#felt good to do some good old fashioned oc yapping

[eregar]

5 & 12 for Maze; 1 & 17 for Warnulf!

< answering these character asks for my ocs :) >

> MAZE

5. How did you choose their name and why? Was it simply based on vibes or is there any specific meaning behind the name? Are the reasons behind their name different in- and out of universe?

he's name 'maze' because he's 'the structure which houses the minotaur', which, back when he was just a baldur's gate oc, was the part of his soul that was from bhaal. his full name, 'mazeldarin', is just purely based on vibes. i wanted it to sound distinctly drowic (despite him not having drow heritage) as his name was given to him not by a parent but by ranaste, the half-drow knight that he squired under. the in-universe justification for this name though is 'mazeldarin' is a more naming-friendly homophone of the phrase 'm'zild aren'. it doesn't have a direct translation in the common tongue (and it's an interjection, not an adjective) but has somewhat the same meaning as 'bullheaded'.

12. Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why?

i don't have a playlist for him anymore, but his defining song will always be the instrumental, 'i am unbreakable' by niklas johansson

> WARNULF

What was the original thought that led to the creation of this character?

i knew nothing about the warhammer universe going into rogue trader but i always like to start a character by picking one value they hold that contrasts with their environment and then one aspect about them, as an individual, that serves as a barrier to achieving that value. there's a huge focus on body modification in the warhammer universe, a normalization of death and violence, as well as an obvious fascistic disdain for anything seen as weak. and so, i wanted to make a character who once represented his society's ideal but now would be seen as weak. he's dying, he's terrified of dying, and yet refuses body modifications that would lengthen his life due to his absolutely titanic ego acquired from when he was the ideal. too, his ego can't accept that others may see him as weak, which causes him to do things that worsen his health and hasten his eventual demise.

17. Are there any motifs or symbols associated with the character? How are they represented, in their design, personality or in some other way?

nothing yet! i haven't written enough with warnulf to have the symbolism come out naturally, but i'm sure some will develop as i spend more time with him :)

[cinder-starlight]

Concepts for BMFM fic

2/2

Part 1 can be found here

This post will feature more sketches and concepts than last post, but not a lot of stuff is solidified

As per the notes on the first post:

- I’m not done with the series, this is just what I have so far—my fic will be heavily inspired by the ‘94 series with some creative liberties

-no spoilers for the actual fic, this is mostly a continuation of my interpretation of other characters from the series as well as my ocs and other takes I may have.

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Special thanks to @voiddraws2much for helping me with this fic and concepts as always uwu

We're gonna get a little wonky with this one so hopefully you don't mind my yapping TwT

I wanna start a little differently this time and start with the actual planets, I’ve read the a little of the recent BMFM comics (fully read the first one but couldn’t properly get my hands on 2 and 3, still trying to see if I can). I want mars to mostly stay unchanged aside from minor visual or fashion choices like I did with carbine and how I changed her green uniform to match the planet’s rust-colored surface. As well as changing her style to something more dystopian or desert-punk related.

Although I still have a lot left to learn about mars itself in the show, one idea that came up was the relation to war—I did a smidge of digging and found it wasn’t uncommon to relate Mars to war or destruction, so I figured aside from the Plutarkian war that there would’ve been more going on with the planet and its inhabitants. (which I will get to in a bit)

I was initially going to make and share Plutark based concept art I came up with but discovered quickly my brain does not have enough power to make whatever ungodly creation Plutark is so in short it’s a mix of diesel punk and bioshock vibes.

moving on to the oc based planet—Venus, not gonna lie I listened to a lot of lady Gaga when trying to decipher what to do with this planet. But a bit of research and we came to the idea that Venus was pretty isolated for the fact of like—a poisonous atmosphere (yeah Venus is inhabitable irl but this show is pure shenanigans so I can commit to a bit of tomfoolery for Venus). And because of this it led to quick tech advancements, giving the place a cyberpunk vibe where residents live in Colonies run by captains. To access the colonies you’d have to find a bunker-type building and take the elevator below the surface to access the cities.

