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Yeah, maybe a relative of his, possibly, like a father or grandfather or something. But I do make most of my chars based around that time (1925) anyway

In keeping with how it was actually done back then (because these two teams will be as close as possible to their historical counterparts), I'd like to stick largely with European names rather than fanciful fan names if you don't mind.

Here's two chaps I've made just for the occasion.


http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae10 ... kies-7.png

Name: Dante
Breed: Siberian Husky
Coat: Sable
Eyes: Parti (brown and blue combined)
Age: 10
Personality: Energetic, independent, impatient, and enjoys traveling.

Name: Sammy
Breed: Siberian Husky
Coat: Agouti
Eyes: Brown
Age: 8
Personality: Patient, kind, stubborn, and conservative.

Name: Fox
Breed: Siberian Husky
Coat: Mostly-black
Eyes: Orange
Age: N/A
Personality: Independent, practical, and observant

Dante and Sammy weren't born of the same litter, but mid-career they've been bought and sold together a few times. They make a good duo, even if it doesn't seem like they like each other very much. Despite how they look, Dante is actually older than Sammy and still finds value in play, whereas Sammy doesn't think he takes life as seriously as he should.

As I said, Sacco's in the making. I know what he looks like, I just gotta make his character. Oi.

Oh either would work I think. Very good choices!

Well, you'd be one of at least three people so far who said they wanted to design either one or both of those dogs. lol Not all of them current, by the by. One of them was Koak, but it seems to me that he's not serious about it. Also Lady Jenna and CatWhoHas14Tails I think. So if you wanted to discuss it with those two...I really am not particular about who does them. I think Lady Jenna intended to make them into fan characters (well, I would like them to be fleshed out fan characters with head and full body shots).

It's up to you guys.

Updated with a Fox design!


http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae10 ... kies-7.png

Name: Dante
Breed: Siberian Husky
Coat: Sable
Eyes: Parti (brown and blue combined)
Age: 7
Personality: Energetic, independent, impatient, and enjoys traveling.

Name: Sammy
Breed: Siberian Husky
Coat: Agouti
Eyes: Brown
Age: 6
Personality: Patient, kind, stubborn, and conservative.

Name: Fox
Breed: Siberian Husky
Coat: Mostly-black
Eyes: Orange
Age: N/A
Personality: Independent, practical, and observant

Dante and Sammy weren't born of the same litter, but mid-career they've been bought and sold together a few times. They make a good duo, even if it doesn't seem like they like each other very much. Despite how they look, Dante is actually older than Sammy and still finds value in play, whereas Sammy doesn't think he takes life as seriously as he should. They've worked many positions on a few different teams, as wheel dogs, team dogs, and swing dogs, but only Dante has ever leaded before. So any position would work for them, but they're inspired by these two dogs on the left.


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a389/ ... ladogs.jpg

Fox found a real knack for leading teams of dogs. He wasn't the biggest husky, but is a very logical thinker, and a very good leader. His only flaw was that he often took matters into his own hands, as opposed to making team decisions, which was his belief to what a leader should be. He was intended to lead the team on the Serum Run, but his leading position was taken away by the inexperienced Balto. He was not too happy about the idea at all. He had a bit of a Steele-ish reaction to Balto taking lead, only not as extreme. He later came to respect Balto.

Very, very nice work Cat! Look at this! Togo and Balto's teams getting all this wonderful attention! I must strive to live up to all of this! ("AAAH! That is WAY too much pressure!" )

The work shall continue unabated behind the scenes, until I can release it!

Thanks everyone! Thanks Cat!

I'll make Scotty workin' on Scotty and Sacco.

By the by...while Scotty is close in age to both Togo and Fritz (having, I believe, been born around the same time), I should point out generally that other team members need not all be in the middle to older-aged range in order to keep up with the big mahoffs. Just sayin'

Info on Scotty (note, exact dates of birth and death are not shown here and may not be known...at least, I haven't found anything YET. I will keep looking though): http://pawvillage.com/pedigree/dynprofile.asp?ID=AWSH735 You can see that he, Togo and Fritz all share a mother, but each has different fathers. Heh. Dolly certainly did her share.

I'll flesh him out more and probably redo his ref sheet later, but I just wanted to get down the basics.

I was thinking about making him a good blend of Fritz and Togo- playful- yet loves doing his job. Most of all he loves attention- I mean look how he poses in that picture. It's almost like he totally knows what's going on and wants to look his best for the camera. He was apparently another one of Seppala's favorites, so I wanted Scotty to love receiving his affection. He's not an attention-nut to the point of Steele's insanity, but he is the type of dog who really likes receiving attention, but he knows he has to work hard to earn it. He likes to strut his stuff, but he's got some actual stuff to strut, if that makes sense. Of course, I don't want him to steal the show from Fritz or Togo- so Scotty might be a little more laid back in his competitive edge.

I think you've pretty much nailed down the relationship he had with Seppala, and probably a viable personality! And the art looks great so far! Thanks, Esky-doodle!