The other spirit of Crazy Horse
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Tervesi! ("greetings" in Togruti) I have one more post for today (and probably a long time after this), and it is an idea I really wanted to present to people, and it starts like this:
Well, new species are a thing now. Perhaps I could get away with a slight re-upload of an OLD request of mine: Dakotaraptor
The true Native American dinosaur (besides Zuniceratops and Siats). The big raptor that trolled T. rex. The real sworn rival of Nanotyrannus. Big fluffy predator of North America (take that, bears!). This should be a distinct species in JWE (via mods, of course). I know someone already made one (I think), but I think there could/should be others. And why not pay tribute to its namesake and the people who lived in the same place as it? I mean, how else would someone be able to tell Dakotaraptor apart from Utahraptor?
I think either the JW Velociraptor, Herrarasaurus, or (if you are fine with it being a little big) Spinoraptor would work best as the base. Custom calls (mostly as an optional download) would be nice as well. Personally, if I had the ability to, I would remix the JP raptor and indoraptor sounds, as well as the ARK raptor sounds (possibly?), with the raptor scream being replaced with an eagle shriek or something for the Dakotaraptor sounds, but it would be up to you what you choose.
I have long depicted Dakotaraptor like this, and I just think it blends together really nicely, a Dakota Native American headdress as the mane of plumage on the head of a Dakotaraptor (or at least the male of the species). If nothing else, it is a nice tribute to the strength, elegance, fearlessness, and unity of the Dakota (and Lakota and Nakota) people.
I have no modding software or skills/knowledge, and I am also in college so time doesn't really exist, and so I have to offer my desires as a suggestion for others to do or do not (but, as you may know, there is no try), just as before. If you do it, thank you very much! If you do not, than that is okay. I just wanted to suggest, not force.
If you are still wondering why I chose this look, go to my profile and find the original post for this Idea (it should be the oldest picture), because I explained it there to someone already.
Sorry for swamping you with 3 posts in 1 day!
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Although, the Cheyenne and Blackfeet (amongst a few other plains tribes) also made war bonnets. Of course, they were exclusive (to my knowledge) to tribes from the great plains.