Can't find my original skin thread so starting a new one...here's a finished version of Wild Card v2.0
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/wild_card_v2_done.jpg)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/wc_face_upclose.jpg)
Face upclose
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/before_after_wc.jpg)
(left ot right) Wild Card v1, Wild Card v2
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/Wild_Card_v2_360.jpg)
The normal 360 view
-DJ
Nice to see you skinning again, DJ. Version 2 is a definite improvement to me.
Really good to have you back in the game DJ and great work! :thumbup:
A very nice improvement. Nice to see some new work from you.
That's a really cool character design, and a sweet skin to boot. Love 2.0, although I'd recommend trying to get the buttons to look more like diamonds.
Quote from: Gremlin on November 23, 2009, 02:56:37 AM
That's a really cool character design, and a sweet skin to boot. Love 2.0, although I'd recommend trying to get the buttons to look more like diamonds.
But that would so go into being a sterotypical villianous card throwing thing...I mean, I don't want ot pigeon-hole Wild Card to much. :P
For those wondering...I am kinda back to skinning..so expect to see something here in the next few weeks!
Awesome news DJ! :thumbup:
Awesome! You've always been one of my favorites, DJ, and I love the stuff you create!
In mega-old news, I approve of the character design of Wildcard, for obvious reasons. :cardmaster
In newer news: Excellent to hear you're getting back into skinning! Can't wait to see more of your stuff! :)
An early look at something I'm working on for Murs...very early in fact (no texture or refl on yet):
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/ult_rt_wip_torso.jpg)
This brings me great joy. ^_^
love RED TORNADO! that more robotic look works! :thumbup:
Viscious DJ, looks good.
Very very nice!
Excellent design and detail :thumbup:
Whoa. Want. :huh:
That looks crazy awesome. Can't wait to see the finished version.
Sweet, a very worthy addition to (I'm assuming) Murs' Ultimate DC project.
Becuase Murs is too lazy to post the finished piece on his colletion before releasing it. Here's what the finished Ultimate Red Tornado looks like:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/urt_f1.jpg)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/urt_f2.jpg)
That's simply amazing! :thumbup:
:charonwow
I do admittedly miss the cape. :( I think it would look cool with like a tattered old sorta thing... But, it is such a great detailed piece of work, i think i'll get over it. lol! Great work!
:wub:
That face is effectively creepy, in the nicest way possible. :)
Cool skin.
That is amazingly awesome.
Quote from: laughing paradox on February 12, 2011, 02:35:29 AM
That face is effectively creepy, in the nicest way possible. :)
Cool skin.
This says it extremely well.
Yeah, he looks like Red Tornado filtered through the Terminator folks. That is a fantastic skin DJ! The brightness of his symbols is really nice. It breaks up the uniformity of his skin and stands out nicely.
Really great man...nice work. :thumbup: The belt feels a little outta place to me though. Your design is awesome but the belt feels too simple maybe.
Awesome looking Red Tornado.
I agree that the belt seems a little weird. Maybe if it was more plate-like, like the rest of him.
The rest is amazing stuff though. Heck, you could probably desaturate it and use it as an awesome generic robot base. I bet people would love that.
So cool!
A skin of Mandrin's Death Squad I did for Benton's mod.
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/dsq_finished.jpg)
I will say that it's not my best but I haven't skinned in forever so I'm bound to have a little rust!
Perhaps it's not your best, but your best is pretty darn awesome. Even so, this is pretty darn awesome as well! I love the look of this guy, and you captured the cool design from the comics really well! Thanks so much for doing these guys DJ!
Can't say that i'm familiar with the character DJ. But I like it! I say....what rust are you talking about. The only rust i see is in that sword of his. Nice work! Speaking of rust, or something just related to it like metal. I think the metal parts of the armor might look even better with perhaps a shiny reflect file? But you know maybe it might not fit well, if you're going for an ancient armor kinda look. So..not sure.
I like the rope textures i see on his arm and leg bands and all the other small details you've put on his armor. Not to mention the skull face of course.
Anyways, it's great to see ya back with a new skin. I do hope to see some more. :)
That is one heck of an awesome skin, great job DJ.
That looks really cool, I approve.
Quote from: Outcast on October 04, 2012, 03:56:06 PM
Can't say that i'm familiar with the character DJ. But I like it! I say....what rust are you talking about. The only rust i see is in that sword of his. Nice work! Speaking of rust, or something just related to it like metal. I think the metal parts of the armor might look even better with perhaps a shiny reflect file? But you know maybe it might not fit well, if you're going for an ancient armor kinda look. So..not sure.
I like the rope textures i see on his arm and leg bands and all the other small details you've put on his armor. Not to mention the skull face of course.
Anyways, it's great to see ya back with a new skin. I do hope to see some more. :)
The character, or acutally group of characters, appeared in the original Iron Man # 99 and 100 (first edition run) so it's understandable that you might not know them so well. As for the shiny refl, i avoided that becuase it looked a bit too gaudy when put on the metal section (metal is only acutally just the helmet and I think the torso, the comic doesn't exactly expound on it).
And yes, that's me rusty..I could've done a better job of this skin...really belive me...the face needs work.
congratulation DJ! this are all good jobs, i like especially that red tornado!!
Skin might be rusty, but I agree with the consensus- it looks decent to me. About the only issues I see are that it maybe looks a bit blurry in spots, but overall it's a decent skin for something you just did for Benton.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 06, 2012, 03:34:07 PM
The character, or acutally group of characters, appeared in the original Iron Man # 99 and 100 (first edition run) so it's understandable that you might not know them so well. As for the shiny refl, i avoided that becuase it looked a bit too gaudy when put on the metal section (metal is only acutally just the helmet and I think the torso, the comic doesn't exactly expound on it).
And yes, that's me rusty..I could've done a better job of this skin...really belive me...the face needs work.
Yes i guess there will always be room for improvement as the saying goes.
Does that mean you will still be working on improving this skin, particulary the face area? If not, how about another skin to shake off that rust you're talking about. :)
Quote from: Outcast on October 07, 2012, 04:36:52 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 06, 2012, 03:34:07 PM
The character, or acutally group of characters, appeared in the original Iron Man # 99 and 100 (first edition run) so it's understandable that you might not know them so well. As for the shiny refl, i avoided that becuase it looked a bit too gaudy when put on the metal section (metal is only acutally just the helmet and I think the torso, the comic doesn't exactly expound on it).
And yes, that's me rusty..I could've done a better job of this skin...really belive me...the face needs work.
Yes i guess there will always be room for improvement as the saying goes.
Does that mean you will still be working on improving this skin, particulary the face area? If not, how about another skin to shake off that rust you're talking about. :)
Don't you blokes go tempting me with anything...am not sure if I'll be skinning again for awhile or not.
Someone tempt the man...Skin, skin, skin!!!
Anyone got some booze?
I have a bottle of hand sanitizer from my bmt days that people apparently found it necessary to drink (enough that they were actually confiscated for a few days).
Quote from: Tomato on October 17, 2012, 09:46:35 PM
I have a bottle of hand sanitizer from my bmt days that people apparently found it necessary to drink (enough that they were actually confiscated for a few days).
I am not drinking that, 'Mato, I have taste!
not after you drink hand sanitizer.
Tease:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/wip_10_21.jpg)
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
Nice. I had wanted to use that gun for my Avatar, but it does not look fun to skin.
I love it! It looks awesome!
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 24, 2012, 03:08:53 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
If I guess who it is do I get a No-Prize?
Oooh DJ, I love that Mandarin Death Squad dude!
Dana
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 24, 2012, 03:08:53 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
Really, he's from the 60s? With that ZOMG gun and those pouches, I'd have guessed 90s
Quote from: Tomato on October 26, 2012, 02:42:58 AM
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Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
Really, he's from the 60s? With that ZOMG gun and those pouches, I'd have guessed 90s
Well, yeah..I know..it's weird but he's a 60s character...remember some of the artists were a bit ahead of their times....at least that's what I'm sticking too.
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Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
If I guess who it is do I get a No-Prize?
Maybe...but probably not..but go right ahead.
Interesting...you've certainly piqued my curiosity!
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 29, 2012, 03:12:15 PM
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Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
If I guess who it is do I get a No-Prize?
Maybe...but probably not..but go right ahead.
Well, now I don't wanna, but if I did I bet I'd hit a bull's eye.
Edit: spelling
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Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 29, 2012, 03:12:15 PM
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Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
If I guess who it is do I get a No-Prize?
Maybe...but probably not..but go right ahead.
Well, now I don't wanna, but if I did I bet I'd hit a bull's eye.
Edit: spelling
You my man are good!
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 30, 2012, 11:53:54 PM
Quote from: President Raygun on October 29, 2012, 10:14:06 PM
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Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
If I guess who it is do I get a No-Prize?
Maybe...but probably not..but go right ahead.
Well, now I don't wanna, but if I did I bet I'd hit a bull's eye.
Edit: spelling
You my man are good!
Nah, I'm just a kooky kid with a fondness for obscure characters from the Silver and Bronze Age, but great choice, the gun looks great and you even got the rope on the hip(that's actually what gave it away for me), can't wait to see it finished.
Quote from: President Raygun on October 31, 2012, 10:53:30 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 30, 2012, 11:53:54 PM
Quote from: President Raygun on October 29, 2012, 10:14:06 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 29, 2012, 03:12:15 PM
Quote from: President Raygun on October 24, 2012, 06:23:54 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 24, 2012, 03:08:53 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 22, 2012, 07:05:52 PM
Ohh, he looks to be deadly!
He would be inf he weren't dead already...and no that is not a mention towards myself becuase this character is an old 1960s era Marvel character that nobody will get.
If I guess who it is do I get a No-Prize?
Maybe...but probably not..but go right ahead.
Well, now I don't wanna, but if I did I bet I'd hit a bull's eye.
Edit: spelling
You my man are good!
Nah, I'm just a kooky kid with a fondness for obscure characters from the Silver and Bronze Age, but great choice, the gun looks great and you even got the rope on the hip(that's actually what gave it away for me), can't wait to see it finished.
Guys, you're starting to overdo it with the quotes. For serious.
Alrighty...here's how Bull's Eye appeared in the comics:
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bulls-eye.jpg)
and how he looks as a skin:
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bulls-eye-done.jpg)
Pretty good for an old rusty guy like me...oh and here's the sotry on Bull's Eye too. That way you guys can understand him...maybe...or not!
Spoiler
HYDRA hired Bull's Eye to kill Nick Fury, but it was critical that this
occurred at a specific time, because they wanted to coincide Fury's death with HYDRA's
all-out assault on SHIELD. So Bull's Eye tailed Fury all day until they were ready. As
soon as he was given the order, he pulled out his special rifle and shot Fury in the back
of the head, killing him while he was at a concert with Laura Brown.
Then the HYDRA leader changed his mind, and decided not to attack SHIELD at that time,
because that was just what they would expect. HYDRA left Bull's Eye high and dry as
SHIELD agents began to swarm the area. Bull's Eye fired at the SHIELD agents who were
chasing him and succeeded in taking out quite a few, but then Dum Dum Dugan managed
to nail him. A bullet to the chest took him out for good.
Later it was revealed that the Nick Fury Bull's Eye killed was a LMD Fury and not the
real Fury.
looks great :thumbup: is a perfect adaptation
Looks pretty good to me. I'd never seen that character before.
amazing job DJ! you have captured all the "old school fashion" of the character.
Nice job
I've never seen this design before but you did it justice.
Quote from: Podmark on November 06, 2012, 01:53:18 AM
Looks pretty good to me. I'd never seen that character before.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 07, 2012, 12:18:43 AM
I've never seen this design before but you did it justice.
Yeah, I doubted to many of you guys would've seen this character before, he lasted only one or two issues of the 1969 Nick Fury:Agent of SHIELD run. I'm contemplating doing more obscure characters like this one, actually, just not sure if it's what I want to do or not. But thanks everyone for the praise.
Hey, neat! Yeah, I've never seen that version of the character before. That's cool, DJ. I agree with the others, you definitely captured the character quiet well, especially in the subtle differences in his color scheme.
Well, anything that gives us more DJ skins is a good thing, in my opinion. Which obscure characters do you have in mind?
For my part, I like seeing these types of guys I've never heard of get created. I'm always learning about the history of comics and ideas, and I enjoy that.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on November 07, 2012, 04:07:59 PM
Quote from: Podmark on November 06, 2012, 01:53:18 AM
Looks pretty good to me. I'd never seen that character before.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 07, 2012, 12:18:43 AM
I've never seen this design before but you did it justice.
Yeah, I doubted to many of you guys would've seen this character before, he lasted only one or two issues of the 1969 Nick Fury:Agent of SHIELD run. I'm contemplating doing more obscure characters like this one, actually, just not sure if it's what I want to do or not. But thanks everyone for the praise.
Actually, when I first saw the preview image, my first thoughts went to Nick Fury. Unfortunately, I don't have a great grasp of the characters/villains surrounding him, so I wouldn't have guessed Bullseye.
Very nice skin though, you scumbucket.
That's a sweet looking skin man, great job
Loving the obscure character choice DJ, hope you decide to do more of the type.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on November 05, 2012, 04:12:00 PM
Alrighty...here's how Bull's Eye appeared in the comics:
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bulls-eye.jpg)
and how he looks as a skin:
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bulls-eye-done.jpg)
Pretty good for an old rusty guy like me...oh and here's the sotry on Bull's Eye too. That way you guys can understand him...maybe...or not!
Spoiler
HYDRA hired Bull's Eye to kill Nick Fury, but it was critical that this
occurred at a specific time, because they wanted to coincide Fury's death with HYDRA's
all-out assault on SHIELD. So Bull's Eye tailed Fury all day until they were ready. As
soon as he was given the order, he pulled out his special rifle and shot Fury in the back
of the head, killing him while he was at a concert with Laura Brown.
Then the HYDRA leader changed his mind, and decided not to attack SHIELD at that time,
because that was just what they would expect. HYDRA left Bull's Eye high and dry as
SHIELD agents began to swarm the area. Bull's Eye fired at the SHIELD agents who were
chasing him and succeeded in taking out quite a few, but then Dum Dum Dugan managed
to nail him. A bullet to the chest took him out for good.
Later it was revealed that the Nick Fury Bull's Eye killed was a LMD Fury and not the
real Fury.
I'd forgotten he's ever looked like this! Great work, and great fun!
Excellent skin DJ...clearly you were sober when creating this :P
Quote from: murs47 on December 11, 2012, 04:59:30 PM
Excellent skin DJ...clearly you were sober when creating this :P
No...actually I was stone drunk..I work better that way!
So... When is Bullseye getting posted?
Yes, I'm a greedy so-and-so.
I'm working with Prev to have a place to host stuff and then I'll need to get a few more skins together so everything will be worth getting...probably be sometime in January but I'll make an announcement when all is ready!
Becuase nobody asked for him and becuase I felt like going more insane (it took forever to get the lines lined up), here's Chesire Cat:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/cc_done_zpsff5d867e.jpg)
That. Is. Suh-weeeeet!!! Nice job, DJ!
You did a really nice job, DJ. I'm especially fond of the face work you did.
*nice spell wears off*
Hate you later, jerk.
The line work is really impressive DJ, nice skin.
:thumbup: Beautiful work on Chesire DJ, between him and Bulls-Eye I'm in obscure character heaven.
Quote from: President Raygun on January 04, 2013, 10:02:44 PM
:thumbup: Beautiful work on Chesire DJ, between him and Bulls-Eye I'm in obscure character heaven.
Just wait...there are more obscure characters to come!
For those that didn't know or those that hadn't noticed that Prem actually did something for once...you can get my stuff (or at least some of it) over at FRP (http://frp.unlimited2.net/).
Does this mean Prem and I have put our hatred for each other aside? IS the world coming to an end?
Nope, I'm justing keeping a closer eye on Prem this way! :P
Quote from: Deaths Jester on January 30, 2013, 05:03:25 PM
For those that didn't know or those that hadn't noticed that Prem actually did something for once...you can get my stuff (or at least some of it) over at FRP (http://frp.unlimited2.net/).
Does this mean Prem and I have put our hatred for each other aside? IS the world coming to an end?
Nope, I'm justing keeping a closer eye on Prem this way! :P
He's right where you want him... within face stabbing range. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M_ipAFsEbhY#t=119s)
What the finished skin that I did for Windblown's Chamber skope looks like:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/chamber_zpsbc5b0fb7.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/chamber_zpsbc5b0fb7.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/chamber_face_ear_zpse4d38e18.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/chamber_face_ear_zpse4d38e18.jpg.html)
Face and ear close up
Now understand folks, I haven't skinned in ages and am extremely rusty, so there are quite a few places that could really use some work...or at least I think so. Once I work out where to release this at with Windblown I'll let you blokes know.
Will there be more skins from me? Who knows...
-DJ
seriously sweet deaths jester. i'm glad to see you making skins and really hope to se more.
kind of off subject, but I got a hold of your aoa infinites skin a while back and it is really one of my favorite skins.
back to your chamber skin, I think it looks great, and i'm glad to see more skinners tackling windblown's skopes, they are to great not to see finished
Quote from: Amazo Version 2.2 on September 18, 2013, 02:27:05 PM
kind of off subject, but I got a hold of your aoa infinites skin a while back and it is really one of my favorite skins.
Gah...that was back when Freedom Force Center first started up...soooo bloody old and had so many flaws because I had just started skinning when I did that skin...man, I'm amazed you found it cause I don't even have that one.
I'm not familiar with the character but he looks pretty cool.
It's nice to you skinning again DJ. Looking good so far. :thumbup:
The only thing i can see that seems a bit unfinished is the back side of the jacket maybe? The front side texture just looks more complete when compared to it. :unsure:
I seriously love the face on this skin. Great work!!
