I based this redesign on the Mayan god, Kinich Ahau, and Mayan cultural references 💞 for more info free free to check this out x.com/mimo4e_/status/1837075602794229817?t=ur6iA2E5MBd_6x1XzCcm0A&s=19
There was more than just the skin that was changed, there are plenty of little details that you would know that it is very different from the original yet still recognizable. @@Regaman-p1l If there were too many changes, most people would say "Just make an OC at this point" yet call little changes "Bad".
@@Regaman-p1l oh, so fantasy means everyone has to be white? And if you thought skin color is not important you wouldn't waste your time commenting under a mod showcase. Why does it bother you so much that people can have a dark skinned character in their game if they want to?
Don’t care why hoyo apologist say, this design are and is 1000 times better than hoyos design, also love how authentic he feels with the culture he’s based on :3
@Txrrified right, also as an indigenous person I do feel really seen by these redesigns, I also love that he gives them more ethnic features and hair style and textures! Feels super authentic
looks so good! his eyes and overall colour palette fits so much better! the tattoos being more visible makes it so authentic too, like he's not dendro xiao anymore, he's kinich! 0:45 made my jaw droppp SO GOOODDDD
@@Giebachii Say that to genshin then. Genshin doesn't. Every Natlan character and their lore is based around cultral gods from where i come from. Their name, their weapon, even their power type. Even the ancient name matches up.
While I'm not a fan of "redesigns" (Just smacked a new skin tone. Mualani mod one was far better) I like the way the colours popped out more in darker skin tone Shame hoyo will not make a character as dark as him I still like og but oh lawd the colour popping off more makes it so cool and badass
Thank you for doing this awesome showcase! Wow this looks so much better than the design Hoyo released. It's amazing to see, just sad that this fan made edit isn't the one Hoyo released, if it was I would have probably pulled for him.
@@annoyedtorchic8270 👁️👄👁️ you're sure about how i should react to a certain character tf? it's fine if you don't feel the same way about it, in the first place i never said anything about how i should feel is equivalent to how everyone else should feel anyway hahaha
dunno why i found him with darker skin looks cool, i mean they supposedly atleast add some cultural references (i mean there is but in a bigger picture) but when they make npcs, they gave so many variations especially giving braids and such T^T also how many days do you make this kind of mod, i'm really shock like the details is popping off :OOO
I love Kinich already but this is made me love him more. All your Natlan redesigns are so good! I also just finished the Nahida one and I was just smiling all around. Well done! 🎉
Not even racist, Nathan is based on several pre-Columbian South America, Mexico, African, Caribbean, Pacific island, southeast Asian, and many more indigenous cultures. It doesn’t make sense for literally ALL the characters to be so pale, even the “darkest” one is grey. Like you cannot tell me it’s okay to base Nathan off all these cultures and try to say it’s okay to make em all white
Ah! So when genshin steals an entire characters design from a god people worship and then whitewash them, it's fine, but when someone changes it to represent the god more clearly and better it's suddenly "I'm not a fan of this"
@@mimo4e. Ty for understanding and I do prefer the darker skin tone, he looks really good when green marks on him are glowing. I just usually don't prefer changes of a character's skin but this is really good.
You work is AMAZING. Truly genshin could never. Kinich and mualani look way better than in game. Also like how you had different versions of his hair because the ethnic references natlan characters is all over the place so its not straight forward how the characters should look like. I also like how you paid attentiin to the little details on kinich's accesories and designs on his clothes. Your a master at this.
@@Phentic and what is your problem? i am entitled to expressing my own opinions and thoughts. plus it's not just me who doesn't care about skin tones, it's most of the community who didn't feel the need to boycott genshin, why the hell did you feel the need to reply to my comment if you don't care? like OH MY GOD, i'm so sorry that i have the right to express what i don't care about like everyone else does. you can just simply SCROLL if you don't want to see comments like mine if you hate them so badly and get so easily offended by them. nobody will give you a medal if you're gonna act so picky like this, i didn't even comment this for people's validation.
@@Phentic and who on God's green earth is 'we'? nobody's agreeing with you on this, you just decided to reply to my comment, that's on you. don't get pissed off at me if i wrote a whole paragraph, you decided to put yourself through this for no reason just to make yourself feel better - if i'm correct, you're the one who wasted your time by replying, "nObOdY CaReS" to a comment that isn't worth your time. all i did was nothing but just say, "i don't care about a character's skin tone, but i do wish kinich looked like that." like 8 days ago. you decided to waste 2 seconds of your day by just being a prick, like OH WOW, you don't care about my silly little harmless comment, want a cookie?
