Concept: Bases inspired by each of the Explore Zones and obtained via exploring! I think they'd be a good incentive for players to level up their lions so that they can access all of the bases.

Now, getting them via explore might happen in one of two ways? Either they show up like the current Special NCL bases - only for dreamboats - but rarer, and each one only shows in its respective zone. Or through some super-rare explore event where you get a chance to receive an App.

These are only reeaally rough concepts for bases, but I used the daytime Dry Season image for each zone as inspiration for the colours. I feel like each one probably needs to be more individualised? And perhaps there should be a gradual complexity/sparkliness/flashyness/etc. increase as you get to higher-level regions.

I have the lineless versions but I haven't added them here because it might be too many pictures. I could link the images to the lineless versions if people want?

Temperate Savannah Base Updated! Old Design


Fairly plain gold, but with a streak along the top to indicate the sky.
Similar to the old one but with a brighter palette.

Shrubland Base - Updated! Old Design


The sky here is paler and it has those bold orange-yellows at the bottom there.
Flipped the colour distribution so that the pale sky colour acts as a countershading. There's slight striping to the yellow/orange now to reflect the grass strands.

Tropical Forest Base


The tropical forest is Overwhelmingly Green and I know blatantly green lions aren't likely to be accepted(big reason why I only used the daytime dry season images, haha), but I really like the part where the sunbeams are shining through the trees and I would looove to see it on a tropical-forest-themed base. I don't think that I quite replicated the effect but I think you can see where I was going with it?

Dry Savannah Base - Updated! Old Design


So for this one there's the two shades of the ground, with the grass and the dirt path, and then there's that wonderful muted just-outside-of-twilight sky.
Using the colours in a much less literal sky -> ground pattern has improved this a lot, I think!

Rocky Hills Base - Updated! Old Design


Dark mountains + layers of slightly different coloured rock and sand. And the sky again. This is one of the ones that could probably benefit from being a little more unique?
I like this one A LOT more now.

Arid Desert Base


The desert looks like orange sherbert and I really want to eat it. Anyway, yes, it makes for great colours on a lion! I made this'n a little grainy to represent the sandiness, but it could probably be more obvious?

Marshlands Base


Once again, so much green in this picture! I stuck mostly to the colours of the mud and the water and I quite like the mottled effect? Could probably be flashier though, if it's for one of the higher-level and harder to reach zones.

Waterhole Base - Updated! Old Design


Red mud! Water! Shrubbery! The waterhole has it all. I'm not sure if I like this base or not. It could probably do with some more water texture? Maybe? More colour blending?? Something along those lines. Again, it's only a rough version!
In light of Murk I decided to really let the green out and shuffle the colours around. I quite like the result!

Thoughts/opinions? Is this even a feasible idea, haha?
If anyone feels so inclined, feel free to knock out your own ideas for what a potential Zone-Exclusive base might look like!!

My other suggestions: