ReX
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myk said:
It's neither... almost looks more like a reptile or insect than a mammal, as far as the head goes. It's just a monstrous head with vaguely goatlike horns (bull horns are straighter and smoother).
I will beg to differ on the point of bulls horns being straighter. Having been the victim of an attempted goring by a rather crazy bull many years ago in college (it pinned me back against a wall with its horns curving around my waist, and only let me go after my buddies yanked at its tail and whacked it with sticks), I have first hand experience of the curvature of bull horns. (With my martial arts training, and with the arrogance of youth, I used to fancy myself a match for a mere animal, a bovine yet, but that incident taught me respect for "mere" animals.)
[Go figure. A traumatic incident almost 30 years ago serves as fodder in a discussion that's celebrating the birthday of an aging game. Heh.]
Also, I have wrestled with goats (and even dragged one over snow pack for miles until we were over a high mountain pass, because it refused to climb any further with the rest of the herd) and can testify that (i) the horns are very slightly curved (but curved backwards rather than around to the front), (ii) grow out from the front of the skull (as opposed to the cyberdemon, whose horns grow from the side), and (iii) are considerably smaller than those on a cyberdemon's head.
So, while I try to maintain my secret identity as a mild-mannered, unargumentative bloke, I'm going to have to stick to my guns on my original assessment. And I shall return you to your regularly scheduled programming now. Zap.
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