That looks totally awesome! The face in particular is very impressive.
Quote from: windblown on September 19, 2013, 12:05:12 AM
I seriously love the face on this skin. Great work!!
Quote from: Podmark on September 19, 2013, 03:34:17 AM
That looks totally awesome! The face in particular is very impressive.
Yeah, there's something about the eyes that really draws you in. Very nice work DJ.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on September 19, 2013, 03:50:51 AM
Quote from: windblown on September 19, 2013, 12:05:12 AM
I seriously love the face on this skin. Great work!!
Quote from: Podmark on September 19, 2013, 03:34:17 AM
That looks totally awesome! The face in particular is very impressive.
Yeah, there's something about the eyes that really draws you in. Very nice work DJ.
I'm a bit amazed t how you blokes like the face because that was one of the places that I felt could use some more work...guess I'm just a nitpicker.
Quote from: Outcast on September 18, 2013, 03:12:01 PM
I'm not familiar with the character but he looks pretty cool.
It's nice to you skinning again DJ. Looking good so far. :thumbup:
The only thing i can see that seems a bit unfinished is the back side of the jacket maybe? The front side texture just looks more complete when compared to it. :unsure:
That's just the pic....when you get it in Character Tool and get closer it pops a bit better.
Oh yeah, and once I get another skin or two ready...we'll be releasing Chamber onto FRP.
Good stuff, DJ! I don't see any rust....
Excellent Chamber and love the effects! Agree with the other comments about the great face work :)
I'm such a tease:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/tease_wip1_zps512a2085.jpg)
Hmm....interesting! We've got an archer of some sort on the horizon. Color me curious!
Chamber looks very cool.. I liked the facial work on him.
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 16, 2013, 09:12:27 PM
Hmm....interesting! We've got an archer of some sort on the horizon. Color me curious!
If you pay attention to the villains I've posted previously, you'll see what VILLIAN this one is...perhaps. Plus he isn't the only one I'm planning on doing..I've got two other lesser-knowns lined as well.
Finished work on...Commanche, one of Luke Cage's old villains:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/commanche_profile_zps8b3668ad.jpg)
And because you blokes like seeing the faces up close and personal:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/commanche_face_zps63987268.jpg)
-DJ
Excellent work DJ, nice skope too. I think you might be giving Daglob a run for his money in regards to skinning obscure characters.
:ff:
Quote from: Cyber Burn on October 21, 2013, 02:11:52 PM
Excellent work DJ, nice skope too. I think you might be giving Daglob a run for his money in regards to skinning obscure characters.
I've made my career as a skinner doing the obscure characters...not one to go out and skin Spiderman or such like everyone else. Give me a character that's appeared only once or twice or one that folks forget and I'm in Heaven!!!
That is a very pretty skin.
Hey, I haven't even started to make a dent in the number of obscure characters from the Golden Age, let alone the ones since.
Besides, DJ, along with Kenn X, The Vigilante, JKC, and a couple of others were my inspiration.
He looks great! I'm glad you continue to skin :)
I have no idea who this guy is, but that is one nice skin! He does look like a pretty fitting villain for Powerman.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 21, 2013, 02:42:59 PM
I've made my career as a skinner doing the obscure characters...not one to go out and skin Spiderman or such like everyone else. Give me a character that's appeared only once or twice or one that folks forget and I'm in Heaven!!!
DJ, if that's the case, I have some Aquaman villains you might be interested in.... :D
Well he looks great...whoever he is...
Nu clue who he is but I really like the work on the skin.
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 21, 2013, 11:47:10 PM
DJ, if that's the case, I have some Aquaman villains you might be interested in.... :D
I don't know BG, I try to avoid Aquaman a lot...mainly cause he had some really LAME villains.....;P
And I suppose Comanche was the height of cool? ^_^
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 24, 2013, 12:14:27 AM
And I suppose Comanche was the height of cool? ^_^
Well, yeah...course his partner in crime, Shades, was even cooler! Get hip to those '70s jive monkeys, man!
Haha, I just found a picture of him, and wow, are you ever right!
http://www.comicvine.com/images/1300-415953
That is one stylish man!
I'm a sucker for obscure villains, so seeing Commanche done so well makes me smile. Nice work :)
Me too! I can't help but think of the potential in obscure characters, especially villains. :)
i love that you are back in the saddle DJ,
Were you gonna complete the triumverate of Gen X boys?
Chamber is a really sweet skin, and i'd love to see Synch and Skin too.
Quote from: detourne_me on October 29, 2013, 09:10:31 AM
i love that you are back in the saddle DJ,
Were you gonna complete the triumverate of Gen X boys?
Chamber is a really sweet skin, and i'd love to see Synch and Skin too.
I doubt it but if enough folks annoy me with it, MAYBE I'll skin the other two.
Another obscure villain, this one is the long lost son of the Wrecking Crew's Piledriver (no, really, see Brian Vaughn's Runaways run..he appears in only one issue though), Excavator:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/excavat_prof_zps6f935b92.jpg)
-DJ
to be obscure is sure obscure, but very well skinned, and what i like most is the characterization of the faces.
I remember him! That's great, awesome skinning choice.
Didn't he use a shovel?
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 29, 2013, 02:10:31 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on October 29, 2013, 09:10:31 AM
i love that you are back in the saddle DJ,
Were you gonna complete the triumverate of Gen X boys?
Chamber is a really sweet skin, and i'd love to see Synch and Skin too.
I doubt it but if enough folks annoy me with it, MAYBE I'll skin the other two.
-DJ
Consider yourself annoyed!!! :thumbup:
That's a great skin, I always like the faces on your skins.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 29, 2013, 02:10:31 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on October 29, 2013, 09:10:31 AM
i love that you are back in the saddle DJ,
Were you gonna complete the triumverate of Gen X boys?
Chamber is a really sweet skin, and i'd love to see Synch and Skin too.
I doubt it but if enough folks annoy me with it, MAYBE I'll skin the other two.
And I don't want to be annoying but ... :P if you finally want to skin the other Generation X guys just let me know.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 29, 2013, 02:10:31 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on October 29, 2013, 09:10:31 AM
i love that you are back in the saddle DJ,
Were you gonna complete the triumverate of Gen X boys?
Chamber is a really sweet skin, and i'd love to see Synch and Skin too.
I doubt it but if enough folks annoy me with it, MAYBE I'll skin the other two.
-DJ
Do it! :thumbup:
Quote from: Podmark on October 30, 2013, 05:28:15 AM
I remember him! That's great, awesome skinning choice.
Didn't he use a shovel?
Yeah, he used a shovel but he broke it over Bruiser's head with nary a scratch to Bruiser so I deemed he didn't find a replacement.
Quote from: Podmark on October 31, 2013, 12:30:39 AM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 29, 2013, 02:10:31 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on October 29, 2013, 09:10:31 AM
i love that you are back in the saddle DJ,
Were you gonna complete the triumverate of Gen X boys?
Chamber is a really sweet skin, and i'd love to see Synch and Skin too.
I doubt it but if enough folks annoy me with it, MAYBE I'll skin the other two.
-DJ
Do it! :thumbup:
But...but I don't want to skin the colour yellow anymore....:(
Where else are you going to find a Ghost Rider foe who let some Haitian witch doctor con him into wearing a knockoff Quicksilver get up with fuzzy boots by promising it would bring him back to life? Well, here he is, it's The Apparition:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/app_prof_zps09d2f788.jpg)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/app_face_zps9e43cf8c.jpg)
Face detail
-DJ
Ohh man, DJ, these C-List villains have never looked so good! Great work, man! The expression on that guy's face is excellent.
Great skin. Never heard of him and considering he's wearing Pietro's costume I'm curious what his deal is.
DJ, are you releasing these anywhere?
Quote from: Kenn on November 06, 2013, 04:21:55 AM
DJ, are you releasing these anywhere?
Once I have five skins/skopes together, I'll be releasing them on FRP but not until then...so just two more to go....
Quote from: Podmark on November 06, 2013, 12:41:03 AM
Great skin. Never heard of him and considering he's wearing Pietro's costume I'm curious what his deal is.
Well, you can read up on him here (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/appariti.htm).
Can't wait to download Comanche! Any plans to do the rest of the Flashmob gang? Creature_Tvl_skope by Cmdrkoenig on FRPMods looks like it could be a good starting point for Mister Fish.
Quote from: ELECTR0 on November 10, 2013, 10:19:16 PM
Can't wait to download Comanche! Any plans to do the rest of the Flashmob gang? Creature_Tvl_skope by Cmdrkoenig on FRPMods looks like it could be a good starting point for Mister Fish.
I've already did Cheshire Cat, Commanche, and Chemistro...I want to do Spear but the fact that I want the mesh to almost be exactly like the character is proving to be a problem...unsure about Mr Fish.
Everybody was kung-fu fighting!! Yep, it's the Shang-Chi villain, Shadow Slasher:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/shad_slash_profile_zps9ac12227.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/shad_slash_profile_zps9ac12227.jpg.html)
Profile
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/shad_slash_face_zps92ebcc9d.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/shad_slash_face_zps92ebcc9d.jpg.html)
Face
...and if you blokes haven't noticed it yet, I'm doing a full scale alphabet run on obscure villains (A, B, C, E, and S are done).
In case I haven't said it before, I am really glad to see you skinning again DJ. These are some fun looking characters that you have brought into FF.
Nice! I'm loving all these obscure guys, DJ! Great work on his bandanna and facial hair, there. :D
Shadow Slasher looks awesome. Great face on him.
:)
Once again, a very nice skin of a guy I've never heard of ;) Your face work is the highlight.
I really do think it's great having these obscure characters being skinned. One day we shall skin the entire Marvel and DC universes!
Quote from: Podmark on November 14, 2013, 12:25:25 AM
Once again, a very nice skin of a guy I've never heard of ;) Your face work is the highlight.
I really do think it's great having these obscure characters being skinned. One day we shall skin the entire Marvel and DC universes!
I don't know why you blokes keep saying that my face work is the highlight of everything...I mean, please...I could do a whole lot better than this with a little work and a higher grade graphics engine!! And the DC universe?!?!?! I have to skin the DC universe too?!?!?! Oh bloody 'ell.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on November 13, 2013, 01:54:53 AM
In case I haven't said it before, I am really glad to see you skinning again DJ. These are some fun looking characters that you have brought into FF.
Well I'll keep skinning until I've worked through the alphabet for sure...after that who knows.
Great skin!! Once again the face is my favorite part of the skin.
Due to the downtime of FR on Monday, I bring you two new skins...yes two new skins.
First up, we have the Vietnam veteran turned impossible-to-kill assassin who hates Iron Fist, Warhawk:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/war_profile_zps59f8271d.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/war_profile_zps59f8271d.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/war_face_zps379d16a6.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/war_face_zps379d16a6.jpg.html)
Face up close
With him, that makes five and the five skins are on their way to Prem for posting.
And then, we for the start of the next future posting we have the flashy arsonist who was beaten by Dazzler, Flame:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/flame_profile_zps07b896b8.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/flame_profile_zps07b896b8.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/flame_face_zps5e60d0a4.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/flame_face_zps5e60d0a4.jpg.html)
Face up close
More to come later....perhaps.
-DJ
Nice work!
These villains are actually pretty cool.... Aside from being lame one-off characters that you want to skin, y'know.
Quote from: detourne_me on November 21, 2013, 03:38:17 PM
Nice work!
These villains are actually pretty cool.... Aside from being lame one-off characters that you want to skin, y'know.
Not all are lame one-off characters...Warhawk, Flame, Shadow Slasher, Commanche, and Cheshire Cat appear in multiple issues.
Holy crap, it's Warhawk!
I never thought I'd see him. :blink: :D
And Here I thought DaGlob was the master of the obscure.:)
Great skins O' Dark one.
These last two characters look really great, and I actually recognize Warhawk! I remember when he fought the X-men.
Those are some great looking skins.
Ohh man, those are beautiful skins, DJ. I've got to say, what a waste of a wonderful design, having Flame defeated by Dazzler. That's a cool look for a villain! I love the symbol and detail work on his costume, very nice.
Quote from: BentonGrey on November 22, 2013, 05:06:17 AM
Ohh man, those are beautiful skins, DJ. I've got to say, what a waste of a wonderful design, having Flame defeated by Dazzler. That's a cool look for a villain! I love the symbol and detail work on his costume, very nice.
Couldn't agree more in all respects.
Here we go with another "lame-o" villain. This one showed up once in Marvel Team-Up when Black Panther and Spidey teamed up to humiliate him before he was perforated by the original Scourge. Meet, Hellrazor:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/hellr_prof_zpsfd2f1752.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/hellr_prof_zpsfd2f1752.jpg.html)
-DJ
Woah! I actually remember this guy!
.....
but wait something is amiss...
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 31, 2013, 02:06:59 PM
But...but I don't want to skin the colour yellow anymore....:(
joking aside, this is a pretty cool skin DJ
Quote from: detourne_me on November 25, 2013, 04:25:50 PM
Woah! I actually remember this guy!
.....
but wait something is amiss...
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 31, 2013, 02:06:59 PM
But...but I don't want to skin the colour yellow anymore....:(
joking aside, this is a pretty cool skin DJ
Yeah...I didn't want o skin his guy because of the yellow but he was the only one I had that I could hammer out quickly for the letter H.
And we continue....
This guy faced the Punisher and Spiderman but ultimately ended up with one of Frank's bullets lodged in his heart, it's Persuader:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/persuad_prof_zps9457e4e1.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/persuad_prof_zps9457e4e1.jpg.html)
More to come...after Thanksgiving.
I like your run of supervillains here, DJ. Really good stuff. Hellrazor looks great.
Now that guy looks pretty neat, and the name sounds familiar...probably thinking of somebody else though.
Really enjoying this thread, thank you DJ.
The Persuader looks pretty cool, actually. Nice skin :thumbup:
Well, with Persuader out of the way and the next character, I've reached the next load of stuff to send to Prem (4 being the magic number), now if only he could catch up....
Anyways, this next bloke faced off against Rick Mason (aka The Agent) in South Africa and got his cyborg-y, gun-trigger happy (at least, that's what Nick Fury told Mason during briefing) butt handed to him. Meet Quota:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/quota_prof_zps57764e7f.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/quota_prof_zps57764e7f.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/quota_face_zpsd2354915.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/quota_face_zpsd2354915.jpg.html)
Head in close
Now I know that the back of the head along with some of where the head wraps around is a bit off...I tried everything I can to fix it with no luck...I think it has to do with the mesh I'm using.
-DJ
I just love all the details you've put on this skin. :thumbup:
Persuader kinda reminds me of Spymaster. Cool looking skin. :)
DJ you are on fire!
Good job on the camo pants, I've always found stuff like that tricky.
Very nice skin DJ. As to the head issue, a lot of meshes, because of their size (I think), have that issue with regular "Male_Basic" base skins.
Man, I've been looking everywhere for a cargo pants mesh! I can't remember why anymore, I just do.
Anyway, nice job all around, especially on the grenades.
Great skins DJ, really liking this last one.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on November 30, 2013, 09:29:49 PM
Very nice skin DJ. As to the head issue, a lot of meshes, because of their size (I think), have that issue with regular "Male_Basic" base skins.
Yeah...I had run into the problem before with another skin but was able to find a way around it. This one is the first one I've ever ran into the problem and not found a way to fix it...
Oh yeah, forgot to mention the following 5 characters are now up at FRP under the skopes (here (http://frp.unlimited2.net/skopes/)): Warhawk, Commanche, Excavator, the Apparition, and Shadow Slasher.
It's a giant android attack as the Inhuman Maximus' giant hate-fueled android, Omega, makes an appearance (and yes he does have a full body refl on him):
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/omega_prof_zps46e0d231.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/omega_prof_zps46e0d231.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/omega_face_zps1c0f2ba7.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/omega_face_zps1c0f2ba7.jpg.html)
Face up close
-DJ
I really like this guy's design, and oddly enough.. never heard of him before. I'll have to Comicvine him.
I remember him. 70's - maybe the Fantastic Four/ Avengers crossover when Quicksilver and Crystal got married. Its been a long time.
Ohh man, these skins are just dynamite, DJ! I LOVE that Quota guy's look. I'm sure it wouldn't be as interesting on a comic page, but your skin and skope are just really cool. I think he would work really nicely as a generic mercenary of some sort. I love the ammo belts and cigar.
Omega! Ha, I just read that story a few years ago for the first time. That was a pretty good tale, and you've done a wonderful job on the skin. Great work!
Yet another good skin of a character I don't know.
It's the little slit like eyes that stand out to me.
This time on a VX I bring you the guy who was little more than actual unmoving protoplasm though he used hard-form VR to create a moving solid (though he could phase sections) body to fight Black Panther. Meet Kiber the Cruel:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/kiber_prof_zps40ef2d3c.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/kiber_prof_zps40ef2d3c.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/kiber_face_zps0d80b1e7.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/kiber_face_zps0d80b1e7.jpg.html)
Face up close
-DJ
Very nice cloth work Dj. I don't know the character, but he's very nicely done.
wow, I have no idea who he is, but I really like this skin. The cloth textures are fantastic.
Quote from: windblown on December 12, 2013, 03:34:24 PM
wow, I have no idea who he is, but I really like this skin. The cloth textures are fantastic.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on December 12, 2013, 03:14:39 PM
Very nice cloth work Dj. I don't know the character, but he's very nicely done.
Why is it that nobody knows the characters I do? Come on guys, their all from Marvel Comics and most have profiles over at The Marvel Appendix website (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/).
Woah, Kiber the Cruel is a Kirby creation. Kudos on the cool creative content DJ!
I have a vague memory of maybe having heard that name before, but that's as close as I can get to knowing the guy, DJ. ^_^ Still, that's a BEAUTIFUL skin, and I love the guy's name. What a Kirby name! I agree with WB said; the cloth looks really nice!
