Do You Play Space Barbies?

fluffymoof

Simply put, do you play Space Barbies?

For those not in the know, Space Barbies is really mucking around in the game to customize your character. It may or may not involve C-Store shopping.

thay8472

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

hell yeah!

fluffymoof

Yes, but only when I get bored of how they look

thay8472 wrote: »

hell yeah!

WOO HOO! I only started to really dig into Space Barbie-ism. I like being able to choose the old command uniforms, but I am having a very hard time with off-duty customizations. I can unlock them, but going from there is odd because there's tons of choices.

e30ernest

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Everyone plays space Barbie even if they won't admit it. Space Barbie is STO's true endgame!

smokebailey

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Yep.

captainrc1

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Sometimes when I get tired of playing the "good, clean, wholesome Starfleet Officer," I like to change my crew into mercenary outfits and fly around in the Miradorn Theta or some other non-aligned ship that I've designated to be their pirate ship. I guess that counts.

alcyoneserene

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Most recent ground space-barbie transgression: customized a slave girl outfit for my orion sci.
Space: unboxed some packs for a ship in tribble for some screens.

tyler002

Yes, but only when I get bored of how they look

I normally just use one of the preset looks and customize when I feel like it, or when I get sick of looking at their ugly mugs.

angrytarg

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Creating a consistent look with minute details to the last BOFF is almost the whole reason why I still play and create new characters. It's usually limited to the uniforms and equipment as well as backgrounds and such because I like to take the BOFF as they come out of the generator, because that's "them" - only under special circumstances I really design the character model in detail (for instance, Tellarites will always get the TOS look and have to be changed accordingly, Lukari and Deferi are customized aliens and so on)​​

corelogik

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

I do. I come up with a backstory for each of my captains and dress them and their gear out to fit into that backstory as mush as possible. Their individual "histories" also influence which ship I use for them, how it looks and what weapons I use on it.

garaks31

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

as a clothier, i do have a keen interest in what the population is wearing from day to day ...

themadprofessor

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Let's see, there's...

Karatek, my Reman

N'Gora, my Fed Klingon

Misryath, my Frost Giant Space Wizard

Doctor Algernop Krieger, from Archer

Berek the Reaper, my Ferengi privateer

Owen Grady, from Jurassic World, complete with BOFFs of Claire, Barry, Zara, Vivian, Lowery, and human forms of Blue, Delta, Echo, Charlie, and Rexy.

Hriwa, my Mirrorverse Caitian

C'Rua, my Ferasan

Raquel Siobhansdottir, a Romulan Liberated Borg. Yes the name is intentionally human, as she's actually half-Romulan.

Oranux, my KDF aligned Reman who wears parts of the Hirogen armor as a trophy (he escaped from and killed the Hirogen pursuing him, taking his armor as a prize).

Stebaynir, my alien KDF officer who wears part of a Herald Thrall outfit

Zz'ig Ss'teenyne, my Gorn that wears a patchwork uniform that looks like a Crayola factory threw up on him

Zeus, the god. Not someone who thinks they are a god, nor a Sufficiently Advanced Alien, but the ACTUAL god in mortal form. Along with the rest of the Pantheon as his Bridge Officers.


To a lesser extent, there's:

Ruavu Deruno, my Roswell Grey shape shifter. Not so much him as his bevy of beautiful Bridge Officers who wear revealing outfits.

Byron Taggart, who has a Vulcan bridge officer who retraced the path that Mestral took on Earth and learned how to accept her emotions while not letting them rule over her (in my headcanon, Mestral HAD to learn this to accurately blend in with 20th century America).

So no, I don't play Space Barbies AT ALL.

talonxv

Yes, but only when I get bored of how they look

My main Fed toon, I basically have him in a uniform going back all the way to when he was a LT to Rear Admiral. I have my toon running around with the RADM rank, instead of FADM. Allows me to be flag rank, but keeps me with my flagship Tarawa(Jupiter class carrier).

