Chloé - Anubian Jackal Redesign (No Clothes) (Patreon)

As announced in the last post, I had Chloé taken back to the drawing board for a redesign. Last month I had a lot of time to think about making her Zoe's sister, but eventually abandoned the idea after coming to the conclusion that it would be better to do another update of Zoe's model down the line, which should only clean up some inconsistencies and stay a lot closer to the original.

Since this new model looked fairly different from Zoe, it seemed like a much better idea to turn her into a completely new original character, rather than a weird Zoe lookalike that would co-exists next to her and would be hard to place in any sort of plot.

Meet Chloé... Patra! An anubian jackal goddess that is supposed to be the star of the show in likely the next Encounter episode, which will take place in an Egyptian setting. I admittedly already planned to have a setting like this in a future episode, but I had zero plans for characters and plot. A lot of people are still messaging me if I ever planned to bring back Jackal from one of my very first animations, and considering that Chloé's side profile looks quite jackal-like, I counted two and two together. I furthermore had always been in love with anubian-style jackals, so this was definitely a subject that I feel quite intrigued digging into!

Note that while these renders are supposed to show off her materials, her design is still unfinished and will be expanded upon in the upcoming weeks. I had to take a few steps back with Chloé and drop the clothes that Cid made for her, though they might be repurposed for Zoe's re-revision next year since they already looked great. I mostly spent the recent days retexturing her, working on her materials, and doing some first accessories that were easy to model, such as the ankh necklace. I'll probably do a couple more touches before Cid will take it from here next month to make her some proper Egytian-style clothes.

For her clothes we've decided to go with a loincloth, a bandage-esque bra, and bracelets for her wrists. I might start on the later myself already this month, but I also need to make sure to get some more animation work done on the Bunsen animation, for which I'm already planning to show a new playblast next week, hah!

Here's hoping you like where this character is taken. I certainly heard you regarding Zoe and will make sure she gets a touch up next year that is far more subtle and keeps her closer to the original. Chloé however will become a completely new original character with her own personality, traits, and abilities. I'll make sure to share some more shots of her once her clothes and accessories are done. I'm quite certain that she'll look absolutely beautiful in a full outfit with proper fur and all!

Materials are still work-in-progress, hope you like! (: