I wish I could come up with something clever and witty as far as me making an actual meshing thread, but I'm feeling off right now... *shrug* oh well.
This is one of those "brought back from the dead" projects I get the urge to do every so often... something I did once but I know wasn't as good as it should have been. This one specifically has been nagging at me for a long time, but between having conflicted ideas on how to do it, the knowledge that I would want to do a custom mesh eithor way... I've avoided it.
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7114/helikesswordsrd7.jpg)
Well, I'm not avoiding it anymore, obviously ^_^.
P.S. For those who can't tell from the image or my prattle (which I can't blame you for) there's a clue in the name.
I like it a lot. Extremely different than the norm.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
That's a screenshot? Mesh and skin? Tomato, this is incredible!
See I've been toying with making things more animated looking. Obviously I can't mesh, but I did some outline skopes.
Still, this is the next step. Those shadows, are they skin or mesh? Oh man, you can't believe how much I want to look into this. I am babbling, I am so excited. Is it for no reason? Could this sort of thing have been done before but was always overlooked? Doesn't matter to me, because it's here now and I love it.
wow that is very neat looking.
Great work^^ so unique!
But I can't figure who it is.
Quote from: UnkoMan on August 28, 2008, 05:28:59 PM
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
That's a screenshot? Mesh and skin? Tomato, this is incredible!
See I've been toying with making things more animated looking. Obviously I can't mesh, but I did some outline skopes.
Still, this is the next step. Those shadows, are they skin or mesh? Oh man, you can't believe how much I want to look into this. I am babbling, I am so excited. Is it for no reason? Could this sort of thing have been done before but was always overlooked? Doesn't matter to me, because it's here now and I love it.
It was taken in Character Tool, yeah. The Shadows+highlights are skinned on, and though I admit I would have liked a bit of actual cell shading(the engine doesn't support it, meh)... this does give me more control. The skin itself is all vectors, which as you can see, gives it a clean, cell-shaded look.
As for whether this has been done or possible before... I'm fairly sure it has been though why it hasn't I don't know. Aside from the warped proportions of the actual mesh (which still conveniently fit on a MB biped :P ) I don't think anything was beyond us before. We just insisted on using brushes >.<.
Quote from: Volsung on August 29, 2008, 01:55:55 AM
Great work^^ so unique!
But I can't figure who it is.
(http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6950/helikesswords2hy8.jpg)
But... He likes Swords!
QuoteBut... He likes Swords!
I give in ^^ he's an enigma
(http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5696/image3fp8.jpg)
Ach mein Gott!
Wait!! It's Fighter!! Now it's even cooler!!
I thought I was the only one reading that!! :o
Awesome work Tomato!
Quote from: YoungHeros on August 30, 2008, 05:27:36 AM
I thought I was the only one reading that!! :o
Awesome work Tomato!
Yeah, I dabble in 8-bit. Just a bit (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=5355&page=15).
Finished skinning the main mesh, working on weapons next.
(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9001/helikesswords3mo8.jpg)
Well it appears life officially stinks now, grah.
Ok, I use a laptop, but partly because it has only so much memory and partly because it's crashed so many times, I had all my FF stuff moved to a portable hard drive. However, the card connecting the drive to the power and usb cords has apparently died. And while I have Fighter's mesh in my max folder, the skin data is all on that drive.
Now, the good news is drive itself still works, but without a way to connect it up, I have to wait until vacations to get to a computer and set it up as an actual drive
Well, until I get my files back, I'm going to just keep going with a newer project...
(http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/8349/doubleno4.jpg)
Anyone want to take two guesses? :P
Deuce Face
:blink::blink::blink::drool:
DIBS
IT'S MINE I CALLED IT FIRST
*swings bat*
Technically I have dibs (as, y'know, I made it) but I don't think anyone would mind having two skinners for him >P.
I've got a few things left to make/map, but I'll send you the finished copy when I'm done so you can get started
Quote from: Tomato on September 12, 2008, 11:54:28 AM
Technically I have dibs (as, y'know, I made it) but I don't think anyone would mind having two skinners for him >P.
I've got a few things left to make/map, but I'll send you the finished copy when I'm done so you can get started
yeah mate i know, i didn't, mean to jump the gun no offence meant. i'm sorta on a bat villain freak at the moment. i don't mind waiting to have a crack at him once he's fully released
Er, I was joking, actually. I meant I'd get it mapped out and send it in case you wanted to do a second standard skin
Awesome looking work there Tomato!
keep it up
awesome, just awesome :o
Yeah, but could you do the messed up head on both sides?
Too freakin' cool! I've been wanting a Two Face mesh FOREVER! Hey, any chance we'll see a TAS type skin (with the blue face and white suit)? Hint hint, nudge nudge! :D
And we would love a coin flipping animation as an idle! and A tommy gun and a .45! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Quote from: Tomato on September 12, 2008, 09:41:37 AM
(http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/8349/doubleno4.jpg)
Anyone want to take two guesses? :P
Dick Cheney's hunting buddy?
Ok, here's what's going on with this... I went ahead and modified him to fit on a Male_basic frame so he'd be fully compatible with all MB animations. I've added a coin for what I wish was gonna be a coin flip animation, but unfortunately I'm still only a novice at animating and I really don't know what I'm doing still :banghead:.
What'll probably happen is I'll release him with some basic gun animations, and then include the max file in case someone wants to take a crack at it.
Yeah, you start adding extra stuff and making it mb compatible gets a little tricky.
[EDIT]
I'm always so amazed that Harvey Dent gets half of his face eaten off by acid but his eye is fine.
In some versions his eye is a different color. I like it blinded, myself. Like how I prefer him bald instead of having crazy white hair.