I need to make some final decisions on some character design details before going all-in on the renders:
Jenna's standard haircut,Abby's standard haircut, Kate's haircut/face design, and... Kate's nipple design, so this had to be patron-exclusive one way or the other ^^
Please try to judge as a person new to TM likely would, with as little nostalgy as possible.Also, keep in mind the sharing spin-off plays a few years later.
If results on something are close, I'll apply patron weighting.
Jenna's standard hair-cut:
The old haircut looks more similar to Abby's, so I kinda wanted to go with something different and prefer the new one.
But if you think the old one simply looks better, I'll respect that.
Abby's standard hair-cut:
I feel she isn't the kind of person to always wear the same haircut, but twin tails still suit her best, imo. I'll let you choose which one she should wear by default, at least.
Fair warning: Variant C looks great, but might cause slightly more clipping issues than the others during animations. Depends on the position :)If you think it looks best, please vote for it anyway.Variant D is the original from TM.
Kate hair / face:
I know the old style carries a nostalgy bonus, but personally, I find the new style better-looking.
Also, it always bothered me in hindsight how Kate's old front hair is the same as Emily's, but most short front bangs look worse or don't fit. The more Sarah-like alternative is the only combination I found that I find better-looking.
Still, if "retro" style is considerably more popular, I'll stick with that.
A possible compromise would be to go with the old style for Mansion Life, and new style for CoK, since the latter plays at least 2 years later in an alternate branch of the future.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, the reason why I had to make the poll patron-only:
It's nipple time!
Retro-style, or more realistic?
Note: the nipples are NOT tied to the face or hair, of course, that's why it's a separate question.I can combine retro nipples with the new face, for example, if that's your preference.