Solvaij

I'VE FINALLY FINISHED IT!!!!!

SPRITE MAP FOR HOODLESS MAGE HALOS IS IN!!

I can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but to make this sprite map, I spliced parts of Erk and Lute together for each frame. I liked the physics of Lute's cloak more than Erk's, but unfortunately, Lute's sprite is wearing a dress, and Halos isn't a cross dresser, so... I had to combine a modified version of her head and cloak with Erk's lower body, arms, and torso, which, needless to say, took forever. Just making these few frames took many more weeks (squeezing spriting time into my already packed semester) than the 100+ frame Mage Knight map, to which there was no original spriting involved.

I still have to do one last recolor for Halos' Sage promotion, but after that, he should be all set for the PME. Elder Baels and Bonewalkers, beware! Halos is on his way!

MEGA UPDATE FOR MY CURRENT FANBASE OF TWO FOLLOWERS:

Halos has recently had the good fortune of being picked for a spot in popular Fire Emblem Let's Player Mangs' FE8 Pick My Edits!
For those of you who aren't aware, a 'Pick My Edits' (or 'PME' for short) is a ROM hack in which Mangs' YouTube and Twitch subscribers suggest funny edits that could be made to a clean GBA Fire Emblem ROM. Furthermore, Mangs' Patreons (of which I am one) have the additional opportunity to submit a character sheet complete with growths, skills, weapon loadout, and custom artwork that can be selected by the PME team to replace one of the canon units. I was very lucky to be selected as one of those lucky Patreons for the Summer 2018 "Sacred Stones" Hack.

Halos was chosen to replace Lute in Chapter 4, and his character sheet and support conversations with myrmidon Vioh Skies can be viewed as an attachment to this post. I will also upload my custom spriting for this hack as I finish it. I am optimistic regarding Halos performance on Mangs' channel this summer, as he is joining early and is loaded out with special equipment and a decent personal skill, which could place him among the higher tier characters of the early game.

It's a huge honor to be a part of this project, and I am very excited to see what Mangs does with my OC. (Tbh, I'm really hoping Mangs doesn't let him get crit and die, but I guess we'll see in May.) Fingers crossed!

Later, guys ;)

Halos_Vioh_Supports.docx

HalosPMECharacterSheet.docx

Here we are half a year later! Honestly, given my track record of perseverance, I'm actually surprised I've returned to this blog to post again. Yet here I am.

This post's purpose is more to feature the work of another Fire Emblem enthusiast rather than mine. A high school friend (tagged Solvaij) made Halos his own character portrait. Naturally, I felt a rare artistic urge to recolor his sprite to match the palette she used in the mugshot.

Attached are Solvaij's Halos mug and my recolored stationary sprites of Halos' mage and summoner forms. Maybe in another year, I'll actually get around to recoloring the other 35 frames of his animation. Who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

UNTIL NEXT TIME: SEE YA

***EDIT***
It's now 12:33 AM the morning after I posted this, and I'm nearly halfway done recoloring Halos' battle sprite (not the crit animation). I'll try to finish it up tomorrow, but like, school, ya know? Pece.

Here we are half a year later! Honestly, given my track record of perseverance, I'm actually surprised I've returned to this blog to post again. Yet here I am.

This post's purpose is more to feature the work of another Fire Emblem enthusiast rather than mine. A high school friend (tagged Solvaij) made Halos his own character portrait. Naturally, I felt a rare artistic urge to recolor his sprite to match the palette she used in the mugshot.

Attached are Solvaij's Halos mug and my recolored stationary sprites of Halos' mage and summoner forms. Maybe in another year, I'll actually get around to recoloring the other 35 frames of his animation. Who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

UNTIL NEXT TIME: SEE YA

***EDIT***
It's now 12:33 AM the morning after I posted this, and I'm nearly halfway done recoloring Halos' battle sprite (not the crit animation). I'll try to finish it up tomorrow, but like, school, ya know? Pece.