Silly question, but would Onagers have looked the same in Sumerian times?

They look the same in the carvings, not in colour, of course. Given that they're only semi-domesticated, not much has been done to change them.

Well, change happens in response to natural pressures too, not only to artifice.

Yes, but nothing much has changed in the wild around there, where there still is wild, and they do look the same as the carvings. A few thousand years won't make much difference in evolutionary factors.

I now realise what the problem is with the onagers. It's the tails. The tails on these asses are not asses' tails. They've given them pony tails.

Quick chop with a craft knife to reduce the length? Or are they a bit too moulded on for that...

Quote from: toxicpixie on 24 May 2014, 09:46:11 AM
Quick chop with a craft knife to reduce the length? Or are they a bit too moulded on for that...

It's not the length, it's the... hairiness. Bushiness? Ass tails are short haired all the way to the tuft at the end. These have a full hairy horse tail. I'd have to replace them, very fiddly for this scale!

Well, that's an ass!

Sorry, been waiting to use that line for days! 

Early ancients? Wouldn't they be young blades?