| Costume | Lore |
Mercator Projection, also known as the Cartographer or Miss Branley[1],is an A-Tier Costume for the Soul Weaver, Violetta. It was introduced in Season 31 Essence 2 (The Voyage of Oceanus).
Appearance[]
Physical[]
The upper-half of Violetta's body is now shown, revealing her physical appearance. She has a calm face, with a small, faint smile and closed eyes, her eyebrows point slightly upward, showing a somewhat worried expression, and a pale peachy skin tone. She has red lipstick and slight purple eyeshadow around her eyes. She has long, wavy black hair, with strands resting on her back, as well a few other strands from the sides of her face. Some strands are braided into small braids, accessorised with golden beads and light blue jewels, engraved into gold jewelry that ties bits of her braids or gold hoop jewellery with three feather-like points from the bottom, the braids can be seen from the left side of her hair, the back and slightly from thr right side. Violetta also surprisingly has human arms, despite being typically limbless. Her arms are fixed into a praying-like position, holding a small yellow globe in her palms.
Her mechanical arms are now made out of dark brown wood and gold metal. The arms are primarily wooden, but her joints are now gold orbs with carved vine patterns, the areas around the joints are now wider and thicker than the rest of the arms, and her fingers are gold. The forearms now have gold rulers attached to the the wider areas as well. Her mechanical arms also are adorned with wooden curved layers, somewhat resembling petals, with golden outlines at the edges and vine-like patterns.
Outfit[]
Violetta has a dark purple velvet top hat, with a dark magenta ribbon tied around the brim, an oval shaped obsidian gem that's engraved into an elegant golden brooch, with wavy vine-like shapes on the sides, and curvy thick strings of metal that bend at the bottom and end, with diamond-shaped gold bits in-between, as well as a grey feather sticked next to the brooch. She dons a light purple sweater with vertical dark purple stripes all across it. Her sleeves are slightly puffier by the cuffs, and the cuffs themselves have gold buttons. She has a grey thick shawl wrapped around her neck, tied loosely around the front, there are small gold vine-like patterns at the left and right side of the shawl.
The rest of her body and outfit is hidden by the mechanical wooden display, underneath it, there is a carving resembling the northern star, and a triangular wooden piece, which support's Violetta's body. The display resembles a white cylinder, curving to a table-like shape. A blue map depicting a nautical chart is draped on this display, with the northern star in the middle, black lines resembling parallels of latitude extend to the bottom, and various drawings and depictions of light grey pieces of land, as well as marks depicting a ship, anchor, and two sea monsters, one being a large fish, the other being the large tail, can be spotted at the back of the map, they're illustrated with black-and-white colours, and undecipherable text resembling "Serenity" and "nowm" are under the anchor and large fish respectively. At the top of the display, a model showcasing a large, light blue sea monster with tentacles attacking and sinking a wooden ship can be seen, with special modelling resembling waves, bits of the monster cannot be seen, as it is hidden beneath the waters. The display is also accompanied by various golden, circular rulers that surround the entire display, some even tearing up the map, making up a silhoutte that of a hemisphere. The map is torn at various places, including at the bottom, around the rulers, and at the front. Violetta is also draped by various unfinished sketches of sailing routes, with grey stripes showing the routes, as well as red markings showing the destinations.
Weapon[]
Violetta's mechanical legs are now brass compasses made out of wood and gold metal. The parts are mostly wooden, except the metal joints and handles, with carved stripes and a triangular tip, and the overall decorations adoring it. The legs have various large golden vine-like patterns, and they are secured by gold screws. The legs' blades are now light silver, sharp blades, with thin vine-like carvings.
Special Effects[]
The obsidian brooch has a white shining effect, the globe shines with gold sparkles, her bladed legs shine, accompanied by wavy faint yellow smoke-like effects wrapped around them, the display on her back has wave-like effects, and the display has strings of blue light wrapped around it, occasionally emitting a rainbow hue.
Concept / Design Notes[]
Official Website[2][]
Set sail and pursue historical secrets
In the sixth anniversary plot event, the detective was invited to board the scientific research ship "Isembard" and re-trace the Voyage of Oceanus. The ship takes them to the depths of the ocean. In that mysterious sea, what awaits him will be rapids, sea monsters, treasures coveted by the world, and the untouchable truth.
Boarding this deliberately recreated ship, the detective keenly observed some strange and familiar tourists. The tourists on the scientific research ship are all inextricably related to the protagonists of the voyage back then. Together, they will uncover the unsolved mysteries left over twenty-five years ago.
