Actually, did I just forget or My Hero Academy didn’t actually exist back when Fates was made? Even tho Arthur’s still a reference to classic american heroes, so there’s still that.
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According to Wikipedia, My Hero Academia’s manga run started July 7th, 2014, while Fire Emblem Fates’ Japanese release was July 9th, 2015… So, very close to precisely one year later. Depending on at what point in development Arthur was created and his character design and details were “locked in”, it’s definitely possible he was inspired to some extent by All Might. I do think it’s more likely that he and All Might were just both based on The Archetypal/Stereotypical American Superhero, though, and came out looking similar because of that.
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Yeah Topazlight is correct, I believe the manga was out a year in advance compared to Fates. I feel like it could be a nod to something popular though, since anime and manga have referenced each other in the past (see all the DBZ, Sailor Moon, Gundam, Mazinger and Astro boy references in everything else). As for this latest sprite, I personally don’t use the beast units of Fates that often and the gimmick in the Kitsune chapter of Conquest was annoying (although interesting).
In other news I’ve slowed down due to Lunar New Year coming up and I’ve also been pretty occupied as well with Marvel Rivals and Dynasty Warriors: Origins. On Dynasty Warriors, its an interesting game, where I think its rated it better than previous titles because of the RPG elements it has, plus each moveset in the game is actually unique (not in just how it looks), but the actual combos and functionality of each weapon is different from each other. Only the starting weapon you get in that game has the classic button inputs for combos and mechanics. Another thing that is amusing is that the game has a Fire Emblem esque Support system with the MC and other unique characters, and since the characters need to like the MC like a Corrin, Kris or Robin, they all come off as MC sexual, which is funny because the MC is a dude and the majority of the unique cast are dudes so it becomes a dude dating sim in these supports.
The next character is going to be a gen 1 female (I think there are only 3 left). I’m also thinking of taking a short break from Fates portraits after gen 1 is done and do like 5 non Fates portraits after gen 1 before starting gen 2.
I’ve updated the main post with the below entries under F2E - Fire Emblem (FE Fates Saga - FE 14 - Kaden)
FE 14 Fates - Kaden
So here is Hoshido’s gen 1 beast unit, Kaden the Kitsune chief. His ears and tail are done in a different style to the Wolfskins of Nohr, so I decided to try and fit his tail into his portrait. The tail in his Fates portrait is actually situated a bit further away from his body, but that wouldn’t fit in a regular hackbox. I could of done the extender and extended it away, but decided before starting this project that I would again do all base portraits within default parameters for flexibility and compatibility. Overall pretty happy with how this one turned out, although I reiterate my weakness in this portrait is again fur, so if I were to revisit this, I’d revisit his tail and ears.
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This looks really good! Personally, I’m hoping Selena is next.
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I’m hoping Gazak happens at some point
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Unfortunately you guessed wrong. This is the first of Sakura’s retainers that I’ve done and with this at least one of each of the Royal’s retainers have been sprited. Probably will be too busy the next two weeks to make a lot of meaningful progress on sprites with Lunar New Year, but we’ll see what happens.
I’ll eventually get round to doing basically all the non generic portraits of Fates, but that will take some time. I think I’ve got something like 50 left to go. Still have at least 7 Gen 1 left I think. The next portrait will be a gen 1 female (you got a 50 50 coin flip on the guess here).
I’ve updated the main post with the below entries under F2E - Fire Emblem (FE Fates Saga - FE 14 - Hana)
FE 14 Fates - Hana
So here is your only female base Myrmidon/Samurai/Swordmaster vs the 3 male ones (Ryoma, Hinata, Hisame). Hana’s hair volume reminds me a bit like Camilla’s just that it has less of a chest to sit on, so it doesn’t get highlighted as much. She uses quite a few colours, so basically I had to use her skin tones in her hair, trimming and armour. I’m a bit mixed on how her hair turned out, but I kind of wanted to get this one portrait out before Lunar New Year starts proper for me. If I were to revisit this one, I’d maybe play with her hair palette a bit and redo it.
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Now, readers: is it to Cygnus’s advantage to stay with his choice of Selena, or should he switch to Scarlet? He chose Selena when there were three Gen 1 ladies for Gary to sprite, but now with Hana’s reveal there are only two left.
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So its been a few weeks. I haven’t quite finished Lunar New Year celebrations, but I have managed to finish one sprite in the meantime. Unfortunately for Selena fans, it is not her time yet.
The next one is going to be gen 1 male Hoshidan (I think there is only 3 left, so you got a 1 in 3 chance).
