Ok so I think I know what I want to go with for her final design, but I'm curious what y'all think. The scars & damage are from a glass-top coffee table.
This custom tabletop miniature character named Ladybird, designed on Hero Forge. Hero Forge® is a free-to-use online character creator that
Edit: slight update in design
This custom tabletop miniature character named Ladybird updated design, designed on Hero Forge. Hero Forge® is a free-to-use online characte
Plus a little trivia about her:
Started wearing her grandfather's old cardigans in highschool (they used to be huge on her) and still sometimes does but they're a little bit small now
Is just a *little* bit taller than her older brother (half-brother) Johnny, much to his chagrin
the scars on the left side of her face are from an incident with her father Bobby when she was around 10 or 11, and she can't see very well out of her left eye
Wears hiking boots with almost every outfit because there's always a very high chance she'll take a nature walk or go foraging at any given time
Sometimes gets too busy or forgets to shave and her facial hair grows in very quickly, which she isn't wild about (but she does love how quickly she was able to grow out her long hair)
Ladybugs are her favorite animal (as evidenced by the name she chose) and the ladybug ring her partner gave her is the only piece of jewelry she's managed not to lose even after 5 years <3
I made another of the Oadlings on Hero Forge, Rufus this time!
This custom tabletop miniature character named Rufus, designed on Hero Forge. Hero Forge® is a free-to-use online character creator that emp
A bit of trivia about him:
As evidenced by his outfit, his favorite color is blue; whenever he gets new work boots he makes a point to customize them with different laces or opting for more colorful sole inserts
In addition to glasses for visual issues (strabistumus included), he also uses hearing aides, he's just not wearing them in the hero forge figure (they don't have that option available yet)
He can drive, and in fact has the most reliable non-coffee cart vehicle out of the Oadlings (a blue truck). He's not great with directions, so usually someone else is present to navigate. When he gets very annoyed at Ptyir out at the farm he makes him get out and walk alongside or ride in the bed of the truck.
Loves Errol very much and testified to the quality of his character and the severity of his PTSD at the trial (which was, truthfully, a major part of the court's favorable ruling) from the time that he came to live on the farm for a while
Very close with Ptyir, they're cousins who met later on in life, but both act more similarly to siblings who grew up together. Sometimes gets very done with his impulsive bullshit and will just kind of sit back or leave until he's acting more sensible and/or needs help.
He's not the tallest of them, but is easily the most or 2nd most strong of the Oadlings from living at and working on his aunties' farm. Breaks up fights between his cousins with ease and could probably actually lift Frodo if he had to. Was kept away from Bobby for the most part while growing up for both of their safety
Really still getting to know most of his other cousins; Only having hazy memories of interactions with Ladybird and of meeting Rhys when he was a baby. He's very protective of Rhys and initially doesn't like Johnny as he and Ptyir often butt heads, but softens towards him when he realizes that for all of his bravado he's actually having a pretty rough time of it all (most especially since the events of Ghost Train and onwards).
Can't live fully interdependently due to disabilities, most especially with math and directions, and gets overwhelmed easily with by unstructured independent tasks, but does probably have the most common sense out of the Oadlings, recognizing bullshit somewhat more easily and being better at risk assessment by a high margin.
Visits Brokenwood at least bimonthly to bring goods and check up on the 5 animals in the petting zoo behind Ladybird and her partner's shop. Usually there are more trips due to cousin related shenanigans, but the 2 animal related visits are a scheduled given.
Credit to @saszor 's art guide for characters with down syndrome, it was very helpful!
I wonder what Dennis Buchanan would think of Ladybird (and my other Oadlings Ocs for that matter).
Like it seems like he kinda has a soft-spot for the Oades', maybe because of Barnaby's issues and something's not right with any of them, though obviously it only goes up to a point and he's not exactly going to be around them outside of the duties of his work.
I could see him and Ladybird getting into a looooooong conversation about their younger siblings and their bonds with ungulates over a few pints down at the Toad & Lion some random night though