In terms of how the colonies work on Venus it's complicated but going off the fact that the people were inspired by media like: Bloody Bunny, Cyberpunk Edgerunners and Watership Down it doesn’t paint a pretty picture—similar to Mars I went off the idea that because Venus is associated as a planet of love, but with a twist. I didn’t want Venus to be the opposite of mars where it was all happy and lovey-dovey, but instead went off the idea that it was the embodiment of types of love or lack thereof, things like romantic, platonic, familial love or neglect, obsession and possessiveness. Each topic of sorts aligning and coming together with one or more Venus-based characters.

Note: I also recently learned that in the “94 series Venus was destroyed—me and void were BAFFLED to say the least but that’s not stopping us >:]

Cats

Not on my soul will I watch the '06 version but in the few minutes I did come across clips or bits of the show as well as the brief wiki, I discovered the Cataronians--I found they lived on mars--which in all honesty I read and said "we're doing this now" because this is too good of a chance to NOT use the cat and mouse shenanigans. its a tale as old as time and I'd be dubious for not using it.

I mainly went with sketching out my interpretations of Hannibal T. Hairball and Cataclysm, and soon went on to sketch Catalina, with this being one of her first interpretations.

I was trying to follow closely to her original design since I do like trying to stay true to the source material but--yeah compared to the source material I felt I had to get creative

I did see a later clip/ screenshot where she was accompanied by two other cats and remembered that one post about 3 photogenic cats saying "these cats look like they're in a girl gang" and based it off that instead--still trying to stay true to the idea I had earlier where post-plutarkian war the fashion was a variety of muted colors like yellow red and orange (similar to what I did to Carbine)

with Catalina being in the middle--her girlies are yet to be named (if they stay that is)

A thought I conjured was that the Catatonians be referred to instead as "Canyon Cats" it felt more suitable since they're also from mars and it would in a way compliment the name "Cave Mice"

If you remember my earlier thoughts on how Mars in real life has been known/believed to be a planet of war--this is where I wanted to tie the Cats into. I mainly had in mind that before and during the Plutarkian invasion the cats and mice didn't get along, resulting in civil wars between the two, I also plan on tying Carbine and or Vinnie's parents into this idea somehow. I use the Cat's for this mainly because I had no clue what to do with the Sand Raiders and wanted to add a little flavor to Mars drama prior to the Plutarkian invasion.

the idea is still being worked on but I would like to see chaos between the Canyon Cats and the Cave Mice--I do like to think that Catalina and Carbine have beef or history--but not for the same reasons as in the '06 series.

Bunny/Hares

BNUY TIME, pretty excited for these ones since I did spend a bit more trying to give a general basis for them, still need tweaking but so far I'm proud of where they're going.

the main crew of Axle's which can be found here but to expand on other Venus characters I want to share the minor characters I made as well as some sketches in regards to them.

Although minor characters, Blaser is a favorite of mine all while I was actually inspired by the concept of "bunnicula" (vampire rabbit) hence why Taurus looks like she knows Draculas family on a first name basis. Main difference between the two is that Blaser for starters--Isn't a rabbit, he's a Hare Rabbit's and Hares are NOT the same, they are Lagomorphs like how both rats and mice are Murids but again--aren't the same thing.

Blaser was heavily inspired by Kiwi from cyberpunk edgerunners, mainly in terms of things close to personality as well as his face, which similar to Kiwi, comes off since he lost his jaw and ear.

as for Taurus, yes her legs are prosthetic, though they're pretty clunky and hard to see in the pic I do plan on giving them an upgrade similar to the new arm Modo wanted but more detailed to sell that cyberpunk vibe.

That’s all I got for now, I can’t wait to doodle more of everybody and maybe even some shenanigans between the mice and the bnuy :>