I'm not the biggest fan of the Auburn NGL. It's not bad but it's meh compared the the dark rosette contrast that the seal brings. Noctis would work too or if you want something less dark than noctis there is onyx or even ebony which is kinda like a brown black that, to me, would make like a almost Auburn seal combined rosette type look but still have the darker contrast. If you decide on noctis though, you can shoot me a message and I can reduce my kings stud price to the minimum price so it'd be half off instead of just the 100sb discount to help you and I accept any marking items though I don't exactly have the rest of the markings you are going for 😅 beautifully layered king design though, when my head isn't pounding so badly I'll check it out even closer to see if there are any markings that you may grow tired of seeing on your cubs like one that may cover other markings but all together it's a beautiful design currently before my deep dive into it. (Getting hit by back to back snow storms which causes pressure in the air and the pressure causes my neck to freak out causing massive migraines)

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First off I hope the weather let's up and that you feel better
Thank you for the in depth review, marks wise I have everything but slot 2, 5, and 10 and I'm thinking about changing slot 5 though,
I don't have slot 1 either but since that one is so low and not really visible I'm not focusing on it too much

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Spooky here. This is my side. Wanted to let you know before my brain fog makes me forget while I do my daily routine on here, you have 2 crackle markings on the design. Cimmerian is raffle BO where sunset is applicator so cimmerian would be more sought after. I missed it during my quick review last night. Sunset Feralis would be a good replacement for the sunset crackle, if you like stripes, tho you don't really see the stripes in the design all together even with everything are 100%.
https://www.lioden.com/wardrobe.php?c=pyqjDsGA6j
Slot 5 is a BO marking and adds some dimension with the coloring since it's like a cloudy starry evening sky before it gets dark in feline 9 form, I love it but I get it if you don't and want to change it especially since its breed only unless you try your luck with RMAs. I'd say something about the Tier 0 gold blaze but I'm a sucker for those blaze markings and it actually blends pretty well. Slot 1 I usually use as like a canvas type marking that helps make markings stand out in case they clash with the base so like a mirage marking, carving marking, the type of marking you have currently there, etc. i can play around with slot 1 markings later if you'd like. It'll be rough to get the raffle marking if you are using RMAs to get it. Can only breed it in or try your luck with RMAs again for it. Tier 2 are raffle breed only. Same with the rosette, that'll be RMA luck you have to hope for. I've used hundreds of RMAs/RMRs and have yet to get any type of rosette. I didn't see the king was esker which if you are trying to breed those 3 markings in means you have to breed esker with esker to get esker outside of December and the esker stud you breed to will have to have all 3 of those markings and it'll be a challenge to get the base you are after so it'll be a project but those are fun. I'm currently working on a cimmerian heavy project and I'm close to my final cim heavy king after I crown my heir on here so if you don't mind the wait and the time the project could take, it'll give you something to focus on for a bit. You can also play with options for both slot 1 and 5 in wardrobe during that time to see what else will work in those slots. all in all beautiful king but will be a project to get your last 3 markings whether you use RMAs or try to breed them in. Though the ochre powder from this event will help with slot 1 and 5 if you find a stud with them and you can use an ochre gnaw for the rosette with the powder to help too. But you aren't guaranteed you will get esker so it could take multiple tries with the powder and rock and 2 esker based lions bred to get everything that's breed only and the base.

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Oh damn, that's long. I'm sorry 😅

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sorry just saw this response (I was at work last night), thank you the in depth review, so for the base I luckily already have the Esker https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?mid=427735 this is the lion that is the base of the design right now, so as for the Cimmerian and the rosette, I got really lucky today and there was a heavy rosette lioness on the TC that I snatched up so fast lol, so I used a gnaw on that slot and sent a stud request out to a stud with slot 6 using a Ochre powder on them and crossing my fingers

Edit: Got the cub for my step 2! https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?id=794211057863

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these are my planned steps btw so I can try to keep myself on track

●Breed cub from #794208802762

○ Use Gnaw , Powder, and Buff with lioness with slot 6,8* and 10 and breed to current king, looking for slot 5 from king (ONLY DURING WET SEASON)

○King any cub with those 4 marks and the base 

○Find lioness with slot 2 Bandit mirage, breed to king with powder, gnaw on slot 10, use Buff

○King any with those marks and base

○Add needed/ wanted applicator markings 

○Gen rep

I am so glad February is coming up so I can /get Buffalo scrotum easy, because I'm probably going to get stuck in my next step lol
*figured I would try to integrate the Lilac Indri

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so I finally kinged a design that I think I'm gonna keep for a while (breeding projects are expensive ) , some of the marks were changed and shifted because I would get distracted and pick a new mark to add like seeing a shiny rock lol, I plan to work on the base later but here they are ! https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?mid=427735

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Oh its gorgeous bear!

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thank you!

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Ooo I love it! And yeah I feel that. I change my designs all the time 🤣

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Oh my goodness, absolutely gorgeous! 😍 I hope my breeding project goes half as well 😅

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It definitely will go better than mine, I was stupid and impatient and added the rosette too early so it was expensive af to Gnaw and keep it , but powders came in clutch for every other mark

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My biggest issue is getting more than 1 trait each on my lions 😅 I have 15 lions with 1 trait each xD a couple have 2, but for the most part they all just have 1 and I am struuuuggling

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I hear that, I ended up just getting marking removers and getting rid of the marks I didn't want so they didn't have a chance to pass with the Ochre powder

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Yeah, the hardest part is having lionesses with like 2 marks, studding to 10m kings, and getting everything but what I need 😅 definitely going to be a long term project, but I'm in no rush to replace my queen so that's okay

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