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FINAL EXPLORER REF (for now...)
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Accessories for Explorer (all are optional)
Left side (cloak)
these are arm holes
hood!
cloak can be left open like a cape
pockets on inside
shiny embroidery
Right side
painted king vulture mask
may wear her karma flowers
has a bunch of bandanas (may add pins, buttons, etc)
(red bandana) this is her favorite :]
electric spear!
3 charges; spent charges turn red
#raintailed's art#my ocs#explorer (oc)#reference#sona#FINALLYYYYY#i've never made a ref for her accessories for some reason#i planned on doing that in 2023 but didnt get around to it#OH ummm the electric spear is based on the 1.5 rain world mod
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splora ref part 3!
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The Explorer (slugcat/grunt forms); she/her
both forms are 3'6"
(slugcat) ears not optional as a slugcat
(slugcat) 4 fingers
(slugcat) arms come out of lateral lines
(slugcat) 3 toes
(grunt) dilated crosshair
newly-voided: no ears, shorter torso
Forms notes:
Normal: pretty stable, takes time to learn new forms
Worm: unstable, needs an active effort to not go super eldritch by accident
#raintailed's art#my ocs#explorer (oc)#madness combat oc#madcom#madness combat#rain world#rw#rain world oc#reference#sona
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"All in the name of 'progress,'" he spat. "Yes, go ahead, tear up reality like you're putting it through a paper shredder! I'm sure no one will mind, and that no eternal war will take place."
Scene from a roleplay that took place like 2 years ago :] the iterator belongs to @cyclepast and is named Valued Customer. uhhh Explorer asked Regulator for help with this guy bc VC was hurting void creatures by using their souls to power portals
#raintailed's art#my ocs#regulator (oc)#others' ocs#rain world#rw#rain world oc#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DOODLE
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splora madness combat backstory stuff but told through doodles with minimal context!!
Uhhh 1st image: Explorer wakes up in a lab and eventually escapes. She's very scared because she has NO IDEA what is happening, let alone the fact that she's in a completely different world
2nd image: she meets Ash!!! Ash teaches her english and stuff. very awesome and cool person. and then Explorer sets out on her own, now much more confident bc now she knows more abt Nevada.
3rd image: she gets sick :[ void sickness :[
4th image: VOID SPLORA YIPPEE!!!!!! she is very surprised but all of a sudden she feels way better :]]]]
#raintailed's art#my ocs#explorer (oc)#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#sona#uhhh. void sickness is basically this is a beast that was pulled from the void#and if you put a void thing in a non-void body eventually the body becomes void too and it's not a pleasant process#shortly after becoming void explorer learns how to shapeshift but not how to go back to normal#she spends a week walking around with an extra arm she cant figure out how to put away
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Explorer ref time part 2! worm time :]
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The Explorer (worm form); she/her
Upper Left:
size/length varies, but by default Explorer's scaled so her head is about 6ft long
whiskers are not optional
neuron glow: #fac548
can have funky tendrils! length and number varies
usually has at least 1 pair of arms
echo scales shimmer as she moves
Upper Right:
uses telepathy
front view
only worm form has a gold mouth
flat mane = tired, unwell, sad
raised mane = startled, excited (good/bad), scared
Bottom Row:
can be less fancy like she was in the past
can have an echo-like aura: #30768d
lateral line is actually a seam! can become teeth, eyes, and limbs
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YIPPEE!!! Splora new ref part 1!
