Zev0 posted at 3:32PM Thu, 05 November 2015 - #4236978

Also do not confuse a figure base to a character. G2F & G3F are figure base platforms, generic, no special features ie blank canvas, no name. V7 or V6 are characters built on those bases, and characters are developed by different artists. The question is, what is Pauline? Is she a generic figure base platform or a character?

Not to take away from your point which is entirely correct,

But to be honest the "Base & Character" concept always confused me a little, not that I don't understand the reference but well really just the terminology of it seems to have issues, making defining what either is clearly as difficult.

It reminds me of the question, if you have a boat and each year you replace parts of it until eventually none of the original boat exists. Do you have a new boat or is it still the same boat you started with?

In the same way how much of a "Base" figure needs to change to be considered as something different (or a base.2 if you like), if I build a new mesh shape as a morph, adjust and modify the rigging, build new JCM's, new UV's, textures, etc, etc. How much needs to change to make it a new base or an extension of the base as opposed to a character? Especially if the intention is to provide a new platform for people to begin building, from, or on top off. Or is it always a character if some of the original base figure exists in its genes?

Or maybe it's consistent to the character being reliant on the base, as V7 needs G3F (The Base) to function. A descendent "character" would be able to make use of the original "base" morphs to alter the character with the ancestor genes of the figure. But then if I build a character that needs both G3 and V7. Using V7 as part of the base by using V7 UV's etc. Which makes this new character not only reliant on G3F but also V7. How does that leave V7 as just another character and not also as part of the base figure in itself (At least in reference to the new character that needs both). Are things like body and head morph packs characters or extensions of the base? Considering that is V7 a character or also an extension of the G3F base, if people build from V7 to create descendents from her?

Or is the terminology "Base figure" just referring to the bare bones figure released. Which if that's the case means Pauline whether dial spun from base morphs included, the static mesh or a unique character morph, as long as it's all released together still a figure base?

Maybe I'm just rambling :D, Sometimes I think I'm just smart enough to thoroughly confuse myself