Project M - Codex Re-Build [PREVIEW] - In 3.6 Works Edition [JULY 5th UPDATE]

[BOWSER_BASHER]

Awesome! This is turning out to be my favorite build yet! All of the regular colors for my mains, with their Megas and my two favorite stages from Melee. With their signature music I presume? One last stage question Will Smashville and Brawl's Battlefield be in it? Anything on a actual release?

 

[Aunt Jemima]

yay

Ness's CSP looks like he went into T-Pose while playing baseball and got really confused. I think it'd look nice if you kept the same thingy, but had his bat over his shoulder or something?

also expressive kirby pls

 

[Narpas_sword]

i have to agree, while the work on the csp is obviously time consuming, and it looks like a lot of effort goes into them, it seems a few look a little....wooden?

a lot look fantastic, but i think some poses don't reflect the characters personality.

id love to spend some time making a samus pose for you, if you're happy to take it and make the pictures from the animation?

 

[BravoGangUS]

I second Reserved's thought of having the bat over Ness' shoulder.

i have to agree, while the work on the csp is obviously time consuming, and it looks like a lot of effort goes into them, it seems a few look a little....wooden?

a lot look fantastic, but i think some poses don't reflect the characters personality.

id love to spend some time making a samus pose for you, if you're happy to take it and make the pictures from the animation?

While I don't think there is anything that needs changing with Samus' csp, I do think that the one for Peach and Zelda seem a bit plain.

Not really a big deal, it still looks like a fantastic build and I can't wait for it to be released, but thought I'd mention it.

for Ninja Ness I'm still not 100% sure on but I'll be leaving him there until I find another costume to use.

I really like the Ninja Ness costume.
Wanted use it when I found it on Brawl Vault but they didn't include a CSP or anything so I didn't use it.

On a side note...I hate when the downloads from Brawl Vault have nothing but the .pac/pcs

 

[MagicManNo9]

Awesome! This is turning out to be my favorite build yet! All of the regular colors for my mains, with their Megas and my two favorite stages from Melee. With their signature music I presume? One last stage question Will Smashville and Brawl's Battlefield be in it? Anything on a actual release?

I plan to keep the signature music for most of the stages + my own on custom stages with the right music applied that matches up with everything else (I hope my taste fits when I get around to it)

yay

Ness's CSP looks like he went into T-Pose while playing baseball and got really confused. I think it'd look nice if you kept the same thingy, but had his bat over his shoulder or something?

also expressive kirby pls

Yeahhh, that Ness CSP was a last minute thing I put together, though I say last minute it took roughly an hour to do however I'll try and work on a better one later today.

Throwing this is out there though, PJ Ness is positioned funny from the rest so I had to use my Photoshop skills to match him up with everyone else (Anyone working on CSP's will totally get this if they tried)

i have to agree, while the work on the csp is obviously time consuming, and it looks like a lot of effort goes into them, it seems a few look a little....wooden?

a lot look fantastic, but i think some poses don't reflect the characters personality.

id love to spend some time making a samus pose for you, if you're happy to take it and make the pictures from the animation?

Well upon hearing this feedback I'll probably re-work a few of the CSP's today I think, I do appreciate the offer though but don't you worry! I shall be working on them today with a better look, I think, more specifically Ness mainly first, the others I think will come after.

The reason for the simply CSP is not because it seems like I make it quickly but it transitions well into the menu on screen, for example, Luigi's CSP looks perfect when you open it up in game, however if you were to use an older CSP that I had you'll notice that there's whitish outlines on some of the characters because the CSP is too detailed, basically stuff like that.

I second Reserved's thought of having the bat over Ness' shoulder.


While I don't think there is anything that needs changing with Samus' csp, I do think that the one for Peach and Zelda seem a bit plain.

Not really a big deal, it still looks like a fantastic build and I can't wait for it to be released, but thought I'd mention it.


I really like the Ninja Ness costume.
Wanted use it when I found it on Brawl Vault but they didn't include a CSP or anything so I didn't use it.

