93% of my hexing is Autospotted Calis (Tutorial)
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:46 pm
Supplies
Pet Workshop (new anchoring fork from https://ratshack.neocities.org/text/petz/petzutils)
LNZ Pro (original from https://www.sherlocksoftware.org/page.php?id=14)
Autospotter (shared here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... uYadZC1sk9)
Blank Cali base (shared here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... mwafhRRI4K)
Transparent Texture Chart (from Alena @ Moonflower https://moonflowerpetz.neocities.org/Transtexcomp.png)
Semitransparent Texture Chart (from Alena @ Moonflower https://moonflowerpetz.neocities.org/Ma ... Chart3.png)
Painting the Base
Open Pet Workshop. Load the blank base (Calico.cat). Set “Apply changes to” to “Base data” option.
Select a base texture/color combination for the majority of the body balls from either the Transparent or Semitransparent Texture Chart. Select accent color/s (often fully transparent textured, white and black are popular). Select a mottling color/texture combination to blend into the base. Paint the model as desired.
Example
Base Color: 105(tan)
Base Texture: Hair20 @ 125(dusty)
Mottling Color: 35(black)
Mottling Texture: Plush @ 0(no transparency)
Transparent Texture: Hair10 @ 1(full transparency)
Transparent Accent Colors: 35(black), 15(white)
Autospotting
Typically, I use size ranges of 5. Due to the code used, the maximum size of paintball is never actually generated, so add 1 to desired max size when entering the parameters. (ex you want 15-20, type 15 in min and 21 in max)
Group balls of similar sizes and autospot them together.
Example
To decide your parameters for the Autospotter, you should preview the paintballs in Pet Workshop. Envision how many spots you want based on the size and look you are going for.
I usually use odd numbers. This doesn’t actually matter but it's a tradition of mine.
Fuzz can vary. 3 is a good all-around number. 5 or occasionally 7 (maximum) can be good for mottling similar textures together with less obvious seams. Feel free to experiment with even number fuzz like 2 or 4. Be wary of 0 fuzz except for unusual cases.
To determine size range, select a ball in Pet Workshop from the group you want to autospot while in paintball mode and size the paintball up and down.
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Example Mottling Paintball Parameters for Hips, Neck
Note: As balls decrease in size, to keep uniformity, (relative) paintball size should increase, and number of paintballs per ball should decrease
Example Mottling Paintball Parameters for Tail
Note: Paintballs on the body are usually naturally larger than paintballs on the lower arms, legs, and tail. Usually don’t try to size them all the way up to meet the body paintballs.
Experiment with unusual texture and color combinations! Experiment with spot size and amount and location!
Protip: Cute easy non-autospot paintball markings: Chest patch, eye patch, face stripe
Protip: If trying to mottle 2+ textures in paintballs, consider using https://www.random.org/lists/ to randomly shuffle the paintballs so one texture isn’t consistently on top of another.
Base Color & Texture: most of the body balls
Mottling Color & Texture: commonly legs, tail, cheeks, paintballs on body balls (over base)
Transparent Accent Colors & Textures: commonly paws, fingers, feet, toes, ears, tail tip, jowls, cheeks and jaw, chin, paintballs on body balls (over mottling texture)
Pet Workshop (new anchoring fork from https://ratshack.neocities.org/text/petz/petzutils)
LNZ Pro (original from https://www.sherlocksoftware.org/page.php?id=14)
Autospotter (shared here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... uYadZC1sk9)
Blank Cali base (shared here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... mwafhRRI4K)
Transparent Texture Chart (from Alena @ Moonflower https://moonflowerpetz.neocities.org/Transtexcomp.png)
Semitransparent Texture Chart (from Alena @ Moonflower https://moonflowerpetz.neocities.org/Ma ... Chart3.png)
Painting the Base
Open Pet Workshop. Load the blank base (Calico.cat). Set “Apply changes to” to “Base data” option.
Select a base texture/color combination for the majority of the body balls from either the Transparent or Semitransparent Texture Chart. Select accent color/s (often fully transparent textured, white and black are popular). Select a mottling color/texture combination to blend into the base. Paint the model as desired.
Example
Base Color: 105(tan)
Base Texture: Hair20 @ 125(dusty)
Mottling Color: 35(black)
Mottling Texture: Plush @ 0(no transparency)
Transparent Texture: Hair10 @ 1(full transparency)
Transparent Accent Colors: 35(black), 15(white)
Autospotting
Typically, I use size ranges of 5. Due to the code used, the maximum size of paintball is never actually generated, so add 1 to desired max size when entering the parameters. (ex you want 15-20, type 15 in min and 21 in max)
Group balls of similar sizes and autospot them together.
Example
To decide your parameters for the Autospotter, you should preview the paintballs in Pet Workshop. Envision how many spots you want based on the size and look you are going for.
I usually use odd numbers. This doesn’t actually matter but it's a tradition of mine.
Fuzz can vary. 3 is a good all-around number. 5 or occasionally 7 (maximum) can be good for mottling similar textures together with less obvious seams. Feel free to experiment with even number fuzz like 2 or 4. Be wary of 0 fuzz except for unusual cases.
To determine size range, select a ball in Pet Workshop from the group you want to autospot while in paintball mode and size the paintball up and down.
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Example Mottling Paintball Parameters for Hips, Neck
Note: As balls decrease in size, to keep uniformity, (relative) paintball size should increase, and number of paintballs per ball should decrease
Example Mottling Paintball Parameters for Tail
Note: Paintballs on the body are usually naturally larger than paintballs on the lower arms, legs, and tail. Usually don’t try to size them all the way up to meet the body paintballs.
Experiment with unusual texture and color combinations! Experiment with spot size and amount and location!
Protip: Cute easy non-autospot paintball markings: Chest patch, eye patch, face stripe
Protip: If trying to mottle 2+ textures in paintballs, consider using https://www.random.org/lists/ to randomly shuffle the paintballs so one texture isn’t consistently on top of another.
Base Color & Texture: most of the body balls
Mottling Color & Texture: commonly legs, tail, cheeks, paintballs on body balls (over base)
Transparent Accent Colors & Textures: commonly paws, fingers, feet, toes, ears, tail tip, jowls, cheeks and jaw, chin, paintballs on body balls (over mottling texture)