No new skins this week, too busy with other stuff but I'll make up for it somehow.
Hi DJ,
I really like all the new skins! Omega is my favorite so far!
Time for a real obscure character! This guy showed up in Marvel Team-up #32, where he used his mutant abilities (he's a proto-path) to gain energy from a cult who worshipped him. He ended up being defeated by Spidey and then disappeared into obscurity. Meet...Jeremiah!!
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/jeremiah_orig_zps21d99965.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/jeremiah_orig_zps21d99965.jpg.html)
How he looked in the comic
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/jere_prof_zps491089bc.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/jere_prof_zps491089bc.jpg.html)
Skinned
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/jere_face_zps88ba9cfa.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/jere_face_zps88ba9cfa.jpg.html)
Face up close
-DJ
Very nice DJ! What does the protopath's power actually do? Who did he take on in Marvel Team up?
Quote from: Sioux City Dynamo on December 26, 2013, 03:26:50 PM
Very nice DJ! What does the protopath's power actually do? Who did he take on in Marvel Team up?
Not sure exactly what a protopath's powers do, but from what I can tell it looks like he gained strength from those in his cult (ie the more in the cult, the more powerful he was) yet I'm not 100% sure. As for who he took on, all I know is he faced off against Spiderman and Valkyrie.
Marvel App's Profile of Jeremiah (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/jeremiah.htm)
Geez DJ, those boots must have been a serious pain to skin. As always, great facial work.
When I was Skinning, I tried altering faces, but they just looked...wrong. Any chance you would be willing to put together a step-by-step Tutorial for how you do it?
Another great skin, you've really captured this guy very well.
His face looks like a guy I know.
Nice job on him.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on December 26, 2013, 05:23:06 PM
Geez DJ, those boots must have been a serious pain to skin. As always, great facial work.
When I was Skinning, I tried altering faces, but they just looked...wrong. Any chance you would be willing to put together a step-by-step Tutorial for how you do it?
Yeah, those boots were a pain...kept having to check and recheck everything to make sure it lined up. As for the step-by-step Tutorial on faces...hmmm...I don't know. I'm not really great at telling folks how to go about doing stuff, plus with the faces I use a lot of muscle charts and such to work it out...could be confusing to some folks....will think about it but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting.
Time for another obscure-o-meter weirdo! This guy has powers very similar to Avalanche and such yet he was also a parody of James Dean who took on She-Hulk (full profile here (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/rumblerm.html))..meet Rumbler:
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/rumbler_prof_zps0b3e4e0b.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/rumbler_prof_zps0b3e4e0b.jpg.html)
Body
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/rumbler_face_zps61a96497.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/rumbler_face_zps61a96497.jpg.html)
Face
-DJ
I like the hair a lot.
I like the skin.. the sneakers look great.
He's got a Vibe.. vibe.. about him. I'll stop now.
wow, I like it. I agree with LP about the sneakers.
I finally read up on the character and looked at the skin again I would say maybe he looks a little Eurasian instead of James Dean-like, but that could be me.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 08, 2014, 02:27:21 PM
I finally read up on the character and looked at the skin again I would say maybe he looks a little Eurasian instead of James Dean-like, but that could be me.
I know....part of it is the fact I used Gni's male_pants base mesh which has wide cheekbones and a really narrow chin/jaw. I wihs I could've found a mesh that fit better but I couldn't find one on my comp that fit.
Ha, and the obscure awesomeness continues! You make these guys look good, DJ! The face work on both these two latest is exceptional, and I love how you took that ridiculous costume of Jeremiah and made him look down-right impressive.
For those wondering, I'm taking a few weeks off to recharge (and study what the Shadowrun universe it up to right now) before tackling the final 12 characters of the alphabet, that way I don't burn-out before reaching the end.
Cool, have fun recharing, and we'll be here eagerly awaiting the final 12 characters! :D Are you going to try out that new Shadowrun game?
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 03, 2014, 10:49:31 PM
Cool, have fun recharing, and we'll be here eagerly awaiting the final 12 characters! :D Are you going to try out that new Shadowrun game?
Already looking at the 5th edition of Shadowrun and I'm very interested in where Catalyst is going with it...looks a lot better than 4th did. Might even dust off my old 3rd edition character, rebuild her and start running again...not sure though.
Cool stuff! Have you looked at the new PC game coming out? It looks interesting.
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 05, 2014, 07:21:39 PM
Cool stuff! Have you looked at the new PC game coming out? It looks interesting.
Not yet...it looks like it will require a dedicated internet connection and as we all know, I don't possess one of those...I just hack my connections.
Another addition to the alphabet...meet Xandu:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/xandu_180_zps63ada9e0.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/xandu_180_zps63ada9e0.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/xandu_upclose_zps56ad41ab.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/xandu_upclose_zps56ad41ab.jpg.html)
-DJ
Bah for requiring dedicated connections!
Ahh, another one I don't know, neat! Who is he related to? Nice work on the goatee!
Ha! I remember him.
Looks good.
Man DJ, the head must have been a pain to line up. Nicely done.
Very nice skin! the moustache looks fantastic.
Glad to see you back at work DJ. Good skin. As usual it's your faces that stand out.
Quote from: BentonGrey on March 19, 2014, 04:22:52 PM
Bah for requiring dedicated connections!
Ahh, another one I don't know, neat! Who is he related to? Nice work on the goatee!
He fought against Dr Strange and Spidey on a few occasions.
Quote from: Podmark on March 20, 2014, 12:09:14 AM
Glad to see you back at work DJ. Good skin. As usual it's your faces that stand out.
Not sure if I'm really back to work yet...still a bit toasty on the burned-out side...but we'll see...
Quote from: Cyber Burn on March 19, 2014, 11:59:34 PM
Man DJ, the head must have been a pain to line up. Nicely done.
Yes...yes it was a pain...so much so my arse decided to kick itself...
Ahh, that makes sense.
I love all these obscure characters and your skinwork is amazing DJ :cool:
Quote from: Deaths Jester on March 21, 2014, 02:16:50 PM
Yes...yes it was a pain...so much so my arse decided to kick itself...
Heh, heh. Oh, man, that's bad.
Nice job on reining in Xandu's net-head things! The more I look at it, the more I think how hard that must have been.
Xandu... I remember when he fought the Secret Defenders. He needs the Wand of Watoomb!
Quote from: laughing paradox on March 23, 2014, 05:39:32 PM
Xandu... I remember when he fought the Secret Defenders. He needs the Wand of Watoomb!
Yeah...couldn't find a good piece to serve as the Wand so he went wandless....ewwww....that sounds really sick....
Quote from: Deaths Jester on March 24, 2014, 02:07:54 PM
Quote from: laughing paradox on March 23, 2014, 05:39:32 PM
Xandu... I remember when he fought the Secret Defenders. He needs the Wand of Watoomb!
Yeah...couldn't find a good piece to serve as the Wand so he went wandless....ewwww....that sounds really sick....
I don't know if you're interested or not, but Tommyboy has a "Wand of Watoomb" on his website.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on March 24, 2014, 04:18:18 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on March 24, 2014, 02:07:54 PM
Quote from: laughing paradox on March 23, 2014, 05:39:32 PM
Xandu... I remember when he fought the Secret Defenders. He needs the Wand of Watoomb!
Yeah...couldn't find a good piece to serve as the Wand so he went wandless....ewwww....that sounds really sick....
I don't know if you're interested or not, but Tommyboy has a "Wand of Watoomb" on his website.
Great suggestion, it's perfect for Xandu.
Alright, I tried Tommy's Wand of Watoomb but unhappily it kept breaking the keyframes, so no luck there.
If you're interested, I'd be willing to give Skoping it a try.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on April 07, 2014, 07:43:41 PM
If you're interested, I'd be willing to give Skoping it a try.
Nah...besides Xandu hasn't always shown up wielding the Wand anyways. Plus, I don't want to skin a wand either. Yes, I just that lazy right now....
I blame Benton for this.....
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/machete_done_zps152dbead.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/machete_done_zps152dbead.jpg.html)
Machete
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/machete_face_zps300de9d4.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/machete_face_zps300de9d4.jpg.html)
Face
Haha! Yep, you can blame me for that awesome, awesome skin and skope. I'm pretty okay with that! This is just really nice, DJ. The colors are fantastic and bright, and I LOVE how the face and mask turned out. I have to say, you've made this guy look better than he ever did in the comics! The skope is perfect for him, and he looks great in action. Thanks DJ! :D
Great looking skope and skin DJ.
Fantastic skin, DJ.
Ah new DJ skin, sweet. I like knives in the back.
That is fantastic DJ, the details on the Skope really add depth to the Character, if you don't mind me asking, what Mesh did you use as a base for this?
Wow ... nice detail! :thumbup:
Quote from: Cyber Burn on August 08, 2014, 04:36:43 AM
That is fantastic DJ, the details on the Skope really add depth to the Character, if you don't mind me asking, what Mesh did you use as a base for this?
Renegade's Ultimate_Captain_America_1.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on August 11, 2014, 02:38:56 PM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on August 08, 2014, 04:36:43 AM
That is fantastic DJ, the details on the Skope really add depth to the Character, if you don't mind me asking, what Mesh did you use as a base for this?
Renegade's Ultimate_Captain_America_1.
I have to admit, that Mesh never crossed my mind as a base for this guy, very interesting choice.
Very nice skin DJ! I really like how you skinned the costume.
Looky here:
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb287/lonespaceranger/djshna_zps45c3be6b.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/lonespaceranger/media/djshna_zps45c3be6b.jpg.html)
This is Johnny Patches' Hammer and Anvil scope with DJ's skins. They aren't a perfect fit, but I don't think the minor problems would be visible in game.
Quote from: daglob on August 30, 2014, 05:05:46 PM
Looky here:
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb287/lonespaceranger/djshna_zps45c3be6b.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/lonespaceranger/media/djshna_zps45c3be6b.jpg.html)
This is Johnny Patches' Hammer and Anvil scope with DJ's skins. They aren't a perfect fit, but I don't think the minor problems would be visible in game.
Gawds those are old...look at how poor they look compared to what I do now....I think those are even on Gryphon's old base....*hides head* Can't let people see me like this....
Something I did for Benton...Tombstone..prob the last skin I do in some time...
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/tombstone_dj_zpszg56hdgt.jpg)
Wicked cool! :thumbup:
It's an awesome skin, DJ, and now Tombstone has become one of the best dressed villains in my mod! :D
Quote from: Deaths Jester on July 15, 2015, 08:04:07 PM
Something I did for Benton...Tombstone..prob the last skin I do in some time...
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/tombstone_dj_zpszg56hdgt.jpg)
A beautiful Skin DJ, but such horrible news.
Dude I hope to see you skin some more. I really like the white/gray on this skin. Nicely done.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on July 16, 2015, 12:24:04 AM
A beautiful Skin DJ, but such horrible news.
Well, that's what happens when life throws you a curve ball and you also end up being wanted to work on five or six RPG different sourcebook/adventures/ect projects..don't have time for skinning.
That looks great! Very clean.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on July 16, 2015, 07:38:28 PM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on July 16, 2015, 12:24:04 AM
A beautiful Skin DJ, but such horrible news.
Well, that's what happens when life throws you a curve ball and you also end up being wanted to work on five or six RPG different sourcebook/adventures/ect projects..don't have time for skinning.
Hey, that's awesome DJ! I was afraid that there was something bad going on, but that's a very pleasant reason for taking time off from skinning. :D
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 17, 2015, 03:50:23 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on July 16, 2015, 07:38:28 PM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on July 16, 2015, 12:24:04 AM
A beautiful Skin DJ, but such horrible news.
Well, that's what happens when life throws you a curve ball and you also end up being wanted to work on five or six RPG different sourcebook/adventures/ect projects..don't have time for skinning.
Hey, that's awesome DJ! I was afraid that there was something bad going on, but that's a very pleasant reason for taking time off from skinning. :D
Actually things did start out as bad going before getting the RPG work but am now better and overworked...
Well, I'm glad to hear that things are better, even if you're overworked. Good for you, my friend! :D
Agreed, you'll have to let us know what books you worked on when they're finished, personally, I'd love to check them out.
tombstone looks seriously sweet dj. good luck on your other projects too, but i hope you still pop in every so often, at least just to say "what's up".
That skin is fantastic! I love how the skin/hair turned out :thumbup:
Oh man, so sweet.
A little something I've been working on off and on over the past couple of years for Prem...there are four other characters involved but they aren't done yet. I've been doing these when I burn out on other projects..thus the "years" routine...
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/evengers_unfinished_zpsha9px0zj.jpg)
Re-imagined Evengers
Holy! These guys are amazing! Great job DJ, they all look pretty unique, yet instantly recognizable.
Very nice!
I love 'em!
:thumbup:
Wow! Those are great skins and also really fantastic designs, DJ! As DM said, they are completely unique, yet still recognizable, and that is just awesome.
I think my favorite has to be the Namor-ish one. Is he a ghost, ice, or what have you?
Ice, BG. He also has the same effects and keys as Ink's classic Iceman.
Fantastic work! I love the unique designs as well. Very nicely done! :thumbup:
Those are great! Love the Namor and Iron Woman ones. Great seeing new stuff from you.
I have to echo everyone else's sentiments here DJ, these are just downright awesome. :thumbup:
Awesome, I like that take.
wow, those are really cool. My favorite one is the Iron woman.
Totally missed this one. Nice redesigns! They have a very interesting look, I'd like to know more about them.
Back to the alphabet villains, we have Vamp!
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(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/vamp_zpstdvhvidh.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/vamp_zpstdvhvidh.jpg.html)
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/vamp_dj_360_zps1eak76y3.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/vamp_dj_360_zps1eak76y3.jpg.html)
360 View
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/vamp_dj_face_zpsowm7nqmb.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/vamp_dj_face_zpsowm7nqmb.jpg.html)
Face Up Close
This one took me a while because this is the first female I've done with the new skinning method I've been tinkering with for some time. I'm not 100% happy with it but it's better than I expected.
I'm not 100% happy
Man, I don't know the character, but that is an impressive skin, DJ! I love the facework. It is really distinctive and interesting.
I think she turned out pretty well. I have to agree with Benton, the Facework is fantastic, and really gives her a unique look. Definitely a solid showing here DJ, and I really like Skinning Style you used here. It has a softer, kind of retro look, sort of like something you would see in the late 70's, early 80's. Very nice DJ.
She looks like a cross between Valkyrie and Miss Fear. This is NOT a criticism, by the way. She looks fantastic. The face is definitely outstanding. This style bears continuing.
Are the eyes violet? Ooooooh...
Very nice :D everything just looks excellent.
I like her!
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 17, 2016, 07:30:09 PM
Man, I don't know the character, but that is an impressive skin, DJ! I love the facework. It is really distinctive and interesting.
Benton, you really need to get the Marvel Handbook or go spelunking in at the Marvel Appendix website....so many of these characters are there...
I don't know the character, but I love the skin. The face, as others have already said, is fantastic.
This is a character I never thought I'd see. I really like her DJ.
I just wish there was a mesh that would work for Vamp's Animus form, AA. Alas I haven't found anything...more obscure and "never thought we'd see" coming latter...
That is an excellent skin...of someone I've never heard of :D
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb287/lonespaceranger/animus_zpszjrnqi3x.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/lonespaceranger/media/animus_zpszjrnqi3x.jpg.html)
Something like this?
Head needs to be bigger, club needs more corners, needs a loincloth...you know....
like the thin behind Vamp in this pic: http://comicvine.gamespot.com/images/1300-3129487 (http://comicvine.gamespot.com/images/1300-3129487).
<- is a nitpicker...yes....
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb287/lonespaceranger/animus2_zpssv27ieza.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/lonespaceranger/media/animus2_zpssv27ieza.jpg.html)
WIP
I think I know what it is and I'm happy to see him.
That's closer Glob...wish the eyes/mouth didn't morph so much, but I can work that. Club still needs a bit more work..more crystalline looking...so more like...maybe one of Gren's Frost giant clubs perhaps? Not sure....def more sides/edges...also..is it possible to hunch the shoulders/splay the legs a bit like it's shown in the pick? Animus was never one to stand up straight...also LOINCLOTH/tattered toga thing.... ;D
Key frames are going to be a bit of a bear though...seeing as Animus uses the club as a focus for it's mental attacks.....
Vamp looks wonderful! I'm glad to see that Animus will be done, too.
I love seeing another Femizon character for the game.
We're going to be stuck with whatever club we can find. This is from Male Titian. The eyes will be a little more to the form in the pics. I make some changes, look at it in Nifscope or CTool, and try to fix it. I wanted to try something like Male Muscular Tall, but can't find what i want.
Please note: if someone can do better PLEASE DO! I will not be offended; this is still a new skill for me.
If you want something like a male_muscular_tall, Glob, might I suggest looking at either Renegade's Black_Adam_REN or his Sentry_REN mesh? You'd have to peel of a few pieces but they might be closer to the body you want. Just an idea...
I'll dig thru the clubs out there and see if I can find one that with some visual trickery will work.
I've been thinking of looking at some round sticks and seeing what Blender will do with them.
Quote from: daglob on July 21, 2016, 03:46:25 AM
I've been thinking of looking at some round sticks and seeing what Blender will do with them.
Glob,
Check out Grenadier's ICe Giant v2 and 3..the club on those looks very close to what we're shooting for. Is here: http://forceofparadox.byethost31.com/grenadier_one.html (http://forceofparadox.byethost31.com/grenadier_one.html) under the Asgardian villains section. Also might be able to use the loincloth off the Frost Giants there, though it would need resizing and the opening on the side doesn't work for the toga....might be easier to use Malekith's or Odin's skirt section with alpha enabled instead....I can work with that pretty easily and it would give us the closest look to the Animus when done. Will also be sending this to you via PM, just in case.
