I'm trying to get back into skinning but it's been really rough. I was reading AOA comics today and realized I wasn't very happy with Blink anymore (and that I'd like to do Sabertooth & Wildchild and even Holocaust if someone does a skope/mesh of him).
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(http://i43.tinypic.com/24vr8yq.jpg)
So right now of things on my brain to skin are:
Blink
Sabertooth & Wildchild
Weird World Originals
Marvel Boy
Miracle Family
hey AA, check out this Holocaust. http://megansunfire.webs.com/marvel.htm will he do?
Bro...that is a "marked" improvement. Wow! :thumbup:
Quote from: ips on January 11, 2009, 02:20:09 AM
i would only say to be careful of doing solid shadows like how you have in the right picture... unless she's under a hard light source you won't get something that opaque right? so make sure to have some soft edges on the shadow and some level of transparency. i wouldn't go higher than 80% - that will cast you a nice deep shadow
I see what you are saying.
Quote from: herodad1 on January 11, 2009, 02:45:44 AM
hey AA, check out this Holocaust. http://megansunfire.webs.com/marvel.htm will he do?
It's not really correct character design wise and I'm sure someone could skope together one that is better (no offense to Megasunfire, it looks like a hexed not a skoped mesh).
I've got some really cool ideas about create an authentic see-thru crystallize armor look if any skopers want to hear them (I get easily burnt out skoping and skinning something nowadays).
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on January 11, 2009, 03:05:04 AM
Bro...that is a "marked" improvement. Wow! :thumbup:
Thanks. I decided to push myself out of my skinning comfort zone.
Your start on Blink is looking good, AA. I will be judging this uber harshly because Blink is one of my favorite Exiles. ^_^. Can't wait to see the finished version.
Blink's face looks great! That pink is so..perfect.
That is pretty impressive! Great job on it.
I wish your inspiration for Blink was more from the Exiles instead of AOA. I love me some original Exiles! :)
Excellent NEW SABRETOOTH hurray!!!
oh and check thismesh froom johnny patches http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=48976.0 for holocaust
It appears that the image of Blink went away in the archiving process. Does anyone have a link to the pic? I want to check it out too! Blink is awesome!
what, volt? It's right there...behind the spoiler tag.
Quote from: Previsionary on January 12, 2009, 02:03:29 AM
what, volt? It's right there...behind the spoiler tag.
D'oh! There it is! Thanks! Hey, she looks great so far doesn't she?
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(http://i44.tinypic.com/sg7f38.jpg)
Sabertooth and Wildchild preview.
Nice! Why couldn't you skin them (Sabes/Blink) when I was doing the Exiles mod? :(
Quote from: Previsionary on January 13, 2009, 02:01:31 AM
Nice! Why couldn't you skin them (Sabes/Blink) when I was doing the Exiles mod? :(
I'm sorry! All it took was old AOA issues to inspire me.
As a huge AOA fan :thumbup:
Quote from: ips on January 13, 2009, 05:33:17 AM
Quote from: Previsionary on January 13, 2009, 02:01:31 AM
Nice! Why couldn't you skin them (Sabes/Blink) when I was doing the Exiles mod? :(
ahem. you used his blink remember?
Yes, but was it a new updated version like the one he's showing off? I don't think it was regardless of my magical powers to grab things from time. ^_^
*kabooms out of the thread*
Those are looking great AA. Really looking forward to them, especially Creed.
Truly excellent! Are you willing to take on a most humble student? (bows head)
Oh yeah, these are looking great so far. Two of my personal favorites from the AoA event.
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That looks slick. I like the pointy ears poking through Wildchild's hair ... cool little touch.
Aww man... Where did you get a copy of my to do list?
Freakin incredible! I am more than happy to not have to skin these 2 now.
They look excellent AA. Creed's face looks so good.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/6jhs2s.jpg)
So as you can probably tell I've decided to do the other three Astonishing X-Men. I thought it would be fun and they were my favorite of the AOA teams (I wish Banshee was on their team his AOA costume was amazing).
Anyway, thanks for all the comments and look for the pack to be released this weekend and previews of Rogue, Morph, and Sunfire to soon follow.
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Blink from 2009 & 2005
aa, why did'nt you add claws to wildchild hands & feet?
Wonderful work AA as ever! this hair looks incredible
Quote from: miguelyanke on January 15, 2009, 12:55:15 PM
aa, why did'nt you add claws to wildchild hands & feet?
The keyframes I'm using made that difficult.
I like your playing with shadows here. It really adds to these skins. Plus, you aren't afraid to use huge patches of solid colour. Done wrong, it looks like you're just figuring out your paint program, but done right and it really neat exploration.
I'm not 100% on using the whiter highlights for orange, but it works okay on the pinky red. Sabertooth's bootcuffs look great.
Also I have to ask... did you use a skrull head for Wild Child?
Quote from: UnkoMan on January 15, 2009, 09:53:59 PM
I like your playing with shadows here. It really adds to these skins. Plus, you aren't afraid to use huge patches of solid colour. Done wrong, it looks like you're just figuring out your paint program, but done right and it really neat exploration.
I'm not 100% on using the whiter highlights for orange, but it works okay on the pinky red. Sabertooth's bootcuffs look great.
Also I have to ask... did you use a skrull head for Wild Child?
I completely agree and basically I was tired of symmetrical face skinning. It is so dull and there is nothing wrong with adding a bit of whimsy and suspension of light and shadow. I thought about doing it completely with a costume but since most of my time is spent on the face I figured make that the focus. Besides no one see those tiny details in-game and if you do, well you aren't enjoying the game.
Yeah, it is something I'm just playing with. I liked how it came out with Miracleman so I'm keen on it for the moment.
Not a skrull but is it a Parasite. It's the same head Johnny skoped on Ancient Astronaut.
Dude! Which one is it?
Quote from: ips on January 14, 2009, 07:25:47 PM
1st!
ha! dood. you're gonna make me play marvel characters again i know it... ;0 thankyou for these. can't wait to get them on your next update. love em. perfect.
Or
Quote from: ips on January 15, 2009, 11:56:45 PM
ok these are awesome.
but
1) 'm not liking the clothing wrinkles for sabretooths pants at all. it's just not how those cargoy pants would flow and the wrinkles should follow the influence of the body and not just excessively spread across horrizontally the legs. i would redo these completely.
2) not liking how solid the face shadows are. softer edges and more translucency. i know you want stylized dramatic lighting on them but they will look out of place in game under different lighting situations and it will be disjarring. you need to find a balance between what could be plausible as neutral lighting and still give the effect you are going for.
The only difference in the pic behind the spoiler and this one includes Blink and a few edits to Wildchild.
1) To address you critique. I actually like the way the pants look in game and since I did them I'm leaving it.
2) I've played with them in-game and nothing was a jar.
As always I respect your and other's opinions, but I rather like them so they are staying.
Quote from: ips on January 16, 2009, 01:04:51 AM
i'm sorry for being unclear, with the wireframes still showing i assumed they were WIPS and commented in that context (and i couldn't see them str8 on either).
seeing them "final" - they could use the touchups i mentioned.
The comment I grab was in response to
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 14, 2009, 07:19:59 PM
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but ok.
Anyway, I was having some fun with character tool and PS...
(http://i42.tinypic.com/25jvceb.jpg)
Niiiiice :cool:
Great work on these so far AA.
Sabertooths expression is priceless! :thumbup:
thats sweet i really like how your faces & hair to turn out.. ;)
Quote from: Courtnall6 on January 16, 2009, 04:54:56 PM
Niiiiice :cool:
Great work on these so far AA.
Coming from you that means a lot.
Quote from: Champion 2 of 11 on January 16, 2009, 06:08:09 PM
Sabertooths expression is priceless! :thumbup:
I think so too.
Quote from: Johnny Patches on January 16, 2009, 06:08:40 PM
thats sweet i really like how your faces & hair to turn out.. ;)
Yeah I'm really happy with Blink's hair. Do you think you will be available to help me with Holocaust?
Morph! Sunfire!
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(http://i43.tinypic.com/2888sbd.jpg)
So here's Sunfire. The mask is actually a separate piece that got skoped on.
I know I said pack 1 was coming out today but with the way I'm skinning these I'll probably be done with all by next week so I'm just going to hold off until they are all done and release.
Beutiful work AA :cool:
Love the mask!
Thanks, I need to add some more shadow around the edges of the mask to hide the alpha'ed edges.
Really great work, AA.
The coloring on Sabretooth really pops out and catches the eye. However, I think Wild Child's coloring.. particularly the highlight in his arms.. look drab in comparison. This is purely meant as a constructive critique, of course.. no insult intended at all. That Wild Child is better than anything I've pumped out yet. :)
Amazing work AA! Blink's face is just awesome.
It seems a few of our more prolific skinners are really stepping it up lately!
does wild child use the toad kf's?
Nice work AA. is sunfire a whole new skope with the...neck jimmies? umm i mean a collar with koped on jimmies? his face also looks thinner than normal too.
can't wait for this pack to come out... these guys were the best AoA team, although i did love quicksilver and banshee's designs too.
These are really nice AA, but something about Sunfire doesn't quite seem right to me...now, take this with as much salt as you like, since I am completely unskilled when it comes to skinning, but it seems to me tha the could do with some red highlights. His orange is too even.
Quote from: laughing paradox on January 17, 2009, 09:58:25 PM
The coloring on Sabretooth really pops out and catches the eye. However, I think Wild Child's coloring.. particularly the highlight in his arms.. look drab in comparison. This is purely meant as a constructive critique, of course.. no insult intended at all. That Wild Child is better than anything I've pumped out yet. :)
It was the mesh. It was showing up dark in-game too so I ended up using a Ren mesh instead. It fixed the color issue.
Quote from: Zippo on January 17, 2009, 10:25:12 PM
It seems a few of our more prolific skinners are really stepping it up lately!
Thanks!
Quote from: herodad1 on January 17, 2009, 10:47:49 PM
does wild child use the toad kf's?
Nope. They are TJ's Gremlin keyframes.
Quote from: detourne_me on January 18, 2009, 03:11:51 AM
Nice work AA. is sunfire a whole new skope with the...neck jimmies? umm i mean a collar with koped on jimmies? his face also looks thinner than normal too.
can't wait for this pack to come out... these guys were the best AoA team, although i did love quicksilver and banshee's designs too.
Yup whole new skope with a new male basic.
I love Banshee's design but I feel like if I do him I have to do the Amazing team too.
Quote from: ips on January 18, 2009, 04:49:54 AM
the hottest part of the flame is the white core... you may wanna consider adding white (or a pale yellow/white) hot areas.
great lips and chin.
I think you are right. I'll add some more whiter highlights.
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 19, 2009, 04:33:51 PM
These are really nice AA, but something about Sunfire doesn't quite seem right to me...now, take this with as much salt as you like, since I am completely unskilled when it comes to skinning, but it seems to me tha the could do with some red highlights. His orange is too even.
I actually thought if I went too reddish it would be too much like Human Torch's coloring. Even though they are both on fire I really wanted Sunfire to look a little different color-wise. I'm probably going to lighten him up just a bit.
Haha, what little I understood of that seemed like a very good idea! :D
They all look great! Can't wait to see the finished team!
As a aspiring skinner (someday), I want to give you a big "Thank You" for your work. :lol:
I hope you find your joy again....
Quote from: darkknight92 on January 28, 2009, 03:35:22 AM
They all look great! Can't wait to see the finished team!
As a aspiring skinner (someday), I want to give you a big "Thank You" for your work. :lol:
I hope you find your joy again....
Thank you, I actually really needed to see this post.
AA You are like one of my favorite skinners! :thumbup: ;)
we need to go to Candy Mountain Charlie! It's full of sweets and joy and joyness!
AA, like I've said before, you're one of the greats. I can't wait to see whatever you do next.
After coming to gripes with the chaos I started skinning again. I've got a few marvel skin and one or two dcs on the way. The Astonishing X-Men pak could be finished as early as tonight or tomorrow.
I've got something big on the way, Johnny Patches made one my oldest request come true and now I have to do it justice. :)
BTW as always your comments mean a lot.
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 28, 2009, 06:47:02 PM
AA, like I've said before, you're one of the greats. I can't wait to see whatever you do next.
And every time I think you've topped out. your next one is just WOW!. I really look forward to your releases. You have such an innovative approach to your originals as well as your renditions renditions of classic characters
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 28, 2009, 08:12:19 PM
After coming to gripes with the chaos I started skinning again. I've got a few marvel skin and one or two dcs on the way. The Astonishing X-Men pak could be finished as early as tonight or tomorrow.
I've got something big on the way, Johnny Patches made one my oldest request come true and now I have to do it justice. :)
BTW as always your comments mean a lot.
Ohh ohh! Johnny Patches and AA teaming up on a something? This is gonna' be good! Of course, I can't wait to see the DC skins, but that goes without saying. ^_^
uh oh what i do now :unsure: ;)
Quote from: Johnny Patches on January 28, 2009, 09:16:12 PM
uh oh what i do now :unsure: ;)
A certain shiny guy with a gun arm...that's all.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/szwimu.png)
(http://i42.tinypic.com/339udqx.png)
I think I might make her cape tattered and maybe darker in hue.
oh man this pic just reminded me .. :huh:
i think you know what im trying to say..
nice stuffage AA
Quote from: Johnny Patches on January 29, 2009, 03:49:29 AM
oh man this pic just reminded me .. :huh:
i think you know what im trying to say..
nice stuffage AA
Maybe I know. If it is what I'm thinking, as soon as you are done, I'll skin and ship.
Wow, man, great stuff. I don't say that enough. I should. Really great stuff.
Rogue looks very good AA. Really happy you haven't let this crap keep you down.
I think I have a pretty good idea what Johnny made for you.
That Rogue is a stunner! I love the hair, and the wrinkles on the sleeves.
That Rogue is great AA, though I do agree that the cloak could be a tad darker, I think it would work better. Her sleeves, however, are just beyond fantastic.
Fantastic Rogue AA! I love the face and hair...and the rest of her ain't too shabby either. :cool:
AA Your face work is getting rediculious!!!! :blink:
Great face on that. :thumbup:
that hair looks fantastic!!! XD
Good Job MAN!!!
Do you have in mind to do her second costume?
Rogue looks exceptional! Great work on the hair and colors.
Quote from: The Hitman on January 29, 2009, 03:56:53 AM
Wow, man, great stuff. I don't say that enough. I should. Really great stuff.
Ah it's ok. If people told me my stuff was great all the time, I think I would explode from all the kindness.
Quote from: Podmark on January 29, 2009, 04:17:33 AM
Rogue looks very good AA. Really happy you haven't let this crap keep you down.
I think I have a pretty good idea what Johnny made for you.
Yeah, I actually did her Wednesday. I just sat down and knocked her out in like 30 minutes.
Really? Because there are a lot of shiny guys with gun arms.
Quote from: JKCarrier on January 29, 2009, 05:21:34 AM
That Rogue is a stunner! I love the hair, and the wrinkles on the sleeves.
Thanks, JKC!
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 29, 2009, 05:33:09 AM
That Rogue is great AA, though I do agree that the cloak could be a tad darker, I think it would work better. Her sleeves, however, are just beyond fantastic.
Agreed and thank you.
Quote from: Courtnall6 on January 29, 2009, 10:42:00 PM
Fantastic Rogue AA! I love the face and hair...and the rest of her ain't too shabby either. :cool:
Thank you, kind sir.
Quote from: Champion 2 of 11 on January 29, 2009, 10:56:49 PM
AA Your face work is getting rediculious!!!! :blink:
Who are you, why wont you show yourself!? Also thanks!
Quote from: Xenolith on January 29, 2009, 11:11:51 PM
Great face on that. :thumbup:
Thanks.
Quote from: miguelyanke on January 29, 2009, 11:46:04 PM
that hair looks fantastic!!! XD
Good Job MAN!!!
Do you have in mind to do her second costume?
The green and white one from the AOA mini?
Quote from: Figure Fan on January 30, 2009, 06:12:19 AM
Rogue looks exceptional! Great work on the hair and colors.
Thanks!
That's a marvelous skin! Her face is incredible, and the texture of her clothing is terrific!
Are you a fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
Because Rogue is lookin' like Karen O, their lead singer, which is pretty friggin' cool. I dig the highlights on the black parts of the skin.. just a touch of white, instead of glob blurred out white where all of the muscle is. It makes it look even cleaner.. I'll have to try that technique out some time.
Yes, that one:
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/9/9a/Rogue_AoA4_cover.jpg/200px-Rogue_AoA4_cover.jpg)
More AoA awesomeness. I hope Magneto is on your list. I can't say how much I am anticipating Mr. Shiny gun arms. :thumbup:
Quote from: miguelyanke on January 30, 2009, 08:45:14 PM
Yes, that one:
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/9/9a/Rogue_AoA4_cover.jpg/200px-Rogue_AoA4_cover.jpg)
lol I love how Bachalo just keep repeating older costumes he designed.
No plans on that costume or any other AOA characters. I'm just doing the core from Astonishing x-Men.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/e6ax6b.jpg)
Any way, I did two Amalgam Universe characters. Of course one is Spider-Boy (Spider-man and Superboy) and the other is an new one created by me called Rival (Scarlet Spider and Match).
I assume his powers are tactile gravity manipulation like SB's but more powerful. I guess he's an imperfect clone of Peter Parker that Project Cadmas kept for testing. He escapes and tries to prove that he's better than Spider-boy could ever be, blah blah blah.
There might be a Spider-girl...maybe...
Nice! Beautiful work on the leather jacket especially.
Rogue took you 30 minutes? I totally hate you right now, AA.
I'm loving this Spider-Boy though. I always liked the character. The skin turned out perfectly. I repeat: Perfectly.
I don't know if I'm 100% down with the Rival yet though. I just keep thinking he seems a little... I dunno. Plain maybe? I can't quite place my finger on what I'm feeling here. I think I need to come back and give him a look over again later.
Are those tommyboy meshes, at least the base? The way you have the feet skinned here really looks good.
AA those are amazing, I'm really in awe here.
What meshes are those made from? I surprisingly don't seem to recognise any of the parts.
I'm not familiar with all the amalgam characters. Is Spider-Boy a real one? Or are they both designed by you?
Quote from: JKCarrier on February 02, 2009, 12:55:47 AM
Nice! Beautiful work on the leather jacket especially.
Thanks. I like how the leather jacket came out too.
Quote from: UnkoMan on February 02, 2009, 03:22:38 AM
I don't know if I'm 100% down with the Rival yet though. I just keep thinking he seems a little... I dunno. Plain maybe? I can't quite place my finger on what I'm feeling here. I think I need to come back and give him a look over again later.
Yeah me either. I kept looking at him thinking what am I missing here. Maybe I should add the little leg things from Scarlet Spider.
Quote from: Xenolith on February 02, 2009, 03:45:07 AM
Are those tommyboy meshes, at least the base? The way you have the feet skinned here really looks good.
Nope. Ren's Cap Marvel Jr.
Quote from: Podmark on February 02, 2009, 03:46:18 AM
AA those are amazing, I'm really in awe here.
What meshes are those made from? I surprisingly don't seem to recognise any of the parts.
I'm not familiar with all the amalgam characters. Is Spider-Boy a real one? Or are they both designed by you?
I glad you can't point anything out, I guess that means I did a good job skinning them. Spider-boy is the real one.
Great work ! Really unique!
Wonderful looking skins, AA...I really like the face on Rogue. I know very little about the character, but Spider-Boy is very good (the leather jacket and hair texture are great).
Dana
I'm glad everyone loves the jacket. :thumbup:
To give a differing perspective; I really like the large glove cuffs, reminds me of the kind of thing a Ramos type artist would do.
I, too, enjoy large glove cuffs. And these guys are on the same mesh, right? Just with different things alpha'd out? So from a utilitarian standpoint I get it too.
Actually, I think I was right about the plain feeling I was getting. I think it's got to do with Spider-Boy having so many different design elements (red on blue, webbing pattern, yellow stripes, jacket, etc) and Rival having barely any. I'd say add some yellow to the legs somehow. Maybe even a bit of white as well. That might spice him up more. I'd also suggest ditching the brown for the belt. Seems weird next to the darkness of the yellow, to me anyhow.
I wonder if there's any way you could add a Bizarnage influence to this also? I can't think of it, but it'd be cool. PS: You totally need to skin him too.
I'm going to do some more work on the Rival and I think I might do Bizarnage.
So I did an alternate version of AA more inline to my original drawing (I guess he's sort a manga-verse version). He's not going to replace my current version but I thought why not update the mesh that Lord Ehmsidy made for me. I think I'm going to do an ultimate version on day.
(http://i44.tinypic.com/14jng53.jpg)
hey AA, what ever came of mothman and co.?
Quote from: herodad1 on February 09, 2009, 03:15:54 AM
hey AA, what ever came of mothman and co.?
They are around. I honestly got burnt out on originals which is sad considering I love the Weird World concept but I would really like them to be in a mod but we just havent got to that point.
I want to say I am sorry I have not comment on the fantastic stuff you have been doing, you seem to be gaining ground on C6 in you ability to capture that comic book feel. I always like your way of thinking and your original design style, you have always inspired me to try new things in my own style as well as all the artist here. (too many to list :D)
Thanks
TAP43
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 09, 2009, 03:28:41 AM
Quote from: herodad1 on February 09, 2009, 03:15:54 AM
hey AA, what ever came of mothman and co.?
They are around. I honestly got burnt out on originals which is sad considering I love the Weird World concept but I would really like them to be in a mod but we just havent got to that point.
You know AA, with the tools available these days (Including M's herofile transfer tool) throwing a mod together probably wouldn't be too tough. Between EZScript and the mappack, you could bring something together with relatively little effort. Those characters seemed neat, so I hope you return to them one day.
Benton, I'm really thinking about it but it would probably be after any rather development of the WW mod with Unko first.
So out of the blue, I remember Unko asking me if Wildchild was on Ren's Skrull well I thought to myself why not give it a try and so we have this:
(http://i43.tinypic.com/6olvmw.jpg)
Which one do you guys prefer? If the skrull base I need to do some reskinning on his face and I can finish up Morph (finally) and put them up on HF.
I'm not really familiar enough with Wildchild to say. The different meshes really give it a different effect and I can't say without checking some reference. So I'll go check out comicvine and get back to you.
Great work though. Highlights are very smooth. The new AA looks great too. His face kinda makes me laugh.
Well AA, I'd be happy to help you as much as I could if you decided you wanted to start learning it. WW mod?
Hmm...I think I like the second one best. The face seems more appropriate.
Well, the one on the left reminds me more of john byrne alpha flight era Wild Child. I'm not sure what you are aiming for though.
Looked at some AoA Wild Child, and honestly I saw pics that could work for either one, so honestly I'm not sure. Which one do you like AA?
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(http://www.marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/2/23/Wild_child.JPG/440px-Wild_child.JPG)
The size (i think) is better in skrull but the face is not to similar (i prefer the other one); so if you coul mix both he could be so wonderful.
Quote from: Podmark on February 12, 2009, 05:48:24 AM
Looked at some AoA Wild Child, and honestly I saw pics that could work for either one, so honestly I'm not sure. Which one do you like AA?
I am actually most fond of the skrull base because the file is smaller and I didn't need any alpha layers to achieve the effect I wanted. I guess Wildchild has "Sabertooth" syndrome where every artist draws him differently.
Honestly... I think the regular one looks more AoA, but also... that's just my preferance to that paticular character. I always liked him as a ferral but oddly handsome character, his face displaying the emotion that was kept inside. The caveman look works though.
Really, I'd say... release both! Let the user decide. I think my avatar comes with an extra mesh that has a short cape just in case. So why not?
I say the skrull base one as long as we get to see the ears!
For AoA I like #2 alot. It seems to capture the feel of him more there. Now #1 actually gives me a more Weapon X comiv vibe where he was bald and like snow white/grey and Sabertooth had the James Hetfield from metalica haircut
I think the one of the left looks best :)
I choose the second Wildchild, AA. Works better in my opinion.
I must say your Rogue is a truly piece of art. Great stuff going on here, keep it up.
The one on the left would be great if you were going for the modern wild child
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/Wild_child.jpg/250px-Wild_child.jpg)
The second one would work for classic and AOA Wild Child.
I prefer the one on the right because I like the classic look of a mini sabertooth, that I could on some level feel sorry for.
I like the one on the right, it has a more unique look to it.
good very good afganant keep it up !!
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2gvtp9v.jpg)
Morph's Active Defense
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(http://i39.tinypic.com/25oxrn4.jpg)
I'm really happy with how this turned out.
I am so glad this project is done. I was suppose to send this pak out on Jan 16 and it is Feb 15!
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(http://i39.tinypic.com/1r9pad.jpg)
It's a great skin, especially that costume work (minor things with his face, including the top lip and his nose lacking definition - I'm aware that's the character's design) but the Active Defence is what really makes it superb. Your graffiti is just perfect.
you my friend are a bloody machine
Quote from: The Enigma on February 15, 2009, 11:58:06 PM
It's a great skin, especially that costume work (minor things with his face, including the top lip and his nose lacking definition - I'm aware that's the character's design) but the Active Defence is what really makes it superb. Your graffiti is just perfect.
I'm quite happy with the face. Also Morph doesn't have a nose and the top lip has a cleft.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/mtpfy9.jpg)
Dude. That face is amazing. :thumbup: But I'm sure you knew that ;)
Fantastic looking Morph! You ought to be proud of his active defence, that is just too cool! Excellent idea. And that group shot! Looking forward to the releases.
That graffitti for Morph's "wall" defence, with the pic of Morph's original costume, is a fantastic touch.
The Exiles look amazing.
hot dang thats good!
Morph's active defence is a work of genius. I love it!
Wonderful morph skin! Absolutely great
that's lovely!!! XD but the effect of a nose in his face looks strange... U-.-
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Wow...yeah, I agree with pretty much everything that's been said about just how awesome Morph is. It seems like these AoA skins of yours have been even more fantastic than your normal work AA. That active defense is just perfect. I mean, that, and the flyswatter hand....I remember those PRECISELY from an issue of AoA. They are absolutely perfect, like they were ripped from the page. Great work man!
I see that you went with the Skrull skope for Wildchild, and it does look great. The other one gave him a bit more humanity, and I think that probably didn't jive with what you were going for with it. This one looks more bestial, and appropriately so.
Quote from: miguelyanke on February 16, 2009, 01:57:39 PM
that's lovely!!! XD but the effect of a nose in his face looks strange... U-.-
I'm sorry I have no idea what you are trying to say. Are you talking about the bridge in the nose because there is no actually nose.
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 16, 2009, 01:57:39 PM
I see that you went with the Skrull skope for Wildchild, and it does look great. The other one gave him a bit more humanity, and I think that probably didn't jive with what you were going for with it. This one looks more bestial, and appropriately so.
That is exactly why I went with it. I kept looking at Wildchild in-game and he just looked like this thin man crouching on the ground. There wasn't that wild, beast thing going on. The character himself is so weird. He's been a little troll thing to a muscley man to a wild elf thing to a goblin to gothic thing.
The whole purpose of this pack was to create something I loved about the X-Mythos because right now the X-titles blow really hard. It is like all the action and fun has been replaced with "drama" and "secrets". I honestly think everything after Messiah CompleX killed the X-Men for me.
That's one of the things that makes FF so incredibly great. Thanks to artists like you, our favorite characters can exist JUST the way we want them. That's what I've always loved about it. :)
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Quote from: miguelyanke on February 16, 2009, 01:57:39 PM
that's lovely!!! XD but the effect of a nose in his face looks strange... U-.-
I'm sorry I have no idea what you are trying to say. Are you talking about the bridge in the nose because there is no actually nose.
that's the mesh has no nose but your skin looks like he has, i think, 'cause there are shadows in the middle of the eyes... i think the light should be reduced a lit not to look as shaping.
[ARGH!!! IT's DIFFICULT]
Anyway it's just my opinion
Simply brilliant! I can't tell you how much I like Morph, and that active defense is extremely creative. Fantastic work with AoA, overall.
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Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 16, 2009, 03:12:17 PM
Quote from: miguelyanke on February 16, 2009, 01:57:39 PM
that's lovely!!! XD but the effect of a nose in his face looks strange... U-.-
I'm sorry I have no idea what you are trying to say. Are you talking about the bridge in the nose because there is no actually nose.
that's the mesh has no nose but your skin looks like he has, i think, 'cause there are shadows in the middle of the eyes... i think the light should be reduced a lit not to look as shaping.
[ARGH!!! IT's DIFFICULT]
Anyway it's just my opinion
AH! I see what you are saying now. I think I can fix that.
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Quote from: Sledgehammer on February 16, 2009, 03:25:13 PM
Simply brilliant! I can't tell you how much I like Morph, and that active defense is extremely creative. Fantastic work with AoA, overall.
Thanks. The active defense was actually me favorite part because I never skinned bricks before and I thought no way Morph would just be a dull brick wall in the middle war torn Chicago.
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Quote from: miguelyanke on February 16, 2009, 03:22:35 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 16, 2009, 03:12:17 PM
Quote from: miguelyanke on February 16, 2009, 01:57:39 PM
that's lovely!!! XD but the effect of a nose in his face looks strange... U-.-
I'm sorry I have no idea what you are trying to say. Are you talking about the bridge in the nose because there is no actually nose.
that's the mesh has no nose but your skin looks like he has, i think, 'cause there are shadows in the middle of the eyes... i think the light should be reduced a lit not to look as shaping.
[ARGH!!! IT's DIFFICULT]
Anyway it's just my opinion
AH! I see what you are saying now. I think I can fix that.(http://i39.tinypic.com/rtkt52.jpg)
THAT WAS IT!!!!!! XD
I think like this looks betterXD
and yes, this brick form looks wonderfu lXD
That's awesome. I still think the top lip's cleft is a little too pronounced but Morph's face is, well, morphable and those sorts of changes do make sense.
Wallpapers under the spoiler cuts:
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nice job AA!!
YEAH!!! XD
And you all have officially been AA'ed!!! :P
hey AA AWESOME SKINS!!!! :thumbup:
btw i think i know what they are talking about with morphs nose, with your skin, it still looks like there was one once there (Specifically the detail between the eyes) if you see my skin i got rid of all the detail around the face.
IM JUST SO HAPPY THERES A DECENT AOA Morph skin now :wub:
The AoA X-Men are excellent AA. And the Morph wall is very fun. I'm glad you skinned these characters.
What can I say really, that hasn't been said? Excellent job yet again.
Skinning List
- Astonishing X-Men
- Mystery Character
- Marvel Boy
- Miracle Family
- Thor (Modern) I know! I just can't stop skinning him.
- Ares (Modern)
- Possible Redesign of a mythological war god. I need to figure out which one though.
- Weird World Originals
- Hiveworld Wasps
- Hiveworld Red Ants
- Japanese Batman
- Japanese Superman
Preview of Thor & AresSpoiler
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I started reskinning Thor and I still have a lot of work to go on him but I haven't even touched Ares yet. That is my old skin on a new skope.
I just knew that you would skin Mystery Character one day.
Since you are going to reskin Ares and skin Marvel Boy how about an Iron Patriot skin to complete the Dark Avengers? :rolleyes:
lol AA I think you love Thor too much!
AfghanAnt, is your Thor using the Beyonder Thor mesh? It sort of looks like it but then sort of not. I don't know if it's the silver armour or what but the Beyonder Thor mesh (with C6 skin) looks bigger especially in the arms. Then I look at your Thor (which I very much love) and it seems smaller somehow. Is this just an illusion because of a different skin?
When do we get an update? I NEED that Spider-Boy! Everything is looking great, can't wait to see more!
Quote from: doctorchallenger on February 20, 2009, 04:34:23 PM
I just knew that you would skin Mystery Character one day.
I've been putting off Mystery Character aka Shiny Gun Arm for a while because I want to do him perfectly and it has been an uphill struggle so far with the crystalline shiny oppose to glossy shiny.
Quote from: Champion 2 of 11 on February 20, 2009, 05:22:19 PM
Since you are going to reskin Ares and skin Marvel Boy how about an Iron Patriot skin to complete the Dark Avengers? :rolleyes:
Uhmmm I have yet to a "Ironman" so maybe. I sort of like Daken and Venom has always been on my list so who knows. Moonstone would a walk in the park as well. I'll strongly think about it.
Quote from: Podmark on February 20, 2009, 08:26:33 PM
lol AA I think you love Thor too much!
Me too. I think this is v5 or 6 of this costume for me but every time I read the new issues I just go "man, I should reskin that skin". So I did.
Quote from: captmorgan72 on February 20, 2009, 08:53:18 PM
AfghanAnt, is your Thor using the Beyonder Thor mesh? It sort of looks like it but then sort of not. I don't know if it's the silver armour or what but the Beyonder Thor mesh (with C6 skin) looks bigger especially in the arms. Then I look at your Thor (which I very much love) and it seems smaller somehow. Is this just an illusion because of a different skin?
I guess it is an illusion because I can't imagine a skin making a mesh smaller. As for the skope, it uses the keyframes, cape, and hammer from Beyonder's Thor but it is different base mesh. It's Ren's Battlestar skoped larger with part made by Yellow Lantern, Ink, Tommyboy, and Ren:).
(http://i42.tinypic.com/28jheyq.jpg)
They look about the same size to me both in charactertool and in-game.
Quote from: docdelorean88 on February 20, 2009, 09:35:46 PM
When do we get an update? I NEED that Spider-Boy! Everything is looking great, can't wait to see more!
I totally forgot! I'll try to get an update out soon. I was holding off because I like to release a large number of skins at once.
Here is a shot of Beyonder's Thor and your Thor without their capes. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/captmorgan72/Thors.jpg I was right about Beyonder's Thor mesh being bigger, at least in the arms anyway. At least now I know it wasn't an illusion. Any chance you can put your version of Thor on Beyonder's mesh? Just joking...sort of. :D
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 20, 2009, 04:12:32 PM
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AA, be honest with me...you're not skinning that horrible astonishing storm costume and instead will be skinning her Uncanny/World's apart costume, right?
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AA, be honest with me...you're not skinning that horrible astonishing storm costume and instead will be skinning her Uncanny/World's apart costume, right?
I should have typed AOA Astonishing X-Men. They are there because I hadn't release yet. I hate the new costumes and the x titles right now. I'm basically only reading Dark and New Avengers for Luke and Ares and Thor.
Quote from: captmorgan72 on February 20, 2009, 11:52:28 PM
Here is a shot of Beyonder's Thor and your Thor without their capes. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/captmorgan72/Thors.jpg I was right about Beyonder's Thor mesh being bigger, at least in the arms anyway. At least now I know it wasn't an illusion. Any chance you can put your version of Thor on Beyonder's mesh? Just joking...sort of. :D
The new one using a new skope that is more evenly proportioned. There very little difference as seen in the image below.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2zf5v0k.jpg)
Don't get me wrong I love the Beyonder's Thor but it isn't exactly the right shape for the costume I'm doing.
You know, the more I am looking at your skope and the artwork in the new Thor issues...you really nailed him. What's the ETA on the release?
AA what hair is he using? because it sounds me a lot
"Waiting patiently wearing his Thor t-shirt for AfghanAnt's Thor reskin."
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Thor's hair is from Ink's Emma Frost alphaed out.
I'm trying to skope an anti-force attack for Thor and possibly adding lightning effect.
Sheesh AA! He looks fantastic! You gave him a really unique expression there, something that I imagine has a lot to do with where his character is these days (though I don't know much about that!), and I really like the texture on his hammer there. He's pretty great, but I think you should add a bit more 'cloth' detail on his chest there. The lower part looks really good, but the upper part is a bit bland. I love that belt buckle, though. That Ares preview looks awesome!
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 23, 2009, 05:24:04 PM
Sheesh AA! He looks fantastic! You gave him a really unique expression there, something that I imagine has a lot to do with where his character is these days (though I don't know much about that!), and I really like the texture on his hammer there. He's pretty great, but I think you should add a bit more 'cloth' detail on his chest there. The lower part looks really good, but the upper part is a bit bland. I love that belt buckle, though. That Ares preview looks awesome!
I thought about making it more fabricy but from the images I used his coat is really form fitting with the lapels very loose. I'm actually very happy to be done with him and he really didn't take a long time. Ares is going to be a complete reskin so I'm probably going to put him on the back burner while I skin some other characters.
Good enough for me. :D As I said, I'm not really familiar with how he looks now...or anything going on in modern comics. :P
Looks awesome AA...again lol
I really like that collar you gave him. And the hair looks nice, I'll want to take a closer look in 3D when it's released.
The skin is great, I just wished I liked his new cosutme. He looks like a cross between Thor, '70s Ghost Rider, and Spidey-armored Spider-Man to me. That's not a knock on your work at all, AA.
You forgot to include "New Awesomesauce" in the pic caption. Just sayin'.
Oh my god!!! :shock2: AfghanAnt, I think I love you!!! I am a huge fan of Thor and your creation just blew my mind! I want to make a poster of it and put it on my wall. I can't wait til you release that beauty!
That's a great-lookin' Thor! :thumbup:
That Thor looks close to licenced videogame quality! Wow! It's been amazing seeing how you've refined this character :thumbup:
Beautiful work as always AA. Simply amazing.
That Skope and skin turned out fantastic AA, I agree he has a cool expression on his face and his hammer texture looks great too.
u're one of the worst skiners ive seen in my life, please do retire!!!! :P
WOW..
Seriously?
Amazing.
Whoa I just noticed the keyframes on that skope. Those are awesome, great work AA!
Huh? How did you notice the keyframes? Has it been released?
AA, your thor looks VERY good dude!i really cant wait to see it.thor's been needing new kf's too.
Quote from: captmorgan72 on February 24, 2009, 11:34:42 AM
Huh? How did you notice the keyframes? Has it been released?
I think AA updated the picture since my first comment. Thor did not have the cool pose before.
Or I was just blind earlier....
I'm dying to find out what the new key frames are like. AfghanAnt mentioned that he was trying to skope a anti-force animation and that would be the icing on the cake. First thing I did when I came home from work was run to the computer and log on here to see if it was released yet. :lol:
Wow. What a great-looking Thor! Simply great. Very detailed, nice expression, and fantastic texture in Mjolnir. The hair looks good too. You did a commendable work here.
He sure did. Now where is that bad boy? :D
i love it!
show a little patience captmorgan
Sorry, I just can't help myself. :D This Thor looks soooo freaking amazing. The wait is exciting though I have to admit.
He's coming soon. I have real-life and work and I would to finish up Ares before I release him.
What to expect in the next release:
- Miracleman
- Spider-Boy
- The Rival (maybe if I fix the problems)
- AOA Astonishing X-Men
- Thor
- Ares
AA, your stuff is awsome as usual.since youve done ares, i'd love to see you do the brother he hates so much.
Quote from: herodad1 on February 26, 2009, 09:10:45 PM
AA, your stuff is awsome as usual.since youve done ares, i'd love to see you do the brother he hates so much.
See I thought about doing Herc but I really don't know much about him recently. I know he hangs out with Amadeus Cho and a wolf cub but other than that I only know Herc from this classic Thor annual I had as a kid.
Oddly enough, the image below inspired me to reskin these two.
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I was at either Walmart or Target and I freaked out with joy when I saw the Marvel Super Hero Squad: Ares and Thor but then got upset once I realized in order to get the Marvel Legends Ares I would have to buy a bunch of toys I didn't want. <_< Damn marketing gimmicks...
I'm very close to finishing Ares and I might actually add a fx to Thor's hammer so when he swirls it, lightning and such spin around but if I do that I have to skope a new Mjolnir fx or something so we will see... I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with Thor.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 26, 2009, 09:23:33 PM
... I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with Thor.
blasphemy
Funny I saw some images of Marvel Super Hero Squad X-Force Wolverine and X-23 that made me want to skin. Funny how those toys can inspire.
Also I'm pretty sure Amadeus' coyote turned out to be a skrull.
Quote from: Podmark on February 27, 2009, 04:14:22 AM
Also I'm pretty sure Amadeus' coyote turned out to be a skrull.
It was real for a few weeks and then it was replaced and turned out to be a skrull in Incredible Hercules: The SI tie in. However, in the double sized issue that came out this week, Cho found his real pup and used Hulk as a distraction to regain it...only to find out the pup had started a new life. ^_^
I didn't know that. That is actually sad knowing Cho lost pup.
Anywho, here is a quick preview of Ares. I thought I'd finish him last night but I ended up eating takeout and watching films. I'll probably have some time after the work day is over to finish him up. Especially since I gave up drinking for Lent.
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2qdbnr5.jpg)
Now that is spiffy. I like the texture of the armor, and the arm hair for some reason looks really cool. Haha.
Ares looks good so far. I can't say too much since he isn't finished, but I like the details on his shin guard as it stands. How about adding some similar nicks and scratches to the breastplate?
Your talents as a skinner make you a god yourself AA. You are putting out some amazing work. Thank you for all your contributions to this wonderful game. And, keep 'em coming.
I didn't get a chance to comment of Thor, but fantastic work love that look on his face strong and determined. Ares is coming along nicely. I like the chest plate and can I ask were that helmet is from?
Ares looks great!
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 27, 2009, 10:54:06 PM
How about adding some similar nicks and scratches to the breastplate?
I thought about it but I'm not sure what material his vest/armor thingie is. It doesn't seem like armor because it is always being blown off along with his helmet.
Quote from: TAP43 on March 01, 2009, 05:29:53 PM
I like the chest plate and can I ask were that helmet is from?
It is a mix of tommyboy and Gren's pieces. The exact pieces will be in the readme.
Thanks everyone else for the comments. So the Thor additional keyframes worked but the lightning effect on the hammer gave me trouble so I'm going to fake it with the fx I'm doing that is based on Beyonder's original fx.
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I finally finished Ares today, which was a relief because I've got some other stuff coming up soon. I'm going to try to get this stuff packed up and ready to be shipped off tonight if I don't get sidetrack by a crawfish boil I'm attending in a couple of hours.
Skinning List
- Mystery Character
- Marvel Boy
- Possible Redesign of a mythological war god. I need to figure out which one though.
- Weird World Originals
- Hiveworld Wasps
- Hiveworld Red Ants
- Japanese Batman
- Japanese Superman
- Three Mystery Characters
Edit: Some banners which I can't use because the board doesn't support them anymore:
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ooo, that looks awesome, AA. I'm going to second the Hercules request. You know you want to do it. And then you can do a Asgardian mod and bring in Hulk and Cho and it'll be awesome awesome...yep.
*wishful dreaming commences*
Quote from: Previsionary on March 02, 2009, 02:20:16 AM
ooo, that looks awesome, AA. I'm going to second the Hercules request. You know you want to do it. And then you can do a Asgardian mod and bring in Hulk and Cho and it'll be awesome awesome...yep.
*wishful dreaming commences*
Maybe, just maybe I'll do Herc but I would probably be a version not done though.
After looking at some of Marvel Herc's costumes...uhmmm maybe not but I do like DC Hercules. I like the whole male Wonder Woman vibe.
I actually like DC's version of Hercules too. He just looks better somehow. Here take a look http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/captmorgan72/DCHercules.jpg
I love that he is wearing the Nemean Lion skin as a cape. Yeah AfghanAnt, this version of Hercules has never been done before and seeing how well you did Ares, I can only imagine how incredibly awesome it would be.
When I think of DC's Hercules, I think of this version:
http://milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=40025106782%2011
:lol:
Quote from: JKCarrier on March 02, 2009, 03:07:29 AM
When I think of DC's Hercules, I think of this version:
http://milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=40025106782%2011
:lol:
Hate the costume. He looks like a Aztec or something in that. I like the pic I posted.
Actually, if you're looking for war gods I'd reccomend looking up Aztec, African or Asian gods--far more interesting visually than the usual Euro-centric guys, not to mention extra credit for characters people normally wouldn't have heard of.
holy crap, both ares and thor look absolutely stunning.
i'm itching to see what keyframes you've got for thor.
am i right in guessing that ares is built off of the usagent_omega or the bucky_cap meshes?
i think that those would be the only keyframes to allow a gun, as well as perpetually weilding something in the left hand and sometimes weilding something in the right...
i'm probably off though.
Quote from: detourne_me on March 02, 2009, 05:33:26 AM
holy crap, both ares and thor look absolutely stunning.
i'm itching to see what keyframes you've got for thor.
am i right in guessing that ares is built off of the usagent_omega or the bucky_cap meshes?
i think that those would be the only keyframes to allow a gun, as well as perpetually weilding something in the left hand and sometimes weilding something in the right...
i'm probably off though.
You are not off. I used Bucky Cap. :thumbup:
Ares came out great AA.
Oh how I wish I could get more skinning done. Everytime I come in this thread I feel like a slacker.
Quote from: Podmark on March 02, 2009, 07:39:13 PM
Ares came out great AA.
Oh how I wish I could get more skinning done. Everytime I come in this thread I feel like a slacker.
I'm such a slacker for not getting this shipped out yet.
So is that DC Hercules looking like a possible future project AfghanAnt? If yes, pretty please pick the version I posted, that one is so very cool.
Ares looks fantastic! As do Thor and all the others. Your skill level with this stuff is just getting amazing. The textures are just incredible and the expressions really convey character. My words are inadequate.
Quote from: captmorgan72 on March 03, 2009, 12:35:07 AM
So is that DC Hercules looking like a possible future project AfghanAnt? If yes, pretty please pick the version I posted, that one is so very cool.
Not sure yet, I have a lot of other obligations first.
Quote from: steamteck on March 03, 2009, 12:43:06 AM
Ares looks fantastic! As do Thor and all the others. Your skill level with this stuff is just getting amazing. The textures are just incredible and the expressions really convey character. My words are inadequate.
Thanks!
Also if anyone was wondering what I might add to that list click here (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/newimmor.htm).
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I know! The New Immortals! Oh wait no one else remembers them...well they were in the first Thor comic I bought as a kid (it took me forever to track down info on these guys because I forgot their names). Basically they were clones created from Thor's facial hair and blood by Highly Evolutionary. I decided to add them because the image at Marvunapp is actually an image I used in like 5th grade art to make a construction paper replica. I wish I could find that image, maybe next time I'm at my Mom's house I'll look for it.
Just to add my compliments for some great looking skins.
I like that with Ares you haven't used a bunch of detailed musculature on the arms and legs to suggest strength and power (which is what I'd probably have tried, and failed, to do), and yet he looks both strong and powerful. It's true, less is sometimes more.
Not that the skin lacks detail, far from it. And the detailing is excellent.
He's another character I don't like, but your skin is so good he'll end up in my game.
You're also winning me over on the Coipel Thor look. Classic Kirby Thor is still my preference, but your skins are wearing that prejudice down.
Great stuff.
i'd go with the marvel herc IF you were thinking of doing him to stay with the theme of marv.'s ares and thor.those both look incredible!never really liked the look of dc's version of herc.too clean shaven and looks more like the big eternal...uhhh...cant remember his name.oh yeah..no mace please.its all knuckles for the prince of power.
Quote from: tommyboy on March 03, 2009, 11:06:12 AM
Just to add my compliments for some great looking skins.
I like that with Ares you haven't used a bunch of detailed musculature on the arms and legs to suggest strength and power (which is what I'd probably have tried, and failed, to do), and yet he looks both strong and powerful. It's true, less is sometimes more.
Not that the skin lacks detail, far from it. And the detailing is excellent.
He's another character I don't like, but your skin is so good he'll end up in my game.