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FE 14 Fates - Scarlet
Scarlet is a cool design and neat character in Fates. Kinda sucks that shes only really playable in one route. She is unique in being from another region/faction in Fates that isn’t Nohr or Hoshido, being a Knight of Cheve, which gives her different armour to the Nohrians. I think overall I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. If I were to revisit this one, it’d be the headband and maybe the shoulder plates getting re done/touched up.
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It would be interesting, but not necessary, if you did an alt of her as a reanimated vallite soldier, since all it changes is just her face being a bit obscured and giving sort of a death glare.
I spoilered this for, well, spoiler reasons.
Otherwise, cool character that unfortunately is only really playable in one route. Can’t wait for the other characters.
Next would be Odin, I think?
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He said Hoshidan, which means Subaki, Hinata, or Yukimura.
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Oh damn, didn’t read clearly then lol. My bad.
Yeah Odin is a fair bit away from the choice since he is not even in that faction. The first of only two male Pegasus riders in Fire Emblem (so far), Subaki. I always like the thought of a male Pegasus rider since as far back as playing Blazing Sword. Even though I understood the lore reasons I thought it would be cool (also Disney’s Hercules is a dude who rides a Pegasus) if there was a male Pegasus rider who specialized in hit and run attacks, targeting magic enemies (which is the basis for why Ben’s stats in The Last Promise, were more on speed and resistance for a Wyvern Knight (although Blazer had to still adjust his, stats a bit because the original concept was very squishy for his joining chapter)). I considered updating the Observation Only section with more sprites I worked on for The Last Promise and maybe some more back story, when I was too busy to sprite new things, but I ended up being too busy to even do that during the Lunar New Year.
The next character is going to be gen 1 male Nohrian (again only 3 left I think).
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FE 14 Fates - Subaki
Fire Emblem’s first male Pegasus rider Subaki. Honestly was a cool concept and kind of always wished there were male Pegasus riders as far back as the Blazing Sword days. Again, Hoshidan hair volume is pretty thick, there is definitely something in their water, or they just don’t cut their hair (something old Chinese did. I’m not as familiar with old Japanese customs). Despite having a generic playable blue colour scheme, he does end up with a really stretched out palette with two different blues (a Cyan blue and a deep blue) and white clothing. With the addition of black shoulder plates with orange tassels and rope. I was quite dreading getting all the colours to fit, but I made it work. Although I am a bit iffy on his chest rope tassel thing, so I have created an alt without it. He ended up being a little bit on the bigger side, but its sorta suitable for Subaki since he is also on the taller side too. I felt his base hair cut was a little bland in the fringe so I made some adjustments to add a little bit of detail to make it a little less bland too.
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Are any of these F2U? I need the Orochi and Hayato portraits for my fangame, since it’s a magic variant of Myrm Emblem, focused on all the Mage class characters, along with the light and dark magic users.
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Most of Garytop’s are F2E, but always check in his F2E folder or on any of his repository posts
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Orochi and Hayato are F2E, if you want to browse my other sprites for other FE magic users, the ones in the Fire Emblem sections are all F2E.
So this is the last non retainer Nohrian completed, which leaves I think about 5 gen 1 Fates characters left. I’ve done a fair amount so far (42 Fates characters) and its not even all the playables. I think theres still like 51 unique Fates characters left to do too, so not even half way yet. Although I’ve been pining to draw some non Fates stuff as well (will probably do a few non Fates after Gen 1).
The next character is going to be a gen 1 Hoshidan (you have 50/50 here).
I’ve updated the main post with the below entries under F2E - Fire Emblem (FE Fates Saga - FE 14 - Benny and Scarlet)
FE 14 Fates - Benny
So the first male armour unit in Fates. I’ve been dreading attempting Benny, because his pose and being an armour unit makes a unique combination of difficulty in spriting. With other front facing sprites like Owain, Geese, Jahn and FE 6 Soldiers, they are at least not that bulky and can fit proportionally well in the hackbox. Benny’s only saving grace is his haircut is pretty short. His head is actually bigger than the Owain I did, but it still feels a little bit narrow by maybe a pixel, but when I was drawing it and comparing it to other sprites, I was already concerned after making it larger twice. I guess its just the face on look makes sprites look narrow or weird. Otherwise I’m surprised with how it turned out and am pretty happy with it. He did end up also using a lot of colours with; two different armour colours (the neck guard is black compared to this chest piece and other armours being dark blue), being blonde, white undercloth, belt and buckles and darker skinned. Somehow managed to make it all balance.FE 14 Fates - Scarlet Revelations Alt
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So this is the last of the non retainers completed, although I think Yukimura and Orochi were Mikoto’s retainers if I am recalling correctly. Yukimura is a pretty cool character and feels like a really competent Fire Emblem NPC (unless you’re using him). This guy was holds of the entirety of the Nohrian army (Birthright and Conquest) and the Vallites and doesn’t fold over (unless Corrin is fighting him). I don’t think you see another feat like this from an NPC that is this competent again until General Holst from 3 Houses/Hopes who manages to pause Nemesis’ forces. Otherwise generally it feels like your main character party in games is always baby sitting/rescuing your NPC allies in stories.
