All Things Character Art
Do you realise that, as of right now, tails are the ONLY costume category that we don't have mechanical options for? We have mechanical hats, mechanical hairs, mechanical arms and legs, mechanical heads, but all our tails are animal. Can we please have one that's robotic, too?
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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We don't have any mechanical animal heads. Even being able to add details like cyber-eyes would be cool, but no...I had to shelve my mecha-dragon concept, heh
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Still, I think mechanical tails are about as long time coming as non-mechanical arms for Robotic Arms. Seriously, what do I have to do to get Foreshadows arms?
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Well, no, but that's cheating a bit since each animal head is its own separate category. They don't really have "options" beyond that. We also don't have mechanical hoods, come to think of it, and now I'm thinking that might not be a bad idea.
Still, I think mechanical tails are about as long time coming as non-mechanical arms for Robotic Arms. Seriously, what do I have to do to get Foreshadows arms? |
Although a mech-lion head would turn into the weirdest narnia homage in my mittens.
I'd like other different types of arms too! Like, maybe huge arms? Or skeleton arms? Or feathered arms!
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I just want one thing, Dink.
I want a giant hammer for Titan Weapons.
I don't want it to be rocket-powered. I don't want it to be laser-guided. I don't want it to be made of flesh and bone. I don't want a giant eyeball in it (although I don't object to more Rularuu weapons in general). I just want a giant hammer. It can be a big, plain sledgehammer or maul. It can be a fancy warhammer. But I just want a giant hammer for Titan Weapons. It can look like a Carnie Strongman mallet or a Celestial Armor mace or anything between. But it needs to be a giant hammer.
Please?
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Well, no, but that's cheating a bit since each animal head is its own separate category. They don't really have "options" beyond that. We also don't have mechanical hoods, come to think of it, and now I'm thinking that might not be a bad idea.
Still, I think mechanical tails are about as long time coming as non-mechanical arms for Robotic Arms. Seriously, what do I have to do to get Foreshadows arms? |
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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I'd like other different types of arms too! Like, maybe huge arms? Or skeleton arms? Or feathered arms!
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As for a mechanic tail, how about you do it like the Cybertech spine, just a bit bigger?
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Would it be possible to go through the Head Details subcats, see which items would work with the Monstrous and Animal heads and build a Details subcat for those two categories? (even if its only a little at a time...)
Also, can we get the glow and/or reflective surface options added for current costume patterns (like tiger stripe, isles, sinister, etc)?
Thanks.
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Okay, I don't want to be a jerk, but I guess somebody has to. I mentioned this a long while back, to Noble Savage and he was responsive, but the response boiled down to 'Pics or it didn't happen' and... well, I can be lazy, so I didn't get the pics. However, I have rectified that and put it all together into a small presentation... but that's actually Secondary to my purpose in this post.
TL;DR version - Can we have a 'Tights Shiny' version of the 'Monstrous' hands? Oh, and Shiny versions of the various Mask patterns, please?
Now, on with the show!
This is Mister Plain, he is wearing the 'Plain' costume set.
Mister Plain has two problems. His gloves and his mask do not match his tights. The gloves have a darker texture that changes any color applied to them (except black, since only black is darker than black). The mask is translucent and lets Mister Plain's skin show through. Or maybe not - since, if Mister Plain's skin is made black, but his mask is white, then you get 'Caucasian' highlights.
But here's the thing... Mister Plain would really like to be Mister Shiny! Except the Shiny texture has the same problem (to a slightly lesser degree).
And, to be honest, Mister Plain really wants to become Monster Plain, but 'Monstrous' gloves are even worse! Darker still.
In fact, Mister Plain would love to be Shiny Monster! Super and shiny and monstrous... But that's simply impossible, because there are no 'Monstrous' Shiny gloves and no Shiny masks at all!
Instead, the powerful Scrapper with the monstrous and sharp claws is left un-shiny and he has bad hands that don't match the rest of him.
The End.
On a related note, gloves do come with a 'Matte' texture - Boots too!
