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MysticTopaz

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Okay, I know what you're thinking, but I have a very good reason for not putting on a head, tail, or coloring the legs: I wanted the full focus to be on the body! XD

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You will most definitely still have a tail and head and colored limbs, I just wanted to focus on the body.

Speaking of the body, though, let me first focus on the actual main body then I'll get to the wings: The body is broken up into three sections. The top section of the body is very fluffy and puffy, similar to that of the Big Body, and takes on the dominant fur color. The middle section is smooth and takes on the recessive fur color. The bottom section is also smooth but matches the top section in taking on the dominant fur color. The middle and bottom sections are supposed to be round/cylindrical like a butterfly's body; I did my best to get that kind of impression. The middle section is where the top wings connect, and the bottom section is where the bottom wings connect, though since they're butterfly wings they look like it's all one big wing, so I guess it doesn't really matter when it comes to actually making the models for the game. XD

Now for the wings attached to the body: Butterfly wings can vary from bottom [facing toward you] to top [when you view them from the back], so as a result I decided to draw three different types of butterfly wing. All of them offer +4 flying and you can fly with this body, but no swooping. Having two bird wings instead would get you a lot farther a lot faster, of course, but flying for this body is more or less a background ability; it's what you'll see below that's the real stars of the show.

Type 1 [at the top with the gradient]: +1 attractiveness, +1 distasteful appearance, +1 poisonous [when being attacked]

Type 2 [bottom left green one]: +2 camouflage +1 attractiveness

Type 3 [bottom right yellow one]: +2 intimidate +1 distasteful appearance

 

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I figured it would be best to show a full body complete nicheling with this body as an example, so below I will do just that!

Type 1:

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Type 2:

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Type 3:

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I had the idea to draw out variations of the wings, so here we go! I included as many fur colors, horn colors, and eye colors as I could to make these Type 1 Variations! But first, a little info:


The body's midsection is the recessive fur color, and the top and bottom are the dominant fur color.

The wing's outline is the same as the horn color.

The wing's semi-transparent gradient goes like this: The color closest to the body is the recessive eye color and the color closest to the tip of the wing is the dominant eye color. I replaced Violet with Pink because I like it better that way. Besides, pink stands out more.

The wing's spots go like this: The big spots are the complimentary color to the dominant eye color [example: Blue-Orange, pink-yellow], and the little spots are the complimentary color to the recessive eye color.

Now on to the wings!!

Just the wings by themselves:

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The wings with the body outlines: [because I've been told these are easier to see]

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The full examples of wing variants with colored bodies:

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And for flavor, here we have an example of an Albino and a Melanistic nicheling:

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53 minutes ago, ChasingNyx said:

@MysticTopaz
Ahhh you added the third one! It looks so cooool!
Also question:
Since you get +4 flight with this body, what happens with your ground movement?

Thank you so much!! ❤️ I like it a lot, but I think Type One is still my favorite XD I'm currently working on the project you inspired me to do- want spoilers while I'm working on it, or want it to be a surprise~?

I believe it would be like taking a running start- your ground movement is in the tiles immediately around you, and then the flying movement is beyond that. :) Of course you could still go from being right next to a tree to being on top of it.

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1 minute ago, Niche fan said:

Really like the art the idea and the fact that it's poisonous . 

Would it have a "soft body"? Even though it's poisonous it can only be hit a few times?     

 

Thank you!! I'm working on another piece for this, so stay tuned!

I don't understand? Is there a suggestion somewhere for Soft Body? Please elaborate? :) 

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No comment, just thought butterflies were delicate so couldn't take much damage, especially since it's the body not just the wings 

The body would be regular strength if it was a beetle because they have a hard exoskeleton but still "squishy" easily squashed / killed.

If it has like 6 legs for defense that would make a difference.

Love the idea and the new peacock feathers. 

Take care,

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I finally managed to think of how I can say what I was trying to say before in a simpler way. What I was trying to explain is, if, for example, there was a creature with white and black fur, but also Butterfly Body, then you wouldn't be able to get a nice gray color like you normally would. Instead, you'd just get a white creature with a black middle. So basically what I had been trying to say is that you wouldn't ever get cool colors like gray, pink, or even the orange color of Adam on a Butterfly Bodied creature. (It's not like Adam would have Butterfly Body, but still, orange is cool)

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3 hours ago, Pokestardragacraft said:

Oh, @Niche fan‘s comment on delicacy made me think of another question:

Would they work in rain? In my opinion, they shouldn’t and they shouldn’t work after the rain for 1-2 days unless your Nicheling was under a tree.

I can understand not working in rain, but not the not working 1-2 days afterword. That'd be a bit much. But yeah, not working during rain seems legit. Maybe also having a negative resistance to the cold, the way Big Body has a negative resistance to heat?

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6 hours ago, Skysplash8 said:

I finally managed to think of how I can say what I was trying to say before in a simpler way. What I was trying to explain is, if, for example, there was a creature with white and black fur, but also Butterfly Body, then you wouldn't be able to get a nice gray color like you normally would. Instead, you'd just get a white creature with a black middle. So basically what I had been trying to say is that you wouldn't ever get cool colors like gray, pink, or even the orange color of Adam on a Butterfly Bodied creature. (It's not like Adam would have Butterfly Body, but still, orange is cool)

That is indeed how this body is meant to function, similarly to how Toxic Body overrides the fur colors entirely and replaces them with a random neon color, or how Albino and Melanistic creatures override the fur color. :) Some people would like it, others wouldn't, just like all the aforementioned genetics.

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11 hours ago, Niche fan said:

No comment, just thought butterflies were delicate so couldn't take much damage, especially since it's the body not just the wings 

The body would be regular strength if it was a beetle because they have a hard exoskeleton but still "squishy" easily squashed / killed.

If it has like 6 legs for defense that would make a difference.

Love the idea and the new peacock feathers. 

Take care,

Thank you so much! ❤️ While I agree that butterflies are delicate, I don't think a debuff is necessary for these bodies; they don't add any strength or defense, so they would get hit just as hard as Lean Body.

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18 hours ago, XzanderClownfish said:

🦋I love how the first one symbolizes the colors of your profile pick. They really should do that with the normal wings.🦋 

Teehee, I think you're the first one to notice that! XD Type 1 is my favorite after all~

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9 hours ago, Skysplash8 said:

I finally managed to think of how I can say what I was trying to say before in a simpler way. What I was trying to explain is, if, for example, there was a creature with white and black fur, but also Butterfly Body, then you wouldn't be able to get a nice gray color like you normally would. Instead, you'd just get a white creature with a black middle. So basically what I had been trying to say is that you wouldn't ever get cool colors like gray, pink, or even the orange color of Adam on a Butterfly Bodied creature. (It's not like Adam would have Butterfly Body, but still, orange is cool)

I've just added some new drawings into the original post that might help ease your mind a bit :) Please do take a look; they're at the very bottom!

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1 minute ago, DogCatCowPig said:

i think my favorite is the type 1 with orange and green with a white outline. what are they all holding tho? berries?

I like that one too; it reminds me of an irish flag, kinda XD And yes, berries! ❤️ 

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2 minutes ago, DogCatCowPig said:

the one with its paws outstretched and a berry in its mouth is very cute.

I like to think that it's darting away from the grey-winged orange-eyed one, like they're playing tag or it playfully stole a berry XD

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