On a side note...I hate when the downloads from Brawl Vault have nothing but the .pac/pcs

I'm going to be noting this all down regardless! I have a fat list of notes on every character I've done, people may see the characters as done but there's still one or two little details I need to work on/do which will be interesting to see, my aim is to get all the CSP/characters done then do alternate poses as someone recommended in the past thread and... actually I might make a post explaining my process of working on a character to show what I mean I think.

And I agree so much on the .pac thing haha, I'm pretty sure it's what got my into making the build in the first place.

^ People expect a post explaining my process on how I do these, I think it'll be useful to those wondering why I'm taking a while working on this build I think.

 

[CocaineBiceps]

Dat Skyward Link.

 

[Aunt Jemima]

can you add this pls

 

[CocaineBiceps]

can you add this pls

Bro yes

 

[Aunt Jemima]

Bro yes

no

 

[Durnehviir]

no

Hahaha

 

[MagicManNo9]

Dat Skyward Link.

Hell yeah!

can you add this pls

That just made my morning.

 

[5ully]

can you add this pls

this made me so happy you have no idea

 

[Sour Supreme]

Glad to see Shin's Ninten under Ness! Everything's lookin' good.

 

[MagicManNo9]

this made me so happy you have no idea

Even now it's still making me smile listening to this, and I don't even know why.

Glad to see Shin's Ninten under Ness! Everything's lookin' good.

Thanks Psykid! Will continue to pick out the best costumes I can find/make!

 

[BOWSER_BASHER]

There is a Warturlte costume for Squirtle. Also do you take stage requests?

 

[5ully]

soo...wolf?

 

[MagicManNo9]

There is a Warturlte costume for Squirtle. Also do you take stage requests?

I'm planning to do Wartortle as an DLC add on, and will be doing a Wartortle recolor theme like Charmeleon's color PMBR did for Charizard.

At the moment I don't do stage requests, however stage recommendations I'll take into consideration when making the build (I have the full list already but by all means if you have any ideas throw them at me and I'll add them to the list, can't guaranty them though but worth hearing out I say!)

soo...wolf?

I shalls get to working on Wolf when I get to re-working Fox's costumes and CSP's (which is pretty soon actually!)



UPDATE:

Wario Time:

Spoiler

Slow update again because A. On Holiday so I'm doing what I can at night and B. I'm working a fan website project so I'm jumping back and forth on these, though that said it gives me lots to do!

ALSO

Will be announcing that I'll be working on three different versions of the Codex Build, the first being the one with the Advance Stage Loader, the second will be working with the Default PM stages and only having costume additions and the last is the new Tourney Pack V1 that was recently released by TKBreezy, where I'm just going to add in the costumes for that + style it a bit.

Reason for this is so I can get out those costumes first and see what people think whilst I work on the stages at the same time, because I imagine at this point it's getting to some that I've not put a release date on this yet, though with that said I'm almost half-way done with the characters and working faster on them now!

 

[BOWSER_BASHER]

You say your using The Smash 3 HUD, does that mean, for example, Lucario will look like this in-game? https://i.imgur.com/RbDafbL.png

 

[MagicManNo9]

You say your using The Smash 3 HUD, does that mean, for example, Lucario will look like this in-game? https://i.imgur.com/RbDafbL.png

DAT RENDER, DAT LUCARIO, 10/10 HYP- Wait I get the feeling I've seen this before... (Anyone wonders, check my reaction on the Smash3 thread lol)

...Anyways! I am using the Smash 3 HUD, however I will not be using the Smash 3 costumes, mainly for 2 reasons:

1 - The Smash 3 costumes are very distinctive and unique, they are 10/10 perfect in my opinion, however they stand out way more than the brawl costumes I'm currently using (Not to mention the ones I picked out) and iirc (Someone correct me if I'm wrong) has rim on them where my build doesn't have any of that.