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The Explorer; she/her
Left Side:
Mark disappears when moving or dead
whiskers (actually thin frills) are optional
fights with teeth, claws, and spears
neuron glow: #fac548 (varies in brightness)
Right Side:
optional ears
lil bit of a dewlap
pine marten proportions
primordial pouch
lateral line runs down both sides of body
gold is shiny and reflective
tail is a lil bit prehensile
Info Row:
heights: 3'6" (bipedal), 1'9" (all 4s, at the shoulder)
teeth or slugcat beak
thumby feet :O
no blood, bones, or guts. only void fluid
can have silly tendrils
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I forgor to share Avalanche doodles from last month
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my guuuuyyyyy :]]]]
#raintailed's art#my ocs#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#regulator (oc)#tw body horror#just in case for eldritch regulator moments
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I completely forgot about Pathfinder... I decided that she is Explorer's Mirror World counterpart heheh. Her lore is that she was raised by an ancient (entirely possible in the Mirror World; not all of them are gone) and somehow she ends up in Nevada. Except the version of Nevada Pathfinder ends up in is @doostyaudi 's Rave-N au >:]]]
#raintailed's art#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#rain world#rw#rain world oc#my ocs#pathfinder (oc)#rave-n au#rare paper doodle sighting#since rave-n characters have music genres#pathfinder's is... rain world threat music ig idk#i dont care much about music genres and i dont differentiate them very well. i just vibe with a bunch of cool songs
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More whiteboard doodles >:]
The freak in the 1st picture is Shrike (any pronouns), who is the closest I will ever get to a hanksona. She is a freak from the Nevada Triangle heheheh
Uhmmm Regulator and Surveyor are both my employers, while Composer belongs to @sketchcake >:]
Since I haven't posted Surveyor here yet, here's a bit of lore about her: she's a pretty young employer whose duties involve keeping an eye on the Edge(s) of Nevada. Being at the Edge for too long can corrupt Nevadeans and letting them stay like that is Very Bad, so Surveyor solves the problem by... eating them. Thanks, I guess?
#raintailed's art#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#my ocs#others' ocs#shrike (oc)#explorer (oc)#regulator (oc)#surveyor (oc)#queue#surveyor uses she/her but it's like. how you might call a huge crocodile a she#also she likes to be big#tw unreality
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I usually dont post whiteboard or paper doodles on tumblr, but have a few doodles of my arena mode character, Toby :]
#raintailed's art#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#my ocs#toby (oc)#weaver cameo too. hi weaver#i havent gotten any imprints yet so toby's my only goober for arena mode#he likes to beat people up. with his fists#tw blood
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I FORGOT TO POST THESE uhh these are color concepts for Operator (they/them) and Horus (albeit a past version of him, before he adopted Tabby)
Operator's lore can be summarized as: orange freak who puts people in contact with "higher-ups," like how a telephone operator connects calls. This guy does contracts and stuff. They're like a jovial but also sinister salesman
#raintailed's art#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#my ocs#operator (oc)#horus (oc)#fun fact. operator's flame type is drifting petals#another fun fact. i dont remember why horus is named horus#reference
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What are imprints, rebirths and origins of imprints?
this turned out to be a very long explanation of arena lore... hope this helps!
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Losing my mind bc I'm trying to figure out a Madcom timeline for personal lore. And I dont know where to put Arena Mode...
Maybe bc of all the timeline incongruencies, Arena Mode happens in its own version of Nevada/the Occurant? And Enmeshing the Mandatus keeps that iteration of Nevada alive
In the *main* Nevada, I imagine that characters like Skinner, Chopper Dave, and Qbert are still part of SQ
Another timeline thing: I'm placing MC1 somewhere between Nexus City's prime and its fall. Maybe the beginning of the Madness and the effects of the Great Awakening (grunts gaining sapience basically) affected Nevada retroactively? Since the Machine, which was affected by all of this, regulates (and *is*) reality, then it presumably regulates the past as well.
Bc of this, Marshmellow Madness and MC1 as we know them were essentially overwritten. That early version of Nevada does still exist in a way, but it's been "archived" in the Nowhere, so to speak. Most of the gen 1 grunts from early Nevada also got archived.
Im not that fond of messing with time stuff when it comes to storytelling, but I think the idea of timeline shit happening is interesting
#raintailed rambles#madness combat#madcom#grrrr timeline stuff#the multiple hanks in purgatory might not have anything to so with time loop stuff#maybe it's just a hank thing lmao
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spober arts :]
technically these are accessory color tests
#raintailed's art#my ocs#explorer (oc)#madness combat#madness combat oc#madcom#rain world#rain world oc#rw
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It's been a while since I've drawn these two...
These are Horus (he/him), an ex-ATP Engineer and his adopted kid, Tabby (they/them).
#raintailed's art#madness combat#madcom#madness combat oc#horus (oc)#tabby (oc)#i'll figure out color tints for them at a later date#fun fact: the scarf tabby is wearing was given to them by horus :]
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heheh >:] references for pre-ascension Explorer
the it/its pronouns are crossed-out because those are the pronouns she used at the time (since she... technically didn't have any), but retroactively it's she/her i guess?
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The Explorer (pre-ascension); it/its she/her
whiskers are optional
neuron glow is #A77F6C (both coats)
often runs on all 4s
semi-retractable claws
scars are less obvious in winter
orphaned as a young pup
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