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Published: 2015-04-21 20:13:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1095; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 0
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A group shot of Danbuster and Retsubnad and their friends enjoying a truce.When not taking over the world, Retsy really gets along quite well with his brother... just so long as the ever-exuberant Danbuster doesn't insist on hugging him in public...
Wally Babbleton is happy to do whatever his Master bids him and is happy to serve the Dan Clan as guests at any time, as he holds them all in due respect. Even Spencer.
Frederick and Spencer remain a little suspicious of the megalomaniac wizard, but for Danbuster's sake they try to see past his flaws and find that really, Retsy does have a decent nature beneath his austere exterior.
As for the peace-loving Thoronraw, he far prefers to be a friend to the Dan Clan than an enemy, as his allegiance to Retsy would otherwise dictate.
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I must say, seeing the original sketch of this and now seeing this colored, I can really say this is a very intriguing cast of characters here, all standing proud and looking good as gold!
Also, looking back from the doodles you did beforehand and comparing to the modern looks, I'd say that everyone went through a major overhaul as far as details and such! You did a great job here =3
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Thanks very much, Alex!
Yup, I guess they've all "matured" over the years...
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Indeed they have!
Thanks very much for the fave!
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It's great to see that this bunch can get along, despite being natural adversaries, and in the case of Dan and Retsubnad, it's proof that blood does run thicker than water. 
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Heh, yeah... it's a complicated relationship. They love each other, but Danbuster is often obliged to thwart Retsubnad's world-domination plans... and the wizard-hare himself can never bring himself to do serious harm to his brother when they must fight...
Of course, I guess Retsy mellowed over the years too, what with Dan's generous nature and the moralising influence of Thoronraw.
Thanks very much, Mark!
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Great to see you still around, Love your work, looks like I missed a LOT! DA notifications really screwwed up, Looked into you when I didnt see anything from ya, but, looks like it wasn't displaying!
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Hmmm, seems to happen sometimes... I don't know why...
But thanks for checking back!
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No problem at all, and indeed! I hope you've been well!
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Heyyy I remember the sketch of this image! I like how it's finally colored now =3
Allow me to critique this when I have more time, so far it looks very good =3
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Heh, thanks Alex!
Okay then...
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This is a really nice group shot. The dynamic's great - there's a lot of variation with the characters. You really know what you're doing where drawing anthropomorphic animals is concerned. I need to get more into drawing creatures/critters/etc myself but I'm a bit too busy with other stuff at the moment!
I have a biased liking towards the rat (is the rat Spencer? Sorry I don't know too much about your characters yet!) because we have four domestic ones in our household and we've had others in the past. It's nice to see a rat character who appears to be a protagonist. (I do love Ratigan though).
I'm also biased towards Thoronraw as I really like mythological creatures. I want to draw a dragon or two at some point.
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Awww, thanks very much!
Yup, Spencer's a rat. Hopefully, his pointy nose and thick tail are an indication of that - not to mention he's rather scruffy.
I certainly wanted to have a rat be a goody for once. He may be pretty unpolished - untidy, unwashed and lacking table manners - but all his qualities lie beneath the surface.
Of course, the same applies to Frederick - in the Redwall stories, all the weasels, stoats and ferrets are baddies - and I was tired of that trend, so years ago Frederick was developed as first an imaginary friend and eventually as Danbuster's sensible sidekick... a foil for Danbuster's comic-idiocy.
And Thoronraw was certainly a unique sort of addition. I think it started out with one of those "Build your own gryphon" interactive Flash things I saw a few years ago, when these "dress-up" or "character builder" Flashes were kind of a thing for a while.
But I decided, hey... Retsy needs a friend, mode of transport (like Danbuster has his eagle-friend Marquila) and a counterpart for Frederick.
Actually, on the subject of dragons, Danbuster himself recently acquired his own dragon-guardian as well... though with the way things are in the world today, she has to keep a low profile...
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That all sounds really interesting, thank you for the response. It's nice to know what compels people to create characters and all of that!
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Thanks!
And if you're interested in Danbuster's Earth Dragon, her name is Tlallicoatl...
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Awwww. 
Danbuster has such an adorably goofy face, and I like how Retsy is basically a meaner-looking version of his brother (those teeeeth...). Your group sounds like they have an interesting dynamic, although it kind've makes me wonder how anyone gets anything done.
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Heh, thanks very much!
Yeah, seems they matured? Dan and Retsy acquiring a bit of chin-fuzz, for instance...
They're certainly not as one-dimensional as they were.
Danbuster is the natural leader of his group, but he too needs Frederick's sensible influence and Spencer's smarts. Frederick is also the team-muscle thanks to his early life being raised by an otter foster-family. Spencer on the other hand is physically weak, though quick on his feet and able to use that to his advantage, in addition to being naturally cunning.
The Dan Clan work as a team, each complimenting their strengths and weaknesses, and are actually quite successful crimefighters... basically the sort of civilian gang of misfits who do their bit and always muddle through somehow...
On Team Retsubnad, the wizard-hare is very much the driving force, being a very powerful wizard after years of experience. Wally isn't really a fighter, but he does his best to slow them down - though even Spencer can easily beat him in a fight. Thoronraw tries to serve his Master without really hurting anybody, preferring restraining holds as a means of stopping an opponent - even so, the young gryphon is still a formidable fighter. He's also very much Frederick's counterpart in being Retsy's voice of reason.
Retsubnad basically desires to be respected, as well as to clean up the mess the politicians have made of running the world.
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Your welcome. 
I think its funny how the muscle of your group isn't the tallest member. Plus Frederick looks almost like a stereotypical book-nerd, so again, him being the muscle of the group is quiet funny. 
*snerk* So Retsy is like a villain with noble goals, then, huh? Interesting... Though I can understand Spencer being able to beat Wally up, given how much of a shrimp the little weasel is. 
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Well, I tend to have jaggy lines for the fur, but as a friend of mine observed, the rough line of Dan's jaw kind of looks like he's getting a bit of a goatee like me... so hey, why not go with it!
Indeed, Frederick's quite a reader - well, they all read books, of course...
But Frederick is certainly the one with the library card... and that led to his meeting Felicity Bookstamp the librarian...
Yeah, Spencer's a sweet little guy really.
As for their everyday life, I always figured they were cartoonists who retell the stories of their own adventures.
Retsubnad is perhaps a well-intentioned extremist, yes...
And of course, Wally's only main strengths are his persuasive tongue and his loyalty to Retsy. As a person, he's very weak and submissive - he'd do anything for Retsy, though... happy to serve under him...
And indeed, Thoronraw... I guess he just fell in with the wrong crowd? Though yeah, Retsy's not really a bad guy deep down and the gryphon knows that - otherwise he wouldn't serve him.
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Yep. Nothing wrong with a little adaption here and there.
*snerk* Awww, that sounds real cute. 
Cartoonists, huh? If they based their stories off their own adventures, they probably don't ever have to worry about about going out of business... not unless they run out of adventures.
Hm, the way you described Wally, I can help but get a certain impression. 
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Heh, yeah... at least they have their own little business going on there...
Hmmm, and about Retsy and Wally? Well, I guess that's their own business too...
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*sneeeeerk* Heh heh, yeah... like Mr. Burns and Smithers?
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Heh, fab pic of the crew there ^^ Great job Dan
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