Costume Shilling #10: RACING HATH ARRIVED

Saiga racing, or should I say, Saiga summer? Saiga MMA?

Very lewd yes. I feel it's a throwback to 90s racing girls? Maybe 00s?

Racing, Summer, Fighting, other sports, Christmas, who cares.

SAIGA. IS. SAIGA.

Nah they don't. I remembered reading one manga, where G36 got uh, well, freaked out by Saiga.

I think it was from the creator of

I don't want to be horny
I wanna be happy

Mars-sensei, I has question: given she's a clean freak isn't it odd that a) she's a racing girl when, you know, cars are dirty and b) she's wearing so little to keep the dirt away?

I'll figure she cares about her clothes getting dirty (with all the dust, smoke, and other sorts of debris flying around) which sticks to the clothes more so than the skin.

After all, clean freaks not only care about their own bodies but the organizational and hygienic state of their properties just as much or even more.

I’m pretty conflicted on this skin since I’m not the biggest fan of Saiga and the c***ch tattoo is pretty off-putting. But good lord if her exposed naval (one of the few selling points), especially in the damaged leaves a lot to the imagination and beckons for you to come closer.

This is a skin that is clearly meant for fellow degenerates who are into Saiga'sm, uh, hornier side whether it be fanarts or headcanons, and I guess it does a decent job at appealing to that base. However, for people are who already off-putted or disturbed by Saiga due to the messages about her character that the fanarts send, or just have a general apathy towards her, the c***ch tattoo really doesn't make things look better for her case.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems to be showing too much skin for my taste; there's hardly any balance of skin and no skin that stops it from feeling more like a swimsuit than a racing queen suit. Especially if you were to compare it to the rest of the batch.

Why did they have to add the womb tattoo??? It was a perfectly fine design and then that. The Red/White color scheme works well for Saiga, which probably explains why some variant of it comes back a lot in her arts, and the skin itself is just fine. I'll point out the weirdness of the leg strapped mag pouch and armor plate combo, but considering I like G3 and just she straps a whole ass mag to her leg without even a pouch, I suppose I can't really judge it. 

Weirdly enough I think this skin would be a lot better without the L2D, especially damaged, which seems to have a lot of weird elements to it (floating mag, tattoo). Doc does have a point about hair down, will 100% agree there.

Man, I remember how elated I was when I found out this banner existed. PPK was abandoned by the artist and became a forgotten doll that's often a placeholder for hoxylets. Seeing her have a skin made me hope that she'd get more attention.

Because come fucking on It's PPK. Everyone worth their salt knows it's 007's pistol.

Then the months passed by and nothing. Absolutely no mod announcements, no other skins, while friggin Calico got a mod and even more skins.

Then she pulled an omega troll on all of us and ended up getting a skin, a Summer one no less! When everyone thought it might have been UMP9's (Even if it was odd only 9 would have gotten a swimsuit).

I have hopes that PPK will get a mod as she is similar to Nagant in that both have stupidly strong tiles, but are otherwise pulled down by her rarity and skill.

Her evasion was a thing yeah, it's a bit why her Suppressor was the only thing not not advised to buy. Nowadays, though, not so much. Cursed 200 Acc enemies and surehits and whatnots.

I do mean the movies tho; I grew up watching 007, have all the movies in a special DVD box. So PPK holds a special place in my heart. Even if I find her base design sorta weird. She also was a big help in Isomer, because Calico continued to elope with Thunder elude me.

Only Bond games I played were Nightfire and From Reddie Russia With Love.

This gun is German if I recall correctly, which is funny because this actually looks more like Super Formula-styled Grid Girls, a Japanese racing series, because it covered more skin.

F1 cut it off completely, except for Japan GP, where the grid girls all wear..... KIMONO. To be frank, lately they wear more clothes and show less skin.

Something I mentioned in the Saiga section kinda applies to PPK too, that is that this batch just took so long to come out and so many other batches came and went to the point where I've mostly lost interest in this bunch sadly. A shame too, given I like my racing-themed skins.

