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[Model Release] (Aerith Gainsborough Cosplayer)

Added 2022-05-16 20:56:40 +0000 UTC

This model was the winner for my first poll for my next character model in April.

This model concept comes from Aerith Cosplaying as the Persona 5 Character Haru Okumura.

Since I already made an Aerith model before, (one I wasn't satisfied with), I decided to go ahead and try new things with this version as I started from scratch.

About this model:

-Autorig-pro Rig

-MustardUI Menu

- Default Aerith outfit from FF7R

-"Sexy red dress" from FF7R with variant

-Custom "Wrestling" Gear outfit

-Bikini, Lingerie and Gym outfits

-Punk Outfit (FF7 First Soldier)

-Sailor Jupiter cosplay outfit

-Haru Okumura/Phantom Thief (persona 5) Outfit

-Multiple customizable tattoos (5 options per arms, legs and torso)

-Makeup, Lipstick color and nail colors customizable through UI menu

-Subsurface, Normal strength, Skin Wetness, Skin Dirt, outfit options in Menu

-4 optional hairstyles

-Rig swaps automatically via Menu, (bones for skirts and other parts show when you swap to a new outfit using the menu)

-Body shapes like voluptuous, skinnier smaller breasts, etc are also options in the UI menu (outfits react)

PLEASE READ THESE FAQ BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT, (if you ask a question that is answered here, I will ignore you)

BLENDER VERSION TO USE THIS MODEL: This model is compatible with Blender 3.4, 3.5 and newer versions, loading it in any of the previous version may not work. DO NOT LOAD THIS MODEL IN BLENDER 3.3 OR OLDER, AND DO NOT SAVE IT USING BLENDER 3.3 OR OLDER, OR YOU'LL DESTROY THE SHADERS!!

YOU MUST USE THE UI MENU: Use the UI(user interface) Menu to hide and show outfit parts, don't do it manually unless you want to waste your time. The script automatically deactivates the armature modifiers of the meshes that are hidden using the menu outfits list. Meaning that if you manually show a previously hidden mesh in the viewport without using the menu the armature modifier will remain deactivated and the clothes won't move along the rig. Just use the menu (this is done to save memory while posing). IF you have any problems with the UI menu, check out Mustard's FAQ page (https://github.com/Mustard2/MustardUI/wiki/Users-FAQs)

TO VIEW THE UI MENU: IF BLENDER ASKS YOU TO ALLOW ""mustard_ui.py" SCRIPT, ALLOW IT TO ACTIVATE THE MENU SCRIPT. To use the UI Menu, press "N" in the 3D viewport and look for the "MustardUI" tab on the right of your 3d viewport.

IF THE UI MENU IS MISSING: (as per in the MustardUI FAQ page): To activate the UI If you append the model to a new blendfile, just go to the "Scripting" workspace tab, select the notebook like icon at the top to browse the linked script, select "mustard_ui.py" and hit the "play" button, once you go back to the 3d Viewport layout or any other workspace with the 3D viewport, the menu will be visible for you by clicking on the model armature.

MULTIPLE UI MENUS PER MODEL: (as per in the MustardUI FAQ page): after appending a model with the mustardUI menu, If you want to have a permanent view of the UI menu for a character even when you're not clicking in the rig, select the armature, go to "settings" in the UI menu and turn off the "viewport model selection" option. If you have two models with the UI script then an option to select which character's menu will show up at the top of the UI.

FASTER PERFORMANCE AND FPS IN VIEWPORT: Use the "Simplify" Optimization option in the UI Menu to speed up your animation FPS in the viewport, it just turns off most features that makes the models lag in the viewport at once instead of having to manually do it mesh by mesh. REMEMBER TURN SIMPLIFY OFF BEFORE RENDERING, and make sure all the global properties for outfits and body are turned ON before rendering.(all can be done using the UI menu).

HOW TO USE THE RIG: This model uses an autorigpro rig. You need to install the Rig-tools add-on to avoid having any errors. Rig tools is a free version of the Autorig pro add-on shared by the creator of the tool that allows animators to use all the features the model has without the rigging tools from the full version. Install rig-tools like any add-on (press the check box to activate.) (If you already own the full version of ARP you don't need to install this). If you have questions about how to utilize the ARP rig, check the rig's creators FAQ page: http://www.lucky3d.fr/auto-rig-pro/doc/rig_behaviour_doc.html#rig-usage

WHERE ARE THE IK FK OPTIONS AT: After clicking on the hand and head bone controls, go to the "tool" tab in the outliner or in the "tool" side menu in the 3d viewport. There you can access to options like IK to FK, for the head, select the head bone and check the "Head follow" for the neck and torso posing. Also there are options for stretching limbs and pinning rotation for the knees and elbows etc. NOTE: (you MUST have the rig-tools OR the full version of ARP add-on installed for these options to be visible)

EXTRA FEATURES: The cross icon on top of the hand is for opening/closing posing for the fingers. To open the genitals click and scale the circle bellow the anus or vagina. The genitals also have extra weighted bones for detailed posing. All found in the genitals bone layers accessible throught he UI Menu. To open the mouth, select the jaw bone and move it down or up (don't rotate it on the X axis, just pose it down in it's Z axis). Activate the "Advanced" Bone Armature Layer to see more bone options for the Torso and limbs.

