See a bit more of the people.
My original draft of Scar included a big bushy beard, but after some soul-searching it just doesn't make sense to me that sarnothi would have facial hair. I can barely rationalize the hair they have already. ;)
See a bit more of the people.
I approve of not introducing Sarnothi facial hair.
Has the unfortunate problem of flowing up in front of your face when it gets too long; not a good thing to have happen when fighting a shark or some other toothy underwater thing.
I knew it. Big bouncy grandpa. (My big bouncy grandpa kicked all kinds of ass in several wars but he was still a big bouncy grandpa.)
I too support the lack of facial hair. It’s hard to look like a supervillain with a big bushy beard. The Lex Luthor-pattern baldness just enhances this character.
Is he wearing a translator or a voice box, maybe both?
Either way he looks nice. 🙂
Im imagining the heaviest russian accent.
Oh my gosh, same!
Da! Da!
A while back there was a cough drop commercial (think it was halls) the guy ate one, was transported to a sauna and was sitting next to a GIANT toweled man (sweede probably). He slaps him on the back and says “BREATH MY PASTY FRIEND, BREATH.”
That is how I picture Scar.
Edit, found the video on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P6qIdlLegc
There is a comic called Drive (http://www.drivecomic.com) that has a big lizard guy named “Nosh” who spent several formative years in Russia (they drink an industrial solvent called “vodka”)– the other people in his race are always “Whoa, whoa, whoa, are you pullin’ my leg, or is that a real accent?”
I imagine him and Scar having the same voice, unfortunately.
I was just in the comment section to say the same. Big, boisterous russian accent.
Oh, I am loving Scar already.
lol he’s aawesome. Also…. is that a lawn chair on that roof? XD
yeah, what the hey? why would you need chairs underwater?
to quote one of john ringos mer characters from East of the sun west of the moon “Ever sat in sea bottom you can do it but its not comfortable”
Presumably the Sarnothi have internal bladders and such to control their bouyancy. If so, they could use chairs easily. Remember, we saw them sitting crosslegged on the ground when the sub arrived.
I’m giving him a broken Russian accent, it just seem to fit.
Delight.
That is all I have to say. Fantastic character. I love him!
It could home little fishes for a convenient snack.
Well, I think the question of which side of the slave uprising he was on has been answered. As he isn’t dead, unless all of the citizens were the slave owners, he must have been a slave.
The slaves don’t always win. Just sayin’.
Yeah the hair thing honestly makes no sense, unless it’s actually something like fluttery fins or something that just looks like hair.
Davy Jones…
I LIKE him! ^_^
so, I guess he has a “voice box” of source (cause of that “magic text” coloring you used”
The fact that Selkie’s birth surname is revealed as “Ma’Chien” in a comic about profanities is absolutely hilarious.
Does ma’chien mean something in another language?
Well, in french Ma chienne would be my female dog, and me chien would be my male dog. (ch = sh sound, and on the male version the final n is not pronounced but does affect how the e before it is pronounced, so, shyenne and shye.)
*glances around*
I said biiiiiiitch….
Amusing — but look again. Selkie’s family name isn’t French. Not Ma’Chien, but Ma’Chein.
Which, depending on how the ‘ch’ and ‘ei’ are pronounced, could sound like McCain, McKine, Mashine, Mashayne, Machain, Machine… or something else. I hope Dave will weigh in with how he pronounces it in his head… I do like to ‘hear’ names as the author intends.
I love Scar! He would get along with Theo pretty well I bet.
They could exchange eel cooking tips. Wait, that’s the other guy.
Did Scar receive damage to his throat, and has to wear that black collar thing to let him speak now? That’s the vibe I’m getting.
me too! also, since he knows selkie´s family name i´m hoping that maybe he knew her mom – who knows, maybe they fought together and those are his battle scars!!
He seems like a sweetheart. Also he doesn’t look all that old actually. Scar looks like he’s just a little older than Todd.
So if they know that Selkie’s full name is Nei Li Ma’Chien, that means they ALSO know her mom is Plo Quar.
So, the daughter of a famous freedom fighter/criminal has arrived. One wonders if this will color their attitude towards her…
Oops, didn’t see Peya Luna’s comment…
I want to hug him. ^_^
I love this guy… Thanks for a new awesome character, Dave!
Back to a previous thread: Humans can exhale with at least 1 PSI of pressure. (I know because I’ve done it.) Wet suits are strong, yes, and elastic and tight, yes. But 1 PSI of pressure will certainly stretch them. That’s 144 pounds per square foot. I can stretch wetsuit material with my hand. Imagine a person standing on every square foot of neoprene; they would certainly sink in more than a bit.
And Sarnothi exhalation might (or might not) have more force than human abs-and-ribs.
So Selkie turning herself into a puffer-fish in a neoprene wetsuit is certainly possible.
Of course, the other problem is the volume of air it would take. That inflated wetsuit had a lot more volume than her body. And there isn’t very much air dissolved in water. IRL, she’d have had to breathe for a _long_ time to exhale that much. But to my perception, it’s within bounds for this comic.
I’m reminded of something I heard somewhere, where a dad asks his kid how you kill a vampire, and the kid replies sunlight, stake through the heart, etc. And the dad says no, you can kill a vampire however you want, because vampires aren’t real.
All this to say I think if you wanted to draw him with a big bushy beard, I think you definitely could’ve done it, and to heck with what would be theoretically scientifically accurate. But I respect your decision, and understand your reasons, and I think he looks really cool regardless.
And I’m not at all bias by the fact that I love beards.