Grim-Longshadow W.I.P

This is some more work with the Grim project. This is one of the main characters of the story, Longshadow, a mink. Longshadow is a bloodthirsty little fellow with a strong distaste for humanity. Named for his jet black fur Longshadow does his best work at night, slinking his way behind enemy lines in the moonlight. 

Longshadow's disgust for humanity is stemmed from trappers and their viewing his hide as a valuable commodity. Having lost brethren and family to traps and snares has left a bitter taste in the mouth of this member of the weasel family, and has left him bitter and resentful.of all humanity, even those humans of like mind that work towards a similar cause.

 Though surly, and unwavering in his distrust for humanity, Longshadow is still of good nature, and is able to put his own racism aside and work side by side with even those he hates most, if for a cause that benefits the greater good. But these alliances are temporary, and when the dust clears so too does the alliance end, and any wrongs  committed to this black furred rogue, will be answered for, with blood if necessary.

This painting isn't one of my favorites, I've come to realize that I'm going to need to revisit the design perhaps or perhaps even scrap everything and draw him all over again. After painting the rat I realized that this design just isn't meshing well with the style that I want to present. I realize the armor just isn't working and it has to change. I got alot of practice with this painting though and thats always a good thing.