I’d like to see more competent NPCs in the future, it sorta helps the world building, and can be used to flesh out antagonists etc as well.
I’ve also decided to revisit Benny and get rid of the armour shine on his shoulder plates. I decided I didn’t like them after sleeping on it. That aside, its amusing that I’ve drawn 2 characters named Yukimura, which I feel like is an uncommon name to but its funny to have drawn 2 characters from different franchises with the same name.
The next character is going to be a non blonde retainer (you have a 3/4 pick here I think).
I’ve updated the main post with the below entries under F2E - Fire Emblem (FE Fates Saga - FE 14 - Yukimura and Benny)
FE 14 Fates - Yukimura
So Yukimura, again has a deceptively large volume of hair, its just a bit messier and kept mainly over his head rather than in a ponytail or trailing behind him in a long mess. Overall I think he turned out alright, I was mixed on how big to make his shoulders because his hair makes his head look pretty big. Glasses are always a bit finicky to draw in sprites, but I think they turned out alright here. I usually cut off the top of glasses because most characters wear them half over their eyes in portraits. So as a design choice I usually believe is more important to be able to see the characters eyes (unless its a point or trait that you can’t see them clearly (for example sunglasses wearing characters)). I think if I were to try and go over this one again, I’d probably try playing with his hair again.FE 14 Fates - Benny
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That’s oddly specific. Just outright say it’s Odin “Shining Hero of Hand Gestures” Dark at this point, he’s the only blondie among the remaining four
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If it is I need to be notified have been trying to find a portrait for that character for the self randomizer for a long time.
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Well I don’t know if anyone noticed this when I did the Awakening characters, but I did on purposely leave the Awakening trio towards the end, partly because I know they are the most popular characters and its like holding a carrot on a stick for myself to work towards them. So I guess for everyone now, its time to guess what order they’ll be completed in to wrap up Gen 1 Fates.
I’ve also decided to do a neat compilation picture below of the Hoshidan Royals and their Retainers. Looks like a fair amount when put it out like that. I’ll do one for the Nohrians as well when the awakening trio are done and then a Gen 1 Compilation picture as well.
I’ve updated the main post with the below entry under F2E - Fire Emblem (FE Fates Saga - FE 14 - Hinata)
FE 14 Fates - Hinata
With Hinata completed, that is the last of the Hoshidan royal family retainers and the last of the Gen 1 Hoshidans done. Overall I think he turned out well. The fact that the more detailed and multi coloured parts of his clothing are a bit below his chest, made his design easier to draw and palette for (no purples required for example and the trimming is simple). I think he turned out pretty clean so I’m pretty satisfied with him. If I were to revisit him, I’d play with his hair shading and the Hoshidan emblem on his collar.
Hoshidan Royals and their Retainers
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So I’ve been busy and procrastinating a bit lately. After several busy weekends, I’ve also nearly gotten all the steam achievements for Civ VII (so almost 150 hours). To be honest I don’t know if I recommend it yet for Civ fans. If you’ve played Amplitude’s Humankind though, it feels like a cross between that and Civ, which makes it feel deceptively faster.
Anyway the first of the Awakening trio to be drawn is Selena/Severa. Especially after drawing a bunch of guys in a row, its a nice refresh. I’m personally mixed on the idea of re using popular characters and or designs for a game that is not a sequel or prequel, but it is what it is and these characters were popular for a reason.
Now you have a 50/50 on which character is next. Is it Laslow or Odin?
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FE 14 Fates - Selena/Severa
The first of the Awakening trio in Fates. She is slightly bigger (2 pixels) taller than the Severa from Fates I made. I considered shrinking her, but it sorta of lost some details on her portrait. I also tried to keep her palette as close as I could to her Awakening one, however I had to change her fourth skin tone so I could shade the gold detailing on her clothing (I did try originally with just 4 tones, but didn’t have close enough tones to make nice transitions). The colour palette of the clothing was the hardest part of this portrait, followed by maybe the hair ties for her hair. I’m still quite mixed on her shoulder plate, since its supposed to be a different red to her hair, but I got a bit tired of working on this one. If I were to revisit this portrait, the should plate and maybe the hair ties would get looked at again.
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