#kamamiles

[funnefatale]

kamiles, kamala centric, 1085 words

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[chromatophorium]

I made a new custom weapon and inktank for a hypothetical Agent 4 storymode! (I'm an amateur at modeling and textures, so it's a bit so-so... Planning on making a new outfit for them as well!)

The Containment Tank and the Hero Shot are tools that Agent 4 uses to get sanitized octolings to the Memverse Simulation-room! Together with a (maybe reluctantly) reformed C.Q. Cumber, Agent 4 must search behind the scenes of the Kamabo Co. test chambers for the many sanitized octolings, who won't come as willingly as Acht.

(Design notes under the cut.)

C.Q. Cumber: The last two story modes have had a companion I thought it would be cool to use C.Q. Cumber! (Did you know it's not just one individual?) C.Q. is one of the only characters with dialogue not to return in Splatoon 3, and he looks throwable! So, l would maybe make him be a portable bounce-pad, who returns to you when you jump on him. You could also make him the thing used for Broken-Armor Jump, if that's a mechanic you'd want to return. I purposefully made his hat crumpled, to show he's been through some stuff. (In further renders, when I make the new hero mode outfit, I'll probably switch out his hat, at least the logo on it to the Cuttlegear/Squidbeak Splatoon logo.)

The Containment Tank: Based on a coffee machine, since the Spawners in Splatoon 3 are based on expresso machines! The jug that contains the octoling "ghost" is also based on a snow globe, since Octavio was contained by one in Splatoon 1 and 2!

The Hero Shot: Based on a retro coffee grinder, to fit in with the tank's theme! (Like the Splatoon 3 Hero Shot was based on a 3D printer (the fully upgraded one has a filament reel) and there were 3D printed monuments in Alterna.) I had many ideas for alternate names:

KamaMill (from Kamabo Co.; and mill, a synonym for grinder; chamomile, a common type of tea. Idk, coffee and tea are both hot beverages??)

Groundling Glom (from groundling, a plant or animal that lives close to the ground or at the bottom of the water; coffee grounds; -ling, the suffix for species of inkfish; glom, to seize something; glock, a type of gun, gattling gun, the words sound alike.)

DeassiMillator (deassimilate, to make different from the majority i.e. de-sanitize. like, a lot of sci-fi mind-takeover things 'assimilate' the people they take control of; mill, a synonym for grinder;)

C.Curetor (secure, seize something; security, the role assigned to Agent 4 in the memverse; cure, cuz they want to cure the memory loss; C, same pun as in C.Q. Cumber; curator, someone aquiring and taking care of a collection, and Agent 4 is "collecting" octolings? that wording feels a bit dehumanizing...)

[drawbauchery]

I HAD TO FIND OUT FROM PINTEREST THAT YOU USED TO DRAW SPIDEYPOOL

still do, just took a break from it