Full disclosure, I was fully planning to participate in this trend with my actual Courier Six OC, not my Animaniacs OC whom I've tossed into New Vegas because he doesn't have enough problems already, but breaking through art block can make ya do crazy stuff. I feel like Slakko with no emo fringe is vaguely cursed, but he's going for the cowboy look here, so no fringe bangs for you, emo boy.
Normally I'd put the full artwork under the cut, but according to Procreate, I spent five and a half hours on this, so it's not happening this time. I had no idea I knew how to do this kind of painterly shading and lighting (I nearly always use some form of cel shading), so I'm admittedly pretty proud of myself. I did kind of struggle to figure out how to paint the lighting on his black fur, but I don't think it's half bad for a first attempt. The usual rambling and character explanations are under the cut.
SLAKKO: THE SCIENTIST
"Cazadores… it had to be Cazadores…"
Formerly a musician and comedian at a casino; hated it and ran out on his contract
Tag skills: Science, Energy Weapons, Repair
Traits: Four Eyes, Hot Blooded
Personality: snippy, guarded, short-tempered, know-it-all, jumpy, kind-hearted
Other: natural night vision, prodigious piano player, New Yorker
Likes: science, being left alone, inventing, cats (furious that they're extinct in the Mojave), music, being clean
Dislikes: insects, being dirty or unsanitary, performing music publicly, acting
INVENTORY
Compliance Regulator
Energy cells (98)
Microfusion cells (72)
AER14 Prototype
Stimpak (11)
Scotch
Sunset Sarsaparilla (3)
Caps (483)
FACTIONS
NCR? "Ehh… beats the alternative."
Legion? "Evil, stupid, gross. I'll be first in line to spit on Caesar's corpse when he croaks."
Kings? "Weirdos, but they're my kinda guys."
Followers of the Apocalypse? "The best chance the Mojave has to survive."
Brotherhood of Steel? "Ridiculous tech hoarders. I hope they do exist so I can steal tech from them. It would be very funny."
POSSIBLE ENDINGS
GOOD ENDING: joins the Followers of the Apocalypse in Freeside, assisting in an NCR victory with a semi-independent Vegas
BAD ENDING: uses the Platinum Chip to install Yes-Man into the Securitrons and takes over the Strip; makes a boatload of money off the casinos and sends humanitarian aid to Freeside
I'm really enjoying summer, so I wanted to draw Wakko and Slakko having fun at the beach lol. I like to think that they're listening to The Offspring, because nothing says beach music to me like Americana
