"What colour was Woola? (take 2)" Topic
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| iceaxe | 03 Apr 2016 4:56 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know the answer? I've re-read some of the Barsoom series and flipped through others, and I can't find a line that says "…his green coat…" or any indication of Woola's colourings at all. So I thought I'd ask here. I suspect it isn't mentioned, but you never know. Thanks for anyone that knows & answers! |
dragon6  | 03 Apr 2016 8:28 a.m. PST |
The Barsoomia wiki doesn't give a colour Perhaps the movie? Or just go with what looks good. They are Green Martian watch beasts so… |
| Cyrus the Great | 03 Apr 2016 8:32 a.m. PST |
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| kallman | 03 Apr 2016 9:44 a.m. PST |
I think you would be safe going with a green or brownish green color. If you want to be adventurous do some kind of subdued mottling of either lighter or darker tones of the base color. |
| blacksmith | 03 Apr 2016 1:58 p.m. PST |
Maybe in a Frazzeta's picture |
| robert piepenbrink | 03 Apr 2016 2:01 p.m. PST |
Burroughs does not appear to say, but Frazetta painted the Warlord's faithful calot green with an off-white underbelly. I would not be surprised if the green Martians had bred them in various colors, if only so if a Thark stole one from a Warhoon, he could know he'd done it. Kaor! |
| Coelacanth | 03 Apr 2016 5:34 p.m. PST |
I think that this is the Frazetta picture that Robert P. had mentioned above. Many more here: theartofbarsoom.blogspot.com You may not find a definitive answer to your question there, but it is a good source of inspiration nonetheless. Ron |
| Mugwump | 04 Apr 2016 5:01 a.m. PST |
Figuring calots are pack hunters on the endless plains of three dead sea bottoms; a camouflage scene to blend with the ochre moss would make sense. |
| iceaxe | 06 Apr 2016 2:29 a.m. PST |
Yup, as I thought, we can make it up. Thanks for the ideas guys, pretty well matches mine, but I guess we're all influenced by the artwork & movies as shown above. |
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