Good News! The new ram is good enough for me to render both of these characters at once. And there is room for a background also!
Also
I do want to do some work on the lion man, I'm not happy with his mane, and he has no fur on his feet. I'm also not happy with his feet, but too late to fix that I think. Also his rig could use a little work.
All things I can correct when the time comes.
I'll post this image in scraps publicly later.
Now back to figuring out jiggle physics!