Hello again,
it has been some time since the last update, but we've been rather busy since. The rework of the previously merged and then disabled SCFE and ASP digsites is still ongoing, but we've made good progress, with some of them already reenabled in the live version and even more ready and waiting for the next update. At the moment we are roughly at the midway point with this whole project.
All the while derega has been working hard as well. The current project is a new look for our existing paragon Voggo the Great, who previously used a standard reptillian species portrait, which doesn't quite fit his personality of a megallomaniac cloner. The new one will be based of the frog alien portrait with a little farscape mixed in.
This one here is the original Voggo.
This one is one of his perfect clones - a Clone Voggo or short: Cloggo
The last one is one of his failed experiments, also a Cloggo, but with minor or potentially major deficits making him unfit to be counted to Voggo's successes. As you can see there is an easily recognizable hierarchy shown by the size of his hat ornament and throne as well as his clothing.
This picture is a bit older and still lacks the knees you can see in the other two. His pose is meant to be like this:
And here is the sketch it all started with with all the bits and pieces lending inspiration:
As you might have guessed from the different versions, this will not just be a paragon getting a unique portrait. Voggo will get new clone-themed events about him filling the galaxy with perfection - himself. Since you will over time aquire a variety of his clones as leaders, I plan to add some more variety with recolored clothing and similar things, so one can somewhat tell them apart. There is still a lot to do until we get there, but we will eventually.
The dwarves have been released in the meantime and personally I could hardly be any more satisfied with the outcome. To speak the truth, since I love dwarves as a fantasy species, that project ran a bit wild in scope... just a little bit. But I don't regret it. They are a perfect fit for the Ancestors' Grudge origin and give the two scripted empires (Sadrell and the fourth Broken Clock empire) a more unique feeling.
So much for that.
At the end a small reminder: In the discussion section of our workshop mod you can find the preliminary patch notes for the coming update. If there are any problems that haunt you and are not yet addressed there, let us know in the bug report discussion so we can fix them, hopefully.
Until next time, see you again!