You're also winning me over on the Coipel Thor look. Classic Kirby Thor is still my preference, but your skins are wearing that prejudice down.
Great stuff.
Thanks Tommy. Yeah I know what you mean. I tend to go for a detail yet simple look with my work. I would definitely think artist like Oliver Coipel and Jim Chueng where there is a ton of detail but nothing is overly drawn especially the human form.
I understand your feeling about Kirby Thor. I would skin him but I'd feel like I was competing with existing skins.
Quote from: herodad1 on March 03, 2009, 12:29:47 PM
i'd go with the marvel herc IF you were thinking of doing him to stay with the theme of marv.'s ares and thor.those both look incredible!never really liked the look of dc's version of herc.too clean shaven and looks more like the big eternal...uhhh...cant remember his name.oh yeah..no mace please.its all knuckles for the prince of power.
I honestly don't see the point of going with Marvel Hercules. C6's just recently did one on Tommyboy's mesh. Either way, Herc is at the lower end of things I'm going to skin. I've got a few obligations for someone and than I'm going finally finish some older skins (basically reskinning them... <_<..I'm so lazy).
I think the Big Eternal you are talking about may be Gilgamesh. Who I thought about skinning actually until I saw what the did with him the current Eternals title.
Wow! your banners are great too. shame we can't use them here or at freedom-united.
i especially like the marvelman and spiderboy banners.
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Quote from: Podmark on March 02, 2009, 07:39:13 PM
Ares came out great AA.
Oh how I wish I could get more skinning done. Everytime I come in this thread I feel like a slacker.
I'm such a slacker for not getting this shipped out yet.
I second that. :D
no problem-o on the herc AA, yeah tommy's is good and ive also got johnny patches herc scope he did for me that c6's skin also fits on.its the same size as beyonders thor.
Click the banner for my new work:
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Thanks for the most recent release, some great stuff in there.
Plus, it cannot be said often enough what a great site Heroforce is, with three talented skinners at the top of their game producing a wealth of content. Thanks for that, too.
Thank you for the releases! all the keyframe sets are great too, i especially like how sunfire has true japanese keyframes! ^^
AA there are some skope problems:
AA Origins: jimmies in his hands do strange movements (possible solution: delete Skininstance and place them in the hand node)
Blink_AOA: her "skirt" also moves strangely (possible solution: re-structure the "skirt" into her body or eliminate Skininstance and transform it into a static object... at least it won't do something strange), it's the same with the center ball in her necklace
Sabertooth_AOA: happens the same with jimmies than in Blink
the_Rival_AA: The problem is in the scuare in his belt it's not linked into belt node or use the skinstance
Kfs and Skins are wonderfull, i'll re-build my aio_sunfire over it XD
Thnx mister
Quote from: miguelyanke on March 05, 2009, 03:22:38 PM
AA there are some skope problems:
AA Origins: jimmies in his hands do strange movements (possible solution: delete Skininstance and place them in the hand node)
Blink_AOA: her "skirt" also moves strangely (possible solution: re-structure the "skirt" into her body or eliminate Skininstance and transform it into a static object... at least it won't do something strange), it's the same with the center ball in her necklace
Sabertooth_AOA: happens the same with jimmies than in Blink
the_Rival_AA: The problem is in the scuare in his belt it's not linked into belt node or use the skinstance
Kfs and Skins are wonderfull, i'll re-build my aio_sunfire over it XD
Thnx mister
EDIT: Soooo I looked over the skopes and the Blink/Sabertooth necklace issues is related to keyframes as there are no skininstances on those.
Blink's loincloth was screwed up by me (my bad) I moved it without realizing it. However the detachment from the back skirt has always been an issue with the mesh. I updated the pak with the skirt move back to the proper place.
I actually tried that with the Rival's belt and it would not stay put regardless.
Really good stuff, AA.
I'm most impressed with Ares. Lots of great work put in it. I love the details of the dents in his armor.. very nice.
Great stuff here, AA. Being a X-Men fan, the AoA pack is a must for me. But Ares is too meticulously skoped, that I cannot help but appreciate your tremendous, detailed work. Fantastic.
Quote from: tommyboy on March 05, 2009, 11:54:47 AM
Plus, it cannot be said often enough what a great site Heroforce is, with three talented skinners at the top of their game producing a wealth of content. Thanks for that, too.
I second that. Heroforce is a site I'm continuously checking. Three prolific AND talented skinners together? What's not to like?
Loving spiderboy! Do wish there were swinging keyframes, but other than that it looks awesome!
Quote from: docdelorean88 on March 05, 2009, 08:09:42 PM
Loving spiderboy! Do wish there were swinging keyframes, but other than that it looks awesome!
I tried but the keyframes wouldn't take, I guess I could have built him on a different mesh but I loved the idle so much. Maybe I'll do better skope with different keyframes over the weekend. If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears.
Blue Beetle mesh? But for you next up WATCHMEN SKINS ON TOMMY"S NEW MESHES!!!! :wacko:
I don't know if I style fit the retro Watchmen look. I personally think Tommyboy hit is right on the head.
I agree, Spiderboy is a great mesh, but some of it is off just slightly. Like for instance, the cuff on his right sleeve floats off the mesh and (this is just a personal thing) the mesh would look better if he drew the webshooter when needed. The Blue Beetle mesh is definetly the best place to start i think. Apart from that, it can only be described by the word EPIC!
Quote from: ghazkul on March 06, 2009, 12:21:59 AM
I agree, Spiderboy is a great mesh, but some of it is off just slightly. Like for instance, the cuff on his right sleeve floats off the mesh and (this is just a personal thing) the mesh would look better if he drew the webshooter when needed. The Blue Beetle mesh is definetly the best place to start i think. Apart from that, it can only be described by the word EPIC!
Unfortunately Blue Beetle will not work. It distort Ren's teen meshes. If anyone wants to take a crack at reskoping by all means.
EDIT: Actually I did a new skope based on the same mesh as The Rival.
EDTI: So I'm not able to get the keyframes to work with the webshooter so it is either a Spider-boy without webshooter or the one that has been released.
Sweet Mother of All That Is Holy...that Ares skope is FRIGGIN' AWESOME. i would NEVER have thought to use those keyframes for that, and the skin itself...WHOA! :thumbup:
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 06, 2009, 12:34:29 AM
Quote from: ghazkul on March 06, 2009, 12:21:59 AM
I agree, Spiderboy is a great mesh, but some of it is off just slightly. Like for instance, the cuff on his right sleeve floats off the mesh and (this is just a personal thing) the mesh would look better if he drew the webshooter when needed. The Blue Beetle mesh is definetly the best place to start i think. Apart from that, it can only be described by the word EPIC!
Unfortunately Blue Beetle will not work. It distort Ren's teen meshes. If anyone wants to take a crack at reskoping by all means.
EDIT: Actually I did a new skope based on the same mesh as The Rival.
EDTI: So I'm not able to get the keyframes to work with the webshooter so it is either a Spider-boy without webshooter or the one that has been released.
Oh... Tuff noogies. :( Well Either Way i'm happy! :thumbup: It is up to the public i guess!
These all look amazing in-game :thumbup: Awe-inspiring.
Hey, I was going to send this via PM, but apparently AA's box is filled with what I imagine are similar missives. In the hopes that he hasn't left the community for good, I post the following:
Howdy AA, sorry to hear the recent news, but I can certainly understand it. I can only imagine that what happened must have hit you just about hardest of all. Good luck in your future projects man, and let me add my voice to the chorus that I'm sure is telling you we hope you stay around the community. :) Your work has always been wonderful man, but we care for the artist as much as the art.
Quote from: BentonGrey on March 14, 2009, 05:27:46 AM
Hey, I was going to send this via PM, but apparently AA's box is filled with what I imagine are similar missives. In the hopes that he hasn't left the community for good, I post the following:
Howdy AA, sorry to hear the recent news, but I can certainly understand it. I can only imagine that what happened must have hit you just about hardest of all. Good luck in your future projects man, and let me add my voice to the chorus that I'm sure is telling you we hope you stay around the community. :) Your work has always been wonderful man, but we care for the artist as much as the art.
Yeah, ditto. Take care AA, and hopefully you'll still post here. :)
Shaaaaaaaaaaaane!!!!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!
:( A great showcase that is closed down.
Bad news
Huh? AA is leaving? Before you leave brother could you pass on to me all your godly skinning skills? :D
I think some people are exaggerating the issue. AA posted that he was going to retire from "skinning" on Heroforce like...last week. He's been posting here since then.
I hope the retirement from skinning is temporary, AA.
The community needs a talent like yours.
Whether it is a permanent retirement from skinning or not, thanks for all the cool stuff you've given us over the years.
Quote from: Previsionary on March 14, 2009, 06:34:25 PM
I think some people are exaggerating the issue. AA posted that he was going to retire from "skinning" on Heroforce like...last week. He's been posting here since then.
Yeah seriously. :P I'm not going away where. I'm just extremely burnt out and everything that has been going on has taken the wind out of my sails.
*fanning paper bag with hopes of lifting sail* ;)
I'm glad to hear you aren't leaving the community AA! I hadn't seen any posts from you when I made my own. :)
Bah I refuse to believe AA is really retiring. You'll be back, just you wait and see....please? :(
Heya AA...do me a favor...I gotta ask you something really important but your pm box has been understandably full as of late...pm me as soon as you get the chance. Thanks bro.
Really sad to see you retiring (temporary though it hopefully is), but I popped in at heroforce...you're goin' out with a bang, bro.
I too am sorry to see you retire (we can only hope you'll pull a Michael Jordan)...But I totally understand where you're coming from. I was tempted to just throw my hands up and leave too, after all that went down.
I'm very glad you're hanging around, though.
Dana
But you CAN"T retire, AA! You're the only other person who likes Tomorrow Woman!
Wow, you guys are great but I really feel like this is the right time for me to retire. I hardly ever touch :ffvstr: anymore and :ff: doesn't run on Vista (unless there is a trick and if so please tell me I want to play Strangers again).
Also Tomorrow Woman rules the school.
Quote from: Previsionary on March 14, 2009, 06:34:25 PM
I think some people are exaggerating the issue. AA posted that he was going to retire from "skinning" on Heroforce like...last week. He's been posting here since then.
exactly me and pod have been stuck with him for weeks, ever since his retirement all he does is sit around on the HF couch and eat all the bloody snacks, the chocolate bar was mine :angry:
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 16, 2009, 10:01:41 PM
Wow, you guys are great but I really feel like this is the right time for me to retire. I hardly ever touch :ffvstr: anymore and :ff: doesn't run on Vista (unless there is a trick and if so please tell me I want to play Strangers again).
Also Tomorrow Woman rules the school.
I'm running FF1 on vista no problem. I don't have FFX installed however.
Quote from: doctorchallenger on March 16, 2009, 10:59:02 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 16, 2009, 10:01:41 PM
Wow, you guys are great but I really feel like this is the right time for me to retire. I hardly ever touch :ffvstr: anymore and :ff: doesn't run on Vista (unless there is a trick and if so please tell me I want to play Strangers again).
Also Tomorrow Woman rules the school.
I'm running FF1 on vista no problem. I don't have FFX installed however.
I do as well, and I had FFX installed to playtest several mods (some of which appeared on FRP2...*plug*)
Sorry to see you go AA. I've always said you were a inspiration to me and others...I know I had to "up my game" a few times because of you.
Enjoy your retirement! :cool:
Although you should have said "semi-retirement" like I did. You don't want to make a lair out of yourself when the bug comes back. ;)
Your skinning talents will be missed by me and apparently EVERYONE else. Thanks for all your hard work and your constant inspiration to all of us skinners, hope to see you back to your old ways when you're ready.
Quote from: Courtnall6 on March 17, 2009, 12:53:04 AM
Although you should have said "semi-retirement" like I did. You don't want to make a lair out of yourself when the bug comes back. ;)
And the bug will come back...that I beleive. Enjoy the break buddy. ;)
Hey, AA...do you have the most recent patches for FF? Mine didn't work until I patched it.
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on March 16, 2009, 10:06:50 PM
Quote from: Previsionary on March 14, 2009, 06:34:25 PM
I think some people are exaggerating the issue. AA posted that he was going to retire from "skinning" on Heroforce like...last week. He's been posting here since then.
exactly me and pod have been stuck with him for weeks, ever since his retirement all he does is sit around on the HF couch and eat all the bloody snacks, the chocolate bar was mine :angry:
Yeah I'm supposed to be the free loader of this team!
Also does anyone remember the last time AA retired? I really seem to recall he retired before.
Quote from: Podmark on March 17, 2009, 03:36:34 AM
Also does anyone remember the last time AA retired? I really seem to recall he retired before.
Yeah, I remember. Got a new carburetor and an oil change while he was at it.
Welcome to retirement, Afghan Ant.
Its peaceful here...
Umm... happy retirement AA? If it really is, I guess.
Still, you should know not all of us play FF despite skinning/meshing. Personally, I haven't played since I worked on the FR mod.
AA retires? Hey come join me nothins going on over here! <_<
Quote from: DrMike2000 on March 17, 2009, 04:58:58 AM
Welcome to retirement, Afghan Ant.
Its peaceful here...
It really is.
Well, I hope your retirement is short-lived, AA. Your work is always welcome here.
I do have to ask, though.. are you releasing that C&D? I was checking HeroForce all weekend just in case. :)
Quote from: laughing paradox on March 17, 2009, 04:21:32 PM
Well, I hope your retirement is short-lived, AA. Your work is always welcome here.
I do have to ask, though.. are you releasing that C&D? I was checking HeroForce all weekend just in case. :)
I need to finish up the fxs and they are going to be posted. I can probably get around to it tonight after work.
clean out your pm box, ya muppet
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on March 17, 2009, 11:45:35 PM
clean out your pm box, ya muppet
Dammit. How is it full again. Blargh! It is empty now.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 17, 2009, 11:48:12 PM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on March 17, 2009, 11:45:35 PM
clean out your pm box, ya muppet
Dammit. How is it full again. Blargh! It is empty now.
omgah, be less popular, AA! :p
Oh, I didn't notice you're retiring, AA.
Well, I would like to think this is a temporary situation, as I really enjoy your work. You're one of the most talented skinners I've seen around FR, and that's saying a lot. Trust me.
If not, it's alright too. Nice to know you'll keep in touch with the community. Good luck with your personal projects and your life in general. That's more important than a skin or two (or thousands, in your case).
Done, eh? Curse you, AA...
I love that Cloak, AA :thumbup:
If this is truly the end of your skinning career, then I want to thank you for the great ride.
Come on now all the greats retire and come back...They just need well deserved breaks. ^_^
Well it looks like I'm at it again but a little different this time. I was really burnt out and all the negativity on the board just really drained my love for skinning. However, it do not stop me from working on other FF projects with others and I am really glad I helped and continue to help them. They know who they are and I am really honored I can be of help to you.
Anyway, getting back to why I'm posting in this section, I did some skins! Well just two right now but I'm really happy with them. I think everyone on this board can easily identify them so there is no need for me to talk about them. However, if you want to see high res images and the detail I put into them, you gotta click on the images to visit my blog (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/).
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/superman_freedom_force.png?w=361&h=198) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/freedom-force-skin-superman/) (http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/lex_luthor_3d_model.jpg?w=361&h=198) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/freedom-force-skin-lex-luthor/)
I know, why not just post them here? Well because I want people to come to my blog, get to know me, and I'm more likely to update it with works in progress and even little tips on how I do certain things.
very good keep up the good work AA :thumbup:
He's baack! :thumbup: And I'll definitely check out your blog.
oooOOOOOoooo :D nice i'm going to the blog :thumbup:
Sweet he's back, I win :twisted:
Those look very cool AA, I'll have to bookmark your blog.
But I do want to address an inaccuracy in your blog:
QuoteI don't know when I'm going to release him but if I do he'll probably be hosted on HeroForce. I added the "probably" because I gave up my position as a memeber of HF and I think Pod and TUE have been asking around about replacements and kicking around a redesign for the site.
You will always have a place at Hero Force. If you do your own site thats cool, but you can always release at HF.
Another (wordpress) blog? Really? That's it, FRP2 is going to blogger! ^_^.
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Good deal on the new blog, AA. Perhaps I should link to it in your spotlight or some such.
welcome back AA. i hope you do release these, they're really good. i checked out the blog too, good stuff. quick question, whats CS3? is that an art program? thanks.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on April 18, 2009, 11:37:21 PM
welcome back AA. i hope you do release these, they're really good. i checked out the blog too, good stuff. quick question, whats CS3? is that an art program? thanks.
Photoshop creative suite 3.
Welcome back and I really like that Luthor and the blog is cool and entertaining :thumbup:
See...He pulled a Michael Jordan. :P
I'm glad you're back, AA.
Dana
Quote from: Previsionary on April 18, 2009, 11:42:37 PM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on April 18, 2009, 11:37:21 PM
welcome back AA. i hope you do release these, they're really good. i checked out the blog too, good stuff. quick question, whats CS3? is that an art program? thanks.
Photoshop creative suite 3.
Thanks Prev
(http://afghanant.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/supergirl_freedom_force.png?w=361&h=198) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/freedom-force-skin-supergirl/)
Not much to say other than Kara Zor-El, Supergirl.
Good to see ya back, bro.
The image doesn't seem to enlarge on your blog so I can't see the finer details of the skin. I agree with you a hundred percent about how they handled Linda Danvers and the intro of Kara. She was my favorite incarnation of SuperGirl and then they dumped her. :(
I like the blog a lot. Good job.
... Is it wrong that I want to DL that Luthor so bad I'd kill Superman to do it?
Wow that Thor comparison just shows how far you've came in such a short time. I'm liking the blog, seems so much more personal than these threads tend to be...which I guess is the point of blogs.
Dude, seriously? You retire and then some of your best work surfaces(not that the last 3 weren't great. Still love spiderboy by the way.)? I see how it is... :( JK :D Great stuff, great supes(both) and great lex! Can't wait to see more.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on April 20, 2009, 03:26:46 AM
The image doesn't seem to enlarge on your blog so I can't see the finer details of the skin. I agree with you a hundred percent about how they handled Linda Danvers and the intro of Kara. She was my favorite incarnation of SuperGirl and then they dumped her. :(
Yeah and then having Linda be taken to hell and act out of character lately has been a total mess. Also I fixed the link on my blog. :)
Very...very cool big guy. ;) You did a fantastic job with her.
I really like that Superman ... I thought I'd be over him by now seeing as (as you mentioned) he's one of the most skinned characteres in FF.
I hope you continue to release your work. It's amazing.
(http://afghanant.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/superboy_prime_freedom_force.png?w=361&h=198) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/freedom-force-skin-superboy-prime/)
Close-up of my recent work:
Spoiler
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/close-ups.jpg)
Really great stuff, AA. I like the tattered look on the cape and the highlights look great.. the only problem is, your link doesn't work properly!
Quote from: laughing paradox on April 22, 2009, 01:05:57 AM
Really great stuff, AA. I like the tattered look on the cape and the highlights look great.. the only problem is, your link doesn't work properly!
Fixed! Thank, LP.
Very very nice.
This isn't the skin that Spectre Lad previewed a while back is it?
Quote from: Podmark on April 22, 2009, 01:31:46 AM
Very very nice.
This isn't the skin that Spectre Lad previewed a while back is it?
It was just a skope I did for SL but I thought I wouldn't skin it. Turns out I eventually did.
Jeezus man! Holy cow! :thumbup:
That is a fantastic job, :D I really like all the Superman stuff you have been doing. Any other villains of his you plan on doing, so I can take them off my to do list? :rolleyes:
Excellent!!
AA, i think these are some of your best skins to date! It has a nice ballance between cartoon and realistic. Kinda the vibe i got from the mtv spiderman(which i liked enough to get a few dvds). Despite the plots and all the other junk, they had a nice blend of edgy cartoon and simply realistic. Your last few skins have done that but 200 time better. Great work and can't wait for more!
Quote from: TAP43 on April 22, 2009, 02:36:11 AM
That is a fantastic job, :D I really like all the Superman stuff you have been doing. Any other villains of his you plan on doing, so I can take them off my to do list? :rolleyes:
Right now just Superman's family and the three main Adult LSH'ers. Other than that nothing but two avatars for forum members. After that who knows, I still want to finish Marvel Boy but everytime I start working on him I just go "blah" and stop.
Quote from: docdelorean88 on April 22, 2009, 02:46:09 PM
AA, i think these are some of your best skins to date! It has a nice ballance between cartoon and realistic. Kinda the vibe i got from the mtv spider-man(which i liked enough to get a few dvds). Despite the plots and all the other junk, they had a nice blend of edgy cartoon and simply realistic. Your last few skins have done that but 200 time better. Great work and can't wait for more!
Thanks for the huge compliment. That realistically cartoony is my skinning philosophy. :)
I like this new twist to your style.
Man thats awesome! what was that about retiring? this is some of the best skins i´ve ever seen, can´t wait to see more. ;)
The 3 main Legionnaires.. as shown in Legion of the 3 Worlds? The designs under Geoff Johns? That would be super.
Who else is in Superman's Family that you've yet to do?
These newest are amazing works of art as everybody else has stated. That Luthor just blows my mind, though. Unbelievable!
i like all of them aa keep up the good work :thumbup: p.s. when will you release them
I'm glad that retirement didn't suit you. :lol:
(http://afghanant.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/superboy_freedom_force.png?w=361&h=198) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/freedom-force-skin-superboy-conner-kent/)
My favorite of the SuperFamily members, Conner Kent!
Very cool! :thumbup: The only critique that I have for it is that he needs belt loops and center seaming/stitching down the back of the jean. Maybe I might move the hair on the sides of his head forward a shake...from the front view it looks like the sides are shaved. IMHO. ;) Or maybe thats just the mesh.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on April 23, 2009, 05:24:21 PM
Very cool! :thumbup: The only critique that I have for it is that he needs belt loops and center seaming/stitching down the back of the jean. Maybe I might move the hair on the sides of his head forward a shake...from the front view it looks like the sides are shaved. IMHO. ;) Or maybe thats just the mesh.
Updated on my blog.
There's my boy! I miss him so very much.
Glasses are a nice touch.
I wondered what was taking you so long with him. the skin looks fantastic, though i feel though you've used little i think there is to many fabric folds, i remember conners shirt was drawing quite tight with little to none.
honestly with the way you're skoping i was quite interested in what mesh you went with
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on April 23, 2009, 07:21:21 PM
I wondered what was taking you so long with him. the skin looks fantastic, though i feel though you've used little i think there is to many fabric folds, i remember conners shirt was drawing quite tight with little to none.
honestly with the way you're skoping i was quite interested in what mesh you went with
Yeah I didn't the tight shirt with abs and really didn't like it. It felt wrong for some reason.
This mesh is skoped from Ink's Superboy and Renegade's Luke Cage (v3? I need to double check the readme), he's been resized to Superboy Prime height so he has the football player build but not as tall as Superman.
Some great stuff AA, as ever.
The blog is pretty good too.
Glad to see you still have the skinning/skoping bug, but don't understand how you can keep getting better...
Quote from: tommyboy on April 23, 2009, 07:42:02 PM
Some great stuff AA, as ever.
The blog is pretty good too.
Glad to see you still have the skinning/skoping bug, but don't understand how you can keep getting better...
Thanks, Tommyboy. Also like every skoper, without you guys I wouldn't be able to do any of this. You help me make my ideas come to life.
Nice...love the specs that you added.
I had the same idea, but I wanted to use the baggy pant from the luke cage meshv5 I think. But It looks it look great and like it was said before the glasses are a nice touch.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on April 23, 2009, 08:06:14 PM
Thanks, Tommyboy. Also like every skoper, without you guys I wouldn't be able to do any of this. You help me make my ideas come to life.
I really got to echo this statement. Skoping is the ultimate skinning tool.
Quote from: Podmark on April 24, 2009, 02:53:35 AM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on April 23, 2009, 08:06:14 PM
Thanks, Tommyboy. Also like every skoper, without you guys I wouldn't be able to do any of this. You help me make my ideas come to life.
I really got to echo this statement. Skoping is the ultimate skinning tool.
Very, very true.
I'm really digging the customized faces here AA, the details show alot of love for characters. Beautiful.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on April 23, 2009, 05:03:01 PM
(http://afghanant.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/superboy_freedom_force.png?w=361&h=198) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/freedom-force-skin-superboy-conner-kent/)
My favorite of the SuperFamily members, Conner Kent!
Don't mean to be the voice of negativity here but in my opinion the highlights on the t-shirt are too strong giving it an almost PVC effect. Apart from that well done.
really like your skins in particular the face looks very super family
Quote from: Haljack on April 24, 2009, 07:39:17 PM
Don't mean to be the voice of negativity here but in my opinion the highlights on the t-shirt are too strong giving it an almost PVC effect. Apart from that well done.
Thanks but that's what I was going for. It's how I highlight my blacks but to each there own.
Quote from: cascarudo on April 24, 2009, 09:44:59 PM
really like your skins in particular the face looks very super family
Thank you. :)
Really awesome work AA.
You've got a knack for "banging" out these families. Now I'm wondering if there's a certain "fantastic" family coming down the road. :rolleyes: ;)
Congratulations on your new blog site AA. The cartoon face of Lex Luthor and Superman looks really great by the way.
In your blog, there's a picture of this new Superwoman? Could it be possible that you are interested/planning to make a skin for her sometime in the future? :P
Quote from: Outcast on April 26, 2009, 09:06:40 AMIn your blog, there's a picture of this new Superwoman? Could it be possible that you are interested/planning to make a skin for her sometime in the future? :P
Yes, I'm planning on skinning her soon. I just need to finish the Eradicator.
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/eradicator_preview.jpg?w=253&h=308) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/freedom-force-preview-skin-eradicator/)
It's a good thing you retired, otherwise you'd be working yourself to death. ;)
Holy cow! Another character that I hate that you've done a fantastic skin four! :rolleyes: :P
Nice work (as usual). So do you give lessons?
I made some Eradicator comments on your blog. Very happy to see this skin.
AA clear out your PMs.
Quote from: Podmark on April 26, 2009, 09:53:28 PM
AA clear out your PMs.
^Seconded. I need to spa... er... ask about your FR mod submission.
Quote from: Tomato on April 26, 2009, 09:59:11 PM
Quote from: Podmark on April 26, 2009, 09:53:28 PM
AA clear out your PMs.
^Seconded. I need to spa... er... ask about your FR mod submission.
Done. Sorry peeps. I always forget to delete messages.
I actually like Eradicator (more in his Reign of the Supermen costume though)....glad to see he's getting your special attention.
I'm really looking forward to this one, I've always liked that design for Eradicator.
I can't believe that i've never seen this version of the Eradicator before. You always put so much heart into your skins. Beautiful.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on April 26, 2009, 05:50:09 PM
Quote from: Outcast on April 26, 2009, 09:06:40 AMIn your blog, there's a picture of this new Superwoman? Could it be possible that you are interested/planning to make a skin for her sometime in the future? :P
Yes, I'm planning on skinning her soon. I just need to finish the Eradicator.
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/eradicator_preview.jpg?w=253&h=308) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/freedom-force-preview-skin-eradicator/)
Nice to know this new Superwoman will be getting the AA treatment.
I've never seen that costume of Eradicator either, but i like it as well. :cool:
So, I've almost finished the Eradicator and I skoped Superwoman this weekend. I guess I am looking for feedback/advice on what to do about Eradicator's cloak. Skinning it is just not panning out the way I planned. So could any of your guys out there give me some suggestion for a new cloak.
Images in the link below...
AA's Freedom Force Project Update (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/afghanants-freedom-force-project-update/)
Hmmm.....maybe a jacket or shirt and alpha out the bits that you don't want? Ren's Firebrand or Syns Wolverine TJplus.....alpha out say the sleeves and right up under the chest? Maybe give that a whirl.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on May 04, 2009, 12:14:57 AM
Hmmm.....maybe a jacket or shirt and alpha out the bits that you don't want? Ren's Firebrand or Syns Wolverine TJplus.....alpha out say the sleeves and right up under the chest? Maybe give that a whirl.
Ah, I see what you are saying and that is a good idea. I'm actually talking about the bottom part of the cloak. I just can not make heads or tails on tommyboy's cloak.
Then maybe...use Jik's xcom ethereal mesh?
Way back when I was thinking of doing this design I thought alpha-ing out parts of Gni's trench coat might work.
Yeah...that could work too.
Great idea, Pod.
Possibly The coat_tails from Gren's Gambit mesh?
I tried Gambit by Ink and Gni and I think for the look I'm going for Tommy's coat works the best. I just need to sit down and figured out how I can make this mapping work for me.
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/superwoman_3d_model.jpg?w=225&h=232) (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/freedom-force-skin-superwoman/)
So I finished up the Eradicator as he was. I decided to just work around the skinning issue with the cape instead of changing the cape out. I really liked the keyframes I skoped together for him and those other jacket pieces do not get along with my in-game vision. As you mine see above I finished Superwoman too. If you look at my blog you'll see the flats I did. She was really fun to do because 1) I like her and 2) it was really nice to hang paint almost everything rather than selecting and cutting out color pieces.
Anyway, I'm going to try to start on the fxs and get this pack up and ready for download on my blog this week. Eventually they'll make it to HF too.
Wow! Looks awesome. The white is perfect, and the hood in particular looks phenomenal.
Quote from: Gremlin on May 11, 2009, 12:58:37 AM
Wow! Looks awesome. The white is perfect, and the hood in particular looks phenomenal.
Thanks. Casanova total suggested I go with a gray instead of a blue and I love it.
Yeah, I think a blue would have blended too mcuh with the blue on the outfit.
Great work man, can't wait to see more.
Hmm, that's a really neat design AA. Is that your original take on it? I agree, the gray is a nice touch.
Quote from: BentonGrey on May 11, 2009, 02:52:14 AM
Hmm, that's a really neat design AA. Is that your original take on it? I agree, the gray is a nice touch.
Nope, it is Alex Ross' design for Superwoman.
like allways very good work AA !!!!
"Fantastic" my friend...simply "FANTASTIC"! :thumbup:
She came out very nice AA.
I'm not too familiar with the design, but why not do all the circles as meshed parts? Also the edge of the white area looks weird to me because of the dark outlines on the other parts.
Thanks folks.
Quote from: Podmark on May 11, 2009, 09:21:32 PM
She came out very nice AA.
I'm not too familiar with the design, but why not do all the circles as meshed parts? Also the edge of the white area looks weird to me because of the dark outlines on the other parts.
I didn't skope the circles on her arms because when I tried it, they were floating too much. So I said forget it plus it keeps the file size pretty small.
I was working on a skope for her as well...and those "circles" were a pain in the butt. I think I know how to fix it...it'll just be time consuming. If you want I can give it a try? Either way it looks "fantastic"...hmm I love that word. :rolleyes: :P
Quote from: AfghanAnt on May 12, 2009, 09:22:04 PM
I didn't skope the circles on her arms because when I tried it, they were floating too much. So I said forget it plus it keeps the file size pretty small.
Fair enough.
If you're interested.........
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n172/blkcasanova247/ARMORBS.jpg)
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n172/blkcasanova247/ARMORBS2.jpg)
did these and "NO" floating. ;) They were a "PAIN" in the butt to postion though. :wacko: I might do it another way as well. ;)
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on May 13, 2009, 08:22:49 PM
If you're interested.........
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n172/blkcasanova247/ARMORBS.jpg)
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n172/blkcasanova247/ARMORBS2.jpg)
did these and "NO" floating. ;) They were a "PAIN" in the butt to postion though. :wacko: I might do it another way as well. ;)
Yes, expect some superwoman, cyke, and xorn in your email later on tonight.
Cool...I got you man. ;)
AA clean out your pms again.
Geez popular guy...
Quote from: Podmark on May 19, 2009, 03:50:51 AM
AA clean out your pms again.
Geez popular guy...
Ooops. Go for it, Pod.
Updating some of my skins to new skopes.
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/wiccan_druid.jpg)
Billy as Wiccan and Druid.
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/asgardian_new.jpg)
Billy as Asgardian.
That's awesome. Although I'd suggest coloring that tiny piece that's clipping the same color as the shoulder piece.
Quote from: Gremlin on June 23, 2009, 01:18:47 AM
That's awesome. Although I'd suggest coloring that tiny piece that's clipping the same color as the shoulder piece.
Don't worry, I plan on it. :) In fact besides Wiccan's base skin, I haven't started skinning anything yet. All the pieces are my old extras.
Lookin' good AA! ;) :thumbup:
ooooh pretty.
Pod loves Young Avengers.
superb when did he become druid, did i miss that
Quote from: Podmark on June 23, 2009, 05:57:37 PM
ooooh pretty.
Pod loves Young Avengers.
Maybe we should work on them together. You still doing Stature?
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on June 23, 2009, 08:23:30 PM
superb when did he become druid, did i miss that
He never became Druid. I'm doing my own Dark Reign/Young Masters version of the team. It's not really Billy but it a character based on crappy Cap America villain, Dremund Druid - http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/dredmunddruid.htm
ahh that would explain it, and guys if you're working on YA count me in if you want, i don't think i've seen someone who doesn't like that comic
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on June 23, 2009, 08:36:25 PM
ahh that would explain it, and guys if you're working on YA count me in if you want, i don't think i've seen someone who doesn't like that comic
Holy crap, it should be a HeroForce event!
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 23, 2009, 08:40:09 PM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on June 23, 2009, 08:36:25 PM
ahh that would explain it, and guys if you're working on YA count me in if you want, i don't think i've seen someone who doesn't like that comic
Holy crap, it should be a HeroForce event!
What's a "heroforce"? Who are those guys? Is one of them from canadia? ^^
I'm intrigued thus far, sir AA. Very intrigued.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 23, 2009, 08:40:09 PM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on June 23, 2009, 08:36:25 PM
ahh that would explain it, and guys if you're working on YA count me in if you want, i don't think i've seen someone who doesn't like that comic
Holy crap, it should be a HeroForce event!
Most definitely! :thumbup:
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 23, 2009, 08:29:14 PM
Quote from: Podmark on June 23, 2009, 05:57:37 PM
ooooh pretty.
Pod loves Young Avengers.
Maybe we should work on them together. You still doing Stature?
Hmmm, yess Pod could get behind that.
Clear your pms AA!
Yes ya muppet clear out your PM's :rolleyes: :P
agreed
Crap. I need to start deleting things more often.
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/wiccan_hulkling1.jpg)
Well I'm guessing you know who is based on the title. I'm really happy with the way these two came out and they were relatively quick to do especially since I'm doing a million other things right now.
:blink: Is there anything you can't do :thumbup:
Droolworthy!
Love the updated skopes AA.
Like I said on your blog...very cool work AA. Hey didja ever finish up your Quitely X-Men? Just curious.
Can't stand the characters, but those are some nice skins AA. :)
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 04, 2009, 01:41:02 PM
Can't stand the characters, but those are some nice skins AA. :)
What did they ever do to you? :P
Quote from: AfghanAnt on July 04, 2009, 06:21:33 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 04, 2009, 01:41:02 PM
Can't stand the characters, but those are some nice skins AA. :)
What did they ever do to you? :P
C'mon AA, you know the only good Skrull is a dead Skrull! :D
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 04, 2009, 06:45:36 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on July 04, 2009, 06:21:33 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 04, 2009, 01:41:02 PM
Can't stand the characters, but those are some nice skins AA. :)
What did they ever do to you? :P
C'mon AA, you know the only good Skrull is a dead Skrull! :D
RACIST.
Quote from: Gremlin on July 04, 2009, 06:57:34 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 04, 2009, 06:45:36 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on July 04, 2009, 06:21:33 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 04, 2009, 01:41:02 PM
Can't stand the characters, but those are some nice skins AA. :)
What did they ever do to you? :P
C'mon AA, you know the only good Skrull is a dead Skrull! :D
RACIST.
SKRULLCIST! :D
They look great AA, but I'm not digging Hulkling's face. Looks too old or grim or something.
Love the Young Avengers though, and they'll always stand as proof that awesome stuff can come about because of stories I didn't like (Avenger Disassembled). Now if only Heinberg would hurry up and finish up his Avengers project.
These are great! :thumbup:
Impressive skopes as always AA. The details on the skins are truly exceptional. Excellent work. :cool:
OHAITHAR comments. Thanks a lot guys. I really enjoyed skinning the both of these characters because I really love them. You should really see them as compared to the original skins I did (vast improvement).
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/youngavengers1.jpg)
I thought I'd share this. Hulkling, Wiccan, and Super-Skrull by me and JP and the Skrulls are Ren's and C6's.
Very well done.
Oh hey, that's a really cool pic, AA.
Dang, that's good. Everything's so crisp. Digital but in a drawn way. Awesome.
That looks very cool
(http://afghanant.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/kid_flash_low_poly_3d_model.png)
Close-Up
Spoiler
(http://afghanant.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/kid_flash.jpg)
damn man nice job, dance puppet dance muhahahaha
I forgot the "Wow" factor -
(http://i31.tinypic.com/21bq6tc.jpg)
I'm really not sure why no one has done this before.
That's pretty cool man. :thumbup: I think that Revenant did a "lightning" fx for The Flash that activates during a running animation.
Top notch work as usual AA :cool:
Great job, AA. Minor suggestion? Maybe seams on his pants, on the side.
The chest emblem is really good.
:faint
YEAH!!! THAT's a good one!
Quote from: AfghanAnt on July 15, 2009, 07:54:21 PM
I forgot the "Wow" factor -
(http://i31.tinypic.com/21bq6tc.jpg)
I'm really not sure why no one has done this before.
'
Clever :thumbup:
Wow! Really clean looking skin AA, i can't wait to see the trails in game!
Quote from: detourne_me on July 16, 2009, 03:12:46 PM
Wow! Really clean looking skin AA, i can't wait to see the trails in game!
Yeah, that is my skinning mantra now. Clean. Shiny. Smooth.
Ooo nice Bart. Very shinny.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on July 15, 2009, 08:04:47 PM
That's pretty cool man. :thumbup: I think that Revenant did a "lightning" fx for The Flash that activates during a running animation.
I just saw the skope he did and I'm moving Kid Flash over to it. The animations are amazing and the speedforce effect a lot cooler than mine. Now if only I can find gloves like his...
Wow AA, very pretty! The colors are so bright and vibrant that you can really feel the optimism that (from my point of view) radiates from the idea of superheroes. That touch on his 'ear wings' is especially cool.
Kid Flash looks really really good. Gosh, your colors are so vibrant and..yummy.
I'm glad everyone loves the colors.
(http://i26.tinypic.com/rviqnq.jpg)
So I finished up all the Teen Titans I'll be doing. Now back to finishing up the Young Avengers.
I love these..a lot-a lot. :cool:
They look really swell, although Wondergirl's face makes her look like she's 30.
Quote from: Gremlin on July 19, 2009, 05:00:39 PM
They look really swell, although Wondergirl's face makes her look like she's 30.
You think?
(http://i25.tinypic.com/2m83zvm.jpg)
Fantastic work! :cool:
Never been a fan of the "fanboy" looks for Connor and Cassie but what can you do...
As for Wondergirl...the lower eyelids are causing the aging in her face. Skinners have to very careful when adding them...it can easily look like baggy eyes. It does age her here somewhat...but she looks in her mid 20's to me.
I actually don't think that is it, C6. I think it was the size and shape of her eyes and the pout of the mouth.
(http://i25.tinypic.com/1434baa.jpg)
But to my defense, Cassie has been drawn considerably older looking since OYL -
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/8190/771772-boog_cv22.jpg
http://www.comicvine.com/wonder-girl/29-10885/all-images/108-217008/wonder_girl_010/105-877505/
http://www.comicvine.com/wonder-girl/29-10885/all-images/108-217008/tt_63/105-765220/
http://www.comicvine.com/wonder-girl/29-10885/all-images/108-217008/137931-wonder-girl/105-348577/
http://www.comicvine.com/wonder-girl/29-10885/all-images/108-217008/teentitans/105-838368/
If I were going for say 15 year ago Cassie I would try to make her look significantly younger. However she is being drawn as mature woman and that is the direction I went with her.
:wub: Pod is filled with love for these skins.
I can't wait for Adventure Comics. It'll be so nice to see Connor meeting his friends again.
AA, do you mind updating Ms.Marvels, so that the classic one has an extra scope with the currents hair so that we can make "ms.marvel" Moonstone?
I thought Adventure Comics was going to be Conner Kent and the Legion of Super-Heroes?
Quote from: Xenolith on July 20, 2009, 03:19:43 PM
I thought Adventure Comics was going to be Conner Kent and the Legion of Super-Heroes?
Connor Kent is the main feature, the Legion is a backup story.
Cool skins AA :thumbup:
"Constantly Stares At HEROFORCE"
Where is my updates! <_<
Closed? :blink: :huh:
Quote from: jtharris86 on July 20, 2009, 11:28:51 PM
"Constantly Stares At HEROFORCE"
Where is my updates! <_<
Closed? :blink: :huh:
See General Discussions for details.
Amazing work on youre newest skins AA, love the facework on Wondergirl especially!
Dang, Red Robin is awesome!
Are you guys going to get individual sights, or maybe yahoo groups? It's a shame Hero Force is down. I had to whipe my comp, and now its all gone... :( oh well, out with the old in with the new. :)
Are these available or will they be released at Champions launch?
Don't really see why they would be available with Champions since AA is a HeroForce man. ;)
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on August 07, 2009, 09:18:03 PM
Don't really see why they would be available with Champions since AA is a HeroForce man. ;)
I don't see why they'd be available at Champions since they were due five months ago. ;)
Quote from: Gremlin on August 08, 2009, 12:41:20 AM
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on August 07, 2009, 09:18:03 PM
Don't really see why they would be available with Champions since AA is a HeroForce man. ;)
I don't see why they'd be available at Champions since they were due five months ago. ;)
The heck is a
champion? You can't possibly be talking about the
"Champions" of Los Angeles starring Hercules, right? That's the only Champs I know of. Other than the games, I mean.
Quote from: docdelorean88 on August 07, 2009, 08:32:34 PMoh well, out with the old in with the new. :)
good to know, how replaceable you are in a community
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on August 08, 2009, 08:49:36 AM
Quote from: docdelorean88 on August 07, 2009, 08:32:34 PMoh well, out with the old in with the new. :)
good to know, how replaceable you are in a community
How replaceable
I am in the community? :( Anyhow i meant the web site(assuming you gents will be getting new websites).
@Doc: Correct your post please, you quoted it improperly.
@TUE: Spaz down man, I don't think anyone is suggesting that you go away. I mean, who else will help me kill people like Neros?
Also... I am also curious about how all the heroforce people automatically are Champions now. How come no one thinks of NPI? We're a major site too, GDI!
Sorry about that, my mouse randomly goes crazy and clicks places i haven't. Really, i appologize if i offended anyone, i really was meaning the websites, not the artists. I love the works from the folks an HF. I couldn't replace them. :)
Quote from: Tomato on August 08, 2009, 06:27:54 PM
@Doc: Correct your post please, you quoted it improperly.
@TUE: Spaz down man, I don't think anyone is suggesting that you go away. I mean, who else will help me kill people like Neros?
Also... I am also curious about how all the heroforce people automatically are Champions now. How come no one thinks of NPI? We're a major site too, GDI!
I'm not a Champion. Still a proud member of Heroforce even though the site is practically inactive.
I won a beer drinking championship, am I am champion? Sorry for the post steal.
As always excellent attention to detail with the Titans. Love em
I'd like to think we're all Champions. I for one am the Champion of Coffee Drinking and Grand Ideas that Never Seem to Get Finished. :thumbup:
Speaking of the Heroforce website, Podmark's section isn't working anymore.
Quote from: area34 on August 19, 2009, 11:35:38 PM
Speaking of the Heroforce website, Podmark's section isn't working anymore.
Technically the whole site is down. We closed it because of Malware issues and things will disappear completely soon enough. Sad day. I'll have to find a new place for me stuff...
So are you going to put your stuff on a Yahoo group for now?
Quote from: Podmark on August 20, 2009, 02:02:34 AM
Quote from: area34 on August 19, 2009, 11:35:38 PM
Speaking of the Heroforce website, Podmark's section isn't working anymore.
Technically the whole site is down. We closed it because of Malware issues and things will disappear completely soon enough. Sad day. I'll have to find a new place for me stuff...
Are there any plans to bring Heroforce back?
Quote from: murs47 on August 20, 2009, 02:43:27 AM
Quote from: Podmark on August 20, 2009, 02:02:34 AM
Quote from: area34 on August 19, 2009, 11:35:38 PM
Speaking of the Heroforce website, Podmark's section isn't working anymore.
Technically the whole site is down. We closed it because of Malware issues and things will disappear completely soon enough. Sad day. I'll have to find a new place for me stuff...
Are there any plans to bring Heroforce back?
We're not sure right now.
Yeah, the site has been a complete and utter mess to deal with and I'm so busy with my job and freelance client I don't have much time to work out the kinks just yet.
As for me releasing the stuff I did. I'm not even sure. Most of it isn't zip ready and there is a lot of it. Yahoo groups just aren't appealing to me personally anymore it would be a million times easier for me to release on my blog or some place else (there have been offers) but I just haven't had the time to think about that stuff much. Sorry.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on August 21, 2009, 02:17:21 PM
Yeah, the site has been a complete and utter mess to deal with and I'm so busy with my job and freelance client I don't have much time to work out the kinks just yet.
As for me releasing the stuff I did. I'm not even sure. Most of it isn't zip ready and there is a lot of it. Yahoo groups just aren't appealing to me personally anymore it would be a million times easier for me to release on my blog or some place else (there have been offers) but I just haven't had the time to think about that stuff much. Sorry.
Whether you decide to release or not, I'm just happy to see you creating. Your preview pics alone are awesome and I always enjoy checking them out. Best of luck with everything. :D
hey you pm box is full. , mr popular.
What do you mean Heroforce is down? I know there hasn't been any updates, but at least I can get to the site.
http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/HFindex.htm (http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/HFindex.htm)
EDIT: Oh okay, I see what you mean. But why not just keep it up for everyone to see. There is a lot of great work on there.
Quote from: spydermann93 on September 09, 2009, 10:29:50 AM
What do you mean Heroforce is down? I know there hasn't been any updates, but at least I can get to the site.
http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/HFindex.htm (http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/HFindex.htm)
EDIT: Oh okay, I see what you mean. But why not just keep it up for everyone to see. There is a lot of great work on there.
We keep having Malware problems.
Quote from: ink on September 09, 2009, 03:15:34 AM
hey you pm box is full. , mr popular.
Just cleaned it.
Quote from: spydermann93 on September 09, 2009, 10:29:50 AM
What do you mean Heroforce is down? I know there hasn't been any updates, but at least I can get to the site.
http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/HFindex.htm (http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/HFindex.htm)
EDIT: Oh okay, I see what you mean. But why not just keep it up for everyone to see. There is a lot of great work on there.
Do you like viruses?
AA and pod are right. we put the closed sign on the front for a reason but a lot don't want to listen.
we ask for you to respect what we have done and do not use the site.
I occasionally like to look back at my previous work once I've updated a skin and there is not a skin that has been through more changes than my personal avatar. While I'm still not certain why I choose the name AfghanAnt so many years ago, I do remember why I updated my avatar over the last 7 years: The Secret History of an Avatar - AfghanAnt (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/afghanant-freedom-force/)
Want to see what AfghanAnt looks like now?