@@Phentic and who cares about what YOU think? i didn't comment this for people's validation, thank you very much. i'm not wasting my time on incompetent people like you, i'm just speaking my mind, you don't need to be so butthurt about everything.
@@nezukoshairribbonholy yap who’s reading these?? You could’ve easily left out the fact that you didn’t care about his skin colour. You’re bound to get shit on because you said something about it. This video is dedicated to a redesign on his character in general, and skin tone. Could’ve left that part out in your comment. And- the same thing goes for you. If you didn’t like what the person said to you, you could’ve ignored it. Kinda ironic, isn’t it?
Honestly this redesing surprise me, it has its own spice without being too far from the original design (it's not a choice than i am a fan of but it's ok) and it has the ✨melanin✨ than Kinich deserves. Good work :)
@@KoKoRosie thing is, it's difficult to know what region she's from at first glance. Someone who never heard of Genshin would probably put her with a different region. Subtle blink and you miss it references can only go so far if you only have surface level knowledge of a culture. Her main design/character inspirations are the moon goddess you mentioned and kusanali. Personally, I think that if they leaned into the Indian aspect for clothing (where the two inspos are from), I would like her design more. For instance, if she had a stylized Indian shawl (there's multiple types of them) it could make her look more scholarly and knowing what region she was from much easier.
Is this skin just the skin colour? Either way, the skin colour kinda makes the green on his arms and neck harder to spot so change the green to be lighter or change the skin colour ig
I based this redesign on the Mayan god, Kinich Ahau, and Mayan cultural references 💞 for more info free free to check this out
x.com/mimo4e_/status/1837075602794229817?t=ur6iA2E5MBd_6x1XzCcm0A&s=19
@@Regaman-p1l See the post there's more to it than a palette swap
@@Regaman-p1lit was racist to take an indigenous god and make the character named after it light skinned in the first place :)
There was more than just the skin that was changed, there are plenty of little details that you would know that it is very different from the original yet still recognizable. @@Regaman-p1l
If there were too many changes, most people would say "Just make an OC at this point" yet call little changes "Bad".
@@Regaman-p1l oh, so fantasy means everyone has to be white? And if you thought skin color is not important you wouldn't waste your time commenting under a mod showcase. Why does it bother you so much that people can have a dark skinned character in their game if they want to?
@@Regaman-p1l the word racist means to be prejudiced against an ethnic group of people
Don’t care why hoyo apologist say, this design are and is 1000 times better than hoyos design, also love how authentic he feels with the culture he’s based on :3
He doesn't
@@KoKoRosie ????
@Txrrified right, also as an indigenous person I do feel really seen by these redesigns, I also love that he gives them more ethnic features and hair style and textures! Feels super authentic
looks so good! his eyes and overall colour palette fits so much better! the tattoos being more visible makes it so authentic too, like he's not dendro xiao anymore, he's kinich! 0:45 made my jaw droppp SO GOOODDDD
I don’t care what tall saying, this Kinich is cannon to me
Same
Ngl I don’t really like it because it reminds me way to much of that one dj from overwatch
@@Cat_of_judgementHIS NAME IS LUCIO😭😭
@@avery4436 I dont play overwatch 😭😭😭
Now he actually looks like a Saurian hunter who lives in a nation based off pre-colonial South America
Real xd
I was so confused because I didn’t recognize his hair as dreads I’m sitting over her like “ his hair is really fluffy”
hoyo apologists: stop asking for dark skinned representation!!! make your own!!!
modders: ok 👍
hoyo apologists: WAIT NO THAT'S ILLEGAL
Bro it's not representation if nothing is represented
more like diversity, theres already some rep imo :3
They mean make your own characters 💀
@@KoKoRosiegenshin player w most reading comprehension
@@Giebachii Say that to genshin then. Genshin doesn't. Every Natlan character and their lore is based around cultral gods from where i come from. Their name, their weapon, even their power type. Even the ancient name matches up.
I love how it makes his markings pop out more, if only it was available on Playstation but another well done on the design. Chefs kiss 💋
Tbh the designs were good but I love it how you made them even better by fully committing to the indigenous inspirations behind Natlan
While I'm not a fan of "redesigns"
(Just smacked a new skin tone. Mualani mod one was far better)
I like the way the colours popped out more in darker skin tone
Shame hoyo will not make a character as dark as him
I still like og but oh lawd the colour popping off more makes it so cool and badass
it wasnt just skin tone they added a new hair for him too and i think have adjusted the lips
@@winters_angel Nvm girl
I'm blind asff
Literally my first thought until I saw the hair lmao
You got me sold on the third hair style now that's a glow up
Thank you for doing this awesome showcase! Wow this looks so much better than the design Hoyo released. It's amazing to see, just sad that this fan made edit isn't the one Hoyo released, if it was I would have probably pulled for him.