But yeah some have a bunch of outfits, some only have 2-3. Just depends on how I feel.

smokebailey

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

I try my best to make my characters look like what I do in my artworks.

It's fun.

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ktyrrell

Yes, but only when I get bored of how they look

as you cant set the uniforms for npcs (in your ship or general) I end up using the standard uniform for Feds. KDF and Off-Duty is where the fun is

lianthelia

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

I guess yes? I like to make all of my characters look unique and such. I don't just slap every character in the standard issue uniform...but I don't work as hard as some I imagine.

warpangel

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Of course!

Even with the onerous restrictions in the tailor cramping my style, Space Barbie is still the one of the greatest source of fun in the game.

rattler2

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

I might be getting known for my cosplay outfits, and I made a whole Cosplay THREAD for sharing these creative outfits.

Hell... some of my best are, even though I main a Trill, Yang Xiao Long, Black Widow, Tanya (Red Alert 3), Sami (Advance Wars), Lucina, Yuna (FFX-2), and Erza Scarlet.

legendarylycan

just enough to make my characters look decent

only ones i really worked any significant length of time on are my factional mains (the kdf and republic versions of which are clones of the fed, so i only had to do work for one and just copy over to the other two) and the arcturus mengsk cosplay i made, which looks really damn realistic - to me, anyway​​

rattler2

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

shadowfang240 wrote: »

just enough to make my characters look decent

only ones i really worked any significant length of time on are my factional mains (the kdf and republic versions of which are clones of the fed, so i only had to do work for one and just copy over to the other two) and the arcturus mengsk cosplay i made, which looks really damn realistic - to me, anyway​​

The uberMengsk? Wow... And I got a Terran Ghost outfit.

burstorion

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Always - I love making all my toons look as untrek as possible and finding unique looks to 'explain' my loadouts - for example a certain engie wrist part combined with a certain tac armpiece and the big boxy eng shoulder silo makes for a convincing handheld torpedo launcher/grenade dispenser (chroniton spread seems to fire from the shoulder silo, cryo warhead from the wrist piece and the wrist parts jutting out section looks like it could drop a grenade into the users hand)

Or for minigun/boolean users, a power assisted arm brace

Or for melees, a power armored look mixing terran and assorted old kit parts with a shock glove for electrical dot on sweeping strikes

One thing I would love with a passion is if they mirrored all single side parts as it'd be little work for more possibilities

As to ship Barbie, whilst more limited, I do the same if applicable to my ships, the b'rel costume offering my kor bps more style, such as a sleek one for speed builds, a tanky well built look for epg (as epg would require more equipment) and an understated one for drain builds

I'm definitely one of those people who would pay 500z for a pack of assorted parts such as nacelles, solid colour decals (paint an entire ship red(!)) and so on (call it a salvage pack) - I would kill to be able to chop my energy weapons off my torpedo kor and bolt a set of impulse nacelles in instead before painting it fully midnight blue

rattler2

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

burstorion wrote: »

As to ship Barbie, whilst more limited, I do the same if applicable to my ships, the b'rel costume offering my kor bps more style, such as a sleek one for speed builds, a tanky well built look for epg (as epg would require more equipment) and an understated one for drain builds

I'm definitely one of those people who would pay 500z for a pack of assorted parts such as nacelles, solid colour decals (paint an entire ship red(!)) and so on (call it a salvage pack) - I would kill to be able to chop my energy weapons off my torpedo kor and bolt a set of impulse nacelles in instead before painting it fully midnight blue

I don't kitbash as much when it comes to ships myself. But I wouldn't mind having more options. I actually made my Scryer kinda look like the concept art for a Fed ship from the OLD STO pitch or whatever. Which is probably the inspiration for the Scryer in the first place. Just slap Phantom Nacelles on her and she looks a bit like that concept art.