Spoiler
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/afghanantv5.jpg?w=203&h=192) (http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/afghanantv5.jpg)
Read through the history, pretty interesting, and yeah the new av does seem to be channeling McGuinness. This one is going to take some getting used to, the face is a significant change.
Really great update! And pods right about the McGuiness thing for sure. ;)
I love the avatar retrospective. I don't like the new avatar though. I've always though of the smooth skin and childlike quality of the Hyperion version of you as a defining characteristic. The new one looks more militant for sure, but it doesn't seem like you.
(not that my opinion matters, it is your avatar after all)
I did my own avatar retrospective on my site. Mine has has a lot less direction than yours. I have no idea what I was thinking on some of them.
damn he looks buff.
HA hey murs my mate can beat up your mates lol
seriously though man the design is solid, you've kept the base elements that worked on the character and enhance the the others, i'm not feeling the mouth very stern and serious maybe i'm just used to the smirk
Quote from: Podmark on September 21, 2009, 05:04:24 AM
Read through the history, pretty interesting, and yeah the new av does seem to be channeling McGuinness. This one is going to take some getting used to, the face is a significant change.
Yeah, I would be lying if I said I wasn't influenced by Dr Mike's Tales of the Navigator version when I reimagined this one. The way he looked before just didn't match the "warrior/diplomat" idea and I feel like AA hasn't been cheery person for a long time now.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on September 21, 2009, 05:28:54 AM
Really great update! And pods right about the McGuiness thing for sure. ;)
No doubt I've been channeling him in my latest work - I can not wait to show everyone what else I've been cooking up.
Quote from: Ewzzy on September 21, 2009, 05:45:23 AM
I love the avatar retrospective. I don't like the new avatar though. I've always though of the smooth skin and childlike quality of the Hyperion version of you as a defining characteristic. The new one looks more militant for sure, but it doesn't seem like you.
(not that my opinion matters, it is your avatar after all)
I did my own avatar retrospective on my site. Mine has has a lot less direction than yours. I have no idea what I was thinking on some of them.
I'll have to check it out!
While I see what you mean, AfghanAnt and Hyperion haven't really resembled each since 2003-ish. In fact, I end up taking those cute characteristics and giving them to a robot called "UltrahellesAnt (http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs31/f/2008/191/5/9/Big_in_Japan_Ultrahelles_Ant_by_IUltrahumanite.jpg)". In essence, it is closer to original Hyperion than AfghanAnt has ever been -jovial, forever young, randomly named powers "violent howling cry", "illuminated fusion glare", and my personal favorite "shining slave".
The AfghanAnt that's been active since HIVEworld is a pretty dark character - he's been brainwashed, depowered, and disgraced. So for me the normal progression in my mind was to essentially reboot the character back to his Navigator origin and design from there.. There is no longer a HIVEworld, cheery butterfly-winged sidekicks, or upstart predecessors - there is just diplomat warrior with a really big robot (UltrahellesAnt has been redesigned as well).
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on September 21, 2009, 12:26:50 PM
damn he looks buff.
HA hey murs my mate can beat up your mates lol
seriously though man the design is solid, you've kept the base elements that worked on the character and enhance the the others, i'm not feeling the mouth very stern and serious maybe i'm just used to the smirk
Steroids. Lots of them.
I'm surprised everyone misses the smirk but I guess it's been there since the beginning - maybe I'll do an alternate version of him being not so serious.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on September 21, 2009, 02:37:12 PM
Steroids. Lots of them.
I'm surprised everyone misses the smirk but I guess it's been there since the beginning - maybe I'll do an alternate version of him being not so serious.
i don't know why i like maybe i'm looking too much into it but i always seen the avs on here compared to existing characters. i've said to you before i always seen AA in the same area of the likes of superman and thor a solid power house who can be serious and ruthless warrior but usually the one that stopped other crossing the line
maybe i missed what you were trying to do
Oh ya, McGuiness for sure. That's a great thing in my eyes. If I ever was going to create a base skin, I was going to use his art as my reference. Anyways, I love the new skin and the retrospective is cool.
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on September 21, 2009, 03:42:08 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on September 21, 2009, 02:37:12 PM
Steroids. Lots of them.
I'm surprised everyone misses the smirk but I guess it's been there since the beginning - maybe I'll do an alternate version of him being not so serious.
i don't know why i like maybe i'm looking too much into it but i always seen the avs on here compared to existing characters. i've said to you before i always seen AA in the same area of the likes of superman and thor a solid power house who can be serious and ruthless warrior but usually the one that stopped other crossing the line
maybe i missed what you were trying to do
That's dead-on - He's a little Captain Marvel (both of them), Mon'El and some Starfire (believe it or not). To be honest, the smirk was just legacy from the original idea of this naive Ultra-boy/Astroboy alien boy and maybe a little bit of me (I'm a little mischievous).
I think maybe the biggest difference between this version and the previous version is he's not optimistic - he's troubled as a chosen warrior of a people would be.
I really like the new avatar, and the history was definitely a trip down memory lane. Nice write-up.
I do agree with some of the others though, that his mouth should have more of a smirk to it, or at least be a little bit wider so doesn't look like he's puckering up for a kiss. Otherwise, I like the hair and eyebrows, and the slight changes to the costume. It's very Marvel vs Capcom, and as you mentioned, Ed McG.
In one of your later posts on your blog you said you wanted to find the murderworld game -
http://www.myabandonware.com/game/x-men-madness-in-the-murderworld-tc/#download
there you go
Quote from: Figure Fan on September 21, 2009, 08:27:43 PM
It's very Marvel vs Capcom, and as you mentioned, Ed McG.
I've been playing that game exclusively since it came out.
Quote from: area34 on September 21, 2009, 09:09:16 PM
In one of your later posts on your blog you said you wanted to find the murderworld game -
http://www.myabandonware.com/game/x-men-madness-in-the-murderworld-tc/#download
there you go
HOLY COW! Thanks!
I totally get where the new av is coming from. You've developed a pretty cool character there.
I like this current revision of AA more than the previous ones.. I'm just not sold on the eyebrows, but it's all really good.
This is a very cool redesign AA :thumbup:
I love the eyebrows,gives him an edgy look :cool:
So,are you just going to call him AfghanAnt or is he still Hyperion?
Quote from: Bloodshadow on September 23, 2009, 06:35:03 AM
This is a very cool redesign AA :thumbup:
I love the eyebrows,gives him an edgy look :cool:
So,are you just going to call him AfghanAnt or is he still Hyperion?
He's been AfghanAnt for the last 5/6 years so that is what he's sticking with however...
Holy moley. What a difference. It is an awesome skin, to be sure.
I always thought of AA as a thinner guy, but with massive power (although I've totally kicked your butt in the rumble room) which was a nice contrast, but this works really well too. I love the eyebrows.
Seeing avatars is one of the most fun things for me, for some reason.
grah, I miss a few weeks and RIGHT THEN you choose to redesign him. Bleh.
I should point ot though... my redesign was for v2, not v3... though I think you made v3 at about the same time. I remember because ink's was the only mesh with that hair and it was useless for anything but your design.
Anyway, it's a cool redesign, though I will admit it'll take me a bit to get used to the new body type ;P
I think it's cool to have different versions of a character but i still like the V3 version better. This latest one could probably be AfghanAnt in an alternate future. An older, stronger version wherein his moral values have changed due to some major event. He more or less looks like a war general now. Well's that's the vibe i'm getting. And some Thor influence too. :wacko:
Adventures of AfghanAnt as a Boy
Spoiler
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/afghanant-boy.jpg)
Sister? Female Clone? Sex Change?
Spoiler
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/afghanant-woman.jpg)
Dark Sided and Stuff
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(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/afghanant-evil.jpg)
Wow! Really really nice The dark one looks real sinister and dark. The female has tons of personalty and the kidd has that silver age Superboy vibe.
those are sweet, especially dark AA.
They look really awesome, but to me something is odd about young AA's face. I think the....umm..... under the cheek shadow thing comes out a little to far. Probably just me. Just my artistically challenged opinion.
Great stuff, AA.
Very cool designs AA. I'd call a favorite but I like all three, maybe the kid.
Thank you. :D
You've gotten so good at making distinctive faces -- it really sets your work apart.
Cool designs AA. Seeing all these different versions of your av reminds me of the time when Superman was supposedly killed by Doomsday and all these different versions of Superman started to appear and battle it out as to who should succeed the original Superman. :P Hmmm, I wonder who would win if these new versions of AfghanAnt would do something similar... :rolleyes:
Is that dark version of your av a cyborg or something? Seeing that he has some metal parts attached... :)
Reign of the AfghanAnts!
Very cool man. Extraordinarily stylized...I love 'em! ;)
Ok, I've been extremely hard at work on HF, COF, and another project but I'm getting a little burnt out so I'm taking a break from those. However, I've been extremely inspired to finish up the Young Avengers as a complete set and return to some really old skins I did of Geoff Johns' Teen Titans.
Here the list of what I had in mind:
Teen Titans
Superboy
Robin
Wondergirl (Her actual TT costume)
Cyborg
Starfire
Beast Boy
Raven
Speedy
Kid Flash
Young Avengers
Patriot
Vision
Stature
Kate Bishop
Wiccan
Hulkling
Speed
Does anyone want these or should I think up something else?
These, I cannot wait to see. :cool:
I so very want them.
Also I know I keep saying I'll skin Stature but if you want to skin her please go right ahead.
I would definately love to see the Titans for sure :) I do not know much about the YA so those should be new and interesting :)
I'm looking forward to the Teen Titans in particular and Stature for the YA. What did you mean by "think of something else"?
Definitely can't wait for those Titans
i absolutely agree. i'm on board for the titans.
young justice :P
Quote from: murs47 on October 12, 2009, 10:43:14 PM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on October 12, 2009, 08:38:58 PM
young justice :P
what he said ;)
NEIN! I vill not skin vee Jugend von Gerechtigkeit!
But I am 25% done with Cyborg (personal favorite), 40% done with Starface, and just starting Raven's face.
AA ask Juancho about a Skope I did for him for Stature, maybe he'll pass you...
(althought now, with female bodies over male ones it should be much easiear than it was for me XD)
Teen Titans - Starfire
Spoiler
It's my first version from back in '04 and the one I finished tonight.
(http://i34.tinypic.com/swqtft.jpg)
I still need to add some reflect on her bikini and glow on her eyes.
(http://i34.tinypic.com/166g7pi.jpg)
Excellent work! :thumbup: I'm wondering though...if her body is right...body mass I mean. I know that she's supposed to be big (although I most artists these days don't seem to approach her that way) and tall...but is it too big. Also I think you should make the "bottoms" of her "bikini" uniform smaller and define her breasts (clevage) and muscualture a bit more. Just my two cents. ;)
You can really see your improvement over time with that pic. She looks very good AA.
dont know how big she's suppose to be but i think she looks awsome AA!which cyborg are you going to do?comic or animated version.i really like the big animated version myself.thats just my one cent. :lol:
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on October 15, 2009, 05:10:33 AM
Excellent work! :thumbup: I'm wondering though...if her body is right...body mass I mean. I know that she's supposed to be big (although I most artists these days don't seem to approach her that way) and tall...but is it too big. Also I think you should make the "bottoms" of her "bikini" uniform smaller and define her breasts (clevage) and muscualture a bit more. Just my two cents. ;)
From as far back as I can remember and based on Mike McKone's art, Starfire is a very big woman. She has been consistently shown to be half a foot taller than Dick and by Phil Jimenez taller than Superman (who is 6'2).
An example of her massive stature:
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(http://i35.tinypic.com/wgop47.jpg)
I am still unclear why they made her so tiny in the Teen Titans cartoon. I guess little girls can't look up to giant alien women just tiny childish ones.
I do agree with you on the bottoms though. I actually need to redo they because they aren't the right shape as McKone's drawings.
Quote from: Podmark on October 15, 2009, 05:25:18 AM
You can really see your improvement over time with that pic. She looks very good AA.
Yeah, when I was sorting them Ink's work and I saw all the Teen Titans I did I honestly thought "how dreadful" so that's why I wanted to show how much I've drown over the 5 years.
Quote from: herodad1 on October 15, 2009, 01:12:19 PM
dont know how big she's suppose to be but i think she looks awsome AA!which cyborg are you going to do?comic or animated version.i really like the big animated version myself.thats just my one cent. :lol:
Sorry, I'm doing a McKone inspired Cyborg (http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/bigimages/cyborg-gj.jpg). Though my Raven will be a little animated, a little Perez, with McKone costume.
Starfire is supposed to be a big gal! I love the new skin.. it looks great. It makes me anxious for the other Titans...
I do have a question.. does your Starfire have flaming hair when she flies? Would that be near-impossible to skope correctly?
Quote from: laughing paradox on October 15, 2009, 02:28:36 PM
I do have a question.. does your Starfire have flaming hair when she flies? Would that be near-impossible to skope correctly?
I'm trying to figure out before I release her.
How about using Ink's Phoenix as a base? when she flies the Phoenix appears. just hide the phoenix and add fx to the hair.
PS. I love the new Starfire skin.
Quote from: detourne_me on October 15, 2009, 03:39:10 PM
How about using Ink's Phoenix as a base? when she flies the Phoenix appears. just hide the phoenix and add fx to the hair.
PS. I love the new Starfire skin.
Uhmmm good idea. What fx would you use? Nick Fury Jetpak fxs or maybe something that would cast a global light since she's :ffvstr: only?
Wow !!!!
Why not use the same mesh/FX you used to make Binary?
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 15, 2009, 04:01:59 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on October 15, 2009, 03:39:10 PM
How about using Ink's Phoenix as a base? when she flies the Phoenix appears. just hide the phoenix and add fx to the hair.
PS. I love the new Starfire skin.
Uhmmm good idea. What fx would you use? Nick Fury Jetpak fxs or maybe something that would cast a global light since she's :ffvstr: only?
I'm not too familiar with the FFVTTR FX, but i think Nick Fury's jetpack FX would be good, because it is a jet-stream that points in a direction. Good thinking!
try using the fx i used on firestar, i skoped over the fx from vxhuman torch
i love the work on the body but i feel the face is too stern, yes i know he is meant to be a battle hardened warrior but she is also meant to be amazingly beautiful
That's a whole lotta woman!
Very nice skin AA, I'd say add a little more detail/contrast to her chest region.
This TT skin set is so exciting!
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/31566/934942-starfire_1_super.jpg)
AA why don't you add 3D jimmies insstead of these red spots?
I cannot put into words how much I love that Starfire skin. I can't wait to see the rest of your Teen Titans man, your style compliments the characters perfectly.
That's amazing work there AA!!!!
I was only thinking today "I wish somonne would do an updated version of Starfire now she's being put in the JLA" and there you go!
Wow!!! Very nice Starfire :thumbup:
Tommyboy's firestar_new has an fx trail when it flies.
Quote from: miguelyanke on October 15, 2009, 08:00:26 PM
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/31566/934942-starfire_1_super.jpg)
AA why don't you add 3D jimmies insstead of these red spots?
Because I could skin them faster than I could skope them in place.
Quote from: doctorchallenger on October 16, 2009, 01:02:34 AM
Tommyboy's firestar_new has an fx trail when it flies.
Starfire fiery hair fx when in flight.
(http://i35.tinypic.com/300wfw0.jpg)
The hair-fire looks good AA.
Great way of representing a tricky artistic comic book flourish. :thumbup:
cool, good job with that tricky FX!
tommy's firestar_new is a cool mesh.got a kick where her flame is coming from in flight. :lol:
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 16, 2009, 02:17:10 AM
Quote from: miguelyanke on October 15, 2009, 08:00:26 PM
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/31566/934942-starfire_1_super.jpg)
AA why don't you add 3D jimmies insstead of these red spots?
Because I could skin them faster than I could skope them in place.
If you want i can try to do this, but I need the skin & skope since you continue skinning the rest.
Miguel, it's not big deal besides the keyframes for Phoenix_Classic isn't fond of extras (they float away from the mesh during some flight animations).
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Teen Titans - Raven and Beast BoySpoiler
(http://i33.tinypic.com/2up5jdz.jpg)
I was originally going to make Raven her Teen Titan skin color but I really didn't like it - So she's part McKone part Perez. Only enough doing these Titans made me think about doing the Team Titans (http://www.titanstower.com/assets/whos%20who/aamembers/whosbinder/teamtitans.jpg) I will most like do the animated version of Terra (http://tonyznet.com/titans/toontitans/covers/Terra_coop_1024.jpg) because Ink has an unfinished mesh of her that I wouldn't mind finishing up for him. I might even skin his Speedy (Mia Dearden) mesh as well just so there will be a complete set of Johns/McKone Titans.
Anywho, I'm going to finish Cyborg tomorrow and probably get the first half of these pack out Monday (maybe). I want to do a Soul Self fx for Raven and I still need to finish skinning Beast Boy's animal forms.
Great work on the faces of both AA. I really like the colors. Nice and shiny. :)
3D Beast boy Teeth!!!!!! (IT's on the head_node so there's no probs with dissapearing or kfs isn't it?)
I now about KF's problems... T_T
Quote from: Outcast on October 18, 2009, 05:54:43 AM
Great work on the faces of both AA. I really like the colors. Nice and shiny. :)
Thank you, shiny is my favorite word. :)
Quote from: miguelyanke on October 18, 2009, 01:05:09 PM
3D Beast boy Teeth!!!!!! (IT's on the head_node so there's no probs with dissapearing or kfs isn't it?)
I now about KF's problems... T_T
The teeth are just skinned on, not 3D.
Raven is impressive, AA.
And Beast Boy looks just like he should be. The teeth looks 3d.
Congrats!
those are...perfect! all the small details just make this skins shine :thumbup:
looks good, i think the highlights on raven are a little too light blue but it works for the style you were going for.
honestly robin is the one i'm most looking forward to most.
Starfire looks great, as do they all. I just thought I would give a suggestion for the hair FX. A Long time ago I had a starfire that incorporated the streaking fx of Lightray mesh, but just done on the head. You may try that AA. It looked pretty cool.
Stellar work, AA. Raven looks incredible and really fits your style of skinning.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 18, 2009, 02:29:36 PM
Quote from: miguelyanke on October 18, 2009, 01:05:09 PM
3D Beast boy Teeth!!!!!! (IT's on the head_node so there's no probs with dissapearing or kfs isn't it?)
I now about KF's problems... T_T
The teeth are just skinned on, not 3D.
I know U?? it was a suggestion XD!!!!
Those look great AA. Beast Boy's mouth is kinda funny looking though :)
Fantastic work on both bro..but I'd probably loose the fangs on Gar. ;)
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on October 18, 2009, 05:39:04 PM
looks good, i think the highlights on raven are a little too light blue but it works for the style you were going for.
honestly robin is the one i'm most looking forward to most.
Yeah I actually struggled with that and then I realized I'd just go with my shininess.
Quote from: bevo on October 18, 2009, 06:02:27 PM
Starfire looks great, as do they all. I just thought I would give a suggestion for the hair FX. A Long time ago I had a starfire that incorporated the streaking fx of Lightray mesh, but just done on the head. You may try that AA. It looked pretty cool.
Lightray by Tommyboy?
Quote from: laughing paradox on October 18, 2009, 06:21:07 PM
Stellar work, AA. Raven looks incredible and really fits your style of skinning.
Thank you.
Quote from: miguelyanke on October 18, 2009, 06:27:26 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 18, 2009, 02:29:36 PM
Quote from: miguelyanke on October 18, 2009, 01:05:09 PM
3D Beast boy Teeth!!!!!! (IT's on the head_node so there's no probs with dissapearing or kfs isn't it?)
I now about KF's problems... T_T
The teeth are just skinned on, not 3D.
I know U?? it was a suggestion XD!!!!
Oh. It is such a small detail though.
Quote from: Podmark on October 18, 2009, 06:54:09 PM
Those look great AA. Beast Boy's mouth is kinda funny looking though :)
How so?
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on October 18, 2009, 07:25:28 PM
Fantastic work on both bro..but I'd probably loose the fangs on Gar. ;)
Really? It is one of the few details from McKone's original designs that I adore.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 19, 2009, 12:21:28 AM
Quote from: Podmark on October 18, 2009, 06:54:09 PM
Those look great AA. Beast Boy's mouth is kinda funny looking though :)
How so?
It's the way that the edge past the fangs angle upwards while the middle part looks straight horizontally. Just looks odd. I'd suggest less of an angle on the edges.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 19, 2009, 12:21:28 AM
Quote from: bevo on October 18, 2009, 06:02:27 PM
Starfire looks great, as do they all. I just thought I would give a suggestion for the hair FX. A Long time ago I had a starfire that incorporated the streaking fx of Lightray mesh, but just done on the head. You may try that AA. It looked pretty cool.
Lightray by Tommyboy?
More likely KennX's Lightray hex of Renegade's Golden Age Ray mesh.
Did I say Light ray? sorry. I meant the Ray. Yeah renegades Ray mesh. I assume it was made from that mesh. It functioned the same way. It accomplished the effect of making the hair stream out in flight. I have no idea who made it, and have been trying to find it again for years. It was 1st year of FF so maybe it wasn't as cool as I remember was just a suggestion.
Quote from: bevo on October 19, 2009, 03:10:51 AM
Did I say Light ray? sorry. I meant the Ray. Yeah renegades Ray mesh. I assume it was made from that mesh. It functioned the same way. It accomplished the effect of making the hair stream out in flight. I have no idea who made it, and have been trying to find it again for years. It was 1st year of FF so maybe it wasn't as cool as I remember was just a suggestion.
Ah. I think it only streaks when fly not during in flight actions. The skope I did enables the fiery hair trail when in air so when she's flying or throwing starbolts from the air the fiery trails is there.
I'm actually embarrassed that I did these...
(http://i38.tinypic.com/hswfih.jpg)
Spoiler
(http://i38.tinypic.com/imtjk4.jpg)
What a remarkable difference.
I really love that new Cyborg Skope you've done. looks cool!
Excellent work AA!
Vast improvement dude, love it!
I love these "then and now" pics i mean i always liked your older stuff but when you show your newer updates it just blows me away how much of an improvement there is :thumbup:
Its good to see one of our best skinners still growing in talent :D
WOW Amazing work like always !!
does cyborg support the big gun arm always or just during ranged animations?
Thanks everyone!
Quote from: herodad1 on October 25, 2009, 01:12:27 PM
does cyborg support the big gun arm always or just during ranged animations?
His sonic cannon only appears during ranged attacks.
They're all great, AA. You really perfected your Cyborg and Beast Boy, and the originals are very good too. Raven have a very distinctive face, impressive work!
You did a great job with these, but that Cyborg really sticks out. It's nice to see the Titans get this much love.
LOVE the updates, especially Raven. :cool:
It's crazy how far you've come. They look great!
Yeah that's a huge improvement right there. Great work AA.
It's a battle to the death between Cyborg and Starfire for my favourite of your new designs ... top shelf stuff :thumbup: I love the variety in the physiques.
I love your old skins & proudly have them in my game but, WOW those new skins are just Amazing - Thow Starfire looks a little too ripped - She looks like she could squash Cyborg LoL :blink:
I think Raven and Cyborg really stand out, but they are all exceptional.
Wow, the colors are so vibrant. Amazing.
great skins awesome colors specially love cyborg face :thumbup:
Quote from: cascarudo on October 27, 2009, 11:04:52 PM
great skins awesome colors specially love cyborg face :thumbup:
Yeah same here. Awesome work on cyborg's face AA. The colors are rich and bright. Gives them a great cartoony look. One thing about Raven though, I thought she had this dark blue violet color sort of like the one on your old skin.. :unsure:
Edit: Sorry, i just checked...it's a different costume altogether..the latest one i think and it is definitely blue...even in the cartoon..didn't notice... :doh: ...
Incredible before and after pics. Like several others have stated, your "befores" are still top notch and respectable skins (I collected all of them), and it's really a credit that you can improve upon them. It's funny though, when viewed side by side (over & under?) the "befores" kind of remind me of Halloween costume versions of the "afters". Great work.
Quote from: Outcast on October 28, 2009, 01:22:08 AM
Quote from: cascarudo on October 27, 2009, 11:04:52 PM
great skins awesome colors specially love cyborg face :thumbup:
Yeah same here. Awesome work on cyborg's face AA. The colors are rich and bright. Gives them a great cartoony look. One thing about Raven though, I thought she had this dark blue violet color sort of like the one on your old skin.. :unsure:
Edit: Sorry, i just checked...it's a different costume altogether..the latest one i think and it is definitely blue...even in the cartoon..didn't notice... :doh: ...
This was the image I dabbed my color from - http://www.comicvine.com/raven/29-3584/all-images/108-213055/rave/105-610549/?offset=254
Thanks everybody. So even I am swamped with web metrics work, a site redesign, and another project - I wanted to show you my public list of skins I'm dedicated/not-so-dedicated too.
Dedicated:
Wonder Girl (http://www.comicvine.com/wonder-girl/29-10885/all-images/108-217008/wonder_girl_003/105-877502/)
Robin (http://www.comicvine.com/tim-drake/29-9290/as-robin-1st-costume/108-261284/robin_by_paranoidtj/105-761812/?offset=110)
Superboy (Project Lionel Alt) (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/8/89/SuperboyTTv3-2.jpg)
Speedy (http://media.photobucket.com/image/speedy%20teen%20titans%20mia/7p7/speedyrock.jpg)
Not Decidated:
Supergirl (http://images.absoluteastronomy.com/images/encyclopediaimages/s/su/supergirl.png)
Terra (http://www.titanstower.com/assets/animated/siteart/terra2.jpg)
Miss Martain (http://www.comicvine.com/miss-martian/29-41145/all-images/108-203314/000/105-505977/)
Powerboy (http://www.comicvine.com/powerboy/29-42001/all-images/108-207099/06/105-650579/)
Bombshell (http://www.comicvine.com/bombshell/29-41796/all-images/108-200823/0002/105-557875/)
Kid Devil (http://www.comicvine.com/kid-devil/29-40528/all-images/108-204518/1206-kid-devil/105-78903/)
Jericho (http://www.comicvine.com/jericho/29-9949/all-images/108-199473/160676-jericho/105-158570/?offset=28)
Kole (http://www.titanstower.com/assets/whos%20who/aamembers/whoswho80/kolewho.jpg)
AA,your work is awsome as usual and cant wait for the TT release. question. i'm not up on DC characters but why pink instead of blue with cyborg? not knocking your work what-so-ever buddy but just curious.skinners choice? i'd love to see a blue version too. GO TITANS!
Do you need help with a skope for speedy?
Quote from: herodad1 on October 28, 2009, 03:29:41 PM
AA,your work is awsome as usual and cant wait for the TT release. question. i'm not up on DC characters but why pink instead of blue with cyborg? not knocking your work what-so-ever buddy but just curious.skinners choice? i'd love to see a blue version too. GO TITANS!
The comics version's buttons and laser are usually a pinkish to reddish hue: http://www.dccomics.com/media/product/1/1/1164_400x600.jpg
Quote from: detourne_me on October 28, 2009, 03:42:58 PM
Do you need help with a skope for speedy?
Uhhhhhh...yeah! :)
AA, I'm disappointed that you didn't even care about Ravager enough to even state you are not dedicated to skin her. :)
I really hope Kole somehow jumps up to your Dedicated list.
AA, I beg of you, Bombshell, Ravager and Ms Martian need to be done, and they need to be done by you!!!
Quote from: ghazkul on October 28, 2009, 11:23:22 PM
AA, I beg of you, Bombshell, Ravager and Ms Martian need to be done, and they need to be done by you!!!
hmmm.... a few things wrong with that sentence if you see it through my eyes :P
I've got a Ravager skope with some sweet skins by Podmark from Wingzero's Ravager mesh that I may be releasing soon.
Ok so maybe Ravager can get on the list if DM is skoping her.
(http://i45.tinypic.com/3008al3.jpg)
Finished:
Wonder Girl (http://www.comicvine.com/wonder-girl/29-10885/all-images/108-217008/wonder_girl_003/105-877502/)
Robin (http://www.comicvine.com/tim-drake/29-9290/as-robin-1st-costume/108-261284/robin_by_paranoidtj/105-761812/?offset=110)
Superboy Project Lionel (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/8/89/SuperboyTTv3-2.jpg)
Speedy By Ink and Tomato (http://media.photobucket.com/image/speedy%20teen%20titans%20mia/7p7/speedyrock.jpg)
New Kid Flash skoped by Tomato (thanks)
Sort of to dedicated:
Supergirl Linda Danvers (http://images.absoluteastronomy.com/images/encyclopediaimages/s/su/supergirl.png)
Terra Teen Titans Go (http://www.titanstower.com/assets/animated/siteart/terra2.jpg)
Miss Martain (http://www.comicvine.com/miss-martian/29-41145/all-images/108-203314/000/105-505977/)
Powerboy (http://www.comicvine.com/powerboy/29-42001/all-images/108-207099/06/105-650579/)
Bombshell (http://www.comicvine.com/bombshell/29-41796/all-images/108-200823/0002/105-557875/)
Raven's Soul Self (Created to be used with astral projections)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2zyz90n.jpg)
Superboy FXs:
Tactile Telekinesis (melee)
Touchdown (area with custom sound)
Heat Vision (ranged beam)
TK Forcefield (active defense)
Wondergirl FXs:
Lariat of Ares (ranged beam)
Zeus' Wrath (ranged beam)
Not sure when this will be available because I'm fighting with my desktop right now.
Beutiful work AA. I really like that Robin! :cool:
Not liking the total void of highlight on Speedys midriff and crotch area tho...Wonder Girl's too.
Quote from: Courtnall6 on November 18, 2009, 10:54:05 PM
Not liking the total void of highlight on Speedys midriff and crotch area tho...Wonder Girl's too.
Yeah...
I never realized before just how much those Teen Titans friggin' loved the colors red and yellow.
AA, this stuff is stunning. I really look forward to your release, when it does come.
I'm curious why you decided to skin the belt instead of skoping one on.. but then again, I know how a skoped belt can be a pain in the butt with clipping.
I hope you do decide to skin the rest of your list.. I like Bombshell and Miss Martian in particular.
Brilliant. Aside from what C6 mentioned, the skinwork is perfect. I'm not sure about the meshwork though... some of Speedy's extras look off. ;)
Really great skins there AA! :thumbup:
I am curious about the belt too- but as always brilliant job.
Great work as always, specially Wonder Girl.
Me likey a lot. I really miss that run. I know Bart and Conner are coming back to the team but it still won't be Johns.
My issue would be Robin's hair, looks kinda flat.
I'm glad I checked this thread...really nice stuff!
Thanks everyone.
Quote from: laughing paradox on November 18, 2009, 11:35:57 PM
I'm curious why you decided to skin the belt instead of skoping one on.. but then again, I know how a skoped belt can be a pain in the butt with clipping.
I hope you do decide to skin the rest of your list.. I like Bombshell and Miss Martian in particular.
Clipping usually but honestly in Robin's case I didn't feel like skoping anymore (that is just the Red Robin skope by DM with hair on it).
Quote from: Podmark on November 19, 2009, 03:04:49 AM
My issue would be Robin's hair, looks kinda flat.
Maybe it's a monitor lighting issue - looks fine to me in character tool and it's the same hair I used for SBP (I'm lazy).
Quote from: Tomato on November 19, 2009, 01:27:40 AM
Brilliant. Aside from what C6 mentioned, the skinwork is perfect. I'm not sure about the meshwork though... some of Speedy's extras look off. ;)
If you would like to help by all means. :)
I don't know AA... whoever meshed that hood for you did such a horrible job, I don't know if I can fix it. Really AA, what possessed you to go with such a hack? :P
Hi AA,
Great skins! I really love the bold colors you have on your skins. How do you produce such rich looking color?
Respectfully,
(http://i47.tinypic.com/e5pr0w.jpg) (http://i49.tinypic.com/28br5vb.png)
Apollo Redesign using Murs' skope. Superman Returns is Ink's Superman_Hammer_shield
Replaced the old Superman pic with this one that colors were saved all weird. Oh yeah and these are using Tomato's new finger meshes.
I'm lovin these!
the colours look stunning, i can never work out how you can do things such as the yellows so easily
Superman is just perfect. The face is so expressive.
Congrats!
AA he's on the Jazz again! <_< :thumbup:
Very nice AA.
What did you use for boot straps? I've seen a few designs that would need those.
Really impressive work there AA! Truly stellar. :thumbup:
awesome like usual love the apollo design :thumbup:
Thanks everyone - I've got huge backlog of skins to release but before I do I plan on finishing Ms Martin, Bombshell, and Powerboy (all of which I've started), Batman Begins, and Midnighter.
Oh and as for the straps on Apollo, Tommyboy's Supergirl's belt.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on December 05, 2009, 01:55:00 AM
Thanks everyone - I've got huge backlog of skins to release but before I do I plan on finishing Ms Martin, Bombshell, and Powerboy (all of which I've started), Batman Begins, and Midnighter.
Oh and as for the straps on Apollo, Tommyboy's Supergirl's belt.
Do my eyes deceive me? I'm very excited... :)
I love that Apollo, AA. The details are insane.
Apollo (Redesign by Vejicakes)
Spoiler
(http://i49.tinypic.com/i2mrud.jpg)
Midnighter (Redesign by AfghanAnt)
Spoiler
(http://i46.tinypic.com/eik2v.jpg)
I liked a lot of elements of Vejicake's Apollo redesign so I "redesigned" Midnighter. I am not sure I should even call it a redesign because his costume has been so inconsistent since Hitch stopped drawing him.
BTW I am in love with Tomato's finger meshes. I know the VX meshes have always been around but these really neat. So far this is the third skope/skin I've done for the mesh (I actually moved Ren's Black Hand's head over to the male basic to create the correct profile for Midnighter) and I think might try a female skope/skin next and then I need to refocus on the mod (I've been side tracked).
EDIT: Quick question does anyone see cartoony Richard Gere and Michael Keaton? I wasn't going for either of them when I was skinning but for some reason I see them now. Weird.
Great work man. Really solid stuff! :thumbup:
Very cool stuff.
I really like the facework on all 3 of your latest skins. I'd say I could see a little bit of Michael Keaton on Midnighter. I really like how you made his face looks less cartoony. Very awesome work. Great job on the costumes too. :cool:
Stunning work AA! :cool:
The Midnighter redesign is easily one of your best skins to date! :thumbup:
I have to agree, truely amazing work! Will you be sticking just to these two, or have any of the other Authority members caught your eye? I imagine you could do awe inspiring things with (my personal fave) the Engineer.
Quote from: Courtnall6 on December 07, 2009, 10:53:30 PM
Stunning work AA! :cool:
The Midnighter redesign is easily one of your best skins to date! :thumbup:
I concure! ^_^
Fantastic stuff as always. The Apollo in particular showcases your...like, superhuman ability to give characters amazing hair. :lol:
Midnighter looks unbelievable. That face is superb.
Batman Begins
Spoiler
(http://i45.tinypic.com/a2uglv.jpg)
Why I've been so slow and will probably vanish for a few weeks. (http://heroforce.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/afghanant-mega-update-on-heroforce/)
Let me be the first to say Wow!
Very cool, you've even got the gun in there.
Looks like I've got some downloading to do.
Merry Christmas SantaAnt!
Thank you!
I love how you've even put the clasps on Batman's cape. Wow!
Very cool!
Fantastic work as usual AA! Amazing face work...really looks like Christian Bale without the need for photoskinning. I love the "gold" in the eyes. Well done! :thumbup: One thing though...the bat symbol on the chest is really lost. That "highlight" line running horizontally is only thing prevalent on the chest....the symbol just looks like a shadow.
Real nice AA. And congrats on landing the big gig. :thumbup:
Thanks every.
Cass, I can see the symbol fine. Maybe your gamma settings are different than my own.
OH - If you've download Superman Returns redownload it. I had didn't save the dds correctly on the extras file.
superb work, but i agree with the symbol, the highlight kills it. it's quite hard to make out
Bat symbol has been updated, redownload.
awesome skins I'm still fascinated with the faces :thumbup:
Wow, great job :thumbup: and congratz on the dream job
Great luck AA!! All the great work you did on the Teen Titans, have you thought about any other teams to turn your attentions to? I can imagine you could great things with a team like, say, the JSA. Cyclone, Stargirl and Magog alone would look amazing in your style.
Dude, please don't revive threads nearly a month old to make thinly veiled requests. it's bad manners. Wait until AA gets back in the game, THEN make the thinly veiled request. Otherwise you just come off pushy.
Hey AA, I missed that bit of good news. Congrats!
I'm always at a loss to say something about your work AA - I kinda feel stupid because whats to say really, your work is the best hands down - I feel inspired to make art every time I see something of yours & C6's - So thanks for the Skins & inspiration boost! :blink:
Quote from: ghazkul on January 16, 2010, 11:16:03 PM
Great luck AA!! All the great work you did on the Teen Titans, have you thought about any other teams to turn your attentions to? I can imagine you could great things with a team like, say, the JSA. Cyclone, Stargirl and Magog alone would look amazing in your style.
I do not read JSA nor do I have any interest in skinning those characters. Also to answer your veiled requested from the skoping section I have no interest in skoping or skinning Danger. There are really only three time periods I loved the X-Men (Second Gen X-Men aka Giant Sized X-Men), Jim Lee era (what can I say I fell in love with ninja Psylocke as a pre-teen boy), and New X-Men (which save Fantomex and Eva, I have finished). So yeah...
Anywho, I do plan on skinning Fantomex and EVA because frankly people forget how awesome he is. After that I'm not sure and I really don't take request. I do have a Power Boy and Miss Martian I need to finish but I'm probably going back on a skinning vacation after they are done.
Thanks to everyone who congratulated me on the new job, I love it and I think I'm doing very well.
Morrison time's lover? XD Why don't you do Xorn's Special Class?? XD No-girl could be wonderfull in your style ^.~
Just a joke!
Yep you're doing it very well, hope your next "skining vacation"'d be short ^_^
Not that I'm making a request but I'm curious if your doing Morrison era, what about Cassandra Nova? The skin should just be a tweak of your Prof X (they are twins). If it's the skope, I have a Nova skope that's basically a female bald with the new x-men Prof X style animations that your more than welcome to have.
Quote from: miguelyanke on January 27, 2010, 02:03:57 AM
Morrison time's lover? XD Why don't you do Xorn's Special Class?? XD No-girl could be wonderfull in your style ^.~
Just a joke!
Yep you're doing it very well, hope your next "skining vacation"'d be short ^_^
Well I'm not a skinning vacation. It's really more of a "I'm extremely business" situation. Like I have a hard-drive full of half finished skins that I need to finish up so I can start work on my X-Men re-imagining.
Here are some idea's I've been thinking of for my X-Men:Spoiler
Mutant would be a lot more rare - like 1 in 200,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence in Southwest Asia and Africa (like real defective births).
The Beast - an unnameless black furred sasquatch-like mutant from Russia. The Beast is highly intelligent yet is unable to properly communicate. He has bonded closely with Cyclops who see the Beast as his closest friend.
Redd (I hate the codename Marvel Girl) - Telekine/Telepath mutant who hops from body to body upon death (nice way to explain the resurrections), Redd has most recently overwrote her persona on an English child by the name of Elizabeth Braddock (I so excited for this one!). She is aloof and somewhat unpredictable because of her fragmented memories.
Cyclops - Son of South African anthropologists who both were killed while investigating a tribe referred to as "Moon Clan" in Canada. He and his brother Alex were left as orphans. Scott was severely abuse by his adoptive father who he often refers too as "Mr Sinister". He is extremely aloof and lacks natural control of his ruby glaze. Even though Redd is physically younger he has an unnatural attachment her.
Iceman - Young Jewish man from Israel, Bobby Drake was a cadet in the Israel Defense Forces before moving to New York. An natural born artist, Drake would rather be creating ice sculptures instead of actively seeking on other mutants on these mission the Professor send them on. He has exceptional control over his ability because of years of practice and is close friends with Olympic skier Jean-Paul Beaubier.
Angel/Archangel - Because of his feathered wing, Warren was seen as a sign from God from his father to become a minister. His family would later go on to make millions as TV evangelists across the world. Warren is the most well known and beloved of the X-Men. However, he suffers from blackouts and lost time. He is at Xavier's institute for psychological evaluation and often refuses to acknowledge that he is a mutant let alone go on missions to find them.
Professor Xavier - Born with a degenerative disorder that left him unable to walk most of his life, Charles Xavier founded the X-Men in order to research and study the mutant population. No one has seen Professor X since the early 1990's and it is reported he is currently on life support.
Professor Lehnsherr - Colleague of Professor Charles Xavier, he serves as head master of institute and affectionately known as "Magneto" by its residents. He is obsessed with finding and recruiting other mutants across the world in order to train them how to use their powers. Because of his eagerness to recruit and train mutants, Drake suspects that Professor Lehnsherr is training soldiers for a terrorist act.
Area, what costume is it? It is the cargo pants get up, the black leotard, or Cassanova's multiple limb psychic essence?
Right now she's just in a leotard but if there is a specific version you want I can work on it later tonight.
i like your back stories AA!
AA this is your regular clean out your PM message. :P
Inspired by my work with Dr Mike, Irrational Alternate skins, and John Jr.'s latest mod,here the Alchemiss alternate skin known as Amazing or Miss Amazing.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/sbsewp.jpg)
With here I want to do something very classic but with a modern twist. You are probably wonder how is her cape staying up? I dont know but I like it like this for some reason. I want to do Black Bird, sort of this Superman/Batman thing but after that no one else really interests me. However I might do the other Alchemiss alternate as well.
That's really cool AA. I like the redesign.
Very cool AA! Love the look...the one thing I'll say is that maybe you might wanna add a chain or rope between the cape medallions....looks kinda weird just sitting on her skin like that IMO.
speechless :ph34r:
I like how it looks like an Afghan Ant take on the character and not a flat out redesign. Other than seconded Blk's suggestion, I just have one thing. Did you have a white design on the skirt and dump it or just not like it to begin with. That's the only thing on her you didn't AA.
She's stunning!
I support Blkcasanova247's suggestion.
I agree with Area, it's a all-new, all-different Alchemiss, and she looks great!
(http://i46.tinypic.com/53utud.jpg)
I want to do a five part mod featuring Miss Amazing and Black Bird. I want it to be very 60's comics - lots of non-sense and battles. I've got some ideas for some villains based on Irrational alternate skins which should be fun.
I didn't like the tribal tattoos or white line on the skirt. It didn't fit when I thought of the character.
Blackbird looks fantastic!
AA, youve got a superhuman imagination. after seeing what youve done with alchemiss and blackbird, i;d love to see how you envision the other members!
These are really great, AA...not so much "redesigns" as just sort of freshening up and modernizing what was already there. Like when Neal Adams started drawing Batman, he didn't really "change" the costume, just brought a new style and emphasis to it that made it seem new.
It'll be great if you can do that mod. Blackbird has always intrigued me, and I'd love to see her character fleshed out.
You have such an awesome style, AA. I love your current work, and it'll be awesome to see yet ANOTHER Freedom Force mod ("The Power of Impact -- PCTales style!"?). I had ideas to involve Black Bird in something recently, but it didn't come to pass, so it'd be great to see your take on her. Make it happen.
I know your up to your neck with other things but I hope you saved the PSD to that bad arse Black Bird. You could make a great Black Canary with just a few changes if you wanted to.
Fantastic work.. Black Bird, in particular, is spectacular.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/116m5xs.jpg)
Skoping on those rivets was a pain but it was worth it. I hated the way it looked skinned on.
Oh yeah,here's the promo for the mod (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/freedom-force-mod-secret-origins/).
AA, that looks so much better.please dont stop.i keep thinking what you'd do with say..microwave,minute man, manbot or mentor.
Wow man :blink:....Really terrific job! :thumbup:
That's just brilliant :wub:
These are fantastic! I love your re-imaginings!
Okay, I thought the Miss Amazing one was okay. Then you posted the Blackbird one which was pretty neat, but that Iron Ox is just fantastic! Great work AA! So you've got a secret origins mod in the offing, huh? Very cool, I'd love to know what's going on story-wise there. We talked about trying to get into their origins in PCT, but we didn't have any really compelling ideas.
Iron Ox is great, his face looks amazing.
And I agree generally skoping stuff on instead of skinning it on is well worth it.
I'm in the skoping camp also, but man that must have taken forever to do. Nice job on the face.
I think it would be great to see the Bard...I think he needs a make over as well!
Original Ox is kind of goof looking, your version looks more of a tough guy. The face and costume's details are impressive!
Congrats!
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 28, 2010, 06:55:40 PM
Okay, I thought the Miss Amazing one was okay. Then you posted the Blackbird one which was pretty neat, but that Iron Ox is just fantastic! Great work AA! So you've got a secret origins mod in the offing, huh? Very cool, I'd love to know what's going on story-wise there. We talked about trying to get into their origins in PCT, but we didn't have any really compelling ideas.
We should talk...
And thanks everyone!
Holy spit that's amazing. I approve so hardcore of this.
Also, I echo Benton's question about their origins...I've always thought Blackbird would be really interesting (former cat burglar turned superhero? Tell me that doesn't make for good drama) if she was fleshed out.
I like origin stories. Awesome idea for a Mod. ^_^
No love for SuperCollider and the Bard? :P
Wow! These look great! As always, your facial work is outstanding!
Delving into Blackbird, eh? I've always really liked her. In fact, at one point I had my own idea for a sort of origins mod, and was working on a number of rogues' gallery characters for her. Quite fun! I love original characters in the Irrational universe.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 28, 2010, 10:15:34 PM
We should talk...
And thanks everyone!
My office...err...PM box is always open. :D I'd love to hear what's going on behind the scenes. There is little that I like more than tossing around story ideas.
Quote from: Outcast on March 01, 2010, 06:15:06 AM
I like origin stories. Awesome idea for a Mod. ^_^
No love for SuperCollider and the Bard? :P
You know, The Bard's PCTales arc was originally going to be his origin in terms of Freedom Force (you can still SORT of read it that way....if you squint just right....) but I got lazy and just took the easy way out. One of these days I may go back and revise it to make it serve that function....
Very nice stuff. I've always had a fondness for Iron Ox and Blackbird.
A potential problem is that the style of these is much more modern than 1960s superheroes. I think part of it is the blending of colors and less use of black outlines. Bolder colors with more contrast between colors would evoke the look of pre-digital comic coloring.
Atomic Robot's work is probably my prime example of a 1960s style.
Don't get me wrong, you made some gorgeous skins and if you're going for the stories (and not the art too) being in a 1960s style then just disregard what I wrote.
Here's something else, how about blackbird with wings? I kitbashed the IG skin to Beyonder's fb_wings and it's a nice effect.
Super Collider was in PCTales (2 missions at least), too; I (we) just never got around to actually coding (/ezscripting) the mission due to burnout (time issues). I'm just sayin'.... :P
PCTales fer life, y'all. It'll eat your face off and spit on your grave!
I may still get to that underwater one with him someday....
Quote from: Gremlin on March 01, 2010, 05:40:23 AM
Holy spit that's amazing. I approve so hardcore of this.
Also, I echo Benton's question about their origins...I've always thought Blackbird would be really interesting (former cat burglar turned superhero? Tell me that doesn't make for good drama) if she was fleshed out.
Yeah, me too. I've always hated how little effort they put into her and Iron Ox. I mean look at Iron Ox, his costume screams Chelsea Leather Daddy.