In the anniversary treasure chest highlight story video, the boarders seem to have very reasonable identities, but there are hidden stories behind them that have not been revealed. The sponsor behind the scenes faces the outside world in an unusually low-key manner, and the mystery becomes increasingly intense. The Mercenary in disguise - Cabinet of Curiosities has clear ideas, boldness and meticulousness. After peeling off the cocoons, everyone's identities surfaced one by one. Only the Soul Weaver - Mercator Projection and the Doctor - Eternal Flower stood firmly behind him, and together they cracked the secrets of the route one by one.
Old dreams overlap and a new chapter begins
Soul Weaver - Mercator Projection firmly believes that the sea has its own rules. She holds a delicate model in her hands and seems to be praying devoutly. The cold measuring ruler, nautical compass and exquisite metal mechanical joints are combined to form her mechanical limbs. The huge antique map spread on the stand depicts the navigation route, inheriting the legacy from her "father", guiding her towards the mysterious sea.
Social Media[3][]
Design Idea Sketch
This time her occupation is a Cartographer on a ship who is fascinated by the mystique of the sea. She is captivated by legends and supernatural phenomena, adept at drawing maps, and has a certain mysterious atmosphere.[4]
The two versions of the sketch basically meet the needs, but the connection between the body and the head needs to be optimized, and some decorations and structures have also been changed.
Finally, the head (human part) of the body is exposed, the bracket extending from the Soul Weaver's body represents the surveying instrument, and the tablecloth is a nautical map.
Later, details such as nautical map, character clothing, and special effects were optimized to complete the costume design of Soul Weaver - Mercator Projection.
Model Details Description
She firmly believes that the sea has its own rules, and anyone who despises the sea and violates the rules will be punished; and she will personally witness the rules of this mysterious sea.
- The velvet hat was decorated with an ancient Obsidian and a feather. She picked out a few strands of her long hair and braided it into delicate braids. She held a delicate model in her hands, as if she was praying devoutly.
- The huge antique map spread out on the stand depicts the navigation route. She has been to many places. The metal rulers are intertwined among them, like a piece of finely crafted art. In the stormy sea, the shaky sailboat is being entangled by a huge sea monster.
- The cold measuring ruler, nautical compass and exquisite metal mechanical joints are combined to form her mechanical limbs, inheriting the legacy from her "father" and guiding her towards the mysterious sea.
Showroom Interface Design
The sea map she drew still retains traces of rumors at sea. The turbulent waves hit her, and huge tentacles protruded from the sea. A trace of panic flashed on her face, and then she waved her sharp mechanical limbs. It seems to be warning opponents who are waiting for an opportunity.
The originally leisurely school of fish swam past her, as if sensing some indescribable aura, and immediately fled in all directions, for fear of being involved in an inexplicable disaster. What were they afraid of?
In-Game Display
She stretched out her mechanical limbs to attack the survivors. Her huge body and metal torso made her look difficult to deal with, and her sharp mechanical front legs were disturbing.
Trivia[]
- A Mercator Projection is the projection of a world map cast onto a cylinder, in a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator. It's widely used in many fields, including navigation. It takes its name from the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who first proposed in 1569.
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![[Portrait] Mercator Projection (80 Pulls)](/wiki/File:MercatorProjectionPortraitSpriteHD.jpg "MercatorProjectionPortraitSpriteHD.jpg (828 KB)"){kind=icon}
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In Other Languages[]
| "Mercator Projection" in Other Languages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) |
墨卡托投影 (Mò kǎ tuō tóuyǐng) |
Mercator Projection | |
| 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese) | |||
| English | Mercator Projection | ||
| Español (Spanish) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | |||
| 日本語 (Japanese) |
メルカトル図法 (Merukatoru zuhō) |
Mercator Projection | |
| 한국어 (Korean) |
메르카토르 도법 (meleukatoleu dobeob) |
Mercator Projection | |
| Bahasa Melayu | |||
| ภาษาไทย (Thai) | |||
| Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) | |||
References[]
- ↑ She is referred to as Miss Branley, a well-known Cartographer and the daughter of Professor Branley in the The Voyage of Oceanus Event.
- ↑ Mercator Projection Design Notes - Official Website
- ↑ Mercator Projection Design Notes - WeChat, Weibo
- ↑ Translation by jaesti.
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