Whoa! Wasn't expecting one of these until after V13, were you? Well, Boy Do I Have A Surprise For You(TM)
For context -- not too long ago I mentioned to Jan that if I had free time I'd like to try and redesign some of the outfits for the Team Xen members, for the heck of it! The designs were thought up on the fly and the generic grunt uniforms were a bit too similar to the original sprites they were edited from, so I wanted to see if I could redo the designs to be more thematically cohesive, while remaining recognizable compared to their old outfits. A few days ago I decided to finally start on them...
...Only for me to get the urge to actually go through with them and add them in the game.
Sooooooooooooo here's the conversation that followed.
Now, as you probably know from Rejuv at this point, is that some of the characters have special animation sheets for the overworld, making it harder to get everything done in one go due to having to edit both the default overworld sprites *and* the animation sprites, as well as having to take care of some of the new overworld sprite sheets that are necessary for V13 content. So long story short, OW sprites were the biggest concern -- and therefore the Xen redux would probably have to be added in V13.5.
HOWEVER, since there's a lot of people who will likely start a new file for V13 and would want to play the side stuff in V13.5, I wanted to push for a V13 insert so people would get to see the designs on their fresh playthrough and get the biggest brunt of the work out of the way ASAP, which is the VS/Battle sprites + the official art.
And I'm more than happy to tell you that I got the go ahead to show them off + managed to finish them today -- So here are your redone team Xen members, all neatly tucked into a spoiler so the page isn't long as hell by default!
(By the way, as a disclaimer: Please note that the sprites might not be the final product that will end up in the game and are subject to changes/improvements!! The official art is final tho :])
Zetta
Most notable changes:
- Zetta's coat is now primarily grey and has added blue & black accents, with the blue being the same color as his old coat.
- The color of the red used in his outfit is now darker and slightly duller.
- His undershirt is slightly lighter.
- His pants are lighter.
Madelis
Most notable changes:
- Redesigned her dress to be more of its own thing rather than a combination of DPPT's Mars' & Jupiter's outfits.
- She no longer has kneepads, and has added detail on her leggings instead.
- She now wears small gloves on her hands.
- Her hair is now consistently in twintails across all of her sprites.
- The undershirt now has large holes on the sides of the sleeves.
Geara
Most notable changes:
- Detailed his suit to have red & gold accents.
- His hair is *slightly* less pointy, and has more fluff in the back.
- Changed the color of his shirt to have a lighter grey and a duller red.
- Shoes have laces now.
Neved
Most notable changes:
- His shirt has slightly more detail.
- Changed his boots to have straps rather than being plain boots.
- Did a bit more with the dual colors on his coat, switching colors around more often.
- Added black accents on his coat.
Madame X
Most notable changes:
- Her suit has more detail compared to her old sprite, particular on the sides.
- The boots are now detailed differently + differently colored.
- She has an additional green gem on her chest.
- Her cape is more tattered, and now is folded at the collar.
Nastasia
Most notable changes:
- Her clothing no longer has X patterns on it.
- She no longer has bare legs & arms, instead settling for leggings and a long sleeve shirt.
- Her gloves and boots now have been detailed.
- Her leggings and vest now are primarily grey, with black accents.
Cassandra
Most notable changes:
- Her jumpsuit is slightly darker, and has more overall detail.
- The red used for her suit and boots has been made brighter.
- The belt has been changed to be a dual belt rather than combining into a single belt.
- The boots now have additional detail as.
Eli & Sharon (+ Team Xen grunts)
Most notable changes:
- The color scheme has been changed to have a lighter overall color scheme.
- The bright red is now reserved for accent while the dull red is used for the shirts & leggings.
- Added belt pockets.
- The default male grunt now no longer has a mouthpiece covering his face.
- The default female grunt now has a ponytail on the side of her head rather than having it at the back.
To wrap everything up into a neat little bow, here's the sketches I made of the grunt designs + a bonus height chart for the admins I made while drawing!
Grunt outfit concepts (colors inaccurate!!!)
Xen admins height comparison
yall better believe that geara is the shortest. this is canon now. manlet
Hope y'all are excited to see the designs in the game when V13 comes out! As per usual with these character art posts, the art has been added to the Official Art Thread, as well as icons. No wallpaper updates yet -- that's something that'll have to wait until after V13 is out.
Anyways, that's it for me for real this time -- You probably won't see me post stuff on the blog until after V13 at this point. Just a little while longer y'all, we're getting there!
Until then! o7
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