So The Other Night My Brother And I Started Brainstorming A Somewhat Choo Choo Charles Inspired Thomas

So the other night my brother and I started brainstorming a somewhat Choo Choo Charles inspired Thomas & Friends AU where almost everything is the same, except the trains have legs...

And I've done a bit of concept drawing

The point of these sketches were basically just to flesh out the proportions/structure of a handful of the character's hypothetical legs

I've also decided to give each type of vehicle legs that match a general species group, such as: The mainline steam engines will have mammalian legs akin to big cats or dogs (e.g, lions, wolves, foxes, etc), diesel engines will have somewhat bug-like legs, narrow gauge engines will have hoofed goat-like legs since they generally traverse mountainous areas, flying vehicles will have avian (bird-like) legs, water traversing vehicles will have fins or flippers, and road vehicles' legs will likely fall into a more ambiguous species category

There are a few exceptions to this rule, such as Duck having avian legs (I couldn't resist taking his name literally) or Salty having reptilian legs with webbed feet, but for the most part the characters will follow this species category rule

As for the amount of legs the engines will have, that will differ depending on the engine's size. Tank engines and standard diesels would have 6 legs each, bigger mainline engines would have up to 8 legs (12 with a tender coupled), and narrow gauge engines would typically have 4 legs.

The biggest exception to this rule would be Mighty Mac. Since they're conjoined twins they have a set of legs each, making them the only narrow gauge engine to possess 8 legs. Plus all of their limbs are front legs with opposeable thumbs, another anomaly among engines in general.

Since this has been an unusually text heavy post for my blog, I shall leave you with two bonus (very rough) sketches:

Here we have James in a pinup-style pose (my brother's suggestion) as well as Thomas and Percy hanging out on a shed roof after somehow fining a way up there

My brother and I went for a little late evening walk a little while back, and Airazor tagged along

Bonus:

Some local liminal spaces

Took Windblade on a small outing with me earlier today ^v^

I don't think I've introduced her yet, but I found her at a thrift shop a few days ago (hence why this gal's an amputee) and I am quite happy to have her in my collection

I found a few packets of these random office supply stickers the other day, and I've decided that their best use is being turned into various creechurs ^v^

These were pretty fun to do so there's a chance I'll be drawing more at some point

A little while ago I took Vertebreak and the monster renegades out on a walk by the rocky beach

We never ended up doing the full walk on account of the intense summer heat, but everyone seemed to have fun exploring the first little stretch of the route ^v^

[Note: My brother set up the last three shots with Bugsie, so credit to him for that!]

I am happy to present to you all the finished Cy-Kill plush! :D

Although I ended up doing some considerable backtracking in this project, I'm quite happy with how he came out in the end and generally glad to have him in physical form ^v^

In terms of unique features really the only thing of note is the fact that his wheels can be removed, then there's also plastic pellets in his hands and feet as per usual

Small bonus:

I ended up deciding to replace his left eye at least 5 steps after the last possible moment

It was quite the finicky process, but at least I found some humour in the situation (shown in the meme I crafted above)