Overall, your customs make me think of Chun-Li. Mainly because those legs and physique on some of these girls. Some suit them while others I feel turned off by them.
My favorites atm are Hristina, Lucienne, and Mei Feng.
Lucienne
Lucienne's outfits is interesting. They're simple yet elegant for goth like colored lady. I like the one with the hat and jun scarf and wedding dress. The colors I'm still feeling iffy because I feel she could use a bit more tweaking, but it's a good start. Usually black and blue or black and purple look great, but try to dabbling in other colors. Give boring colors like gray, brown, raspberry, a chance to mix with lavender or something. I know she has to rock with dark colors, but try other stuff too. If not, go mimic a monochrome fashion since I feel she could do that well.
Hristina
Hristina's 5P with military I feel as though she's ready to infiltrate and assassinate stuff. I would change stuff imho, but atm she seems cool for now.
Mei Feng
Mei Feng is pretty much my Asian fashion fetish tingling a bit. The one with Leixia's shirt and Xiaoyu's shorts appeals to what I'd experiment with. I'd mess with the other gear a bit more, but I can't think of anything haha.
The other stuff is interesting, but I feel she use just a bit more tweaking. The chinese dress needs to feel as authentic as a real chinese dress imho. Use the elegant oriental stickers and try to make a theme for the dress on it.
The cop one I'm actually intrigued you went for a bold approach and used Asuka's piece. That is difficult to use, but I feel more tweaks to make her a bit authentic just like her Chinese dress.
Overall I can somewhat identify a good amount of characters on what they are, but some don't feel authentic enough. Or at the very least authentic enough to make me say "that's not how a true cop dresses, but whatever I adore the fantasy". Keep on sharing.
I greatly appreciate your input. If you found some of them off putting, then I guess that explains why this thread has gotten quiet. I think it started to happen when I started to introduce Abigail.
In regards of the size of the characters' legs (lol, ironically, I think some of them might have bigger thighs than the Chun-li Cas I've seen), I'm assuming you're referring to Catherine, Abigail, Grace, and Ubasti. These characters were based on characters from a different plot I made, so I tried to make the models as accurate as possible. It may not look like it, but none of the characters have the same physical attributes [according to the model heights and physique sliders]. Catherine and Abigail have been full-figured since their inception (no, I don't mean the movie) and there are reasons within the story itself for them to be at the given size. It wouldn't be right to just change their physical appearance on a whim.
I could, however, make some changes to Grace and Ubasti's models, since they're still "active concepts." This just means they're not fully integrated into the story yet. I've considered reducing Grace's breast and leg/thigh size, because I'm starting to realize that she looks a lot bigger than I wanted her to be. Ubasti has always been a "built" character, but I think she was the right size in SCIV without the major thigh changes from this game. So I could make some changes to Grace and Ubasti's models, but Catherine and Abigail will have to stay the same. I should note that the camera in the Creation mode has made characters look bigger than they really are (I've noticed Mei Feng looks bigger in her 5P than in her other outfits).
In regards to the costume designs, that's when things get tricky... I never made these characters with the idea of putting them on a showcase. All that happened was that I made certain characters, I've gotten reception about them online, then I found out about this thread and decided to share them. I also actively play the game and I'm one of those people who don't like the idea of making something extremely detailed, only to have it destroyed at the end of the round. The reason for the modern designs is simply because the characters themselves are modern [for the most part]. Lucienne and Ubasti also have themes and they just follow them. When a design looks good, is coherent, and appears practical to the character wearing them, I'm usually satisfied with it. I know you think Lucienne could use "tweaking," but I honestly don't see what else I need to do for her. Some designs, however, could be better, especially with what I did for Grace and Ubasti's 1Ps. I don't think they're terrible, but they bother me somehow... And to this day, I'm not quite sure why I made Abigail's leg's so prominent; I could try fixing that
Whenever I make something for these characters, I try to make sure none of the costumes looked too similar. This meant using certain items once and any repeated item had to be generic (like the engineer boots) and only used 3-4 times. For instance, Mei Feng's 3P is the only outfit where I used the Asuka clothing, because of how unique it is. But I could reuse the country tunic a handful of times, since there's nothing substantial about its design. When I decide to add something or make a change, I usually factor in the other outfits, too. For example, I think I should cover up Abigail's legs in her 2P and the Tiger lily tights and engineer boots seem to be the best way to do it. But then that means removing them from Mei Feng's 1P and putting in something else. On one hand, this makes each outfit different from each other, but it can also limit my choices when I make more. I think that's why I ended up with using the nurse jacket for Grace, even though I initially hated it. They should've kept the design of SCIV's nurse clothing, because how this one looks is admittedly off putting.
I'm starting to feel silly showing these now; that's probably why it took so long for me to come around in posting this stuff. With that said, wish I could do the changes now, but I can't, since I left my PS3 at home while I'm in college. I only have Grace's and Ubasti's 5Ps left as the main outfits to show. I'm not too sure about posting them at this point (and I don't think you guys want to see the extras right now... I'd just go along with Yasuo, but I didn't make collages for his outfits yet. I have no idea which direction this thread is headed; it's probably going to be inactive soon... :p
...oh yeah, the police outfits weren't meant to be authentic; I should've said outfits "based" on police uniforms. And Lucienne's 5P uses a raspberry color to make it look different.
