Week One is in the books for this WCW ROM Hack Project.

I went in with the goal of completing 10 attires during the week, but once I found a rhythm, I ended up finishing 23 in total. To give a quick preview, I uploaded a YouTube Short showcasing some of the new designs.

Some viewers might notice what appear to be duplicates, like Ric Flair, or unexpected color combinations, like Vicious. This is intentional. It makes palette changes more versatile and efficient.

For example, Ric Flair 1 has C1 linked to his trunks and boots, while C2 is for the kneepads. Ric Flair 2 flips it. C1 is for trunks and kneepads, while C2 controls the boots. Similarly, Sting 1 and Sting 2 may look almost identical, but the color-changing setup allows you to recreate his full range of variants, such as the ones he wore against Muta or Cactus Jack.

After studying countless WCW matches from 1989 to 1993 to gather reference material, I worked to create accurate color combinations that match each wrestler’s attires from that era. The most challenging were Windham and Rhodes, who had multiple trunks-and-boots combinations over the years. My favorite attire through this week is Ron Simmons’ Tomahawk PRIDE attire. It’s always a fun challenge to get unique designs under 16 colors. This is the full-size of those tights textures :

You may also notice that some wrestlers are currently missing from the roster. After completing Ron Simmons, I decided to focus on the Medium Body Shape first before moving on to other characters.

I attempted to reengage with Reddit, visiting a few topics, but I have concluded that it is no longer a productive outlet for me. Participation there proved to be a significant distraction.

Moving on to Week 2, I have gathered reference material for Steve Austin and will focus on developing his character next. Additionally, I plan to finalize several wrestlers, including both attire and head designs, to facilitate themed matchups for Halloween Havoc. Notably, a match between Vader and Cactus Jack is at the top of this list.

I’m finally settling into a consistent groove with these weekly updates and look forward to sharing more progress next Sunday.