Gloves, stockings, and boots will not be included in this project. That stuff already exists and there's no reason to duplicate any of it.
We'll pretend that the front portion of the middy collar is stitched onto the bra strap (because it requires more work to model them separately). Hence, if you increase the breast slider then the front section of the colorful middy collar will stretch and become longer (while the rear section remains the same size).
Since it's serving as a bra-strap, the front portion of the middy collar will flex and bounce slightly in response to changes in the breast position. However, it will remain taut most of the time, because SDT physics do not allow the breasts to move in a way which avoids strain on the shoulder strap (e.g. even when the character is lying supine, gravity does
not pull the breasts towards the ribcage).
The rear portion of the middy collar will be allowed to move and flutter slightly (like a miniature cape). Therefore it will
not be drawn edge-on, but will instead be curled/wrapped to fit around the ribcage -- not quite as extensively as Mike's version, though. When the character is at rest, the fabric will point towards the floor -- it will
not have a "permanent dramatic wind" effect.
I'd like the animate the two ribbons, but their canonical position is inconvenient. If the ribbon is nestled in the character's cleavage then (1: it would be mostly hidden in a profile view) and (2: its movement would be limited because it's surrounded by boobs). These problems also apply, less acutely, to the rear ribbon. Therefore
I intend to shift both of the ribbons higher up -- to the highest available point on the panties, and to the bra position shown by Sailor Jupiter in reference image #2.
If you can find high-quality side view reference images of the Sailor Scout ribbons, then please share them. These
don't need to be "narikiri bra" images -- images showing the regular leotard+skirt are fine, so long as the ribbons are clearly visible and well-drawn.
The bra and collar will include breast slider support, but I'm going to focus on medium-sized breasts similar to those shown in the reference images. The bra straps will scale to match the breast size, but the ribbon will not (so it would look enormous against a flat chest and tiny against maximum boobage). The torso strap may suffer delamination during heavy bouncing with large breasts, and it may not attach cleanly to minimum-size breasts (because the target area is narrower than the strap itself).
The panties will be a modified version of the "Thong" underwear from vanilla SDT. They'll be edited to include white trim, and they'll use a stretchy waistband (because the back-layer-meets-chest-layer hingepoint annoys me).
The result will be a slightly "highleg" design -- similar to Image #1 rather than Image #2 or #3 (whose waistlines are quite flat when seen from the front).
The bra will be based on the SDT vanilla bra. The main "catch" here is that
we can't directly reuse the straps (for boring technical reasons). The shoulder strap is irrelevant (since we're replacing it with a big colorful collar) but the torso strap will need to be reimplemented. This will probably force some changes in the shape of the bra itself (so that it meets up cleanly with the redesigned strap).
The seamlines and gussets on the bra might be included. It depends on how much work is needed to fit the straps and correct the shading. If I'm sick of even
looking at the bra by that point, then I'll just leave the bra in its normal "rounded" form.
The
cleavage jewels would be almost wholly concealed by the breasts and/or ribbons in profile view ... so
I'll probably just omit them.
The
choker jewels could be included pretty easily, but there are two problems:
- we need a reference image. I can easily draw a half-circle with some vague reflection patterns, but the images suggest that there's some kind of socket or filigree around them.
- Note: while you're looking for this, try to find a clean highres side-view of the tiara as well (perhaps you can find a single image which includes both!). If we can get the reference artwork then I'll include the tiara - just for the sake of completeness.
- If someone has already created a Tiara mod then please let me know ASAP so that I don't waste time on it.
- the choker jewels are absent in some of the full-body reference images. Are they supposed to be optional? Do the girls acquire them only after "leveling up"? Or did some of the artists just forget to draw them in?
