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Candlemas Candeloro. A magical witch variant based off her labyrinth

Did I ever post these??

New Madogatari stuff coming at you hot and fast

I made the bestest discovery TvT tons of concept art from the madogatari exhibition! I finally found an image with it in!

For the first image I found a translation online: "A long purple table in the witch's house" "Design furniture bigger than usual so that players can be child-sized." "Pendant form" "How to put on Mami → Gatchirichocho Musubi behind the neck. Bring the Mami hair roll from the back to the front and complete." "Mami accessories completed" "Only the ribbon (hand) is left outside""Are you stretching or contracting the skirt of the witch?" It seems Candeloro could be worn as a pendant, perhaps by her familiars

Next we get to see what looks like Ultimate Madoka with all the witches. I can make out Walpurgisnacht inside her dress though I can only really make out Gertrud, Wormlotte and Izabel outside it.

Next is AAAAHHHH! I FOUND Candeloro’s other familiars!!!! I’m... I’m so happy TvT In addition to Madoka and Kyoko there’s both Homuras, Sayaka and Hitomi!!!! They also have amended bios (that are already on the wiki)

Next is ALBERTINE CONCEPT ART AHHHH! So cute! This is her portable design because her hair goes all the way around the back instead of two bunches. Also her face turning into a skull is shown here, an idea only used in Magia Record (also... p-please don’t cry Albertine!!)

And next, full turnaround of Candeloro! Nice!

H-Hello m-miss Kriemhild-god-version may I have your number? YES THIS IS HER! A FULL PROPER DESIGN OF THE BUFFEST WITCH!

Albertine seems to have an amended bio but it’s totally unable to make out

Kriemhild’s familiar. I know it was shown before but was it coloured?

First bit may be the pendant candeloro turns into. Next is Du Polignac concepts, not sure what for though. But she seems to be wearing the necklace

Concepts for Albertine’s barrier! NICE NICE! I can make out the eyes on the ceiling of her boss room on the far right but nothing else seems much like her portable barrier...

Art of Roberta. Nice! She needs more art!

Gisela also has an amended bio (good, she deserves one)

Candeloro and Du Polignac moodboard (side note, I never realised how huge Candeloro’s familiars are compared to her... it’s pretty cute...)

Sprites of Candeloro, Du Polignac and misc. familiars I missed on older witches

When I did these I didn’t know what Dokama and Kokyo’s weapons looked like but now I do, so I should change them.... (yeah, spoilers, these are old and I just forgot about them, whoops)

Let’s look at our good friend Dengeki Playstation magazine

This is an article from 12/1/2012 that covered Portable before it was released. This certain issue mentioned Candeloro and her barrier a lot. I’m gonna be comparing the images here to the ones from the final game.

I can’t tell if the images from the magazine are just dark or low quality but it seems like the barrier is a lot darker in the magazine. The clouds in the sky seem a lot darker or are a simple black instead of being textured.

As I stated in my in depth look at Candeloro’s barrier, the water in the final area seems a lot more brown (and poopy......) but in the magazine we can clearly see the water is a bright red. I have a theory it may have been changed to suit age rating. It may just be the lighting of the image but the sign saying ‘Candeloro’ seems red in the magazine image instead of orange.

There’s another image from the magazine that shows off the Madoka and Kyoko familiars. It is clear that they have a different colour scheme to the final du polignac models.

I lightened the magazine image for better comparison but we can see the final models on the left and the magazine models on the right. Madoka has a pink dress instead of the blue-purple one with yellow ribbons whereas Kyoko has a red dress instead of a blue-teal one with yellow ribbons instead of orange.

It intrigues me how they considered changing their designs to make them look more like Madoka and Kyoko but ended up using their initial art in the end anyway.