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(Character profiles are from left to right as seen in picture)

Shotgun is a non-competitive companion. After being hunted by humans all his life, he traveled to Pripyat after hearing tales of a place no human can go. He hoped to live an easy life but found his presence was resented even here by the other canines.
He found his first ally and maybe even friend when he witnessed Cu sith easily defending himself against a gang of dogs. He took him in and cared for him in exchange for his protection and obedience. Shotgun wants to use the tournamet to get rid of dogs that are the worst threat to his way of life. He just needs to find a dog competent enough to win...

(Shotgun has a southern american accent, think of August Sinclair off Bioshock2, He calls everyone son or friend . Also his eyes look purple in low light but light blue in bright light.)

Name: Cu sith
Breed Base: Genetic testing has altered him from a Great dane into something else...
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Abilities: From genetic alterations, he can live as long as a human(he can still be killed). He also has mild, hypnotic abilities, can make others think they heard something or saw something out of the corner of their eye.

Strengths:
-Heavy and quite solid
-Has combat training
-His size makes him difficult to bring down physically

Weaknesses:
-He has a relativly slow attack speed making him fairly easy to dodge
-His tail is twisted and knotted awkwardly from a genetic deformity, it is sensitive and painful to even touch
-He can randomly have hallucinations, which can cause him to lose control and forget where he is, over use of his powers will have this result as well.

Personality: Shy and quiet, will mostly mumble, sometimes to himself, if speaking at all. Has little knowledge of interaction with others and is easily manipulated, will never says anything mean.

History: Born and raised in a secret lab beneath Pripyat, aiming to create super dogs for war through genetic science. He was code named after a mythical canine(others in his litter were Black Shuck, Laelaps and Gaueko, their fate is unknow, he has since forgotten about them). He was three when the facility was evacuated, leaving him behind.
Cu sith survived for five years before finding the surface world, but he soon found he didn't know how to live or function properly with the other dogs. He wondered aimlessly and afraid until he was found by Shotgun, who was the first to show him any kindness. Shotgun knew he found something special.
Likes:
-Familiarity
-Making Shotgun happy, that means following orders, he likes following orders
Dislikes:
-Upseting Shotgun by messing up in any way
-When others say mean things to Shotgun
Other: Doesn't really like hurting others

Name: Buckshot
Breed Base: Pharoh hound, Bull terrier & Dingo
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Abilities: Buckshot knows the city and the surrounding land like the back of his...paw. He knows all the best hiding spots, strategic areas, and he can read differences whever he is to determine recent activites, almost like a seventh sense, since dogs already have a sixth one.
Strengths:
- Experience in a fight, he's had his fair share of tussles in his years, especially one on one
- Better than average strength, but not extrodinary
- He can be fairly quiet on his feet
- Knows how to sneak up on another dog
Weaknesses:
-Low stanima, he will try to end the fight quickly whenever possible before wearing out
- He's an older dog so he's not as fit and agile as the many youngsters, he will have trouble with them
- An old scar on his left shoulder never healed properly, it opens easily and makes the leg harder to move

Personality: Gruff but fair, he enjoys any sort of challenge that arises, he acts like a loner but secretly appreciates anyone's company. He can sometimes be a bit immature for his age.

History: Grew up in Pripyat but his previous generation moved in some time after the chernobyl incident, any family he had is now dead, he grew up on his own learning about the city and tuning into the land.
Likes:
-Company(secretly)
-exploration
-a good challenge.
Dislikes:
-Obnoxious fellows
-being hungry
-showoffs
Other: He just wants a friend
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Comments: 38

Songdogx [2012-02-16 13:36:07 +0000 UTC]

Quick question, how tall are each of the characters?

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Songdogx [2012-02-16 22:27:37 +0000 UTC]

[link] There's the size charts(I forget the sizes myself, to be honest).

Also I feel I should mention that Cu sith has a platted tale; I don't believe I made that clear enough on the ref sheet.