2 - I'm actually waiting for the Smash 3 build to come out, really hyped about it and can't wait to try it out!

It's easier to quote Taiko on the thread because he replied to someone saying: "we're not trying to turn Brawl into Smash 4, we're merely borrowing the visual style for an aesthetic update to Brawl." which basically means the style and look of the costumes will be visually different so if I did use them the costumes would look very different next to the other costumes and characters I've got, that and Smash3 isn't complete yet.

I hope that helps clear it up! Main reason I'm using the Smash3 HUD is because I really like the design of the HUD then any others out there~

Also:

UPDATE:

Bowser:

Spoiler

 

[Kawii]

do you think that you could release a preview download for this pack, or are there things in this pack i.e portraits or skins that need to be fix because it would make the pack unplayable, you could also release update downloads every time you've finished a set goal

 

[MagicManNo9]

do you think that you could release a preview download for this pack, or are there things in this pack i.e portraits or skins that need to be fix because it would make the pack unplayable, you could also release update downloads every time you've finished a set goal

I actually plan to release the first pack asap with all the costumes as a preview, as for the reason I can't release it as it is right now is because I'm using CBliss slots and it requires me to add in all the costumes for those slots (At the moment I'm using placeholder costumes) other than that the first release will have all costumes done and then I'll update from there on I think might be best.

 

[Smash John]

I'm also considering to make a theme'd costume for Roy unless the PMBR plans to (I get the feeling they will for some reason) wanted to do one like:

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oh hey my Eliwood!
anyway, i've been lurking this thread for awhile (and stolen a fair amount of ideas for my build as far as costumes go too ) and just wanted to pop in and say i'm liking the build so far keep it up!

 

[MagicManNo9]

oh hey my Eliwood!
anyway, i've been lurking this thread for awhile (and stolen a fair amount of ideas for my build as far as costumes go too ) and just wanted to pop in and say i'm liking the build so far keep it up!

Oh wow thanks for the support man! I'm glad people are liking the ideas of my build and implementing it into theirs, it's stuff like that which gets me so pumped! By the way, amazing Eliwood costume I really like it!

UPDATE (Wow, I feel like I'm going all out with the free time I have at night on holiday haha):

Donkey Kong:

Spoiler

 

[MagicManNo9]

Oh wow, KTH and LSTAR just put up a Casino Luigi costume on the vault a second ago, I'm 100% got to add that into Luigi's costumes, people expect an update on Luigi tomorrow or so~

EDIT: Actually I just did it right now haha, just had to try the costume out, this costume will replace the Space Party Luigi and that will be moved to the DLC section I'm planning to do after first release.

 

[Durnehviir]

That black ape man

 

[MagicManNo9]

That black ape man

I know right? I saw that and remember seeing in the alt Costume Thread that a suggested costume should be a Gorilla recolor, was considering it then out of nowhere I find that! Was perfect~

 

[BOWSER_BASHER]

Any costume updates for Lucario you plan to do?

 

[MagicManNo9]

Any costume updates for Lucario you plan to do?

Not at the moment neigh, I will be replacing the Ninja Lucario with the Fighter one 3.5 will include.

 

[alex6309]

Have you considered using Skyward Sword Zelda in her goddess attire as a possible "DLC" costume for the pack? Also, as a Ness alt, might I suggest taking the Baseball costume by AlGeorgeRomo and "Brawlifying" it a bit?

 

[MagicManNo9]

Have you considered using Skyward Sword Zelda in her goddess attire as a possible "DLC" costume for the pack? Also, as a Ness alt, might I suggest taking the Baseball costume by AlGeorgeRomo and "Brawlifying" it a bit?

I'll add those to the list as I'm currently making it! As for the baseball costume, funny story behind that, at the time the download was down so I wasn't able to get it and ended up making my own Lucas costume, I'll be brawlifying it and adding it to the DLC part for when the first release comes out!

 

[KMAL]

Hey Codex, was wondering what you decided to do with sheiks last costume. Are you still going to go with Impa themed attire?