DJ, that's a great looking Vamp. It's good to see you back in action.
Dana
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb287/lonespaceranger/animus3_zpsebmiit6h.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/lonespaceranger/media/animus3_zpsebmiit6h.jpg.html)
Club needs aligning, and the face still needs to be shrunken some.
Actually, that's pretty damn good, Glob. I think I can work with that face pretty well...and the club is perfect, just rejigger it to fit. What are you looking at for the key frames and skirt/toga drapage?
Haven't been able to work on it for a few days. I intend to look around and see what looks good.
A Pulp mod exclusive for BG (AUWAMAN SUCKS!!! :P), Jungle Jim:
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/jungle_jim360_zps4hz3yohv.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/jungle_jim360_zps4hz3yohv.jpg.html)
360
He looks great DJ! I cant wait to get into this pulp mod
Excellent!
And I haven't forgotten Animus.
Forgot to thank DM for taking time out to skope this up when I was too busy too.
Ahh man, Jungle Jim, one of my favorite radio characters, brought to life in FF. I never thought I'd see the day. He's fantastic, DJ, just fantastic. Thank you so much for being willing to take this character on for me and to help out my little projects. I appreciate it a great deal. :)
The same goes to DM, who has been a real help in a dozen different ways!
For those that might be interested, Kolu is done and off to Benton. I'm not exactly pleased with how some parts came out so no pic. You want to see it, either annoy Benton enough that he posts a pic of it (rights given) or get the addons when he releases them.
Something I'm working on to put on Windblown's Feral skope...with a few extra add ons...still a long way from being done...
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/feral_face_wip_zpsgaemymo5.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/feral_face_wip_zpsgaemymo5.jpg.html)
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/feral_wip_zps2kltyiku.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/feral_wip_zps2kltyiku.jpg.html)
I love it!! Great idea adding the face fur! The mouth is fantastic, textures at the loincloth and the gloves are really nice too. Looking forward to seeing it finished :)
Me likey!
MeWOW!
feral looks amazing
Feral - Finished:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/feral_complete_360_zpstdehctps.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/feral_complete_360_zpstdehctps.jpg.html)
360 view
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/face_side_hair_zpsgaasc7cx.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/face_side_hair_zpsgaasc7cx.jpg.html)
Face and hair close-up
Beautiful work :D
Man, that's fantastic, DJ! I love the work on the face. That's a perfect expression for the character, tons of personality. :)
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 25, 2017, 11:31:55 PM
Man, that's fantastic, DJ! I love the work on the face. That's a perfect expression for the character, tons of personality. :)
Agreed, the eyes just really sell it.
She looks perfect! :thumbup:
Another IN PROGRESS collab between Windblown and myself, Bedlam...still got to get the hair and face on it..so keep an eye on because I should have this done by the end of the week:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bedlam_wip_zpsayxltryv.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/bedlam_wip_zpsayxltryv.jpg.html)
I don't know the character, but that is looking really nice, DJ. I like the detail on the short jacket and chest.
That guy has got to be a product of the 90s, right? :)
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 13, 2017, 11:06:37 PM
I don't know the character, but that is looking really nice, DJ. I like the detail on the short jacket and chest.
That guy has got to be a product of the 90s, right? :)
Late 90s early 2000s.
Bedlam Finished!!!
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bedlam_ortho_zpsarcvlwwl.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/bedlam_ortho_zpsarcvlwwl.jpg.html)
Ortho
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bedlam_face_zps8lorrltm.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/bedlam_face_zps8lorrltm.jpg.html)
Face
I wanted to make the X a little bigger but I was running into some clipping trouble in the hair. Also, you'll notice that the face is a bit bland straight on. Part of that is because Jesse Bedlam really does have a pretty bland face the few times he looks straight into the camera in the comics. The artists actually tried to avoid straight on pics of Jesse ,in fact, unless they had extra shadows falling across the face. Most often he's drawn looking up or down or a side shot of his face...so I spent more time on trying to get the side shots of his face to get close to what the comic had. I think I did pretty good actually....matches up closely with the comic and has more personality.
Like I said, I don't know the comic, so I can't compare to that, but I'm really impressed with that face, especially that last close up. That's a really striking look, full of personality. Great work, DJ!
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 15, 2017, 01:10:27 AM
Like I said, I don't know the comic, so I can't compare to that, but I'm really impressed with that face, especially that last close up. That's a really striking look, full of personality. Great work, DJ!
Same here. I have a lot of respect for your face work DJ. You take faces to a new level. I especially like Feral and Bedlam's bland look works for me.
Looks great! I really like the hair.
That's a fantastic skin, you did a great work with the face. The hair is especially great :)
wow mouth clapping stuff :D
A WIP tease...who might this be?!?!
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/wip_1_zpsqwwtxhwj.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/wip_1_zpsqwwtxhwj.jpg.html)
...I got nothing. Looking nice so far.
Awesome! Will it be Tyger Tyger? Patch's contact on Madripoor?
Not Tyger Tyger, but this could work for her if I worked the face a bit (already got the basic structure skinned in last night). This one's name starts with a Y and is a Marvel character.
I don't know most of the characters, but, as everyone else, I'm impressed with how good is your facework, and the colors are great too.
Amazing work with Feral and Bedlam.
Bloody computer burped for a second and ate the above WIP! So it's back to the beginning for that one...once I get some other things done first. :(
Suwheet! :thumbup:
Quote from: SickAlice on March 01, 2017, 04:32:16 PM
Suwheet! :thumbup:
Iit would've been, SickAlice, except for the devouring computer part...back to the beginning again I go...
Urg! That stinks, DJ! I'm sorry to hear that. It looked like it was coming along nicely.
WIP of Boom Boom for Winblown's skope:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bb_wip_zpsyxt46z2n.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/bb_wip_zpsyxt46z2n.jpg.html)
Still got to do the face (which should be easy - probably get that done tonight) and the hair (I have an idea how to do it but am dreading it still).
So far so good :thumbup:
Looking great, DJ. I can't wait to see the finished product!
Great looking skin.
Kinda a bland costume.
Quote from: Podmark on March 07, 2017, 01:40:33 AM
Great looking skin.
Kinda a bland costume.
I agree; needs more pink.
echo'ing what pod said, Great looking skin, DJ! (that came off sounding weirder than I wanted it to).
As if the Podmark/Windblown collaborations weren't enough.......
Now we get Death's Jester/Windblown as well.
Seriously. Boom Boom skin looks good. Can't wait to see the finished product.
And I still don't know who that preview was, but I hope you are able to do it again. I'm curious now.
She's looking fantastic so far, can't wait to see the finished skin!
Hair WIP -
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bb_hair_wip_zpspelyws4s.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/bb_hair_wip_zpspelyws4s.jpg.html)
Should have everything done by tomorrow and finished pic posted then.
Awesome DJ! That's coming along really well. :)
Boom Boom Done!
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bb_ortho_zpssjm2kbuk.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/bb_ortho_zpssjm2kbuk.jpg.html)
Ortho
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/bb_upclose_zpstetii3ml.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/bb_upclose_zpstetii3ml.jpg.html)
Face/hair up close
On to Dani Moonstar on Windblown's skope now!!
I love it! :thumbup: :thumbup:
Great job!! :D Love the hair!
Great job! You really nailed that face and hair.
What they said. Great hair to match a great skin.
The face is just great, very expressive.
OMG!!! DJ is really Rob Liefield in disguise! :shock2:
Quick, everyone start rioting and looting!
Damnations, CB went and blew my cover! Now I've got to go back into hiding!
Very, very early wip of Moonstar on Windblown's skope:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/ms_wip_early_zpscbcvdmvu.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/ms_wip_early_zpscbcvdmvu.jpg.html)
Hopefully I can get some time this weekend to get some work done on this.
That looks promising! Great work!
I've almost got all the extras on her done which leaves her flesh and the psychic constructs minus the spider (the uv map on it is very confusing and I can't make heads or tails on some of it, so sticking with the original skin Windblown included). Pics to come in a few days.
Another WIP of Dani...not sure about the skin tone...might have to go back and do some colour tweaking and a few more layers of colour wash.
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/dm_wip_2_zpsfxyjnjcb.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/dm_wip_2_zpsfxyjnjcb.jpg.html)
Still go the eyes and mouth to do..and then her psychic constructs and she'll be ready.
That's looking great!
Very impressive.
Got Dani done, now onto the zombie and shark constructs.
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/dm_constructs_left_zpssyemonyz.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/dm_constructs_left_zpssyemonyz.jpg.html)
Ortho
Spoiler
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/dm_face_upclose_zpshakzqt3w.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/dm_face_upclose_zpshakzqt3w.jpg.html)
Face Up-close
As you can tell, I went back and ran another colour wash over the skin to get it closer to what I Dani's/Native American's skin tone is. Still unsure about the face...something about it feels off to me but am unsure what yet.
As for these constructs I keep talking about, they are like this:
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(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/dm_spider_zpsvyit50fz.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/dm_spider_zpsvyit50fz.jpg.html)
She has three attacks that bring up stuff like this: one a spider, one a shark, the last a zombie. SO got zombo and sharko to finish and she'll be done.
Great work so far, DJ!
As always, the face is top-notch and I love the Spider. Can't wait to see the Zambo and the Shark :thumbup:
Only thing I can think of on the face is maybe the nose to mouth ratio? Her nose seems a bit large, but I haven't seen drawings of her in quite some time.
Otherwise she looks good. And I may be wrong about the nose.
This is the pic that I based it off of, Wildfyre:
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/File:M1.jpg (http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/File:M1.jpg)
I think the problem is the eyes actually....something about them feels off to me but am unsure what. I'm still tinkering with different styles for female skins so that might be part of the off feeling I'm having..not comfortable with this style/haven't found a style that fits me yet.
That Dani skin/skope is an absolute treat. Really looking forward to the end result.
I love it! :wub: :wub: Can't wait to see the zombie and shark projections!
Quote from: murs47 on March 21, 2017, 08:51:23 PM
That Dani skin/skope is an absolute treat. Really looking forward to the end result.
Hey murs! It's nice to see you again on the forums :)
Looking fantastic DJ!
Quote from: windblown on March 21, 2017, 11:09:58 PM
Hey murs! It's nice to see you again on the forums :)
:wub:
Alright, no loving on each other allowed here. You guys want to do that, get a room or something. Jeez...can't leave you blokes unsupervised for a second...
Quote from: Deaths Jester on March 21, 2017, 07:44:11 PM
This is the pic that I based it off of, Wildfyre:
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/File:M1.jpg (http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/File:M1.jpg)
I think the problem is the eyes actually....something about them feels off to me but am unsure what. I'm still tinkering with different styles for female skins so that might be part of the off feeling I'm having..not comfortable with this style/haven't found a style that fits me yet.
Maybe that's it. Looking at your reference the nose seems fine. Maybe the eye spacing? Or maybe I've just been looking at the screen too long.
The spacing is right to match up with the mesh...I think I'm just not comfortable with this style for females...got to keep looking.
Here's how the shark and zombie projections came out.
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/shark_proj_zps851ejqpa.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/shark_proj_zps851ejqpa.jpg.html)
Shark
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/zomb_proj_zpsckn7uxnj.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/zomb_proj_zpsckn7uxnj.jpg.html)
Zombie
Now, I've got to give WB credit on the zombie. I had planned on doing something more than this with it but unhappily everything I tried came out looking wrong. I instead ended up going back to the standard that WB sent with the skope, blurred it, painted gore and grunge on top of it, and added multiple layers of textures (nine or ten different textures, ranging from bark to scratched metal to grungy book covers) before finally running a pink colour layer over it. I wish I could've gotten the other idea I had working but alas no luck.
Looks great! Awesome job on this one guys!
Man, fantastic work, DJ! I really love the projections. They're particularly impressive.
You know, if you ever get in a fight with somebody who throws sharks, projections or not, at you, then you've picked a bad fight.
:D
(http://courte-focale.fr/Images/Trone%20atlantide%209.jpg)
Point proven :lol:
Yeah, I know; too many people say "Aquaman is lame, all he can do is talk to fish". But actually he commands fish.
Very BIG fish.
With sharp teef!
Amazing work with the projections, DJ. Very creative and well done.
Wow. Your X-Force skins are gorgeous. My jaw dropped at Feral and Moonstar.
Fantastic work.
Hey, LP, good to see you're still about!
I little WIP, still got some work to do on the outfit and of course the face and hair:
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(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/siryn_wip_zpswggsymbt.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/siryn_wip_zpswggsymbt.jpg.html)
Edit: Still getting used to this new mouse of mine....would work wonderfully for me if my fingers weren't so long. I like that I can switch between dpi modes (low, medium, high, even higher, extreme type routine) and the extra buttons are wonderful but because of the length of my fingers (it's a claw grip mouse, which is how I grasp a mouse for those wondering), I have no room hold it with my pinkie finger. Most mice I have that problem with but I don't use them a lot nor do I do fine detail graphics work with them so there's no trouble there. This one...my pinkie is getting a work out being dragged around free....I probably just need to get used to it. Okay..that's just me rambling..so meh. Will say I love everything else about the new comp build...except win7....got to relearn my shortcuts....
This is stellar and gorgeous already. I'm so very impressed by your work, DJ. The cape-wings are insane. I love it.
That's coming along great. Looking forward to Siryn.
The costume is looking great, those capes are awesome. Looking forward to the finished skin!
Quote from: laughing paradox on May 19, 2017, 07:50:56 PM
This is stellar and gorgeous already. I'm so very impressed by your work, DJ. The cape-wings are insane. I love it.
Part of the credit on the cape-wings goes to AA and his Classic Banshee skin. I spent some time studying what he'd done on that skin's cape-wings and combined what I learned from said studying with what I know about painting drapery to get what you see.
And now, Siryn finished:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/siryn_ortho2_zpslg36tf0n.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/siryn_ortho2_zpslg36tf0n.jpg.html)
Ortho
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/siryn_scream_zps4ob22bup.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/siryn_scream_zps4ob22bup.jpg.html)
Screaming
I'm still tinkering with different styles for my female faces and while this one isn't that bad, something about the eyes still bothers me....they fit the wireframes perfectly but they just seem "off" to me still. Going to have to go back and do some more studying, I guess. (Forgot to include a close up pic of the face....eh....might post it Tuesday...we'll see how folks respond to this...)
That is sleek!
The colors and highlights are nothing short than amazing. Great work, as usual.
That looks great, DJ! I really love the sleek texture of the costume, and the face, as usual, is really well done!
Wow. Just...wow. That is fantastic, DJ. The work on the wings is particularly impressive. I can't believe how good that whole skin looks in action.
Simply beautiful :D
I love it!
Quote from: Deaths Jester on May 26, 2017, 01:38:13 PM
Quote from: laughing paradox on May 19, 2017, 07:50:56 PM
This is stellar and gorgeous already. I'm so very impressed by your work, DJ. The cape-wings are insane. I love it.
Part of the credit on the cape-wings goes to AA and his Classic Banshee skin. I spent some time studying what he'd done on that skin's cape-wings and combined what I learned from said studying with what I know about painting drapery to get what you see.
And now, Siryn finished:
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(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/siryn_ortho2_zpslg36tf0n.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/siryn_ortho2_zpslg36tf0n.jpg.html)
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(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/siryn_scream_zps4ob22bup.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/siryn_scream_zps4ob22bup.jpg.html)
I'm still tinkering with different styles for my female faces and while this one isn't that bad, something about the eyes still bothers me....they fit the wireframes perfectly but they just seem "off" to me still. Going to have to go back and do some more studying, I guess. (Forgot to include a close up pic of the face....eh....might post it Tuesday...we'll see how folks respond to this...)
Definitely a fantastic piece of Art DJ, but I get what you're saying about the eyes. I think the eyes, in and of themselves, are actually pretty spot on, I think what seems "off" (At least to me), are the eyebrows. Look at the pic below, the center pic, and those seem more accurate. The thicker, more defined look, definitely the way to go.
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa49/Cyber_Burn_33/Syrin%2001_zpsyxjpk9t4.png) (http://s199.photobucket.com/user/Cyber_Burn_33/media/Syrin%2001_zpsyxjpk9t4.png.html)
Gorgeous skin DJ. And as always that skope is picture-perfect, too, WB.
Here's the close-up of the face on Siryn:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/deathsjester/siryn_face_upclose_zpsdqjbtdel.jpg) (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/deathsjester/media/siryn_face_upclose_zpsdqjbtdel.jpg.html)
Now on to other stuff.....
I'm beginning to think that the problem I'm having with the eyes - both on Siryn and on Dani Moonstar - revolves around the fact that they seem...lifeless. They just seem dead to me - Vamp had that problem too - not vibrant and full of life like some of the other eyes I've done in the past - while not perfect, Boom Boom's worked better even if they were hidden behind a pair of glasses. It's this style I'm tinkering with, I think..but I'm not quite sure...going to have to continue to tinker with female skins to see if I can get it right.
Looking at a blow up of these two you might make the eyes lighter and add a white highlight. I use the line tool and try to do just one pixel. At times this may make them cartoony, but you can adjust between the shades and see if you can make it work.
A trick, and I'm not sure why I forget to use it anymore myself, is put a little speckle on the reflection texture where the eyes would be. Human eyeballs are naturally moist and that will give your works a "living" effect.
I went back to my books and tutorials and dug around for answers on the eye problems. While this setup looks okay on a male mesh, the female meshes show off the fact that the underlying shape and build of the eye are just a tad off. Add to that the fact that the eyelashes are a bit too...cartoony (?)/solid draws even more attention to it.
I'm going to have to pay attention to that and spend some time with my books on the next female skin I do (will be a bit as WB was having comp probs last I talked to him so I'm looking at a few other skins at the moment) to make sure I get things right.
