About a month ago u/KillerFloof shared a photo of my General Woundwort and Black Rabbit of Inlé sculpture here. Since then, I've rather fallen down the rabbit hole... 🐇

I've been gradually making more characters inspired by the 1978 Watership Down film, and today I finally got them all outside together for a little group photo.

My collection now includes Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry, Dandelion, Pipkin, Keehar and Blackavar, along with Frith watching over everybody. I've also made General Woundwort and the Black Rabbit of Inlé as individual figures.

A lot of the collection has grown through suggestions and requests from other Watership Down fans, and I've started making some of them for fellow fans who'd like their own too.

They're all 3D printed and hand painted, and I've tried to keep the shapes, proportions and colours recognisable from the 1978 animation rather than simply making generic rabbits.

I couldn't resist getting the Watership rabbits out into the grass together today. Seeing the whole little collection in one place made me realise quite how many I've made! ❤️

Since finishing the book a few days ago I can't stop thinking about it. I feel like I shouldn't move on to a new book because I loved it so much. I still feel sad it's over, almost empty if that makes sense. Then I will randomly think of something from the book and smile. I've read a good amount of books and I've never felt this way before. I know I can read it again but nothing will compare to reading it for the first time. This book has shown me the power that stories can have.

Today I saw two squirrels chasing each other and playing in the grass and couldn't help but think of Hazel and his friends. 🤍

I had a copy years ago and never read it. A few years ago I started following a woman on Instagram and eventually, she mentioned how much she adored Watership Down. We messaged back and forth quite a bit and so she unknowingly convinced me to read it.

I borrowed it from the library. Took me a while to finish it. Not because it was boring, not because it was from the perspective of rabbits. It felt like a book I didn't need to rush through. Almost like...a journey, perhaps. It's kind of funny though because once Bigwig goes to Efrafa, I needed to know what was going to happen and had trouble putting it down. So much tension!

Last night I finished it. I truly loved this book. The prose is beautiful. I loved the scene where Vilthuril is telling the story to her babies and they see Hazel and start yelling "Hazel-rah!" and jump all over him 🥹 I really came to love Bigwig. He was such a great character!

The ending GUTTED me. I felt the tears coming on and I actually sobbed for a few minutes. I want to cry right now just thinking about it. I love how it all started and ended with the primroses. The cycles of nature, over and over and over. I laughed, I cried, I was genuinely worried about these rabbits. What a journey. It's one I will never forget. 🐇

Hi everyone! It's been about a month since I posted about Capyhero in this sub. I'm so happy to finally give an update because the day has come: I've written the final sentence and finished the manuscript for Capyhero Book 1 - The Blue Blanket! Final draft specs are 60,000 words across 340 pages with over 100 illustrations spread throughout.

I handed the manuscript to my editor, Jennifer Rees, which I am both incredibly excited and nervous about. She's an industry vet who's worked in publishing for 25 years and she's edited some of the most well known and successful stories out there.

In this post, I'm sharing the complete 1st chapter as well as a little sneak peek of a particular little lop-eared friend who I think this community will appreciate 😊. I'd be thrilled to hear feedback from fans of Watership Down. Feel free to be as critical as you’d like! I expect the work will change now that it’s with the editor.

Thanks for reading! Still crazy to me that this thing is actually coming to life. I've learned a lot on the way and I'm more than happy to answer any questions!

Hello! Please may anybody help me understand the difference between these two versions of Watership Down (apart from the cover)? They are both illustrated versions, with the illustrations made by the same person.

The version in the first picture was published in 2012, ISBN 10: 1442444053 / ISBN 13: 9781442444058

The second one was published in 2014, ISBN 10: 1780746628 / ISBN 13: 9781780746623

Hello there! I read the Watership Down Italian version of the book a couple of times many years ago. I loved it and I would like to buy a nice English version. I've read some comments about one of the fancy versions having the letters/cover peeling off easily after just a little bit of reading and I would like to avoid that one. May you confirm that the one with the peeling issues is the one in the picture that I posted?
Which one do you recommend? Please post pics and the reason 💖

To the best of my knowledge there have been three narrators of this wonderful story over the years:

Andrew Sachs (abridged)

Ralph Cosham

Peter Capaldi

The Andrew Sachs narration was released on audio cassette (and abridged) but, to the best of my knowledge, has never been released digitally. I'd love to take a listen as I feel that his voice would be very suited to the material.

I think that the Ralph Cosham narration is truly wonderful and a perfect match for the story but sadly, due to the usual way that audiobook narrators are replaced every 7 to 10 years or so, his reading has now been replaced by one from Peter Capaldi. It's not a bad reading but it's not a patch on Cosham's narration.

Here's a sample of Cosham's reading: https://www.learnoutloud.com/Audio-Books/Literature/Contemporary-Literature/Watership-Down/38852

Because Cosham's reading has been replaced it's not easy to find and buy it any more, and that's a huge shame because it really is that good.

A bit of googling WILL find it though.

Time for more fanart of Silverweed from Watership down(1999)!🐇

I'll make more art of him, since there's so little art of him out there.

He is so much better in the book, i even got surprised honestly

I've watched the four episodes from Netflix and if you're interested with doing more episodes with Fiver as main protagonist.

We could convince the director to add new episodes, revive characters ( as Hazel and Captain Holly) and explore the world. What's your thoughs about it?

The fight would take place probably in the forest as woundwort confronts tigerstar after he preying on some of efrafa‘s patrols

I kind of already know the answer to this. I feel like they probably didn't want an entirely male cast, which of course I understand, but a big plot point revolves around there being no girls? I've only seen the first six or so episodes of the TV show so let me know if they change that obviously. I had a few of the episodes on DVD as a kid. I'm a huge fan of the book and the film, and I did like what I saw of the TV show but I also heard it goes in a very unique direction.

Random picture of watershipdown for more viewer retention

Spent the last few days completely hyperfocused on drawing hares. Naturally, my mind circled back to Watership Down and the massive impact it had on me growing up. Here is my take on El-ahrairah – Prince with a Thousand Enemies.

Hi! I am a long-time rabbit lover (I owned 2 house rabbits and have... i think this one makes 10 tattoos, which are all of rabbits) and i recently read Watership Down.

My favorite imagery in the book is from El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé- where his ears and whiskers and tail are wagered to the Black Rabbit in the hopes that he might be allowed to sacrifice his life for his people.

And, despite the fact that he loses those parts of him that appear make him a rabbit, he just does the best with what he has. And he keeps trying to sacrifice himself for his people, and to make their lives better, no matter what it costs him.

So I had that image permanently tattooed on my ribcage. (I also had the artist add a bit of starlight to the dock ears.)

Edit- Forgot to add that the artist is Alex at Tenacity Tattoo in Scottsville! They've done 7 of my 10 rabbit tattooes, and they're an absolutely amazing artist. If you're anywhere near the area, you should definitely consider getting one from him!