive in space, or become something else as time goes on.

she's cute. but shje also looks a bit insecure about it all, or maybe she got talked into it? at least it's a nioce duty... I think.


a Me410 as RC, in 1:24, is ambitious methinks. :) does it shoot peas at your neighbour's RC panzers?

I suspect that it shoots bb's at your neighbors Chieftain MBT's.

I once had a Cox Stuka that was almost that big. The Me410 would be even larger, but not impossibly large.

This one is a he. Other than checking under the skirt or fishing below the neckline, it isn't easy to tell.

ooh, you caught me there. so, HE's cute. ^^

Wow I do remember seeing this many MANY years ago. A nostalgic kick in the butt seeing what was popular back then. :)

Also the detail you put into the packages and the background still blows me away. :D

I find it interesting that you keep/ are able to keep the paper grain in the picture. It gives the image more depth.

There was no option then. The paper had grain. There was no Photoshop or digital colouring. The only alterative was paint.

so absolutely beautiful...

V.

As noted above, the Kjola have almost no gender differences in dress or style ... they don't even have distinctive gender names. To tell the difference you have to check under the skirt or below the neckline. They aren't androgynous, but you don't find voluptuous or body-building types either.

*chuckles... sometimes I think it's too bad people are not more like this. She is (in my estimate) very very beautiful...

V.

In this case, a "he."

*chuckles... "he' works too...

V.

With the Kjola, it doesn't matter a whole lot..

How serene.

I'd like to think I wouldn't be misled by his attire and correctly surmise that he's...an he.

One of the first things I noticed is that his shoulders are noticably wider than his hips, which was the giveaway for me. A few years ago I designed a femboy character with which I tried to follow that set of attributes (most are simply drawn like flat-chested girls with exaggerated hips). This proved to be more of a challenge since his posterior became more...prominent in the latest round of physiological updates. Overall he still looks quite like a girl, and his skeletal proportions only become evident if you look for that sort of thing.

It seems as though there is a reason why men and women have tended to dress differently. If their roles are different, it becomes important to signal that role. Otherwise you have to go naked to know who to order around, who is sexually available, whether you can slug them or not... I wonder if the present trend to hyper-identify everyone to one of 47 pigeon holes won't end in total confusion rather than greater clarity.