Hey all, thought i´d start a topic on my skins so here it is :P.
I don´t have much time to skin but i´ll try and finish many of the characters i´ve started ;).
Here are my first skins:
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Captain Atlas
(http://sites.google.com/site/xptosfreedom/_/rsrc/1239301325970/marvel-skins-2/CaptainAtlas_pic.jpg)
Genis-Vell
(http://sites.google.com/site/xptosfreedom/_/rsrc/1239532343666/marvel-skins-2/Genis_vell.jpg)
Ultimus
(http://sites.google.com/site/xptosfreedom/_/rsrc/1239532002043/marvel-skins-2/ultimus_pic.jpg)
Here are two more that i´m still finishing, they are not much but i hope you guys like them.
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Nebulon
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Nebulon_preview.jpg)
Nitro
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Nitro_preview.jpg)
That Nebulon looks fantastic XPTO, great job on all of these.
These all look pretty good! I'd put a little shadow 9not much, though!) on the foreheads of the ones using hair pieces (Ultimus, Nebulon, and Nitro), it'll make it look more realistic. Great job!
Great looking stuff.
Good work on your first skins. I have have a couple of critiques about Cpt Atlas. It kinda looks like it's sitting on his teeth rather than his top lip...maybe it's just the image. And the mullet...where the heck is his mullet? ;)
Pretty darn good for some first skins. Can't wait to see more. :)
really nice for first skins. hope to see more!
Thanks for the comments guys.
Quote from: The Hitman on April 17, 2009, 09:05:21 PM
These all look pretty good! I'd put a little shadow 9not much, though!) on the foreheads of the ones using hair pieces (Ultimus, Nebulon, and Nitro), it'll make it look more realistic. Great job!
I agree although since the hair is not part of the mesh it may be difficult to align not to mention if the hair bobs out of place lol, but damn you´re right :banghead:.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on April 17, 2009, 09:57:20 PM
Good work on your first skins. I have have a couple of critiques about Cpt Atlas. It kinda looks like it's sitting on his teeth rather than his top lip...maybe it's just the image. And the mullet...where the heck is his mullet? ;)
The moustache might be deceiving because it drops a bit of shadow so only more closely you will see its just above the upper lip :D, and mullet? i don´t know the term sorry is it hair on the back head you are speaking of? i saw no hair of the back of his head on my reference pics though.
Really good job on these, especially being your first skins.
Cool stuff, I love the Genis!
Very nice, a classic skinning style you've got there :)
Thanks for all the comments guys :D.
Now i need some advice on another character, what i want is to add the metal pieces in nifscope for this guy because i don´t like the ones skinned althouhg they are just place holders for test. Does anyone have any idea where can i find some parts to skope those from? <_<
Skin of course is still not finished :thumbdown:
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(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Bastion_test.jpg)
Wooo that is one nifty Bastion. POD loves Bastion.
Face is nifty.
As for the triangles you should be able to hunt something down, but nothing comes immediately to mind. Check Tommy's site. That's the first place I look when I need a piece.
Fantastic work on Bastion XPTO!
can't wait to see the release.
Quote from: Podmark on April 24, 2009, 02:55:50 AM
Wooo that is one nifty Bastion. POD loves Bastion.
Face is nifty.
As for the triangles you should be able to hunt something down, but nothing comes immediately to mind. Check Tommy's site. That's the first place I look when I need a piece.
That's always my first place to look too.
If you don't mind me asking, is the face from a base skin, of did you do it yourself? It looks great either way.
I can't believe you're still a 'newbie' to skinning.. that Bastion is incredible. The face is incredible. Even the vein work on the costume.. very impressive, XPTO. Looking forward to your future work.
I'll mimic Podmark's suggestion in looking through Tommyboy's versatile mesh. He has many pieces that could very close.. then you could always alpha out parts of it, to make it as exact as you want it.
May I make a suggestion with Bastion? Give him highlights in the groin area. It'll make the skin look more complete.
OHH!! MY GOD!!! HE LOOKS WONDERFUL!
Did you use the PS plastic filter for the veiny look? also that face is phenomenal.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on April 24, 2009, 11:57:09 AM
That's always my first place to look too.
