Queen Confrontation – Star Fox Assault Cutscene [4K]
After the Star Wolf team pull off a distraction, the Star Fox team enters the Aparoid Queen's chambers to be faced with mind games and visions from the past. This week's Star Fox Assault cutscene is once again higher than 4K resolution with its 4:3 aspect ratio.
In these type of in-game cutscenes, there's no difference between the Japanese and English visuals, save for the on-screen text. But I've included the Japanese version anyway.
Updated Krystal Sprite Tutorial for Cladun Krystal Mod
CommanderD posted some updated Krystal mod spritesheet tutorial images for his Cladun mod, which works with both Cladun Returns: This is Sengoku! and in Cladun X2 (both available on Steam).
CommanderD says that creating this spritesheet in-game should be straightforward, but will require a bit of copy-pasting. If you want to see the mod in action, and how to create the Staff weapon, check out the original post about it.
XCABAL Received His Krystal Sculpture
XCABAL managed to purchase a Krystal sculpture that appeared on eBay a few weeks ago. After receiving it and re-attaching the tail, he sent out some photos. He's very happy with the purchase.
Atherin’s Krystal CloudRunner Arwing Model
3D modeler Atherin posted his recreation of Krystal's CloudRunner, her custom Arwing with twin laser guns and a single lock on torpedo from Star Fox Command. In that game every character had a different ship with different attributes. Krystal's craft was designed to resemble the CloudRunner pterodactyl species from Sauria. Atherin's model even includes a textured cockpit and an Command-themed Krystal pilot.
Atherin has TONS of other Star Fox related models, such as the Orbital Gate from Star Fox Assault.
You can view and download the model on the 3D Warehouse Listing. The model is available as a Collada or SketchUp file.
Somehow, I only recently found out about this model, but it has apparently been online since 2013. Thanks to Wreckingcanon for letting me know about it.
Custom Krystal Guitar
DeviantArt user jaeha2714 recently posted the rockin' result of a two month project. He made a custom Krystal guitar, complete with custom art from chibi-oneechan. Unfortunately, she has not yet posted the art to a her gallery, though she may in the future. jaeha2714 used the Storm Guitar service to do the printing and creation of the custom pickguard.
Hopefully we'll get to see more of this project in the future. Thanks to Mr. Brownstone for letting me know about this.
Uninvited Guests – Star Fox Assault Cutscene [4K]
This week's Star Fox Assault cutscene is just after Peppy's sacrifice (spoilers) and the Star Fox team have entered the Aparoid Homeworld seeking the source of the invasion. Star Wolf follows them to join them in the final attack. This video is actually higher than 4K resolution with its 4:3 aspect ratio.
In these type of in-game cutscenes, there's no difference between the Japanese and English visuals, save for the on-screen text. But I've included the Japanese version anyway.
AJLethal’s Krystal Need 4 Speed Car Mods
She's a little hard to see in the video, but modder AJLethal of Costa Rica has placed a modified version of the Krystal Trophy model from Super Smash Bros Brawl in about a dozen of his Need for Speed car mods. He currently has the most mods on the entire site, so Krystal is getting some exposure through this she might not otherwise have.
You know, this is not what comes to mind when you think of Krystal game mods, but this is actually really clever. It's a subtle nod to the blue vixen that can be added everywhere without spending too much time handling weird edge cases with model rigging and Krystal not looking right in some parts of the game. As the driver, she always works.
Here are all the Krystal mods I found. They can all be downloaded from these pages.
Handcrafted Krystal Staff for Adventures Fox Cosplay
Cosplayer and cosplay photographer, Ty_asselin on Instagram (HalfLightPhotography), recently completed a Fox McCloud cosplay at the C4 Central Canada Comic Con in October 2017. His costume included a game-accurate version of Krystal's staff made from cut, shaped, and carved foam. I am particularly impressed with the care with which he matched the pattern on the shaft. There aren't really any photos of him in costume with the staff that I have seen, but he said he's going to try and do some more photos with the Fox McCloud costume soon. Maybe we'll see more. In the meantime, you can look at some work-in-progress shots and a few photos of the completed staff.
Russian Krystal Tattoo
A gentleman who I will call "demolition2013" from Irkutsk, Russia sent me a couple photos of his arm tattoo from 2016 that imitates Krystal's thigh tattoo. It's actually a really nice and compact rendition, with a tighter spiral, thicker lines, and closer arrows, when compared to a more game-accurate tattoo. I don't normally like tattoos, but if I were going to get one, it would be one like this: simple, abstract, and plausible deniability if someone asks you what it means. ;)
Compared to this Krystal back tattoo that subcomfeppo had done, or the Krazoa head chest tattoo by leonsdrago619 over at Starfox-Online.net, demolition2013's tattoo is much more subtle and nice in my opinion.
Thanks for sending this in, demolition2013!
ChickyBoy37’s Krystal Puppet
ChickyBoy37 (Craig Beverlin) has been working on a Krystal puppet from scratch for a while now. He sent in some photos from the creation process, and a video "interview" with Krystal using voice clips from Alésia Glidewell. Check out the photos below to see the work in progress steps used to create the puppet.
