Hi! it's December already. I'll start it with goddesses revisit for the Monthly FF14.

....Or just largely a Nophica revisit. Welp...sorry but can't help experimenting with her 2 big fruits. Not many characters are like her in the game.

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The 6 goddesses in 1 scene video was a mesh clipping nightmare. It was a simple one to animate, but the mesh clean up was not simple at all. I probably missed some. 

I had to animate in solid mode to get 15 FPS on viewport and disable all subdivision modifier for final render or it'll crash. Turns out with my rig and shaders setup, 6 low poly FF14 characters is as heavy as 3 Stranger of Paradise characters. took the video twice the usual time to render too.

Uh..Idk if I want to do more than 3 girls again if the characters have huge hair and head accessories design like them anytime soon lol.

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I got 2 main girls...or Waifu as people call them nowadays. 1 is Aranea from Final Fantasy XV, and the other one is from another series called Legend of Heroes or 英雄伝説 (Eiyuu Densetsu) :

I've been wanting to rig her for quite sometime, but I suck at anime shading, so I've been resisting the urge to rig her for quite a long time. it's Arianrhod The Steel Maiden from 碧の軌跡 (Ao no Kiseki) or Trails to Azure in global release.

Idk if I want to say she is on my queue list currently, Because she is not. not yet at least. I want to try to see if I can get her shading to look exactly like it was in the game first (Cold Steel IV). so far I'm doing terrible job at it. 

There are so many good anime shaders template and tutorials out there, but I don't think they are that close to the ingame look I want.

My top 5 girls from the series are :

1. Arianrhod 'Lianne Sandlot'

2. Aurelia Le Guin

3. Kilika Rouran

4. Shizuna Rem Misurugi

5. Sara Valestein

My other favorites include Laura S Arseid and Claire Rieveldt. But those above are my top 5. So they are in higher chance of getting rigged and animated (maybe).

Probably not a surprise since I said a long time ago I love beautiful armored women. and isn't it hot when you can tame them in bed? showing you side they never show in the battlefield?

...Anyway, speaking of anime shaders, there is also that new FF gacha games. Which I don't play (and never going to).

But if some models popped up somewhere, why not. Gaia is super cute there.

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I might want to go full solo for Sarah next week. Do a proper set of her instead of just 1 or 2 animations every revisit. And the 7R girl debut after her is Naomi. After Naomi, well...I guess it's time we go back to FF7 timeline to smash the moms.

So far, Only Claudia got the scenes preposed. I could focus only on her and feature YTifa here and there. or include Jessie's mom and Ifalna as well.

or all of them. no promise, but we'll see.

That's it. I'm lucky this week, but I'm still in the schedule redzone this month. There is a chance next week's post will be delayed to the weekends or the week after.

Thanks for all your kind support and donations as always m(_ _)m

Please stay safe and healhty at all times, and I wish for the goddess of luck to give you plenty of boon.

See ya!

Hi! here I am again. I hope you are all doing great. well... like last year, the first month of XV is Onsen / Inn themed. but with more cast this time.

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Also included an extra cameo in the spur of the moment. I was just a lil bit excited for the upcoming 7 for PC. I was on a fence whether to render nude variations on some of the animations. Because their breasts already out in the open anyway.  And there is no way I'm having them wear clothes in the water. 

And ngl I miss doing a week full of Aranea set. maybe next month for once? I haven't animated Aranea in her winter outfit too. feels like it's the perfect time for that before winter ends. we'll see...

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Our new girl this week is Materia from Dissidia.

Apparently this girl have quite sum amount of haters idk why. she is still pretty though.

Typical FF fashion. if not bunch of belts, characters would wear uneven pants like Tidus'. And Materia here, she is wearing Victorian dress' cage. ...just the cage. I wish I had that level of creativity ngl. anyway, I don't think there is any Dissidia NT characters left for me to rig....except maybe Shiva. 

Dissidia Tifa is everywhere already, and for Y'shtola, I assume people still prefer her 14 version from me which I already rigged and animate couple of times. and I'll continue animating her in the future. She is 14's Icon after all.

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It's Jill's time to debut. followed by Nier's Marie after. Haven't had any idea on what poses I should do for Jill and Tarja yet. Solo set is my main focus right now.

but if idea strikes, I'll do both of them together this week at least in 1 video.