And in all honesty... I do need more uniform slots. I'm only rockin' 7 right now. Also... I really should finish buying up all the C-Store uniforms. I almost got them all.

BUT WHY DO THE DL STORE ONES HAVE TO COST SO DANG MUCH?!

kiralyn

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Hmm, let's see... finally joined a fleet after playing for years, and earned 2mil+ fleet credits (between several alts) helping finish up K-13 T3, just to get access to the fleet tailors, have three rows of outfits on my Fed "main", dress up all my boffs (including themes like Elsa & her crew of Disney Princesses), customize my ships as much as possible, have bought c-store ships for the parts & materials..... yeah, I think so.

baddmoonrizin

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Why, yes. Yes, I do.

FED
• Tactical LibBorg Male
• Engineering LibBorg Male
• Science LibBorg Female
• Tactical Human Male
• Engineering Talaxian Male
• Science Joined Trill Male
• Tactical Saurian Male
• Engineering Caitian Male
• Science Rigelian Female
• Tactical Benzite Male
• Engineering Bolian Male
• Science Betazoid Female
• Tactical Bajoran Male
• Engineering Ferengi Male
• Science Trill Female
• Tactical Klingon Male
• Engineering Pakled Male
• Science Human Female
• Tactical Alien Male
• Engineering Alien Male
• Science Alien Male

KDF
•Tactical LibBorg Male
• Engineering LibBorg Male
• Science LibBorg Female
• Tactical Klingon Male
• Engineering Talaxian Male
• Science Joined Trill Female
• Tactical Nausicaan Male
• Engineering Ferasan Male
• Science Orion Female
• Tactical Gorn Male
• Engineering Lethean Male
• Science Klingon Female
• Tactical Alien Male
• Engineering Alien Male
• Science Alien Male

ROM
• Tactical LibBorg Male (FED Allied)
• Engineering LibBorg Male (KDF Allied)
• Science LibBorg Female (FED Allied)
• Science Romulan Female (KDF Allied)
• Tactical Reman Male (FED Allied)
• Tactical Reman Female (KDF Allied)
• Tactical Alien Male (FED Allied)
• Engineering Alien Male (FED Allied)
• Science Alien Female (FED Allied)
• Tactical Alien Male (KDF Allied)
• Engineering Alien Male (KDF Allied)
• Science Alien Female (KDF Allied)

TOS
• Engineering Human Male
• Tactical Andorian Male
• Engineering Tellarite Male
• Science Vulcan Female

mustrumridcully0

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

To clarify, I mostly play space barbie with my ships. Space barbies with my character is something I do less often.

atnquick

No, I do not play Space Barbies at all

Isn't the default face and outfit what's canon?

irm1963

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

Yes. Almost all of my current characters, ships and crew are themed in some way to fit some light RP/background idea more than some "meta" and modelled to suit. I do try to have it make sense for the game background though, no superheroes or FF/Warcraft escapees

Even bought C-Store and Lobi costumes and gear for that purpose. And i'm always tinkering with them to make them look "just right". Some days I think I spend more time doing that than playing the game, especially while setting up a new crew.

Most recently, a Lukari crew to fit the event ship and reworking my Temporal Recruit and her crew as STID Section 31 (with a 250 million EC ship purchase and C-store costume repurpose !). Takes a bit of head canon gymnastics to make it fit the storyline though, if I'm in the mood to go into that much detail.

irm1963

Yes, I play Space Barbies all the time

atnquick wrote: »

Isn't the default face and outfit what's canon?

No, it's just the default

wylonus

Yes, but only when I get bored of how they look

want devs to allow us to name the uniform or make names as "off-duty", courtisan, date dress, or "formal" for easy idenify, i find labeling way too restrictive.
the list for dressing getting too big and they need customizable naming for regular daily uniforms, high rank officers jacket and other work uniforms, even we get festival suits.

carter60

Yes, but only when I get bored of how they look

yes but thats when i wanna change looks or get new officers and i want them to wear the crew uniform