Your Favourite Avatar Base?

[Katsuragi]

Having worked with a bunch of avatar bases now, there's still some I haven't tried & some I keep returning to.

Overall, I'd like to read what everyone's favourite avatar bases are! Consider this a survey.

Primarily interested in the average Booth bases & takes on them but any are welcome for discussion!

Oh, and I hope I'm putting this in the right category, relatively new to this place.

[Belina]

@Sakurakaiyo me would be Mizuki ! but if it for discussion, idk .-.? i mostly think that...mizuki has less assets ? even tho not as much as other avatar base, outfits are still okey, make up can even be count with fingers, texture can also be count with fingers, and I feel Mizuki falls into category of not so popular base models, bcause (the way i maybe think of it now) : ppl more into busty avatar ones (or base models that atleast have body modification assets, blendshapes settings preset, etc) or cute, but slowly i see mostly outfits are supporting mizuki which is good, but for outside of outfits assets, its kind of not many. and also i like mizuki body posture, it's just her butt is not standing out..."Unless you know how to do blender" that is an exception bcause i cant blender x.x, and mizuki also already have things already pre built inside her, from outfit toggles, gimmicks etc, effects, particles etc, so that maybe another factor why ppl not using her ? (still my guess)
I also kind of get it (atleast to me) ppl make things for what is popular, and it still not disccusing abt Meta things x.x

[SugarJuneBug]

For me, it would definitely be Selestia! Though I've definitely jumped on the Milltina bandwagon, her body is chef kiss, but I still think (in terms of armature, especially for the time that Selestia came out) that Selestia still is in my #1 spot with making models. Manuka has an adorable face (and I will accept the argument that it can be better than Selestia's because of more shapekeys), but imo her body is HORRIBLE, it just feels weird to use, her shapekey proportions are just weird, and oh goodness her ARMS LENGTH, THEY'RE SO SHORT ON DEFAULT, yeah you can fix it in blender, but not everyone is great at doing blender or unity, so they have to deal with her stubby little arms. I definitely don't think she's as better as Selestia, which makes me a little upset sometimes that she has more assets than Selestia (though it's super easy to fit their clothing [except the breast part because Manuka's breasts are so weird, but she's obviously made to be more like a "loli" as much as I hate saying that lol] by scaling it to 1.030 in blender). I'm definitely a Selestia over Manuka type of model maker, and I will die with that to my grave LOL. Other than that, I think Shinano is a very well made model, and as I mentioned before I believe Milltina is as well. I've been enjoying my time working on her, the things you can do with her physics is SO nice, that I honestly, slightly, thought her body was perhaps slightly better than Selestia's. I've also been working on Uruki recently, she's super cute, I still haven't worked on her enough to get a good opinion on the base, and she is VERY new after all!

tl;dr: Selestia 4ever, better than Manuka for sure. Milltina is awesome. Selestia and Milltina lover yayay