Oh and I finally finished 16... took me a while. I like the game overall. But not as much as I like 7 Remake or 14. And I know I'd enjoy Rebirth even more especially because of the minigames... which 16 lacks. It might also be because I'm a bit jaded with fetch quests in huge semi open world games. The mini bosses are really fun though. especially Kairos gate. and I'm not even in Final Fantasy Mode yet. idk if I'll ever touch that mode soon since Rebirth is coming up. Just kind of wish I could play as Joshua, Jill or even Dion. well...at least now I know how it feels like if DMC had plenty of fetch quests. 

I think that's all.

Thanks for you kind support and donations as always. m(_ _)m

Don't forget to stay safe, and godspeed to you all! see ya!

Hi! how are you? are you well? it's our Hideaway physician's turn to get some action. I have a feeling she really knows how to soothe you.

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The hardest thing to decide was not her poses, but her expression...I was on a fence whether to have Tarja smile/smirk during the action. She has a good smile when she shows it. which is rarely. Decided to give her a little smirk in 2 of the videos. She is pretty cute when she is in stern mode too. Right now she is my most favorite in 16. I liked both her and Jill at early game, but Jill kind of fell off mid game to me.

Maybe Tarja will make a cameo in Jill debut next month just like how Jill is in Tarja's.

I'd say 1 cameo, but I already lied and have 2 Jills in Tarja debut instead of just 1, so.. who knows how many I'd make. if idea strikes, I'll do more.

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...Uh... ngl I forgot about her until someone mentioned her again. might as well rig her now before I forget. It's Xion.

Hmm there are still KH3 FF girls left. and the coming KH4 girls who knows when...hopefully we'll get more FF characters in KH4.

And...didn't expect FF7 Rebirth coming to PC as early as next month. I need to really finish 16 soon. yep haven't finished it... but I did say I'll prioritize animating this month.

My schedule been too hectic lately especially the closer I'm towards the 25th and the 31st. 

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Some other revisit coming up. especially Rinoa. but I realized I haven't animated her before. so..guess it's not really a revisit. but it's now or who knows when.

Planned KH characters as well. I actually haven't setup the poses for KH girls yet. maybe some easy ones if it's too time crunching.

Well that's it for now.

Thanks for all the donations and supports like always. m(_ _)m

always take care and godspeed! oh and enjoy your holidays too! see ya!

Holla! it's December XV already?. felt just like yesterday when I started learning animation just to put more Aranea content on the internet.

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so..Uh...yeah at this point, I don't think uploading a petite character on MEGA is a problem (maybe) But just in case, I better search for a new ISP next year when I move to another rent. 

I'm still a bit sick, so there might be some mistakes that I missed. And there was also actually another Gentiana & Young Luna animation, but didn't make it in time. I used the time fixing the extra first which took way longer than I thought....so another time.

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So many requested her, so better now than later. it's Yaana from Dawntrails.

At first I thought people refer to her boss version. not gonna lie Yaana boss version is Hrothgar territory for me. I don't have anything against Hrothgar, it's just not my thing. also, skipping Neyuni for obvious reason. for those suggesting me to make Neyuni as tall as Meteion, I..uh have to think about it. I'll do Eutrope eventually though.

If it's Queen Bee, I don't mind animating the Boss variant.

There are some people also requesting Pandora, but I can't find her in the game files. probably a new structure or something. a friend told me Pandora model is streamed into the game instance. so there is no model of her offline. so the only way of getting her is through Ninja Ripper. If this is the trend going forward, I might have to re-sub to FF14 instead of relying on trial.

I'm able to afford a 14 resub if I want to now, but it's bit daunting to play ff14 If I don't play the game that much. I rather watch the story on youtube and animate more. (for now)

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Tarja is next. I'll slip in 1 Jill as well.. it's just the threesome POV from the wallpaper a while back. like I said, I'll do a Jill focused animation in Jan. a full set like any other debut.

 And after, there is Rinoa but I haven't decided on who to animate beside FF8 characters. perhaps 1 or 2 Olette-Namine-Kairi 4 some or something.  I've been wanting to do them together for a long time ngl.

Well that is it. I still need more rest. I'll get back animating tomorrow.

Thanks for your kind support and donations as always m(_ _)m

Do stay safe, and godspeed! see ya!

Hello again~ yet another milf to smash with!. And we don't even know her name! but milfs a milf.

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Phew! all that extraction and assembly process just for this scene. Some objects I didn't manage to find from the pak, but it shouldn't be noticeable because of how I position the cameras. I was planning to assemble the kitchen as well, but I got so fed up looking at the ingame object list. There are some objects I don't even know what they are called in Japanese or English. I'll just save it for later when I decided to cook a serving of "chicken and egg".

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Meia from Mobius Final Fantasy is our girl this week.

