
Well, technically, a weasil pistolero or shootist. But whatever, no one differentiates anyone in the west from cowboys anymore.
This is the first character sheet for that comic I keep talking about. I swear I'm still working on it, even though no one's really interested.
Anyway, he's a major antagonist in the first issue. Might show up again later, not sure. He's actually supposed to be like the heroes of most westerns, and is particularly based off of John Wayne's characters (the poncho should give that away to anyone who watches westerns. As an inside joke, I refuse to name him. He's not the man with no name, but since he's not an important, long running character there's no reason to name him, and once I realized this was an accidental John Wayne joke... I couldn't resist.
Anyway, like heroes of the traditional Western he's a selfish, murdering bastard. The idea of morality and western identity that he represents is the villain of the over all story. I think he's a great way to start things out.
Odd for my characters in that I have no idea what kind of gun he'll use. Probably a peacemaker, just to keep with the traditional western hero idea, but I'm unsure.... If any of you have ideas, I'd love to hear them.
This is the first character sheet for that comic I keep talking about. I swear I'm still working on it, even though no one's really interested.
Anyway, he's a major antagonist in the first issue. Might show up again later, not sure. He's actually supposed to be like the heroes of most westerns, and is particularly based off of John Wayne's characters (the poncho should give that away to anyone who watches westerns. As an inside joke, I refuse to name him. He's not the man with no name, but since he's not an important, long running character there's no reason to name him, and once I realized this was an accidental John Wayne joke... I couldn't resist.
Anyway, like heroes of the traditional Western he's a selfish, murdering bastard. The idea of morality and western identity that he represents is the villain of the over all story. I think he's a great way to start things out.
Odd for my characters in that I have no idea what kind of gun he'll use. Probably a peacemaker, just to keep with the traditional western hero idea, but I'm unsure.... If any of you have ideas, I'd love to hear them.
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You know, I sort of blind-clicked on the thumbnail and saw the picture itself before paying enough attention to scroll down and see who actually drew it, and was actually somewhat surprised--it looks eerily like
tacticalsnake. I guess you two are accidentally osmosis-learning from each other or something?
Anyway, that guy is badass. His "don't fuck with me" scowl is pure win. Amazing work, as always.

Anyway, that guy is badass. His "don't fuck with me" scowl is pure win. Amazing work, as always.
Actually, I think I know why that is. I used an inking style very similar to Snake's for this. See, I usually use an enormous variation of line thicknesses, as many as 7 sometimes. Snake rarely uses more than 2, and often uses only one.
Since this is for a comic, the art needs to be simple. Ergo, I only used one line thickness, much like Snake.
Since this is for a comic, the art needs to be simple. Ergo, I only used one line thickness, much like Snake.
There are a few people who still differentiate between shootists and cowboys. I know that technically gunslinger is not a historically accurate term for a pistoleer, but it rolls off the tongue better, hence why it has become so much more popular.
*digs out his Gun Buyer's Guide, flips to the back pages that list various kinds of guns, to blackpowder revolvers of various styles* So, any specific kind of gun in mind? really old fashioned cap and ball (each cylinder was hand loaded in much the same way as an old fashioned muzzle loader, and a primer cap was put on a nipple for it). This style was used by Bill Hickock, who used two of them because they took forever to reload so he needed enough shots to get through a fight without a reload. or perhaps the slightly less old fashioned, but still old, single action cartridge revolvers like the .45 Army, and other door loader single actions?
*digs out his Gun Buyer's Guide, flips to the back pages that list various kinds of guns, to blackpowder revolvers of various styles* So, any specific kind of gun in mind? really old fashioned cap and ball (each cylinder was hand loaded in much the same way as an old fashioned muzzle loader, and a primer cap was put on a nipple for it). This style was used by Bill Hickock, who used two of them because they took forever to reload so he needed enough shots to get through a fight without a reload. or perhaps the slightly less old fashioned, but still old, single action cartridge revolvers like the .45 Army, and other door loader single actions?
Comic is actually somewhat late west. I forget the exact date it's set in, but it's somewhere in the 1880's. No need to bother with crap like cap and ball. Even rim fire revolvers would be a tad outdated. The other major guns being featured are a volcanic, schofields, a LaMatt... pretty wide range available to work with. The important thing to me is that there be a lot of variety, really. I go nuts with how nearly all westerns essentially have the hero use a SAA while every one else pretty much uses a Remington. The west had such an enormous variety of weapons floating around, yet the fiction shows only a tiny few.
