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been having a poke around to try and find a way to give melin the huge chest scar she should have from the wound that TFE is about (ignore the length measurements, i was trying to determine how long the scar would be so I could say how long it was in the text) and wow! it sure is dumb that every unique piece of body armor has its own version of the character's body rather than just applying the armor as a skin over that body! seems like a silly way to model armor!
also i looked into tutorials on how to make tattoos or scars and all of the ones i checked were like "yeah this tutorial works specifically for uhhh this body mod for everyone except lalafell" so i am annoyed lol
(and honestly it'd probably be a lot more than just the one. i think she would be cool as hell with scars all over her body and maybe also, like, shoulder freckles or something. a farmer's tan too maybe? idk. i feel like there's a lot of possibilities for characterization being left on the table by the fact that her body is inexplicably smooth and spotless, which is why it's all the more annoying that it's such a pain to make it anything else.)
been having a poke around to try and find a way to give melin the huge chest scar she should have from the wound that TFE is about (ignore the length measurements, i was trying to determine how long the scar would be so I could say how long it was in the text) and wow! it sure is dumb that every unique piece of body armor has its own version of the character's body rather than just applying the armor as a skin over that body! seems like a silly way to model armor!
also i looked into tutorials on how to make tattoos or scars and all of the ones i checked were like "yeah this tutorial works specifically for uhhh this body mod for everyone except lalafell" so i am annoyed lol
A little while ago, I made a mod that gives female lalafell the dark ears and noses that male lalafell have. I mostly wanted it for my own character, but expanded to include all sorts of lalafell who might benefit! Trans lalas, intersex lalas, lalas who are simply more gnc leaning, even those who just think its cute.
But with pride here, I realized there was one half of the equation I was missing!!! So i made a mod thats the inverse of this! This mod gives male lalafell lighter ears and noses like the ladies have. It can be found on: XIV Mod Archive (+ asym)
Heliosphere (+asym)
(plus the fem versions in case that applies to you more)
XIV Mod Archive (+asym)
Heliosphere (+asym)
I hope people can get some use out of these!! I love seeing people be the best version of them they can be.
Happy Pride!!
here is a really dumb joke in the form of a diagram of what these characters have in common. i'll explain any of these if asked
Hi, teacher, I have a question, who is Melin Nemelin?
very small woman with very big problems. next question
Thank you teacher, next question, ummm, why do bad things happen to good people?
(heavy sigh) the cold indifference of the universe. next class-related question, please. in case you have forgotten, you are in multi-variable calculus class, which you forgot you were taking this semester until today, and also today is the final, and also you came to class in your underwear.
Ohhh *that's* why all my teeth are falling out and I couldn't find the classroom and the bathroom is an infinite space where every stall is taken. Thank you, teacher.
no, the bathroom thing is normal
here is a really dumb joke in the form of a diagram of what these characters have in common. i'll explain any of these if asked
Hi, teacher, I have a question, who is Melin Nemelin?
very small woman with very big problems. next question
Thank you teacher, next question, ummm, why do bad things happen to good people?
(heavy sigh) the cold indifference of the universe. next class-related question, please. in case you have forgotten, you are in multi-variable calculus class, which you forgot you were taking this semester until today, and also today is the final, and also you came to class in your underwear.
here is a really dumb joke in the form of a diagram of what these characters have in common. i'll explain any of these if asked
Hi, teacher, I have a question, who is Melin Nemelin?
very small woman with very big problems. next question
spent a bunch of time testing out body mods only to realize idrc veita's never naked and she wears too many clothings to just simple replace her outfits. but the tail position mod works and the poseable ears work. so she's finally living my dream (having cute kitty cat ears and tail)
found some weird chicken and a non-omega robot (see, this one has a mustache, so it can't be omega)
wow such progress. only... 22 + 28 + 35 + 51... 136 more...
yaaaaayyyyy...
well that's the hardest part over with. thanks to the 5 random people who were also running fates in heritage found. 85 left
wow such progress. only... 22 + 28 + 35 + 51... 136 more...
yaaaaayyyyy...
