Swift's Sprites

[Sui-kun]

Hey Swift! Do you post your work anywhere else? Or just FEP?

[Swift_Assassin]

I last posted stuff back in September 2017 in Serenes Forest, but I got far fewer replies there than here. But since it lacks a consistent rp setting in favor of many smaller disjointed ones and I know far fewer people over there, I tend to prefer to shout into the void here. But other than that, most of the stuff I posted here that wasn't updates of other things have only been posted here and there.

[Sui-kun]

Well, I admire your dedication. FEP is not the most active right now. If I were you, I would post at Serene's as well.

[Swift_Assassin]

So...I think you can guess what I've been playing. Work in progress, of course. I just recolored existing pants and boots so I can show off the top. The cuff on his left hand needs work. And the cloak isn't designed like those of Edelgard, Dmitri or Claude, but again, just a recolor of an existing thing.

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Finally done a bit more with this. I had some passing thoughts about switching to use Claude's outfit design since longer outfits are more the Hyperions thing, but I changed my mind.

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Lennox version.

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The bitter bastard himself, Ludwig Hyperion. Still alive and kicking and just got a new coat with some actual color. Probably needs to cut his hair, but he's too old to care.

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New update to the armored Shad attire. Since it looks like they'll be heading into a planned battle, I figured Shad would use this opportunity to equip himself a bit better. I also added the sheath for the schiavona. Would have added the shiavona itself, but trying the sprite a basket hilt at that size was looking like a pain in the ass I don't want to deal with right now.

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Okay, so new version again. Changed armor color scheme to match that of the Hyperion soldiers, which he will adopt in honor of their sacrifice protecting Maria. Also added some more armor to his person. This will be more or less Shad's appearance until he gets his new coat.

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So, I'm thinking on reworking Maria, again. After noticing issues with her shoulders being pretty broad and her neck not really looking right, I made a new base body and adapted the easiest outfit to it. Shad's only there for height reference. I think I might reuse Maria's old base to make a young Shad, but that's for a different time. New Maria is a bit thinner, and a tiny bit taller. I think the pose also makes her look a little more demure, which is how she presents herself until she gets a moment to be snarky at Shad or the smartest person in the room. Old Maria looks a bit more aggressive, which may or not be due to it looking like she's angry all the time due to her bangs.

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Okay, so quick edit here, Shad's hair has grown out a bit and he's starting to develop bags under his eyes. Or will be, since now he'll have to deal with what happened at Berg Castle without the safety net he had with Maisie and Maria there. Plus, he'll be worrying about Maria too. That's all for now.

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Okay. So, continuation on the new Maria pose. So first is her the new base. Comparing the necks and shoulders really made me realize I fucked up on them originally. Comparing the normal outfit versions, with how much her right shoulder sticks out, really shows it off, imo. The overcoat look is probably the one that looks the most normal in that regard, due to how big it is. But anyway, that's all for now. Oh, and anyone wondering, the second version of Maria's normal outfit is her angry expression. Which is actually the one that matches the comparison, now that I look again.

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So long since last post. Haven't done much sprite wise, but I was just messing around and decided since Shad's armoring up, to add some greaves to the mix. I also extended the breastplate a bit. Got some inspiration from Percival and Harken for the additions. Part of me wanted to change things a bit to make it seem like it was a Lycian style armor, but whatever. Also, a thought occured to me so I looked up the complimentary colors to each shade of purple used and now Shad's got this dark green armor over the his prior version. Honestly, with Luna's affinity for green, it actually works so much that I stuck with it instead of reverting back. One of the shades used is almost one of the shades used in Luna's eyes, so it works even on that level.


So, with the addition of this fourth house in FE3H and the appearance of Balthus, I actually have a design that fits Lennox perfectly. Hell, reboot 2 DoN Hyperions wore that almost that exact color scheme and Lennox and Ludwig practically wore that same style of coat. So, expect that down the line. That's about all for now. I'm going to start working on a post for Power Begets Power so expect that...soon if I can't start playing Byleth in smash.

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*COUGH COUGH COUGH* OH GOD, SO MUCH DUST!!!

Anyway...Not that anyone is reading this, usually. I haven't really been spriting that much over the last year. Almost everytime I had an idea, I just never got into it. But, I just happened about an old standby to inspire me. I started rewatching Symphogear, which typically gives me inspiration to work on Shad's dumbass daughter and successor, Luna. Last time I posted anything with her, I just adjusted her base body, like I had done with Shad before moving onto Lennox, then Maria. I never got around to adjusting the rest of her attires to fit the new body. I made her an outfit that was meant to try to fit more with the setting, but....eh. Having inspiration and different references from FE Heros artwork of characters from Elibe, I began making a new outfit for her. It's a work in progress, but I wanted to dust off the old thread.




So, I couldn't really find an Etrurian that had clothes similar to how I'd want her to be, but I seen the Heroes artwork of Farina and her outfit actually fits most with what Luna's fashion would be. I planned on giving her boots like Loiuse has in her art...and wouldn't you know it, Farina has similar footwear with added stuff that yet again fits Luna. I'm still working on it, but I got work in the morning and can't spend too much time on it today. Maybe tomorrow, since my shift on thursday doesn't start till 12:30, so I have some extra time between shifts. But that's all for now.

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Okay....so this is a bit more post than I expected it to be, and took a bit longer than I expected to make. I hate making shoes, so my original attempt sucked. This kinda sucked a bit too, but I fell back on an old standby...make it very dark, so its only consists of outline and two dark tones. Same thing I did with most of the Illya full body. I figured Kirika needed some kind of Hyperion style coat...which has created some difficulties....so here I am with 12 versions. It was only going to be six versions, then I realized I uploaded them without the scarf, so figured I'd just upload double...


Regular Hyperion colors for her shirt with a white coat, somewhat similar to Shad having the white noble outfit. The issue with this is that a white coat for the Hyperions is formal only. So...


So this reversed colors...also excluding the sleeves on the normal since it didn't really go with the shirt and I didn't plan on making white versions of the sleeves.


So this is a inverted version...sorta. The green on the shirt of the previous two matches the scarf, while the green on this shirt matches her eyes and the green on her sleeves. I am actually leaning towards this...because some of the previous works I've done of Luna of her in Symphogear armor has this color scheme. And it actually fits with her younger version wearing green.

Granted, her sister wore green too...but that was her being clingy more than anything. Lucille grows out of that and switches to wearing full blown Hyperion purple.
As for why I didn't make a green coat version...It's not a Hyperion thing.

So...that's all for now.

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Time for an update. Got product of some boredom and product that was just inspired. First...


For some reason I felt compelled to make a blue and white color scheme version of Shad. This was the boredom.




So this is the inspired one. So...since Andy posted in Sentinels and Saints, I noticed a mistake in his post, which I plan to completely roll with. So, Lennox hasn't worn an Hyperion style coat at all yet. Only a cloak over a brown shirt. But Tiras found a worn purple coat. So I've decided to co-opt that mistake and the general that Tiras killed as being an bastard of either Dieter or Ludwig II and that the coat actually was an heirloom of sorts of the general's. Which Lennox will now wear as his own. Since it is decades old, I desaturated the purple so it stands out against the far newer cloak. It's not to the level of the 'Bitter Bastard' Ludwig...which that version might not even show up on this site anymore, thank you photobucket, because this has at least been better maintained. I figured while I was at it, I'd swap Lennox' pants and boots for his 3 Houses pants and boots. That's all for now. Maybe I'll get a post up later. But that's all for now.