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Summer Update - NSFW Feral Ponies
🕑 Added 2020-07-01 05:56:55 +0000 UTCAhoy, me hearties.
Hope your life goes well, I wish I could say the same about mine. When corona hit the world I was thinking "yay, more time to do more content", but in reality I ended up with a severe depression, so severe I needed a therapist, and I never needed one in my life. As for content, I haven't made much new, but rather perfect the old.
NSFW Feral Bodies and model structure change
When I started the ReVAmped Ponies line back in October, I aimed for it to become a solid ground for character customization. Switchable heads, ears and bodies would allow people to experiment with their character look, creating the species they want. Today, I'm going further than that. But this update isn't aimed at anthros, but rather at feral ponies as they are.
Some of you remember that back in the day I made NSFW bases for v5, that were then ditched for the lack of flexes and the inconvenience of applying them to new bases. The v6 not only offer extra flex space, but also allow an easy switch of parts during recompilation. It was a great time to come back at the past project with new knowledge, and I believe it proved better than ever.
The new NSFW bodies will have two variants - a regular one with female genitals and, due to demand, one with crotch boobs. As well as dedicated flexes, they also have flexes for body shape - as much as pony bodies allow it - and improved weightpainting to make posing as smooth as possible. It's so smooth you can actually move or bend the bones pretty far apart and it will still look fine, so if you wanted taller ponies with longer necks, it is now possible.
The texture has also been changed, now allowing for more detail with less stretching, especially in the belly area which was almost impossible to edit in all previous generations. The texture template has also been changed to 4K. Previously this resolution was impossible to use when uncompressed, and compression ruined the colors with green tint which is a pretty serious flaw when it comes to ponies. There was a way to counter it (discovered by Acegikmo, huge thanks), but to go through the process for every single image every time would be a nightmare. However, I managed to make it into an automatic Photoshop script, which allows you to prepare files for compression in one click. I will be including it in the sourcefiles release.
All the materials have been reorganized as well, taking up less space and reducing visual clutter when working with them. Ponies have also received phong mask which keeps the genital area shinier and allows for moist look.
Many things have been made into bodygroups for easier switch and better customization. You've already seen switchable hooves on Raricow, who is also getting updated with aforementioned features. Now every character has three switchable options for hooves. Tongue has also been made into a bodygroup that can be disabled if you want to use custom tongue models.
Most of these changes are aimed at modelers and OC creators, and I'm glad to see their numbers rising. People at ReVAmped community are the only thing that keeps me working on ponies, helping me immensely with routine tasks, and I'm grateful for your support even if I'm snappy or seem uncaring due to my current state. You are all MVP's.
Now, for the anthro news.
ReVAmped Anthro Body Overhaul
Back when I made the initial ReVAmped body, I believed it to be state of the art, but now a year and a half passed and there's need for a change.
You know how inconsistent I am with making clothing. It's because I love experimenting with facial expressions and heads rather than that. It make sense, because I do Hardware Morph (HWM) setup that hardly anyone else has nerve to do. I want to encourage community modelers to do ports of existing clothing, and to make this easier I am changing the body once again.
The new body will have smaller boobs and ass by default, however it can go to old shape via flexes. This is a popular demand by many porters. The topology is also undergoing a serious change, now giving a nicer, more anatomically correct look when lit. The shape of legs and arms is also being changed.
I expect to finish this body variant before August, as tomorrow I also begin work on a male body. I aim to finalize my work for both of them so I could focus more on making additional content rather than remake them with new functionality. When the female body gets a release, it will come with Callie Briggs model that is also a collab between WarfareMachine and me.
You can get the Feral NSFW Ponies and their sourcefiles in the link I'm about to provide, as well as updated Raricow via the link provided before.
Regular NSFW body version is available as early access and will be released in September, crotchboobs version will remain Patreon exclusive.
Thanks for your support and I hope to hear your feedback!
