2929 Overreactions
Scale, Hank, Handler and Gertrude are all visiting us from “Cowboys and Crossovers”
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Drawn by Ron Bender (Well, when they aren’t being drawn by me, that is…)
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Scale, Hank, Handler and Gertrude are all visiting us from “Cowboys and Crossovers”
http://cowboysandcrossovers.thecomicseries.com/comics/
Drawn by Ron Bender (Well, when they aren’t being drawn by me, that is…)
Oooo, looks like she is going to enjoy this, first time really getting her hands dirty in a long time 😀
Gertrude. A Valkyrie. In mortal combat with a terrible foe.
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She’s having the time of her life.
Oh, that expression in the last panel… 😀
Yup, that there is the expression of a critter that don’t know they are in big trouble! 😛
Oh, and Trude is finally having herself some fun after a _very_ long time 😀
Either she won’t quite kill it, and it will become eternally loyal to her, or, more likely, they get really big drumsticks. Might whet her appetite for the bigger ones.
I could see Gertrude and Queen Bloodhand getting along just famously. 😀
"2929 Overreactions"
And one underreaction, Panel 2: Stop jawing, son, and shoot!
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And risk hitting an ex-Valkyrie? Are you nuts!!! He would rather rassle the giant turkey himself!!!! 😛
"Don’t shoot her… you’ll just make her mad!" :p
Now kiss!
Apparently a raptor from a fantasy gamer comic featuring magical stuff like chimeras and minotaurs is somehow more "scientifically accurate" than a Hollywood science-fiction blockbuster (yes, I mean you, Jurassic World).
You consider that giant turkey to be ‘scientifically accurate’? Check out the fluffy raptors here: http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/fireworks-the-natural-enemy-of-velociraptors (they were even trained to ride mini-bikes, wear plate armour and tuxedoes)
Hey, let’s not rush things. It’ll take a while for pop culture to come to terms with ‘feathered dinosaurs’, so first we stick feathers on the stereotypical Jurassic Park raptor. Once people get used to that, then we bring out the 100% scientifically accurate fluffy birdlike raptor (and compared to Jurassic World’s dinostrippers, is far closer to the ones paleontologists depict.)
Yeah… those overly fluffy things aren’t scientifically accurate. The feathers seen in imprints on fossils of the smaller raptors (or more correctly, "Dromeosaurs" and "Troodontids") are more like actual birds, and in some cases are more like fur.
The creature I’m depicting above is not Velociraptor -which is smaller- but meant to be more like Deinonychus. The feathers are shorthand, but I think the silhouette seems more accurate to what I’ve seen. The complex feathers (probably) fan out on the sides and end of the tail and along the arms and legs -though I’ve gone with a more modern birdlike bare leg.
I’m only an amateur Paleontologist, but I’ve been taking some courses online and have been keeping up with the lates on blogs and podcasts where I can. I’ll admit that I could be wrong, but the huge puffball feathersplosion I’ve seen depicting dinosaurs seems a bit of an exaggeration to me.
Well, that’s the thing with Dinos: know one _really_ know what they look like, certainly not fully fleshed, not even Palaeontologists who have spent over 50 years studying bone fragments (just remember all the changes that have happened to the T-Rex!)
Rich Morris, well based on what is paleontologically accepted, the raptors you drew are actually accurately feathered, save for the long primary feathers attached to the wrist (which should be attached to the middle finger). The feathering of the face and feet is still quite debatable though.
Also, looks more like an Utahraptor to me, judging by the size and snout shape.