Au Ra Facepaint, Working as intended?

[Vermilion]

I'm sure now that people have had a few days to play around with the benchmark and character creation tools. Many have noticed a possible "Issue" with facepaint/scale clipping.

I have included a picture, The one on the Left I have edited to have the facepaint go under the scales, The one on the right is how facepaint currently interacts with scales.



I know some people like how it works, and some people (like myself) do not. So I was wondering if this is how facepaint is meant to interact with the scales, Or if it is an unintended bug.

If it is working as intended I was wondering if at all possible we could get an Under/Over toggle for face paint so it does not clip with the scales.

Do you usually take the scales off to apply the facepaint? Just saying usually you put the facepaint ON your skin... Not under it. Which those scales are supposed to be a part of. If it was a tattoo, that would be different.

Step 1 : cover the scales with something
Step 2: put on the face paint
Step 3: uncover the scales

I mean from a logical point, both parties are right.
Scales are part of the skin, so in a sense it makes sense to paint over them.
But if we are arguing on a realistic/logical scale, then it's just as easy to cover them up, and paint around them.

Aesthetically I prefer no paint on my scales as it adds a good contrast of colors. I wouldn't mind paint on the scales if it didn't look muddled either. If we are playing with logic here, paint would change colors depending on the base of the canvas, in this case, Skin + Black scales. Any paint over the black scales would be much darker and still have that shiny and hard scale texture. But what we currently have is same color/texture for paint on scale and skin. I think that's why it looks slightly "off" to me.




Thoughts? Opinions? Possibly an official response?

[Ayamia]

Do you usually take the scales off to apply the facepaint? Just saying usually you put the facepaint ON your skin... Not under it. Which those scales are supposed to be a part of. If it was a tattoo, that would be different.

[Felis]

Step 1 : cover the scales with something
Step 2: put on the face paint
Step 3: uncover the scales

[Vermilion]

Do you usually take the scales off to apply the facepaint? Just saying usually you put the facepaint ON your skin... Not under it. Which those scales are supposed to be a part of. If it was a tattoo, that would be different.

No you generally do not, but a lot of people think it looks slightly off, you can even see scales clipping through the face paint in some parts too.
Not asking for it to be fixed if it is intended, but a simple toggle would be nice for those that want it.

[Ashkendor]

I think it makes perfect sense that it applies over the scales, since the scales are part of their skin. *shrug*

[Keydah]

I mean...logically, that's how it would work. They'd put their face paint over their scales because it'd be extra work painting around them otherwise.
But it just looks bad in the game. x:

[Evergrey]

Looks weird with the paint avoiding the scales like that. Looks like the scales were glued on afterwards.

[Mugiawara]

I mean...logically, that's how it would work. They'd put their face paint over their scales because it'd be a needless amount of work avoiding them otherwise.
But it just looks bad in the game. x:

Actually it's simple....you simply paint above the scales that shape that you wanted.
Not difficult at all and this looks like an error lol.

[Felis]

I mean...logically, that's how it would work. They'd put their face paint over their scales because it'd be extra work painting around them otherwise.
But it just looks bad in the game. x:

Don't have to paint around the scales if they just cover the scales with paper or cloth before painting over it.

[Spy]

I'm actually with the OP. Personally, I hate the marks going over the scales. It looks weird to me. I dont think it'd be hard for them to cover their scales as the paint was applied. I don't see whats wrong with keeping it the way it is, either, however (Especially considering I'm probably not going to race change), but yeah, a toggle would be nice.