Clicks on a Whim

(Full View of the Daughter of the Kingdom Outfit)

This is the evolution of the shop outfit, Daughter of the Kingdom, and the reason why I chose this instead of the original is that I tend to not like the silver/white/pale colour palettes that Infold sometimes chooses.

The lighter colours tend to wash out details in outfits, which I think is a shame. If you're going to put that much effort into an outfit then you should be able to see all the details.

However, the other reason why I chose gold is because this outfit is clearly inspired by the Art Nouveau style, which traditionally if there are women drawn, they are often in gold or rich colours.

There is so much detail in this outfit, a lot of climbing vines that this may be an outfit that would benefit from a re-dye. I'm thinking having the body of the outfit a light colour but keeping the details in a darker colour.

Look at these roses and vines and details, it is a shame that it's all momochrome colour.

Just so much detail in this.

I put Nikki into a little black dress because I had trouble telling apart what was an accessory and what was part of the dress.

And seeing this tells me a bit about how Infold designs their outfits. For those who aren't aware, the higher star level an outfit has the more parts it generally has. I think they tend to just design their outfits and then choose after the fact which pieces are melded together into a single piece.

Like this outfit does not have a bracelet or a ring, despite what you see in the picture, this is all one object, the gloves.

Now, I can't remember if the choker and the necklace are two separate pieces, but the flower that looks like it should be a chest pin belong with the necklace and isn't a separate item.

Conversely, and for some reason I didn't keep these pictures, the hair decorations come in two pieces, the headband and the side flowers, which does give it more versatility, but it's interesting they chose to do that.

By the way, the other reason why I had to put Nikki into a short black dress is because you can't see the shoes in the original dress. A fact that is a crime because these shoes are fucking adorable.

They also make very good forest themed shoes as they're using oak leaves as decoration. An odd choice now that I'm thinking about it, because this is the only place these leaves show up on, but anyways. I think if you coloured them brown they would make great nature themed shoes.

A part of me wants to say this is a hair style that exists using a prayer and a lot of hairspray, but it might be possible, with a lot of hairspray. I actually want to redye this hair now that I'm looking at it.

It would make a great no-nonsense hair style without putting the hair up into a bun.

(Full View of the Evergreen Vow Outfit)

This is another outfit that @wereah asked me to take photos of, and as I've said before, I enjoy doing this. I think this is a lot of fun and it's a good way for me to take a better look at some of the things that I have.

Just because it is easy for me to forget.

Evergreen Vow is interesting because Nikki is supposed to be a princess knight, I think? At least that's the impression I get. Also, as a side note, if you're familiar with this franchise at all, you may consider this outfit belonging to the Empire of Light. Especially since outfits that imply war tend to belong to them.

As usual, I've had to remove pieces or change out hair styles in order to see ever bit of this outfit. The bustle of the skirt really gives it vibes that she would have been wearing those Disney-like ballgown dresses, of course it's a slight wrap around as she needs to keep her legs free to move.

At this point, I'm still learning what I need to go get to all the references, and I didn't put Nikki into a shorter dress for the boots. So I don't have a back shot of the boots.

I also didn't take pictures of the stockings, something I have mixed feelings about. There's a lot of details on stockings that get lost because it's not an area of Nikki that you often take pictures of. You also can't tell from the thumbnail neither, these stockings do have imprints on them, but it's in black so it's easy to think that it's just another black stocking.

The cape is visually one of my favourite parts of this outfit, and at first I was also really bemused because it's clearly pleated. However, a quick search reveals that there are pleated capes, but they're normally wrap around capes. Either they cover the shoulders and drape slightly over the front, or they cover the whole torso.

They're not normally this style of cape that is then pleated, but I do understand why. Whatever material this cape is made out of is shiny, and pleating it allows for a lot of light and shadow, it is beautiful cape that I would like to use for something else at some point.

On one sense, I understand why the gloves are this way. They are supposed to be gauntlets, like from a suit of armour. The same way the boots are, but the choice of making them claw like is... curious? While there is a darker version of this outfit, I had the impression that Nikki was supposed to be a 'good' presenting heroine, and not scary.

With a darker colour palette these would look menacing.

The hair is also very Disney princess, not necessarily the style. It's all in the bangs. The way the bangs and the tresses of hair that frames her face is very princess like.

I also think the choice in giving her a half braided bun speaks to that wish to make her a firm knight, and a soft princess.