Quote from: Outcast on March 01, 2010, 06:15:06 AM
I like origin stories. Awesome idea for a Mod. ^_^
No love for SuperCollider and the Bard? :P
I have ideas about SuperCollider for the mod but nothing solid. I'm still hammering out plotting.
As for the Bard *runs to character tool to look at him*...I don't know what to make of him. His origin and powerset are goofy and the only logical step for me to take him is to be a tragic hero of some sort .
Quote from: UnkoMan on March 01, 2010, 05:07:34 PM
Wow! These look great! As always, your facial work is outstanding!
Delving into Blackbird, eh? I've always really liked her. In fact, at one point I had my own idea for a sort of origins mod, and was working on a number of rogues' gallery characters for her. Quite fun! I love original characters in the Irrational universe.
Dude! If you are interested we could talk further on this matter.
Quote from: yell0w_lantern on March 01, 2010, 05:33:18 PM
Very nice stuff. I've always had a fondness for Iron Ox and Blackbird.
A potential problem is that the style of these is much more modern than 1960s superheroes. I think part of it is the blending of colors and less use of black outlines. Bolder colors with more contrast between colors would evoke the look of pre-digital comic coloring.
Atomic Robot's work is probably my prime example of a 1960s style.
Don't get me wrong, you made some gorgeous skins and if you're going for the stories (and not the art too) being in a 1960s style then just disregard what I wrote.
Here's something else, how about blackbird with wings? I kitbashed the IG skin to Beyonder's fb_wings and it's a nice effect.
Not 1960's style - just taking place after :ffvstr: so late 1960s. I didn't add wings because it went too far away from the original character.
Quote from: Previsionary on March 02, 2010, 12:17:37 AM
Super Collider was in PCTales (2 missions at least), too; I (we) just never got around to actually coding (/ezscripting) the mission due to burnout (time issues). I'm just sayin'.... :P
PCTales fer life, y'all. It'll eat your face off and spit on your grave!
Uhmmm I should probably play PCTales. If nothing but to respect continuity.
Your working on ideas for Supercollider? Dang, PM away!
Why go tragic with the Bard? I think you could just embrace the goofy, push it past the point of no return. Go the Nextwave route with him.
Does anyone actually remember the write up written for The Bard from the contest winner? Is that something I just imagined? Anyway, I think the tragic route would be interesting to see considering his Shakespearean inspirations.
Personally, I love the Bard the way he is unrepentantly. I think he's quite awesome, and I had a blast writing him in PCT...though it nearly killed me. :P
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. Machine Man in Nextwave was goofy as hell but you always had the undertones at the same time.
Quote from: Previsionary on March 02, 2010, 10:52:59 PM
Does anyone actually remember the write up written for The Bard from the contest winner? Is that something I just imagined? Anyway, I think the tragic route would be interesting to see considering his Shakespearean inspirations.
But they are always doomed to be murdered in some ironic way. :(
Iron Ox = Sick
Quote from: Previsionary on March 02, 2010, 10:52:59 PM
Does anyone actually remember the write up written for The Bard from the contest winner? Is that something I just imagined? Anyway, I think the tragic route would be interesting to see considering his Shakespearean inspirations.
Exactly my thoughts!
Quote from: BentonGrey on March 02, 2010, 10:58:29 PM
Personally, I love the Bard the way he is unrepentantly. I think he's quite awesome, and I had a blast writing him in PCT...though it nearly killed me. :P
Damn you - I'm going to be so distracting play PTC, I'll lose my creative juices.
Quote from: area34 on March 02, 2010, 11:00:04 PM
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. Machine Man in Nextwave was goofy as hell but you always had the undertones at the same time.
When I say tragic I mean Shakespearean tragedy tragic. Like all his goofy heroic gets his sister killed after it's revealed she is actually his mother and he drowns himself in Sea Urchin's bubbles. Dark.
Quote from: laughing paradox on March 02, 2010, 11:00:45 PM
Quote from: Previsionary on March 02, 2010, 10:52:59 PM
Does anyone actually remember the write up written for The Bard from the contest winner? Is that something I just imagined? Anyway, I think the tragic route would be interesting to see considering his Shakespearean inspirations.
But they are always doomed to be murdered in some ironic way. :(
Iron Ox = Sick
OH NO! Iron Ox is amazingly cool. Though I would never want to meet him in a dark alley behind a disco.
It is so funny, I wanted to do something 1960's non-nonsensical and now I'm plotting tragic deaths. Either way I want pure wide-screen action and high concept mayhem!
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 03, 2010, 12:09:33 AMQuote from: area34 on March 02, 2010, 11:00:04 PM
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. Machine Man in Nextwave was goofy as hell but you always had the undertones at the same time.
When I say tragic I mean Shakespearean tragedy tragic. Like all his goofy heroic gets his sister killed after it's revealed she is actually his mother and he drowns himself in Sea Urchin's bubbles. Dark.
You are now imagining the Bard living through Titus Andronicus.
GREAT PROJECT!
Reminds me of that 1970's and 1980's project I started on once:
70's blackbird
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Lugaru/70sblackbird.jpg)
Grown up Sea Urchin
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Lugaru/adulturchin.jpg)
Quote from: lugaru on March 03, 2010, 05:58:35 AM
GREAT PROJECT!
Reminds me of that 1970's and 1980's project I started on once:
70's blackbird
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Lugaru/70sblackbird.jpg)
Grown up Sea Urchin
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Lugaru/adulturchin.jpg)
Very funky.
Somewhere I picked up a Blackbird skin for Female Basic Wings or something like that... I wonder where it went...
Check my 2nd yahoo group for that skin, Daglob.
I had wanted to do 1970s versions of all the characters but ran out of design ideas after giving Order an anfro and giant boot cuffs...
I thought that Iron Ox looked more like he had metal plates instead of leather. How about a Colossus-style metal form?
(http://i45.tinypic.com/30axefn.png)
Done quicky but it is still causing me keyframes headache. I was originally going to redesign him but decided to just skin the costume I liked. I've done a Swift (redesign) and Engineer (redesign). I'll probably end up doing Jenny Spark, Jenny Quantum (I refuse Quarx as a last name) and the Doctor (Habib).
That's a great face, lots of character in it.
Love it :thumbup:
I like how his eyes look,very cool! :cool:
I'm so happy you're redesigning the rest of the team!
(http://i47.tinypic.com/i23888.jpg)
Macrowave and Arcanhiss
Lol, AA. That's awesome. Can I borrow some of your creativity sometime? You seem to have it in spades. I'm especially impressed by Arcanhiss. Do all her arms function (akin to Spiral)?
Actually, looking at Arcanhiss, something looks weird about her thigh. Is it the angle or what?
Beautiful work on all three skins. :thumbup:
*Pops in thread for periodic praise of AA*
Niiiice...
Whoa, that is awesome. I'd suggest moving the top pair of her arms a little below her armpits, since right now they kind of look pretty functionless, but the rest of it is amazing.
Also, STORY ON MACROWAVE PLZ. Cyborg? Alternate timeline? Post-op Microwave after he resolves the crisis of his gender identity? Inquiring minds want to know!
...actually the idea of a robot who is built to look like a dude but identifies as a woman or vice versa is an awesome idea. brb writan'.
Quote from: Previsionary on March 09, 2010, 03:26:08 AM
Lol, AA. That's awesome. Can I borrow some of your creativity sometime? You seem to have it in spades. I'm especially impressed by Arcanhiss. Do all her arms function (akin to Spiral)?
Actually, looking at Arcanhiss, something looks weird about her thigh. Is it the angle or what?
Can I borrow some of your dialog and coding talent? :) Yes, her arms do move ala Spiral.
I think it is the angle.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on March 09, 2010, 04:58:10 AM
Beautiful work on all three skins. :thumbup:
Thanks!
Quote from: tommyboy on March 09, 2010, 09:58:12 AM
*Pops in thread for periodic praise of AA*
Niiiice...
Danke!
Quote from: Gremlin on March 09, 2010, 04:55:06 PM
Whoa, that is awesome. I'd suggest moving the top pair of her arms a little below her armpits, since right now they kind of look pretty functionless, but the rest of it is amazing.
Also, STORY ON MACROWAVE PLZ. Cyborg? Alternate timeline? Post-op Microwave after he resolves the crisis of his gender identity? Inquiring minds want to know!
...actually the idea of a robot who is built to look like a dude but identifies as a woman or vice versa is an awesome idea. brb writan'.
Unfortunately I can't move her arms. Bearded/Ink did this mesh together and that's how they built her.
While I dont want to drop any details on Secret Origins (which I need to get refocused on) I will say her basic design was inspired by Irrational's Million Dollar Man makeover for Microwave and the default Action Girl mesh skin from :ffvstr:.
dood seriously knock it on the head, you're making the rest of us on the site look bad.
bloody hell man these are fantastic
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 09, 2010, 09:18:59 PMWhile I dont want to drop any details on Secret Origins (which I need to get refocused on) I will say her basic design was inspired by Irrational's Million Dollar Man makeover for Microwave and the default Action Girl mesh skin from :ffvstr:.
Million Dollar Man Microwave? When was this ish?
You've seen it:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/15161/freedom-force/images/freedom-force-20090626030209931.html
Very very cool! I just love your stuff.
I want to replace all the default meshes/skins in Freedom Force and replace them with yours.
I'm glad you went with that released Microwave picture as your inspiration for Macrowave.. it's pretty sweet.
all the concept pictures are cool.the villians rock too.that minuteman pic makes him look tougher.
Quote from: herodad1 on March 11, 2010, 11:05:50 PM
all the concept pictures are cool.the villians rock too.that minuteman pic makes him look tougher.
It was for the proposed "Ultimate Freedom Force" idea....thank heaven they didn't go with that one.
So I've been reading Geoff Johns' boring yet endearing SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGINS (which is more retelling things than "secret") and Jeff Parker's MARVEL BOY: THE URANIAN (slow but I love the 50's backups). I started thinking about how these two characters had so much in common yet so incredibly different. Kal El goes to Earth and becomes this Earth superhero, Bob Grayson goes to Uranus and becomes this Uranian diplomat. The more I read the more my brain started lining up their history and spin-off characters (whether in title/name or relationship).
Superman = The Uranian
Superboy = Marvel Boy
Conner Kent/Kon El = Noh Varr (Marvel Boy name only)
Superboy Prime = Crusader (crazy Uranian clone thingie)
Steel = Blue Marvel (Again name only but oddly both Black)
Anyway, reading this titles made skin (plus I'm having troubles with a FF:SO design). I'm actually going to finish my Noh Varr for those who are a fan of the character. So yah - it only took like three years.
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(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/uranian.jpg)
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(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/marvelboy.jpg)
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(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/superman.jpg)
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(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/superboy.jpg)
Thanks to Vertex, Tommyboy, Beyonder, Ink, Tomato, and Renegade for the original geometry.
... AA, we need to be better friends because we apparently like a lot of the same characters. Atlas mod... it needs to happen! I think Marvel boy is my favorite of the batch thus far.
AA, you never ceases to amaze me! Superboy and Marvel Boy are just perfect!
Looking forward to get my hands on them!
BTW, count me on the Atlas fan club, best Marvel concept in ages.
Quote from: Previsionary on March 23, 2010, 11:52:30 PM
... AA, we need to be better friends because we apparently like a lot of the same characters. Atlas mod... it needs to happen! I think Marvel boy is my favorite of the batch thus far.
He's mine too and I actually think that would be a good idea if I get to do a redhead and mega watt blonde version of Venus.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 23, 2010, 11:38:33 PM
So I've been reading Geoff Johns' boring yet endearing SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGINS (which is more retelling things than "secret") and Jeff Parker's MARVEL BOY: THE URANIAN (slow but I love the 50's backups). I started thinking about how these two characters had so much in common yet so incredibly different. Kal El goes to Earth because this Earth superhero, Bob Grayson goes to Uranus and becomes this Uranian diplomat. The more I read the more my brain started lining up their history and spin-off characters (whether in title/name or relationship).
Superman = The Uranian
Superboy = Marvel Boy
Conner Kent/Kon El = Noh Varr (Marvel Boy name only)
Superboy Prime = Crusader (crazy Uranian clone thingie)
Steel = Blue Marvel (Again name only but oddly both Black)
Great insight about Kal-El and Bob Grayson, a very interesting concept.
Quote from: John Jr. on March 24, 2010, 12:03:36 AM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 23, 2010, 11:38:33 PM
So I've been reading Geoff Johns' boring yet endearing SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGINS (which is more retelling things than "secret") and Jeff Parker's MARVEL BOY: THE URANIAN (slow but I love the 50's backups). I started thinking about how these two characters had so much in common yet so incredibly different. Kal El goes to Earth because this Earth superhero, Bob Grayson goes to Uranus and becomes this Uranian diplomat. The more I read the more my brain started lining up their history and spin-off characters (whether in title/name or relationship).
Superman = The Uranian
Superboy = Marvel Boy
Conner Kent/Kon El = Noh Varr (Marvel Boy name only)
Superboy Prime = Crusader (crazy Uranian clone thingie)
Steel = Blue Marvel (Again name only but oddly both Black)
Great insight about Kal-El and Bob Grayson, a very interesting concept.
Yeah, it actually made me sad for Bob because he is infinitely more interesting than Superman if you ask me. Superman is alien who for all intents and purpose wants to be human and does so very easily because of the way he was raised. Until recently, Superman never had to deal with other Kryptonians but Bob, he's so unique. It's like a Chinese baby being raised in America his whole life and suddenly back in China and everyone is expecting him to act Chinese because he is Chinese. While I like what Parker is doing in the Uranian, I really wish Marvel would shine some more light on Bob. He was the classic Marvel Boy (but not the first one). He should be one of the big guns if you ask me - he has an interesting visual and he's got of history with established Avengers characters (Starforx was an Uranian Eternal after all). You know what as I typed this I realized that in a way Moondragon is sort of like a reverse Supergirl/Superwoman. I might just skin her too.
It's one of the reasons I miss the silver age Superman "strange in a stranger land" angle, he was too human to be a real kryptonian and too much of a kryptonian to be a normal human. The current version is not very interesting to me.
I believe Parker made Bob in one of the most interesting modern characters. He's my favorite in Atlas and I'm liking his series too.
Back to your skinning, just want to say Marvel Boy and Superboy have great, expressive faces. They got the right young look, but also have a heroic aura. Two of your best!
Moondragon?! Don't tease, AA. Don't. While I'm not super impressed with some of her recent developments, she's another character I'm usually fond of. Next you'll be talking about doing the first Rocket Raccoon skin and I'll end up waking up from a coma in a cold sweat because such things certainly couldn't be possible. :P
Nice work AA. I really like how you've depicted the two characters at different ages. Really well done there.
Also like that you're skinning a lesser known character like the Uranian. I haven't personally gotten into him but he seems like a cool character.
I love how these came out, particularly the two Marvels. Impressive as always.
And finally Prev and I can agree on a character: Moondragon was pretty spectacular... a skin/skope of ol' Baldy by you would be most appreciated. I hope you were contemplating her classic look.
Great skins and between your original creations, mash ups and Marvel/DC work you are probably the biggest advocate for aliens/cosmic characters. Keep up the great work!
I was waiting for you to finish The Uranian. Excellent work. What did you use for Marvel Boy? I had a skoped some but I wanted to change the belt and cape on the ones I skoped.
Quote from: Avalon on March 25, 2010, 07:20:40 PM
I was waiting for you to finish The Uranian. Excellent work. What did you use for Marvel Boy? I had a skoped some but I wanted to change the belt and cape on the ones I skoped.
Tommyboys parts, Beyonder's male_basic_teen_tall, and vertex hair.
Quote from: lugaru on March 25, 2010, 02:08:48 PM
Great skins and between your original creations, mash ups and Marvel/DC work you are probably the biggest advocate for aliens/cosmic characters. Keep up the great work!
To me they are just more interesting. I liked the X-Men and Batman and blah blah but I've always really enjoyed characters like Adam Warlock, Thor, and all these other characters that have their own little worlds to play in. Of course Batman has Gotham but he's always in Gotham, Superman isn't always in Metropolis. He's in outerspace, he's off-world, he's in other dimensions. Those big stories are always just fun to read. Plus cosmic characters always have better designs if you ask me.
Take for example: Noh Varr. I love his design. Sure it was tedious but it's really interesting to look at. Whether that is a good or bad, I'm not sure.
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/nohvarr.jpg)
I've got some more skoping on him. I want to do his guns and armor plus this arm blade thing he used against She-Hulk. I'm considering doing an alternate Captain of the Marvel costume as well (the guy who talked about the belief engine in his mini).
Once you go Cosmic you never go back :blink:
oh em gee, yes!
The details on the boots are freakin' good. I usually have a problem with that area, because of the warping, but you show that it can be done well.
Quote from: laughing paradox on March 25, 2010, 08:52:02 PM
The details on the boots are freakin' good. I usually have a problem with that area, because of the warping, but you show that it can be done well.
You think it's good? It's took me three tries. In fact those damn boots took me the longest to skin. You can still see the warping but blah I think it's good enough.
He's great, AA! Your faces are getting better and better! The three "boys" are very expressive and and each one has a distinctive look.
Congrats!
Noh-Varr - nice!
Dude, these cosmic characters are outstanding!
Noh Varr looks so good, and Marvel Boy is pretty wicked too.
(I hope the Authority wont sit too long on the backburner though)
Hopefully I'll get back to the Authority soon. I've skoped Engineer and Swift but I haven't thought about what I'd do with the Doctor or Jenny. Maybe I'll just keep them as is.
Anyway, here something I did pretty quick after reading Cloak and Dagger one-shot.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/29ymx3b.jpg)
Unfortunately no big X on Cloak's cloak because of the mapping. I've also slightly updated the other skins as well and I'm probably going to get all these skins I've display up at HeroForce tomorrow.
How coincidental... I was just wondering what your opinion on that one-shot was in the Marvel Thread, AA, heh. Anyway, I like what I see, and I'm so glad they decided to move Dagger's "X" to her lower stomach instead of its original placement.
Scratches Cloak and Dagger off list.
Very nice looking AA. Does Cloak have a hood up version?
Beautiful Dagger, AA. Cloak's face is pretty good too.
Impressive work, as always
Quote from: Previsionary on April 03, 2010, 11:19:22 PM
How coincidental... I was just wondering what your opinion on that one-shot was in the Marvel Thread, AA, heh. Anyway, I like what I see, and I'm so glad they decided to move Dagger's "X" to her lower stomach instead of its original placement.
I thought it was good setup for an ongoing but the same creative team. I liked that it seemed like a lot of ideas from the http://savetherobot.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/cloak-and-dagger-get-new-series-in-2009/ (http://initial%20mini) were used. I feel like I understand Ty and Tandy a little better.
Quote from: Podmark on April 03, 2010, 11:36:22 PM
Scratches Cloak and Dagger off list.
Very nice looking AA. Does Cloak have a hood up version?
Yes, he has an alpha-enabled hood.
Quote from: John Jr. on April 04, 2010, 12:19:43 AM
Beautiful Dagger, AA. Cloak's face is pretty good too.
Impressive work, as always
Thanks.
Those are sweet, AA. Did you use multiple capes to skope Cloak?
Quote from: murs47 on April 04, 2010, 04:07:49 PM
Those are sweet, AA. Did you use multiple capes to skope Cloak?
Well Beard did for his Cloak mesh.
Firstly.. yeah, I really liked those boots.
Secondly.. Cloak and Dagger look exquisite. I want to use that Cloak mesh to skope up a Phantazia character, from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. k
So I thought pasting some unfinished work would inspire me so here it is.
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(http://i43.tinypic.com/1444hn7.jpg)
Here is a Psylocke I started for DM's Psylocke skope. I lost a lot of steam on it after I did her hair and face (which I enjoyed doing).
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(http://i40.tinypic.com/awx0n6.jpg)
Mimic's wing are the default wings. I believe C6's but it was a Matrix skin. This will probably never be released.
More Added:
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(http://i44.tinypic.com/mw8aph.jpg)
My Warlock and Red Hulkling with Asgardian and Powerboy.
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(http://i40.tinypic.com/35iyu7q.jpg)
Authority Redesigns: Engineer and Swift
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(http://i41.tinypic.com/fonprk.jpg)
My Lanterns. They need a face lift and I still needed to an Orange, Green, and Red one. I guess a white one too but I don't think they would have him...
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(http://i43.tinypic.com/2urbiux.jpg)
Update to my Cable - I have a X-Man/Nate Grey too but he's just a face at this point.
AA, I think that the face on that Psyloke is really fantastic. The eyes have some real personality, as does the way you've drawn her mouth. That's some really stellar work.
Wow that some really amazing stuff there AA. I'd love to see you finish any of it. Especially that Cable.
I'm with Pod, that Cable is looking pretty spectacular so far. All of these look great in fact. But that Cable, wow! I can tell you spent a great deal of time on the face.
Fantastic work on all of 'em...as usual AA. The face on Cable...WOW....the best you've ever done! :thumbup: Hmm.....why no release on Mimic? The Wings?
I won't bother adding myself to the growing list of people saying you should absolutely finish ____, (though Psylocke and Cable do look sweet) but might I suggest possibly switching Indigo AA to a TM base mesh? I use different mapping for feet.
do i even need to say it.
Oh, AA.. always with the awesome stuff.
Psylocke looks even better than your previous classic skin of her, which is no easy feat. The only nitpick I have on her is that her lower lip looks like it has a cut on it.. maybe lighten the dark middle part of her lip just a slight.
Those Authority redesigns look like they're going to be insane. I hope you finish those up, just so we can see what your final vision of them is like.
Would you consider, if you wanted to finish Mimic, putting him on a vxmale_wing mesh?
Always impressed with your work. However, it may just be me, but the headgear on the Star Sapphire looks a little bit off center. I have to agree with everyone else, Cable's face is phenominal.
If you don't want to finish Mimic would you just release the skin as is? That skin awesome and after seeing it I don't plan on finishing my version...
Area, Mimic nor any of these others will be released - they are sitting on a thumb drive with all my other pdfs which is where they will stay until I lose it knowing me. You should do one.
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If you've been over in promotion or seen my forum status, I'm now officially retired. This does not mean I'm gonna run away from the forum it just means I realized whatever kept me skinning since 2002 (wow 8 years!) has fled and in its places is a newfound love for handheld consoles, next gen games, and work.
So I was being nostalgic today and looking at my thread in the archive forums (http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=41272.0) and realized that I regret not finishing up the Matrix Avenger tribute skin to accompany the X-Men (http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=41272.msg662807#msg662807) one I did.
While I've done tons of work over the years, there are a few things I'm extremely proud of such as how my skinning developed (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=49148.msg703154#msg703154), my Hiveworld original skins (http://i33.tinypic.com/117r37r.jpg), my work with Johnny Patches (http://i37.tinypic.com/344ruwx.jpg), Miracleman (http://i37.tinypic.com/xqcm0p.jpg), the Weird World originals with Unkoman (http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=48497.0), the Astonishing X-Men pak (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=49148.msg674969#msg674969), my Thor (http://i43.tinypic.com/s2zntd.jpg) and Ares (http://i44.tinypic.com/2u41mwp.jpg) skopes/skins (a lot of love went into both Thor (http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=41272.msg583169#msg583169) and Ares (http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=41272.msg583506#msg583506) over the years), skinning Ink's meshes (http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/hero-force.jpg), starting HeroForce (http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/), becoming a member of GPL (http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/0001tzff.jpg) working with Doc Mike on the Amazanuats (http://www.fundamentzero.com/amazanauts/index.htm), last but not least my avatar (http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/afghanant-freedom-force/).
I still think its hilarious I attempted to skin Mario (http://i11.tinypic.com/6ag3i4p.jpg) and Luigi (http://i15.tinypic.com/4l94943.jpg).
It's sad to think that you might never skin another freedom force creation AA, I can truly say that you have consistently been a source of inspiration to myself and, I'm sure the entire skinning/skoping/meshing community. It's good to know you'll still be around but, heartbreaking in a way knowing that a incredibly talented creator will create no more.
Well, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for all of the time you have dedicated to FF, FR, your little tips and tricks for fellow skinners, and your comments and critique. I've been a fan since I first downloaded Ink's first Psylocke mesh, which you did the standard for. I will always continue to be a fan.
i'm not going to give a long post cause i'll still speak to you outside the boards and stuff, but you know my views on your work and i hope to see you working on anything art ways some time soon
Well, whenever one of us says something like this, I find myself thinking "we'll see." There is something about this game that seems to keep us coming back, and you never really know. I know I have never managed to really walk away. Anyway, I'm glad you're sticking around the boards man!
@artemis thanks!
@TUE ^_^
@Benton You know I really thought about it and I realized I haven't tried to skin since Feb and I hadn't released anything since Dec. After realizing that and seeing just how much of my computer was dedicated to FF and I wasn't even playing it, I decided this was the perfect time especially given all the amazing content still being made.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 14, 2010, 04:55:22 PM
@artemis thanks!
@TUE ^_^
@Benton You know I really thought about it and I realized I haven't tried to skin since Feb and I hadn't released anything since Dec. After realizing that and seeing just how much of my computer was dedicated to FF and I wasn't even playing it, I decided this was the perfect time especially given all the amazing content still being made.
That being said, it's still a bummer that we won't see anything new from such a gifted creater. :(
when my computer bit the dust this last time i had considered giving up the game myself because ive gotten tired of re-building/loading all my characters,maps,and fx's.alot of fx's i tinkered with myself.i kept thinking to myself about an external hard drive and backing my whole c-drive up on it but didnt.when this last crash happened it really discouraged me.i'm going to hang on though.i really love this game and everything you guys/gals have done over the years.also, with grenadier coming back thats also a good reason to hang on.he's always been my one of my favorite meshers.AA, take some time in life and find what you want to do.hopefully you will come back. :)
Psh. AfghanAnt's finished?
I'll believe it when I see it... Or not.... !?
I too hope this isn't a permanent retirement (I was hoping to see your updated Phantomex)...
Your skin's are always amazing(and unique) but the effort and creativity you put in to skoping each one is what I'm always impressed with.
Damn, I saw the new postage, and got my hopes up. What a bummer.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4940185711_4baee7751d_b.jpg)
Yes, I know what you are thinking but I just couldn't help myself. I was looking for Storm for my classic X-Men team was looking at Grenadier's Darkstar and thought "uhmmm she would be a great classic Storm". After some skoping and skinning here she is. However me returning is not the big surprise of this post (this is totally just an one-off. No more after this.)...the big surprise is below though...
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4940185791_29e523a461_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4940772562_eaa71c2760_b.jpg)
That's right Storm generates wind shields to protect her from incoming attacks.
That is just sick... :thumbup:
The skin is just wow. wonderful and incredible don't even have enough synonyms to describe it. I'd place it easily in your top 5 skins. It's actually just brilliant.
and the defense anims? inspired. really great. what's next? AA is going to become a mesher?
Very cool bro. :thumbup: Now...make that "hurricane" a little bigger and we got us a winner. ;) Only critique I have is that I think her face is a little "hard"...maybe it's the shadowing on her cheeks and jawline. Just my humble opinion. ;)
really cool AA! that would look cool also when she flies! you cant quit AA...youve still got the rest of the team to do. i bet you could do an awsome colossus!
Damn that is slick!
Ah-ha! So this is what you meant, hmm? Very cool man, and I just love the defense animations. Great work!
Looks really good AA. Where did you get that shoulder cape top thing?
Impressive work, AA. The skin is beautiful and the dodge/wind shield idea is great!
Storm looks great. Fantastic job on the hair.
Thanks everyone. I am really happy with how ethnic Storm turned out and how well her dodges work. :)
Storm is amazing looking! Love how crisp and vivid everything is. The shields are well done with good accompanying animations. Great work AA!
WOW! That's an awesome Storm!!! And just read the spoiler link: Very nice, AA, very nice! Any chance this will be released soon?
Defenitely one of your best skins AA!
Unko's comment about my production while retired was true but to be fair it was mostly because of Tomato's post.
The Young Avengers
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4848462668_a56ce5e117_b.jpg)
Full Gallery:Young Avengers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/sets/72157624457629939)
Uncanny X-Men
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5010734036_3dffc1fc6a_b.jpg)
Full Gallery: Uncanny X-Men (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/sets/72157624837976928)
Uncanny X-Men created for Heralds of Destiny Mod (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=53737.msg727089#msg727089)
Dark Phoenix (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/4953447720_6f43c17df5_b.jpg)
BTW Phoenix comes with four variants - Good, Bad, White, and Black Phoenix Costumes.
Mighty Avengers
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5010128873_f383402104_b.jpg)
Full Gallery: Mighty Avengers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/sets/72157624837996966)
Mighty Avengers created for Heralds of Destiny Mod (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=53737.msg727089#msg727089)
Updated Lady Loki (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5010128895_b90c0d4964_b.jpg)
House of M
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/5010128923_abc7f8eb80_b.jpg)
Full Gallery:House of M (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/sets/72157624713580761)
Um...wow.
I think I better retire too so I can do an army of skins.
These are amazing AA, and we finally have a Stature skin! We talked for years about one of us skinning her but it never happened (mostly my fault). But yay she's finally done! What did you do for her mesh?
Also I hate you for skinning Hank's new costume before me. Hate in a loving way because it looks awesome.
Fantastic work bro! :thumbup: Sorry I didn't get that Magneto skope to you. Truth be told I didn't quite like how it was coming out...however...I just started a new one. Watch your PM...before the end of this week...it should hava a lil sumthin sumthin extra. ;) Also since Gren came out with his "modern" Thor maybe give a lil switcheroo from your skope to the new mesh. ;)
Quote from: Podmark on September 21, 2010, 04:23:31 AM
Um...wow.
I think I better retire too so I can do an army of skins.
These are amazing AA, and we finally have a Stature skin! We talked for years about one of us skinning her but it never happened (mostly my fault). But yay she's finally done! What did you do for her mesh?
Also I hate you for skinning Hank's new costume before me. Hate in a loving way because it looks awesome.
Stature was skopedon Tommy's female vert with some extras from Ink. In fact I think I just updated that skope you started.
I wanted the modern versions of the Original Avengers in the Heralds mod and if not for your Wasp skope, that would not have happened.
Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on September 21, 2010, 04:25:59 AM
Fantastic work bro! :thumbup: Sorry I didn't get that Magneto skope to you. Truth be told I didn't quite like how it was coming out...however...I just started a new one. Watch your PM...before the end of this week...it should hava a lil sumthin sumthin extra. ;) Also since Gren came out with his "modern" Thor maybe give a lil switcheroo from your skope to the new mesh. ;)
Awesome. I actually skinned the Magneto waiting on your skope but I'd love to update him to that one. Thor is actually rebuilt on Gren's mesh.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on September 21, 2010, 04:32:51 AM
Stature was skopedon Tommy's female vert with some extras from Ink. In fact I think I just updated that skope you started.
I wanted the modern versions of the Original Avengers in the Heralds mod and if not for your Wasp skope, that would not have happened.
Yay I helped!
Really happy you jumped on that Wasp skope. Little behind the scenes info, I'm planning a Hank Pym/size changers retrospective as my next potential skin project. That was when I came up with the idea to get a new Wasp, but I didn't have any real plans to skin her, especially not anytime soon. So I'm really glad you did one so soon.
Did you end up getting any help from Tomato on any of these?
No... the mesh I helped with isn't here yet.
I am curious... you clearly were doing the phoenix era X-men, was there any reason you did cyke's old school visor? Cuz you know, some awesome person meshed his gsx visor not that long ago. Colossus too.
Quote from: Tomato on September 21, 2010, 04:42:27 AM
No... the mesh I helped with isn't here yet.
I am curious... you clearly were doing the phoenix era X-men, was there any reason you did cyke's old school visor? Cuz you know, some awesome person meshed his gsx visor not that long ago. Colossus too.
I started on the mesh but haven't finished it yet (I keep starting work on it and then to do something else - the mesh might create objects if I can ever figure out how to change these keyframes I'm working with). I always thought his visor was thinner during that time period and thicker during that whole 60's Mod X-Men era (I'll have to take another look at your mesh). I'm using your Colossus, just didnt see the point of reskinning it. :P
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Wow. Overload. Great work AA! The Phoenix skins are so cool.
He got the thicker visor the sane time the new team formed. If I recall right, it had to do with the krakoa ordeal making his powers stronger, and he needed the thicker visor to hold it back.
:o Yes wow is the word here. I thought you were only kidding when you said you had skinned a lot while in "retirement". They all look great. I'm glad Tomato was able to encourage you to skin again. :cool:
Wow, AA.. very awesome. I love seeing the Young Avengers all completed by you.. I'm just bummed out that in the comics the Vision replaced Iron Lad.. I liked Iron Lad's design better.
Banshee really stands out for me.. very nice work on all of them, really.
By the way, great choice in creating Iron Maiden from Earth X. I loved her character.. and Killraven, too!
Beautiful, really fantastic. Which mesh is Dark Phoenix on? She has a very nice build. I can't believe you've done so many skins after you retired haha but really great work!
I am so unworthy...
Those are genuine works of art. Wow!
SWEET BABY JEEBUS!
Man, those Young Avengers are soooo good! I especially love your Vision :wub:
I know I've not posted in a while and returned to my lurking state, but I can not stay silent after seeing this. My go..odness AfghanAnt you have become so good at this.
*stunned* What is there to say but....holy freakin' awesomeness!!
hey AA! did you make a colossus skin too. saw one in the back ground.
Impressive. I'm glad my comment prompted you to show off.
But almost I'm crying now. How can I ever achieve such greatness?
I made that same type of comment about Hal Foster's Prince Valiant strip. Every time I look at it I pretty much give up drawing because I feel like I'm insulting Hal Foster with my caveman-esque scratchings.
Quote from: UnkoMan on September 22, 2010, 06:14:08 PM
Impressive. I'm glad my comment prompted you to show off.
But almost I'm crying now. How can I ever achieve such greatness?
Well my friend maybe it's time that you jumped back in the game and found out. :rolleyes: :P :D
Yeah Unko. You made a lot of great skins yourself. If you have time to spare, why not let AA's work be a source of inspiration for you to skin again. :P
sorry for the stupid question, but, where can I get those skins, I didn´t find them at Freedom Force
Quote from: Outcast on September 23, 2010, 03:20:26 AM
Yeah Unko. You made a lot of great skins yourself. If you have time to spare, why not let AA's work be a source of inspiration for you to skin again. :P
Quoted for truth.
Quote from: PsychoDan on September 23, 2010, 04:29:26 PM
sorry for the stupid question, but, where can I get those skins, I didn´t find them at Freedom Force
I don't think he's released them yet.
Amazing work, AA. I'm glad you decided to come back.
Those are some mighty fine skins, man. Great job!
These aren't released yet and most of these skins are exclusive to my Heralds of Destiny mod and a possible YA mod.
Thanks everyone.
So I'm working on a new mod (yes Heralds is still coming soon) that is set in its own universe but is very familiar. So here are a few of the characters who will be in the mod. :)
The Four(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1057/5098865332_cf4543c590_b.jpg)
Created for an avatar challenge, it was a team that was parodying a few FR members and the Fantastic Four. There has always been a soft spot in my heart for these four so I decided I wanted to include them in my new mod.
Updated FourSpoiler
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5098865318_4ec2b14aed_b.jpg)
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5090305145_13703f3d90_b.jpg)
Same guy, you've always know. He's a little older and his outlook on life is a little realer.
Contingency TSpoiler
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5090305185_03ebd064d5_b.jpg)
Probably my favorite new design and character, he was initially created for someone else but when I realized I missed the mark a little on what they wanted and my utter love for the personality I thought up when creating him I knew I had to include him into my mod. He's a member of a superhero team called The Silent Majority. I was thinking about that horrible costume Jubilee had during the Aussie year of X-Men.
I probably wont show anymore previews for the new mod because I've just started modding it (yes I'm attempting to make a mod myself with the help of m25's amazing program) and I honestly want there to be a surprise factor.
These are some really good concepts.
:thumbup:
Outstanding, I love them all!
They all look great! What an incredible improvement for the four. You've really come along way, and they were quite nice before but now... wow!
Absolutely gorgeous! The designs, the colors, the details...terrific!
Fan-freakin-tastic man! :thumbup: Awesome work! :thumbup:
There is a lot of personality oozing out of your work, AA. It is really impressive. You've set the bar very, very high.
The Four look really cool. I like how they came out.
Really cool stuff AA. The last one, Contingency T, is particularly cool.
That's pretty awesome AA. All those minor details with The Four really make that set shine. :thumbup:
Hi AA,
Great origional designs and characters! I love the details and the colors!!
Respectfully,
All those details really make a difference and it shows in your characters. I like the diagram you made for Contingency T as well.
These all look great but that Contingency T character really stands out, he has a very unique design and a very interesting theme going for him not to mention that beautiful skin wrapped around him.
Awesome characters/skins! I'm especially impressed with The Reep.
I am rainbow powered!
Why thank you everyone. :D I've finally finished up all the skins for the first mission so tonight before Fringe I'm going to try and put it together (I want to move quickly on this mod).
contingency t looks fantastic, as do the others, this sounds very promising. good luck on the mod.
I'm curious as to who Dr. Obscure is slightly based on? So far, I've gotten Fusion, Glitch Girl, and Reepicheep. There's only one malleable hero I know in this joint ^_^
Also, will you be releasing your X-Men and Avengers skins with the mod, or will they only be available within it? *crosses fingers for those Phoenix skins*
The skins and skopes are great, AA, and the characters are very creative.
Great job!
Quote from: Figure Fan on October 21, 2010, 06:36:16 PM
I'm curious as to who Dr. Obscure is slightly based on? So far, I've gotten Fusion, Glitch Girl, and Reepicheep. There's only one malleable hero I know in this joint ^_^
Hey! What am I; chopped silly-putty? But it ain't me, either...
Quote from: Figure Fan on October 21, 2010, 06:36:16 PM
I'm curious as to who Dr. Obscure is slightly based on? So far, I've gotten Fusion, Glitch Girl, and Reepicheep. There's only one malleable hero I know in this joint ^_^
Also, will you be releasing your X-Men and Avengers skins with the mod, or will they only be available within it? *crosses fingers for those Phoenix skins*
He's based on you - when I originally did made him he was called Obscure because you had the tk ava and then became the elastic one. Initially he was just going to use the mutator attribute but I liked this idea of hard plastic weapons for a plastic surgeon. I really liked the your goggles so those made it into the original and current design also.
As for the skins, they will be released in the mod to make people download it. It really is worth the download.
Hey AA, those are some amazing skins! While the character concepts themselves are not really my cup of tea, you've created some beautifully realized designs. Let me also add my admiration CT. I love the eclectic look of that skope/skin, like some of the neater designs in your Heralds mod.
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 21, 2010, 11:43:44 PM
Hey AA, those are some amazing skins! While the character concepts themselves are not really my cup of tea, you've created some beautifully realized designs. Let me also add my admiration CT. I love the eclectic look of that skope/skin, like some of the neater designs in your Heralds mod.
Ah thanks. The FOUR aren't suppose to be likable - I mean they have their charm but they are suppose to be examples of comic "realism". When I was thinking up the new concepts for this mod it was what would traditional superheroes do in a world of heroes and villains created by Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis.
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Quote from: BentonGrey on October 21, 2010, 11:43:44 PM
Hey AA, those are some amazing skins! While the character concepts themselves are not really my cup of tea, you've created some beautifully realized designs. Let me also add my admiration CT. I love the eclectic look of that skope/skin, like some of the neater designs in your Heralds mod.
Ah thanks. The FOUR aren't suppose to be likable - I mean they have their charm but they are suppose to be examples of comic "realism". When I was thinking up the new concepts for this mod it was what would traditional superheroes do in a world of heroes and villains created by Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis.
Haha! Well, in that case, it seems to me that you've hit just the right tone. ;)
Ah-ha! Okay I thought it might have been based on me, but I couldn't remember at which point you adapted him. Makes sense now, and yes, plastic weapons for a plastic surgeon is quite cool/funny.
As for the mod--I'm going to be downloading it as soon as it's released, so no worries there. I'm excited :D
Quote from: Figure Fan on October 22, 2010, 03:36:08 AM
Ah-ha! Okay I thought it might have been based on me, but I couldn't remember at which point you adapted him. Makes sense now, and yes, plastic weapons for a plastic surgeon is quite cool/funny.
At one time I heard some surgeons performed the first cut with a disposable plastic sclapel. So I decided that The Glob (and, by extension, Boogeyman) could form plastic knives with his hands-blades with cell-thin edges that had a constantly renewing edge...
Hm, I suppose Mr. Fantastic and characters like him can be pretty deadly. I actually gave Figure Fan a power that did piercing damage in the game similar to what you describe, Glob. I didn't know your avatar was malleable and what have you. Cool!
Those are AMAZING. I especially like Contingency T.
Much love for all these characters. I look forward to this mod.
I've been sitting on a lot of unpreviewed skins. The thing is the majority of them were done months ago but I was holding them off as specials with the mod. Anywho, here is stuffage.
Down On The Bayou - Like House of M and the Young Avengers I have plans to release these together.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5193286672_0496cf640b_b.jpg)
Clockwise - Gambit, Destiny, Rogue, and Mystique
Here are better shots of Gambit and Mystique.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5193286650_94a5eb1a61_b.jpg)
This is a reskope of Style's awesome Mystique skope. I wanted her to have her traditional bob.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5192690213_3df03d78a6_b.jpg)
You may notice that his "metal parts" are blue rather than grey or silver, well based on the old Jim Lee design and various action figures (which is what usually inspire me), I decide I would go for the blue gunmetal hue.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/5122320668_dc97cfcf78_b.jpg)
This is Ant-Boy or whatever I am calling him. He is mySpider-man analog for the HF (now renamed Fractal Universe) mod. Basically when I was like 13 I use to draw this Ant-boy character. Unfortunately I had no idea what he looked like anymore so I just thought about what a 13 year old wear if he was inspired by Spider-man.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5193341960_4dd5bd20e8_b.jpg)
All of the alternate and additional skins for Herald of Destiny.
Left to Right: Anarchist, Mimic, U-Go Girl, Magneto, Amalgam, Iceman (usng Rev's Iceman skope as the base), Black Phoenix, and White Phoenix. For Mimic I ended up using Ink's Archangel New X - I'm not 100% sure the mesh is ok to skope but I've seen a few released skopes using that mesh as its base.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5192744719_64ea855b55_b.jpg)
Reskins on my Supergirl Returns and Bizarro Returns skins. I was going to do Powergirl too but blah I've lost almost all interest in DC save Batman and Robin.
Update on the Heralds of Destiny mod is it is being simplified. I haven't send the details over to Bent just yet but it will be more of an update pak of skins, skopes, and fxs with an ezscript level.
These are amazing AA! :thumbup:
Wow amazing stuff AA!
That Ant-Boy is a really awesome skin. I'm also really digging that Gambit.
These giant skin dumps are crazy.
Really fantastic work, AA.
I love what you did here with the characters, as well as your choice of characters. I really like that you added some X-Statix characters. Did you have any plans to tackle some other of their members (I'd love to see your updated take on Dead Girl).
Iceman looks really fantastic to me. (Prepare to hear Prem gloat in the few next posts.. ;))
Quote from: laughing paradox on November 21, 2010, 02:57:41 AM
Iceman looks really fantastic to me. (Prepare to hear Prem gloat in the few next posts.. ;))
*gloats* I always KNEW you liked Iceman. You were just trying to hide it because Darkstar was confused about her feelings and died. :P
AA, I love your skins. They all seem to have a unique style about them, and your color work is fantastic. I'm glad we finally have a new skin to represent White Crown Phoenix, considering Matrix's version is a few years old now. My one critique, however, is also for that skin and it relates to the golden parts. I think the reflection (you used that, right?) could be toned down a little in some areas (gloves). Can't wait to get Mimic into game. I actually miss the Dark X-men now. blah.
Great looking new skins AA !
I Especially love Iceman (wow), Ant-Boy and Mimic.
AA, i really like your originals that deal with characters that use various gadgets. reminds me of an old X-men villian that employed different alien/sentinal Techs. he would be a cool character to make. dont remember his name though. maybe you could make a team of characters that employ different weapons/Techs.
Very very cool. Any word on when the mod might be released? I'm looking forward to it.
These are sweet AA! :thumbup:
Awesome!!!! Can't wait to try 'em out :D
Wonderful work AA, love the Ant-Boy concept :thumbup:
Colorful and great looking skins as always AA. :)
AA,
Great stuff as always. I really like them all but am really taken by Antboy! Your origionals are always amazing!
Respectfully,
So I had all intention of releasing on Sunday afternoon but my computer has been blue screen of deathing me. Thankfully I backed up most of my work but I need to rezip and reskin a couple of newer skins (female AfghanAnt, Ironlad and Gambit/Death).
As for the Heralds mods, I still have all intentions of releasing it but I don't even have a version of it now. If I can get it off of my old computer I will try but if not hopefully Bent has the early version and I can just go in and remake some of the changes I made to it.
That sucks, I've gone through it a couple of times.
Any hope of recovering your files AA?
Turrible...just turrible...
Hopefully things work out cause your latest skins are insane
Ah, that really sucks! I had to go though that a few months ago.. which is why I haven't released anything in a while! (Well, that and Nifskope)
Thankfully, most of your work was backed up. Been really looking forward to your releases. Good luck on the packing up (again!).
AA, man you've been busy! Look at all that awesome stuff! You've got some great work here, but those new Hearald's skins are pretty neat. However, they sorta' pale in comparission to that Gambit skin. I've got a new favorite version of 'ol Gumbo. Your design for Antboy is also pretty neat. I really like the ant pattern on his costume. It's a neat, weird touch.
That's terrible news about your computer troubles! I'm glad to hear you've got most things backed up, though. I've definitely still got the copy of Heralds that I sent you, and I have even gotten a little (very little) more done on it. I'm working on setting up the multiple versions of Destiny now, so I'll send you a new version soonish. Send me a PM and we'll talk about what else you've got in mind. :)
AA,
I am very sorry to hear about the computer troubles. I am sure that is very unsettling. :thumbdown:
Respectfully,
Thanks all. It seems I definitely lost ConT and Ant-boy, as well as, the Herald mod in the what turned out to be an AVS caused crash but I do have just about every skin I previewed. I'm pretty bummed.
that sucks dude :(
Ant boy is so cool too :(
Sorry to hear about yer crash.
Ouch, that's really awful, AA.
A warning to everyone to always back up your stuff (looks at self).
Oh man, total bummer!
Go here for release details...Young Avengers, X-Men, Avengers, and an Expansion Pak @ HeroForce (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=54188.new#new)
Aww dude I'm supposed to be working on a programming assignment and you drop all these on us? How am I supposed to get work done?
It looks like an amazing collection. I'll get back to you in a few hours/day when I've looked through them all.
... I have 2 words that pretty much sum up the totality of whatever nonsense I could possibly say about these skins.
Tomato Like.
Amazing! Simply amazing. Thanks for the release.
WHOOOOOOOOOOO
sweet
Simply awesome! At a loss for words
Holy crap.. this is too good to be true AA, thank you :)
Thanks everyone. This is actually not it for releases. I plan on releasing my DC and original skins next weekend.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 30, 2010, 02:50:30 PM
So I had all intention of releasing on Sunday afternoon but my computer has been blue screen of deathing me.
Any chance you can plug the HD into another PC as a slave? Often the files are still accessible.
