Sun's Fury Camp - Wild Ostrich (References) (Patreon)

Hello everyone!

I will be releasing the workers today but before I work on the release and then the Militia versions, I decided to start this topic and start a discussion on the ground mount, so that I have time to prepare accordingly before I start sculpting.

These are the references. Each of them has its own cool aspect and their down aspect in my opinion:

Top left: Love bird. I really like the proportions, but it lacks feathers to call it interesting. 

Bottom left: Emu and Ostrich. Probably the Emu proportions are more interesting than the Ostrich, but I can't picture an Elf riding an Emu (I think it lacks feathers). But for the name Ostrich is a lot cooler.

Top right: Blood Elf mount. I think the legs and neck are too thin. I don't really know what to think on those scales, maybe odd is the best word to describe but doable.

Center down: Filolial from Shield Hero.  The neck thickness looks right. In some pictures they do have some really big eyebrows that resemble a BE

Bottom right: Chocobo. I like the feather structure.

With all those pointed out here is where my current thinking leading me into. For proportions and beak, I will go with Lovebird, body feathers I will go with Chocobo's. Wing feathers BE mount. Head feathers are a mixture Filolial and Chocobo. 

What I can't decide is the scales on the chest. If I use them, I will call this miniature Dragon Ostrich (this also reminds me of Dragon Hawk, in terms of name).

What do you think about my ideas? What do you think about the scales?

Best regards,

Ivo