here is a really dumb joke in the form of a diagram of what these characters have in common. i'll explain any of these if asked
mildly funny: in the heavensward alchemist quests of all places, it's revealed that individuals have unique aether colors, and the color of the wol's aether is blue. this is relevant because a plot point revolves around proving that a certain guy created a grimoire, which he denies, so you go to the guild master and ask how to prove it and he's like "I've got just the thing! this powder will show the color of a person's aether, which will also show up on any alchemical item they've created!" and they test it on you and a grimoire you've created and your aether is blue.
it's unclear in the quest whether a given alchemist knows their own aether color, just that it's understood to be impossible to determine someone else's before severian created a substance that could do it. since obviously this guy won't admit that he made the grimoire.
my question: is this why whenever we see something aethery going on, it's blue? do other people see other colors? is alphinaud over there being like "wow, everything in the aetherial sea is so red"???
by the way, if any of my mutuals are ever on raff, you're invited to befriend Veita and visit her apartment. and y'know play the game with me or whatever. take pics with her. something like that.
hey remember like two months ago when i mentioned i was probably going to do a postmortem on all of the gposes i did for The Fool's Errand? my fanfic about Melin's relationship with being the warrior of light? no? well, me neither until tonight. here we go!
(1-1)
this picture goes with the very beginning of the story, and coincidentally it's also the very first time i seriously tried to do a Real Scene in gpose. that is probably why is isn't great. it's kinda busy and hard to read, the colors aren't very vibrant, and the framing is weird. to be fair, it's hard to fit this many people in a frame, but perhaps i should've taken that as a sign to try something else.
(1-2)
this is the second image for chapter 1. pictured here are Melin's birth mom, Caelia (left) and her birth dad, Konu (right). this is probably the worst one in the entire story, lol. to be fair it's explicitly stated that it's really dark in the scene, but why did i think i needed to make the actual picture really dark!? they're also supposed to be terrified, which doesn't really come across.
(2-1)
this one's at the start of chapter 2. i finally figured out that filters can make things look better here, but i hadn't quite figured out how to frame a scene in any but the most obvious way yet. also i was way too obsessed with getting the tower in the background in shot, which i think hurts the overall composition. also gaius is kinda lost in the darkness of that tree, when his showing up is meant to be the focal point of the scene.
(yeah i know i've just been critical so far but i swear there are ones i like later)
(2-2)
i like this one! it's a simple idea to capture — Lyse dashes into the story, Melin is shocked — but i think it's reasonably well-executed. Lyse could've been on a lighter background, but the fact that Melin is next to the aetheryte is an explicit element of the scene.
(3-1)
sorry for the weird border thing, for some reason i haven't got an unedited version of this one so i had to use the edited version that went into the fic. this is a better version of the the first and third pictures, in that there are several people, but the framing is a bit more interesting and there's a stronger vibe to every individual character. melin is making an inside joke that lyse is laughing at and jullus doesn't get, and alisaie is pointedly refusing to explain it.
(4-1)
I like this one... it's one of my faves... the lighting is super strong and i like how it captures the dynamic of the scene. melin prepares to smash the hells out of something, while lyse and alisaie watch on with amusement. they have to keep this group apart because when they're together they're total menaces
(4-2)
this is caelia but slightly younger, preparing to leave Garlemald behind forever. she's fondly looking after the one family member whose guts she doesn't hate. it's really hard trying to find places in garlemald which don't look utterly demolished. this place still looks a bit worn, but that's the best i could do. the lalafell scoff expression is so versatile.
(5-1)
melin gets annoyed at a mammet in Noumenon, and she hasn't had a chance to change clothes since getting back from Garlemald. this goes with one of my most favorite and silliest scenes, in which Melin essentially navigates an automated helpline in the process of trying to figure out where G'raha is. it's as dumb as it sounds.
(5-2)
ahh! she's so gallant and brave!! she saved tataru from the mean guy with a sword!! unfortunately the scene has a punchline where the man wasn't actually threatening her, and melin ends up having just attacked this man unprovoked, but i still love this one. i feel like the framing and lighting are both really solid here, and i think it's cutes when melin is protective.