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Songdogx In reply to TheMushroomancer [2012-02-17 00:05:14 +0000 UTC]

What exactly does platted tail mean ?

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Songdogx [2012-02-17 00:51:29 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I'm not communicating that well.
It's like the hair style, you can see where I drew his tail in the different links here.

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It's in keeping with the mythical dog on which he is based. I originally wanted it platted along his back, but it was do difficult to draw.

I hope that clears things up.

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Songdogx In reply to TheMushroomancer [2012-02-17 00:53:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh, you mean it's braided. Yes I knew about that. And I knew about the mythical dog (except your Cusith isn't green or glowing)

I thought you were trying to say he had a plated tail, like an armor tail or something.

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Songdogx [2012-02-17 00:59:46 +0000 UTC]

Well, a braid differs from a plate, as it adds in more and more as you go. A plate consists of only three parts, entwined together.
He has a little bit of green dosn't he?

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Songdogx In reply to TheMushroomancer [2012-02-17 01:04:49 +0000 UTC]

I'll post the sketches I did of them last night to verify. Whatever ends up will be a bit simplified, however.

Is he green? It could just be a result of your scanner, scanners tend to eat up color quality of traditional art. If you'd like to send me a digital color pallet of your characters you can, otherwise I'll have to do a ballpark estimate for the coloring. And I'm having a bit of trouble deciphering what colors the eyes are That's the one downside to traditional artwork I suppose.

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Songdogx [2012-02-17 05:49:27 +0000 UTC]

I tried to make the tips of his fur green, where the light would be hitting it. Also his eyes are a dark green, though I wouldn't worry about specifics.

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Songdogx In reply to TheMushroomancer [2012-02-17 05:54:54 +0000 UTC]

Does Cusith have pupils?

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Songdogx [2012-02-17 06:00:09 +0000 UTC]

Yup, they all do.

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OkalianDreamsAreDead [2011-10-10 22:38:07 +0000 UTC]

I had a question about Cu Sith's eyes - I can tell that they're green, but I can't tell what his pupil looks like on the reference.

Can you describe it to me? Is it swirly?

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TheMushroomancer In reply to OkalianDreamsAreDead [2011-10-11 08:50:50 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, no it's an ordinary black pupil, perhaps a little wider than the other dogs. The iris is green but I added alot of lines in an attempt to give it... I don't know the word, 'texture?' But no, no swirly . I should do single references for each of them with close ups Thanks for asking me about it.

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OkalianDreamsAreDead In reply to TheMushroomancer [2011-10-11 12:32:08 +0000 UTC]

Alright, I've got it now.

I just wanted to be sure, because I'm drawing them into pages at this point.

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Chainroundmyneck [2011-06-14 11:36:46 +0000 UTC]

...
Too much text D.
Nice picture though .D

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Chainroundmyneck [2011-06-15 03:38:16 +0000 UTC]

Ha! I know I think I will do a bit of diting and refining

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Chainroundmyneck In reply to TheMushroomancer [2011-06-15 14:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Nice ^^

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Affectionate-Zombie [2011-06-02 00:57:02 +0000 UTC]

I really like your characters and how you drew them! Ima deffinetely have him meet pan sometime

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Affectionate-Zombie [2011-06-02 01:13:38 +0000 UTC]

And thankyou for the fave!

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Affectionate-Zombie [2011-06-02 01:13:12 +0000 UTC]

YAY! Thankyou, I do love cameo appearences, and your Pan has a really unusual power, If we end up fighting I'll be having a lot of fun I reckon!

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WarriorSandstorm [2011-04-21 00:28:39 +0000 UTC]

Haha, what an interesting character! They all have a awesome personality. Good luck in CC ^^.

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TheMushroomancer In reply to WarriorSandstorm [2011-04-21 08:05:33 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! Good luck to you and Deraw too!

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WarriorSandstorm In reply to TheMushroomancer [2011-04-22 02:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome and Thank you!