Some of my older pics will start showing up as not there anymore as I'm moving my future images over to Imugr instead of Photobucket (even if I seem to be the only one that hasn't been affected by their new plans).
I had previously asked Unko permission to skin a few of his Weird World characters and having just received Painter 2015 (updated my old Painter 11 finally), I decided to tinker around and see what I could do. So here's Unko's Dorian Grave (original idea here (http://jowsome.deviantart.com/art/WWC-Dorian-Grave-109943983)):
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(http://i.imgur.com/KozxcuA.jpg)
Ortho
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZKMdGMW.jpg)
Face Up close
I see some problems with it but that's mainly my thing and the fact I'm not 100% comfortable using 2015 yet (they changed the GUI a bit since 11..so having to relearn a little)..still not bad for a tinker piece.
Ohh, very nice DJ! I love the work on the stitches.
Agreed, the stitch work is very nice. As is the cloth texture on the Mask, as well.
Very nice, and creepy.
I've already seen this but still humbled you would skin one of my characters.
You do top notch work!
So, I decided to tinker with my style a bit and see how realistic I could make a face with Painter 2015, FF's graphic engine, and a mouse (because that's all I use is a mouse). What follows is still extremely early, I've still got another 3 or more hours to work on the face (already spent 2 and a half to get here plus an hour or so staring at a tutorial, trying to decide how to recreate what I saw with nothing but a mouse). Anyways, still more work to do...thus the slightly blurry look also on some areas...
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(http://i.imgur.com/jF2G7hc.jpg)
Face - Early WIP
Ooooo... nice.
Not on my best day, could I ever do something that awesome.
An hour and a half or two hours further in and it looks like the eyes nose and mouth are pretty well set..though there might be some minor tweaks to do and some very light highlights/warmth passes on certain sections. Still quite a bit to go...am avoiding putting eyebrows and hair on this right now because I know that realistic blonde hair is going to kick my arse and take forever (even masters of art agree with me on that). Also avoiding texturizing the finished parts just yet...want to make sure everything fits together perfectly before the final few passes.
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(http://i.imgur.com/kw6KQ1U.jpg)
Probably another couple of hours of refinement followed by an hour or so of tightening it all up (not counting the extra hours I'll probably spend staring at it and books/tutorials trying to figure out stuff - the horrors of being self taught and mouse-only-centric) and the face section will be pretty much done...hopefully...
Ok, now I have to ask. What size TGA/DDS are you working with that allows you to get that kind of detail?
I work at 512 by 512 almost exclusively. Been using that size ever since I started skinning for FF almost 15 years ago.
It's really less about the size - I could do this in 256 by 256 and get similar results - and more about time and stroke opacity. I've spent a lot of time zoomed in on the face laying strokes set to 5 or 10% opacity, layer after layer (current count for the file is somewhere around 150 layers or more but only 100 are the face).
Started in on the hair Saturday and after two and a half hours this is what came about:
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(http://i.imgur.com/kQG51H5.jpg)
Came back on Saturday and finished it up with another three hours of work:
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(http://i.imgur.com/FKClFCo.jpg)
360
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(http://i.imgur.com/AKIhilo.jpg)
From the top down
I've still got to go in and put in the shading from the hair on the face, some texture work on the face, and a minor hue/saturation pass on the flesh before I'm done with the head. Once I finish that up, I'm going to take a few days off from this and get some other stuff done (start up to the tablet piece, redesign the outfit for this character, write some other stuff, sleep...stuff) before coming back to this...
Post-edit: Hair shows where FF's graphic engine fails for realism. Being unable to create strands and such kills some of the realism, unhappily. Oh well...probably the closest I can come to.
<channels Rorshasch> Lots of views, no comments. Hrmmm....realism unwanted? Just another regular DJ thing? Trip thru the scummy side of city to get answers. Hope enough ambulances available...
Well I think it looks great. The hair has a nice grainy element to it, and having worked with that mesh piece before I know how difficult it is to skin.
I've mostly been wondering who it is...
Looking great, DJ! :D
You won't know who he is, Pod, because he's going to be a revamped version of one of Prem's Evengers - much like that group pic I showed earlier.
I'm still just blown away by the level of detail that you have using a mouse.
Remember, CB, I've been painting with a mouse for a LONG time (self taught on it, in fact) so I've had time to experiment and find means to create what I'm looking for. For something that might take an artist with a styllus one motion might take me longer and are more complex/against the grain (my most often used brush for all my work is the airbrush - a brush most folks advise against using or use only for a few minor things) but they work for me. I actually don't think I could transition to a styllus now because I'd have to trash years of experience and start off brand new.
Edit: I've also got a whole collection of books and tutorials that I can drag up and study. Most are for Photoshop CS and onwards and wacoms but I've learned over time how to adapt what's presented to Painter, Photoshop 7, and a mouse.
I'm the same, mouse and self taught too. I wouldn't have a clue with any other method now :wacko:
That hair and jaw are looking super great! The textures, the textures...
I just have to ask (because I can't even remember) but can you work higher than 512 or is that FF's limit? Because there's just that small amount of blur in the face and I think your stuff is so detailed it would totally benefit from going up a size.
Just my opinion! It's looking fantastic though.
Quote from: UnkoMan on August 18, 2017, 03:46:32 PM
That hair and jaw are looking super great! The textures, the textures...
I just have to ask (because I can't even remember) but can you work higher than 512 or is that FF's limit? Because there's just that small amount of blur in the face and I think your stuff is so detailed it would totally benefit from going up a size.
Just my opinion! It's looking fantastic though.
You can run up to 1024 x 1024 but I dislike working at that size....512 squared is a happy medium for me and like I said, I could do this in 256 squared and still get similar results. I just prefer 512 because I've never had any problems with it fitting onto any mesh..sometimes when you go smaller or larger you can have either bleed over or blank spots show up on certain meshes.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on July 31, 2017, 08:45:50 PM
I had previously asked Unko permission to skin a few of his Weird World characters and having just received Painter 2015 (updated my old Painter 11 finally), I decided to tinker around and see what I could do. So here's Unko's Dorian Grave (original idea here (http://jowsome.deviantart.com/art/WWC-Dorian-Grave-109943983)):
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(http://i.imgur.com/KozxcuA.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZKMdGMW.jpg)
I see some problems with it but that's mainly my thing and the fact I'm not 100% comfortable using 2015 yet (they changed the GUI a bit since 11..so having to relearn a little)..still not bad for a tinker piece.
HA! Dorian Graves! I always loved Unko's designs. For the suit, have you consider a different skope? I used a variation of GNI's models plus some skoping of course for my version. I think it adds additional depth to the design that the male_suit lacks due to it's flatness.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7697/17217548971_119a1f56e9_b.jpg)
Also hi everyone!
If I had Gni's mesh, I would've taken a look at it for sure, AA. Unhappily those were some of the meshes I lost when I upgraded my comp. :(
Also, welcome back?
Quote from: Deaths Jester on August 25, 2017, 12:05:55 AM
If I had Gni's mesh, I would've taken a look at it for sure, AA. Unhappily those were some of the meshes I lost when I upgraded my comp. :(
Also, welcome back?
Hey... hey... If you need anything you
know CB and I probably have it. Send us a want list; no one wants you to do without.
And welcome back AA; don't be a stranger.
You know I always find a way to make what I've got work for me, DG. Even if I don't have something like Gni's meshes, I just use the meshes I do have...not something I worry about "missing out" on nowadays.
That and I don't like feeling like I'm burdening you guys. Even if I'm not, I still feel like that...yes, I'm crazy...
Welcome back, AA! Long time no see :D
Quote from: daglob on August 25, 2017, 01:06:44 AMHey... hey... If you need anything you know CB and I probably have it. Send us a want list; no one wants you to do without.
And welcome back AA; don't be a stranger.
HA! :lol:
I never consider a friend a burden, DJ. Crazy or not, definitely don't hesitate to ask.
...tinkering with a few things to knock off some rust...no pics yet but I might have something post holidaying...
:D
What is this?!?! DJ doing a skin?!?! No, you must be dreaming!! Just lay your head back down and go back to sleep....
(https://i.imgur.com/CkE2XuK.jpg)
Some of you might remember seeing a WIP kinda like this some time back before I rebuild my computer...the time in which I lost the work face work that I had shown earlier and such. SO yeah, back to recreating this one...still a WIP and still am rusty. Got to get the face in, which could take some time..and I bet most of you STILL don't know who this character is....
Who cares? :wub:
Quote from: bearded on April 27, 2018, 09:56:32 PM
I do. What mesh is that?
That's Gren's Bride of the Nine Spiders with hair from his Black_Canary. See Force of Paradox for them...
I'm going to guess Mariko Yoshida.
While it could fit for her with a tad work, it's not Mariko. Like before, this character fits into my Marvel Villians Alphabet run and fills the Y spot.
Hmm. I was going to guess Tyger Tiger, but that doesn't fit with the Y.
Doesn't look like Yukio, either. Im stumped!
Well, you folks are right to think she has something to do with Wolvie. She's faced him before - actually made her official "comeback" against him after not being used for quite a long time - but he's not the one she was originally known to enjoy tormenting...
Also, you've got to remember...I skin obscure characters...esp concerning the alphabet list. Tyger Tiger, Mariko, and Yukio aren't exactly obscure enough.
Ain't I a stinker? :P
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https://comicvine.gamespot.com/yi-yang/4005-61224/
Interesting character, great work on the Skope/Skin so far. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Ah, CB, finally found who she is. Course, I would've expected someone would find her on the Marvel Appendix - seeing as I've mentioned I use that site for these - instead of Comicvine but ce la vest.
Hey! Awesome to see something new from you, DJ!
She looks great! That bow looks really nice.
The face for Yi Yang is coming along:
(https://i.imgur.com/o6Y9GSs.jpg)
I still have a few things I want to touch up and I make sure about...but she's almost done...
Here's how Yi Yang looks finished:
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(https://i.imgur.com/kuGo8TG.jpg)
Note: In Wolverine: The Best There Is (which is where I took this costume/outfit from), Yi Yang wears water sleeves reach to the floor.
Picture of said sleeves:
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(https://i.imgur.com/tP57OQM.jpg)
As we don't have the graphics engine nor skopable parts to recreate those correctly (we'd need something that allowed me to make the fabric after the red band to flow like water and move about with her movements - including falling backwards down her arm like the water sleeve on her left arm - the one on her hip - is doing), I instead change it slightly and made those water sleeves just normal arm sleeves. While it's not a perfect substitute, it's better than the clean arm look and closer to how Yi Yang appeared.
The face isn't great - it lacks the emotion that I normally try for - but that's a combination of rust and this being the first time I've actually skinned a female_versatile-esque head created by Grenadier - I'm more used to the skinning the female_versatile heads that Ren uses or the regular female_basic setup. Bit of a learning curve there...
Great work, DJ! Yeah, the face doesn't have your usual emotion and character, but she still looks quite good. I love your work on the fabric.
I think its fantastic! I understand how frustating it is for long fabrics in the game (been trying to skope a workable imperial guard from star wars for a while), but i think your decision with the sleeves was a great one.
Another WIP, another one that fills in missing Alphabet Villain List (for those wondering, the letters missing are D, G, I, L, N, U, and Z..so that might give you an idea on who this is). Still got the "bustier", hair, shades, belt, and face to finish - that and I might darken the green a bit on her (am unsure at the moment). Anyways, let's see if anyone can guess this one:
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(https://i.imgur.com/FbxXRPL.jpg)
One single hint (aside from the missing letters in the alphabet): This character was part of a over-arching story in one of Marvel comics that was dropped abruptly when Marvel - out of the blue - changed writer and artist mid-story. She wasn't used by the new creative group and has languished in comic limbo ever since...
Okay, aside from DaGlob who guessed Commanda (it's not Commanda), no one has tired to posit who this character is. SO, maybe a few more WIP pics of her will help you blokes out...
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(https://i.imgur.com/WGC4yEk.jpg)
Body
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(https://i.imgur.com/1dPXwlD.jpg)
Hair up-close
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(https://i.imgur.com/TQ372uJ.jpg)
Unfinished face up-close
Now I still have some work to do - add in eyes, eyebrows, work the neck a bit, textures, ect - but I'm close to finishing her.
Hmm, I don't recognize her, but that's a neat design and one you're doing a great job with!
Well, because no one knows who she is...here's Insomnia (go look at her Marvel Appendix profile here!! (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/insomniadd.htm))
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(https://i.imgur.com/Ry3ZpUO.jpg)
Up-close finished face (even though she never appears without her glasses, I removed them on the left one so everyone could see the face work)
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(https://i.imgur.com/TguhZqq.jpg)
Completed - I picked this pose cause it seems to fit her pretty well
Alright...now you blokes need to start brushing up on your obscure Marvel characters...I only have the following letters left in the alphabet and I don't want to end up being the only one who knows the characters I'm doing. :P
Letters left: D, G, L, N, U, and Z
Haha, sorry DJ, but I'd have a better chance if it were DC. You're out of my bailiwick!
She looks great! Great work man! :D
Great face. I feel like I've read something with her sometime.
Would've had to been DD # 363 or 364 under Karl Kesel's writing because when Joe Kelly took over DD at issue 365 he dropped the character completely. Was a bit interesting that he did that seeing as she had been a part of the Mr Fear story arc that Marvel had going at the time and Kelly continued building up. After Kesel left, Insomnia disappeared into comic book limbo - unused to this day.
Quote from: Podmark on May 15, 2018, 10:33:24 PM
Great face. I feel like I've read something with her sometime.
I've only read about her from the link DJ gave :P
Another 'what might have been' of the comic book world.
Here's another WIP of one that will be knocking off a letter of my Marvel alphabet villains (down to D, G,L, N, U, and Z for those keeping track..and that's the only hint I'm giving on this one....seeing as you guys stink at guessing..:P). Let's see if anyone can guess who this one is:
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(https://i.imgur.com/ieRvvJU.jpg)
I've still got to do the flesh, face, hair, a bit of texturing, and some refl work on it but that's actually not that much to do....
Man, nobody knows the characters I do. OH well, now she's done. Meet Death-Sting:
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(http://i.imgur.com/KXdgUU6.jpg) (https://imgur.com/KXdgUU6)
Ortho
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(https://i.imgur.com/IoX8sIc.jpg)
Face up close
Now, you'll notice on the face that there is no discernible line on that black to red transition and that it's darker than a normal "shadow". Reason is because in the Iron Fist comic she appeared in, there is no discernible line portrayed. Nor does the "black" area seem to be portraying a shadow...as per the following examples from the comic:
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(https://i.imgur.com/KLZNWjd.jpg)
Multiple face shots from the Iron Fist comic
Want to know more about her? Find out that she is secretly Iron Fist's half-sister here (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/deathstingrand.htm) at the Marvel Appendix.
So now I'm down to five in the alphabet run.....G, L, N, U, and Z.....(it's amazing how few actual obscure Marvel villain name's start with the letter N)....
Wow, I've never heard of her, but that is a LOVELY skin, DJ! :D She's got a very interesting look. Simple, but striking, and you've done a great job with her face, very distinctive. Yeah, the black looks almost like a tattoo or something in the comics.
Yeow! I didn't know they had a female Scorpio. I preferred this version of the costume over the simpler later one.
Yeah, the "shadow" looks more like makeup; there is no shadow on her hair.
Nicely done!
i like the character even if i haven't heard of her, you have done a great job as always Dj, i have reduced the emphasis on the nose however, probably as a choice you haven't skinned that little scorpion on the hood, but instead i think it would fit nicely to her.
(i type this little critiques just to help)
Yeah, the nose is a bit much. Part of that has to do with the mesh I used (I had to rework the wireframe a few times). As for the emblem, I tried putting it on but it ended up having two stingers due to the mirroring of textures on the hood piece. I felt that if I couldn't recreate the emblem as it appeared in the comic that it was best to leave it off...bit of a personal choice there.
For the emblem you could skope a disk just above the hood. If you position it right it would probably look alright.
<grumble grumble>
Now I got to stop Epi from releasing the version I sent him, skope a cylinder to the hood, and skin the emblem...
<grumble grumble>
Alright...emblem added:
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(https://i.imgur.com/ab6lJHv.jpg)
Face up-close
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(https://i.imgur.com/f58PB59.jpg)
Finished/posed shot
..and now to go slave on something for BG.....
The logo looks good, DJ, but that skin just looks fantastic. It's just a very striking job.
Also, yay! :yipee :thumbup:
Looks great! I'm glad I forced you to do more work!
Someone out there will probably squee over this tease....who though we shall see...
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(https://i.imgur.com/8hlQN42.jpg)
SQUEE!!!
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DCUG update!
This is not DCUG related, I finished what DCUG stuff BG has asked for up to this point last week...
:doh:
For some reason, I had thought he was in the DCUG. But I'm still squealing!
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Stahlhelm
:wub:
As the title suggests, this is a DCUG Exclusive skin/skope. You want it, go harangue (or is that meringue...mmm...pie) Benton about the DCUG mod. Also big thanks to Detourne_Me for the work on the "key gun".