the way i would've whaled for him if he actually looked like that omfg 😭💚
I'm sure you won't, and I'm sure majority of players won't whale if they do that. Hoyoverse knows how the business works my dude
Yep, u differently Have some major internalized rasicim. Ur the one who wouldn't whale for him if he looked like that. @annoyedtorchic8270
Ngl I doubt it lol
@@annoyedtorchic8270 👁️👄👁️ you're sure about how i should react to a certain character tf?
it's fine if you don't feel the same way about it, in the first place i never said anything about how i should feel is equivalent to how everyone else should feel anyway hahaha
@@annoyedtorchic8270Why are you telling a person how they would spend their money lol😭🙏
Oooooohhhhhh *MAN* i love this design. Makes everything more vibrant.
i swear kinich suit more in melanin😭
dunno why i found him with darker skin looks cool, i mean they supposedly atleast add some cultural references (i mean there is but in a bigger picture) but when they make npcs, they gave so many variations especially giving braids and such T^T
also how many days do you make this kind of mod, i'm really shock like the details is popping off :OOO
The mod took me around 3 days to make and most of it was researching the information lmao
HE LOOKS SOO GOOD!
HIS HAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR???????????
IM DYINGGGG HES SO FCKING CUTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH I COULD CRY.
The dreads with the face paint and glow looks so cool, fits the darker skin tone perfectly
You solved the mystery of the hidden eyebrows for me
Thank u❤❤
holy fuck he looks AWESOME with the locks. Great work!
The Kinich we all deserve
I love Kinich already but this is made me love him more. All your Natlan redesigns are so good! I also just finished the Nahida one and I was just smiling all around.
Well done! 🎉
If only Hoyoverse weren’t cowards.
they just don't cater to delusional people.
@@annoyedtorchic8270wanting dark skin representation is delusional now?
@@annoyedtorchic8270 wanting mexicans/africans to look mexican/african is delusional for sure
@@Kat-37i9 In a chinese gacha game with like 60% of the players being chinese... Yes, totally ❤
@@ItzFedenka Chinese people are very surprised that black people exist.
Just watch the interviews of black people living in China it's crazy.
Man... We could've had THIS Kinich instead! It looks AMAZING!
Okay, this mod is too good to ignore!
To those saying “they can’t just change the character models” I suggest you look at Amber and Jean
Not to be racist but I Think All Of The Natlan Characters Should be A Lil Blacker
that wouldnt make you racist!
Still racist statement
@@KoKoRosie I am black too girl hush
Not even racist, Nathan is based on several pre-Columbian South America, Mexico, African, Caribbean, Pacific island, southeast Asian, and many more indigenous cultures. It doesn’t make sense for literally ALL the characters to be so pale, even the “darkest” one is grey. Like you cannot tell me it’s okay to base Nathan off all these cultures and try to say it’s okay to make em all white
@@KoKoRosie racist or factual..
HE LOOKS SO MUCH COOLER WTF
Oh god I love the hair and the glowy markings actually pop so nicely now!!!!
Bby boy got a redesign from one of my favorite modders 💚
Sobbing cuz Im genuinely too broke for early access 😭💀✋
I’m finally early! Looks cool.Sadly, I lost 50/50 to Dehya tho
His design looks so much more unique to literally every playable char in genshin still pulling for him cuz he's cute just wished hoyo tried harder 😭😭
im not the biggest fan of changing a characters skin but omg he looks so much better
Ah! So when genshin steals an entire characters design from a god people worship and then whitewash them, it's fine, but when someone changes it to represent the god more clearly and better it's suddenly "I'm not a fan of this"
@@Phentic Im just not a fan of changing the original characters skin color 🤷 why u getting so worked up about on a opinion?
I completely understand! Hence why the skintone is a toggle because I don't want to force a different race on a character 🙇♀️
@@mimo4e. Ty for understanding and I do prefer the darker skin tone, he looks really good when green marks on him are glowing. I just usually don't prefer changes of a character's skin but this is really good.
@claytonsmith9084 thank you for the kind words! The main reason for me to change his skin tone was actually because of the glowing marks
oh these are so cool man
You work is AMAZING. Truly genshin could never.
Kinich and mualani look way better than in game.
Also like how you had different versions of his hair because the ethnic references natlan characters is all over the place so its not straight forward how the characters should look like.
I also like how you paid attentiin to the little details on kinich's accesories and designs on his clothes. Your a master at this.
HIS BRAIDS OMG?
even though idrc about character's skin tones, i actually wish kinich looked like that
We don't need to know that u don't care about the skin tone. Literally no one cares.