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Me-and-Moxxi [2011-04-20 23:01:18 +0000 UTC]

looks like an irish wolf hound

did you know you have to have their heights now?

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Me-and-Moxxi [2011-04-21 09:11:45 +0000 UTC]

Yeah i just submitted them Now hurry up and finish your dogs already!

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Mongrelistic [2011-04-20 10:17:23 +0000 UTC]

Ha ha ha ha, you have no idea how close we came to having our characters with the same name. I was gonna name my Conall Cu Sith(for yay of Celtic Lore!) but decided not to. Love the style you drew him in and he seems pretty spiffy!

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Mongrelistic [2011-04-20 11:22:07 +0000 UTC]

Lolz thanks I took a look at your's and he's awsome, love the shaman idea

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Me-and-Moxxi [2011-04-20 02:03:31 +0000 UTC]

maybe you should swap how you write about them like in order of apperance, and maybe even say/specify which one like: Shotgun (fox on the left) type kinda thing....

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Me-and-Moxxi [2011-04-20 06:20:54 +0000 UTC]

yeah might do that

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Shinkoryu14 [2011-04-19 20:53:35 +0000 UTC]

Alright, here's our review.

Buckshot's power is a bit concerning. You say he can sense everything within a kilometer, AND the intentions of those things. This essentially makes him impossible to sneak up on, surprise, or fool. We're going to have to ask you to put some serious restrictions on this power, because at the moment it's too extreme.

Also, being afraid of fire is not really a weakness, it's a personality trait. Keep in mind this is an abandoned city, and we don't allow fire-using as a power. The only logistically way that a fire could even start would be if there were a lightening storm that happened to set one, and the odds of that are very low. You'll need to move that to personality traits and give Buckshot an additional weakness to balance him out.

As for Cu Sith, the fact that he is mentally troubled and unable to read others aren't really weaknesses either; they are also personality traits. You have to keep in mind that when we say "weakness" we mean a problem that impedes the dog's ability to fight and creates a physical issue their opponent can exploit. This is often confused with, but not the same as, flaws in their personality. You'll need to move the aforementioned traits to personality and give Cu Sith two additional weaknesses in order for him to be balanced.

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Shinkoryu14 [2011-04-19 22:48:14 +0000 UTC]

Alrighty I'll get right on it

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Shinkoryu14 In reply to TheMushroomancer [2011-04-20 11:58:53 +0000 UTC]

We're not really sure how Cu Sith's new weakness makes any sense. Being large would make it relatively easy to defend against small opponents; they'd be hard pressed to reach up and attack anything higher than his legs. Also, you still list getting headaches from overusing the seventh sense as a weakness for Buckshot. The way you describe it now (which is perfect to enter him by the way) it sounds more like he's just really observant than an actual power. If you could modify these things, we can accept your ref.

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Shinkoryu14 [2011-04-20 12:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Okeydoke, I'll fix it , do you think for power and abilities; to begin with should i say high intelligence and observational skills?

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Shinkoryu14 In reply to TheMushroomancer [2011-04-20 12:06:59 +0000 UTC]

What you have written already is fine, it's nice and descriptive and explains his power well. You just need to change the old limitation on the power he no longer has to another weakness.

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Shinkoryu14 [2011-04-20 12:08:20 +0000 UTC]

Cool, I'll get to work then!

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Shinkoryu14 In reply to TheMushroomancer [2011-04-20 22:11:13 +0000 UTC]

Alright, you're good to go. Best of luck with your audition.

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TheMushroomancer In reply to Shinkoryu14 [2011-04-21 00:23:58 +0000 UTC]

THANKYOU!!!!

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Me-and-Moxxi In reply to TheMushroomancer [2011-04-20 02:01:56 +0000 UTC]

TOLD you!

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Shinkoryu14 [2011-04-19 14:38:50 +0000 UTC]

We'll review your reference and get back to you as soon as possible.

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