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(https://i.imgur.com/U15kaod.jpg)
Key Ortho
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(https://i.imgur.com/5JwQ6et.jpg)
Face up close
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(https://i.imgur.com/E59Sdf0.jpg)
Pew Pew
Cool, he's been on my list for ages :thumbup: great work :D
I can't believe it's been almost 11 years since I first created this character and sparked my twenty character collab with Carr. Back then he looked like this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/ANCRXyW.jpg)
Original Stahlhelm ortho
Well, I decided it was time to revisit him and get him closer to real-life German WW2 look..so now he looks like this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/eH09tGV.jpg)
Revamp Stahlhelm ortho
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(https://i.imgur.com/FUD6H0e.jpg)
Action
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(https://i.imgur.com/v5UWWhl.jpg)
Face up-close
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(https://i.imgur.com/sqMT1C4.jpg)
Shield
Okay a few things I've got to point out:
1) You may notice that the uniform and most of his gear has a green tint to it compared tot eh older one - that's intentional. The WW2 German Waffen-SS (which Stahlhelm is wearing) and Army uniforms were issued in field grey (the Americans called them field green) which was a warm grey-green colour originally. Once the war started and supplies started to get low, the German uniforms took on more of a grey colour with a slight green tint to it (much like this one) due in large part to a lack of good wool (which lead to an increase in rayon in the uniforms) and dye. So this colour is actually a lot closer to the real world uniform during the war.
2) The pack is not historically correct. Not until the very end of WW2 did the Germans start carrying backpack type packs like I have shown here. Instead most of their packs were assorted pieces clipped/hooked together to form a pack which was then clipped to troopers' military-issued braces/suspenders. I felt that Stahlhelm, being a bit more mobile bound, would eschew that pack form for the backpack set up. The horseshoe roll - the cylinder atop the pack - is actually historically correct as many of the troops carried a blanket or their overcoat - Stahlhelm carries his overcoat - this way while marching.
3) Notice the lack of medals on Stahlhem's uniform even though he should be sporting a ton of them? That's intentional. During WW2, the German military encouraged the troops to wear their awards and medals to help bolster morale. An unseen side effect of that though, was that often times the troops wore the awards into combat thus destroying the use of camo (if provided) or at the least giving the Allies information on what experience/specialties their opponents had. I felt that Stahlhelm would be ordered NOT to wear his awards for that reason. Add to that, I felt that Stahlhelm himself would be a morale booster to the troops anyways.
4) The lack of refl on the new helmet - Pre-war German forces wore polished helmets in field grey but once the war began, they swapped over to helmets that were painted with a matte field-grey colour. Thus no refl would show up on matte painted metal.
Alright, I think that is enough history for today.
Okay..and now a tease:
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(https://i.imgur.com/bZo2PiG.jpg)
Don't try guessing on this one folks, as it's an original - based off the archetypes Car and I came up with during our collab.
That's right, check out that awesome skin/Skope of the The Key! He's starring in a brand new arc of my JLA campaign, and DJ really outdid himself with that great piece! And he wonders why I keep hassling him to do things for me!
As for this new Stahlhelm, he is actually in the DCUG too! Haha, apparently DJ forgot that he gave me permission to include his incredibly great looking evil superteam in my JLA/JSA crossover. They get pride of place in a few missions, and I'll have to update this fellow now to this new excellent skin!
I love all of the historical accuracy and background packed into this guy! I'm a big history buff, and this is super cool! Wonderful, wonderful detail work, both in terms of accuracy and in terms of texture!
Quote from: BentonGrey on June 25, 2018, 08:07:31 PM
As for this new Stahlhelm, he is actually in the DCUG too! Haha, apparently DJ forgot that he gave me permission to include his incredibly great look evil superteam in my JLA/JSA crossover. They get pride of place in a few missions, and I'll have to update this fellow now to this new excellent skin!
I love all of the historical accuracy and background packed into this guy! I'm a big history buff, and this is super cool! Wonderful, wonderful detail work, both in terms of accuracy and in terms of texture!
Wait...whut!?!?! :blink:
Great looking skin, I especially like the addition of the backpack.
Haha, yep, I thought you had forgotten! They're the Nazi super soldiers that Per Degaton creates with his stolen technology. I've got Stalhelm, Mer Tueful, the magician (can't spell it), de eisen soldat, and panzermann. I think that's all of them.
Quote from: BentonGrey on June 26, 2018, 09:02:50 PM
Haha, yep, I thought you had forgotten! They're the Nazi super soldiers that Per Degaton creates with his stolen technology. I've got Stalhelm, Mer Tueful, the magician (can't spell it), de eisen soldat, and panzermann. I think that's all of them.
So you've got Stahlhelm, Meer Tuefel, der Zauberer, die Eisen Soldat, and Panzermann but not Geistblitz or die Faust? That's very weird seeing as everyone listed came before I ever did die Eisen Soldat.....he was one of the last ones I originally did....and I could've sworn I've kept everyone but Panzermann and Stahlhelm from being released anywhere (Panzermann and Stahlhelm were released at FRP for a time)....
Also add Herr Gummiband....
Right! I forgot them, but yep, they're in there as well! :D. I remember when you were making them. It was right around when I had started working on the JLA/JSA crossover, and I was plotting the WWII portions. The characters were so well designed and so interesting that I decided I really wanted to include them. I suppose I probably asked about the time that you had finished. I didn't use Car's, as they were more slick and superhero looking, more like a modern team, while yours seemed more period-approrpriate, historically fitting. I like how they work in those couple of missions, plus they provide some fun RR foes for the WWII characters.
Alright, another tease/WIP of the one I teased earlier..
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(https://i.imgur.com/UVGs7vD.jpg)
IF you look at this one and back and Stahlhelm, you can see the point I was making about the awards/medals. Unlike Stahlhelm, this guy wears his medals out loud and proud. They are: Knight's Cross (around collar area), Iron Cross Second Class (ribbon in button hole), Silver Close Combat Medal (over left pocket; awarded for 30 consecutive days of "hand-to-hand" combat without armour support), Silver Wound Badge (left side of left pocket; wounded 3 to 4 times in combat), Iron Cross First Class (center left pocket), and the Silver Anti-Partisan Medal (right left pocket; awarded for 30 consecutive days of combat against a partisan unit). Also note the shoulder boards, Stahlhelm shows that he is a Captain in the Waffen-SS Infantry while this fellow is a Technical Sergeant in the Waffen-SS Combat Engineer Unit (they were the only ones who regularly issued flamethrowers). I've still got some work to do, as you can see..but this guy will be interesting when I get him done..I hope...
Stahlhelm looks fantastic DJ, great. Your texture and detail work are fantastic. I didn't think it would be possible to improve on this, but I'm glad to have been proven wrong. :D
Quote from: Deaths Jester on June 29, 2018, 05:49:37 PM
Alright, another tease/WIP of the one I teased earlier..
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(https://i.imgur.com/UVGs7vD.jpg)
IF you look at this one and back and Stahlhelm, you can see the point I was making about the awards/medals. Unlike Stahlhelm, this guy wears his medals out loud and proud. They are: Knight's Cross (around collar area), Iron Cross Second Class (ribbon in button hole), Silver Close Combat Medal (over left pocket; awarded for 30 consecutive days of "hand-to-hand" combat without armour support), Silver Wound Badge (left side of left pocket; wounded 3 to 4 times in combat), Iron Cross First Class (center left pocket), and the Silver Anti-Partisan Medal (right left pocket; awarded for 30 consecutive days of combat against a partisan unit). Also note the shoulder boards, Stahlhelm shows that he is a Captain in the Waffen-SS Infantry while this fellow is a Technical Sergeant in the Waffen-SS Combat Engineer Unit (they were the only ones who regularly issued flamethrowers). I've still got some work to do, as you can see..but this guy will be interesting when I get him done..I hope...
Already interesting. I have to say that I'm really impressed with the research you had to have put in to know all about the medals, their meanings, and their locations. I mean I'm extremely impressed. While I liked the original version, this one shows just how much
you've grown and improved since then. :charonwow
Alright, another WIP look at this character with the flames:
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(https://i.imgur.com/Rh3jKwX.jpg)
Ortho WIP
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(https://i.imgur.com/ONGB8hz.jpg)
Face wipage
Now, some of you are probably saying to yourself, "How is that a wip? That looks done, DJ."
Yeah...no. There is still a lot of work to do on the face and I don't mean hair either (this character is bald). It'll probably be awhile before you guys see this character again because what I plan on doing requires me to delve into my collection of tutorials and references again and hope that what I have can help me create what I'm thinking of....
Well even now he looks fantastic. Great job on the tank on the back.
So, I need some outside input on what I've done to the Nazi fire bug's face. Right now it looks like this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/bZok4Sy.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/PgPocdL.jpg)
Now, I've got some problems and they might just be in my head for all we know. First off, there's a part of me that wants to take this burn marking and go all around the head but there's another part that says that where I got it is perfect. Add to that a third side says stop where I'm at but do something to make the burn more natural looking and work the edges so they ease better. I'm not sure what to do, truthfully....so I need some outside input from you blokes! SO no just looking and moving on this time around...(I see you blokes just staring and wandering off)....pipe up and say stuff!!!!
It looks disgustingly great DJ. If you do stop there, you could give him a shock of hair on the unburnt side.
... and maybe half an eyebrow.
I'd stop there but ease the edges. Keep the non-symmetrical look. Really amazing looking!
Quote from: daglob on July 06, 2018, 11:32:57 PM
... and maybe half an eyebrow.
With the pieces I'm using the eyebrows get lost behind the googles. I found that out when I did Chinook.
As for hair...I don't know...never envisioned him with hair...will ponder it.
Quote from: Podmark on July 07, 2018, 12:39:10 AM
I' stop there but ease the edges. Keep the non-symmetrical look. Really amazing looking!
It doer work better asymmetrical...I tried a full face look and even with rome extra reworks, it read poorly.
Alright..here's the finished version of what I've been working on...I'm calling him Brandstifter (German for Firebug)....(be warned, the ortho pics are a bit large because I had to use Nifskope to get a good detailed shot of everything)....
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(https://i.imgur.com/WXgT4gl.jpg)
Body Ortho
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(https://i.imgur.com/lHHoFrn.jpg)
Face Ortho
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(https://i.imgur.com/BLKzrwE.jpg)
Action pic
Note: I tried the hair idea the DM mentioned but unhappily everything I tried looked like it was pasted on, not natural. So I went with out...
Just... wow.
Wow.
Just another tease....
(https://i.imgur.com/Ky9dUve.jpg)
Oooooooo!
Truly inspiring DJ. Your attention to detail is phenomenal.
...hint hint...I don't always post wips here...sometimes I post them over at the Freedom Reborn Discord Server Tomato set up (see his post in General Discussion)... :D
EDIT: I have a correction to make on the fire bug's award info. The silver Anti-Partisan medal was for 50 days of combatting "partisans". It also turns out that what the Germans considered "combating partisans" also included removal of "underirables" (read: Jewish, Gypsies, ect) within recently occupied regions. This was very new info to me...had no idea that they awarded this medal for that. That combind with the flamethrower on firebug could make him a bit more sinister than I originally believed but I'm not going to go that way with his bio even though it would make it that more fulfilling when you kick his arse in game with a patriotic character. Will say that only one other of this collection will wear this medal (because of how the character fits into the team) and it will be for fighting partisans only (same with firebug) - I'm not going to include such evil in these characters, no matter how historically correct it maybe. If not for how the other character fits as an actual partisan fighter, I wouldn't include the medal at all knowing the full info on what it was awarded for. These skins aren't made to celebrate the Nazis and what they did. They are made to be beaten up in game because they are Nazis and are evil. Okay, back to regular show...
Okay, new member of the team..kinda. When Carr and I first collaborated together on this Nazi team, we had a list of about 20 archetypes that we'd put together that pretty much encompassed the mainstay archetypes that both the JLA/JSA and Avengers had (ie: The archer - Green Arrow/Hawkeye; The Bruiser - Wildcat/Wolverine, ect). From there we split the list in half (I got 10, Carr got 10) and went from there developing the team. Right now you are probably wondering what this has to do with this new post, right? Well, back when we were doing the collab, Carr pulled the Detective/Stealth Specialist archetype (Batman/Moon Knight) and created:
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(https://i.imgur.com/sJo85K3.jpg)
Night Owl or Nachteule (Thanks to Cyberburn for saving these pics from back then)
Well, since I'm doing my own images of them, I decided to take that same archetype and create, Nacht:
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(https://i.imgur.com/uqOxgJA.jpg)
Nacht action shot
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(https://i.imgur.com/UaVnsM7.jpg)
Ortho
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(https://i.imgur.com/9rpS041.jpg)
Face
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(https://i.imgur.com/FkKlBLg.jpg)
Awards
Now there are a few things to call out on Nacht that need explaining:
1) The awards - he wears the Iron Cross 1st class (middle of pocket), Iron Cross second class (button hole ribbon), and the Silver Anti-Partisan badge (50 days of fighting partisans and the last one of these I'm doing after discovering more about what else this award was given out for - as mentioned above).
2) The coat - First up, the black coat is to represent he is a member of the Gestapo (as does the SD within a black diamond patch - the white piping around that patch denotes he's a member of Gestapo and no the regular SD). While the Gestapo didn't actually have uniform (inside Greater Germany they wore plain clothes/undercover and in occupied regions wore the SD uniform), they often wore black leather overcoats because it provided them a little extra protection while they were undercover and looked "non-conspicuous" amongst the regular populace. Normally officers - they could purchase the coat in their branch colour at their own expense - weren't allowed to wear insignia on leather coat (aside from their shoulder boards). Nacht,as you can see, breaks that convention. Reasoning behind that revolves around the fact that this is actually his costume..not his uniform. Nacht is the type of man that is the man of 1,000 faces - he spends all his time in the field in disguise, only putting on this outfit when he must report to a commanding officer or some important meeting. Thus, when he appears in this outfit, he wears insignia to denote his branch (Gestapo due to the diamond SD badge with piping) and section (SS per the eagle on the sleeve). In the field, he relies on his sidekick (coming later..maybe) to correspond with the soldiers/commanders and to attest that he is who he says he is (the sidekick wears a uniform most of the time).
3) The colour of the uniform - you'll notice that instead using field grey on the uniform, I used a grey with a bluish-green tint to it. Even though Hollywood normally portrays the Gestapo wearing the black SS uniform, that uniform was discontinued in 1938/39 and the full stock was recalled by Himmler. The black uniform stock was stripped of insignia and then handed out to the non-Germanic volunteer SS units. The rest of the SS started wearing the field grey of the Waffen-SS except for the Panzer divisions and the police. The police/RHSA wore the grey with a blue-green tint coloured uniform pictured and what I tried to exhibit in the skin. Well, pictures I've seen of the SD uniforms show them having that bluish-green tint at least:
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(https://i.imgur.com/NJCLlBM.jpg)
SD Uniforms
4) He wears the SS-Sturmbannführer (equivalent to Major in US ranks) collar board on the right. The blank collar board on the left was something that was only worn by members of the SD/RHSA...it helped separate them from the other SS-based commands.
5) No shoulder boards - didn't find a mesh piece that would work with the trenchcoat and not show up underneath as well...so no shoulder boards. Besides, he rarely wears this outfit anyway.
6) The mask - as you know, most of my original characters don't wear masks. They just don't seem very realistic to me most of the time but for someone like Nacht - whose identity needs to stay hidden to all but a select few - it works. Thus a mask...
Okay, that's enough of me rambling....
That's some crazy historical detail you're doing there. Great skin.
Yeah, it is a lot of historical detail but it's best to do it so I don't run into inaccuracies or trouble like the anti-partisan badge. If I had just done a little wider research on it, I would've never used it because of the absolulety horrorific actions that it was some times rewarded for (not that fighting the Resistance wasn't horrific enough but in war both sides fight partisan forces...no side should be liquidating people because they don't match certain requirements or rewarding awards for that.) Now I know more and will not use it again and make sure to lean the bios of the two with the badge away from that track and more towards actual partisan-based battles instead.
Alright, here's what I've got done on Nacht's sidekick:
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(https://i.imgur.com/Qnaz4ZY.jpg)
Tease
Still got a long way to go but let's get the history details out of the way now so later you guys can appreciate the full skin without all my rambling.
1) As you can tell, she's wearing the SD uniform in that blueish-green grey that I used on Nacht also.
2) The left sleeve - starting at the shoulder we have: the SS eagle (denoting she's a member of the SS); the Private, First Class pip (or lozenge as the Americans called it) which I will get to in a minute; the SD diamond without piping (that denotes she is a member of the SD proper and not a Gestapo or such); the SD-Hauptamt cuff title which denotes she is a member of the SD Main Security Office Staff (a high ranking staff position for people within the SD; like being a staff member to Himmler or such type position)
3) Ribbon bar (above left pocket, from left to right) -
SS Long Service Badge - Awarded for extended service within the SS; has four grades of 4, 12, 18, and 25 years of services - this is the 4 year
grade, I think...not really a distinguisher for the long service ribbons, unlike the medals
Sudentenland Medal - Awarded to all military personnel who marched into the Sudetenland on October 18, 1938
Anschluss Medal - Awarded to those who marched into and annexed Austria on May 1, 1938
Memel Medal - last of the occupation Medals Awarded; Presented to all personnel who distinguished themselves in actions related to the annexation
of the Klaipeda Region of Lithuania on March 22, 1939
4) The badge on the left pocket, is the NSDAP/Nazi Party badge denoting she is a member of the Nazi Party (not everyone within the Army, Navy, SS, ect were actual members of the NSDAP)
5) Her collar boards show her to hold the rank of SS-Mann, or Private (the striped black and white trimmed collar boards were issued to Privates from 1934-1940 before the trim was gotten rid of). As mentioned, the pip on her sleeve denotes she's a Private, First Class. Now, you are probably wondering why she has such a low rank? In truth, it's amazing she holds a rank within the SS because women - except in certain areas of the Luftwaffe (those that manned AA guns) and the Signals Corp on the Army though both groups were viewed as inferior to the men - were viewed as auxiliaries and not given ranks. The German Nazis viewed women more as - for lack of a better term - brood mares (they even had an award in varying grades - plain for 3 or 4, silver for 6 to 8, ect - for mothers that had multiple children). So, the fact that this one has a rank in the SS is a major thing and they would most likely believe her when she attested to Nacht being Nacht.