BEFORE SCULPTING: As a general rule, turn off the all the modifiers (do not delete them) in the mesh you wish to work with, especially if they have the "FIX" and "corrective smooth" modifiers activated for the viewport.

MORE DETAIL: If you want to see better detail for muscle shapekeys, turn smooth corrective off. You can also improve muscle and body detail using the normal strength slider in the Menu.

PROPERLY LOAD TEXTURES: Save the blend file in the same folder you chose to extract the "textures.7z" file. Open blend file after you extracted the zip, if you still managed to get missing textures, go to "File>External Data>Find Missing Files", then select the textures folder, and save. Use 7zip to extract the textures to avoid any issues. (windows default extractor is trash and will give you problems) If you got missing textures (pink) check out this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrj3jud0w8 If you still got missing textures it's most likely your zip file containing the textures got damaged during the download process and some texture files were damaged, try downloading again.

BLACK HAIR ARTIFACTS IN CYCLES: For models that have high detailed Hair meshes, use about 28 transparency or higher samples in cycles to avoid black artifacts, the more transparency samples the better.

Happy posing.

[Changelog]

-Alpha release

[Public release update]

-Update on Blender 3.2

-Updated textures for details and masks for skin shader (specularity, SSS, bump maps, dirt, AO, wetness)

-Optimized skin shader for better rendering times.

-Updated certain clothes reaction to body shapes.

[Update 1.1]

-Updated Face Texture

-Updated Cosplayer Hair added external armature

-Added 10 Pattern options for Bikini shaders.

-Added multiple face poses to pose library. More to come.

[Update 1.2]

-Updated dress weight painting (no more clipping)

-Updated hair shaders

-Fixed Face Textures minor errors (ears)

-Added Ambient occlusion node slider in menu.

[Update 1.3]

-Multiple optimization fixes

-Updated rig and fixed weight issues in legs and arms

-Fixed "Dependency cycle" error caused by duplicated drivers leftovers.

-Sexy dress short skirt version updated and rigged

-Added New Leather Lingerie outfit

-Added running shoes to gym outfit

-Fixed "dead" parenting in Aerith's Guard Rod and Flower Basket rigs

-Updated and added more genital bones for the vagina lips

[Update 1.4]

-Fixed bracelets not properly rigged for the Pink Dress

-Added back the face pose library for Facial Expressions.

[Update 1.5]

-Fixed feet weight issues for some shoes

-Updated MustardUI to version 0.25

[Update 1.6]

-Added Christmass and Halloween Outfits.

-Updated rig bone groups for outfit pieces, left, right and center (coloring to avoid confusion).

[Update 1.7 + 1.8]

- Updated Armature (new ARP Spine single control bone) (Download latest Rig tools)

- Updated Mustard UI

- Updated hair shaders

- Added Crisis Core dress and face option (face complexion option in UI menu)

- Added Auto Blink Shapekey

- Fixed missing bikini patern and color properties in the menu.

- Updated Closed Eyelids auto pose for manual posing (use the c_eyelid_top bones)

[Update 1.9]

Updated MustardUI version
Removed halloween and chirstmas outfits (still available in version 5.02)
Added Honeybee Girl outfit
Added new tied hairstyle
Updated "free" hairstyle topology and shaders
Fixed dirt material not working
Fixed nipple piercings wrong locations

[Update 2.0] (requires blender 3.5)

Updated Rig version
Fixed open genitals clipping
Updated waist bending, knee and elbows bending with extra FX armature (don't need to use preserve volume option anymore, please don't touch it).
Also added FX fix for all outfits (turn it off in viewport before sculpting)
Fixed Weird Textures bugs in anus area
Added new Lingerie Option
Added IK fingers control option (click on each finger and go to the active tool and workspace options menu (or press "N" in the viewport to view the "tools" options) and activate it
Updated Hair Shaders (added translucency slider)
Updated Skin Shaders, separated for Cycles and Eevee added sweat slider.

[Update 2.1]