next in the lineup of mini edits for my kirby wc au... this time featuring sir arthur/meadowstar ^^ i actually gave him 2 minor design changes while drawing this (that being the way his outer ear fur is shaped + him greying a bit around the muzzle), but besides that, im surprised his design managed to translate to chibi cat so well...
i was initially planning on uploading him alongside completed nightmare/nightstar and chavra/mossshade minis as one big family but. i've had difficulties chibifying nightstar's gangly ass design. and i haven't even started mossshade's. so 💔💔💔
+ obligatory blond version just for giggles
didnt even bother making an original so no comparison. but have empty eyed meadowstar to stare at you unnervingly
i had a lot of fun the other day when i made that warrior cats mini maker edit with hazelwind so i thought it'd be fun to try making one with my wc au meta knight/nightwing next. it wasn't fun. the amount of time i spent on this edit was ridiculous. damn you nightwing with your chibi-hostile tabby markings and damn myself for designing you with them in the first place
anywayssss... metaricky (or technically nighthazel??) side by side together 🤗🤗🤗 top secret unreleased duo for the official warrior cats minifigure collection. do NOT separate them.
also once again a comparison between the one i initially made on site vs my edited version. the original is pretty decent imo especially compared to how bad hazelwind's looked LOL
i tried making wc au ricky/hazelwind in the warrior cats mini maker and it was cute but i found the customization options to be a bit too limited ... so i decided to try making him manually hehe
comparison between the one i made on-site vs my edited one. as you can see i enjoy being quite extra. also why did the maker fuck up the nose like that
and now here's the official warrior cats au chavra/mossshade redux... or rather, a rotten moss-covered swamp log that's taken the form of a feral cat. nightstar and meadowstar's beloved daughter 💚
+ mandatory realistic fur color/goldish tan alt to match with meadowstar's, lmao. she looks really fucked up
other notes below. ⬇️
much like the original chavra... she's a very solitary cat who lives in a wetland of some sort not far from the clan territories, but not near enough for clan cats/patrols to encounter her. probably a swamp-like area. seeing how she would've lived there for the majority of her life, she's likely one of the only cats who'd be able to live, train, and thrive there, therefore making it her territory. nobody else is as familiar with its wildlife and conditions as she is, so i'm sure whatever unlucky cat that may trespass/attempt to challenge her would quickly realize she has a complete advantage.
a very tough she-cat! living alone in a place like the swamps since childhood means she's gained quite a bit of skill and bulk in order to survive.
could MAYBE be good deputy/leader material?? that's very debatable though.
i obviously wanted her to look mostly like meadowstar, but a lot more scruffy + desaturated in order to show the difference between their lifestyles/personalities. meadowstar looks well-groomed, warmer, and dignified, while mossshade looks a lot more hardened, colder, and uncaring of others' standards/perceptions of her. she inherited her darker coat, golden eyes, and perma RBF from nightstar lol
as i've stated in the past, the topic of her actual name is a bit complicated since if her story in catstruck is meant to relatively be 1:1 compared to her original story in starstruck, then it means that it wouldn't make much sense for her to have a warriors name like mossshade. she'd be abandoned by nightstar when she was a very young kit, young enough to probably not even remember him or the clans. so... her actual name should logically be mosskit (sort of like how ravenpaw permanently kept the paw suffix even in adulthood), or just chavra. but i really reallyyyy like the little name parallel between mossshade and meadowstar so 😭😭😭 maybe she gets her warrior name later in the au once she's reconnected with the clans. and it'd also be really cute if meadowstar was the one to give her her name after he returns!!
also i've been wondering if i should change her prefix to mossy, since moss ends with s and shade starts with it. idk if there's any other instance of a prefix ending and a suffix starting with the same letter in warrior cat naming, so i'm unsure if it's normal or a bit of an eyesore. mossyshade doesn't sound particularly bad, but eh. 🤷
saying this here again like i did in my last post but she's the product of a short, secret affair that happened between nightstar + meadowstar, despite their longstanding animosity/feud with one another. because there is literally no way for me to translate her clone origin story into a warrior cats context. i'd imagine nightstar got rid of her not only because he wasn't interested in raising a kit during such a contentious time, but also because her basically identical similarity to meadowstar is undeniable and extremely obvious. he wouldn't want the forbidden affair he had with his literal nemesis (who is also the fellow leader of another clan) to get out. not like he's a staunch carer of the warrior code or anything. just out of pride. because of this, basically everyone is entirely unaware of her existence (including meadowstar), and she is entirely unaware of her origin.
anyways here's a size comparison between her and meadowstar!! ^^ considering how both of her father's are very large cats (especially nightstar), i'm sure she'll end up growing some more... eventually. it's in her blood to be a big ass cat lol.
nightmare aka nightstar aka big loser kitty. that is also sir arthur aka meadowstar in the second pic. whenever they're not literally fighting nightstar likes being a very sassy nuisance to him
Check out these cool pics of the Catstruck anthology paperbacks that came in!
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As someone who has rescued many cats over the years, this collection was really important to me. If you want to help support a good cause, you can grab at copy here:
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October sure got away from me! After having some sort of event or show every weekend and followed up with a manuscript deadline, I’m just now getting back online again and doing more besides lurking! I’ve got several announcements and sales to share.
First up, it’s the start of a big 99cent sale for Emporium of Superstition! We were fortunate to nab a Bookbub promo for this beast of an…