In the case of PPK, another skin I like more now exists: PPK Summer. Definitely not to discredit the value of this skin though, it's still a super cool and really nice skin. The getup is really befitting of a race day. My second favourite skin of the batch definitely.

Beard nailed it. Also, I third what Adam and Red said, batch worn out because of its waiting time, and PPK Summer is a thing.

Guns known from movies - me, Deagle, and seal girl.

But anyway, I like the PPK skin, it's nice to see a solid doll get some attention, and the skin is great to boot. I honestly didn't know about her design base, which is interesting to learn - I always thought she was just a maid for some reason.

It's a living seal I think, it changes emotes on her damage art. But yeah she's seal girl because
she has a pet seal.

Also is a pun because the Navy Seals used the P226. Well, not anymore I guess, apparently modern-day seals use Glocks due to overall affordability, performance, etc. Polymer frame too I guess. Also, P226's are apparently expensive.

But is there Glock smug? I don't think so.

:3
She doesn't have a seal tho.

FIRST ROLL BABY:

AND THE BEST DUPE I COULD HAVE HOPED FOR:

I remember being absolutely dumbfounded when this skin first came out because it did not look like PPK at all, in a good way. While the thematics of the OG art are good, never really did it for me. This one's great, art's good, design is relatively tasteful, provided one finds the race queen aesthetic tasteful in general (this is how I get flamed by someone in a different server who is actually allergic to horny), art, in general, is good and doesn't try and fight itself. Color shift from black/white to red/black is good, ++. 

I'd have been more hyped for this but I probably like her summer skin better, so alas not pulling for it. Maybe if I ever duped PPK, but I'm not that insane. I value my sanity and storage space. 

Also, curse you Desti, curse you. I try and forget that exists.

I'd like to fuel her up. Dolls run on something after all.

F for Beard, it's a shame...
Just like UKM's performance in-game.

It’s TANKU DURIFTO, but with UKM instead.
YUUUUKAAAAYYYEMMMUUUU DURIFTOOOOO.

Anyway, forgettable doll, slightly less forgettable skin. This art is a moderate improvement in my opinion. 5/10. It's interesting that she's the only one on a vehicle. 

I rate this skin as low as it is because you can't actually see much since her motorcycle and her rifle is, well, in the way, so I only really have her damaged art to go off of, and sometimes damaged art can uh... really change. The mischievous look on her face in said art is why I even gave this art such a high rating.

This skin is strange. It's not bad by any means in my opinion, I just find it confusing overall. The motorbike is cool and what I can see of the outfit is pretty sexy, just seems very out of place here. Anyway, err yeah lol. Think it's quite alright.

I feel you're right. Kimono batch had UMP45 as the outlier. Or ACR, if you look strictly at kimono colouring.

The cat ear hat reminds me of Asuka tbh. Shikinami Asuka Langley.
Or was it Asuka Shikinami Langley?
Or was it Asuka Shikinami Soryuu von Luftschloss Narfidort, Prinzessin der Verurteilung, daughter of Kyoko Zeppelin Soryuu and mother to Ikari Shinji's children?

Regardless

This is a much more interesting skin on the surface since, after all, she's riding a bike. Not just straddling the seat, or lounging sexily on the hood, but honest-to-god riding the bike. I do wish she would ride me like a Darling. Damaged art isn't as horny as some of the more recent stuff, so if you were to judge this costume on looks alone, UKM is a U-Must-Buy costume.
Sadly... It's UKM. She and Claes are fierce competitors for Most Useless MG in the game. A horny costume only saves her from the scrap list while she sits in your dorms taking up your precious 100th doll slot because the rest of your gems are going towards token packs.
7/10 on horny alone, 2/10 for gameplay. Oh, and it's not L2D either so we can't see her breaking out the sick Tokyo Drifts or showing us how exactly her hips move on their own. sad Doc noises

POI on wheels.

After having dumped all my energy on Saiga, I can now calmly and rationally say: I might be one of the few people in existence to like this skin.

I'll keep it kinda brief on most of the rest of these cause I don't have a whole lot to say. I do like this skin but I can understand one of the bigger issues with it. Quite simply, her face seems a little weird. Bar that though, I greatly enjoy the rest of the sexy getup. Good skin for an OP doll.