If you don't mind me asking, is the face from a base skin, of did you do it yourself? It looks great either way.
I always use a C6 base and then work it from there, its all my work yes :).
Quote from: laughing paradox on April 24, 2009, 11:59:33 AM
I can't believe you're still a 'newbie' to skinning.. that Bastion is incredible. The face is incredible. Even the vein work on the costume.. very impressive, XPTO. Looking forward to your future work.
I'll mimic Podmark's suggestion in looking through Tommyboy's versatile mesh. He has many pieces that could very close.. then you could always alpha out parts of it, to make it as exact as you want it.
May I make a suggestion with Bastion? Give him highlights in the groin area. It'll make the skin look more complete.
Thank you LP, thanks for the suggestion too but he is still very raw :lol:, I´ll work on it a bit more for sure.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on April 24, 2009, 05:28:42 PM
Did you use the PS plastic filter for the veiny look? also that face is phenomenal.
Yes i did use the filter and worked the skin after a bit, good eyes. :cool:
As for the bits i´m looking, well i´m at work right now so i had no time to check them out but something will come up i´m sure.
Thank you all for the comments, back to work :P.
I've gotten some crazy metallic effects by inverting the reflection file, solarizing it, and running the plastic wrap filter. Not necessarily all on the same one, or in that order. If you invert the "normal" file, desaturate, Black out things yo don't want shiny (or put everything on its own layer), then drop a color layer above you can get some interesting "Kirby-esque" reflections. There is also a reflections package with various lightmaps that are useful.
Hey XPTO! Nice to see you back and with lots of new skins. You've been busy. Love the new skins. Nice work on Nitro. He was one of my favorite villains. And i gotta agree with the people here, that face of Bastion looks superb! The detail work you've put on it makes it truly unique! :thumbup:
Oh and congratulations on your new skin website too! Too cool. :cool:
Wow, you got the plastic filter to look good? Good job. I love the face and really like that you are developing a unique style here. The only thing throwing me is the yellow pieces, which seem a bit under detailed. Try using more tonal variation and/or overlaying some sort of subtle texture element.
But great work, overall.
Quote from: XPTO on April 24, 2009, 07:05:23 PM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on April 24, 2009, 11:57:09 AM
That's always my first place to look too.
If you don't mind me asking, is the face from a base skin, of did you do it yourself? It looks great either way.
I always use a C6 base and then work it from there, its all my work yes :).
Really impressive.
Bastion's face work is sweet!
Thank you all for the comments, Bastion face was my first almost total rework of a face glad you liked him :).
Here´s another wip almost done, i really don´t know if this guy should have an helmet or just like i made him, what do you guys think?
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Blue Marvel:
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/BM_preview.jpg)
very smooooth, nice colors too. :thumbup:
:blink: NICE!!!
Thanks guys :thumbup:.
Now time for two releases, hope you like them :lol:.
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Nitro
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/nitro_pic.jpg)
Nebulon
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/nebulon_pic.jpg)
Really nice job! I'm a big fan? of both villains!
WOW i LOVE THEM !!!!! :panice
that blue marvel is just master work really wonderfull job
Thank you all :thumbup:.
And now some more wips. Oh the colors are so many now :lol:.
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(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Ampa_wip.jpg) (http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Romat_wip.jpg)
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Laira_wip.jpg) (http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Atrocitus_wip2.jpg)
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Atrocitus_wip1.jpg)
Rings will change to respective corps designs :lol:, i would like your opinions about the aura for Atrocitus because as you can see its not that perfect i just resized the aura a bit to fit the model, also the aura colors are very light on both corps and can´t make it darker which is a pity <_<, better then nothing i guess.
I scoped a piece to Laira chest because of the RL symbol which in her case would get HUGE distortion because of the mesh and it seems to be stuck there yay :thumbup:, gotta scope her some knee pads and its almost finished.
Have more on the works and will show them as time allows, cheers :).
WOW :thumbup: Terrific job
excellent skins. if i recall, red lanterns dont have auras...ill have to double check that though.
so...when are you doing some black lanterns? :D
They do I believe, but they have different shaped lanterns. Actually, only Atrocitus is ever seen with a Lantern.