Ant, thanks for sharing with the community despite all the computer troubles.
It's like Christmas in...December :)
Dang Ant! I thought I had a pretty good idea what you had in store for us, but you have been CRAZY busy! Ha, man, I can't wait to see what all is included in those 50 skins. I really love the classic X-Men characters you've put together for Heralds. They are just plain beautiful. I'm really sorry that you lost Ant-boy, but I'm glad that a lot of the others survived. There is some amazing work here, and it is exciting to see! :D
These are all just incredible AA, thanks for sharing all your hard work.
Amazing work AA!!!! Love all the work, but OMG I love the X-Statix characters to death!!!
Wonderful I've really been looking forward to these. Especially the new Iron Man and Giant -Man skins.
Thanks AA!
:blink:
Very nice stuff AA,Thank You very much! :thumbup:
Phoenix is by far the coolest skin/mesh of her ever,incredible job! :cool:
Just checked these out in Ctool...frickin-a man! You're a beast!
WoW!!! :thumbup:
Some skins I finished up tonight because all my favorite shows are off.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5241/5281902265_9b7839ca62_b.jpg)
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Holy FREAKIN HELL!!! Great work, was soooo looking forward to you doing a Ms Martian, but YJ Aqua Lad to? LUSH!
Sweet stuff AA :thumbup:
They all look great :cool:
That Aqualad is frickin sweet! :thumbup:
I'm so glad I checked this thread. Very nice!
Wow those are awesome! I'm not sure how you made that Aqualad.
Quote from: Podmark on December 22, 2010, 06:48:49 PM
Wow those are awesome! I'm not sure how you made that Aqualad.
Clearly with Atlantean water magic... or something to that effect.
NICE WORK! :thumbup: Are you gonna do the comics version of Aqualad as well?
Fantastic!
Quote from: murs47 on December 22, 2010, 02:42:27 PM
That Aqualad is frickin sweet! :thumbup:
This. This. This. This. WOW.
Hi AA,
Great stuff! I really like these new skins. Are these based on the new young justic cartoon?
Respectfully,
Thanks folks and yes these are Young Justice/Teen Titans skins.
I don't know if I'm going to do Jackson Hyde but I might.
Also I also able to sort of put my Cont T/T.J. Max (yeah I know it is a store) back together. It turns out I still had the psd for him and Ant boy.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5082/5295388612_f991c0c200_z.jpg)
Awesome, good luck.
Nice.. glad to see that your PSD files were still saved. And hey, at least you didn't call him Spencer G. Ifts. ;)
lovin the yj skins aa.. you think you might doin da yj robin or atremis?
I probably wont be doing Robin or Artemis. The only reason I did Ms Martian is because I had started her months ago (same with Powerboy). I just need to finish them up. Aqualad was completely random and done after watching the YJ premiere back in Nov. To be honest I'd rather start piecing together some stuff I lost and some ideas I've had brewing in my head for months now.
The Hero - herodad1 RedesignSpoiler
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/5301938822_b329e84bae_b.jpg)
I was in a merry mood yesterday and had some free time to finally together an idea I had for a while from my Fractal Universe. I initially wanted to use a pre-existing American themed forum member but herodad1 struck me as deserving of a new avatar. So the all-American superhero known as the Hero was created. The typical superman (following herodad1's existing powerset), the twist is he is powered by the hope of the American people through the chest implant and gauntlet. On the gauntlet is a map of the US and he is less or more powerful in certain States.
The Hero is the leader of a North American superhero team (which I'm calling the North Americans & NAFTA in my head but will probably change it to something else). I'll be updating two my existing designs to accompany him which on paper look great together.
Very nice!
Thanks DG.
Also Click here to download Young Justice, Teen Titans, "Returns" Designs DC Skins by AfghanAnt (http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/afghanant.html)
- Aqualad II
- Bizarro Returns
- Miss Martian
- Powerboy
- Supergirl
- Supergirl Returns
Wow that's cool, great idea using that mesh for the neat keyframes.
I know I can't really see the control panel on his gauntlet, but from this angle it looks a little like an iPod. Tres cool.
Cool redesign of Herodad1's character AA. I've always thought of him having a beard of sorts.
Very nice of you to make a new skin for him too. :)
I really like that American flag shoulder piece on HD's skin. Great stuff there. Nice release on the TT/YJ!
Very nice Hero design AA.
HeroDad is amazing! I love the concept, too.
Awesome design on Hero :thumbup:
And the Titans.....I'm speechless :blink:
You've just upped the bar again.
Love the Herodad design, just fantastic! :thumbup: Thanks also for the DC releases, the new Aqualad looks terrific.
Miss Martian and Aqualad are specially good, but they're all great, AA. Thanks for releasing them!
Hi AA,
Great stuff as always! Also, really like the herodad avatar! Great design, great skin for a great guy!!
Respectfully,
Lady Sasquatch Redesign
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5312663593_692e44e511_b.jpg)
So you may recognize this character from my Weird World project with Unko. I gave her more of a patriotic look for this North American team I am putting together. She is #2 of 3 (maybe 4). She was originally envisioned to be the Wonder Woman of Weird World - a member of a secluded empowered offshoot of Homo erectus who live in the Canadian Rockies, Lady Sasquatch is the beloved champion of Canada. She is superhuman strong and durable and uses rudiment weapons made out of ice. She is also able to generate an arctic chill from her mouth (you can see her breath during animation).
Wow,sweet skope and skin :blink:
Very cool redesign, I like the character concept a lot. I think she'll keep a 'cool head under pressure'
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next will we be seeing a Mexican batman - a la Batmanuel? Or maybe a chupacabra inspired guy?
Quote from: detourne_me on January 02, 2011, 10:13:48 AM
Very cool redesign, I like the character concept a lot. I think she'll keep a 'cool head under pressure'
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next will we be seeing a Mexican batman - a la Batmanuel? Or maybe a chupacabra inspired guy?
Lol we will be seeing a Mexican Batman-like character. I've been playing with the name La Muerte Negro but I will most likely find another name. I will also have a Caribbean diety ala Thor (you've seen him before but he will be on a new skope :))
AA, again a big THANKS for my re-design. i'm actually part of a team too! i like the way you came up with a new spin on his powers. my mind draws a blank on a back story/origin. cant wait to play with...nah, better not say it. :lol:
Great character design AA :thumbup:
I dig this redesign of Lady Sasquatch... the face and weapons look sweet.
Lady Sasquatch, wow! I really liked her character before, and I can totally see her branching off into full-on superheroness after the events of Weird World. Plus, I love Canadian themed heroes! Totally awesome.
Herodad is pretty killer, too. Great design. I love it when you skin originals.
Really liking the avatar and original designs/redesigns here... Herodad looks awesome and unique. Also...
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Can't wait to see what you pull off with TR.
Lady Sasquatch is quite a beautiful design.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 02, 2011, 01:14:11 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on January 02, 2011, 10:13:48 AM
Very cool redesign, I like the character concept a lot. I think she'll keep a 'cool head under pressure'
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next will we be seeing a Mexican batman - a la Batmanuel? Or maybe a chupacabra inspired guy?
Lol we will be seeing a Mexican Batman-like character. I've been playing with the name La Muerte Negro but I will most likely find another name. I will also have a Caribbean diety ala Thor (you've seen him before but he will be on a new skope :))
really?
Quote from: Mystik on January 02, 2011, 07:41:18 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 02, 2011, 01:14:11 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on January 02, 2011, 10:13:48 AM
Very cool redesign, I like the character concept a lot. I think she'll keep a 'cool head under pressure'
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next will we be seeing a Mexican batman - a la Batmanuel? Or maybe a chupacabra inspired guy?
Lol we will be seeing a Mexican Batman-like character. I've been playing with the name La Muerte Negro but I will most likely find another name. I will also have a Caribbean diety ala Thor (you've seen him before but he will be on a new skope :))
really?
Just for the record, it should be "La Muerte Negra". Death is a "she" in spanish.
Is that accurate in this case though? Sure, if it was the actual "Death" entity that's true, but this is just a guy using it as a name. *shrug* I don't claim to be any sort of expert (and if I'm wrong, whatevz), it just seems odd to use female syntax for a male character.
I never hinted that "La Muetre Negro" would be a man.
That redesign is noice!
I'm excited about this Mexican super hero too.
Quote from: Tomato on January 03, 2011, 12:29:04 AM
Is that accurate in this case though? Sure, if it was the actual "Death" entity that's true, but this is just a guy using it as a name. *shrug* I don't claim to be any sort of expert (and if I'm wrong, whatevz), it just seems odd to use female syntax for a male character.
If the name AA is going for is "The Black Death", then Sr.Cabeza (great name btw) is correct. If I told my grandmother that is was "la muerte negro" that killed somebody she would smack me upside the head. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that's not what AA is going for, sometimes liberties have to taken with a foreign tongue. I wish I had a better explanation for you guys, but conversely I can't make my grandmother understand why the "ph" in telephone should sound like an F.And with that my 250th post.Yay.
I apologise to AA if this gets a little offtopic-ish but after all, picking a name for a character is serious business. In response to what Tomato wrote, in spanish we have no neutral gender (ie: we have "he" and "she" but no "it" ). This means that any noun must have a masculine or feminine gender in order to use pronouns etc. with it; in case the named thing has a real sex, both concepts ("biological gender" and "nominal gender") match. i.e: "the cow" is "LA vaca" and "the bull" is "EL toro". But when we talk about inanimated objects or concepts, things that have no sex, this associated gender is completely arbitrary and is not related at all with the object represented; for instance "the spoon" is "LA cuchara" but "the fork" is "EL tenedor".
Due to the former, it is not weird at all for a spanish speaker to hear about a man named after a feminine name when it's one of these non-sexual names I said earlier. To use a "real world" superhero example, the rocky member of the 4F the Thing, in spanish is "LA Cosa". It has always been named that way and it sounds not weird at all.
In short AA, if you finally stick with "La Muerte Negra", rest assured is a perfectly fine name for a male character in spanish.
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I went for copper instead of gold since copper is a more conductive metal.
I'm still working on the skope. I'd really like it if he could ride a cloud ala Iceman's ice slide.
Brilliant, I really like the design and colours. Great detail on the face too.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 07, 2011, 05:04:35 AM
I'd really like it if he could ride a cloud ala Iceman's ice slide.
If you can't get it to work...send it my way...I'm sure that I can get that done for ya. ;)
Wow! the first was was great but the new one is even better. The thread is named correctly your art is streadly advancing
i knew thats who you were talking about. very cool AA! the team will kinda be a alternate world avengers team.
Amazing details. The belt and the face are specially good.
It's funny, because I think your original skin is really good to begin with, but this updated one is spectacular. I really like the skin tone and that belt is great.
It's really cool seeing how much he's improved. Nice skin AA.
Thanks folks. :)
He looks great AA!
I really like that Lady Sasquatch redesign AA, and the face work on this latest one is quite fantastic.
I LOVE IT :thumbup: :thumbup:
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After a devout nun's order was murdered by drug lords, she was visited by Death who convinced her to become his mortal avatar. Now calling herself Santa Muerte, she dispenses deadly vengeance on those who prey on the weak and defenseless throughout Mexico.
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So here a group shot of the first four. After reviewing some older characters I designed I realized how perfectly that would fit in to round off my team. So there will be a Haitian pirate whose base is on Navassa Island (possibly named Baron de L'eau) and an alien who has been trapped under the Nakbe palace in Guatemala since conquistadors invaded.
Man, AA, the level of detail skinned into your characters is amazing. Inspiring. :thumbup:
Wow AA. I am a big fan of your skins. Your originals are where you truly shine. (Not that there is anything wrong with your mainstreams.) These are just stunning. Santa Meurte is just scary good.
I wish I could teach myself to do face-work as good as yours. Each character is as unique as the nation from which they hail. Bravo AA! Bravo!
HOLY FRICK-ON-A-STICK!!
Santa Muerte is amazing AA. A very inspired design.
Nicely done AA! :thumbup:
The team is shaping up very nicely. Santa Muerta looks awesome. Very cool story and design.. I'm looking forward to the other team members.
All four of these skins are outstanding. I keep noticing little details on them that I hadn't caught before (I noticed the shine on HD's av this morning, it's freakin' epic.) and it's little things like that which show how much effort you really put into these.
These are smokin' hot designs, AND beautifully executed. Every time I think you can't possibly get any better, you take another leap forward.
Amazing. Santa Muerte is my favorite. I love the costume, the origin, and the relevance of her character in modern times. What are her powers, and do her leg pouches have something to do with them?
They're all great. But I agree with the others, Santa Muerte is amazing. I'm impressed with the creativity of your design and how much detail you put on them. Muerte's costume is just perfect.
Hi AA,
All I can say is that you are an inspiration to me! I really love your character designs.
Respectfully,
Quote from: Figure Fan on January 12, 2011, 08:49:16 PM
Amazing. Santa Muerte is my favorite. I love the costume, the origin, and the relevance of her character in modern times. What are her powers, and do her leg pouches have something to do with them?
Is a deathwish and the willingness to kill a superpower? I kid. While there is definitely magic in the Fractal Universe, Santa Muerte is just a psychotic nun who worships death. I envisioned the whole superhuman human horror movie killers. So she doesn't have any powers per say but she can definitely take more abuse than the average human and continue pushing through. The pouches act as her "utility belt" and they hold her crosses, holy water, explosives and knives.
Why thank you guys! I designed her at least seven times before I decided which direction I was going to go in (one theme had her using a scythe but I thought the team was a little weapon heavy).
I'm thinking about releasing all of these the same way I did the Heralds pak so powers and characters are built in (and if I can figure it out descriptions).
Damn those are good :blink:
Yeah, Lady Sasquatch is beautiful, but Santa Muerte is a powerful image. The pulp lover in me likes her best.
These are amazing AA! Just effin amazing!
What a great and original team! Well done AA from concept to design and execution :thumbup:
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Originally designed to be the Earth 2 Black Manta as Aquaman, I'm repurposing him to be my Haitian "aquaman" type named Baron De L'eau. I named him after the Loa in Haitian Voodoo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Samedi) but wanted him to have very little collection to voodoo or magic in general. The Baron is a pirate who uses Navassa Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navassa_Island) as his base. He main interest is the protection of Haiti and the nearby island countries rather than the world. He sees himself as the anti-thesis of Papa Xango despite their similar islander backgrounds - he wasn't blessed with magic and relies on science and often gets hurts (think Batman's resentment of Superman). I want to skope some sort of aquatic ship for him but we will see.
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I really like his face and overall look the first time I did him so I just redid it but with more detail.
So of course you all realize my Venusian Womanhunter will be reskinned and be the "Manhunter" of the group. I like the name Venusian. Her connection will be to the Tikal Maya and Guatemala. Something like her being encased since the conquistadors arrived in the Americans. After she is finished I'll go back reskope Ant-boy and finish skinning TJ Max and update a few other of my non-HIVE originals. I've been toying with this X-Men riff team based on my reimagine X-Men ideas from a year ago (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=49148.msg708482#msg708482).
The new details give him much more personality. I really like how your skins really make the characters come off as individuals.
Dude, your sense of design is impeccable. There is such great balance to the whole skin with the lines of sight being drawn through the chest strap...like the patch and earring offset the scythe, armband opposite the gauntlet, etc.
Now I can really imagine some cool group dynamics... Maybe the Baron saying to Papa Xango, "step aside buffalo soldier, this calls for someone with a little more finesse then flash."
Awesome...Awesome...AWESOME. :thumbup: Love it bro...now all he needs are fingers :P. And I also love that us Caribbean folks (I'm Trinidadian) are gettin' some representation. The only thing I'll gripe about a little is the team name..."The North Americans" when you have Jamaican and now Haitian members. Most "Islanders" take great pride in their heritage...the island(s) of our birth being like life's blood..and even though I've been a naturalized citizen of the grand ole' U.S of A for the better part of 20yrs...I still am Trini as well (Dual Citizenship has it's advantages..holla! :thumbup:). Anyway I don't wanna go of on to much off on a tangent and dampen your creative bent. Do your thing baby..keep rockin' those skins! :thumbup:
The North Americans is just a working name. I'm still not too happy with that name actually. But thanks everyone. ^_^
Trying to be as culturally sensitive as possible, how about "The New Worlders". I guess that wouldalso imply south America too, though.
The Atlantics, the Colombians, the Boreals, the Comericans, I dunno it's tough to decide on a name for such a diverse continent, good luck AA.
The Northern Alliance?
The Venusian: Before and After
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Oddly enough she looks more like a Mexican national hero than Santa Muerte but I never had any intention of Muerte being this overly Mexican national hero like Lady Sas and the Hero.
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The whole team with Greenland's representative, Northern Light (unfinished design). Northern Light is my GL/Flash all in one. Once I've finished Northern Light's design, I will finish up T.J. Max and Ant-boy and release these with AfghanAnt and the Future AfghanAnt. I have some really cool ideas for future version of the other HFers which I will probably start working on soon enough.
That is one sweet team AA. Can't wait to see what you've come up with for Northern Light.
Dang, AA. Super rad as always. It's pretty amazing seeing your old skins (which were already great) totally out shined by your new skins. The hits just keep on coming.
your group shots are awesome, they always make for great desktop wallpaper and screensavers. any chances of them being uploaded somewhere (if you still got them)?
Why thank you.
You can find all of these images on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/
The team looks so good. I'm looking forward to Northern Light.
Have you contemplated creating characters for different continents, or different regions?
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 20, 2011, 10:39:03 PM
Why thank you.
You can find all of these images on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/
awesome. thanks.
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Spider-Woman Jessica Drew, Spider-Man Peter Parker and the newest Spider-man, Miles Morales.
I'm particular proud of my Pete skin:
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Visit my Flickr stream to see the details on my new Freedom Force skins (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/)
Nice set you've got there AA. I see you've got the black suit skinned too. Good job.
I really like your colors and highlights, AA. Your skins have a "larger than life", unique feel. Pete is really good, the mask details are great.
Sweet job on old school Ultimate Spider-man, it's one I was eagerly anticipating. I was wondering though... any chance of seeing a shot of miles on the updated mesh?
Quote from: Tomato on August 21, 2011, 09:12:58 PM
Sweet job on old school Ultimate Spider-man, it's one I was eagerly anticipating. I was wondering though... any chance of seeing a shot of miles on the updated mesh?
Actually he is on the updated mesh in the image I previewed here. Sarah draws his eye shapes different from Lafuente's and Baliey's.
Quote from: John Jr. on August 21, 2011, 08:42:00 PM
I really like your colors and highlights, AA. Your skins have a "larger than life", unique feel. Pete is really good, the mask details are great.
Thanks! This is a serious compliment.
You've nailed the characters of each of the Ultimate Spider Characters AA. They each look unique and not a standard basic type model and the scale of their physiques looks spot on.
As always I admire you're style of highlights and shading :thumbup:
superb work, does the classic transfer to the adult spider-man mesh without any problems
Not really. USM is on one of my TM meshes, which has some differences as far as mapping goes(mostly just on feet). It should, however, work on any other TM base mesh, and I'm pretty sure there's a Fullmask version.
Like this?
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Looks like the edits I made to the feet's mapping are a little "off" but that is an easy nifskope fix. I will add Tommyboy's mask and probably release both teen and adult Pete along with a little red spider...
Nice! I could play a Spider-Family mission with these :thumbup:
Nice adult Spidey. I saw the earlier pic and the new head really makes a big difference.
And YAY underarm webbing. I miss those.
Quote from: Podmark on August 26, 2011, 12:12:51 AM
Nice adult Spidey. I saw the earlier pic and the new head really makes a big difference.
And YAY underarm webbing. I miss those.
Yeah I completely agree. Though I might do something different with this web-wings.
Spoilers this is a draft to see where the piping should be on the mesh! I'm working on Superboy from DCNU. I'm not fond of his costume but he is still Conner (even if he's been reversed engineered...still not sure what that means). Anywho, from the drawings by Booth and Lee, Superboy seems to have Apollo's halo effect (I'm guessing TK signature or something) so gave him one.
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Great use of a Kirlian Aura AA and the skin has turned out really well. :thumbup:
Quote from: martialstorm on August 26, 2011, 11:14:27 AM
Great use of a Kirlian Aura AA and the skin has turned out really well. :thumbup:
Skins no where near finishing - it is just the flat colors, I still need to go back and put in the details.
Yeah, I wish my finished work looked even half as good as your WIP's. Love the Spider skins, and Conner looks great so far.
Superman from Justice League
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Draft for Superman's Kryptonian armor from the DCNU relaunch - I have no clue how Jim draws all those damn lines.
Superman from Action Comics
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Fun! Looking forward to the final result.
You're very brave, AA. I never would be able to get so many lines in one costume, but you got it just right.
He just needs a younger face, since "New Supes" looks early to mid 20's in the images they showed.
Anyway, an impressive job.
Ha, I thought that Superman in Action Comics was actually Superboy.. the Connor version, that is. Silly me. I really like how the Superman skins are coming out, looking forward to the final Connor, too.
It's funny, when I saw Supergirl and Superman in the DCNU, I actually thought that would be characters you would skin. Nice to see I assumed half-right! Are you considering doing Supergirl too?
Nice work so far AA. These are both looking pretty good. That new Superman costume (the full one) really suits your style. That one was just screaming "AA."
Thanks all - these are going to take a little longer than expected because I'm on some sort of weird "let's skin the AOA X-Men again" binge.
Quote from: laughing paradox on September 04, 2011, 08:40:37 AM
It's funny, when I saw Supergirl and Superman in the DCNU, I actually thought that would be characters you would skin. Nice to see I assumed half-right! Are you considering doing Supergirl too?
I might it depends on how much I like the character.
Anywho, here's something no one has skinned yet - Holocaust!
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I'm still trying to find Matrix's Dazzler hex (I love the way the head scarf looks). I think I'm going to do the Amazing team, Mags, Apocy, and Abyss too but we will see.
Man, you're going to make a lot of folks happy by skinning him AA! I know people have been wanting to see him skinned for years and years. That's a nice beginning there.
Wow, Holocaust. It's been a long time coming.
Did you see the new version, Genocide, of him in Uncanny X-Force?
That Holocaust skin is awesome!
Fantastic work! :thumbup:
:wub:
Thanks guys! I've updated him because I wanted him to look at accurate as possible.
Click here for fullview (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/6118787260/sizes/l/in/photostream/)
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Very cool! :cool:
Ha, that is just awesome! It is so neat seeing the skeleton inside the armor like that. He looks dead on.
Thanks Bent. I really love the character and I wanted to nail him.
Anywho, I did Dazzler. It's weird but I've seen a lot of skins and fanart that have changed her costume from what it was in the event. In order to set myself apart and be close to the comic I skinned her just as she appears in the first 4 issues of Amazing X-Men.
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Excellent skin AA. I do think that something needs tweaked though. Her hair and the yellow on her costume, especially her stomach piece, are too close in color. I've been looking at some of the art from AoA, and I think that you should lighten/brighten her costume a bit. Other than that she looks pretty dead on.
Quote from: BentonGrey on September 08, 2011, 02:38:35 PM
Excellent skin AA. I do think that something needs tweaked though. Her hair and the yellow on her costume, especially her stomach piece, are too close in color. I've been looking at some of the art from AoA, and I think that you should lighten/brighten her costume a bit. Other than that she looks pretty dead on.
Uhmmm maybe our screen colors are different because her hair is c27817 & eabf59 (a strawberry blondeish color) and her costume yellow is ac7300 & f0d538 (yellow and "dirty" yellow). If anyone else see it different let me know so I can make adjustments.
AA...your work is Amazing! PM'd you buddy! :D
Just thought I'd post this since I was curious: "Sound Becomes Light | Popular Science" - http://www.popsci.com/node/33226
Also, killer skin AA. :cool:
Incredible work, the creases in the gloves and her facial expression are my favoruite details, but everything is so spot-on and beautifully done!
Nice skins, AA. I especially like the Holocaust skin, he looks amazing.
Dana
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Quote from: BentonGrey on September 08, 2011, 02:38:35 PM
Excellent skin AA. I do think that something needs tweaked though. Her hair and the yellow on her costume, especially her stomach piece, are too close in color. I've been looking at some of the art from AoA, and I think that you should lighten/brighten her costume a bit. Other than that she looks pretty dead on.
Uhmmm maybe our screen colors are different because her hair is c27817 & eabf59 (a strawberry blondeish color) and her costume yellow is ac7300 & f0d538 (yellow and "dirty" yellow). If anyone else see it different let me know so I can make adjustments.
I suppose that's entirely possible AA. It doesn't seem that anyone else is seeing what I saw, so I suppose that's the case. :)
AA's AOA is Awesome! Alliteration! :)
Well here's Sean Cassidy in his Age of Apocalypse look. I'm really fond of this look and I think Catmanexe did a fantastic job on finding appropriate pieces for the leather strap cape and thankfully it was for FFVTR. I'm working on Exodus next and then Iceman (focusing on the mesh more than the skin because you know...one Iceman skin is just as good as any other), Storm, Quicksilver, and finally Abyss (so you have someone to battle).
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Also I am still working on the herofile section of HeroForce. It is taking longer than I expected (I have no clue how Alex did so many) but I think I'm going to do release my first batch when I release my Spideys this coming weekend. Ok bye ya'll. :lol:
Gosh, AA, you're so talented. I love that you're giving Banshee love. Can we be better friends? I mean... Iceman love too? You're obviously trying to get in my good graces. I approve of this movement. As for actually comments on the skin, I really like how you did the black. It gives me the impression that he's actually wearing some form of leather.
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Gosh, AA, you're so talented. I love that you're giving Banshee love. Can we be better friends? I mean... Iceman love too? You're obviously trying to get in my good graces. I approve of this movement. As for actually comments on the skin, I really like how you did the black. It gives me the impression that he's actually wearing some form of leather.
Oh Prev. :) Yes, AOA Iceman is coming. I wanted to do the whole body ice trail thing but I have no clue where to begin.
Banshee looks really good. The highlights on the leather are well done. Also, I'm excited to see how your hero files turned out. :cool:
That reminds me, I need to send you that Banshee_VX skope I posted on ToF... has some modified keys that'd look great with this skope.
Hey AA, very nice Banshee. I remember that fight with Abyss. That was one of the comics I read as I started getting older and appreciating those more mature kinds of stories. Abyss scared the living daylights out of me! :P Anyway, I really like the facework on Banshee. He looks so determined, which fits that version of the character.
Great job on Banshee. The wings and shoulders came out really well.
Oh know I'm actually not familiar enough with the original AOA. Might have to pick up the trades one day.
Quote from: Podmark on September 23, 2011, 12:21:58 AM
Great job on Banshee. The wings and shoulders came out really well.
Oh know I'm actually not familiar enough with the original AOA. Might have to pick up the trades one day.
To me the main X-Men titles from AOA were the best. I wish they hadn't frelled it over with the 10 Year Later mini.
Your skin is leaps and bounds better than in comic book form. It really allows me to appreciate the simplicity of Banshee's AoA design. As always, excellent work AA.
I feel like dusting off my long boxes and re-reading AoA now. Are you planning on skinning anything outside of the characters from the two X-Men titles from AoA?
Quote from: murs47 on September 23, 2011, 02:14:50 PM
Your skin is leaps and bounds better than in comic book form. It really allows me to appreciate the simplicity of Banshee's AoA design. As always, excellent work AA.
I feel like dusting off my long boxes and re-reading AoA now. Are you planning on skinning anything outside of the characters from the two X-Men titles from AoA?
Probably not. I mean I dont even know if I want to skin Apocy. I might revisit Nate Grey because I've always liked that character.
there was a 10y later mini? i'm going to have to try and find that. is there any chance that youll be making colossuss?
:cool: man AA truly your epic comic animation art is excelsior and even the comic book form is nothing compared to your awesome animated from.also are you interested in skinning perhaps the following like proteus,morph or maybe holocaust and abyss.the horsemen would look awesome with respect to your art. :thumbup:
I love each of them but Blink is especially striking with a nice Art Adams feel to her skin and hair.
Love the AOA stuff!!! Has anyone done Magneto From AOA yet? Hmmm.
Tho to be honest I am SOOOOOOOOO looking forward to your new DCU stuff. Super Boy looks mega and so do your Supes. Any more of the new 52 on your list?
Oh, did you ever finish Damien Wayne or the Red Hood? Faves of mine in the bat-family ^^.
Er... Hood and Damian was/is me. Hood is still in the process and if I ever figure out where the PSD's are so I can update some parts for Damian I'll upload him.
oops! My faux-pas. sorry.
I've been sitting on these for a while because I thought I was going to release a lot more before now but I've been busy working on hero files (I have over 65 ready to launch). But anywho, here are a character I throw together.
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Daken, Dark Wolverine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/6210017538/in/photostream)
I really hated his cowl because he looks just like Wolverine and I wanted to visually set them apart.
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Sinister Spider-man Full View (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/6212457021/in/photostream)
Basically black costume Spidey but with a bulkier base and one TJ's male_symbiote.
Still working on the Amazing X-Men but I sort of lost interest in them (and DCNU Superman/Boy).
AA... I'm nonplussed with this update. Firstly, you skinned Daken. I hate that character, especially in his new costume. That's a major strike against me, and I may have to drop Podmark as my enemy and make YOU my enemy. Secondly, you skinned Sinister Spider-man, and I really liked how you pulled that off. That's a major plus. We're on neutral ground, frenemy. :D
*suddenly reminded of Dark Avengers mod outline*
...
*runs away*
Actually, I do have something more to say about Daken. I'm not really feeling how you did his eyes when I think about how the character's (weird) face has been drawn. It's a bit too "squinty" (no offense) and shadowed. I also think the claws could stand to be shortened a bit, but that could be the angle of the character in ctool since it can get wonky with stuff like that.
Quote from: Previsionary on October 18, 2011, 03:52:45 PM
AA... I'm nonplussed with this update. Firstly, you skinned Daken. I hate that character, especially in his new costume. That's a major strike against me, and I may have to drop Podmark as my enemy and make YOU my enemy. Secondly, you skinned Sinister Spider-man, and I really liked how you pulled that off. That's a major plus. We're on neutral ground, frenemy. :D
*suddenly reminded of Dark Avengers mod outline*
...
*runs away*
Actually, I do have something more to say about Daken. I'm not really feeling how you did his eyes when I think about how the character's (weird) face has been drawn. It's a bit too "squinty" (no offense) and shadowed. I also think the claws could stand to be shortened a bit, but that could be the angle of the character in ctool since it can get wonky with stuff like that.
I see what you are saying Prev but what I don't get about how people draw Daken is he's half Japanese and I swear he looks like a generic thug with Wolverine claws. I could probably shorten the claws a bit.
Oh BTW if you have a mod idea you need some help on I would be for it - nothing forces me to get work out like deadlines.
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Quote from: Previsionary on October 18, 2011, 03:52:45 PM
AA... I'm nonplussed with this update. Firstly, you skinned Daken. I hate that character, especially in his new costume. That's a major strike against me, and I may have to drop Podmark as my enemy and make YOU my enemy. Secondly, you skinned Sinister Spider-man, and I really liked how you pulled that off. That's a major plus. We're on neutral ground, frenemy. :D
*suddenly reminded of Dark Avengers mod outline*
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*runs away*
Actually, I do have something more to say about Daken. I'm not really feeling how you did his eyes when I think about how the character's (weird) face has been drawn. It's a bit too "squinty" (no offense) and shadowed. I also think the claws could stand to be shortened a bit, but that could be the angle of the character in ctool since it can get wonky with stuff like that.
I see what you are saying Prev but what I don't get about how people draw Daken is he's half Japanese and I swear he looks like a generic thug with Wolverine claws. I could probably shorten the claws a bit.
Oh BTW if you have a mod idea you need some help on I would be for it - nothing forces me to get work out like deadlines.
This is true about Daken. He's never looked particularly Japanese in any of his incarnations.
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I'm not going to commit to anything because I'm
way too busy, and I know how I am with mods of late, lol. Though with you completing two more characters I needed way back when, I can feasibly see me combining the idea we spoke about a year ago + the Dark Avengers one into something simple/fun. Christmas is coming up, right? I do have a tradition to uphold.... I might PM you sometime soonish if I can get back into an FF mood.
He looks like a character from out of Fist of the Northstar in that picture.
Excellent skins, like always, AA.
What's the main mesh you used for Daken?
Quote from: laughing paradox on October 18, 2011, 06:33:05 PM
Excellent skins, like always, AA.
What's the main mesh you used for Daken?
A male basic with some extras and skoped keyframes.
I think they're both great. Daken doesn't interest me much as a character but the work is great, definitely an improvement over the generic snarling look. :P Dark spidey is always great- that may be the best one yet. It always bothered me that the other dark spider skins (while great) were just re-skinnings of a regular spider man mesh and didn't make him look more muscular.
Are you planning on putting these up on heroforce?
Wow those two are awesome. I've been waiting for someone to put out a good Daken. He's been on my list but never a high priority.
Excellent work AA, and I've very interested to see what you've got coming for those Hero Files.
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Classic Kara Zor-El
Matrix
Linda Danvers
R'E'L
Cir-El
Modern Kara Zor-El
haha what a great line up. :D outstanding.
Amazing and perhaps excelsior skins and meshes of supergirl and pretty much all the others.Can`t wait to get my hands on those beautiful precious skins of yours.You really torture us when you put them on display and in fact my mouth is drooling right now.Great job AA,Can`t wait for their release.
Beautiful work! Love the individualized faces, too.
Aww those are so great. I'm always impressed with how you can put together such individual skopes and skins.
My favorite is the Cir-El skin. More so than before I really get an Ed McGuinness vibe from your skin.
AMAZING! Cant wait to see these in game!!!
Love how your skins have such a unique look to them. Your style brings an individualized look to each of your creations.
They look awesome AA :thumbup:
I have to echo what everyone else is saying,your face work is just amazing AA :cool:
Hi AA, great job on the Supergirls!!
Classic Kara and Linda are beautiful. Maybe it's just the image, but Matrix shoulders looks a little large.
As always I loved the colors, great work, AA.
That is a fantastic set of skins AA. You've got some really great work there. I really like the Cir-el and the little kid one. I think the faces on both of them are really excellent. However, I think the face on Linda Danvers is missing something. I'm not quite sure what it is...but maybe her chin has too much emphasis and her nose is a bit too small? I'm not sure, and maybe it's just me who sees it that way. All-in-all though, these are great! :)
I thought I commented on these already!
Great batch of skins and skopes. The little details are awesome, like the boots on the white-shirt Supergirl, or the belt on the last one. The little girl (Is that Supergirl One Million?) is really cool looking. I love Cir-El here as well.
INK
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6215/6318703391_bcc237684e_z.jpg)
Courtnall 6
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6231/6319222984_bbcaaf5eae_z.jpg)
AfghanAnt
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6318703633_718127cda5_z.jpg)
Unless my memory is really off, this was the original group on HeroForce. Very impressive AA, you've done a really great job with C6 and Ink, and as usual your skoping skills continue to impress.
Bloody fantastic!
Awesome! Ink looks especially great.
Wow AA! Those are three excellent skins and skopes. I have to say, I REALLY like that Ink skin. You've got some great detail work there, and the design itself is just really neat.
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So... does this mean if I move over to HF, I get one?
sharp, vibrant, and thoroughly depressing as always :lol:
:blink:
Beautiful skins and skopes :cool:
Ahhh the good old days....
Outstanding work as usual AA! For a guy who complains about modern comic characters having overly complicated designs....I sure did over do it on my own AV. I would hate to draw C-6 30-40 times an issue! :wacko: :P
Your AV design has always been my favorite....simple and elegant! :cool:
Quote from: Podmark on November 06, 2011, 05:56:45 PM
Unless my memory is really off, this was the original group on HeroForce. Very impressive AA, you've done a really great job with C6 and Ink, and as usual your skoping skills continue to impress.
Thanks Pod. I hope you are as impressed when I finish up my "redesign" of your av.
Quote from: Figure Fan on November 06, 2011, 08:02:25 PM
Awesome! Ink looks especially great.
Thanks! The base of the design is by Ink/Courtnall - I just tied him more into this "ninja" archetype and cemented him in my little universe of originals. So you'll notice he's missing his left gauntlet that's because my temporal displaced super-teen, T.J. Max (http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5650744873_057e0cf25f_z.jpg) "inherited". I made his staff look more like a lightsaber with metal handle and I equipped him with darklight grenades (on his belt) and some pouches (because multiple pouches are tedious and cool).
Quote from: Courtnall6 on November 07, 2011, 02:26:37 AM
Ahhh the good old days....
Outstanding work as usual AA! For a guy who complains about modern comic characters having overly complicated designs....I sure did over do it on my own AV. I would hate to draw C-6 30-40 times an issue! :wacko: :P
Your AV design has always been my favorite....simple and elegant! :cool:
Lol it doesn't help I added some additional linework to give it more of a hard plastic/metal look rather than heavy metal on spandex. But I think game art benefits from details a little more than comic art.
Quote from: Tomato on November 06, 2011, 10:59:30 PM
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So... does this mean if I move over to HF, I get one?
*shakes magic 8-ball* "Ask again later."
Thanks everyone! I'm working on my current "teammates" but their designs will be a little more AA-heavy than these. So a little bit of reimagined mixed with the core concepts of the character.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 07, 2011, 03:00:05 PM
Thanks everyone! I'm working on my current "teammates" but their designs will be a little more AA-heavy than these. So a little bit of reimagined mixed with the core concepts of the character.
Exciting!
Hi AA,
These are great! I look forward to your take on your new team mates!!
Respectfully,
You just gotta bring me out of lurking somehow, don't you?
It is really fun looking between these guys and TJ. I didn't notice before how TJ's lines mimic AA's. I also dig how AA's gotten so much heavier over the years. Heck, so has Unko. I've been drawing him looking sort of Dark Knight Returns lately.
Ahhh! I am really curious to see how these look with refl layers, in movement. Especially C6. It's been so long since I looked at a skin in character tool and I am curious how you are doing them these days.
The colors on these avatars are insanely great. I really like the shade of red on C6.
Let me know if you run out of people's avatars to redo, Saturn King could use a touch-up! ;)
I guess these could be consider more "alternate" reality versions than redesigns (since I liked all of their original designs).
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"Dennō Senshi" Podmark
The scientist/ninja of the group. This is adapted from Courtnall 6's design for Podmark but I wanted to make something more than a "Deadpool" and realized how much the design looked like Japanese Super Sentai. So I added in a little Mr. Q and I really like how it turned out. Who knows...I might skope and skin the mecha I had in mind.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6345862573_5eefa1e6b6_z.jpg)
The Flesh Eater
TUE's avatar has always been an enimga to me so I wanted to explore the idea of "the flesh eater" more. So imagined the sword was housing a demonic carnivore that was released once the sword broke. I stayed true to TUE's costume design but removed the masked because it seemed odd for one to hide his face if his skin is unraveling.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6346612416_606b8bff1f_z.jpg)
Unkoman
I alway knew I wanted to make him this roboust and when I saw the animation for Gren's Volstagg I knew it would be the perfect mesh. I gave him a glass beer mug instead of metal because it seemed funnier in my head for him to be constant smacking villains over the head with a glass of beer. Oh and I didn't noticed until I had already saved the image but I saved the wrong layer for his left boot - it will be corrected for the final version.
Quote from: UnkoMan on November 11, 2011, 01:32:19 AM
You just gotta bring me out of lurking somehow, don't you?
It is really fun looking between these guys and TJ. I didn't notice before how TJ's lines mimic AA's. I also dig how AA's gotten so much heavier over the years. Heck, so has Unko. I've been drawing him looking sort of Dark Knight Returns lately.
Ahhh! I am really curious to see how these look with refl layers, in movement. Especially C6. It's been so long since I looked at a skin in character tool and I am curious how you are doing them these days.
HA! Yeah, AA has evolved into this more massive frame especially if you compare it to the original sketch I did.
I'll try to release these soonish but there is a lot of craziness going on.
Quote from: laughing paradox on November 11, 2011, 01:36:58 AM
The colors on these avatars are insanely great. I really like the shade of red on C6.
Let me know if you run out of people's avatars to redo, Saturn King could use a touch-up! ;)
I actually really love that design so maybe I'll take a crack at it.
Sweet! All three are very cool. I'm loving your version of Podmark but it's Flesh Eater that I like the most. It's a really cool design and one neat skope and that hair is excellent. Good job on Unko too. Your creativity always impresses me.
Very cool stuff AA :thumbup:
I love that Unkoman :cool:
Great!
Heh, unko should probably lay off the beer. I love Flesh Eater, though this take on him looks a bit younger. And the whole broken sword concept is pretty awesome.
Stand out favorite is Podmark though. Kinda reminds me of DeadShot in Batman: Gotham Knight. His eyes and mouth (or should I say grill thing) sorta remind me of a Kamen Rider. Very cool
ok dude i'll be honest with you i always had an idea where my av would walk through the 3 planes, heaven, earth and hell and his appearance and the sword would change depending on his location. your design is perfect.
you've kept the concept i had and tweaked it enough to make it your own take i love it. the face work is superb and you really have to tell me how you did the texture on the jeans
for people confused
Spoiler
my av's name is flesheater, the ultimate evil is kinda like his amazing or uncanny. he took the name from the sword he carries because it has a
reputation in the demonic world he some times has to deal with. the blade was forged in the fires of hell for the devil or his lead general in the final battle against god himself. angels were sent into hell to sabotage the creation and placed a curse on it, if used by a person of pure heart it could be used against its creators. hence the inscription he who controls the blade, will be the wielder of the ultimate evil.... the flesheater (yeah i know thor rip off, shut up)
during a fight the blade was cast down to earth where it has remained hidden in plain sight for all time, depending on the person inner self the sword will change shape and placed down through historys great evils Genghis Khan's Scimitars, hitlers dagger, al capones flick knfe etc.
the blade was finally captured by a cult who's intentions was to return the blade to the use of its original owner, by sacrificing a soul to lead his armys. many people were captured and tested if the blade would respond to them, until my av was chosen. he was experimented on to using generics and occult magic. the ritual was near completion it was stopped by detective alex brown, on a arms raid the cult used to fund they're ideals
long story short the blade bonded to my av, and with his "pure heart" he was able to use it for good. he signed signed up as a freelance agent with the citys supernatural division(just go with it) under alex, his captain and they're team. who kitted him out with materials to create his uniform.
this then leads in to stuff like my other characters sundance, bloodflow, soul stalker, C.O.N (creatures of the night) alex brown and his team etc
i apologise for hijacking AA's thread but know the backstory has been told you can see how much more this design works and how sweet it is
Mhm-mhm yes! I like it!
The texture and scoping work on these is amazing! They look like they could be models from some brand-new game. Outstanding work.
These are all awesome! The work you did on the clothes (jacket, jeans, etc) is truly spectacular stuff.
The colors are so crisp. I think that Flesheater really stands out here. I love the way the demonic half blends with the human half. This may seem like a shameless request, but I think you should re-imagine some other avatars on the forum because these are really quite fun and arguably some of your best work to date.
K, I'm going to be up front and say that my response is probably going to be a bit rambling, but even a few days later I'm still blown away by these skins, more from a conceptual perspective than anything else.
-Podmark. I'll admit, this one kind of underwhelmed me at first... looking at it from my tiny cell phone screen (I was at work when it was posted) all I really saw was Pod wearing a trenchcoat. But more and more I'm noticing all the cool little touches on it, such as the skinwork of the nose and the shape of the face, all of which really adds to the look of the character. No more Deadpool-clone for Pod (which is just fine, Murs is enough Deadpool-lite for the boards anyway)
-Flesheater. When you first started doing these, my mind immediately jumped to TUE's av. Whereas I felt like your style could work really well with Podmark and would absolutely nail Unko, TUE's general skinning style is perhaps one of the most different from yours. While all your skins always feel very clean and polished, TUE tends to a much more dirty, realistic feel... and his avatar especially reflects that aspect of his work.
That said, I think FE is the one I like most of the whole set. While I don't think it's a replacement for TUE's own skin as the "classic" version of the character, it's almost like "this is TUE after the world goes to s***" and I love that. And the skinwork isn't too shabby either... the demon stuff is good like everyone's saying, but what I love about FE here is the work on the clothes. Specifically, the jeans. I normally hate skinned jeans, because I feel like the folds often make them look unnatural and it just turns me off on the whole thing, but these look... right somehow.
-Unko. I'm not going to lie, this one is going to take some getting used to from me. Don't get me wrong, conceptually I like the idea and all, but there's still that part of my brain that has been looking at Unko's old skin for forever and doesn't match the two together. I'll get there, but right now I'm still like "WTF"
Anyway, all that said... I agree with FF. This is some of my favorite work to come from you to date, and even if I never see an "AA-ized" Tomato, I would love to see more avatar work from you. The concepts are great, the skins polished, and there's obviously a lot of love put into these creations.
AA,
Thank you so much for sharing these with the community! The designs, skopes, and colors are incredible! I really like your take on these avatars.
You are an incredibly talented individual!
Respectfully,
Quote from: Tomato on November 17, 2011, 02:31:53 AM..This is some of my favorite work to come from you to date, and even if I never see an "AA-ized" Tomato, I would love to see more avatar work from you. The concepts are great, the skins polished, and there's obviously a lot of love put into these creations.
I just wanted to say that I'm with Tomato here in saying that I don't expect you to do my avatar in particular.
Is that sword on FE meshed/skoped to look broken? It looks awesome!
Great skins/skopes, but for my interests, the sword just really stands out.
Okay, first of all... If you DO do more avatars I would think that is a great thing. I love seeing alternate avatars, and have always loved your skin work. You have a solid, classic style, but you also aren't afraid to try crazy stuff and be creative.
For example, Unko... that is hilarious. I can't stop laughing. Plus, I can totally see it. Actually, what I like about all these skins is, like mentioned, they are the characters after the world goes to heck.
Pod gets more focused. TUE gets more hardcase. Unko basically quits and lets himself go. I'd see them finding him in a bar like this, drinking himself into a stupor because the world no longer has time for comedy relief. It's like HeroForce meets the Watchmen.
While people seem to really dig TUE's, I think I am liking Pod the most here. I really do get that Japanese vibe from it. Plus one of his shoulder straps is unbuttoned. The gun looks swell too. I dig it, all around.
TUE's is good too, don't get me wrong... The wrinkles under the knees/around the boot area look a bit off. Maybe it's me. And while, yeah, you don't skin nearly as gritty as TUE's stuff, you still managed to pull off something that looks good. Actually, I almost want to just see TUE skin this version of his avatar, just to see how it would look. Actually, times two, I kind of want to see all of us skin these versions of our avatars. Actually, times three, maybe we should just all redesign each other's avatars. Actually, times four, maybe I should stop talking before I have to do some actual work.
But yeah, this is totally cool, AA. Totally.
PS: Forgot to mention... I love how Unko's U is usually huge but now, since he has gotten so big, it is tiny. Nice touch.
Quote from: UnkoMan on November 20, 2011, 07:22:00 AM
It's like HeroForce meets the Watchmen.
THIS. This is probably why I like these so much.
Those look really fantastic, AA. I really like the demon-y Flesheater and Hefty Unko.
Dana
Why thanks everyone. In the last couple of days I've been given a Macbook Air and it's weird seeing the colors. Bent was right about Dazzler! Oh well I'll be able to fix that now.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6415048749_6a6bd414da_b.jpg)
Black Widow and Hawkeye! Black Widow is inspired by her movie version and Hawkeye is sporting his new costume from Avengers 18. I did these in an about a two hours.
