Here's something I've been waiting to show you for a while now. It was talked about briefly before, but now it's finally ready for the world.

First, some background. A few months back, Warfaremachine released a new Krystal rig for free. Inspired by some Krystal fanart, rather than the original game models, it was stylistically different from other Krystal rigs. The model was more or less created specifically for NSFW purposes, meaning I couldn't link to it here on the Krystal Archive. However, several people, ended up using it for SFW projects, including Falemirous's Half Life 2 Mod and Schattenkitsune66's MMD Conversion Rig. Then, in late November 2017, Warfaremachine created a version 2 of his rig, with much higher detail and additional features. This version was also NSFW, so like the first, I couldn't really link to that either. Unlike the first rig, however, this one cost $20 to download and use.

After a conversation with Falemirous, I contacted Warfaremachine with a proposal: I asked for a clean, safe-for-work variant of the rig that could be released for free, and stipulate that it could not be used for NSFW purposes. In exchange, I compensated him for his time and the right to distribute it.

He agreed!

After a few weeks of effort and tweaks, we have prepared the two versions of the rig. One for Blender, which allows for high quality rendering and animations. The other exported for Garry's Mod, where it can easily be adapted to games, mods, MMD, or anything else. Both the Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox Assault variants are in each version. These rigs are free forever, and you can do pretty much whatever you want with them: renders, animations, videos, game mods, fan games, 3D prints, etc. However, you CANNOT redistribute them, sell them, or in any way use them for NSFW purposes. That and be sure to credit Warfaremachine when showing off your creations.

Additionally, you are allowed to create modifications of these rigs, such as making the rig compatible with a game or MMD. Unlike the original rig, you CAN redistribute your modified rigs, with credit to Warfaremachine for the base rig. However, you can't charge for those changes, or in any way use those changes to allow the creation of NSFW materials. Check the README files for more details on what is and isn't allowed. We tried to make it pretty permissive.

• Krystal Fox 2018 (Free Edition) - 57.9MB - Blender and texture files for posing and rendering
• Krystal Fox 2018 (Free Edition) for Garry's Mod - 52.9MB - Garry's Mod compatible version for games and mods

Both downloads use 7Zip compression. To decompress them, use 7zip for Windows or Keka for Mac OS X.

There's also a page in the 3D section for this rig.

Warfaremachine will be releasing his distribution of this rig around the same time that this post goes up. Thanks for working hard on this project and being super cool about what I was trying to do.

Update: A pre-packaged version of the Garry's Mod variant is also available on the Steam Workshop for Garry's Mod.

Checking through Spriters-Resource, Wreckingcanon found a custom Krystal sprite for the unused Star Fox 2 Battle Mode Selection Screen. This was made by Arima, and it was posted back in July 2017. You can view and download it on its Spritesheet Page.

Speaking of sprites, don't forget about all the Krystal-related sprites by SmithyGCN:

• Custom Krystal Spritesheet
• Krystal Spritesheet
• Krystal Sprite Animation
• Special Effects
• Krystal Profile Sprite

Thanks to Wreckingcanon for the heads up.

Mikiel2171 has been working on a Krystal model off and on since 2011. It looks like this rig was visually inspired by (or perhaps was built from) the Little_Dragon/CharleyFox Rig. Unlike that rig, however, this one is built in Blender, a free 3D graphics and animation program.

As of a few days ago, he released his New Years Download Pack, which includes version 2.7 of Krystal, Renamon, and Lola Bunny. Included with these self-contained Blender files are the models, textures, alternate clothes, rigging, and post-processing settings for a high quality render of Krystal (or those other characters). From what I can tell, the Krystal model comes with both her Assault and Adventures clothing, a Staff, and the scouter you can see in the render above.

This pack can be downloaded and used for free, just be sure to let Mikiel2171 know. He wants to see what you create.

