[FIGHTER] Super Smash Bros - Princess Peach - lysaara
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I am all about this contest! Beeen thinking about it all morning and just made my mind up: I am going to badass-ify Princess Peach cause I think she should kick some serious ass by herself. She's too often portrayed as far too much of a weak and helpless girly-girl - I'm going to make her a swordbrella-fencer, a serious force to be reckoned with!
So watch this space, I'm off to doodle out some ideas
So watch this space, I'm off to doodle out some ideas
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Good luck, looking forward what you will come up with!
Did a bit of sketching! It's been SO LONG since I drew anything at home, feels weird!
This is one idea for her outfit; I definitely want to keep the essential Peachiness of it - the pink, the lace, the sapphires - but tighten it up a bit, make it more suitable for a fighter
First though, let's meet my proportion reference model:
Yes, it's a doll
Now that I've got a base shape to go off, I need to dress her! Something close-fitting to show off her shape, functional to fight in but also ornate
Now I'm going to shut up for a bit while I draw.
One question still remains though - how to do her hair? I was thinking of having it scraped back into a big old ponytail, but I tried drawing a slightly shorter version of Peach's usual do and I rather like it. What do you guys think, stick with the original or change it up a bit?
Took out the boob window when I realised what I had done. My most hated costume design clich
And here is what happens when you turn those gems on:
The scabbard works just fine as a regular sunshade parasol, but when the switch in the grip is pressed an energy shield is projected from the sword. Similar shields can be activated over key areas on Peach's body; her face, chest and forearms. Is it magic? Is it tech? Who knows, who cares! It looks cool
Now I guess it's time to start sculpting. Urk!
Oh hey look, that's kinda a basemesh I guess! Took far, far longer than it should have to get to this point because I haven't used Max in a shamefully long time now and I spent most of today trying to remember how the camera worked and figuring out wtf the shortcuts I'm used to from XSI/maya were doing to my mesh. Mostly very unhelpful things, as it turns out. But I've really missed Max anyway <:3
She has a head! And shoes, and a sword! Left to model now is her hair, skirt, belt and scabbard. I'll get a start on those after I have some lunch. Still getting over a horrible moment about 20 minutes ago when my chair leg snagged on the extension cable and unplugged my PC ;_; Lucky I had autobackup...
The leg curvature is a little extreme for me- it reads almost like a reverse leg you'd see on animals like dogs/horses. What does it look like from side view? On the other hand, the rest of the body might not have enough curvature with the torso and arms appearing rather stiff/straight.
The neck is also quite long. This in addition to the legs gives me a somewhat feral impression of her. I think it's worth it to overlay your concept on to that doll reference photo you had to check your proportions. There are some good things there in that reference that are getting lost in translation.
I tend to go a bit overboard with the leg-curviness so I toned it down and straightened them out a bit, looks much less odd now
The long neck is something I meant to change earlier - that's fixed now. And I started on her hair, but it needs a lot more flyaway strandy bits before it's near done.
When I'm happier with the hip/crotch area I'll get started on her skirt but currently something about it is bugging me