I'm trying to get everything together to release tonight because I need to just get this stuff out so I can focus on FFU.
AA, i absolutely adore Black Widow. I adore this skin so much. It's so good. *high fives AA*
Please send it to me immediately so that I can use it.
Hawkeye is nice as well, but I don't like that costume, so I shan't be gushing on it. Soz.
Quote from: Previsionary on November 28, 2011, 01:07:20 AM
AA, i absolutely adore Black Widow. I adore this skin so much. It's so good. *high fives AA*
Please send it to me immediately so that I can use it.
Hawkeye is nice as well, but I don't like that costume, so I shan't be gushing on it. Soz.
Awww Prev. Well hopefully I'll release this ish tonight because I have a lot of unrelease stuff (since Sept) setting on my old harddrive.
As for Hawkeye, I'm not a huge fan of the Ultimate Hawkeye's costume moving over to 616 but I can glad his Wolverine mask is gone. I might actually do the HOM costume too. I wanted to have an Avengers to match my JLA against.
Amazing as always. Which mesh is black widow on? she looks very busty.
Very nice, though have you thought of using Gren's Lady Blackhawk for the Widow?
Also I'm so jealous that you can do skins like in such a short amount of time. Oh for your speed.
AA,
Incredible work! I really look forward to your release!! Two hours....seriously :blink:
I could only hope to be able to produce something so skillfull in such a short time!
Respectfully
AA, y u no listen to me? Avatars, NAOWZ!
But no, seriously, great skins as always. And frankly, I think it's less a "let's bring the Ultimate costume to the 616 universe" thing so much as it is a "Ultimate costume adapted to movie, and so 616 must match movie" thing.
greatness. ;-O
that blackwidow is absolutely the best blackwidow produced in all :ff: and :ffvstr: years in my opinion.
can i have a release for :ff: too? or is ask too much? However superb work AA.
Black Widow is drool-worthy. :thumbup:
Hawkeye looks great, too. I love how you did his hair. Oh, and just to be clear, Wolverine wears a Hawkeye mask, not the other way around. ;)
Is that Hawkeye's new costume now? If you hadn't mentioned that that was Hawkeye's new costume, i would have thought it was an Ultimate Hawkeye costume or a movie inspired costume you skinned.... :doh:
Great job by the way and in just 2 hours too. :o
Those are amazing skins, AA. Natasha's face is awesome and I love the brown pouches on Hawkey's cosutme.
Ant, you're such a tease, I'm checking heroforce on a nearly hourly basis to see if there are any updates!!
PS. I can't believe how awesome your latest skins and skopes look.
I'm anxiously holding my breath for Ant's newest releases as well. Always drool over what he previews and then can't wait to get them downloaded and thrown into my Danger Room. :-)
Wow AA! Those both look fantastic. That Black Widow skin is just great. The hair and face on that one is extremely impressive. You're recent stylistic choices in regards to faces work very well for her. In that same vein, Hawkeye has really nice facework as well, and it is probably even more impressive because it seems to be more unique.
Two hours? Geeeeeez...
No wonder you can do so many skins.
Can't say I dig this costume for Hawkeye (I like the mask... although I always hated the loincloth) but you certainly rendered it well. He looks appropriately cocky.
Quick shot of the modern Avengers.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6454480311_49bee8ed91_z.jpg)
Cap's extras (with the exception of the shield) are Court's. I'll eventually update them if I ever get time to work on anything FF related.
Very nice Ant.
Are those skins of Thor, Giant-Man, Ironman, Rulk and Wasp new or your already released ones?
Quote from: Podmark on December 05, 2011, 11:06:28 PM
Very nice Ant.
Are those skins of Thor, Giant-Man, Ironman, Rulk and Wasp new or your already released ones?
Either way, these are just fantastic AA.
Giant-Man is on a Tommy's latest Giant-Man mesh with new antenna. Wasp has been skoped to have the proper lighting in FFVTR, shorter hair, and ears. Red Hulk is an quick update to the pants, hair, and additional glow and highlights. Thor and Ironman are the same 'cause I'm really happy with the both of them. :)
These are all gorgeous! any chance we get to see a classic style cap from you?
Those came out beautifully, AA. Great work, as always.
Dana
Whoa..new costumes that I'm not familiar with. These look really good though, AA :-)
Awesome! They look great!
They are all exceptionally well done. Pure delightful awesomeness!
great skins and sskopes AA. very vibrant.
AA, Thanks for releasing all those skins on X-mas. Outstanding work, man!
So many great skins and too little hard drive space. At this rate, I'm going to need a super computer to play the game.
Thanks! I really hope you enjoy them!
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6757848695_4d777886dc_z.jpg)
:)
Well I'm stumped. Are these existing characters or something of your own? Cause it's pretty hard to guess if they're originals...
Quote from: Podmark on January 25, 2012, 02:52:35 AM
Well I'm stumped. Are these existing characters or something of your own? Cause it's pretty hard to guess if they're originals...
I did not create these characters but they do hold a HUGE place in my heart.
Ah wait! I know who they are! Cool!
Hmm...I'm stumped.
me too! give me a clue
This, to me, was like looking at one of those Magic Eye pictures.. figuring it out, hoping a clue would hop off the page. Then.. I did figure it out! And I love that team, too.. so I'm really glad you created them.
As for a hint, I'll say that they are X-related. And foes. Sorta?
Oh.....I think I know!! Can I take a guess, please! I can't believe the clue was right there all along.
My guess is it's....
Spoiler
Cerebro's X-Men
If I'm right, I'm so excited! If I'm wrong, I'm still excited because AA is post some yummy goodness.
Either way, it's a win/win :D
Quote from: AfghanAnt on January 25, 2012, 03:08:30 AM
Quote from: Podmark on January 25, 2012, 02:52:35 AM
Well I'm stumped. Are these existing characters or something of your own? Cause it's pretty hard to guess if they're originals...
I did not create these characters but they do hold a HUGE place in my heart.
got it, nice
;( I'm the only one who has no clue who can this be? hehehe
like i said i think i know who it is but one character in particular is either missing or i can't see his/her shape
I don't know if I'm right, but...
Spoiler
Legion Of Superheroes characters
?
If not, then I have no idea...LOL.
Dana
I thought they would be a couple of avatars redesigned by Juancho because you mentioned wanting to skin some of his designs....but if it's xmen related....still curious to see what they look like... :)
I have no clue, but I await with eager anticipation!
Cerebro's X-men?
Meh... jack, I realize you're new and I'm not trying to come down on you or anything for it... but posting in a thread that hasn't been active in almost two months with nothing productive to add is what we forum-savvy folks call "thread necromancy," and it's kind of considered bad form.
From what I understand, AA's been swamped by R/L lately, and has had to set aside FF stuff for a bit. Give him some space until he's got his house in order, THEN we can relentlessly mob him, ok?
Oh oh, it's Great Lakes Avengers!
It's Tomato's rage induced hemorrhoids caused by new members necroposting made to life by the Cosmic Cube. Damn I'm good. :cool:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5235/7056667877_d0e7c89b7f_b.jpg)
Crux and Grey King! Yah! Bye.
Update: And now Chaos or Xaos depends on who you ask.
sweet!!
Excellent work my friend!
Very nice, AA. Nice to see you again!
You live! Thank God. With you and C6 both AWOL, that left me alone with only monkeys like Pod and Murs to fake compete against.
They look so great! I'm glad you're tackling this team.
Quote from: Tomato on April 07, 2012, 11:19:03 PM
You live! Thank God. With you and C6 both AWOL, that left me alone with only monkeys like Pod and Murs to fake compete against.
Fool, thems fighting words. I challenge you to a skin-off!
Quote from: murs47 on April 08, 2012, 01:04:12 AM
Fool, thems fighting words. I challenge you to a skin-off!
There, you see AA? This is what I've had to deal with while you've been gone. It's like the poor guy thinks he can actually take me.
Quote from: Tomato on April 08, 2012, 02:10:15 AM
Quote from: murs47 on April 08, 2012, 01:04:12 AM
Fool, thems fighting words. I challenge you to a skin-off!
There, you see AA? This is what I've had to deal with while you've been gone. It's like the poor guy thinks he can actually take me.
:blink:
Glad to be back - I'm really want to finish this team and a few more skins I started and stopped because I didn't have the patience to skope them.
Your skopes and skins are just fantastic AA. Welcome back.
Truly great stuff. Your colors are awesome!
Afghan Ant is probably my favorite skinner :). Wonderful work.
Got bored. Everyone else was doing one so I thought I would do a skin of her too.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/7531834552_cf643b1f5d_c.jpg)
Working on her first X-Men costume as well.
Uses LP's skope with some edits. I wanted her to look as much like Jim Lee's old drawing possible with a few embellishments.
She looks fantastic, AA...Bravo! I feel the shadow under her cheeks is a bit too much (as it doesn't give her much of a jawline), but I love the colors and the skin in general is beautiful (great hair texture and facial expression and I love the belt and costume lines and wrinkles)..
I am frequently in awe of how much better some of our skinners and meshers are at putting together characters compared to the ones we see in "official" games, like Marvel or DC online, etc (sometimes, many of the official skins/meshes seem a bit blah)...We have some very talented folk here.
Dana
That looks awesome, AA, and it's nice to see you skinning again. Stop leaving us! How is our friendship supposed to grow when you only come around once every 3 months? :D
Lovely AA, beautiful detail and colours.
Very tidy! I got bored and started skinning the Mutant-X characters... then my pc crashed.........
KHHHAAANNN!
Thanks everyone!
CMD, I actually had a softer cheekbones version but opt'ed for harder more comic lines that can be seen easily in-game.
A little FYI:
I had a computer crash but luckily I had some stuff backed up (my bases and psds). My next task is trying to get freedomforceuniverse.com back up and running (got lazy and didn't put in my new credit card info and just stop caring after the crash). I really want to get back to doing sets (plug and play characters with hero files and fxs included).
I need to start from scratch on my Amazing X-Men pak (Storm, Quicksilver, and Exodus skopes got lost) and Dark X-Men are on my list but I need to get the inspiration. Deadly X-Men are probably dead in the water with the exception of the first three (Grey King, Crux, and Chaos) which I backed up online.
Quote from: ghazkul on July 09, 2012, 05:17:01 PM
Very tidy! I got bored and started skinning the Mutant-X characters... then my pc crashed.........
The TV show? 0_o
bravo sir bravo
as for your other elements, as i've said before you need any help at all just shout
The crash really sucks AA. Sorry to hear about that.
Great skin though. The colours are very well done as usual.
Beautiful work. I love Jim Lee's Psylocke. Now I love AA's just as much.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on July 09, 2012, 06:38:52 PM
Thanks everyone!
CMD, I actually had a softer cheekbones version but opt'ed for harder more comic lines that can be seen easily in-game.
Ah, good point. A lot of facial detail does get lost in-game, since most of time players are zoomed out to see all the action. Anyway, she looks great!
Dana
BTW: Sorry to hear of your computer crash, AA....I hope everything is fixable and works out soon...Good luck.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7547304602_199af2bcfb_c.jpg)
Yah! Psylocke in her ink frock!
I'm pretty much committed to do one or two more versions of the character. I know one hasn't be done so that will be fun and the other is sort of a repaint of the ninja look with different attacks.
BONUS!
Spoiler
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7547387120_f1aea2fd4f_b.jpg)
It is crazy to see what 8 (WOW) and 4 years can do.
These are awesome, AA! :thumbup:
I really like ninja Betsy's eyes and hair.
I think the not-chosen skin will be.. Lady Mandarin? Are you considering her armored look?
Amazing evolving style/skill comparisons there, AA! :thumbup:
Dana
Hells yes! lol, great version of her!
Very nice!
Very frickin cool AA :cool:
Thanks guys! Here's another.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7578714142_75e78b5679_c.jpg)
Evolution:
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That's an impressive change AA. The hood looks especially impressive.
*swoon*
Armored Psylocke! I am loving it, AA. Great job on it. The purple tones are fantastic, as well as the breast plate.
amazing attention to detail AA, seriously sweet.
Really impressive work on all three versions of Betsy. Very Nice AA.
Wonderful AA, great to see all the different stages of Betsy's development and the massive improvement between your 2004 & 2012 versions. :thumbup:
Love your work AA! As always, you are an inspiration!!
I think this and Betsy's Captain Britain costume are the only ones that haven't been done. This was actually a hard one because the color palettes for the comics are so different so I just went with what looks good.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7625787012_82ea254600_c.jpg)
Here's the Uncanny X-Force version of Psylocke. Murs did her more recent costume but so I did the one from the Apocalypse storyline.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7280/7625787150_4348a8578e_z.jpg)
So I'm doing Lady Britain next and hopefully Meggan and Brian will follow (I don't think I'm going to do every version of them though).
Impressive stuff AA.
seriously sweet stuffage AA.
Thanks guys! I forgot to show off the crazy fx of the sword. It has an ambient glow and a flaming energy trail. Looks super cool during combos.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8292/7633966274_4d88884d0b_z.jpg)
*swoon*
The hooded and armored versions are just stunning, AA. Your textures are unbelievable.
SWWWEEEETTT!!!!! Makes me want to start playing as X-Force again, lol. Are you planning on doing her Captain Britain costume? That was so bad it was good ^^.
Ah ha, Lady Mandarin. I kind of wish they'd bring that incarnation back for a story or two. It still has a lot of potential.
AA, you hate me. :(
Quote from: murs47 on July 25, 2012, 10:53:15 PM
AA, you hate me. :(
No murs, you hate yourself. There's a difference.
Sorry about not commenting on these skins as of yet (good to see you back btw) but they're all pretty much perfect.
Murs, I do not hate you!
Thanks everyone!
I've been working on Captain Britain/Lady Britain costumes, herofiles, and FXs for Psylocke. Should be releasing these soon on Freedom Force Universe (http://freedomforceuniverse.com/?utm_source=freedomreborn.net&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=aa72612)!
stunning simply stunning, i haven't been commenting here much because i've been viewing your stuff on flickr
and i'm also glad to see the site back on its feet, i really need to dl the hero files
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on July 26, 2012, 07:55:58 PM
stunning simply stunning, i haven't been commenting here much because i've been viewing your stuff on flickr
and i'm also glad to see the site back on its feet, i really need to dl the hero files
Thanks TUE. :)
Here's a preview of the next (final?) Psylocke skin. I've already moved on to Cap Britain's skopes. :D
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7659956404_d646472593_z.jpg)
:thumbup:
And she's done.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7668830246_a93e55e306_c.jpg)
I really want to get in-game shots of the special fxs so you can see them - they are pretty neat.
beautiful simply beautiful
the colours are vibrant but not over powering and the sleeves are superbly done.
my only critique and it is a nitpick is i would love to see her eyes, i know its not in the design but i think it will make he face and mask really pop
Nice skin! I never realized until now that Psylocke's first X-men costume is basically a recolored version of her Captain Britain one.
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on July 29, 2012, 04:42:08 PM
beautiful simply beautiful
the colours are vibrant but not over powering and the sleeves are superbly done.
my only critique and it is a nitpick is i would love to see her eyes, i know its not in the design but i think it will make he face and mask really pop
Thanks! I'm actually think about doing an alternate with her purple hair, so we will see.
Brian Braddock in his second costume. I'm toying with the idea of doing the first costume but I'm staying away for the other looks (especially Britannic).
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7673861628_15cbaa876e_c.jpg)
Wow, that looks great. These have all been amazing, it's great to have you skinning again AA.
Love both of the Captain Britains (Betsy & Brian in my favorite costume). I can't blame you in staying away from Britannic which was a look that summed up everything that was wrong with Marvel (And comics in general) in the nineties.
That Capt brit is 100 % :thumbup:
Quote from: jocke32 on July 30, 2012, 04:33:13 PM
That Capt brit is 100 % :thumbup:
What are you talking about? Obviously AA's Captain Britain is... 20% cooler.
:cool:
AA, are you trying to appeal to me right now? It's working. Vury good, sir. Vury good.
Wow, I've missed a lot of awesomeness AA! These have all looked awesome, but I really like the mask on Captain Britain.
Quote from: Previsionary on July 30, 2012, 11:59:47 PM
AA, are you trying to appeal to me right now? It's working. Vury good, sir. Vury good.
I actually am. :D
Thanks folks. I enjoyed skinning Cap Brit a lot.
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Started working on Meggan but can't figure out what mesh to use for the hair. :/
Personally I think either your Mera or Starfire's are very good matches for Meggan, either way I'm loving all of these skins.
I agree, maybe a skope of Gren's Darkstar would be good for the length... but the wavyness...maybe an Ink hairdo?
Fantastic skins and skopes as always AA!
Wow...
Simply stunning, AA! The detail is just amazing! :thumbup:
Woah AA, great detail on the wrists and excellent work on the crest/logo on his chest. Just an excellent skin.
I'm just speechless. :o
I have waited a decade to see Captain Britain honored so well. I absolutely mean no disrespect to the other great skinners who have done him before, but AA, you just blew my mind with this skin. Well done, sir!
All the psylockes and Britains look completely amazing! :blink:
I love the Captain Britains, and the Psylocke with sword fx looks amazing, AA...Bravo!
Dana
I started skinning Meggan and I knocked her out very quickly so I thought why not do Excalibur - I've already done Nightcrawler so Shadowcat just seemed right.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7722253018_3afe6dd14e_c.jpg)
Meggan's hair twinkles. I also plan on doing a changeling version (fur, brown skins, wings, and fangs).
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7722253236_82c2d86aa2_c.jpg)
Kitty is a Gren mesh with some of IPS' Shadowcat keyframes thrown in.
I promise once I've completed Rachel, Revanche, and Lockheed I will release my British Invasion.
Really nice! and the twinkling hair is a great idea.
Oh wow I love that Kitty so very much. I was never a big fan of that outfit but you're changing my mind here.
Very nice Meggan as well.
Beautiful take on Kitty, AA. The clothwork is great!
Very nice AA, for some reason, I thought of Sheldon's 'Soft Kitty' song when I saw your Shadowcat ^_^
Great work on the Excalibabes AA.
On a side note...now I'm going to have "Soft Kitty" stuck in my head all day! :banghead:
Amazeballs as ever!! are you just doing the classic Excalibre or the modern as well? Looooved Nocturne ^^
Nice work, AA. I'm glad to see Kitty in her blue costume.
Ohh, very nice...though, that Kitty is really the stand out one. That's probably my favorite Kitty Pryde skin I've seen. Your face work on her is unique and really, really fitting.
MEGGAN! *SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO---*
Quote from: ShawDAMAN on August 06, 2012, 03:08:38 AM
Really nice! and the twinkling hair is a great idea.
Yeah it just made sense for Meggan's to have little twinkling lights in her hair when she moved.
Quote from: Podmark on August 06, 2012, 03:22:32 AM
Oh wow I love that Kitty so very much. I was never a big fan of that outfit but you're changing my mind here.
Very nice Meggan as well.
I was always fond of it and all of the 90s costumes. They are so iconic.
Quote from: John Jr. on August 06, 2012, 03:54:05 AM
Beautiful take on Kitty, AA. The clothwork is great!
Thanks JJ!
Quote from: martialstorm on August 06, 2012, 12:33:28 PM
Very nice AA, for some reason, I thought of Sheldon's 'Soft Kitty' song when I saw your Shadowcat ^_^
Quote from: Cyber Burn on August 06, 2012, 04:35:55 PM
Great work on the Excalibabes AA.
On a side note...now I'm going to have "Soft Kitty" stuck in my head all day! :banghead:
I have no clue what that is. :/
Quote from: ghazkul on August 07, 2012, 08:28:01 PM
Amazeballs as ever!! are you just doing the classic Excalibre or the modern as well? Looooved Nocturne ^^
I have absolutely no love for Nocturne or any that revolved around or had anything to do with New Excalibur, X-Men Reload, or New Exiles. That was CC at his absolute worse.
Quote from: laughing paradox on August 07, 2012, 09:56:11 PM
Nice work, AA. I'm glad to see Kitty in her blue costume.
It is one of my favorites. :)
Quote from: BentonGrey on August 08, 2012, 03:54:22 AM
Ohh, very nice...though, that Kitty is really the stand out one. That's probably my favorite Kitty Pryde skin I've seen. Your face work on her is unique and really, really fitting.
Thanks. She is one of my favorite characters and it was fun skinning her in the costume.
Quote from: Previsionary on August 08, 2012, 04:15:58 AM
MEGGAN! *SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO---*
So...when are we going to talk about this Excalibur Cross-Time Caper mod?
So, I've had a setback in skinning. I've completely skoped Rach (based on Hoss and LP's) with some additions to make her more like Alan Davis' art (mullet, fiery arm wings, and ridiculously long antenna eyelashes) however I've had yet another issue with my Windows 7 laptop so this weekend I'm going to purchase a new one. Thankfully I backed up everything on my external hard drive and 8gb thumb drive.
But in the mean time, I thought I would let you know on what I've been considering working on:
Definitely:Lockheed (I know there was a stand-alone mesh but I can't find it for the life of me)
Bishop (90s Costume)
Jubilee
Maggot*
Cecila Reyes*
Marrow*
*I've always LOVED these three for some reason.
My Wishlist:Hope Summers
Longshot
Spiral
Mojo
X-Men Gold Team (Storm, Jean Grey, Archangel, and Colossus)
X-Men Blue Team (Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue, and Beast)
AOA Astonishing X-Men (Exodus, Storm, Quicksilver, and Bishop)
All-Deadly X-Men (Landslide, Rapture, and Mercury)
Soft Kitty, Warm kitty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIp77PUvLTE)
Also, just so you know, I am lurking and being amazed by everything you're doing up in here, I just feel like everyone else is better at expressing that then I am.
QuoteDefinitely:
Lockheed (I know there was a stand-alone mesh but I can't find it for the life of me)
Brown Wolverine
90s Bishop
Nate Grey
Cable (Carey's X-Men Costume)
Maggot*
Cecila Reyes*
Marrow*
90's Bishop and Marrow are favorites of mine also. I also like Cable, not sure which costume that is though but sounds good! :P
BTW that video clip was pretty hilarious lol. "Counter clockwise or my chest hair will mat" bwahaha.
I'm definitely interested in 90's Bishop.
hope, hope, hope. for all that is holy it has to be hope next
I look forward to your Cecilia Reyes. I am curious to see how you do her hair. I take it you're going with her blue and gold X-uniform? I still laugh at that issue when Beast gave her a Wasp costume to wear.
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A former JR superhero who was horribly burnt in a battle now a ruthless anti-hero.
Tommy Matto, formerly Sprout, is now a vengeful hero hell bent on making those who hurt the innocent pay.
Based on FR member Tomato, DC's Jason Todd, and a little bit of Ghost Rider.
The suit is a sort of hyperbaric chamber since 80% of his body was horribly burnt by a yet to be named villain.
That is an incredible design AA. The brief background and anti hero theme really compliments it. I like it.
I give it a 10 out of 10 fresh tomatoes rating. :lunarman:
Can't wait to see the flame thrower animation you're gonna give it.
Haha, that's awesome, AA! :thumbup:
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
That's great AA, I love it.
I love it, that's fantastic AA. Great design and a great story.
Holy tomatoes batman... that is incredible...
Looks good AA. I'm always astounded by your creativity.
Sweeeeeet!
Really nice work AA! :thumbup:
LOL! Dude, so much win right there! Right on AA! :thumbup:
Really fantastic work, AA. The design and skin and story are just super-cool.
*reads through his AA-verse origin again*
...
*raises hand*
So, in your universe, you say I was burned by "someone"? Might we perhaps know this "someone"?
When AA mentioned he was making two designs. I thought he was designing two versions of the same character. But if it's the villain responsible for Tommy Mato's origin, that's pretty cool too. :cool:
its all a misunderstanding. DJ ate the taco bell special platter and stood in front of an open flame
AA really nice work! I love the avatar redesign! This is really neat and what I think makes Freedom Force the most fun.
Respectfully,
Quote from: Tomato on September 14, 2012, 03:26:44 PM
*reads through his AA-verse origin again*
...
*raises hand*
So, in your universe, you say I was burned by "someone"? Might we perhaps know this "someone"?
That is a secret...for now. :P
Quote from: Outcast on September 14, 2012, 04:43:19 PM
When AA mentioned he was making two designs. I thought he was designing two versions of the same character. But if it's the villain responsible for Tommy Mato's origin, that's pretty cool too. :cool:
It is actually 'Mato as a jr hero before the burns but I have been thinking about the villain the design for a few days now.
90s Bishop SPOILERS...
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Ant! Bishop is looking great!
was wondering if you took care of that clipping on his left boot.
actually it looks like a whole new mesh
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on September 14, 2012, 06:45:33 PM
its all a misunderstanding. DJ ate the taco bell special platter and stood in front of an open flame
Hey, I didn't mean too...it was a mistake!!
I love the anti-hero 'Mato. That's great!
AA, Bishop, too awesome! I have been wanting to see someone revisit my favorite time traveling mutant forever! I will have to do something with him in an update to my Marvel mod, 'cause he is looking awesome!
Sweet Bishop, he's a favorite of mine.
Awesome face you did for Bishop AA. I don't remember seeing that version of Bishop made before. Skope and skin looks really great. :o
About Tommy Mato's villain...i wonder if he/she would have fire powers too. Since Tommy did get burned and all. Hmmm...fire vs fire...interesting... though it's also quite possible that the villain just got Tommy in the right place for an explosion to give him those burns....intriguing. :)
Actually, I get the impression the reason aa's version of me uses fire in the first place (it's not a superpower, thus why he's using flamethrowers) is BECAUSE the villain was flame based.
I'm trying to remember if any avatars were flame based, but I can't think of any offhand. Revenant used fire I think, but I don't think he was a villain... at least not one who would burn poor Sprout's face off.
Anyway, as far as bishop goes, the skin is pretty amazing. It's a shame bishop has gotten such horrible writing since his "turn" in the hope arc.
Quote from: Tomato on September 23, 2012, 06:05:10 AM
Actually, I get the impression the reason aa's version of me uses fire in the first place (it's not a superpower, thus why he's using flamethrowers) is BECAUSE the villain was flame based.
I'm trying to remember if any avatars were flame based, but I can't think of any offhand. Revenant used fire I think, but I don't think he was a villain... at least not one who would burn poor Sprout's face off.
Hmmm..i see. Yes Revenant was one of the avatars that came to my mind when i was trying to guess who AA's redesign was. There was also Pyroclasm? I wasn't really sure. Was there an avatar that goes by the name Burnout? I presume his power is flame based. Then there's House Quake's FyreHawk? But i don't think he'd be a villain. Also based on Ms MJB's costume, she too has some fire powers.
But then again, i thought AA was going to design an entirely new and original villain for Tommy Mato. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. ^_^
Edit: Oh...or how about Firestorm? :wacko:
Quote from: Outcast on September 23, 2012, 06:34:21 AM
Quote from: Tomato on September 23, 2012, 06:05:10 AM
Actually, I get the impression the reason aa's version of me uses fire in the first place (it's not a superpower, thus why he's using flamethrowers) is BECAUSE the villain was flame based.
I'm trying to remember if any avatars were flame based, but I can't think of any offhand. Revenant used fire I think, but I don't think he was a villain... at least not one who would burn poor Sprout's face off.
Hmmm..i see. Yes Revenant was one of the avatars that came to my mind when i was trying to guess who AA's redesign was. There was also Pyroclasm? I wasn't really sure. Was there an avatar that goes by the name Burnout? I presume his power is flame based. Then there's House Quake's FyreHawk? But i don't think he'd be a villain. Also based on Ms MJB's costume, she too has some fire powers.
But then again, i thought AA was going to design an entirely new and original villain for Tommy Mato. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. ^_^
Edit: Oh...or how about Firestorm? :wacko:
Somehow I don't see MJB's wife burning my avatar's face off. Just sayin'
Quote from: Tomato on September 23, 2012, 01:53:59 PM
Somehow I don't see MJB's wife burning my avatar's face off. Just sayin'
Yeah i know, just throwing all the possible flame based avatars i've seen so far out there. :P In the hopes that maybe someone will remember someone i haven't mentioned? :wacko:
Edit: If the villain is really going to be based on another avatar here in FR, he/she should be challenging enough but not too powerful for Tommy Mato to take him on with a flame thrower.....i think i remember an avatar name Psiblaze perhaps? Oh well...we'll know soon enough. :doh:
Quote from: Tomato on September 23, 2012, 01:53:59 PM
Somehow I don't see MJB's wife burning my avatar's face off. Just sayin'
Maybe you tried to get a little too frisky with her. :o
Ok, I admit...It was me. I burnt 'Mato's face off.
<---Goes back to admire AA's Excalibur skins again.
Imagine my surprise when I checked out Heroforce today! :thumbup:
Right on! Thanks for the release AA.
You can download my new content at HeroForce (http://heroforce.freedomforceforever.com/afghanant.html?utm_source=freedomreborn&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=10-11-2012).
I hope everyone enjoys them. :)
Oh my god, your Tomato... Mannnnn....
Your skins just get more and more incredible, but I love those original designs. Astounding!
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Nox Blatta
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BIO: A member of the Dictyoptera (an off-shoot of the Z'Zen race), Nox Blatta is guardian of the Z'Zen relic known as the Megalo-Hammer. A cunning mind known for dirty tactics, Nox is considered the dark protector of the Empire and the sword to Afghan Ant's olive branch. In order to end the conflict, HIVE has sent Nox Blatta to capture the only other known super-organism host - Kid Ant!
Creator Notes: Well, I didn't want to make too many changes to his overall look but I definitely wanted him to play differently from Afghan Ant. I traded his Nega-Bands for a Megalo-Hammer and added a cool sheen to the armor section of his costume.
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Halal Hornet
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BIO: Former Vespa Aviation Officer (a feat not many Z'Zen women have achieved) and currently a bounty hunter, Halal Hornet abandoned her post to return to her homeworld at the beginning of the Catastrophe Conflict. As the sister of Afghan Ant, she is considered a public enemy. Despite this, she serves as member of HIVE and works to protect what is left of the Z'Zen empire.
Creator Notes: I thought Halal needed a lot of updating. I really wanted her to look like she had a connection to Afghan Ant but also her own woman.
I knew that Nox Blatta looked new! Awesome job on updating them both, the update adds so much more character and life to them both. You really need to make a mod with these so we can actually play through some of these stories instead of just reading them.
Liking the update of the Megalo-Hammer for Nox Blatta.
Both of those skins are just great. I really like the Nox update, though to be honest I prefer the original design for Halal.
A mod for your universe would really be cool.
well i must admit i just love your character design and your personal "heroverse", the update of this two charcters is much more mature from all points of view, congratulation AA!
:doh: I've forgotten about that Halal character. I remember reading that she was also a part of your Fractal Universe.
It's nice to see an update of the design and some bio on her.
To be honest, i like both the old and new skins for these characters. The older skins have this classic comic book wherein the shading and highlights aren't that strong but still noticeable. The newer skins reflect a style that's more like coloring in modern comics today where the highlights, shading and contrast are strong.
As for the designs, i'd say giving Nox Blata a formidable weapon and making his form bulkier does give emphasis that he and Afghan Ant are different in more ways than just being rivals. I think he can hold his own much better now against Afghan Ant.
Halal does look younger in your previous design, and i think i'm with Podmark on liking this younger version of the character. On the other hand, since Afghan Ant has somewhat changed his appearance as well over the years, it's not suprising that Halal would most likely have grown more mature as well. The scar on her face is a good way of showing this maturity and experience in her character. The dark colors in her costume now might also be a sign of a darker change that has come over her personality. :cool:
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Quote from: Tomato on October 14, 2012, 03:15:28 AM
...You really need to make a mod with these so we can actually play through some of these stories instead of just reading them.
I concurr. If there's anyone here who i think can pull it off, it would be you AA. :P
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bravo sir, you actually made an extremely boring and bland character interesting and amazing to look at
heck yeah! you even funkified his mullet! now i understand that kanye pic you posted... you've been looking at jericurl mullets too long AA
...all we need now is an 80s mullet Rogue and I think you've got them all, Rachel Summers, Bishop, and Longshot
I don't like Bishop at all, especially now, but that is one awesome skin, AA. *high fives*
Awesome Bishop, AA!!!! Now we just have to see what Marvel Now! is going to do with evil Bishop and his new look once he returns from being lost in time.
- CQ
Awesome! Big Bishop fan here, at one point he was one of my top 5 X-Men.
Your attention to detail is just amazing AA.
Fantastic work AA. I really like your originals and Bishop!
Wow.....just wow....those are some awesome freaking skins....the guy on the Ronan mesh is just too cool!
This might be my Macbook Air but a lot of my new skins do on my PC look really over saturated. Is anyone else seeing this?
No, they look fine to me... They could be seen as a bit bright, but your skins are usually bright and colorful, so I doubt it's anything that wasn't intended.
Quote from: Tomato on October 18, 2012, 09:15:15 PM
No, they look fine to me... They could be seen as a bit bright, but your skins are usually bright and colorful, so I doubt it's anything that wasn't intended.
Great, it must be my Mac's colors. :)
I gotta agree with 'Mato on this, your skins normally are very vibrant and well lit, would it help if someone took a screen shot and posted it so you could see what we're seeing?
Probably not. the colors aren't any different on our screen then his, they just look different on his mac because the contrast is off or something.
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Silver/white suit Storm from the 90s. I always loved this look.
Danggit AA! I love that costume too, but my work blocks all image sites. Now I have to wait 9 hours at work knowing it's there, but not being able to see it
I Love it!
You are so gonna beat to doing the Phoenix Five aren't you? I can see it coming lol>
I don't really have an interest in the Phoenix Five. The story line they were created for was blah and I'm not a huge fan of what is going on with Marvel's comic line.
Storm looks great, AA. I love the subtle blue tint along the edges of the eyes. :cool:
Great work on these, AA. Bishop really stands out.
I'm loving that Storm. The only thing that seems out of place is her chest looks pushed down? The face looks great and I particularly like her sleeves.
:o :o :cool: I always loved that white storm costume too! Fond memories of the 90's animated series lol. And Bishop is stunning.
Whaaaa? How did I miss that Bishop! Oh man, that is fantastic! I SO want that skin/skope! Amazing work AA!
I like that Storm too, but I think the highlights on her chest might be a bit much. That silver suit is also my favorite look, and also because of the 90's 'toon. :D
STORRRRRRM! *swoons*
I love that look, AA. I agree with LP, however, about the chest, but I fault that to being a mesh/mapping issue.
Thanks everyone!
Quote from: Previsionary on October 23, 2012, 07:32:48 PM
STORRRRRRM! *swoons*
I love that look, AA. I agree with LP, however, about the chest, but I fault that to being a mesh/mapping issue.
You are right but I did some skoping so it looks a little better now. I'll post a preview once I'm done with Jean Grey.
Jean Grey?! AA... stop speaking with my heart. It's just not right. :o
It...it wouldn't be Marvel Girl-esq Jean Grey, would it? Either way, I can't wait to see it!
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Freekin awesome!! Colossus and Archangel on the way I take it?
Ohh wow! Man, those guys look amazing! That Storm skin looks even better there, that Bishop still looks incredible, and I really like the look of your Iceman. Jean Grey looks great too, her costume is done really well, but I feel like maybe her features are done a bit too fine. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something seems a little off about her face. This is a WIP shot, so that may not be the final version, plus, I don't know what I'm talking about, so it could be fine. :D
Really nice work there AA, just amazing.
love em all! Storm was already great but even better now.
dude sweet you made my dual favourite comic red head
superb colours as usual but can we get a closer look at the face, her eyes seem kinda plain and small but its most likely the angle
Looking good AA! Can't wait to see the others.
Will you skin the Blue team?
Quote from: Podmark on October 31, 2012, 12:28:31 AM
Looking good AA! Can't wait to see the others.
Will you skin the Blue team?
OMG YES! I would love to see AA skin Caboose (http://rvb.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_J._Caboose)!
...
what?
Iceman looks fantastico!
:wub:
just a minor nitpick, i know it's a wip, but shouldn't jean's pockets be blue too?
Quote from: detourne_me on October 31, 2012, 04:11:04 PM
:wub:
just a minor nitpick, i know it's a wip, but shouldn't jean's pockets be blue too?
Oddly enough no. I referenced action figures and Jim Lee's work on the first 8 issue of X-Men and they were the same color as her spandex - https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1TSNF_enUS500US500&q=jean+grey+jim+lee&bpcl=37189454&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1600&bih=775&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=OtKRUN7rCYr7qgGqqoCIAg
The only times I've seen them colored that way is on C6's Jean skin and Official Hand Guide.
Also I will post other pic of her face. I think it is the angle. :/
We really need a "the more you know!" Emoticon. Cause I just got schooled.
These skins are looking great as always.
The trouble is, I'm holding off making hero files for your Excalibur skins until I get my grubby little mittens on these guys.
It's fine. It is colored that way sometimes but I really using Minimates as my inspiration.
Anywho, I updated Psylocke to have a psychic knife with the mesh and a metal katana. It's pretty cool in-game. I am probably going to update the Uncanny X-Force version to his mesh as well.
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Better shot of Jean Grey (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/8179623726/in/photostream)
Pure awesomeness. I look forward to seeing Archangel. Your group shots also make for some great wallpapers. So thanks for those.
awesome :o
Looking good, though the metal lines are a little closer together than I'd go. His face looks great.
fantastic work as always AA!
All looks GREAT!
Thanks everyone. I took a break from the Gold team to work on some classic New Mutants (and Elektra oddly enough).
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I realized "Hey, I can finally do a Magik with the fiery sword effect". It looks really good in-game.
Here's my shortlist for the year:
Archangel
Elektra
Deadly X-Men (Finish Pak)
Amazing X-Men (Finish Pak)
Ironlad
Here's my longlist for the year:
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Nextwave (Reskope & skin)
New Mutants (Classic)
Nate Grey
Cable
Maggott
Marrow
Cecilia Reyes
Element Woman
Tomorrow Woman (reskin)
Plastic Man
Gen 13
Ooooohhh!!! Very nice! Glad she's getting more issue-time now-a-days. Working on anything else at the moment?........
*cough*DANGER*cough*
Quote from: ghazkul on November 20, 2012, 11:10:27 AM
Ooooohhh!!! Very nice! Glad she's getting more issue-time now-a-days. Working on anything else at the moment?........
*cough*DANGER*cough*
The only sentient X-machine I like is Warlock. :)
ok first excellent work. second did that image change from earlier this morning
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on November 20, 2012, 01:38:10 PM
ok first excellent work. second did that image change from earlier this morning
Yes, it did. I realized I had already skinned Magik previously so I thought I would do a comparison shot.
Wow, you can really see the level of improvement. Very nice AA.
:thumbup: really nice!
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Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on November 20, 2012, 01:38:10 PM
ok first excellent work. second did that image change from earlier this morning
Yes, it did. I realized I had already skinned Magik previously so I thought I would do a comparison shot.
thank christ for that, i thought i had finally snapped
That is sooo much better! I love it.
You'll have let me know how you pull of a flaming sword.
How about I show you...
Magik's Soulsword In-Game (http://youtu.be/HpAqaJ32G1k)
The light from the sword cast light in-game.
I'm going to try to do something similar for Cannonball's Blast Field but with light and smoke.
That is too cool. Nice skopework there AA.
Awesome work!!
That is a good yuear ahead ^^ Hey whatever happened to the Superman stuff you were doing?
Quote from: ghazkul on November 22, 2012, 10:35:38 PM
That is a good yuear ahead ^^ Hey whatever happened to the Superman stuff you were doing?
Lost it in a hard drive crash.
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Full Team Shot
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AA, you're so talented. <3
Beautiful work.
Awww shucks. Thanks guys.
Anywho, I just recent got a set of heroclix and among them was...
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Element Woman!
As you can see just flat colors right now but I want to finish her and than release all these stuff I've been previewing before I get too far behind. Plus I have a few unreleased FXs which need to be previewed and released as well.
Ahh Flashpoint... so great yet so under-appreciated.
Those are some great skins AA. If the face is any indication Element Woman is going to be an excellent skin.
Spy, Flashpoint original, and a personal fav of mine.
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Very nice skoping AA.
OOoooohhh HELLZ YEA.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 23, 2012, 04:47:12 PM
Awww shucks. Thanks guys.
Anywho, I just recent got a set of heroclix and among them was...
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Element Woman!
As you can see just flat colors right now but I want to finish her and than release all these stuff I've been previewing before I get too far behind. Plus I have a few unreleased FXs which need to be previewed and released as well.
Okay, so I take it this is not the same one from DC Comics?
Face looks excellent.
It is. She's the newest female "Metamorpho" - Emily Sung: Element Woman (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Emily_Sung_(New_Earth))
She was probably the best thing from Flashpoint. Is she still in DC in the New52? It would be a shame to waste such a great character.
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Thanks for the new wallpaper AA! :thumbup:
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Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 23, 2012, 01:22:51 AM
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Thanks for the new wallpaper AA! :thumbup:
No prob.
Very nice AA! :thumbup:
What mesh are you using for Element Woman?
A couple of these images don't work, but I really like that group shot of the Gold team.
Archangel looks pretty cool.
Quote from: Sioux City Dynamo on November 28, 2012, 01:43:31 AM
Very nice AA! :thumbup:
What mesh are you using for Element Woman?
Skope female_symbiote mesh.
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There is a fiery and smoke trail effect when he's in flying mode. It is sort of cool.
Old jug-ears never looked better! lol, did you ever see the obeese version of him in Mutant-X, Butterball!
I love the face for classic Sam. It's just perfect.
Love the classic New Mutants, nice skins/skopes.
Re: Element Woman
She looks interesting. I've been missing a lot.
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Nice improvements.
I never have read Next Wave...
Very cool, Ant.
Seeing your Nextwave characters is like looking at well-known characters when they're drawn by an unlikely artist - Simone Bianchi or Frank Quitely on X-Men, Sienkiewicz on New Mutants and so on. I know the characters, but they've got your characteristic face and style.
Podmark (and anyone else who hasn't) - read Nextwave!
It's brilliant, an utterly unique take on superheroes.
Man, AA, you have just grown an amazing amount as an artist, very impressive. I don't know the characters, but the skins and skopes are fantastic.
Sweet! I really like the new trenchcoats, where'd you get them?
*pinches AA's cheek*
Awww me itty bitty AA is all gwown up now! :D
You are one talented individual AA...let me borrow some. kthxbai!
I started this a while back but lost it, had some free time today and decided to working on him again. I need to do his boot...this skin took a lot longer than I had hoped because of all of the unnecessary linework oh well. I want to do Kon, Kara, and Diana but not really excited by anyone else just yet.
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BTW I am planning on release all of this content I've previewed since Nov soon.
That. Is. Beautiful! I can't wait to see Diana, too. Her new costume is cool.
That looks great AA, the linework alone had to have been a real pain to do. Very nice.
Sign of a great skinner - you make that horrid design look good.
Love the skin! And the design, the only bad New52 costume I think is ANY AND ALL TEEN TITANS.
I don't know why they decided to make The Man of Steel look like he's wearing kevlar body armor. It makes sense on Batman, but not so much on Supes.
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I'm personally not a fan of the new Superboy. I loved Conner Kent and I feel like any resemblance to that character has been stripped from the new Superboy but because he is Superboy I had to skin him.
Should be working on Supergirl 52 tonight.
Oh nice work (and I will ignore the inuendo) on S-boy. What is your fave new costume design then? My vote is for Harley Quinn (don't kill me!!!!!) and the Rainbow Rayners (you might want to take a look, some of the designs were sweeeeeeeeeeeeet).
The quality of your skins is amazing AA, I'm glad to see you're still in the game.
Quote from: Helix on January 15, 2013, 10:26:35 PM
I don't know why they decided to make The Man of Steel look like he's wearing kevlar body armor. It makes sense on Batman, but not so much on Supes.
Actually, my impression was that they were trying to make the costume look more like an alien uniform of some kind, and to match the other JL members who ARE wearing more kevlar-based outfits. I rather like it, personally.
But anyway, the skins. Really loving the new Superman, not so much on Superboy (it's not anything on the skin, but like you, I'm not really digging the new version at all.)
Great skins AA.
I'm not huge on either designs, particularly the Superman one. It's just way too busy. The Superboy one is okay, it just doesn't excite me at all.
See, I think eventually they'll gradually end up toning down the amount of random lines on the costume... it's too hard to keep that many tiny lines consistent between artists for a long period of time (that's if they even are right now, and I seriously doubt it). The core of the design though (the little S-shield designs on his wrists, the belt, maybe even the collar) looks good, and I do think it's a step up from underoos Superman.
But anyway, enough with that noise, I have a favor to ask of you AA... would you mind releasing an alternate version of Superboy's nu-52 outfit on a less... twiggy base mesh? Like, y'know... if that costume were on the REAL Kon-El.
Quote from: Tomato on January 18, 2013, 04:01:58 AMThe core of the design though (the little S-shield designs on his wrists, the belt, maybe even the collar) looks good
Yeah I'd probably agree to that.
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I started this a while back but lost it, had some free time today and decided to working on him again. I need to do his boot...this skin took a lot longer than I had hoped because of all of the unnecessary linework oh well. I want to do Kon, Kara, and Diana but not really excited by anyone else just yet.
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BTW I am planning on release all of this content I've previewed since Nov soon.
Just out of curiosity, what mesh did you get the boots from for your Superman?
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I've been trying to get back into skinning and I thought sharing some reskins/redesigns on character Unkoman and I made would help - we will see. :/
These are freaking AWESOME!!! You just have some insane skill. The Vampire is really the stand out for me.
As ever I am quite impressed. Very cool designs and skins.
Those are amazing, AA!
AA awesome! Truly awesome! Your skins and skopes are true inspiations for me! !
Nunu is my favorite, but they all look great.
What's Nunu's story?
THE VAMPIRE!!!!!!
Sorry but always loved that guy lol, my fave OC you've made (maybe with the exception of Lady Sasquatch).
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THE VAMPIRE!!!!!!
Sorry but always loved that guy lol, my fave OC you've made (maybe with the exception of Lady Sasquatch).
IIRC, that's actually also the avatar of board member Vamp.
Quote from: laughing paradox on February 17, 2013, 12:36:27 AM
Nunu is my favorite, but they all look great.
What's Nunu's story?
I'm figuring her out now but she is the replacement for Lady Sasquatch as the "Wonder Woman" element in our horror-theme SuperFriends.
She is based on a character by Unkoman that doesn't have a back story. When I was redesigning her, I referenced a image of Hottentot Venus (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Baartman.jpg) a lot and initially she wasn't going to have the shield or spear, just a stick. I do know I want her to represent humanity's older spiritual/magical beliefs, which would make her the antithesis of the Ancient Astronaut's alien quantum mechanic super-science.
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Quote from: ghazkul on February 17, 2013, 02:19:39 PM
THE VAMPIRE!!!!!!
Sorry but always loved that guy lol, my fave OC you've made (maybe with the exception of Lady Sasquatch).
IIRC, that's actually also the avatar of board member Vamp.
Actually that's a different design but on the same mesh. Both by Unkoman.
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Quote from: laughing paradox on February 17, 2013, 12:36:27 AM
Nunu is my favorite, but they all look great.
What's Nunu's story?
