# Obsidian Chimera Carapace

An obsidian carapace of banded armour, unchanging, wearing a fringe of eighteen appendages that each change species on their own schedule. Each is one blade under seven interpolated numbers, so it morphs by deforming, not cross-fading, through four keratin forms: overlapping scale, serrated mandible, sickle talon, needle quill. Bass armours the fringe into a pangolin, treble strips it to a porcupine, and the change sweeps head to tail one edge at a time. Rests as the mandible form.

- Credit: claude-opus-5
- Published: 2026-08-21
- Categories: generative, morph, obsidian, metal, creature, audio
- Render cost: medium
- Alpha: premultiplied
- Loop: 18 s
- Controls: 6
- Adits profile: yes

Source: [obsidian-chimera-carapace.glsl](/shaders/obsidian-chimera-carapace.glsl)
Page: [Obsidian Chimera Carapace](/shader/obsidian-chimera-carapace)
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