6) Even though she probably should have at least an Iron Cross Second Class due to her potentially helping Nacht earn his Iron Cross First Class, she possess no Iron Cross. The reason is because the Iron Cross was only ever awarded to one female - Hannah Reitsch, a test pilot who received both classes - during the whole war.
Okay...that's enough history for now..off I go to more skinning...
Alright..a little further along with the female..
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(https://i.imgur.com/bkGXUVH.jpg)
Ortho WIP
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(https://i.imgur.com/U61Hvvo.jpg)
Hair Up-close
Still got to decide if I want to have her wear a mask (maybe a domino one) or if I should just do the eyes and eyebrows and call it quits. Also, NOT ALL GERMANS HAD BLONDE HAIR!! Actually, most within the Nazi Party didn't....so meh....
Back when Car and I did the collab, I created the sidekick archetype and came up with this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/jyrkUY5.jpg)
Schwarz Maske
Well, now that I'm redoing most of the archetypes in my own way..I bring about Nacht's sidekick:
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(https://i.imgur.com/npmmwEa.jpg)
Nebel (Fog) ortho
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(https://i.imgur.com/AgoyhHM.jpg)
Nebel Face
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(https://i.imgur.com/FPjffuE.jpg)
Nacht (right) und Nebel (left)
For the history info, see the previous posts above. And this will probably be it for awhile seeing as there aren't any that interested in these skins....
Quote from: Deaths Jester on July 30, 2018, 06:36:36 PM
And this will probably be it for awhile seeing as there aren't any that interested in these skins....
Lies!!!
All drunken lies!!!
<--- Very interested!!!
Of course it will be a while before I would be able to use them, but I would still love to have them. :wub:
Yeah, my computer won't run either game these days, but that doesn't stop me from wanting these fantastic skins/scopes.
Interesting changes. Gives it much more of a soldier vibe to the original's superhero vibe.
Great skin. I quite like the eyes.
Quote from: Podmark on July 31, 2018, 03:39:28 AM
Interesting changes. Gives it much more of a soldier vibe to the original's superhero vibe.
Great skin. I quite like the eyes.
That's an excellent way of articulating this Pod.
And DJ, considering her partner wears a full face Mask, I'd be interested in seeing a version of her with the Domino Mask, or at least some sort of Mask (Maybe as an Alt Skin?).
While Nebel currently looks breathtaking, it kind of feels like she's the Robin to Nacht's Batman, and while Robin is running around without his Mask, it leaves Batman's identity open for speculation.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on July 31, 2018, 04:27:01 PM
Quote from: Podmark on July 31, 2018, 03:39:28 AM
Interesting changes. Gives it much more of a soldier vibe to the original's superhero vibe.
Great skin. I quite like the eyes.
That's an excellent way of articulating this Pod.
And DJ, considering her partner wears a full face Mask, I'd be interested in seeing a version of her with the Domino Mask, or at least some sort of Mask (Maybe as an Alt Skin?).
While Nebel currently looks breathtaking, it kind of feels like she's the Robin to Nacht's Batman, and while Robin is running around without his Mask, it leaves Batman's identity open for speculation.
But how would the German military officials know that she is who she says she is then? Bad enough that they have Nacht running around all incognito/man of a thousand faces almost all the time, now Nebel should be that way too? She's the official face for Nacht when he's in the field and can attest to who is and isn't Nacht. And Nacht only wears his mask when he is in an official meeting or such with German officials/commanding officers (mostly when he is called back to HQ to report or such)..so he's more often dressed in something else with a different face..that isn't his. But fine...I'll look at the domino mask again...I tried it once and wasn't happy with it....
Personally I'd give her a scar or other facial disfigurement and that's how she's recognised throughout the regime. So even people who don't know her will know her reputation and telltale markings. Really nice skins and you've definatly brought your ideas to life. :D
I think part of the problem is everyone is thinking of Nebel as Robin to Nacht's Batman. Because she's a member of the SD, she's more like Microchip to Punisher or Oracle to Batman instead. Someone who is more about pumping info from informants, digging thru files, and informing Nazi police/officials where to be when Nacht brings down some "anti-Germany disodents" and who NOT to shot at (id Nacht for them) than fighting side-by-side with Nacht (though wien needed see can). She has no need of a mask to be that type of sidekick...in fact, it might help her to not have one (less likely to draw attention and ppl might not connect her as easily to Nacht...just a random "maybe" thought there).
I'll drag up some history about the SD that shows why I see her that way (more large blocks of history text) and post it some time tomorrow along with a masked version and a tease.
I like her without the mask.
To be honest I first thought of characters such as Margo Lane or Dian Belmont, though without the sexualized connotations of that.
Maybe like... a secretary?
Anyhow, amazing amount of research put into these characters. Love that.
Alright...here's how Nebel looks masked:
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(https://i.imgur.com/R6KBqPV.jpg)
Still looks bland to me, though. And because I'm going to be paraphrasing a lot of different texts and books, I'm just going to give the run down on the SD in a quote:
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SD, or Sicherheitsdienst, was the intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. The organization was the first Nazi intelligence organization to be established and was considered a sister organization with the Gestapo, which the SS had infiltrated heavily after 1934. Between 1933 and 1939, the SD was administered as an independent SS office, after which it was transferred to the authority of the Reich Main Security Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt; RSHA), as one of its seven departments/offices. Its first director, Reinhard Heydrich, intended for the SD to bring every single individual within the Third Reich's reach under "continuous supervision." They were tasked with the detection of actual or potential enemies of the Nazi leadership and the neutralization of this opposition as the action against the SA demonstrated. To fulfill this task, the SD created an organization of agents and informants throughout the Reich and later throughout the occupied territories, all part of the development of an extensive SS state and a totalitarian regime without parallel. The organization consisted of a few hundred full-time agents and several thousand informants. Given the nature of the intelligence operations assigned to the SD, there were clear delineations between what constituted a full member (Mitglieder) of the SD and those who were considered "associates" (Mitarbeiter) with a further subset for clerical support personnel (typists, file clerks, etc.) who were connoted as V-persons (Vertrauensleute). All SD personnel, whether simply associates or full members were required to swear an oath of secrecy, had to meet all the requirements for SS membership, were assigned SD code numbers (Chiffre Nummer) and if they were above the level of V-person"they had to carry an SD identification card.
Part and parcel to intelligence operations, the SD carefully tracked foreign opinion and criticism of Nazi policies, censoring when necessary and likewise publishing hostile political cartoons in the SS weekly magazine, Das Schwarze Korps.An additional task assigned to the SD and the Gestapo was keeping tabs on the morale of the German population at large, which meant they were charged to "carefully supervise the political health of the German ethnic body" and once any symptoms of "disease and germs" appeared, it was their job to "remove them by every appropriate means." Regular reports - ranging from opinion polls, press dispatches, and information bulletins were established. These were monitored and reviewed by then head of the Inland-SD, Otto Ohlendorf (responsible for intelligence and security within Germany) and the former Heidelberg professor and SD member Reinhard Höhn, all designed to control and assess the "life domain" or Lebensgebiet of the German population. Gathered information was then distributed by the SD through secret internal political reports entitled Meldungen aus dem Reich (reports from the Reich) to the upper echelons of the Nazi Party, enabling Hitler's regime to evaluate the general morale and attitude of the German people so it could be timely manipulated by the Nazi propaganda machine.
In 1938, the SD was made the intelligence organization for the State as well as for the Party, supporting the Gestapo and working with the General and Interior Administration. They were mainly the information-gathering agency, and the Gestapo, and to a degree the Criminal Police (Kriminalpolizei or Kripo), was the executive agency of the political police system. Both SD and Gestapo were under Heydrich's control and answered to Himmler in his dual capacity of Chief of the Police and Reichsfuhrer-SS. Nevertheless, the Criminal Police kept a level of independence since its structure was longer-established.
SD men represented no pathological or psychically susceptible group. Few were wild or extreme Nazi fanatics. In those respects they were 'ordinary men'. Yet in most other respects, they were an extraordinary mix of men, drawn together by a unique mix of missions. Along with members of the Gestapo, SD personnel were "regarded with a mixture of fear and foreboding," and people wanted as little to do with them as possible. Belonging to the security apparatus of the Third Reich obviously had its advantages but it was also fraught with occupationally related social disadvantages as well, and if post-war descriptions of the SD by historians are any indication, membership therein implied being a part of a "ubiquitous secret society" which was "sinister" and a "messenger of terror" not just for the German population, but within the "ranks of the Nazi Party itself."
As you can see, SD were really the information specialists - they had their informants plus gathered all the info that came in from the Gestapo and police. True they would go out in the field and they had the ability to arrest anyone at anytime if they suspected of "foul doings" but that was a smaller section of what the SD did. Why would someone who was viewed as an "ordinary person" working as - for lack of a better term - one of many information brokers (SD were more than that but in the end Nebel fits into that idea a bit) for the Nazi party need a mask?
EDIT: Also, unlike the group that Car and I did, this group is going to have more supporting personnel involved - not everyone is going to be a front line/in the filed type. Car and I were just pumping out characters that we though were cool and fit some idea we had at the beginning of our collab but as I got deeper into it, certain characters started crying to be more supporting-types (Herr Gummiband was the first one that started crying the loudest even though I had already skinned him as a bit of a front lien type...when you see the redesign you'll see a major difference). Nebel is one of those newer supporting character ideas....Geisteblitz, Herr Gummiband, and der Zauberer (partially) when/if they get a redesign will also be more along the lines of supporting characters than the front line group they originally appeared as. Stay around and you'll see what I mean if I ever get around to do those....or such..
Okay..now here be the tease:
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(https://i.imgur.com/FwsX1DM.jpg)
This one will come with two skins....and maybe some different swirly thingies..got to talk with DM about something when I get closer to the polish section on the skin.
This looks really interesting. Plus I like the supporting characters idea. I think I would reinstall everything just to play around with these. :thumbup: I'm really happy to see these guys getting updates.
Just a little wip work on der Zauberer...
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Just a short work over on what everything is historically with the uniforms:
1938Uniform - dated around August 1938, the Allgemeine-SS (General SS) were still wearing the black uniforms and Nazi Party arm badge, they would change to the field grey the next year. The white officer belt was issued only to those who served in the Liebstrande Adolf Hitler division
Ribbon Bar (left to right) - 1913-1918 Iron Cross, Honour Cross of World War I (aside from the WW I Iron Cross this was the only official service decoration from WWI the Nazi's allowed WWI vets to wear), SS 12-year long service medal, Anschluss Medal (entry into Austria), Sudenteland Medal (Entry into the Sudetenland)
Awards - Golden Party Badge of Honour (center of breast pocket; awarded by Hitler to the first 100,000 NSDAP members as well as those who performed outstanding services for the NSDAP); WWI Black Wound Badge (bottom left side of breast pocket; wounded once or twice);1914-1918 Iron Cross First Class (WWI Iron Cross); Veteran in Service with the Army or Police Chevron (left sleeve; mostly awarded to those who served in WWI)
Rank - Obersturmbanfurher (Lt Colonel equivalent) in the Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler Division (Adofl Hitler cuff title - right sleeve cuff; the Liebstandarte division started out as Hitler's bodyguard division under the command of Sepp Deitrich. Later on they would form one of the first and one of the more successful divisions of the Waffen-SS)
1943Uniform- dated around January 1943, by this time all SS member (whether originally Allgemeine-SS or Waffen-SS) wore the field grey uniform of the Waffen-SS. Those that were not members of the Waffen-SS beforehand also ended up receiving ranks within the organization as well. By this time, everyone was also issued the black leather belt (officer's received the one shown).
Ribbon bar (left to right) - 1913-1918 Iron Cross, WWII Iron Cross First Class, Honour Cross of WWI, SS 12-year Long Service Medal, Anschulss Medal, Sudenteland Medal, Memel Medal (Entry into Memel Territory of Lithuania), Eastern Front 1941 to 1942 medal (Russian Front participation medal)
Awards - Knight's Cross with Silver Oakleaves (collar; the Knight's Cross came in five grades, this is the second which is above the regular Knight's Cross); Golden Party Badge of Honour (middle of breast pocket), Silver Wound Badge (lower left side of breast pocket; WWI wounds were counted as previous service wounds under the Nazi empire once war broke out); 1914 and 1939 Iron Cross Bar Set (awarded tot hose who had received the Iron Cross First Class in WWI and again in WWII); Golden Assault Badge (awarded to those who participated in 6 separate infantry or tank assaults); 2 Black Tank Destruction Strips (one atop the other on left sleeve; Black badges meant the recipient had destroyed a single tank without any help from armoured units, they'd stack them one over the other until they reached five tank destruction and then award a single gold strip); Veteran in Service with the Army or Police Chevron (lower left sleeve)
Rank - Brigadefuhrer/Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Brigadier General equivalent) serving as a staff member to the SS High Command (the Reichfuhrung-SS cuff title - right sleeve cuff; those who served as staff members to Himmler and other SS High Command members wore this cuff title. By this time, der Zauberer has moved away from serving in the field and taken over Karl Maria Wiligut's position as Himmler's personal magus (moving into more of a support role, as previously alluded to). Wiligut held the position until 1939 when "health problems" and the fact that the previously confidentially sealed papers showing Wiligut had previous spent time in a psychiatric ward after being deemed insane were released to the public in 1938 by Karl Wolff forced him to retire. Himmler knew Wiligut's history but had kept the papers sealed from the public to avoid humiliation.)
Still got a ton of work to do on it...got two faces and two set of hands to do and a try out on some new skin colours..maybe...
Still got a long way to go before I deem this done but thought I'd let you blokes take a look at what I've got done on der Zauberer's 1938 face...
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(https://i.imgur.com/9qaSICP.jpg)
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Creepy looking guy. Good job.
Very impressive DJ.
Alright,. finally got done with der Zauberer...
Originally he looked like this back when Car and I did the Nazi group:
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And now he appears like such:
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(https://i.imgur.com/51D2PbO.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/KQhI1Cj.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/9dAIoVo.jpg)
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Yes, you folks noticed correctly, the 1943 face is older/more drained looking...those dark arts take it out of you....
He looks pretty awesome! :thumbup:
Well, he wouldn't be as awesome if not for the port of Doc Strange you did, DM. If not for the fx work you did, I wouldn't have been able to crib/study that work for these fxs.
Sweet! I'm glad people get more use of my skopes. The work on those mystic FX look so crisp. great job.
Hi there! My name's Mike and I'm new to this thread. Very cool detail work on your skins! Such talent - I was wondering, do you have an avatar that you use in the Character Tool? You have an interesting name and I would like to learn more about you and what you look like.
Sincerely,
-Mike
O_o
Mikey, what are you up too?!? We both know you know who I am and that you aren't new to this...
Are you trying to confuse me?!? And without vodka?!?
Advanced Interrogation Techniques.
I just wanna see your dang avatar skin, man!!!! lol
Lol! You need a few more hours of torture training...
I'll see if I can find a pic of the last one I did (seven plus years ago) and post it...
Oh man, the FX sell it so much.
They look dope.
Alright, on to the bruiser of the team, die Faust. Originally he appeared like this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/W8wgJFd.jpg)
He hasn't changed too much in design since then but he now looks like this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/qiL3xOK.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/v39EB9U.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/tQxNWap.jpg)
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Only thing historical to mention on die Faust is the shirt/vest. Each branch of the German Armed Forces has what they called "Sports Uniforms" - they came in three categories: track suits, workout wear, and swim wear - that they used for sports events and PT that had the forces emblem plastered on it - Luftwaffe had their flying eagle; SS had the SS runes; the SA had a fancy SA emblem; The Wehrmacht/army (which die Faust wears) had the steel eagle. So, what you see die Faust wearing is the sports vest from the workout wear of the Wehrmacht instead of the Wehrmacht coat - with those muscles, he'd be really constricted in a uniform coat.
Looks great.
What sticks out the most to me is the improved cut of the shirt. Might seem like a small detail but just looks so much more realistic.
I agree. Your clothing and uniform work is quite pleasing, objective of the subject matter. ;P :)
...always about the cloth work, never a mention on the hair, eyes, face, or such. Oh well...
:P
To me you are only a seamstress. I tell people you have rockin' clothes and a good personality.
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I did admire your expression work, that ain't easy
I think they are all great.
Got a few minutes to scan the forums and had to comment on these.
I agree that your uniforms and clothing are great. But the face work is incredible. I especially like der Zauberer. He looks like he is slowly turning into a drained husk from using his awful powers. Fantastic work there.
Die Faust looks like he is perpetually angry/depressed to me. His frown is very deep.
I forgot about Nebal. I like her unmasked. But either way would work.
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 24, 2018, 05:19:48 PM
Alright, on to the bruiser of the team, die Faust. Originally he appeared like this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/W8wgJFd.jpg)
He hasn't changed too much in design since then but he now looks like this:
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(https://i.imgur.com/qiL3xOK.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/v39EB9U.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/tQxNWap.jpg)
Only thing historical to mention on die Faust is the shirt/vest. Each branch of the German Armed Forces has what they called "Sports Uniforms" - they came in three categories: track suits, workout wear, and swim wear - that they used for sports events and PT that had the forces emblem plastered on it - Luftwaffe had their flying eagle; SS had the SS runes; the SA had a fancy SA emblem; The Wehrmacht/army (which die Faust wears) had the steel eagle. So, what you see die Faust wearing is the sports vest from the workout wear of the Wehrmacht instead of the Wehrmacht coat - with those muscles, he'd be really constricted in a uniform coat.
While the updated version is fantastic, I have to admit, I kind of like the aged look of the original.
Alright, I need folks to be honest and tell me what colour they see this hair as: red head or blonde? There is no wrong answer...well, unless you see something other than red head or blonde and then I want to know why you aren't sharing those pharmaceuticals.....but I just want you blokes input on it...
