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The only truly evil character in all of the Animals of Farthing Wood series, I have a bit of a soft spot for Scarface. Sure, he has a habit of eating various characters (why is it always the females he catches?), he’s nasty to his mate and his son, but his TV persona is about as close to his book character as it is possible to be.

I’ve been told that in the original novels, Scarface and his native fox family were red, but were turned into blue foxes to differentiate them from Fox’s family in the TV series. How true that is I don’t know, since the novel of Fox’s Feud that I have has the cover of Fox and Scarface and the latter is blue. I also read that book before the TV series came out I think, when I was a child.

Anyway, Scarface. I can sympathise with his anger at having to give some of his land to the Farthing animals, and red foxes no less. I can understand his hatred towards Fox and Vixen, but I never believed that he killed Dreamer in the TV series. I can even bet that he was a handsome fox before he got his scar. He’s strong, powerful and an opportunist. All these things, however, don’t detract from the fact that he’s malicious, likes killing other animals, is frustrated by Lady Blue and feels disappointment towards his son Ranger. He's a well rounded, interesting character, more so than Fox ever is.

Incidently, I don’t think Fox would have beaten him in their fight had Whistler and Speedy not intervened. It’s just not cricket to distract your opponent by dropping a pine cone on his head. Especially when Scarface was obviously winning. I also think Scarface’s death is suitable for a warrior like him. To be killed by someone as equally malicious and twisted (Adder, of course) is no bad thing. I think his death was far more poignant and noble than Bold’s was.

I'm not completely happy with this one, I was trying to show him in a real Scarface-type pose, but I'm not convinced it looks entirely like him. Anyway, done with the usual watercolours, resizing it was a real pain since the program I use seems to have gone to pot. And apologies for taking so long in getting this one up, it's very hard to sneakily scan art when my boyfriend is around, since he's not doing his football training at the moment...

Quote of choice: “Nothing but trouble. The stag should never have let them in in the first place.” (Series2)

Description
The only truly evil character in all of the Animals of Farthing Wood series, I have a bit of a soft spot for Scarface. Sure, he has a habit of eating various characters (why is it always the females he catches?), he’s nasty to his mate and his son, but his TV persona is about as close to his book character as it is possible to be.

I’ve been told that in the original novels, Scarface and his native fox family were red, but were turned into blue foxes to differentiate them from Fox’s family in the TV series. How true that is I don’t know, since the novel of Fox’s Feud that I have has the cover of Fox and Scarface and the latter is blue. I also read that book before the TV series came out I think, when I was a child.

Anyway, Scarface. I can sympathise with his anger at having to give some of his land to the Farthing animals, and red foxes no less. I can understand his hatred towards Fox and Vixen, but I never believed that he killed Dreamer in the TV series. I can even bet that he was a handsome fox before he got his scar. He’s strong, powerful and an opportunist. All these things, however, don’t detract from the fact that he’s malicious, likes killing other animals, is frustrated by Lady Blue and feels disappointment towards his son Ranger. He's a well rounded, interesting character, more so than Fox ever is.

Incidently, I don’t think Fox would have beaten him in their fight had Whistler and Speedy not intervened. It’s just not cricket to distract your opponent by dropping a pine cone on his head. Especially when Scarface was obviously winning. I also think Scarface’s death is suitable for a warrior like him. To be killed by someone as equally malicious and twisted (Adder, of course) is no bad thing. I think his death was far more poignant and noble than Bold’s was.

I'm not completely happy with this one, I was trying to show him in a real Scarface-type pose, but I'm not convinced it looks entirely like him. Anyway, done with the usual watercolours, resizing it was a real pain since the program I use seems to have gone to pot. And apologies for taking so long in getting this one up, it's very hard to sneakily scan art when my boyfriend is around, since he's not doing his football training at the moment...

Quote of choice: “Nothing but trouble. The stag should never have let them in in the first place.” (Series2)