Grabbed her first because she seems to be the more difficult one to polish compared to the other two.

Tried to make her look somewhat okay in Blender, but Idk how to make her hair to look exactly like it was in the game. The game use environment texture to make it glossy, and it looked worse when I tried rendering it in Blender.  She might look okayish if I use flat lighting instead of complicated lighting setup.

Never tried the game nor had any interest in it, but the girls cute.

Yes I know, FF16 is finally released a demo on PC. And the game is coming out next month on STEAM. I'm closely following the modding community in hope to learn how to extract the "stuff" from the game safely and correctly to use them in Blender. although, I might go and play the game first and let the modding wizard cook for awhile to save me some headache. from what I gather so far, it seems it's way more complicated than FF7R since it's a completely new custom engine. it should be possible with a model ripper, but I rather be safe and learn to do it manually first.

I'm guessing the most popular characters from the game are Jill and Benedikta. other animators probably would get them animated in no time. I'd still prioritize side characters, though ngl I want to animate both Adult and Young Jill as soon as possible. we'll see.

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Well since I rigged Kyrie right after I rigged Jessie's mom, I will get her out of the way next. After her, I want to try animating Y'shtola and Zero 3some for September's FF14 animations. and a 4some (MFFF) for September's XV set to really test the new PC limit.  Once I'm able to get my hands on 16 characters, I'll do them ASAP.

That is all. 

Thanks for you support and donations as always! m(_ _)m

Do take care and good luck in whatever you do! see you!

Hello hello~ debuting Crowe this month. and the usual Aranea to fill my energy. nothing too fancy.

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I had fun animating Aranea wearing this outfit.. I still plan to animate her with the same theme next month, long version is coming later too. for Crowe, I can't find more acceptable camera angle without it edge clipping the shadow in POV.  tried to change the clip start settings and all but no dice. This has happened in past animations of mine, but never this severe. I could disable the contact shadow, but it'll look too flat. 

Eevee's shadow is known to be really finicky sometimes. 

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Speaking of finicky shadows, Blender 4.2 LTS released today, and now Eevee have "Ray Tracing". (looking more like Pseudo-raytracing so far). I never touched 4.2 Alpha, so this is my first time in 4.2. I've tested it with some of my scenes, but of course the first thing new features do, is messing up how my models look lol.

At first glance, immediately there is noticeably worse shadow and shadow flickering. And everything is new, so I don't know what each new settings do. ...Why there is no bloom and contact shadow options in 4.2?

I didn't change the lighting setup for the comparison above. take a closer look at the hard shadows on her butt and hair. Pretty surprising difference huh? the shadow in 4.2 one have this weird jaggy edge. Then I found out there is this new settings under each individual area lighting now called "resolution limit" and "filter".

Disabling resolution limit get rid of the jaggy edge, and increasing filter make the shadow look softer somewhat. but I still have no clue on how to bring back contact shadows. perhaps it's gone forever.

However,I noticed that light size affect shadows immensely now compared to before. small light gives hard shadows and big one gives softer shadows. I think it's because of the new Global Illumination.  Seems the dev really want Eevee to behave like Cycles. I don't know if I should be sad or excited lol.

Yep. plenty of stuff to figure out and fix.  and I don't really want to get stuck with the old Blender version if I can. Because I know some friends who decided to stay with Blender 2.7 having trouble catching up to Blender 4.0 merely because they didn't like how 2.8 look.

So, future renders might have some shadow flickering issues and other anomalies. but of course I'll find some way to make it look better if I'm able. I'm still not finished reading the 4.2 threads, so I hope to find something useful for me to adapt to the new version.

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Well, it's finally Cindy's turn to get rigged.

She is the most popular girl from XV, and I can see why. ...who wouldn't want a sexy mechanic taking care of your car and your needs.

Her original model cut the top part of her hair inside the cap. but no big deal, I found a solution just from minutes browsing.

....she has ton of animations made already out there, but I do want to try several ideas I have for her. like how I want to animate her without her cap for her debut. because pretty sure close to no one animated her that way.  or would you rather have her wearing the cap? 

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Sarafa from Nier Reincarnation is next, followed by Lumina the week after.

I intend to make her wear the veil in all of her scenes, ...but idk yet. . ......eh but maybe I'll do one position without her veil after all.  For Lumina, I haven't got any Idea yet. Lumina is so cheeky and cute, so I might go a little rough on her. we'll see...

Yep. That is it for now. I'm so tired, so I'll sleep really early today.

Thanks for all your support and donations as always m(_ _)m

Do take care, and see you next week~~