#tail floof go brrr

[childofsardior]

I got a question why does Ludwig have that hair on his tail and no other koopa in the koopa family has one??? (Also a Ludwig headcanon please 🥺)

Hello!!

That's a really good question! I'll try to reply without spoiling too much about the actual "original storyline" my AU revolves around (and I'm currently working on) :3c

I start by saying that I'm still working on my Koopalings (e co.) designs, but I'm quite sure Ludwig's tail fluff is here to stay :3

First of all, I'm trying to give each Koopalings + Jr an unique appearance, scales patterns, some custom colors etc. this also includes their tail fluff/spikes/natural armor!

I'm doing this partially to give them a personal and unique design for my HC (so I can happily say "this is my personal take on them!"), but also because it has something to do with their origin and their mother in my AU! Ludwig's tail feathers (I HC Koopa's hair to be modified feathers, since closer to birds and dragons than mammals here) are there for a specific reason, not only because they look good on him xP. So is Morton's strong crocodile-like tail, or Iggy's little spikes and lower green plates. Lemmy has tail fluff too, but he has just three, big and colorful feathers at the end of his tail!

All is connected to their mother's peculiar origins and design, that all of them here, included Junior, share. She's an OC of mine with a very long story, and I may share some info abt her in the future!

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Now, for my Ludwig HC: I actually started writing it under this post, then I realized it was HUGE so I'm making a separate post for it!

I'll post it on my blog when it's ready and reblog this ask with the link to it! Thank you for inspiring me in actually writing it down!!

EDIT: I finished it, now you can find my Lud HC HERE!

[disasteriod]

Araminthi reference sheet (w/o notes)

Araminthi reference sheet (with notes) (transcript below)

(From left-up to left down, middle up to middle down, then right-up to right down

key: 1 block/square is 25 centimetres, I use this to ensure Araminthi’s proportions are consistent

I use the metric system but uhh

25 cm = around 9.85 inches

200 cm = 6.56 feet

(Left top to bottom)

Doodle of Araminthi’s floof, bottom left text (under the bigger bit) says ‘right side’ and the bottom right (under the smaller bit) says ‘left side’

2. Sketch of side of head, with text that says ‘pointy nose’

3. 3 sketches of Ara’s eye, the one of the top is labelled neutral and the one below that is labelled aggravated. The sketch below is that of an eyeball and the surrounding skin to showcase their eye shape

4. Sketch of Ara’s hand, note above says ‘five fingers’

5. Side view of Ara’s leg without the pants, thigh : shin : heel and foot ratio is 2 : 1 : 1

6. Sketch of Ara’s foot from bottom view, notes say ‘3 toes’ and bracket bracketing the length of the foot with note that says ‘1.5 blocks (wide)’

7. Color palette, color order is hair, skin, sweater, pants, dyed hair, eye

(Middle top to bottom)

8. Bottom of hair floof is circled with note saying ‘levitating!!!! art style go brrr’

9. Bracket that brackets the length of Ara’s hair, note says ‘hair 3 blocks (long)’

10. Bracket that brackets the width of Ara’s head from the left ear to the right, note says ‘2 blocks (wide)’

11. Sketch of Ara’s head shape without hair with circles highlighting the sharp corners and pointed ears, note says ‘pointy’

12. A big capital ‘I’ shape but it’s twisted, showing which way the shoulders and hips are tilting and the spine curvature (within this pose)

13. Triangle drawn over the body with 2 corners facing up and the other one pointing down, shoulder note says ‘(the shoulders) less than 2 blocks (wide) ’ and waist note says ‘one block (wide)

14. Bracket that brackets their right arm (hand not included) , note says ‘3.5 blocks (long)’ (note the length here includes the hand, ratio is explained later)

15. Bracket bracketing the torso , note says ‘2 blocks (long)’

16. Circle on their left upper arm sweater sleeve highlighting a stitch, note stays ‘stitch’ (note I left out: the stitch goes around half the arm)

17. Circle on their left hand, note says ‘left handed, pointy’

18. Bracket bracketing their right leg, note says ‘4 blocks (long)’

19. A line that points to their tail, note says ‘5 blocks (long)’

20. My signature (Aster)

(Right top to bottom)

21. Black bracket that brackets their entire being, with a little line every block / 25 cm (numbers on there are 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200 (cm) ) (so basically they are 8 squares tall where each square is 25 cm tall)

22. Note that says ‘wild, unruly’ with 3 sketches of their hair, the first is a sketch of their sideburns, the second is one of their bangs, the last is a sketch of what not to do when drawing their hair, note says ‘no’

23. Sketch of their torso + shoulders without the sweater, note says ‘(the shoulders are around) 2 blocks (wide)’ , a arrow is pointing to a line on the shoulder with the label ‘scar’, a bracket bracketing the torso where the proportion of the chest : waist : hip is 1 : 1 : 1, note on bottom says ‘(the hip is) 1 block (wide)

24. Sketch of their arm without the sweater sleeve, the proportions of the upper arm : lower arm : hand are 1.5 : 1.5 : 0.5

25. Notes say 1. Slouches/leans left

2. Lightweight (airy)

3. Blue floof on the right

notes I didn’t write on ref sheet!

They/them pronouns, any terms

2. Name is Araminthi, nickname Ara

3. Pansexual aromantic (aroallo pride!!!!)

4. I’ll be honest I don’t know what their gender is and neither do they

5. Yep they are an enderman but due to plot reasons and character development needs they are much smaller than the average adult enderman (they are 19 y/o. Ish.)

6. Weapon choice is axe as it’s literally just swinging it around

7. Is a talented potionsmith with the fair share of crazy scientist

8. Is gifted (neurotype) and dyscaculic

9. Their ‘job’ is basically a hitman / assassin but they only kill royalty or people associated with the ruling system because they are an anarchist (and they get paid doing it so)

10. Wanted in like 3 empires but so far has evaded successful capture like Captain Jack Sparrow

11. Is scared of spiders

12. Drama queen

13. Is really crap at sword fighting but good at shooting arrows

14. Their coping mechanism is getting blackout drunk (character arc material)

15. If they are an animal it would be a dog

16. Absolutely feral and insecure