School of CaS: Advanced CaS Technique

With regards to "ginger colored" hair, I'm happy with how 3,5:9 looks:


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For blonde, I used 5,11:6 for Den Blüdsoul (my present avatar), and 11,11:4 for Gill from Street Fighter III:

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I don't have any examples for brunette since my only non-black haired brunettes are Seong Mi-na with her default hair and color, and a Street Fighter Alpha 2 Sakura cosplay for Talim using the cut version of Seong Mi-na's hair… with its default color.

I did find a couple more examples for red hair, though; my bratty angel, Ariel Le'ammas, dressed as "The Little Mermaid" (4,1:9), and 2B dressed as "Wendy" (3,3:9):

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As for ginger hair, I've been playing around for a little bit and these seem pretty nice. Your millage may vary depending on the aesthetic you're going for, it's a hard color to get right and an ever harder color to work into functional designs.

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When making the human version of my devil, Karen 'Akamu, I opted for "6,6:6" just for the Hell of it (heh); thought it gave her a nice "caramel" tan:

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Then for the recreation of my Dynasty Warriors Nanman spear-user, Xiù Měi, I used 6,8:4; something a bit lighter but less vibrant:

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I've also mentioned previously that if a Malfested (Mutated)'s skin tone is white (31,0:0) and their markings are "black" (0,0:0), then the markings will appear nearly invisible:

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A specific combination, yes, but perfect for Quintessa who was "drained of all color" by a magical artifact (her glowing blue eyes are due to attaining "arcane sight" later).
 
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Thank you guys so much for the codes! Greatly appreciated and really help a player who struggles with colors.

Can I ask which codes you generally use on clothes to get core colors, like a nice blue, red, yellow?

Yellow in particular can be difficult, as can metal tones.

Amazing creations btw! I love dynasty warriors. :)
 
You can also use two Number 1 stickers for a …waist band? 😛 Though the zipper sticker is nice due to its built-in texture.

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Speaking of Mortal Kombat, I find Hilda's Defender's Tiara pairs with the Spy Mask quite well, as seen in Karen 'Akamu's "Jade" cosplay above.

(Also I really wish stickers and patterns had numbers associated with the slider bars akin to custom characters and extra equipment.)
 
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Half OT i guess, but help will be rewarded with downloadable commission request :D

I'm trying the extra slots trick

I published online a Kilik alt
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Instant found It (going just one R1 step) in published characters
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Saved it in published chars slots, removed from online

Done It a second time, all gone perfect Just the same

Tried a third time, but now i can't find my creation to save It.
Anybody know if there's some way to directly search by author?

Checking hundreds to find mine sound pain in the ass
 
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insaw this on a site so. Not mines just ref. How do make the legs shorter anyone know thanks
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They posted a video about it, those aren't really legs, they just used Extra Equipment to simulate Obi-Wan having "the high ground" for the joke / quote from the movie. It doesn't look very good in motion. It's just two boots and the school bag.
 
I'm not sure if this is already common knowledge but I stumbled over it the other day:
Vertically mirroring structured stickers seems to also invert its 3D-effect from dented-it to dented-out and vice versa.
In the example, the left scar sticker is vertically mirrored, the right one is not.

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So since a few of my recent designs have involved using makeup and stickers to change the skintone of a main character, I figured it'd be a shame not to share the formula:
  • Skin
    • Sticker: Motif 3
    • Color: —SEE BELOW—
    • Location: Right Arm
    • Application Method: Projection
    • Size: +100
    • Angle: +12
    • Move Vertically: −16
    • Move Horizontally: +0
    • Vertical Angle: +0
    • Horizontal Angle: −25
    • Flip Vertically: OFF
    • Flip Horizontally: OFF
  • Skin
    • Sticker: Motif 3
    • Color: —SEE BELOW—
    • Location: Left Arm
    • Application Method: Projection
    • Size: +100
    • Angle: −12
    • Move Vertically: −16
    • Move Horizontally: +0
    • Vertical Angle: +0
    • Horizontal Angle: +25
    • Flip Vertically: OFF
    • Flip Horizontally: OFF
  • Skin
    • Sticker: Motif 3
    • Color: —SEE BELOW—
    • Location: Upper Body
    • Application Method: Projection
    • Size: +100
    • Angle: +0
    • Move Vertically: −14
    • Move Horizontally: +0
    • Vertical Angle: +45
    • Horizontal Angle: −50
    • Flip Vertically: OFF
    • Flip Horizontally: OFF
  • Skin
    • Sticker: Motif 3
    • Color: —SEE BELOW—
    • Location: Upper Body
    • Application Method: Projection
    • Size: +100
    • Angle: +0
    • Move Vertically: −14
    • Move Horizontally: +0
    • Vertical Angle: −45
    • Horizontal Angle: +0
    • Flip Vertically: OFF
    • Flip Horizontally: OFF
This will completely cover a character's body except their face, where the arm stickers stop right along the jaw line; that's where full-face makeup comes in (such as the "clown" Face Paint #31), which will then leave only the top and back of the head exposed (but most hairstyles will cover that up).

In most cases you want to rely on makeup for the face because stickers — especially light-colored stickers — will "mute" underlying textures and colors, causing the lips to appear as the exact same color as the skin, as well as potentially hiding eyelashes, eyeshadow, &c… giving the face this Uncanny Valley "plastic mannequin" look (this is particularly true for Ivy who has her own default makeup).

EXAMPLES:

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The hard part is trying to get the makeup and stickers to match, because simply using the same color code often won't work (likely due to the opacity issue with stickers, as translucent pixels will appear more opaque). For Amy's "Raven" cosplay, her makeup color is 26,45:9 and her skin-sticker color is 7,50:0, respectively; for Talim's "Starfire" cosplay, her makeup is 9,7:8 and her skin-stickers are 3,6:9; and for "Devil Ivy," her makeup is 12,1:9 and her skin-stickers are 5,1:9. For the "Poison Ivy" pictured above, her makeup is 14,29:3 and her skin-stickers are 4,20:0.

You'll have to experiment to find what "matches." Sadly, there's not much you can do about any "sticker lines" that'll appear on a character's body.
 
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