This one was a lot of fun. Bit tricky, but fun. If this is the first MCC post of mine you’re seeing, hi. I do CaptainSparklez’ team skins (like here: MCC14,MCC15,MCC16) and occasionally other teams (like Sapphire Simmers for MCC16). And obviously now it’s the MCC17 team’s turn. Feel free to share this, just tag this post so that it links back to me. Thank you! Ok, more below the cut.
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In the MCC16 Sapphire Simmers post, I mentioned I make a lot of vests. And I also mentioned I should do a space theme just to avoid making more vests. Well, guess what theme I picked this time? To be fair, I wanted to do something different with this team anyways.
I tried going the royalty route (because Eret and CaptainSparklez) but it didn’t feel right. It was just too obvious. These skins were also slightly based on my memory of the MCC12 Aqua skins. But only slightly as I didn’t reference those skins when I was making these. I also switched back to block shading this time.
Oh and all of them have the cancer support ribbons for Technoblade. That and the customary Axolotls of course. These ones are probably a bit closer in design to the mini yaks I did for MCC16 Yellow Yaks. They’re not that big. Just adorable.
Alright, now for the individual breakdowns.
Starting with Eret, which was first skin I made. You can see that this skin is based off of Eret’s regular skin. Sidenote about that, the jewels on the crown on the normal skin are offset in an odd fashion. I mean, it totally works but I don’t understand the pattern. So I didn’t replicate that. Also, the jacket has an asymmetrical closed front, as opposed to the original’s open coat. This was when I was figuring out how I wanted the team to look and I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.
Antfrost is next. Now, Antfrost’s regular skin isn’t wearing clothes. So the design of his clothes was up to me. Like Seapeekay (see MCC15 Yellow Yaks), I wanted him to still look like a cat, so I didn’t cover his feet. This time I did cover up his tail because it didn’t really fit the approach I was going for. Oh and I also gave him a shoulder pad on one side. That’s his accessory, to match Eret’s crown, Kara’s bow and Cap’s glasses.
KaraCorvus’ skin was a lot of fun. First I removed the front bow because with the Technosupport ribbon, that would’ve been three ribbons. And I felt like that would be too many. I also changed her stockings and shoes to socks and boots. I really liked the way her boots turned out actually. I did have to shorten her hair like I did for Vixella’s MCC16 skin. That’s just the nature of things when putting a design on the back. But I think it’s pretty seamless. It looks kind of like a higher ponytail.
And finally, CaptainSparklez. I’m back with the two toned glasses. Or well, actually this time it’s three tones. I also moved his coat down a layer to add the flair above it. I really like the alternate cuff design I came up with. I knew I didn’t want it to be the same as his usual, but I also wanted it to sort of evoke that look (just space instead of royalty themed). I think it turned out well.
Here’s all the skins in case you want them yourself.