(https://i.imgur.com/RHlj6qB.jpg)
I see a redhead. It *could* be a dirty blonde. I see a redhead - sun-kissed or dye-returning-to-natural.
Ahh how do you download those Nazis?
Definitely blonde.
Blonde.
Depends on where my screen is angled, but I'd still have to go more with a dirty blonde.
Quote from: Incredible Bulk on November 12, 2018, 10:42:48 PM
Ahh how do you download those Nazis?
Currently you can't as everything from Yi Yang forward (including the German bastads) has yet to be released.
So did I win? Is there a prize? *crosses fingers* :thumbup:
Quote from: MikeB7 on November 14, 2018, 05:26:29 PM
So did I win? Is there a prize? *crosses fingers* :thumbup:
No...no prize....wasn't a competition.... :P
I've seen a No-Prize. My best friend got one. Then he lost it.
Well, Benton has gone and finagled me into doing......*shudder*....DC Comics characters. Ugh..I feel so dirty!
First up is Lt Shrieve from the Creature Commandos:
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..and then we get the Creature Commandos' reluctant werewolf, Private Griffith:
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(https://i.imgur.com/D66OoKW.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/hDp5Rgz.jpg)
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Quote from: Deaths Jester on November 27, 2018, 07:41:44 PM
Well, Benton has gone and finagled me into doing......*shudder*....DC Comics characters. Ugh..I feel so dirty!
First up is Lt Shrieve from the Creature Commandos:
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(https://i.imgur.com/G8y2tly.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/exFg2OR.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/attGizt.jpg)
..and then we get the Creature Commandos' reluctant werewolf, Private Griffith:
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(https://i.imgur.com/961YpC4.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/D66OoKW.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/hDp5Rgz.jpg)
Sweet! And I, for one, promise not to tell anyone that you were doing DC comic characters ;)
Haha, I'm going to make a convert out of you yet, DJ! :lol:
Seriously, thank you so much for all your help, man! You're awesome, even if you're dead!
Man, I just love Shrieve's face. You've got the perfect arrogant expression for him.
Of course, Griffin is just awesome. And once again, the face is remarkable!
Quote from: BentonGrey on November 27, 2018, 08:33:44 PM
Haha, I'm going to make a convert out of you yet, DJ! :lol:
Seriously, thank you so much for all your help, man! You're awesome, even if you're dead!
Man, I just love Shrieve's face. You've got the perfect arrogant expression for him.
Of course, Griffin is just awesome. And once again, the face is remarkable!
I WILL NOT CONVERT TO DC!! NO NO NO!!!
Also, I'm undead...undead...and his name is Griffith!! Jeez...you'd think you'd know that seeing as he is a DC character.. :P
Hahah! Sorry DJ. Would you prefer 'living challenged'? :lol:
Quote from: BentonGrey on November 27, 2018, 11:01:27 PM
Hahah! Sorry DJ. Would you prefer 'living challenged'? :lol:
How about "breathing-impaired"?
Differently alive?
I WILL EAT BOTH OF YOUR TINY BRAINS!!! :P
DJ, those skins are amazing - I'm a big fan of your details and style! :thumbup:
Quote from: OrWolvie1 on November 27, 2018, 11:06:32 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on November 27, 2018, 11:01:27 PM
Hahah! Sorry DJ. Would you prefer 'living challenged'? :lol:
How about "breathing-impaired"?
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Differently alive?
"pining for the fjords"?
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(https://i.imgur.com/c2pr8PW.gif)
Good luck finding it! .......wait a minute!
And Mike wins it! :lol:
I...AM...NOT...A....PARROT!!
I didn't hear you say you aren't pining! :lol:
I don't want anything to do with the crocked Fjord Company! Not even pine...besides, I'm more a Fir!
oh wow, these new guys are really cool. the creature commandos sound excellent. any help needed skoping the other characters??
Once I get the base skope and skin done for Sgt Vincent Velcro, BG will probably contact you to see if you can work your animation magic on it, DM. That will be awhile though as free time is at a minimum at the moment.
Another member of the Creature Commandos, the vampiric Sgt Vincent Velcro:
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(https://i.imgur.com/BRMxo94.jpg)
Bat form
Now I'm just down to two more DC Creature Commando characters...Lucky and Dr Medusa......then I can cleanse the taste of DC with tons of vodka!!!
Hey! He looks fantastic, DJ! Wonderful work on the face!
Haha, you better wash that taste out soon...'cause it won't be long before I'm trying to con you into taking on some other DC D lister! :D
Dang, that's smooth. Great skin!!
The patchwork man of the Creature Commandos, "Lucky" Taylor:
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(https://i.imgur.com/mUMDJJ6.jpg)
"Action"
...that leaves me with one snake as well as one guy who takes it easy.....
:cool: Bang on job there, looks perfect to me
Excellent.
Nice worka
:thumbup: he looks so cool!
Man, what a great job, DJ! He looks fantastic! Wonderful work on the stitching and face!
Alright, the last of the Creature Commandos, Dr Medusa:
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(https://i.imgur.com/Nz1VgN1.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/IiJxozw.jpg)
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...and that finishes up the Creature Commandos. On to someone who enjoys easy company...
NOTE: Before anyone asks, I AM NOT DOING ANOTHER SNAKE HAIRED CHARACTER!! ONE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH, so don't even think of asking!
What about snake bodied, eh? eeehhh?
Lol, she looks fantastic, DJ! Excellent work!
Haha, for all of the work you put in this character, I don't blame you, DJ! She looks fantastic! I'm in awe of all those snakes and how good the whole thing looks! Fantastic work!
Creature Commandos! Wowow!
She turned out great, man! You're crazy.
We prefer clinically insane and unbalanced, Mikey...
The last man of the previous request list of Benton's, Sgt Rock:
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(https://i.imgur.com/th3AgeG.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/IsQzO4a.jpg)
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He looks fantastic, DJ! Great work! I love the grim expression you've given him! :D
Looks fantastic. I may have a use for him as well. He's not General Ross, but I still have a few ideas
It is exceptionally good work.
Another one done for Benton, Penguin:
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He looks fantastic :D
Fantastic job, DJ! :thumbup:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Cool!
Man, he looks fantastic, DJ! He's basically perfect, even without the extra 'fat' skoping. You really managed to capture exactly what I was going for, a classic look that wasn't overly silly. What a wonderful job, man! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Alright folks, I need some input on this Wip. Question: Does this look like a brown leather jacket or a brown shirt? Warning: Slgihtly large image....
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(https://i.imgur.com/9A4OlDG.jpg)
(Hoping leather jacket....)
Jacket.
definitely looks more like a jacket
Yep, more stuff Benotn has taskmastered me into doing. This time we have the Golden Age Ray and Byth:
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(https://i.imgur.com/L2JPr6X.jpg)
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More to come..... :doh:
Very, very nice. I love the rays face.
Another of Benton's thingies, this time it's Darkseid's propaganda man, the Glorious Godfrey:
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(https://i.imgur.com/qvbp8v0.jpg)
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It's odd that on everyone else's monitor the face looks wonderful with the tone and such but on mine (which has been re-calibrated for painting and such) the face tone looks off....maybe jsut be my eyes or such....
The face looks great on my monitor!!
Here's how Benton decided Zod should look for his DCUG - based off a TAS fan-art piece:
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(https://i.imgur.com/btrwX70.jpg)
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I dislike this guy just looking at him. That is a tribute to your work.
I really want to punch him in the face :angry: which is exactly how you should feel when you see zod :D
Great work.
Another one for Benton, this time around it's Sandra Knight - the Golden Age Phantom Lady:
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(https://i.imgur.com/xPXxDQC.jpg)
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Very nice!
cool shades B)
Phenomenal. Your texture work on the cape is fantastic, and I would love to know how you got the shades to Alpha so well. Was it by Skoping, Skinning, a combination of both?
Just skinning using alphas.
Two new additions to the Obscure Marvel Villain Alphabet thing I've been doing forever..
First up, he's the supposed brother of Raza Longknife and a former (deceased) member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard, Zenith:
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Then we have the Word's daughter who fought She-Hulk, Human Torch, and The Thing...it's Ultima:
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I'm not exactly pleased with the hair on Ultima but there isn't much that can be done...the piece is a port and so has a few render problems at times....that and I'm tinkering with hair work too.
That leaves G, L, and N to fill and the alphabet will be over with for Marvel....
Your skins are so good, DJ. The details and variation in faces.. so impressive.
I've always wanted to skin a Phantom Lady but yours is just perfect.
Man, I missed commenting on a lot of amazing stuff here! I of course love all of these, but that Phantom Lady and that Zod are just too perfect! Your faces have gotten to be just plain amazing.
As the teenagers are saying these days: That ish is lit!
Right? I'm ridiculously lucky that DJ made so much fantastic stuff for the DCUG.
Best thing about this is, is that the whole community benefits. :thumbup:
Because Benton doesnm't understand I hate skinning the colour orange, and because he can badger folks intot hings...Blackfire:
(https://i.imgur.com/hsrBPZV.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/yk3MSm7.jpg)
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Now, yes, I'm bloody rusty and some of this is meh.....bound to happen. You want it, go annoy Benton for it. Me? I'm returning top my dark corner and my vodka.
ooh very nice :thumbup:
:eek2:
You're not as rusty as you think you are. You were one of the skinners who originally inspired me to try harder on that end which isn't really otherwise my thing and I can see your skills are still present in the work. And yeah he's pretty persuasive. I have to learn that learn that trick. I could use someone with more experience to come by and fix my toilet.
I think it looks great!
You don't look rusted at all, so get out of that dark corner and skin some 40k stuff :D!
Quote from: Deaths Jester on April 13, 2020, 05:21:04 PM
Because Benton doesnm't understand I hate skinning the colour orange, and because he can badger folks intot hings...Blackfire:
(https://i.imgur.com/hsrBPZV.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/yk3MSm7.jpg)
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Now, yes, I'm bloody rusty and some of this is meh.....bound to happen. You want it, go annoy Benton for it. Me? I'm returning top my dark corner and my vodka.
:eek2: DAMN! She's perfect! Awesome job, DJ!! :thumbup:
That's not rusty! she looks fantastic :thumbup: I hope Benton keeps using his persuasion powers in you because we want more DJ skins :P
A lot faster than I work, with much better results, too!
Hahaha! I'm not one in any position to condemn someone for taking their time producing something awesome. How long have I been saying I'm going to revisit the DCUG? :unsure: Heck, it took me three or four years the first time around!
That's right, y'all don't let him off easy! He's produced this gorgeous skin, and he's clearly still awesome!
You hear that, DJ? The people have spoken. :D
Amazing work, DJ! Like I said in my message, I really love the face. It's just perfect for her arrogance and selfishness. You can really capture character with amazing subtlety. I'm always impressed! Also, I didn't know you hate skinning orange. You wouldn't be interested in skinning some Orange Lanterns for me, huh? :P
Also, DJ asked me to finish up a last detail, the reflections for some of the mesh pieces. Can anyone point me to a tutorial about how to enable those?
Quote from: BentonGrey on April 14, 2020, 06:34:54 PM
Also, DJ asked me to finish up a last detail, the reflections for some of the mesh pieces. Can anyone point me to a tutorial about how to enable those?
Did I send you the tutorial on how to get rid of the "Shine" on imported Mesh Pieces? If so, that also works to add the Reflection and the Glow.
Can I grab that too please :D
Quote from: Deaths Jester on April 13, 2020, 10:17:14 PM
You guys do know that that took me almost a month to get done with everything else I have going on, right? That's rust...super duper rust!!!
"with everything else going on" minding that though and that's all of us. That's actually a short time period and you know it. Most of that TMNT stuff I've been releasing has taken me over a year to put together with everything else going on. Give yourself credit where it's due mate.
Just slip him a bottle of Vodka, and he'll agree to anything.
Two bottles? :D
Always takes time DJ especially when it's a hobby we allocate in our real lives and all the drudgery. Everything has a Chapter 22. Likewise you take time because you try and do it the right way and you mind the details, that's all. Like a painting on canvas or a sculpture also takes time, a month easy as well. Just saying, don't diss yourself. You do fine work and you're an inspiration here as one of the classic members goes. You were one that inspired me to try and do more than just flat colored textures on my stuff, I'm otherwise just a modeler. And animations...yeah, got me there. Manually doing those is time consuming. Though when I say a year mostly it was because life had demands as does yours is all. Had a lot of family issues going on in short and I was on the road for months helping them out. So the time put in comes out to less. I just don't like seeing people down on themselves is all mind you. I wouldn't tolerate someone else talking down about any of you so it's hard to get with you coming down on yourself, you know? Anyways fantastic stuff as always and I always look forward to seeing more.
DJ your faces are amazing! Have you ever done a tutorial?
Been skinning a few things (mainly old school Golden Age heroes that DaGlob and Cyberburn never did...kind of a nod to them/remembrance to them in a way) and posting them over at the Discord channel. Here's what has been put up there:
NOTE: Pics are kind of large!
The Brazilian hero Aguila Negra (is a compilation of the cover images that he appears on mainly):
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(If you read Portuguese go here here (https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2458) to read Aguila Negra comics)
And Brad Spencer aka Wonderman (as he appears in Wonder Comics):
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(To read his comics, hit the Digital Comic book Museum and search the Better/Nedor/Standard/Pines Publications archines for: Mystery Comics #1-4 and Wonder Comics #9-20)
Great stuff, and a fitting tribute.
I love that you're doing this, DJ. It's an awesome memorial to our friends.
These guys both look great! I like the rather odd colorscheme of Wonderman, but I imagine it wouldn't look as good if it weren't for the spark you've given it.
Nice work Dj, i like the attention to the textures in the first one.
Two more Golden Agers in a continuation of the tribute. Up first is Harvey Comics' Red Blazer (he appeared as a second story in the short lived Pocket Comics). As per the previous ones, these are large pictures....
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Next up is MLJ Comics' Black Jack (he appeared as a second or third story in Zip Comics #20-35).
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That makes four which means they will be released at some point over at HeroForce. Unsure if I'm going to continue this or not because there isn't a lot of interest it seems in them. I've got four villains and two more heroes I know I can do but...<shrugs>
You folks want to see more obscure Golden Agers speak up....
Freakin sweet, DJ!
Speaking up... more please.
<raises hand> Color me interested. One of my favorite things about DaGlob was his bringing to light the previously unknown characters from the publishing houses of the early days. I for one am glad to see you keeping these characters coming. It is a fitting homage to his legacy.
Crosspost from Discord:
QuoteSo my current plan is to try and do ten GA characters (five heroes, five villains) for this whole thing and then probably return to retirement. There are those interested but not a lot. That and the fact I'm running into the same problem that DaGlob ran into with certain characters I'd like to do but can't - missing pieces to skope to make them work, lack of teen/kid meshes, ect. So this puts me at trying to find stuff that I can do - luckily I only got five more to do (four villains and one hero).
I also got two MLJ/Archie Comics villains done. First up is Baron Gestapo who faced off against Steel Sterling in Zip and Jackpot comics. And as usual, large pics follow:
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After him we get The Hun who faced off against the Shield.
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Anything you do is appreciated DJ. And if i ever get time to finish setting up the website, I want to have a place for all those forgotten characters to live.
I really love the face work on Baron Gestapo. He just screams evil nazi! Thanks showing these off.
Excellent skins. Unknown villains are just as good as unknown heroes.
Hey DJ,
These are some really great skins. Bravo on your work!
Dana
Two more villains down, leaving one hero and one villain till returning to retirement. (Big pictures follow as usual)
First up from MLJ Comics, is the Black Knight. He fought Steel Sterling in Zip Comics #1 and was believed dead in Zip Comics #2 but....he would reappear using different code names twice - once as Dr Yar and once a the Radium King. Both times he reverted back to the Black Knight name once Steel confronted him.
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Next, is the Black Puma who faced off against Magno and Davey in Ace Comics' Four Favorites once.
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Also there is a running gag in both of these characters, they have black in their names but wear almost no black.
These are excellent and a fine tribute to Daglob, Sorry to hear you're retiring again, but thanks for the new, obscure heroes and villains.
Those are some fantastic skins DJ, I especially like the Black Puma. I've never heard of that character before, but the skin is superb. I like the face, but I love the clothes. Great skin!
These are all great. Really nice to see you skinning again.
Final two of the collection and as usual large pics.
First up is the heroic Major Victory from Chesler Publications as he first appeared in Dynamic Comics:
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..and finally the last villain, Anti-Shock Gibson from Harvey Comics Speed Comics # 23:
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..and now I return to retirement....
Awesome stuff, DJ! It's really neat seeing these obscure characters done so well.
Any chance of seeing them released?
They've already been sent to 'mato for releasing. When he gets a chance to get them up, he'll do just that.
Awesome!! :thumbup:
I make no promises that'll be today (depends how late the jackals keep me here) but i can confirm the files to do so are on my computer at home
Never having read about Major Victory, I can only assume he was a reluctant or very morose hero. He looks so depressed.
I literally laughed out loud at Anti-Shock Gibson. I guess he needed to be associated with Nazis.
Your face work is inspiring. I know Bill would have loved them.
Thank you.
Sorry to hear that you're going back to retirement, I enjoyed this tribute to Daglob. Great skins of those obscure characters.
Oh yeah! I forgot about your new home! Yay!
DJ's stuff is uploaded BTW. In case anyone was wondering when I'd get around to it.
I've posted on all of these on the Discord, but it bears repeating. Your work is gorgeous, man, and I'm loving all of these guys!
This whole batch of Golden Age goodness was so sweet, DJ! I love them.
The look of those old heroes is so sort of bizarre and great, and you've captured that perfectly. Your use of these pale colours gives them this sort of creepy menace... Well, that's what I see anyhow, ha ha.
Dope as heck! Thanks for the work!