I'm figuring her out now but she is the replacement for Lady Sasquatch as the "Wonder Woman" element in our horror-theme SuperFriends.
She is based on a character by Unkoman that doesn't have a back story. When I was redesigning her, I referenced a image of Hottentot Venus (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Baartman.jpg) a lot and initially she wasn't going to have the shield or spear, just a stick. I do know I want her to represent humanity's older spiritual/magical beliefs, which would make her the antithesis of the Ancient Astronaut's alien quantum mechanic super-science.
Quote from: Tomato on February 17, 2013, 02:29:39 PM
Quote from: ghazkul on February 17, 2013, 02:19:39 PM
THE VAMPIRE!!!!!!
Sorry but always loved that guy lol, my fave OC you've made (maybe with the exception of Lady Sasquatch).
IIRC, that's actually also the avatar of board member Vamp.
Actually that's a different design but on the same mesh. Both by Unkoman.
Ah, ok. I always assumed that it was an alternate design, for some reason
Well, it did come basically me looking at AA's Bat Boy and saying, man that'd look great on this Vamp mesh I just did.
Which then spawned the idea to do Weird World in the first place.
Again, AA, these skins are faaaannnnntastic! Hmm, that is a good idea for Nunu. I remember having similar feelings when I skinned her in the first place. Run with it.
Well, I'm still working on Weird World and actually have a mission done but I've been side tracked by RL and general difficultly of modding (wow you guys who do it are amazing).
Anywho, I love Hickman's work on the Avengers. It's a little slow but I'm sure it is better read as a complete run (similar to Grant Morrison's New X-Men). I skinned Hyperion, Captain Universe, and Smasher (she is just flat color and a WIP skope).
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Captain Universe's starfield twinkles which is kinda of cool .
When you going to release all this stuff, AA? Some of us want to study it!!
I weep in joy! They are amazing! I like what hes doing with the series, and the whole Starbrand thing looks to be a good storyline.
Great set of new skins and skopes. It's nice to know you're working on a mod for your originals too. :)
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You've done some really beautiful work here lately, AA! I especially love the Captain Universe and Ancient Astronaut skins/skopes. I love the energy inside the Astronaut's helmet; that looks really cool. The Weird World characters all have really nice designs, and I think this batch is an improvement over the original, which is really saying something since those earlier efforts were also quite excellent.
Those are pretty damn awesome AA. This group of Avengers seems to be pretty popular.
Amazing! I'm especially fond of your Hyperion, but they all rock. Sort of excited 'bout the prospect of twinkles also!
Hickman is one of my favorite writers from the "big-two" at the moment. He does test my patience from time to time though. It seems he's always going somewhere awesome, but you're not always sure where that is until you're there. That's sort of his strength and his weakness at the same time.
I know a few people were itching to get to these characters, but I'm glad they're being done at all. These have been the most exciting characters to come out of Marvel in recent memory.
They all look great so far.
Are you considering any of the others? The teleporter, for example. Or Shang Chi or the new Sunspot and Cannonball costumes?
Those skins are awesome, i really like them.
I am jealous.
AA, your work is breath taking! I really like the new Hyperion! He has always been one of my favorite characters. Is this one tied to the Squadron Supreme or Sinister?
Not familiar with Hyperion's new costume, but man, that looks fantastic. Great coloring on the belt.
Wow!Awesome as always!Love all the new skins and skopes.
That Hyperion is awesome!
I can't help but wonder though, what _exactly_ is radioactive :lol:
Your stellar work is one of the main things which keeps pulling me back to this game, AA.
Quote from: Starman on April 21, 2013, 10:31:45 AM
Your stellar work is one of the main things which keeps pulling me back to this game, AA.
Looks at name of author :huh:
Looks at character skinned; Captain Universe :wacko:
Looks at quality of AA's skins :doh:
;)
Thom Matto is fantastic. The flame thrower is really sweet. In fact, all the new releases are fantastic.
SO seeing as there has been so much activity lately I fired up PS and did some new skins.
I did these a while ago...
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I started these a while ago and finally finished them today...
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Thanks to Detourne_Me for the Cable skope.
Oh and I released some stuff on the 10th. :)
Amazing progress, AA!
Awesome as usual AA :thumbup:
I don't think I could say anything that hasn't already been said AA, these look great.
Excellent as always!
Loving all the realses to! New 52 Supes and Lil Supes, plus my fave character Element Woman!
My fiancae wanted to know if you were doing her fave atm, new 52 Wonder Woman?
I've knocked this up for her to use at the moment from your epic mesh.
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Out of this world man!
I randomly checked your site on HeroForce last night and was PLEASANTLY Surprised!
Oh, and everyone, i dod not do that Cable skope, maybe the outline, but Wow, Cable sure is a BAMF right now!
AA I really love your work! The detail is outstanding! Thanks for all you do!
Those skins are awesome. I really like your old Cable skin, but this new one is absolutely spectacular.
The new releases are amazing too, I particularly like Magik and Rainmaker.
Thanks everyone. These have been reskinned and reskinned before I was happy enough with them. I actually noticed I skinned Nate's hair incorrectly so on the finale release it will look a bit more like this: http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/63099/1749780-xman3_edited_1.jpg
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Excellent as always!
Loving all the realses to! New 52 Supes and Lil Supes, plus my fave character Element Woman!
My fiancae wanted to know if you were doing her fave atm, new 52 Wonder Woman?
I've knocked this up for her to use at the moment from your epic mesh.
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She is on my list but I haven't started on a skope for her yet.
Quote from: detourne_me on May 14, 2013, 02:42:33 PM
Out of this world man!
I randomly checked your site on HeroForce last night and was PLEASANTLY Surprised!
Oh, and everyone, i dod not do that Cable skope, maybe the outline, but Wow, Cable sure is a BAMF right now!
All I did was merge some an existing skope I was working on with the one you sent me. :)
So I started finishing up some others that were laying around. Take a look.
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Wow! :blink:
They both look great,but the face on Exodus is just amazing,I can't wait to see these done :cool:
The metallic texture on Stryfe is fantastic.
Man, both of those are looking really promising! Awesome!
Nate and Nate look awesome AA. Can't wait to get my hands on them.
That Stryfe in particular looks very promising, looking forward to seeing the whole thing. Will go well with your new Cable.
Maybe that Cable was based on a skope I sent you for the original skin. I'm pretty sure we worked on it together.
Quote from: Podmark on May 16, 2013, 03:54:31 AM
Nate and Nate look awesome AA. Can't wait to get my hands on them.
That Stryfe in particular looks very promising, looking forward to seeing the whole thing. Will go well with your new Cable.
Maybe that Cable was based on a skope I sent you for the original skin. I'm pretty sure we worked on it together.
That skope has been in a lot of hands, you sent me the original one, detourne_me updated it to a Gren mesh, and I added some additional pieces and changed out the base mesh and modified the proportions for the final product. :)
I gotta say, I really love seeing all this colloaboration between community members, it results in some absolutely fantastic creations.
Always was a big of the Nate Grey X-Man especially the Ellis/Grant post-revolution version, you've captured his look and attitude perfectly AA!
Here's Stryfe. He was a pain because he doesn't have a static design so I just went with what the skope had enabled and what the Toybiz action figure.
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I have two more X-Men related characters (excluding Exodus) in my pipeline and then I have some other stuff but those make take a while. I'm going to try and release the Nates tomrrow. :)
Absolutely stunning work, AA!
Wow AA, i love the detail in your model. Its amazing how you have achieved the color balance and the glowing. Astonishing :thumbup:. AA do you create both the skope and the skin for the character?
Quote from: Jimaras8 on May 21, 2013, 10:57:34 AM
Wow AA, i love the detail in your model. Its amazing how you have achieved the color balance and the glowing. Astonishing :thumbup:. AA do you create both the skope and the skin for the character?
Typically I do skope and skin my own work but this skope was made by extremely talented Johnny Patches. I made some adjustment to the proportion of the mesh (increased the chest, head, hands, and feet) to achieve bulkier/stronger look.
Hi AA, I hope you don't mind a little constructive criticism, but something on the blue area in the center of the skin looks to be a bit off, I'm just not sure what it is though. As for everything else though, fantastic, as I said before, the metallic texture is amazing.
Stryfe is brilliant! I would say you are the best, but I dont want to give you a Messiah Complex (bwahahahaha!).
Can I ask tho, youe New52 Superman skin, the back is unfinished. I no its a little thing but the linework doesnt connect on it. I've tried fixing it myself but once I have the skin won't run on the mesh. Any suggestions?
Fantastic work as always AA, that metallic texture is awesome.
Damn!
That's a great looking Stryfe AA.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on May 21, 2013, 01:18:06 PM
Hi AA, I hope you don't mind a little constructive criticism, but something on the blue area in the center of the skin looks to be a bit off, I'm just not sure what it is though. As for everything else though, fantastic, as I said before, the metallic texture is amazing.
I was emulating the blue area on the Toybiz Stryfe figure.
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Or is it something else I'm not seeing?
Quote from: ghazkul on May 21, 2013, 07:59:31 PM
Can I ask tho, youe New52 Superman skin, the back is unfinished. I no its a little thing but the linework doesnt connect on it. I've tried fixing it myself but once I have the skin won't run on the mesh. Any suggestions?
I must have packaged the uncomplete skin, I'll reupload it some time soon.
i like it, that blue breaks up the costume a bit.
man, sometimes i forget how bad the toy biz molds were, but there were the coolest toys. I used to love them all, and the Secret War toys too.
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Quote from: Cyber Burn on May 21, 2013, 01:18:06 PM
Hi AA, I hope you don't mind a little constructive criticism, but something on the blue area in the center of the skin looks to be a bit off, I'm just not sure what it is though. As for everything else though, fantastic, as I said before, the metallic texture is amazing.
I was emulating the blue area on the Toybiz Stryfe figure.
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It may just be the way that the skope is set up, but I think that the blue area leans a bit off to the side, it seems a bit uneven in relation to the belt. And I apologize if I'm seeming to be nitpicking, I don't mean to be, because I know you put a lot into your work and it always shows.
Cable looks cool but Stryfe looks sick! Great job on them.
Wow!That is an awesome Stryfe :blink:
Updated Stryfe. I saw what Cb was saying and fixed it, and I did an alternate leg design because I saw some Liefeld work with blue thighs.
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My lord...those are beautiful, AA!!
Absolutely phenomenal!
Amazing Details! I love it!
So as you may have noticed, I've already skinned three of Mike Carey's Supernova era X-Men. This is probably my favorite X-team outside of Grant Morrison's New X-Men (which I'm going to update soon :)). Anywho, here is a preview of Rogue and Mystique. Rogue will be hooded and unhooded.
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The skins that are complete.
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Excellent Mystique skope, if you don't mind me asking, what mesh did you get the guns from?
Quote from: Cyber Burn on May 23, 2013, 02:07:54 PM
Excellent Mystique skope, if you don't mind me asking, what mesh did you get the guns from?
The guns are Ren's AIM agent's shrank down. The same one as my Bishop skope too.
Sweet wips!
I think I can guess which characters you'll be skinning in the future...
Yeah the Carey run (and the Morrison run) was one of my favorites too.
I liked Carey's X-men too. Lady Mastermind and Mystique skopes look especially cool.
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Quote from: Cyber Burn on May 23, 2013, 02:07:54 PM
Excellent Mystique skope, if you don't mind me asking, what mesh did you get the guns from?
The guns are Ren's AIM agent's shrank down. The same one as my Bishop skope too.
Thanks, I really need to figure out how to skope weapons from one mesh to another.
I didn't read Carey's X-men. What does Supernova mean?
The skopes are looking nice.
Also... how friggin' great are those Grenadier meshes, particularly the female ones? Friggin' great, is what they are.
Quote from: laughing paradox on May 24, 2013, 04:35:44 PM
I didn't read Carey's X-men. What does Supernova mean?
Supernovas was the name of the first arc. I can't remember what it meant in the actual story though.
Looking forward to checking out more on Lady Mastermind, that looks like a great costume! :P
The rest of the skins look top notch too. Always been a fan of the Iceman :thumbup:
I can't wait to get my hands on that Iceman. I've been waiting for a nice modern Bobby for a while.
I will agrre with Podmark. Classic ice man rocks but what can i say, i am not that old. I ve been used to his new looks. So, just because iam new to the community which guys are still active creating stuff like meshes,skopes or skins? Just out of curiosity.
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Excellent work, AA! She looks amazing!
She's looking great AA. And those are some powerful looking pistols.
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So this most recent time has been the third time I've skinned this costume. Oddly enough, I think all three use Scarlet Witch meshes as a base. I'm really happy with the colors and the skope of the cape (I tried three different capes before I used Ren's Hourman and moved around bipeds to work with the mesh.
That just leave Lady Mastermind and Sabretooth before I'm going to release.
Here's a preview of Sabretooth
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Even with such a simple costume it neat seeing how each skin improves on the other. Great choice for the new cape.
:faint
Just incredible work like always dude!
I'm glad to see a Skopje from wendigo for sabertooth. Love the animations and proportions.
I'm gonna have to read through that arc again, glad I picked them up on comixology when there was a sale way back when.
Excellent choice on the cape, AA! This one works much better. The hair is amazing too!
That Rogue is beautiful, probably the best that I have seen for FF. I'm more of a classic Sabretooth fan, but your version is looking pretty good so far, I eagerly anticipate the finished result.
Mystique and Rogue skins are awesome. I love Rogue's new hairstyle and new cape. I'm looking forward to seeing Lady Mastermind and Sabretooth.
I keep missing the images you add to posts. That Sabretooth skope looks great, excellent skoping choice.
Those are beautiful, AA, absolutely beautiful. I actually like the face on your first Rogue best. That seems more like Rogue to me. The coloring, cape, and hair on the third one, however, are all amazing. That Mystique is really lovely, and I really like that Cannonball and Cable. I like these new costumes for both of them, and you've rendered them perfectly.
Wow, Sabretooth is looking interesting
They're beautiful AA, love the Rogue and Mystiques from the skin tones and highlights through to the individual faces and attention to detail in the costumes!
Beautiful stuff as always. Really looking forward to the Sabretooth.
Hi AA,
I am a huge fan of your work! I really like Mystique! The way you have skoped and skin her is perfect!
Thanks for all you do!
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you know what really gets me? how you can turn Bachalo's insane and sometimes incomprehensible designs into such vivid 3d life.
Afghant, you're a God among ants AND men.
Are those released?
Easily one of the most fun -- though psychotic -- X-Men teams of all time. Glad to see the Mike Carey run given this kind of respect and work on the characters he used. It really was a fun run.
Awesome. Just awesome. I want all of them.
Those are all awesome, but MAN! That Sabertooth is amazing!
Quote from: Jimaras8 on June 02, 2013, 02:31:17 PM
Are those released?
They are not. I'm working on some updates and releases at http://freedomforceuniverse.com and when that is complete, I'll be launching all of this stuff and more.
Quote from: BentonGrey on June 02, 2013, 05:40:44 PM
Those are all awesome, but MAN! That Sabertooth is amazing!
I've got the Jim Lee version in the midst that I think you would like but I need to finish up some ringbears first. :cool:
Ohh! Awesome, I'll be looking forward to that. :D
Wow, AA. The update looks really neat!
Outstanding AA. You continue to blow me away.
God, thats just outrageously good! The attention to detail is amazing!
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 03, 2013, 02:20:55 AM
I've got the Jim Lee version in the midst that I think you would like but I need to finish up some ringbears first. :cool:
those must be some giant rings if they can fit on a bear's fingers.
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Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 03, 2013, 02:20:55 AM
I've got the Jim Lee version in the midst that I think you would like but I need to finish up some ringbears first. :cool:
those must be some giant rings if they can fit on a bear's fingers.
Ha. That should be "ring bearers". :lol:
Quote from: detourne_me on June 02, 2013, 01:52:06 PM
you know what really gets me? how you can turn Bachalo's insane and sometimes incomprehensible designs into such vivid 3d life.
Well, for Sabretooth, in particular, I went by his original sketch for the design and used the colors from the comic. I thought about adding the caplet but it just wasn't going to work this mesh (which btw is probably going to be used for an update to my AOA Sabretooth as well).
Again thanks everyone.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 03, 2013, 12:03:41 PM
Ha. That should be "ring bearers". :lol:
Pfft, I like my reading of it better.
geeze aa, these look amazing. i am always impressed with your creations.
Unbelievable..... True works of art.
Absolutely amazing skins! and I love that team shot at freedomforceuniverse.
Inspiring skins AA,but I'm most impressed by the face of Lady Mastermind,sweet job!
I love the face work on Sabretooth and Lady M.
Very nice.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 03, 2013, 12:03:41 PM
Quote from: Tomato on June 03, 2013, 11:50:49 AM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 03, 2013, 02:20:55 AM
I've got the Jim Lee version in the midst that I think you would like but I need to finish up some ringbears first. :cool:
those must be some giant rings if they can fit on a bear's fingers.
Ha. That should be "ring bearers". :lol:
Quote from: detourne_me on June 02, 2013, 01:52:06 PM
you know what really gets me? how you can turn Bachalo's insane and sometimes incomprehensible designs into such vivid 3d life.
Well, for Sabretooth, in particular, I went by his original sketch for the design and used the colors from the comic. I thought about adding the caplet but it just wasn't going to work this mesh (which btw is probably going to be used for an update to my AOA Sabretooth as well).
Again thanks everyone.
Does this mean we have some more Lanterns in the future? Excellent!
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Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 03, 2013, 12:03:41 PM
Quote from: Tomato on June 03, 2013, 11:50:49 AM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 03, 2013, 02:20:55 AM
I've got the Jim Lee version in the midst that I think you would like but I need to finish up some ringbears first. :cool:
those must be some giant rings if they can fit on a bear's fingers.
Ha. That should be "ring bearers". :lol:
Quote from: detourne_me on June 02, 2013, 01:52:06 PM
you know what really gets me? how you can turn Bachalo's insane and sometimes incomprehensible designs into such vivid 3d life.
Well, for Sabretooth, in particular, I went by his original sketch for the design and used the colors from the comic. I thought about adding the caplet but it just wasn't going to work this mesh (which btw is probably going to be used for an update to my AOA Sabretooth as well).
Again thanks everyone.
Does this mean we have some more Lanterns in the future? Excellent!
***Classified*** ;)
Sorry these aren't up yet. I started working on some skopes and pulling stuff together for the site and got distracted. They will most likely be up in a few days.
hey mate dont worry either way new stuff on your site or new skins all good
though you have sparked an idea with me with the skopped sabertooth its gave me something to think about, we might have to bat a few ideas around at some point
Sweet googly-of-moogly! Love Supernovas! One of my fave X-Men runs!
My wife (still wierd saying that) asked me to ask you if you had done a Jim Lee Rogue or Cyclops?
They are her favourite version of them (got her watching the old X-Men cartoon on honeymoon, in Espanol!).
I was reviewing all of the stuff that Unkoman and I put together a few years ago for Weird World and I found a quick paint sketch I did of her. It was oddly very far away from where she original ended up and a lot closer to the second design I did. I started skinning her and realized how much I absolutely loved her and I needed her to be a part of the team in her original role. I also realized I wanted Nunu to be more of spiritual, less physical role on the team so I redesigned her to have a vine whip as her main attack.
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Many of the main villain haven't been skinned so I started skoping/skinning a design by Unkoman. I'm not going to give any background on her just yet.
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Absolutely fantastic!
Always impressive AA. I thouroughly enjoy your work.
i think aa stands for awesomely artisic.
Wow! Those look really amazing.
God I love all the Wierd-World stuff! Lady Sasquatch especially, just the right mix of Wonder Woman, She-Hulk and La Luna (theres an obscure character!).
Just fantastic! Amazing characters :thumbup:
Nice, AA!
I've always said how much of a fan I am of Nunu, and I like the little details you added. Lady Sasquatch came out great. Is that Gren's She-Hulk?
Gorgeous work, AA.
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Hey AA, have I missed these guys being released at all?
Awesome! I really like Lady Sasquatch new look, and I think Nunu is one of my favorite Weird World characters. Very nice skins!
Don't have the appropriate words to describe how incredible these are. You amaze me with each and every skin you put out.
Your Carey X-Men skins are top notch!
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This is a thing and Magneto with a magnetic aura defense is coming...soon...kinda.
Oooooh sweet! Great skins. I so happy to see the new Uncanny get some love.
OH My God AA why are you hitting us like that. Showing a sneak peak of these masterpeices and not releasing the same time. I hate you :D. Oh by the way are you planning to release your new Hyperion mesh any time soon or isn't it ready?
Wow, nice work! Cyclops in particular looks great
Wow, that Cyclops is amazing! I'm not really a fan of that costume design, but you've made it look fantastic!
Quote from: BentonGrey on September 11, 2013, 12:37:42 PM
Wow, that Cyclops is amazing! I'm not really a fan of that costume design, but you've made it look fantastic!
As with Benton, I can say that I'm not really a fan of that costume, but your execution is so flawless, that I can't help but liking it.
Great looking skins as usual AA. Like the rest, Cyclops just stands out to me and would be my favorite among the three. Great job on Emma Frost's diamond form too. :)
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God bless you! Lol, I have to ask, doing any of the newer Mutants?
(GOLDEN-jimmies!!!!!!!!)
seriously sweet. definitely professional grade work. is that an fx or particle emitter on cyclops' face?
Wow, those are really amazing. Fantastic work!
Quote from: Amazo Version 2.2 on September 11, 2013, 09:58:19 PM
seriously sweet. definitely professional grade work. is that an fx or particle emitter on cyclops' face?
Though I'm not a hundred percent sure that looks like a particle emitter like he's used on Psylocke...but I may be wrong.
AA
You are so incredibly talented.
The flow and personality you bring to the figures is simply astounding.
You have yet to fail to capture the essence of virtual every character (That I know or is a facsimile of) you have done and likely will do.
I love to see you do some work on civilian cloths for all the dress/pants/shirts and suits types. Your cloth rippling, grooves, tugs and pulls is near flawless.
The only thing better than being as talented as you are is to be able to be someone who appreciates all your hard work and effort.
Bravo man... You are one gifted man.
G7
Thanks everyone. Magneto is coming along. Once he is done I'm going to release all of the Avengers World newbies and the Uncanny four-pak.
I have some other stuff I need to finish also.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on September 16, 2013, 01:46:41 AM
Thanks everyone. Magneto is coming along. Once he is done I'm going to release all of the Avengers World newbies and the Uncanny four-pak.
I have some other stuff I need to finish also.
:D
I love hearing about the coming of new releases, it always puts me in a good mood. :thumbup:
So this is being released this weekend...
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Magneto (Marvel Now) Details:
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Magnetic field defense (Thanks Detourne_Me!)
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seriously mate your a good friend, but sometimes i just hate you lol
that is just seriously sweet
Drat! I can't get back online 'til Monday.
That is one snazzy skin. This is going to be a great pack!
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*dies of heart attack*
ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! The download button on your teaser doesn't work!! ;)
Seriously, this is awesome work. Simply awesome.
Fantastic skin! Can't wait to download the Uncanny team.
Er.. guys? It's up (http://freedomforceuniverse.com/marvel-comics.html).
Awesome skins, and yes, a very effective teaser as well, AA!
Ant, you've really outdone yourself with this latest batch. and the inclusion of Tabby Smith and old school Sam Guthrie was really nice too.
after reading battle of the atom, its really weird in a self-reflexive way. the original 5 are in the present, and then the weird future x-men come. for us they look weird.
but then, take a look at magik's latest costume, as evident in your hardcase skope/skin it looks like the current x-men are actually the scary future x-men. who would imagine the uncanny group, acting and looking like they do now, 20 years ago?
it's pretty cool stuff.
Now, time to boot up the game again.
I'm glad everyone enjoyed the pak.
Here is something I've been working on. So after I redesigned [urlhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/8059395643/]Nox[/url] and Halal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/8084574917/) I thought about how I wanted to redesign the rest of my HIVEworld originals to look like they belonged together. Here is another one...
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Instead of just having wings on her back they are generated out of the hardlight harness. Also I wanted to giver her more of a military look.
Oh BTW I'm probably retooling Halal's design. Even though I like some elements, I need to do some tweaking.
Those wings are fantastic. :thumbup:
Pretty cool design. The things in the back look interesting.
The HIVE is making a comeback?
SWEET! :thumbup:
So I wasn't really happy with this redesign the first time so I redid it.
The Evolution:
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The Final Design:
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She has a couple more gadgets now. It's weird but if you asked me to define these characters I would say they are based on Marvel characters I love but their powersets are closer to Final Fantasy. Halal was always the Red Mage class in my mind.
As I've said before, I just love seeing how your skins develop over time, AA.
Just when I think that you've created a character ever so perfectly, you just one-up it.
Outstanding work :thumbup:
The newest one is a nice update on the previous. Though to be honest I think I liked the costume design of the original best.
I really wish I had your design sense. You make really cool looking characters.
Quote from: Podmark on October 10, 2013, 02:10:58 AM
The newest one is a nice update on the previous. Though to be honest I think I liked the costume design of the original best.
I really wish I had your design sense. You make really cool looking characters.
It's odd. I actually like it too but I didn't see how it fit into the insect motif (neither does my avatar but I'm working on that). I ended up added more elements from the first design to the final design.
I thought that DM had written something about how I kept the sexy without the obvious, oh boy was he right. I have no idea why I added space nipples to her second design.
hehehe yeah i deleted it cause i was a bit inebriated when i wrote it. didnt want to come off sounding creepy. good choice though ;)
Great works you've been doing, AA.
The X-men look cool. I like the redesigns on your HIVE characters.. the light wings look cool.
Fantastic redesigns! I really like Pupae's new coat and wings, and Halal's new uniform.
These are spectacular. I love how much of your work incorporates asymmetry.
Really digging the Classic X-Men.
All of your new skins are awesome, AA. I've gotten back into playing Freedom Force lately, so I was happy to see that you're still releasing new content.
Ooooo stealth release, and such a very awesome one. Was looking forward to this set!
I recently checked AA's website. I'm still looking forward to trying out his HIVE Mod. :)
Sorry guys. I knew I forgot to do something. I am glad you guys like them though.
Quote from: Outcast on November 30, 2013, 06:27:49 AM
I recently checked AA's website. I'm still looking forward to trying out his HIVE Mod. :)
It's a shame but I"m probably never going to get around to the HIVE mod. However, I am dutifully working on Unkoman's and my Weird World idea.
My bad, i thought it was the Hive Mod i saw in your site that was coming soon.
It was actually the Weird World Mod. That of which, i find equally interesting. Can't wait to try that one out. :cool:
Wow. Those are awesome! You even did Cyclops slimmer, didn't you? Fantastic work.
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So no one requested this but I wanted to get back into the swing of things and update a really old (circa 2004) skin of X-Man in his classic costume.
BTW I'm fixing Classic Cyclops' visor - its not the right shape. I'm going to try to get this up tonight. BYE!
Really nice update AA. With the pieces added through skoping, it adds a lot of additional depth to the character.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on December 29, 2013, 11:20:25 PM
Really nice update AA. With the pieces added through skoping, it adds a lot of additional depth to the character.
Thanks. I had to skope a heck out of this guy. He's still using Ink's/Beyonder's jacket but I alpha'ed out the sleeves adding a few other pieces from Ink's meshes and done. :)
As a fan of Nate i can only say Wow. You are on the top of your game AA.
X-Man (Nate Grey) and X-Man (Counter X) are now available at http://freedomforceuniverse.com/.
If you downloaded X-Man (Counter X) previously you might want to redownload, I added telepathic keyframes.
PS: New Classic Cyclops skope - better visor.
WOW! The improvement from one to the other is astounding. They almost look like different characters.
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Bored and was inspired by the before and after of X-Man so I did another omega-level nonsensical mutant - EXODUS!
BTW I hate his boots. They make no sense and nearly impossible to skin correctly. So I streamlined them.
Now this really is a skin that looks completely different! Great job, I like how you've skoped on a lot of the little details.
And I just made an Exodus hero file, too! :P
Wow, the new skins are fantastic, I love the new Nate grey! and the new teasers at your site are really cool.
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Phyla-Vell or as she was known in this costume- Quasar. I always loved this character and I was never really happy with the way the original came out.
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Phyla-Vell or as she was known in this costume- Quasar. I always loved this character and I was never really happy with the way the update came out.
WOW. Those quantum bands and her collar/cape look AMAZING.
That looks beautiful, AA! :o
Unbelievable. These last three skins you've shown us are incredible, AA.
Much more flashy. I like it!
Thanks guys. I put a lot of work into that last three and I'm really happy with the results.
bloody hell these are stunning
though ill be honest with knowing your tastes and style when it come to GOG i have to ask what the bloody hell took you so long ;)
That's drooltastic.
Nate and Exodus are clearly great, but I am particularly loving Quasar/Phylla.
Nice, meticulous work on the emblem between the shawl and the female_body mesh. I like that a lot. Sword looks sharp, too.
Question: why does she have a whip in your sword preview image?
Quote from: laughing paradox on January 04, 2014, 09:35:59 PM
That's drooltastic.
Nate and Exodus are clearly great, but I am particularly loving Quasar/Phylla.
Nice, meticulous work on the emblem between the shawl and the female_body mesh. I like that a lot. Sword looks sharp, too.
Question: why does she have a whip in your sword preview image?
Yup. A quantum whip that is alpha'ed, glows and has a particle trail.
Geez AA, your older skins were fantastic as is, but you have just stepped up to a whole new level. You have totally raised the bar here. Your use of colors is amazing.
Thanks CB.
Here is Phy's lover - Moondragon. This is actually my first time skinning her so I choose the classic Infinity Watch costume. The mind gem flashes during defense animations and there is a slight twinkle all the time.
I'm thinking about doing original Quasar and a reskope of Adam Warlock/Magus but we will see...back to work tomorrow.
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Once again, looks great. I look forward to seeing that gem flash.
I like the glove accents and her eyebrows are real serious! I dig it.
I wonder if she always carried around green lipstick and if so.. where did she save it?
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I like the glove accents and her eyebrows are real serious! I dig it.
I wonder if she always carried around green lipstick and if so.. where did she save it?
Secret pocket in her cape, of course.
WOW! :o Those are awesome! I especially like Phylla-Vell, the new cape is amazing.
Quote from: windblown on January 08, 2014, 01:19:17 AM
WOW! :o Those are awesome! I especially like Phylla-Vell, the new cape is amazing.
The cape was surprisingly easy because it is just some skinning and alpha-ing. Most of the credit goes to Ink and his Mastermind mesh really.
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Read More about Miss Amazing (http://www.fundamentzero.com/amazanauts/characters/missamazing.htm).
So I've been obsessed with Dr. Mike's characters since he revealed his web comic. This is one of the character main characters from his Amazanauts mod. While he ended up using the Irrational model, I did make a skope afterwards. Fast forward 3 years, I revisited the skope and redid the skin. It was a pretty quick skin but I'm still working on the skope. I would really like her to have a star pattern during flight. Also I gotta thank Gren for his amazing meshes which have inspired me to revisit a lot of my old work and make some new work.
I have to agree about Grenadier's female meshes. He's revitalized the whole skinning thing for me with those meshes and how versatile they are.
The updated skin looks great but I think the old skin looked good, too. The skope definitely improves it.
Quote from: laughing paradox on January 13, 2014, 04:40:45 PM
The updated skin looks great but I think the old skin looked good, too. The skope definitely improves it.
Thanks LP. I did the first one not very long ago (maybe two years) so the newer one was basically me going back and fixing everything I was unhappy with (the face, mask, chest armor, etc).
Great looking update. I like her other "enhancements" as well. ;) I too liked the old skin as well, but the new one looks much better. I always hated the hands of the older meshes. Great job, AA.
I may have said this before, but you can really see the improvements on the details that you put in to each Skin/Skope. The love you have for your craft really shows.
Okay I'm going to be honest...I'm not sure which one is the new one :wacko: They both look pretty great.
Awesome!
What does "star pattern" mean exactly? If you need any help with the flight effect let me know ;)
Quote from: windblown on January 16, 2014, 12:17:02 AM
Awesome!
What does "star pattern" mean exactly? If you need any help with the flight effect let me know ;)
The 300% patriot star effect from the game attached to her during flying motions. I saw that Dr Mike drew her with this pattern and thought it would neat to add. I tried to do it myself using your tutorial but...yeah didn't work out the way I planned.
Here's Dr Mike's art
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Anywho here is the other amazing one - Ms. Amazing.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/11980515203_6e20f9cae2_o.jpg)
It's odd, but I don't know where I got my original color scheme from because all of Dr. Mike's art is closer to my newer skin. Also, I made the star on her belt an actual glow star (to recall the whole Life Star origin). Even though you can't see it in the preview, her costume's reflects yellow, blue, and pinkish-red just like Dr. Mike's drawings (http://www.fundamentzero.com/art/fscreens/msamazing.jpg). I'm still working on the cape so this is a WIP.
You can read more about her here: Ms. Amazing (http://www.fundamentzero.com/amazanauts/characters/msamazing.htm)
As nice as the new skin is (Understatement), I have to say that I really like the color scheme of the old one.
These are terrific, AA. Amazing to see the improvement in your skill, even after you had already developed incredible talent.
AA,
I am totally blown away! Your redesigns of Dr. Mike's characters are truly inspiring! Your work has always been fantastic and it is hard to believe that you can improve but the side to side comparisons you have shown are simply amazing!
Thank you for all you do!
Respectfully,
Fantastic work as always, I really like that Refl trick. Can't wait to see it finished.
The updated skin is great and I really like the reflection.
I have to agree with Cyber. I like the color schematic of the original, too. Maybe have two versions?
That looks awesome too. The relf looks really nice.
Dr. Mike really has some neat characters.
Quote from: laughing paradox on January 20, 2014, 04:48:23 AM
The updated skin is great and I really like the reflection.
I have to agree with Cyber. I like the color schematic of the original, too. Maybe have two versions?
I just might do that. I'm actually not sure where I got the color scheme for the first time I skinned this character.
Dr. Mike's original characters looks..well...amazing. :P :thumbup:
A quick preview of Zenwoman. She is the only female clone from a militaristic society and a derivative of my avatar. I need to work on the boots and I'll do a full preview.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2884/12064332655_2e967c98c7_o.jpg)
Read More About Zenwoman (http://www.fundamentzero.com/amazanauts/characters/zenwoman.htm)
Just astounding work lately AA! And do I detect a hint of carol Danvers inspiration for her new hair?
The elements you put in this updated skope and skin are the most different than the previous, compared to the other Amazonauts you've created.
I wasn't even aware her shirt ended and her arm began in the original, but I liked the noted difference in the new one. The face looks fiercer, the skoped wristbands look great and that's a cooler choice for cape and hair. (Is that Power Girl's cape?)
I have two questions for you, btw!
1. Did you ever finish or release Smasher from the Avengers?
2. Would you consider releasing a cape PSD file, for a normal cape? I cannot make a good one from scratch if my life depended on it.
Man AA, I have to say that all the little details that you add are just really impressive. Really like how the wristbands turned out on this one.
Quote from: detourne_me on January 21, 2014, 02:52:36 PM
Just astounding work lately AA! And do I detect a hint of carol Danvers inspiration for her new hair?
Not really. More of a slick-backed Angelina Jolie look. I started looking at some of the art (http://www.fundamentzero.com/art/fscreens/amazanauts_zen.htm)again and realized I didn't really capture what Dr. Mike had intended.
Quote from: laughing paradox on January 22, 2014, 06:54:25 PM
The elements you put in this updated skope and skin are the most different than the previous, compared to the other Amazonauts you've created.
I wasn't even aware her shirt ended and her arm began in the original, but I liked the noted difference in the new one. The face looks fiercer, the skoped wristbands look great and that's a cooler choice for cape and hair. (Is that Power Girl's cape?)
I have two questions for you, btw!
1. Did you ever finish or release Smasher from the Avengers?
2. Would you consider releasing a cape PSD file, for a normal cape? I cannot make a good one from scratch if my life depended on it.
I really have some feelings toward this one because she is sort of a cloned female alien part of me. :) But mostly she looks too much like a Mary Marvel/AfghanAnt combo.
As for the colors, yeah I think my calibration was off on my older computer and for the face I wanted to make her look cold yet sexy. Nope, it is actually from the mesh the mesh Lord Ehmsidy did of my avatar years ago.
1. No. Smasher is hanging about. I could polish her off though, it wouldn't be too hard.
2. Yeah why not.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on January 23, 2014, 05:08:09 AM
Man AA, I have to say that all the little details that you add are just really impressive. Really like how the wristbands turned out on this one.
Thanks. I'm really enjoying reskoping and skinning these gals.
Oh also the amazing Windblown help me get that star effect when Miss Amazing is hovering and I love it.
Three down and four to go.
I really like the updated look of ZenWoman, especially the face and the new hair.
Quote from: windblown on January 28, 2014, 12:15:05 AM
I really like the updated look of ZenWoman, especially the face and the new hair.
Thanks WB!
BTW here is preview of something I'm working on...
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youtu.be/Z7AGlhcRW7o (http://youtu.be/Z7AGlhcRW7o)
WOW...That clockwork piece is amazing. This seems to be an extremely innovative piece of work that you are creating.
That is pretty darn awesome. I wonder how you pulled that off.
Agreed! That must've taken quite a while to work out.
It's paying off really nicely, if you ask me.
First. Looking forward to the cape PSD and Smasher! Thanks for that.
Second. Nice work on the time animation there. It really looks awesome.. reminds me of something Kang would have when he hovers around.
wow, that's a very cool effect. Can't wait to see more of that skope.
Thanks but it is just skoping work by me. The rest is Gren's and Irrational. I hope I can finish her up soon. I've hit a little bit of a wall and been just avoiding sitting in front my desktop and finish her up and working on the other 3 skopes.
That is an awesome looking fx AA. :thumbup:
Amazing as usual,but that clockwork fx is taking it to another level :cool:
AA, your work is amazing! But your work on original characters, the design, effects and details are truly inspirational!!
The color work on that Ms. Amazing skin is just too cool, AA! These new skins are beautiful too, but I just can't get over that opalescent effect.
Thanks guys!
Amazium 235(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2871/12282330456_b2167c03a7_o.jpg)
So how is the skope completed. I relied heavily on Dr. Mike's work on this one. I really feel like the new version capture what he wanted better - especially the chainlink watch belt.
She looks really spectacular with the refl layer on.
See Dr. Mike's Art Here:
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(http://www.fundamentzero.com/art/fscreens/amazium1.jpg)
More Info on Amazium 235 (http://www.fundamentzero.com/amazanauts/characters/amazium.htm)
Yeah the new version really captures Dr. Mike's art. Great job.
I like the chain link belt,sweet job :cool:
Quote from: Bloodshadow on February 03, 2014, 06:14:07 AM
I like the chain link belt,sweet job :cool:
It was a pain to skope and I actually stopped working on her for 4 days because I didn't want to skope it. In the end it came up just how I hoped.
I really like the shade of blue you have going on with her metallic skin. The belt is great and I like how you skinned her top this time. Nice, marked improvements, AA.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 03, 2014, 02:50:51 PM
Quote from: Bloodshadow on February 03, 2014, 06:14:07 AM
I like the chain link belt,sweet job :cool:
It was a pain to skope and I actually stopped working on her for 4 days because I didn't want to skope it. In the end it came up just how I hoped.
You seriously Skoped that Link by Link? Geez, that is impressive. My hat goes off to your level of patience.
This skin is superb! I love the way you skinned the dress this time. And I'm really impressed with the belt, it had to be really hard to skope so many pieces, but it looks great. :thumbup:
In case anyone hasn't seen it yet, look up AA's THOR! Its amazing.
A total Smasher of a skin.
Quote from: ghazkul on February 09, 2014, 10:15:39 PM
In case anyone hasn't seen it yet, look up AA's THOR! Its amazing.
A total Smasher of a skin.
100% agreed! :thumbup:
In case you missed it...
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/12418519983_21c801a130.jpg)
Click Here for Full Preview (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/12418519983/lightbox/)
I'm packaging it up now. Beyond being a labor of love (if you saw my office you would know I love Thor) this skin sent me on my own obscure character skinning wish list (ala Deaths Jester).
Here are some projects I'm interested in doing...
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The New Immortals (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/newimmor.htm)
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Even though I haven't really read much Thor since JMS left, I have decided to skin Tanarus and Kid Loki. They will be a three pack set released with the previewed Thor. Hopefully I will have the drive to finish them this week and then I wanted to do the New Immortals and finish up the Amazanuats. Not sure if I will ever finish Smasher though - sort of lost interest in her...
Here is my short list:
Tanarus
Kid Loki
New Immortals
Omegazon
Emma Possible
Sarasvati Wow!
SWEET! is that young-young Loki or young-teenage Loki?
Quote from: ghazkul on February 10, 2014, 02:48:16 PM
SWEET! is that young-young Loki or young-teenage Loki?
Kid Loki from Fraction/Gillen Thor.
Like I said in the requests forum,That Thor skin and skope is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in this game,Compliments just don't say enough about this one.Very nicely done and I cannot wait to get my shadowy paws on it :cool:
Now I'm going to have to sit and stare at Thor for a bit to take in more of the sheer awesomeness! :D
Definitely looking forward to kid Loki. I really came to enjoy that little guy.
Tanarus should be cool. Whatever happened to him?
I said this in the other thread but that Thor is excellent.
Thor looks cool. I'm not familiar with most of those characters, short of Kid Loki. I really liked his character in the Young Avengers.
I'm most looking forward to the rest of the Amazonauts, actually. I like how they've all come out so far.
Would you mind hooking me up with that Smasher skope you created, if you still have it? I'll skin it.
Quote from: laughing paradox on February 11, 2014, 08:23:31 PM
Thor looks cool. I'm not familiar with most of those characters, short of Kid Loki. I really liked his character in the Young Avengers.
I'm most looking forward to the rest of the Amazonauts, actually. I like how they've all come out so far.
Would you mind hooking me up with that Smasher skope you created, if you still have it? I'll skin it.
Consider it your's! Where would you like me to send it?
It's funny, there was at least four people planning to skin Smasher. I don't think any of us finished her!
Quote from: Podmark on February 12, 2014, 02:04:20 AM
It's funny, there was at least four people planning to skin Smasher. I don't think any of us finished her!
I lost interest in Hickman's crazy high science Avengers so I lost interest in her. Its too bad but hey at least I did Cap U and Hyperion. #shrugs
I had trouble finishing the skope and then Windblown and I started to work together so most of my skinning time went to his skopes.
I like the character in conception, but very little has really been done with her. Actually I found Hickman's Avengers lacking in character which was disappointing.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 12, 2014, 02:39:30 AM
Quote from: Podmark on February 12, 2014, 02:04:20 AM
It's funny, there was at least four people planning to skin Smasher. I don't think any of us finished her!
I lost interest in Hickman's crazy high science Avengers so I lost interest in her. Its too bad but hey at least I did Cap U and Hyperion. #shrugs
As a major fan of anything even remotely related to the Squadron Supreme, I definitely thank you for such an awesome Hyperion.
Quote from: Podmark on February 12, 2014, 02:54:46 AM
I had trouble finishing the skope and then Windblown and I started to work together so most of my skinning time went to his skopes.
I like the character in conception, but very little has really been done with her. Actually I found Hickman's Avengers lacking in character which was disappointing.
Same. Even his New Avengers and Infinity crossover were just duds. Too bad, really good cast and ideas just so much thinking.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on February 12, 2014, 03:40:42 AM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 12, 2014, 02:39:30 AM
Quote from: Podmark on February 12, 2014, 02:04:20 AM
It's funny, there was at least four people planning to skin Smasher. I don't think any of us finished her!
I lost interest in Hickman's crazy high science Avengers so I lost interest in her. Its too bad but hey at least I did Cap U and Hyperion. #shrugs
As a major fan of anything even remotely related to the Squadron Supreme, I definitely thank you for such an awesome Hyperion.
Well I'm happy I could help. :)
I don't read much Marvel books, but I couldn't help but, well, marvel at how kickass your Thor skope is, AA!
I love the helmet details and the bicep veins, in particular. Fantastic work! Looking forward to more displays like this.
There's just something about this skin that makes it look really sleek.
I can't quite place my finger on what it is, but you've outdone yourself, AA!
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 10, 2014, 03:07:31 PM
Kid Loki from Fraction/Gillen Thor.
Can't wait for him!! :D I really liked him in Young Avengers.
Thor (Marvel Now) is available at FFU.
I'm sort of burnt out so hopefully I'll get some more drive.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 15, 2014, 05:15:29 PM
Thor (Marvel Now) is available at FFU.
I'm sort of burnt out so hopefully I'll get some more drive.
WOOHOO!!! :thumbup:
Quote from: AfghanAnt on February 15, 2014, 05:15:29 PM
Thor (Marvel Now) is available at FFU.
I'm sort of burnt out so hopefully I'll get some more drive.
Me too, you've been raising the bar so much with what you've been doing, I'd really hate to see you stop now.
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/12595557395_288a7c651a_b.jpg)
See full size (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afghanant/12595557395/sizes/o/in/photostream/)
An character for Weird World that I've been working on for a while. Initially he was designed to be more Superman (http://freedomforceuniverse.com/wpblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Fullscreen-capture-11172013-113049-PM.bmp-267x300.jpg) like but I realized I didn't want another powerhouse. He's the power item users of the team. I imagine him have a lot of Christian based power objects (Moses' staff, the Codex Sinaiticus, the shroud of Turin, etc).
All of the textures are new - meaning I haven't used them on previous projects (except for the face which is not done). I put in a lot of little details to make the white pop more.
He looks awesome! As usual you continue to impress.
One neat detail I noticed: he doesn't wear socks!
I can't wait for your Weird World mod, AA!
It looks flippin' sweet! I'm also very curious as to who those insectoid guys are in that picture with Ancient Astronaut.
Quote from: Podmark on February 17, 2014, 07:51:39 PM
He looks awesome! As usual you continue to impress.
One neat detail I noticed: he doesn't wear socks!
Yup - no socks for this guy. :)
Anywho here is a preview of Tanarus.
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(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2844/12598990364_ff56c73578_o.jpg)
This is what burnt me out a little so I'm going to hold off on completing him.
First of all I want to say that I've always loved your original characters, the cloth work on this one is amazing and I really like his footwear.
As for the second preview: wow and just wow! the face is really impressive. I get why you are burnt out with so many small pieces to skope, but it looks awesome for what it's worth.
Fantastic work! :thumbup:
Yeah I have to echo Windblown. Tanarus is unbelievable. The face and hair are excellent. And I love your attention to detail in skoping all the little details.
Wow, Shepherd looks fantastic. I love how he came out. That's clearly a labor of love.
I really like Tanarus' face.
I love your original characters AA, when I was Skinning, "White" was certainly a downfall for me, I could never get it to look right. As for the original version, I had seen "Miracle" (I think that was his name) on your blog and meant to comment on it, I'm going to assume that I didn't. I liked the base design of it, but felt that the arm and leg bracers would have shown more depth had they been Skoped on. And if I remember correctly, you had mentioned something about the cape, not liking the white on white look, I'll agree with you, but realistically, I couldn't think of another option.
Finally, I think that Shepard would make a nice base for a "Scourge of the Underworld" (One of my favorite old Marvel characters). When you eventually release him, I may have to check that out.
I don't know Tanarus, but...WoW...that must have been an extremely tedious Skope to do. The skin looks incredible, but that Skope is amazing. The level of patience you had to have while doing that must have been insane. Very impressive AA.