And the skins are amazing amn
POD is happy to see more lanterns. Very happy.
That's awesome! I love Atroticus's skin texture especially.
those are great keep up the good work. :thumbup:
Wow, the face on the ugly one is really quite spectacular. Great work!
Quote from: murs47 on May 29, 2009, 07:44:15 PM
excellent skins. if i recall, red lanterns dont have auras...ill have to double check that though.
so...when are you doing some black lanterns? :D
They seem to have auras but i´m not happy with the look of this one so i´ll hide it.
As for Black lanterns they are definitely on the todo list :), there´s so many i want i dunno where to turn :P.
Thanks for all the comments guys.
Dude, you're progressing VERY quickly...killer stuff.
"The Blackest Night falls from the skies.
The darkness grows as all light dies.
We crave your hearts and your demise.
By my black hand...
The dead shall rise!"Spoiler
Black Lantern: Kal-L
(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/BL-Kal-L.jpg)
I tried to get him to look between an undead and zombie, haven´t read any story with the Black Lanterns so i hope i am near his looks.
Not too shabby. My biggest problem is that his mouth looks like a grin--maybe if instead of curving, his teeth just went straight back? Also the S is too thin near the top.
Otherwise, good stuff. I really like the seam work.
Yes there´s something about the teeth that bugs me too <_<, i´ll try and change that.
About the "S" maybe it was my reference pic, i used this one, http://rymslim.deviantart.com/art/Kal-L-122622600 (http://rymslim.deviantart.com/art/Kal-L-122622600) and this one http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27967/823424-digging_up_the_dead_super.jpg (http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27967/823424-digging_up_the_dead_super.jpg), but i found another so i´ll redo that.
Thanks :).
Hows this? i´ve redone the teeth and a bit of the mouth area, also added some stronger highlights.
Btw does he have the "S" in the cape back too?
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(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Kal-L_newface.jpg)
Whoa! Great job
Hhmmm.. Not bad, I just did that skin myself. Can I recomend trying it out on the Earth2 Superman mesh? The Black Lantern Superman is the Earth 2 Superman brougt back from the dead and the extra bulk would help your skin I think. I tried using (for my own use) the Kingdom Come superman skin by C6 (the one on Ren's site) with the lower face of C6's Taskmaster mesh faded in to make the face look withdrawn and then worked on the nose to make it look decomposed (I actually used an a anatomy book to get the right place on the face for a decompsed nasal passage :P) which I think worked OK.
Oh, and is it just me, or does he look INSANELY happy? Does a Black Lantern ring come with a free lifetime supply of Prozac? :P
The only Black Lanterns I have seen are the action figures DC Direct is releasing. They have Kal-L and Martian Manhunter. Their cape looks like a black hand.
(http://images.forbiddenplanet.com/image/detail/17966500.jpg)
(http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/dc/0609/BN2BlackLanternMMANH_AF.jpg)
Ok moved to Superman earth 2 mesh :).
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(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/XPTO_bucket/Kal-L_newmesh.jpg)
QuoteI tried using (for my own use) the Kingdom Come superman skin by C6 (the one on Ren's site) with the lower face of C6's Taskmaster mesh faded in to make the face look withdrawn and then worked on the nose to make it look decomposed (I actually used an a anatomy book to get the right place on the face for a decompsed nasal passage tongue) which I think worked OK.
Oh no kitbashing! i try my own work even if it sucks, everything here i did with a mouse especially the face, C6 taskmaster doesn´t have teeth if i recall and by this image http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27967/823424-digging_up_the_dead_super.jpg (http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27967/823424-digging_up_the_dead_super.jpg) he sure has alot of teeth showing :lol:, but show me a pic of yours maybe i can improve mine ;), i based my version of the face on the that image back, its the best i can do so far :P.
QuoteOh, and is it just me, or does he look INSANELY happy? Does a Black Lantern ring come with a free lifetime supply of Prozac?
The first face was a bit too happy :lol:, i think its better now :(
So far he´s done, gonna add refl and small tweaks to finish, dunno if i´ll ever release him though <_<.
Wow, he looks great XPTO! I really love the eyes.
Really great work. :thumbup:
Noice! :cool: