Quinlan III is an earth-sized planet that was terraformed from a dry cold planet into a warm, far wetter one. Ratdragons, brought by the first settlers from Severis IV, were bred into larger sizes and for pack hunting. The local game is very fast, but the ratdragons are quicker. The hunter has no weapons; the ratdragons chase down, corner, then surround their quarry and kill it. Their temperment is very similar to that of a large terrier. Probably not the nicest way to hunt, but certainly effective, which is what the settlers desire. I probably should have given the "hunter" a large pouch or harness for carrying back the kill. This picture has sat around for almost two years, because I could never get the grasses to look right using alpha planes. Since then, I've discovered Plop Render, so I went ahead and used actual vegetation props--over and over and over and.... Grin. Still not sure if I like the POV; it might have been better if I had lowered the camera more. In the original, the sun was higher, which made the foreground terrain texture blend almost perfectly with the background colors, but it blanked out the girl's features in shadow, so I lowered the sun. A compromise that darkened the foreground colors. I guess art, like life, envolves a lot of compromises to get some sort of optimum result. Thanks for dropping by and taking a look. Any comments will be appreciated. Jeremy ******************************************************************************** CREDITS: Bryce6, Poser6, VistaPro4, PaintShopPro5; Heliopod: model and textures by FireAngel (PoserPros); Girl: DAZ's Aiko3 real. "Nicki" skin mat, "Kathy" hair. Clothing is " Plebeian" by SilverElf (DAZ); Creatures: "Ratdragon" modeled by ElectricAardvark, texture by Lyne Masamitsu; Vegetation: from DNA Grasslands series by modualz and by Traveler's "Naturals" (RDNA); Rocks: "Unique Rocks: Volume 1 by the hankster; Background: Terraformed Mars created by me in VistaPro4. Foreground Terrain Texture: by Jonathan Allen;