Examples of chests

Before I start making my designs I feel a bit of research into how chests look in games is needed, I normally see the bog standard brown wooden chests with locks on in the games I play so I want to find a few wackier chests to take inspiration from. I didn't even realise that when I was thinking about a chest with a tounge on it that this was a thing in D&D with a creature called a Mimic.

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the mimic is a type of fictional monster. It is portrayed as being able to change its shape to disguise its body as an inanimate object, commonly a chest. The mimic has a powerful adhesive that holds fast to creatures who touch the creature, allowing the mimic to beat the creature with its powerful pseudopods. The mimic was introduced in the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game's original Monster Manual. The mimic subsequently appeared in the game's second edition and third edition. Several variants of the creature have been introduced, with a variety of abilities and sizes.

I would still like to use a tounge or something in my designs but I will just have to be careful that I don't end up 'mimicking' the Mimic :D *insert laughter here*

I made a few mood boards of images of chests from games and real world items.