Complete with crown! This is a pretty standard crown, but it's one that is designed to fit around her bun. So it's not tucked into her hair at all. This does mean potentially that it could look a bit odd in hairstyles that do not have an updo.

(Nikki Peering Up at the Sky from a High Perch)

I think being late in posting last season's pictures is just going to be a thing, in large part because there's a lot of pictures.

Funnily enough though, not a lot of pictures of the Boneyard, not because it's not interesting, but because I had more interest in old things and whimsicalities that I have.

I will take pictures though, especially now that I remembered I can mark places that are more obscure. Like, certainly the major areas are going to be great to take a picture in, but there are other locations that aren't as major but are pretty or interesting.

(Nikki Pointing Out the Souls Floating By)

I will be honest, I ran out of time during the season, and that was primarily because I was trying to catch up on very old quests I had not completed. The 2.0 update was huge, and I was also often sick during that time, so there's a lot of undone things.

Which is a pity because there's a lot of photo ideas I'd like to do, but for now, I think this is it.

(Nikki Having Pulled Down Her Hood)

The ability to have more than one state is really cool, and I'm always thrilled when Infold does this. They are probably my favourite type of outfits.

(Nikki Wiping her Chin of... Blood?)

(Nikki Summoning a Gun)

(Nikki Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun)

Between the asymmetrical hood and the way Nikki lines up the show, it was a very good chance to frame her eye. Honestly, it could be closer, but I was concerned that it would look strange with the gun barrel cut off.

And it is a long barrel as can be seen here.

(Nikki with her gun out, while patroling a forest)

So I have a friend who collects references like the way dice goblins collect dice. You can never have too many references. Since there I liked nearly every single piece of clothing on She is Wildfire, I was asked to do reference photos for her.

And I forgot how much fun it was to do this sort of thing, as well as take that chance to just study the outfit. Often the kind of pictures I take means there are certain details that just don't really get seen in these outfits, and I think that goes for most people, so this was a nice change.

It also allows you to see where things might not make sense on the dress if you ever plan to cosplay it. Like this skirt is clearly designed after those skirt holders, which are leather pieces designed to hold the skirt up for easier mobility. However, it's clear from how this skirt is designed, it's not really meant to be doing that.

For example, did you notice the straps on this outfit? On one sense, this is to be expected, because this dress is fashioned after the jumper dresses associated with the lolita style, so they always have a jumper style top, allowing for a shirt to be worn underneath.

However these straps are fashioned to be like a gun hostler, which is very obvious at the back of this. It screams, she has a gun and will use it.

By the way, I changed the hair style on purpose so that more details can be seen. I love Nikki's long hair styles but they hide so much stuff.

Speaking of hiding, the hood is designed specifically to hide part of Nikki's face, a frontal shot like this one, ensures you will never see her face completely unless you angle the camera.

Also, have you noticed that they're using zippers as a trim?

This whole cloak is trimmed with zippers, which makes me giggle really. Who would think of doing such a thing?

And finally the hair, because if you ever run out of ideas of what kind of hair style to put a character in, sometimes looking at Nikki's hair styles is useful.

(Nikki Hiding Behind a Rock From the Reaper)

The primary reason why I took this picture was to see if i could play more with the lamp on the backpack.

By the way, the backpack is a bit weird with the dying system, the crystal specifically seem to not be able to stay at the exact shade of blue that I had dyed it as, which is weird.

(A doll like Nikki looking upwards at the moon)

I will have to admit, the dying system, while still a bit unwieldy to me, is growing on me. The largest pieces on this outfit, the hood, the dress and the backpack are all dyed.

(Nikki Looking Back with the Fairytale Moon in Front)

I am a few days late again from posting last season's pictures, but that's because I got sick. Also, thing have been very busy, so this might be just the norm from here on out.

(Nikki Peeking From Behind a Cookie)

I had warned that there weren't a lot of pictures from this season, in large part that I didn't have time to play around fully with what I already have.

(Nikki Looking Up at All the Sweets Ahead)

This part of the dungeon was the most fun and the most infuriating. It was very hard for me to get the timing right on this, but at least I can be assured I have greatly improved on using the Sticky Claw ability.

(Nikki Sitting on a Frosted Peak)

I really should favourite this pose for the amount that I use, since Infold has given that ability.

(Nikki's Face reflected in the jello/pudding beside her)

I have no idea why, but reflections amuse the ever living fuck out of me.

(Nikki Landing on a Strawberry Cupcake)