The Darkest Day
Added 2024-10-30 06:02:17 +0000 UTCEternatus is here!
Warning: This one is very red. Prolonged exposure may cause eye fatigue.
Finally, the most power Moemon is here. Well, not really. Eternamax Eternatus is technically the most powerful, but we'll get to that one later, mainly because there's no sprite for it yet (and we all know the artists will probably trash this version and do an entirely new one once they finally do Eternamax's sprite).
This one took a significant amount of work, with about 80 accessories slotted in. That, plus multiple redos, made this take several days to get right. I compromised on a few design choices, partially because there's actually no back sprite available so it's very difficult to see what exactly the artist had in mind. That said, I used the original Eternatus as a reference point as well, so there's some general inspiration from that.
The main deviation here is the location of Eternatus' core. The location placed on the sprite, as you know by now, does not have a proper node in KK - positioning things between the breasts is most closely linked to the Midback node, but that has an unfortunate side effect of disappearing when your character bends in a certain way. Upon evaluation, I noticed something interesting about Eternatus' "mouth", which is that it shared a very VERY similar design to a particular Crown accessory in KK. When I pulled up that Crown, I realized it had a very obvious "heart" shape to it.
Adjusting it to the midback gives it both a sort of "mouth guard" functionality as well as an exterior heart core. I can't think of a more perfect centerpiece for Eternatus. It also looks pretty cool from the back.
There's some minor details about this design that I think really sells it. You'll notice a red outline with the original, which was easily translated onto the KK design, as every single part of her blue armor pieces (?) has that red outline. Some parts also glow. I could write about every little thing here, like the tail, gloves, hair (and believe me I spent a whole DAY figuring that one out), etc, I'm going to leave it simple.
Also, Happy (continued) Year of the Dragon!
Enjoy!