UNBUTTONED SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORTS

ahem

Yeaaaah, skin itself is great: bikini type top, unbuttoned shorts, thigh-high socks, it had everything to be a great skin, she's wearing a thong, and for one of the most used dolls to boot. Sounds like a heaven's sent skin right? Except her face is utterly weird and offputting.

I don't particularly mind this one, just the face feels very not P22.

Insert Power ranger Dolls mashup

Not even that really, face feels weird.

In theory, this skin isn't too bad for me, it's got a fair number of things I like in skin design, thigh highs, that coat's pretty cool, short shorts, (and I can tell I've been playing out much Fate when my only thought is that she'll beat the shit out of someone with a flag like so:)

The more I look at it the more I just find myself a bit meh on the whole thing. I think it tries a little too hard to mix and match things together and just sorta ends up a bit of a meh thing for me. Or maybe I'm just overly caffeinated and currently deep into negative horny, I dunno.

You're a worthy opponent, but you can't beat me:

I was desperate enough to resort to Microsoft Edge due to the sheer amount of tabs and windows I have open.

Cos you overwork me too much, so I never have time to save these arts.

Gamepress would like to reinforce that we take care of our collaborators' mental wellbeing and actively work to avoid overworking them

As a whole, I don't like Race Queen outfits, period. P22's is no different in my opinion. I already expressed my previous distaste for pure fanservice skins, such as this entire gacha's, since there's nothing appealing towards it, at least coming from me.

Of course, that doesn't mean I cannot appreciate the general art style/aesthetic. I always found myself attracted toward Infukun's works, despite what people say. I always thought his art style was interesting. The outfit itself does seem to take away P22's tomboyish looks, and judging from her looks, I'm not surprised she'd be embarrassed to wear something like this. On a rating scale, on personal preference, I'd give it a 7/10.

YES, Crally nailed it. It's such an upgrade that she barely resembles the original design. And it feels the closest thing to an actual racing girl, compared to the others. It doesn't feel as lewd as the other skins in this batch (UKM notwithstanding). Like I'd legit expect to see someone wearing this, maybe if not nowadays then at least a couple of years ago.

Can we talk about how the gun is impressively big near her? Especially when in her default art it looks like a toy.

I knew Desti would go this way. I mean, why in the world would you bring M2HB to Gustav? Even I only brought PKP x Lewis there.

This skin is utterly lovely. She goes from her a bit odd, bit countryside girl design, to a refreshing and, quite honestly, tame look. I find it amusing that she's the least tame among us the dolls in this batch, default art-wise, but is the tamest in the gacha.

The white and orange are a nice match and don't blend with her hair's tone. Thigh-high boots and skirt are a great match, and she has a great absolute territory to look at. I'm half tempted to roll for her, even though I don't have the tokens to guarantee her.

...This is M2HB. I have to remember that. If I had a favorite skin in a batch, this is definitely it. The art overhaul gives her a new look and her art definitely looks a lot cleaner (Saiga would appreciate the cleanliness btw). This outfit compliments her new art, and GODDAMN I FORGET HOW LARGE THE ACTUAL M2HB WAS.

Jesus, look at the fucking gun! It's a monster! 

Ahem, anyway. 8/10. This is my favorite skin of this batch, and she looks very nice. I find her case actually pretty interesting given her gun emerges out of it, from what I see.

As another person who doesn't care much for M2HB's base art, 100% an upgrade. I'm going to take a minor detour to complain about yellow as a color because bright colors boo hiss. As Desti said, K.I.S.S design principle works wonders here. 

Not gonna ask what she's shooting at in the damaged art.

"Keep it simple, stupid", not to be confused with the band.

Basically, don't try and make something overly complicated or flashy that doesn't work, just use the basic simple solution to the problem because that is more likely to work out of the box. It originally comes from engineering I believe but works for art too.

Well, that was, uh, something. Guess BLT is no longer number #1 in GP Theater Ranking anymore.

Don't worry, you're still numba one to me