So basically, I'm looking for a good shootist gun (well balanced, reliable and decently quick to reload) but which is interesting and preferably not well known. I have a few giant fucking books of guns around here... need to dig them up and go through them again.
Dunno why I'm putting so much work into it, though, since the gun won't even be heavily featured.... Anyway, thanks for the input!
So basically, I'm looking for a good shootist gun (well balanced, reliable and decently quick to reload) but which is interesting and preferably not well known. I have a few giant fucking books of guns around here... need to dig them up and go through them again.
Dunno why I'm putting so much work into it, though, since the gun won't even be heavily featured.... Anyway, thanks for the input!
I'd say look into a break action revolver: they ha them way back when, and they were good to reload quickly compared with something like a single action with a trapdoor that had to be loaded and unloaded one cylinder at a time. Try looking into the Navy Arms Top Break Series as one, or possibly the Cimarron no.3 russian-scofield/pistolero as another break action. The Cimarron 1872 Open Top is a fairly unique looking gun, in that there is nothing over the top of the cylinder, plus its overall geometry.Looks to be a trapdoor loader though. the cimarron break action looks even more unique.
Something always ignored by movies is the fact that rifles are, in fact, useful. Lever actions were popular, since depending on the caliber, you could fit more ammo in the magazine, and fire faster and with more accuracy than pretty much any single action. They weren't as useful in really tight quarters, and they weren't as easily hidden under a coat or such things, but they were still good. There is also the Sharps rifle, which was sort of the old fashioned sniper rifle, not really what you're looking for though.
Something always ignored by movies is the fact that rifles are, in fact, useful. Lever actions were popular, since depending on the caliber, you could fit more ammo in the magazine, and fire faster and with more accuracy than pretty much any single action. They weren't as useful in really tight quarters, and they weren't as easily hidden under a coat or such things, but they were still good. There is also the Sharps rifle, which was sort of the old fashioned sniper rifle, not really what you're looking for though.
One of the major characters is actually using duel schofields, actually. I was way into 3:10 to Yuma, and my favorite character carried a pair of them. There'll be LOTS of showing off the break apart action already.
The Cimarron with the trapdoor sounds interesting and I'll go look it up, definitely.
I agree on the rifles. The main character's Volcanic is very much like that, actually: basically the Winchester rifle was just a volcanic lengthened out to rifle size. Nearly all the characters also have a rifle, shotgun or both in their repertoire, and a few carry pocket pistols, derringers, etc. as well. I try to be as historically accurate as I can, and that includes the full variety of weapons. It sounds like you're very like minded, and I hope you'll enjoy the story once I start getting pages up! I'll be starting right out with some obscure history of the west.
I'm thinking, also, about changing one of the character's set ups to use a sawed off rifle. He's supposed to be absolutely enormous (a bear, in fact) and too big to use regular pistols, which would barely fit in his hands. He had been set up with an old revolving rifle that was really only a pistol with a very long barrel and a stock, and a Buntline special, but I'm shying from the Buntline, due to its historical rarity and the fact it's become a little bit of a joke, and I'm thinking instead using a sawed off rifle like from the beginning of "Once Upon a Time in the West."
The Cimarron with the trapdoor sounds interesting and I'll go look it up, definitely.
I agree on the rifles. The main character's Volcanic is very much like that, actually: basically the Winchester rifle was just a volcanic lengthened out to rifle size. Nearly all the characters also have a rifle, shotgun or both in their repertoire, and a few carry pocket pistols, derringers, etc. as well. I try to be as historically accurate as I can, and that includes the full variety of weapons. It sounds like you're very like minded, and I hope you'll enjoy the story once I start getting pages up! I'll be starting right out with some obscure history of the west.
I'm thinking, also, about changing one of the character's set ups to use a sawed off rifle. He's supposed to be absolutely enormous (a bear, in fact) and too big to use regular pistols, which would barely fit in his hands. He had been set up with an old revolving rifle that was really only a pistol with a very long barrel and a stock, and a Buntline special, but I'm shying from the Buntline, due to its historical rarity and the fact it's become a little bit of a joke, and I'm thinking instead using a sawed off rifle like from the beginning of "Once Upon a Time in the West."
I've honestly never seen too many westerns, since I'm not much of a movie person, though I've liked the few I've seen.