It makes a nice Suede, Velvet, or short, dense Fur look and takes colors in a vivid, high-contrast fashion. Very nice! However, there are no 'Matte' Tights.
So, my requests are:
- New Gloves textures that more closely match Tights and Shiny Tights.
- Shiny Tights texture for 'Monstrous' gloves.
- Shiny versions of the existing Masks. Basically, all of the 'Face' color patterns.
- I would also like to see 'non-translucent' versions of those same masks. It would be even cooler if those Masks had a line of embellishment around the edges, to enhance the 3D illusion and separate the Masks from skin.
- 'Matte' Tights. Oh, and 'Monstrous' gloves? They already come in a 'Matte' version.
Be Well!
Fireheart
Okay, I don't want to be a jerk, but I guess somebody has to. I mentioned this a long while back, to Noble Savage and he was responsive, but the response boiled down to 'Pics or it didn't happen' and... well, I can be lazy, so I didn't get the pics. However, I have rectified that and put it all together into a small presentation... but that's actually Secondary to my purpose in this post.
TL;DR version - Can we have a 'Tights Shiny' version of the 'Monstrous' hands? Oh, and Shiny versions of the various Mask patterns, please? So, my requests are:
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It terms of giving us shiny versions of already existing tights items I couldn't really imagine an easier thing for the Devs to give us. The Devs don't even have to create NEW items for this - just apply existing textures to different existing items to provide new options for us. It sometimes boggles my mind that this has not happened yet.
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I'd like to see briefs/tights as a Shorts/Skirts option (like the Briefs pattern, but an actual object rather than just painted on).
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
The mask is translucent and lets Mister Plain's skin show through. Or maybe not - since, if Mister Plain's skin is made black, but his mask is white, then you get 'Caucasian' highlights.
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Failing that, just making all skin textures greyscale would work equally as well. I've done that myself via illegal means - I swapped skin textures for women with the tights textures for men to make this. Frankly, I like that kind of skin better, because it takes skin colour more directly, produces less washed-out skins and just overall looks better.
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On the subject of gloves, can we please enable Monstrous Gloves at all with Robotic Arm 3 for women? You know, the single robotic right arm? The left glove doesn't have the option for Monstrous gloves, so Akili here has to make do with a regular human glove.
Also, could we please enable the Magic Bolero shoulder fur for Sleeveless Jackets? It already exists for sleeved jackets, but not for sleeveless ones. For instance, Lady Isabella here would love to exchange her poofy sleeves for longer Witch floves, but this requires going with a Sleeveless Jacket, which doesn't have the Bolero fur, without which she simply wouldn't work.
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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@Redcap
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114. Ahrouns do not appreciate my particular brand of humour, so I should stop bleaching bulls-eyes in their fur.
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Non-bare monster feet would be nice, in general. Letting us put patterns on them to simulate clothing is a good idea, but we ought to go farther than that and look into options for armour on monster feet, letting us put boots over them or some king of non-bilogical ornament would be nice. I mean, "Bare Feet" is just one of zillions of options for human feet, but it's the only option for monstrous feet.
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
Of course, the same could be (and possibly has been) said for monstrous heads as well.
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Honestly, I think the Animal Pack made a huge mistake by making the various animal heads so different from each other that they're incompatible. If they were more similar like the old CoV Monster Heads, they could be standardised and ornaments could have been created for them that would transfer from head to head. I know a cat head isn't the same as a dog head isn't the same as a cow head, but again - this is where having a "base" head to which you add snouts, ears, manes and so forth would be such a boon. It might not have looked as picture-perfect to the actual animal, but it would have allowed for a lot more customization.
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Look into the Monstrous gloves situation. May be an easy fix. I will keep you updated.
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I'd love if some of the skin matching was looked at. My Plant/Fire Dom has orangish skin and the line between her arms and gloves section (monstrous hands) is clearly delineated by a color shift Very frustrating. Sorry I don't have a picture right now. Will try to add one in later.
Exactly! it seems that it was just overlooked and somewhat of an easy fix!
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
And real ones. Super duper please.