Before I can record episode #40, I had to get the audio version out for the previous episode (whoops!). So here it is. If you're subscribed to the audio podcast, this episode should show up for you soon. It's a barely edited version of the video's audio, so if you've seen the streamed version, there's nothing new here. This podcast featured video of my screen as I scrolled through news stories on the site, so I may refer to things without describing them.

This was a recap episode covering mostly what happened in the previous few months since the last podcast. I took questions and comments from the live audience rather than pre-selected email questions this time.

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Just a quick post today. 12 years ago today, the Krystal Archive came online for the first time. It's been through a lot: four or five designs, a major hack, interviews with voice actresses and industry insiders, and more Krystal news and fan works than you can shake a stick at! It's been awesome, and I have a lot planned for the coming year. Thank you all for continuing to visit and contribute to this site, and more importantly, our lovely blue vixen.

With that said, I really wanted to do a podcast for the occasion. Unfortunately, some health issues suddenly got in the way. I will try to get that done as soon as I can. In the meantime, let's celebrate! It's a new year full of possibilities and great things to come.

GoldenFox51 sends in this picture from Garry's Mod for the celebration.

Game musician Dinnick the 3rd has created a lovely little cover of the Cape Claw theme from Star Fox Adventures. It features guitar, xylophone, and even an ocarina. For the chorus, he created new lyrics.

What does this song have to do with Krystal? Great question. Turns out, Krystal's theme makes up part of this song. Plus, it's just really really good!

You can listen to the whole album, and purchase it for whatever price you think is fair, on the Album Bandcamp Page.

There are other Star Fox works he's done. There's this awesome Corneria Cover from the classic Star Fox for the SNES. Then you can sample his electronic cover of Swapstone Hollow from the unreleased Dinosaur Planet.

Up-and-coming fursuit maker, Sweet Roll Fursuits has just completed a Krystal fursuit on commission after a year of work.

The suit comes with a complete foam head (including jewelry), bodysuit, tail, footpaws with sandals, gloves, armor, clothing, and even Krystal's staff (no pictures of that yet). No idea about who the buyer is, though we'll probably see this suit "in the wild" sooner rather than later.

Sweet Roll Fursuits has also done a Fox McCloud fursuit head in the past, as well as Falco and Fox costumes. According to her commission page, she is open for commissions with 4 slots available right now, though that information might be out of date. Since this is a new fursuit maker, the prices are extremely good, especially considering the quality and quantity of what you get for the price. If you're interested in a fursuit or other large costume, consider Sweet Roll Fursuits.

PS - Sorry I missed posting yesterday. I'm going to do another post right away.

Here they are, the 4K and original resolution versions of the Honeymoon cutscene in Japanese. I explained in a previous post the serious technical challenges to create these videos.

With the planet Sauria saved once again, Fox and Krystal enjoy the company of an old friend, Tricky. In these versions, you can clearly see the lipsyncing working better. These pre-rendered cutscenes were not modified for the localization, with one known exception. Enjoy!

SchattenKitsune666 decided to do another MMD video with Krystal because a lot of folks were asking for more with her singing. This took 11 hours to fully render. This is HBR102989's rig, which he returned to after not using it for some time. The song is Sayonara by Tiara.

Thanks to GoldenFox51 for the heads up!

I've completed my week long break, and traveled back home after visiting family for Christmas. I hope you all had safe trips if you were traveling.

2017 was a fantastic year for the Krystal Archive! For the first time, the Krystal Archive began releasing regular posts, usually at least once per day, for weeks at a time. We also, FINALLY, got to play Star Fox 2 officially for the first time with the announcement and release of the SNES Classic. The Krystal Archive now has an active Discord server where I talk with you guys every day and we collaborate on projects. And there was so much more!

Now, 2018 is upon us! The things that were accomplished in 2017 will only expand in the coming year. I have quite a few plans. Some big, some small, which I will talk about a bit in the next podcast which I plan to release on the Krystal Archive's 12th anniversary on January 8th (next Monday).

Thank you all for a great year. I hope you and I both can create great resolutions for the new year, and then accomplish them.