@@Phentic and what is your problem? i am entitled to expressing my own opinions and thoughts. plus it's not just me who doesn't care about skin tones, it's most of the community who didn't feel the need to boycott genshin, why the hell did you feel the need to reply to my comment if you don't care? like OH MY GOD, i'm so sorry that i have the right to express what i don't care about like everyone else does. you can just simply SCROLL if you don't want to see comments like mine if you hate them so badly and get so easily offended by them. nobody will give you a medal if you're gonna act so picky like this, i didn't even comment this for people's validation.
@@Phentic and who on God's green earth is 'we'? nobody's agreeing with you on this, you just decided to reply to my comment, that's on you. don't get pissed off at me if i wrote a whole paragraph, you decided to put yourself through this for no reason just to make yourself feel better - if i'm correct, you're the one who wasted your time by replying, "nObOdY CaReS" to a comment that isn't worth your time. all i did was nothing but just say, "i don't care about a character's skin tone, but i do wish kinich looked like that." like 8 days ago. you decided to waste 2 seconds of your day by just being a prick, like OH WOW, you don't care about my silly little harmless comment, want a cookie?
@@Phentic and who cares about what YOU think? i didn't comment this for people's validation, thank you very much. i'm not wasting my time on incompetent people like you, i'm just speaking my mind, you don't need to be so butthurt about everything.
@@nezukoshairribbonholy yap who’s reading these?? You could’ve easily left out the fact that you didn’t care about his skin colour. You’re bound to get shit on because you said something about it. This video is dedicated to a redesign on his character in general, and skin tone. Could’ve left that part out in your comment. And- the same thing goes for you. If you didn’t like what the person said to you, you could’ve ignored it. Kinda ironic, isn’t it?
SMASH. HE IS MAJESTIC.
You NEED to be a skin creator for hoyoverse
Cuuuteee!! >_
I personally liked the mulani one more but this one is still cool I love his hair I feel it matches so much more.
AUGHH THE DREADS LOOK SO GOOD
He low key looks like me (edit: he looks like me but way more better and handsome lol)
HE LOOKS SO COOL?? AND BEEFYER??
oh my god the new hair. im going to have a heart attack (positive) thank you
CARA, ELE TÁ TÃO MAIS BONITO ASSIM, TÃO MAIS ÚNICO UGHHHHHHH❤❤
I yelled " Daaaaaamn!" when I saw the thumbnail
YES SIRRR
why did you make him look hot i will never forgive you for this
Looks cool, but what happened to his ams?
Honestly this redesing surprise me, it has its own spice without being too far from the original design (it's not a choice than i am a fan of but it's ok) and it has the ✨melanin✨ than Kinich deserves. Good work :)
Redesign nahida too pls give her desi/arabic clothes
Nahida is actually connected to the lore, she is based off the Moon goddess and her outfits have Solomon symbol (a keypsrt of genshin lore)
@@KoKoRosie thing is, it's difficult to know what region she's from at first glance. Someone who never heard of Genshin would probably put her with a different region. Subtle blink and you miss it references can only go so far if you only have surface level knowledge of a culture.
Her main design/character inspirations are the moon goddess you mentioned and kusanali. Personally, I think that if they leaned into the Indian aspect for clothing (where the two inspos are from), I would like her design more. For instance, if she had a stylized Indian shawl (there's multiple types of them) it could make her look more scholarly and knowing what region she was from much easier.
Hold up, did you manage to give him some pecs?
yessir
i love this, but PLS PLS PLSSSS DO A CASUAL KINICHHH
Can you do Kachina next?
Maybe kinich should go shirtless. The guy needs to find some way to cope with natlan's heat
I liked the version without dreads ❤
Okay?
@Nixx_y._ Something wrong? I just praised the work
SOSOSOSOSO PRETTY!!!
Ban Wave??
Yeah no one's getting banned lmao
@@mimo4e. Relief.. My friend got banned though 😔
기어코 키니치마저 나오는구나....
oh my goat 😭😭😭😭
I don’t really like the hair and prefer white kinich 0:58 this one is the one I like
Good for u ig? Why exactly do we need to know this? Are you trying to make people mad or??
@@PhenticI’m just sharing my opinion
Well on a video like this, it’s better to keep that opinion to yourself next time.
Is this skin just the skin colour? Either way, the skin colour kinda makes the green on his arms and neck harder to spot so change the green to be lighter or change the skin colour ig
No it doesn't? It literally makes it pop-out more now your just looking for an excuse to hate the skin without being seen as racist.
WOW
First
Bruh
You when dark skinned people "Bruh 😔💔💔💔💔"
ok, j'adore !
So cool