I'm actually writing a story myself, but it's a bit less traditional of a western. It's something of a neo-steampunk western, and it will take numerous cracks at video game and movie plots, particularly with monologuing villains. "*bad guy rides into town*" "Who are you and why have you come!?!" "*begins monologuing, is cut short by a bullet in the head*". Might turn it into a comic once I have a few more chapters written out, but so far all I've got done is the prologue.
I'm actually writing a story myself, but it's a bit less traditional of a western. It's something of a neo-steampunk western, and it will take numerous cracks at video game and movie plots, particularly with monologuing villains. "*bad guy rides into town*" "Who are you and why have you come!?!" "*begins monologuing, is cut short by a bullet in the head*". Might turn it into a comic once I have a few more chapters written out, but so far all I've got done is the prologue.
Do you read many westerns? I've been getting into them a lot lately. I'm also a big fan of the "Gun" video game.
You know, it's funny... two other ideas I've had that I wanted to work on later were a Gothic Western and a Steam Punk Western. I like mixing genres, but Westerns have gotten to be so dominated by Weird West stuff I wanted to do something traditional, and then try new angles on mixing the genre after. The Gothic would be a drastically different history of the west, and use a lot of magical elements, while the Steampunk one would focus on conflicts with the Native Americans and purposefully avoid any cliches of the genre.
You know, it's funny... two other ideas I've had that I wanted to work on later were a Gothic Western and a Steam Punk Western. I like mixing genres, but Westerns have gotten to be so dominated by Weird West stuff I wanted to do something traditional, and then try new angles on mixing the genre after. The Gothic would be a drastically different history of the west, and use a lot of magical elements, while the Steampunk one would focus on conflicts with the Native Americans and purposefully avoid any cliches of the genre.
I liked Red Dead Revolver, from the little I played it. My favorite is Darkwatch, where you are a vampire cowboy.
My story is sort of like the Wild Arms series in some aspects of it, such as basically the entire world being westernish. Plus, magic and monsters and random things that need exploring and such. Siege will have his work cut out for him in the story, as much the way it does in a video game, bad luck follows him around and pokes him with a stick.
Havn't read too many westerns, want to read The Dark Tower as I've been told that the main character both looks and acts much the way I do.
My story is sort of like the Wild Arms series in some aspects of it, such as basically the entire world being westernish. Plus, magic and monsters and random things that need exploring and such. Siege will have his work cut out for him in the story, as much the way it does in a video game, bad luck follows him around and pokes him with a stick.
Havn't read too many westerns, want to read The Dark Tower as I've been told that the main character both looks and acts much the way I do.
Well, I avoid the Dark Tower series simply because I dislike Stephen King, but yeah, the main character is a cowboy, and the other worlds have a lot of Western influence, as many of them are heavily desert and industrial revolution.
As some of the research for my comic I started reading some of the great Western writers, like Matt Burn, Elmore Leonard and Loius L'amour. Great stuff, all of it, but I understand the appeal of fantasy, as well as its ability to draw in more readers. The basic reason I decided to make my story a furry comic instead of a novel is the ability of the "funny animal" motif to pull in new readers.
Still, I've found that going into the history and the genre specific, realistic stuff has been very interesting and eye opening.
As some of the research for my comic I started reading some of the great Western writers, like Matt Burn, Elmore Leonard and Loius L'amour. Great stuff, all of it, but I understand the appeal of fantasy, as well as its ability to draw in more readers. The basic reason I decided to make my story a furry comic instead of a novel is the ability of the "funny animal" motif to pull in new readers.
Still, I've found that going into the history and the genre specific, realistic stuff has been very interesting and eye opening.
Ahh. I'm told it's a pretty good series by those who've recommended it to me (as Roland is known also as The Gunslinger), and that it is not boring and endless suspense and is instead action.
Interesting. I might look into them. The main reason mine is more fantasy than anything is that it's centered around Siege as the main character, who has a bit of fantasy thrown into his backstory, plus it easier for things to be more interesting with random battles with things the size of cities and other such occurances.
The West really had quite an interesting history, it's just a matter of looking for it.
Interesting. I might look into them. The main reason mine is more fantasy than anything is that it's centered around Siege as the main character, who has a bit of fantasy thrown into his backstory, plus it easier for things to be more interesting with random battles with things the size of cities and other such occurances.
The West really had quite an interesting history, it's just a matter of looking for it.
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