 

[MagicManNo9]

Hey Codex, was wondering what you decided to do with sheiks last costume. Are you still going to go with Impa themed attire?

Funny enough I'm actually going to be working on that today! And yes will be the impa themed skyward linked from before, after get back from traveling today will be cleaningand working on the current costumes I have so far!

 

[BOWSER_BASHER]

Can't wait to try Tri Force Ganon! Sword Mode and Magic mode look awesome! That Undead Ganon costume look sweet too!

 

[MagicManNo9]

Can't wait to try Tri Force Ganon! Sword Mode and Magic mode look awesome! That Undead Ganon costume look sweet too!

Thanks! Glad love the Ganon costumes, specially looking forward to 3.5's Melee version.

UPDATE (Well 50% update):

Running a bit late tonight decided to pop on to to keep everyone updated, in case people wondered about the Sheik costume I'm working on:

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Just to clarify on the 50%, I originally was going to do a recolor of Sheik but I knew I could go the extra mile so I ended up working on the model by adding a little bit extra~ Again 50% Textures and 50% model done so far.

 

[KMAL]

Really like the direction you took it. Very nice Codex.

 

[LeeYawshee]

Oh wow thanks for the support man! I'm glad people are liking the ideas of my build and implementing it into theirs, it's stuff like that which gets me so pumped! By the way, amazing Eliwood costume I really like it!

UPDATE (Wow, I feel like I'm going all out with the free time I have at night on holiday haha):

Donkey Kong:

Spoiler

Pretty nice, I'm a bit surprised I didn't see Striker DK, not particularly surprised it'd be cool to see Striker Booser as DLC

 

[BravoGangUS]

Do you have any ideas yet for ROB? If not would be cool to see the Hero of Time alt. Absolute favorite ROB costume but not sure if you think it fits well or not. I know you mentioned a reason for not including the Link costume for Sonic but don't remember what it was.

Another pretty cool looking one would be the Metal Sonic texture, at least based on the screenshots since it doesn't come with a CSP or anything so I never used it in-game.

But if you preferred something a bit more simple these seem like a good option

 

[Aerros11]

Wow <3
Pretty rad

I'll see about personalizing this a bit, once completed, to place a demise portrait for ganondorf. ty

 

[MagicManNo9]

Really like the direction you took it. Very nice Codex.

Thanks! I'll be putting Skyward Sheik on the Brawl Vaults once I finished up on the texturing and cleaning up a few (very minor) bugs with the model~

Pretty nice, I'm a bit surprised I didn't see Striker DK, not particularly surprised it'd be cool to see Striker Booser as DLC

Oh damn yeah, I almost forgot about the striker outfits, I'll add them to the DLC list!

Do you have any ideas yet for ROB? If not would be cool to see the Hero of Time alt. Absolute favorite ROB costume but not sure if you think it fits well or not. I know you mentioned a reason for not including the Link costume for Sonic but don't remember what it was.

Another pretty cool looking one would be the Metal Sonic texture, at least based on the screenshots since it doesn't come with a CSP or anything so I never used it in-game.

But if you preferred something a bit more simple these seem like a good option

Ahhhh the Hero of Time costume, love that costume but the sword and shield was a concern for me as it's just an attachment to ROB, what I might do is hide the sword and Sheild and implement that with an optional sword + Sheild in the DLC section perhaps?

Oh and the reason I didn't have Link Sonic costume was due to the style that sonic was done it, it stood out and was very different looking to the other sonic's from what I remember.

I know for a fact I'll be using the PM Virtual Boy and the Project M Unlocked Wii ROB costume!

Wow <3
Pretty rad

I'll see about personalizing this a bit, once completed, to place a demise portrait for ganondorf. ty

Thanks! I'll add a Demise CSP to the DLC section for when I'm done if that helps!

 

[Aerros11]

Have you been doing this all alone?
I guess things are easier to track that way.

Thanks
(demise for life XD)