(6-1)
random sharlayan lalafell scientist my beloved. in the story she's a one-scene character whose entire existence is in service of a joke that isn't even really relevant, but i find the joke so unreasonably funny that i kept the scene in. just... please read chapter 6. it's so dumb. i love it. i remember this scene was a total pain to pose. i moved where it was taking place like three times to get the lighting and background right, and i think it's pretty good. melin isn't the focal point of the screenshot, so her fading into the background more makes more sense.
alright, that's 10 images. i'll do more later. there's 42 in total, so i guess i'll do 4 posts and the last one will just have two extra. see you on the next post!
hey remember like two months ago when i mentioned i was probably going to do a postmortem on all of the gposes i did for The Fool's Errand? my fanfic about Melin's relationship with being the warrior of light? no? well, me neither until tonight. here we go!
(1-1)
this picture goes with the very beginning of the story, and coincidentally it's also the very first time i seriously tried to do a Real Scene in gpose. that is probably why is isn't great. it's kinda busy and hard to read, the colors aren't very vibrant, and the framing is weird. to be fair, it's hard to fit this many people in a frame, but perhaps i should've taken that as a sign to try something else.
(1-2)
this is the second image for chapter 1. pictured here are Melin's birth mom, Caelia (left) and her birth dad, Konu (right). this is probably the worst one in the entire story, lol. to be fair it's explicitly stated that it's really dark in the scene, but why did i think i needed to make the actual picture really dark!? they're also supposed to be terrified, which doesn't really come across.
(2-1)
this one's at the start of chapter 2. i finally figured out that filters can make things look better here, but i hadn't quite figured out how to frame a scene in any but the most obvious way yet. also i was way too obsessed with getting the tower in the background in shot, which i think hurts the overall composition. also gaius is kinda lost in the darkness of that tree, when his showing up is meant to be the focal point of the scene.
(yeah i know i've just been critical so far but i swear there are ones i like later)
(2-2)
i like this one! it's a simple idea to capture — Lyse dashes into the story, Melin is shocked — but i think it's reasonably well-executed. Lyse could've been on a lighter background, but the fact that Melin is next to the aetheryte is an explicit element of the scene.
(3-1)
sorry for the weird border thing, for some reason i haven't got an unedited version of this one so i had to use the edited version that went into the fic. this is a better version of the the first and third pictures, in that there are several people, but the framing is a bit more interesting and there's a stronger vibe to every individual character. melin is making an inside joke that lyse is laughing at and jullus doesn't get, and alisaie is pointedly refusing to explain it.
(4-1)
I like this one... it's one of my faves... the lighting is super strong and i like how it captures the dynamic of the scene. melin prepares to smash the hells out of something, while lyse and alisaie watch on with amusement. they have to keep this group apart because when they're together they're total menaces
(4-2)
this is caelia but slightly younger, preparing to leave Garlemald behind forever. she's fondly looking after the one family member whose guts she doesn't hate. it's really hard trying to find places in garlemald which don't look utterly demolished. this place still looks a bit worn, but that's the best i could do. the lalafell scoff expression is so versatile.
(5-1)
melin gets annoyed at a mammet in Noumenon, and she hasn't had a chance to change clothes since getting back from Garlemald. this goes with one of my most favorite and silliest scenes, in which Melin essentially navigates an automated helpline in the process of trying to figure out where G'raha is. it's as dumb as it sounds.
(5-2)
ahh! she's so gallant and brave!! she saved tataru from the mean guy with a sword!! unfortunately the scene has a punchline where the man wasn't actually threatening her, and melin ends up having just attacked this man unprovoked, but i still love this one. i feel like the framing and lighting are both really solid here, and i think it's cutes when melin is protective.
(6-1)
random sharlayan lalafell scientist my beloved. in the story she's a one-scene character whose entire existence is in service of a joke that isn't even really relevant, but i find the joke so unreasonably funny that i kept the scene in. just... please read chapter 6. it's so dumb. i love it. i remember this scene was a total pain to pose. i moved where it was taking place like three times to get the lighting and background right, and i think it's pretty good. melin isn't the focal point of the screenshot, so her fading into the background more makes more sense.
alright, that's 10 images. i'll do more later. there's 42 in total, so i guess i'll do 4 posts and the last one will just have two extra. see you on the next post!