Tanarus looks great AA,but I gotta say Shepard is sweet!I love all the detail on the folds in his clothing and I agree with Cyber,white is tough to get looking right and you did it nicely :thumbup:
I love visiting your thread. Every time I visit its like a magical world of superheroes that could exist. I love how you continue to improve your designs and refine your vision.
Okay, that's a lotta love in one paragraph.
Tanarus looks great! :cool:
Really quick skin (I think it took 30 minutes). Just trying to get back into the swing of things. I made a very few adjustments - added a little face hair, booties and changed out the gloves.
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3692/13870454094_bf1748269d_o.jpg)
For a quick skin, that looks pretty darn impressive. Heck, for any skin, that's looks pretty darn impressive :P
I like the expression :)
I like it. I also like seeing you back "into the swing of things." :D
Yeah, the expression is great! Who is this fellow?
Thanks guys, I think I might add a smile since he's more of a lighthearted hero.
Quote from: BentonGrey on April 16, 2014, 03:39:33 AM
Yeah, the expression is great! Who is this fellow?
He's a original character by Unkoman. I think in a lot of way he was the precursor to the Weird World idea.
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(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs25/f/2008/137/b/1/b1309a0dfa4ed96a734cbf40fd2e92ab.png)
Man AA, that is a great Skin, and the fact that you did it in 30 minutes is just amazing. I'm glad to see you wanting to get back in the swing of things.
Looking at both pics, just a beautiful representation of the Unko's original design.
It is a beautiful skin. As always, I'm jealous.
For the hair, have you thought about using the hair from Ink's version of Oracle, maybe re-sized? I'm using it for the quiff on Paradax.
Quote from: daglob on April 16, 2014, 11:56:32 PM
It is a beautiful skin. As always, I'm jealous.
For the hair, have you thought about using the hair from Ink's version of Oracle, maybe re-sized? I'm using it for the quiff on Paradox.
You know that's not a bad idea daglob. I just went with the original skope Unkoman did and didn't think to improve that much on it.
I really dig that facial expression. That looks sweet.
I love the face, and I'm glad that you are getting back to skin :)
Haha, awesome! I thought so, AA! I adventured quite a bit in CO with Unko, and he usually brought that fellow along .
Quote from: BentonGrey on April 22, 2014, 04:48:42 PM
Haha, awesome! I thought so, AA! I adventured quite a bit in CO with Unko, and he usually brought that fellow along .
For sure! I remember Unko using The Corpse a lot. Good times.
Very nice work AA, love the facework.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3936/15652126251_26058c2250_o.jpg)
Wow this is my first skin in 8 months.
I was inspired by all the new stuff and thought I would dust off PS and try my hand at this skinning stuff again. No plans for more, but I will be releasing some stuff that has been sitting on my hard drive before it goes out again.
Costume design based on Ivan Reis' art from Multiversity #1.
Looks great like always, AA!
Glad to see you back at skinning, even if it's a one-off :P
Excellent!
Very nice! Multiversity is a very odd, but great, book. Any thought bunny plans?
Fantastic AA, you have not lost any of your magic touch.
Question...Is that Belt buckle a shaped Mesh piece, or did you Alpha the Skin to get that look?
Lovely though I expect no less from you. Thanks again for getting me reading Earth 2 and Worlds Finest BTW, really enjoying those books.
Awesome skin. Great to see you skinning again.
Thanks everyone. I'm really into Multiversity and the character designs so who knows - I might start skinning them all.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on October 29, 2014, 11:26:06 PM
Question...Is that Belt buckle a shaped Mesh piece, or did you Alpha the Skin to get that look?
Alpha'ed.
Impressive work, AA. Great to see you skinning again and it's a bonus to see your take on a Multiversity character.
That's a really lovely skin, AA! I think the details on his costume are particularly nicely done.
Absolutely love that face
It's great to see you skinning again AA! The skin looks fantastic, especially the face.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 30, 2014, 12:18:10 AM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on October 29, 2014, 11:26:06 PM
Question...Is that Belt buckle a shaped Mesh piece, or did you Alpha the Skin to get that look?
Alpha'ed.
Wow, when I saw it, I was wondering if you had used the "S Shield" Mesh piece (By Bearded, I think), just re-sized. Very nice. The double bands that you used on the wrists and ankles and for the belt must have been a pain to line up correctly. I did something like the belt on one of my Skopes a while back, and it frustrated me to no end trying to line it up correctly. Once again, very inspiring.
On a side note, I hope you don't mind me asking, but on your Blog, you had previewed a Character called "Miracle", I was wondering if you had ever finished/released him?
And yes, I know I'm odd, I actually read some of the Blogs our Community posts. :P
Waitaminit... waitaminit... this is Super-President!
(Old timers understand ;))
Quote from: Cyber Burn on November 01, 2014, 03:29:57 PM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 30, 2014, 12:18:10 AM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on October 29, 2014, 11:26:06 PM
Question...Is that Belt buckle a shaped Mesh piece, or did you Alpha the Skin to get that look?
Alpha'ed.
Wow, when I saw it, I was wondering if you had used the "S Shield" Mesh piece (By Bearded, I think), just re-sized. Very nice. The double bands that you used on the wrists and ankles and for the belt must have been a pain to line up correctly. I did something like the belt on one of my Skopes a while back, and it frustrated me to no end trying to line it up correctly. Once again, very inspiring.
On a side note, I hope you don't mind me asking, but on your Blog, you had previewed a Character called "Miracle", I was wondering if you had ever finished/released him?
And yes, I know I'm odd, I actually read some of the Blogs our Community posts. :P
I haven't released him. I actually sort of just dropped him and didn't look back. Maybe I'll dig him up. But...
I skinned the Green Lantern of Earth-20: Abin Sur.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15673623506_ebae2eaf43_o.jpg)
Wow he looks great. Some interesting characters in Multiversity.
Finally got to download your stuff and Pods for that matter. Really happy to have some proper looking modern mutants in game now, thanks.
Looking fore ward to the Multiversity stuff. Any chance your going to do the rabbit?
Quote from: SickAlice on November 03, 2014, 04:26:20 PM
Finally got to download your stuff and Pods for that matter. Really happy to have some proper looking modern mutants in game now, thanks.
Looking fore ward to the Multiversity stuff. Any chance your going to do the rabbit?
I've planned on doing one skin from each book to pay homage to the assemble nature of the crossover/event/whatever and doing them in publication order.
For instance, I started working on an Offspring last night and next month I'm going to Captain Allen Adam. There are actually a lot of bell and whistles on these skopes which are based on a lot of other people's amazing work - Avalon, Johnny Patches, Windblown, etc.
wow I really love the colors, and the face work is awesome :thumbup: :thumbup:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/15752901852_fb819d1d0f_o.jpg)
Well that just looks excellent!
Quote from: Podmark on November 09, 2014, 10:54:59 PM
Well that just looks excellent!
Thanks. I really hate working on white but I really wanted to do this guy.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 10, 2014, 12:00:12 AM
Quote from: Podmark on November 09, 2014, 10:54:59 PM
Well that just looks excellent!
Thanks. I really hate working on white but I really wanted to do this guy.
I couldn't agree more, White is just horrible to work with, but you really pulled it off well.
On a side note, it is just really awesome seeing life come back to this thread.
First stellar work as usual
Second, damn reed Richards gonna sue somebody
(http://s9.postimg.org/ym2xvjpsv/image.jpg)
Actually Frank Quitely designed this costume in 1996 for the Kingdom: Offspring. It is interesting I never noticed how similar these costumes were.
I know offspring came first mate i just couldn't resist the joke lol
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 10, 2014, 12:00:12 AM
Quote from: Podmark on November 09, 2014, 10:54:59 PM
Well that just looks excellent!
Thanks. I really hate working on white but I really wanted to do this guy.
Cosigned.
Wow, nice work, AA! I love the faces on both of those guys. Great detail and unique expressions. :D
Sheesh, that Mr. Fantastic costume is TOTALLY ripped off of Offspring. Who knew?
Quote from: AfghanAnt on November 10, 2014, 12:00:12 AM
Quote from: Podmark on November 09, 2014, 10:54:59 PM
Well that just looks excellent!
Thanks. I really hate working on white but I really wanted to do this guy.
I'm so glad to see some AA skins again. Your faces and attention to detail are just awe inspiring. Makes me want to find the time to do more practice skinning myself. Love them all, and you make white look easy, (I haven't tried a lot of whites but yours look great).
Glad to see you back. :thumbup:
Always cool to see new AA creations, whether it be new comic book stuff or originals ... I love that rubbery, figurine-like sheen they all have.
He looks really fantastic. I'm so happy that you're skinning again... :)
Quote from: windblown on November 12, 2014, 11:21:00 PM
He looks really fantastic. I'm so happy that you're skinning again... :)
Me too, but I forgot how much I hate skoping something and than having to skin it...
Really great group of work so far, AA.
Nice to see you return with more work!
As a fan of your work, I'm really glad to see you skinning again, AA.
Great work with Abin Sur and Offspring. Looking forward to see more Multiversity.
New work...simple, but I made a whole new costume base for this skin. I wanted him be less shiny than my other work.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7527/15941234172_17d9433e4a_b.jpg)
Releasing List:
Ancient Astronaut
Vampire
Bat-boy
Lady Sasquatch
Mothman
Nunu
The Corpse
Shepard
Ms Amazing
Miss Amazing
Amazium 235
Zenwoman
Superman (Calvin Ellis)
Abin Sur
Offspring
Captain Atom (Captain Allem Adam)
To Do List:
Mary Marvel
Mystique
Pyro
Avalanche
Blob
Toad
Destiny (updated skope)
FXs for Weird World characters
FXs for Multiversity
Yeah the costume is pretty basic but the face work and the reflection and glow is very good.
Is the glow effect on this from the Skin itself, or is there an outside effect on there (Particle Emitter, Billboard, Plane, Etc.)?
I'm also really looking forward to seeing your Brotherhood/Freedom Force Skins. :thumbup:
I'm SUPER excited for you to release your Weird World and Multiversity characters, AA! :thumbup:
I always loved yours and Unko's original characters, and these Multiversity characters look top-notch!
The effects you put on your skins are just fantastic. You seem to have a mastery of glow and reflections that I am envious of.
Dr Manhattan! I LOVE IT :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Quote from: Podmark on December 04, 2014, 02:22:44 AM
Yeah the costume is pretty basic but the face work and the reflection and glow is very good.
All of the reflection is just highlighting. I only using a glow layer, no reflect.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on December 04, 2014, 02:34:49 AM
Is the glow effect on this from the Skin itself, or is there an outside effect on there (Particle Emitter, Billboard, Plane, Etc.)?
I'm also really looking forward to seeing your Brotherhood/Freedom Force Skins. :thumbup:
A little bit of both, but mostly highlighting. The light aura gives the skin a halo effect in-game but doesn't light much of the skin. Also the atomic symbol is an effect on his forehead.
Quote from: spydermann93 on December 04, 2014, 03:11:51 AM
I'm SUPER excited for you to release your Weird World and Multiversity characters, AA! :thumbup:
I always loved yours and Unko's original characters, and these Multiversity characters look top-notch!
Thanks! I wish we could have done something more with them, but alas. They have some really neat effects and keyframes that I wanted to share with everyone. :)
Quote from: WyldFyre on December 04, 2014, 03:19:15 AM
The effects you put on your skins are just fantastic. You seem to have a mastery of glow and reflections that I am envious of.
Thank you. It is mostly just the base color. The glow layer is pretty faint.
Quote from: style on December 04, 2014, 04:21:04 AM
Dr Manhattan! I LOVE IT :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Actually it is Allen Adam, aka the Quantum Superman, aka Captain Atom (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Allen_Adam_(Earth-4)). Final Crisis and Multiversity seem to have mashed Manhattan and Atom back into one character.
Loving the face work and the glow effect :thumbup: and I can't wait to see the Brotherhood skins!!
All good news and sleek looking work as always.
YAY!!!! I love all the Weird World stuff! Been waiting soooooooooooooo long for them to be released ^^
And loving Multiversity to, especially as they've announced the Bizarro World issue!
Quote from: ghazkul on December 06, 2014, 12:30:16 PM
And loving Multiversity to, especially as they've announced the Bizarro World issue!
Where did you see that annoucement? I've only heard Thunderworld, the Guidebook, Mastermen/Freedom Fighters, and Ultra Comics are happening.
This weeks books, shows the Bizarro League fighting a tentacle monster.
(http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/imglib/300/0/1/MULTIV-Cv3-1-25-var-9ad84.jpg)
Almost kinda looks like Starro...
Quote from: ghazkul on December 06, 2014, 06:00:35 PM
This weeks books, shows the Bizarro League fighting a tentacle monster.
(http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/imglib/300/0/1/MULTIV-Cv3-1-25-var-9ad84.jpg)
Pretty sure that is a Starro and that's just a variant cover for Multiversity: The Just. :)
Aw, my hopes were so high ^^
Yeah I got excited and thought I missed a listing. So far it looks like Ultraa Comics is the last issue which is a shame. I was looking forward to more Calvin Ellis.
I am trying to skope the Dr Fate pulp style myself, but omg its proving hard, you ever tried him? He had the best action piece in the issue (kicking a guy full bore in the nuts)
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Just read THUNDEWORLD, can't wait for Mary Marvel!!!
Wow I started this skope skin back in July of 2013...
Quote from: AfghanAnt on July 05, 2013, 01:30:26 PM
Many of the main villain haven't been skinned so I started skoping/skinning a design by Unkoman. I'm not going to give any background on her just yet.
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Here it is completed...
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Tried to stick Unko's sketch as much as possible. I think we wanted her to be the nemesis of Vampire and Bat-boy - hence the Jokerish color scheme.
Here's more info on the origin of this character: Kuchisake-onna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchisake-onna)
That looks absolutely AMAZING!
The hair is fantastic! How long did it take you to get it looking like that? :blink:
I finally got the chance to read the series. Def a shame there isn't more, these read really well. My favorite was The Just. I love how shallow and superficial the characters are. Like everything your doing for the series, can't wait to see the rest.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on December 25, 2014, 06:48:45 PM
Wow I started this skope skin back in July of 2013...
Quote from: AfghanAnt on July 05, 2013, 01:30:26 PM
Many of the main villain haven't been skinned so I started skoping/skinning a design by Unkoman. I'm not going to give any background on her just yet.
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(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/9213654901_056d1ee530_o.jpg)
Here it is completed...
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(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8593/15917156650_773449c190_b.jpg)
Here's more info on the origin of this character: Kuchisake-onna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchisake-onna)
That is just insane! Does that monstrous Hair only come out in certain Animations? What did you use to Skope the Hair? What about the Teeth?
Sorry for all the questions, but this is just an extremely well executed Skope/Skin. Very inspiring.
Wow ... there is a ton of stuff going on in that character. Nice work :thumbup:
Wow that is one creepy villain. Awesome job!
That's really awesome :blink: I love the hair and I can't wait to see the animations in action.
Thanks guys!
Here are a few things I've been tinkering on for a while. I need to finish up some Windblown stuff and I have some evil mutants to skope and skin, but I am planning on finally releasing like 20 something skins this weekend.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8671/16104924859_3cffe4c602_b.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7554/16103703220_db7902a9df_b.jpg)
I love these two. Spider-Gwen is probably the break out character of the year and Silk, while liked, is really dear to me because she got me back into Spider-man comics (something I haven't collected since I was a boy...Maximum Carnage days...)
I'm very interested to download those 2 new characters. :)
How'd you get to design the inside of the hood without it reflecting outside the hood?
....... I am both amazed and depressed. THEY ARE SOOO MUCH BETTER THEN MINE ^^ Love them mate.
some seriously sweet stuff here AA. i am really excited about a release.
Can't wait for your push. I have to agree about Silk. I was hesitant at first because I felt they were going on a tangent over addressing issues already in play. Instead they seem to be getting to the plot points in due time while fleshing out Silk as her own unique character. I love her attitude particularly.
I have to ask, as your doing Gwen and Ms Moon, are you doing May Parker Spider-Girl?
Great work, AA, specially Spider-Gwen. Great colors, as usual.
Sweet! Can't wait for these spider ladies!
Quote from: ghazkul on January 16, 2015, 05:41:58 PM
....... I am both amazed and depressed. THEY ARE SOOO MUCH BETTER THEN MINE ^^ Love them mate.
Ditto.
UUURRGGG, can't wait ^^ Morlun, Morlun, Morlun ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Still coming had some issues this weekend.
Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh, boy!
Man, those skins are awesome. I really like Spider-Gwen.
Can't wait for those releases! :)
It's always a pleasure to see you create new content. I'm really glad you tackled the new Spider-Women, that came out very well.
Mystique's Brotherhood of Mutants(http://freedomforceuniverse.com/BentonGrey/BOM+Preview.jpg)
New set of skins for Benton's Marvel mod. I've got a few more and he will have his Brotherhood of Mutants.
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(http://freedomforceuniverse.com/BentonGrey/avalanche-benton-grey.jpg)
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(http://freedomforceuniverse.com/BentonGrey/pyro-benton-grey.jpg)
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Those are excellent. I really like Pyro.
Those look great, AA! :thumbup:
Quote from: Podmark on February 18, 2015, 12:40:04 AM
Those are excellent. I really like Pyro.
I favor that skin in particular...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/15943048364_a63da7b154_b.jpg)
Sooo much awesomeness...Sooo much drool!!! :wub:
Now that's what I call an upgrade!
WOW.
That Pyro is AMAZING.
Whoa -- just saw the others. WOW.
:o :o :o Those are really amazing. I especially like Pyro and the Blob, but all of them are perfect.
Also, it's great to see the evolution of your Pyro skin, I've always loved when a skinner shows that progress to us.
Wow Ant! those are absolutely Fantastic! Pyro and Avalanche are my favourites .
wonderful job!
Just out of curiosity, on the newer version of Pyro, for the Flame Throwers, are you using Particle Emitters, or a Plane?
I finally got around to reading the rest of the Multiversity one-shots. It makes these new skins of yours even more wonderful.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on February 20, 2015, 02:16:32 PM
Just out of curiosity, on the newer version of Pyro, for the Flame Throwers, are you using Particle Emitters, or a Plane?
Both so it moves and emits light. :)
Quote from: murs47 on February 20, 2015, 03:19:12 PM
I finally got around to reading the rest of the Multiversity one-shots. It makes these new skins of yours even more wonderful.
Thanks. It is such a good mini, too bad it is ending soon.
Amazing skins, AA. Pyro is my favorite for sure.
Those Brotherhood skins are really nice. I also like Pyro the best-but that Mystique is wonderful too.
jeff
Nice work on these, AA!
I know Pyro is getting all the praise here but I'm particularly enjoying your skin of Avalanche! The whole team looks phenomenal, tho.
I notice this is your "Part 1" of the Brotherhood. I'm curious what your "Part 2" will be.
Who doesn't love a good spoiler...
The Brotherhood of Mutants(http://freedomforceuniverse.com/BentonGrey/BOM-2.jpg)
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Toad Close Up
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Three more to go...
You're such a tease.
I am always stunned by your faces. And Toad is amazing.
Beautiful work.
Oh... my... GOD!!!
Unus and Toad look sooo awesome! I'm really excited to see another Unus skin! And Toad looks amazing!
I love 'em, AA! :thumbup:
Excellent. :thumbup:
Now you have me trying to guess the other three.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on February 23, 2015, 12:30:18 AMNow you have me trying to guess the other three.
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I think that two of them are Super Sabre (far left) and Stonewall (back-middle).
I can't think of the third one.
Alright AA, you've completely blown me away. I was impressed by the first set. Pyro is really great, and the comparison between this one and your older skin is really telling. Still, these two guys bring things to the next level. I am stunned! The faces on both Unus and Toad are just incredible. You've really managed to take a fairly generic design for Unus and create an utterly amazing skin! As bizarre as it is, the Toad's tongue also really stands out. Great work man! :thumbup:
As for the others....well, I think I know who one of them is...but I can't wait to see all of them! :D
Gotta agree, these are excellent.
Toad reminds me of Andy Serkis as Smeagol.
AA, simply put - this is beautiful work.
I'm inspired by your art.
Beautifull and your style is so unique, this latest batch clearly shows how much you've excelled in your skills as a top skinner :thumbup:
wow, Toad's face is awesome and I'm very happy to see a new skin of Unus, it's very nice.
Can't wait for the rest of part 2 :D
Man, these just show why I have all of your stuff that I could find saved on my hard drive. Your artwork is fantastic...and I'll be happily adding these when I can!
I have a question, the skinned hair in Spider_gwens skins, what are they for??/ Is there hair hidden on the mesh?
Probably a maskless Spider-Gwen!
Quote from: spydermann93 on March 18, 2015, 10:58:47 PM
Probably a maskless Spider-Gwen!
There is a version on my computer but I couldn't figure out what hair to skope on. *shrugs*
I've been gone for MANY, many years, but it's good to see a lot of familiar faces are still here and Afghan! OMG! You've improved so much! You were always good, but WOW!
"Well done" doesn't even begin!
I feel guilty for not checking this thread in a little while. These Brotherhood skins are absolutely fantastic. It's always exciting to know that I have to replace the old skins/meshes I have been using. :D Great job.
your attention to detail is amazing, i would never have the attention span to do that.
Loving the Brotherhood skins, AA...Nice work!
Dana
The Jersey Devils
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5467/16595675554_2419a1d908_b.jpg)
Here is a group of baddies for Weird World. Unko and I had this idea of using the Jersey Devil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil) and I just loved this idea of them being a motorcycle family from the Pines (South Jersey).
From Left to Right:
Daisy Devil - a big mama brute who is a take no-sense type. Daisy is extremely strong and has limited flight (she get super exhausted from flying).
Dixie Devil - the tracker of the team. Daisy can fly, is extremely nimble, and can breathe flame. She is also a drunk and often passes out mid-fight.
Mason Devil - a brawler who is extremely balanced and good in close quarters. Crazy and enrages easily even with his own family.
Dixon Devil - the leader of the Devils. He totes a hellfire shotgun but isn't exceptionally good with on the count of his blindness from drinking bathtub moonshine.
The Corpse
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7640/16597914793_ee94c80fbd_b.jpg)
A creation of Unkoman's wonderful imagination (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs40/i/2009/011/e/6/Weird_World_Card___Corpse_by_JOWSOME.png). I just jazzed up my skope and skin a little.
Dorian Graves
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7697/17217548971_119a1f56e9_b.jpg)
Another one of Unko's creation (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs40/i/2009/020/8/1/WWC___Dorian_Grave_by_JOWSOME.png). A tortured artist-type who is a serial killer. It is weird but originally this white suit was skinned for my Shepard character. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how he fit - plus I wanted to skin that amazing mask. I want to create this murderous gang of artists - they would be Warhol's Superstars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhol_superstars) meets the Manson Family (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manson_Family_(film)). So one would be a songtress, a few young graffiti artists, maybe a few dancers - who knows if I'll ever design them.
Witch-Girl
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7717/17216424022_22301c92a1_b.jpg)
I knew Unkoman design a "Witch-Girl" but I opted for a riff of the Wicked Witch of the West (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Witch_of_the_West). She rides a broom, has an army of winged monkeys, and, of course, ruby slippers that sparkle. Imagined her somewhat of a foil/love interest for Bat-boy. I imagined her being involve in some kooky level where you fight a bunch of silly Alice in Wonderland inspired baddies and generally have fun.
The Hanged Men
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7619/17010714827_b54afd8a0a_b.jpg)
A group of wandering spirits who were originally going to be under the control of Shepard, but I realized how dark that was and didn't want to go in the direction. So they might just end up NPCs who float around on certain levels. The concept was to bring hoodooism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_%28folk_magic%29) into the supernatural realm of Weird World.
<--- Totally speechless.
Wow, those are very creative and totally creepy! I like Graves best, and the Hanged Men are unsettling.
Wow, those are all really awesome, AA!!!
I can't wait to hear more about Weird World! I've been looking forward to it since you've announced it!
Great work! I like the Devils and Dorian Graves is very unique. The Hanged Men can use some navels, maybe? They also look effectively cool.
Are you creating the Weird World mod or just the characters?
geez, the level of detail is incredible. everything you make just shows how much you keep improving.
Wow, just wow!! You're so good at skinning (and skoping!). I love the Jersey Devils.
Amazing designs! Very crisp and clean looking skins.
Unko has quite the imagination. Great job on those skins. Brilliant, in fact.
Can't really say a favorite of those. I'm one of the specific nerd types that gets all excited about Halloween, horror and goth themed stuff so that all appeals to my season. The artistry all around is flawless as well and inspirational. Fantastic job.
I love all of these ^^ PLEASE tell me your releasing them soon! I love all the Weird World stuff, can imagine a necromantic pumpkin headed Scarecrow, Warmachine like Tin man or maybe a suited and booted crime boss Lion as villains for the Witch! Or a police force made up of vampires!
Wow AA! These are incredible! I love the face on Dixon Devil, but these are all so detailed and creative that it is hard to pick out individual details that are better than the rest. The Ghoul's face is also spectacular, though. I love the eyes. This is a very interesting universe you're creating, and I love the inclusion of Unko's great designs!
So I was trying to retexture something for Skyrim and realized I didn't remember what DDS settings to use... Came to these boards to see if I could find info and decided to lurk a bit.
Then, WOW, hit with this! Oh my gosh! I never thought I'd see Dorian skinned. He looks beyond perfect!
And I loooove the additional characters. Jersey Devils are great! I could see them summoning an actual "Jersey Devil" horse goat deer mashup thing... of course, it would go all wrong and the thing would end up attacking them. They are fantastic.
And the hanged men, oh my gosh. I had actually envisioned a villain or hero like this but realized my concepts ripped off Astro City too much. These are great though. Pretty dark in concept, and would have to be more serious, as there seems to be a whole revenge of lynched spirits aspect. Voodoo stuff is always awesome though. Baron Samedi types might be a bit overused, but maybe they are controlled by a Calypso type? (Marvel's OR Pirates of the Caribbean)
Anyhow, your stuff is amazing as always!
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Fractal Girl
The first recruit of the Q Foundation's Q-Men, Jang "June" Joo-Eun is a member of an offshoot of humanity known as Chimeras. As a Chimera, Fractal Girl has the ability to create self-similarities in biological matter aka creates duplicate of others and herself.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/306/19503360702_a840091f5f_b.jpg)
Cacus
South African Tripp Tolman's life forever changed the day his Chimera genes activated and he began emitting uncontrollable Cherenkov radiation from his mouth. Unlike the other Q-Men, Cacus would much rather be a normal guy than a superpowered leader of a group of misfits heroes.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/528/18889138743_9b50f6127c_b.jpg)
Hailing from the prairie of Texas, Harland McNair is a thoroughbred farmboy. When his Chimera gene went active he instantly became a hometown hero. After much local publicity, he was approach by the Q-Foundation to become a member of the Q-Men. He often bumps heads with Cacus whose leadership skills he questions.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/519/18889138953_c72ac2b979_b.jpg)
Sara Shammael was your typical Jewish girl from Long Island until her Chimera genes activated. Horrified by her appearance, Sara's parents forced her into hiding until the Q Foundation approached them about studying Sara's ability. As a member of the Q-Men, Demon has leathery wings, a prehensile tail, and other "demonic" physical traits. Personally, Demon is the most shy and introverted of the group due mostly to her appearance.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/295/19483889066_55c8fbe0d1_b.jpg)
Abandoned at a young age and force into foster care, Richard Graham grew into a spiteful, hot-tempered young man. When he realized he was a Chimera, Richard saw the Q-Men as a way of finally belonging to something. Unlike some of the Q-Men, Magmaman actually has the ability to change back into a human form but prefers his molten rock form.
They all look fantastic, AA, but I think Gargoyle's redesign is the best one!
Magma Man also looks really cool, especially with those glass(?) shards sticking out of him!
I also really like the redesign of the logos on their belts! Simple, but effective :D
You're very own version of the X-men in the universe you created. :thumbup: :cool:
Really neat ideas and of course skins for them all. I really like Cacus (who is kinda like Cyclops, but now you have Energy blasts coming from his mouth that he also can't control). Gargoyle/Demon would be next with her creepy smile. Just the opposite of Angel. And Beef, I wonder what his powers are. While Magma man's rock and magma like skin looks very realistic.
Fractal Girl's power of duplicating herself and others is still cool for me. I also wonder how her powers would compliment the team. I think it would make them almost unstoppable. Imagine an army of Q-men. The name is cool,original and seems fitting. "Fractal Girl" i like it.
Hmmm...mutants as to chimeras. A new form of super powered race of humans in your universe. :cool:
Man, those are all beautiful, but I think I like Magma Man best. You've got great stories to go along with them, too, AA!
While the re-designs are all fantastic, I have to admit, I think I like the Belts on the previous versions. The new Logos are great, but the previous Belts had a design that added some nice depth to them.
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Fantastic updates AA!
I always really loved your Q-Men.
Solid texture work here, AA! I love the qmen
Very impressive AA. Magma man is gorgeous!
I love all these! Can't wait for them and the WW stuff! Hmmm, wonder what a Mimic made up from their powers would be like.......
dude, these are just incredible. the details are fantastic, and the face work is just awesome.
Quote from: Podmark on July 15, 2015, 03:50:02 AM
Magma man is gorgeous!
are the glass looking shards only out in certain animations? that's an amazing use of extra pieces.
The updated Q-men are awesome, it always amazes me how you manage to improve skins/skopes that I considered perfect before.
Can't wait for your next skins :)
I love the Q-Men!
Yeah, they're analogues of the original X-Men, but I love the thought you've put into each of them. Nice work!
Hey look, AA showing me the right way to do it as always. I've been following your example a bit (I still cut a lot of corners though but that's just my way I guess), hopefully this upcoming lives up. Remarkable stuff.
Wow, I was planning skinning the brotherhood pretty soon. :doh: What a crazy coincidence. Great minds think alike I guess. They are definitely my favorite supervillain group. They came out wonderfully!
Beautiful work, AA. I especially like Fractal Girl and Gargoyle's faces.
AA, your Q-Men look insane. Your old iteration was great already, but the improvement is very impressive.
Unfortunately, I can't see Cacus for some reason.
Quote from: laughing paradox on October 04, 2015, 03:29:12 AM
AA, your Q-Men look insane. Your old iteration was great already, but the improvement is very impressive.
Unfortunately, I can't see Cacus for some reason.
Thanks LP and that is because I've updated the image. I changed the skope and updated the skin a bit to make him more Aboriginal...
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/306/19503360702_dbf9163898_b.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5745/21101692085_46c4604e7b_b.jpg)
Meet Dr. Dwight Yorke also known as the Shepard. He's a leading geneticist and Chimera expert. His power is human manipulation via his voice chords.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5683/21109218111_92705621de_b.jpg)
Also meet his ex-lover and research partner, Gravita. Born in Ottoman Syria, Abra Yakootah has the ability to manipulate gravtational forces. Making her one of the most powerful Chimera's alive.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5652/21101501515_d05309324e_b.jpg)
Everyone needs a Prof and Magneto, right?
Just outstanding AA! I'd love to see you continue with other versions of X-Men villains, maybe a sentinel/nimrod named Bellerophon!
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 12, 2015, 01:54:30 PM
Everyone needs a Prof and Magneto, right?
Yes, yes they do.
Great job on these. You're designs never cease to impress.
OMG PLEASE RELEASE THESE BEAUTIES!!!
" ... release me ..."
Seriously - this series is incredible. Many thanks!!!
:thumbup:
Loving the new character designs here as well AA.
I feel a Mod is nearing completion here. :pk:
Outstanding skins/designs/skopes, I really like them.
Quote from: Outcast on October 13, 2015, 03:11:33 AM
I feel a Mod is nearing completion here. :pk:
I certainly would love to play a mod with these characters :)
This is very inspiring.
Cacus' face is exquisite, Shepherd looks great but the real winner here, for me, is Gravita. I simply love the design. I'd love to see how she looks with different color palettes.
Thanks dude. What colors were you thinking?
I think red would be too much like Magneto, but I was considering either purple or blue.
And this is a totally random question -- whatever happened to your All-New, All-Deadly X-Men? The Grey King, Xaos and the others.
Quote from: laughing paradox on October 30, 2015, 03:30:03 PM
I think red would be too much like Magneto, but I was considering either purple or blue.
And this is a totally random question -- whatever happened to your All-New, All-Deadly X-Men? The Grey King, Xaos and the others.
I thought about purple but it looked too much Magneto to me too (plus the Q-Men wear pink). Blue would be interesting. I had plans for her "children" and one of them was going to wear blue, but maybe making the tones different.
They were lost with a computer crash a while back and while I have the psds I would need to skope them all over again. :(
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Quote from: laughing paradox on October 30, 2015, 03:30:03 PM
I think red would be too much like Magneto, but I was considering either purple or blue.
And this is a totally random question -- whatever happened to your All-New, All-Deadly X-Men? The Grey King, Xaos and the others.
I thought about purple but it looked too much Magneto to me too (plus the Q-Men wear pink). Blue would be interesting. I had plans for her "children" and one of them was going to wear blue, but maybe making the tones different.
They were lost with a computer crash a while back and while I have the psds I would need to skope them all over again. :(
Bummer about the crash; I know how that goes. At least you have the PSDs!
I am really looking forward to your "Brotherhood" pastiche. Your work on the Q-Men (and particularly the Amazonauts) have inspired me to start doing my own original characters, via Freedom Force.
Hey, Mr. Ant --- I've been trying to use your meshes in Freedom Force, but instead of the mesh it just shows a white cube. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for all the hard work. It's amazing to see you still active after all these years.
Quote from: laughing paradox on November 04, 2015, 10:49:53 AM
Quote from: AfghanAnt on October 30, 2015, 06:01:42 PM
Quote from: laughing paradox on October 30, 2015, 03:30:03 PM
I think red would be too much like Magneto, but I was considering either purple or blue.
And this is a totally random question -- whatever happened to your All-New, All-Deadly X-Men? The Grey King, Xaos and the others.
I thought about purple but it looked too much Magneto to me too (plus the Q-Men wear pink). Blue would be interesting. I had plans for her "children" and one of them was going to wear blue, but maybe making the tones different.
They were lost with a computer crash a while back and while I have the psds I would need to skope them all over again. :(
Bummer about the crash; I know how that goes. At least you have the PSDs!
I am really looking forward to your "Brotherhood" pastiche. Your work on the Q-Men (and particularly the Amazonauts) have inspired me to start doing my own original characters, via Freedom Force.
Nice! I can't wait to see them.
Quote from: baley on November 09, 2015, 02:45:14 PM
Hey, Mr. Ant --- I've been trying to use your meshes in Freedom Force, but instead of the mesh it just shows a white cube. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for all the hard work. It's amazing to see you still active after all these years.
All of my work is for :ffvstr: only. :)
Yeah, that will do it. Hah!
Mr. Ant, something that came up:
I'm loving your hero files.
I'm noticing that your hero files use FXs not in EZFX, or FFX, or PFX, and your Web site provides :ff:-only FX for the Justice League. How did you (and how do I) assign, say, the appropriate intended FX to Green Lantern's attacks?
Thanks a bunch!
--- Baley
To fight my depression over losing 90% of my unreleased work (and all of Weird World skopes and a lot of psd/skins...) I started working on a skope/skin for Benton's mod. He asked me to update Vanisher's old look and mix it with the current one. I hope this is what he was expecting.
FYI the Unus you see above does not exist anymore so I'm making a new skope (I still have the psd).
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1543/25481174373_3cba657bec_b.jpg)
Still have four more familiar faces to finish these guys off and start working on Windblown's New Mutants again.
Well, that's not what I was expecting.....it's even more awesome! I love the design you've come up with AA, something that really captures the best parts of both of his looks and just really works as a super villain!
Quote from: BentonGrey on March 28, 2016, 04:25:51 AM
Well, that's not what I was expecting.....it's even more awesome! I love the design you've come up with AA, something that really captures the best parts of both of his looks and just really works as a super villain!
:)
Wow that Vanisher looks great. Kind of an ugly costume though :P
Fantastic job, AA. Course I have always loved your work. Like I've said before, every new release gets better and better. Love it! :thumbup:
Quote from: Podmark on March 28, 2016, 04:39:41 AM
Wow that Vanisher looks great. Kind of an ugly costume though :P
I actually really like how terrible it is. I really wanted to capture the cooky crook Stan Lee and Jack Kirby envisioned, not the misanthropic two-timing teleporter from X-Force. What he's been wearing since the all-black bodysuit has been so non-costumey that is doesn't feel like the same Telford Porter.
Quote from: OrWolvie1 on March 28, 2016, 05:13:23 PM
Fantastic job, AA. Course I have always loved your work. Like I've said before, every new release gets better and better. Love it! :thumbup:
Thanks. I believe all of these skins/skopes will be featured exclusively in Benton's mod (which everyone should be downloading and playing for the new content alone). I do have some other owned stuff coming out for Marvel. Nothing in the near future for originals or DC (burnt out/disappointed by both).
Toad is just hideous, I love it! I've already been excited for Benton's Mod, this just adds to that "Kid in a Candy Shop" feeling that I'm having.
I love that Vanisher costume. The more I look at it, the more I like it. AA has done a masterful job of tweaking and adding to the original costume to make it a more interesting, more complete supervillain outfit.
Thanks for the interest in the Marvel Adventures mod guys! :D
I love it!! :thumbup: Really curious to know who are the other 4 characters, looking forward to discovering it!
After a slow and tedious process I have the Q-Men back - need to reskope some but for the most part I got them back. :) I'm going to try and release as much as this stuff as I can. I'm most likely going to try and reskin Kid-Ant and the F.O.U.R., as well as, some other stuff I was working on before everything went to hell. Hopefully you guys will like it.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on March 30, 2016, 12:50:35 PM
After a slow and tedious process I have the Q-Men back - need to reskope some but for the most part I got them back. :) I'm going to try and release as much as this stuff as I can. I'm most likely going to try and reskin Kid-Ant and the F.O.U.R., as well as, some other stuff I was working on before everything went to hell. Hopefully you guys will like it.
I don't think that there would even be any question there. You make it, us sheep automatically love it. :D
Good news! I got most of the WW originals back but I'm missing a few tgas and need to reskin some stuff. It is probably going to take a while to compile but I am definitely releasing these bad boys and I hope you guys like them. They are 3+ years of skoping, skinning, and thinking. :)
Quote from: AfghanAnt on April 04, 2016, 03:30:37 AM
Good news! I got most of the WW originals back but I'm missing a few tgas and need to reskin some stuff. It is probably going to take a while to compile but I am definitely releasing these bad boys and I hope you guys like them. They are 3+ years of skoping, skinning, and thinking. :)
Man, that's a lot of love put into these guys. Definitely something for us to look forward to.
Great news!
Great news AA! :thumbup:
Quote from: AfghanAnt on April 04, 2016, 03:30:37 AM
Good news! I got most of the WW originals back but I'm missing a few tgas and need to reskin some stuff. It is probably going to take a while to compile but I am definitely releasing these bad boys and I hope you guys like them. They are 3+ years of skoping, skinning, and thinking. :)
That's really awesome to hear! Did you find that you stored a lot of them on another drive, or were they uploaded somewhere?
Either way, I cannot, friggin' wait to download them! :thumbup:
I absolutely love yours and Unko's original characters. :wub:
Yay, been looking forward the WW!
That's fantastic news! :thumbup:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7345/26787309284_0d1a19b995_b.jpg)
The Shepard / The Man with the Golden Voice
Emotional manipulation via speech
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7529/26787309294_2a6ae6b511_b.jpg)
Gravita / Madame of Motion
Control over gravitational forces
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7302/27323968031_5d19ee27d8_b.jpg)
Gargoyle / French national
Flight, stony skin, and sonic wails
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7715/26787309234_a9898d02d3_b.jpg)
Fractal Girl / Korean national
Rudimentary 4-D manipulation which manifests as self similar duplicates / unconciously creates "bad luck" effect when doppelgangers are near her
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7300/27323967971_dbe98c37b8_b.jpg)
Cacus / Aboriginal Australian
Nuclear emissions
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7367/26787309244_7dc402c94c_b.jpg)
Beef / German national
Bovine strength, fantastic speed
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7038/27119462950_068cfc4d04_b.jpg)
Magmaman / Maori New Zeland national
walking volcano, magma, lava, and smoke control
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7764/26787309194_c555cce106_b.jpg)
Kirin / Fractal Girl
Living 4-D matrix (space/time manipulation)
- I wanted to play with the idea of the Phoenix/Jean Grey but make it as true to what I wanted for these guys.
- I need to finish up her fans and I'll be releasing them and a ton of fxs I put together.
Im in awe of your skinning work.
I love the ideas behind them too :thumbup:
Beautiful skins and designs AA :thumbup:
Absolutely stunning, AA. :wub:
It's going to be like Christmas when these are released :D
These are really excellent AA! I think my favorite may be The Shepard. I like the King Tut beard, it adds a little something to his design. I also like the new addition. She's got a neat look, a bit aquatic, and I love the iridescent costume. I think she needs a bit more touch up around her decolletage, as the gold of the trim blends in with her skin.
Every time you preview your skins I am amazed. The faces and colors are just beautiful to behold.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Those are all really great AA. Love your design work.
I think Fractal Girl and Magmaman are my favourites.
Quote from: BentonGrey on June 01, 2016, 08:16:14 PM
I also like the new addition. She's got a neat look, a bit aquatic, and I love the iridescent costume. I think she needs a bit more touch up around her decolletage, as the gold of the trim blends in with her skin.
Agreed on the gold. Fractal Girl's new persona is based on Marvel Girl becoming the Phoenix.
Her codename and look comes from the Kirin or Qilin:
(https://piie.com/sites/default/files/nk/files/2012/12/kirin.jpg)
The kirin is one of the legendary four beasts (along with the Phoenix). I thought it would be a cool costume to have scales, flame like fur, and fish f-is. I've been thinking about my Second Genesis team lately.
Should have these ready by Saturday when I get back from Colorado. Just need to zip up the files and host them.
Very neat, AA! I like the inspiration quite a bit.
:wub:
I love them all AA, but Fractal Girl and Kirin take the cake, I love the use of Asian mythology! Fun fact, these days Qilin in Korean means giraffe! I can really see it now, too, traditionally Asian dragons have softer, rounded horns, similar to giraffe antlers, and the long neck is also pretty indicative of Asian dragons. Hey, aren't the Q-Men in your universe referred to as Chimeras, as well? (as opposed to mutants) That's a pretty cool connection to make.
Quote from: detourne_me on June 02, 2016, 02:22:49 PM
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I love them all AA, but Fractal Girl and Kirin take the cake, I love the use of Asian mythology! Fun fact, these days Qilin in Korean means giraffe! I can really see it now, too, traditionally Asian dragons have softer, rounded horns, similar to giraffe antlers, and the long neck is also pretty indicative of Asian dragons. Hey, aren't the Q-Men in your universe referred to as Chimeras, as well? (as opposed to mutants) That's a pretty cool connection to make.
Yup! I almost named her Chimera but started doing research and fell in love with the Qilin.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7642/27424227375_7401b9509a_b.jpg)
Preview to the second generation.
Looks awesome, AA!! :thumbup:
Any plans for analogues to X-Men villains (excluding Magneto, obviously :P)? I'm really liking these alternate takes on these characters and I just love looking at their designs :thumbup:
wow, I love them! I think The Shepard and Magmaman are my favorites.
Second generation looks promising :)
Ohh! That's really neat, AA. What a great peak behind the curtain! :D
Quote from: BentonGrey on June 04, 2016, 04:34:04 PM
Ohh! That's really neat, AA. What a great peak behind the curtain! :D
Agreed, it's really awesome to see the evolution of a Character go from Paper Drawing to 3D Rendering for FFvt3R. Honestly, though, I'm really looking forward to seeing your release, not just for those amazing Skins and Skopes, but I'm seriously looking forward to checking out your new FX's. They've always been really well done, and inspire me to try and step my game up a bit more.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on June 06, 2016, 03:55:44 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on June 04, 2016, 04:34:04 PM
Ohh! That's really neat, AA. What a great peak behind the curtain! :D
Agreed, it's really awesome to see the evolution of a Character go from Paper Drawing to 3D Rendering for FFvt3R. Honestly, though, I'm really looking forward to seeing your release, not just for those amazing Skins and Skopes, but I'm seriously looking forward to checking out your new FX's. They've always been really well done, and inspire me to try and step my game up a bit more.
Agreed! I've been excited for these characters and FX for so long, I don't even recognize time anymore :wacko:
Spoiler
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7435/27508029872_d17449c62b_b.jpg) Releasing these noon PST tomorrow.
YES!!! SO MUCH YES!!!! :thumbup:
I love the mask for "Dark" Kirin! Can't wait to make some hero files based on these guys :thumbup:
I got you covered with herofiles too. :)
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 12, 2016, 12:18:02 AM
I got you covered with herofiles too. :)
:o
:thumbup:
As the saying goes, "We are not worthy". Truly beautiful work.
Just love everything to be honest, 2nd generation looks very promising. Please do some villians :thumbup: I'd love to see your take on a juggernaut type character.
A couple hours late BUT they are ready for download. Visit freedomforceuniverse.com (http://http://freedomforceuniverse.com/?utm_source=freedomreborn.net&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=6122016) to grab the pack. Let me know if you have problems. I was trying to QA everything before I released. :)
(http://freedomforceuniverse.com/q-men.jpg) (http://freedomforceuniverse.com/?utm_source=freedomreborn.net&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=qmen6122016)
Quote from: deanjo2000 on June 12, 2016, 07:19:41 AM
Just love everything to be honest, 2nd generation looks very promising. Please do some villians :thumbup: I'd love to see your take on a juggernaut type character.
I'm actually going to scrap the second gen to work on villains. I realized Wendigo works better as a villains any way. You'll see the other designs used for a different part of my universe though. :)
*frantically runs to go get download, falls; can't get back up*
*cries*
EDIT: Well, I finally got to check everything out, and I'm loving it! The characters seem to fit very well with the vanilla Freedom Force characters, which is great! It will be fun to take them out on missions :D The FX look really beautiful, too! They fit the characters so very nicely.
One thing, though, is that all of the FX point to the Steam version's data folder, so the people not using the Steam version will have to change the directory for each of the FX. It's simple enough, but I just thought I'd point it out.
All you have to do is just set "library" as the root folder and place your FX in the main game's "Data/Art/library/fx" folder, and you should be good to go!
Anyways, I'm going to get back to playing more with these amazing new characters!
Ah nice! Thanks for the info on the steam thing. I had no clue.
Also I'm working on some more villains (killer robots, ancient megalomaniac, and maybe even a fraternity of nogoodniks).
Can't wait to see what you come up with!
I'm excited for the Juggernaut analog. He has always been a favorite of mine when it came to Marvel :D
Wow, Thanks for all your hard work AA! I'm still having a bunch of trouble trying to get the FX to work. any chance someone could update the FX.dat and send it to me, please? Figured it out!Just followed the instructions better!
Also, I love that one of Kirin's attacks is called Fan Death! ;)
Here you go:
https://www.mediafire.com/?07ahlnz9kxsm4ar
Merge it with whatever you have.
Warning: There are quite a few custom FX that I kind of mashed together in this file that might not be working, but seeing how this is to get the QMen FX working, it shouldn't matter.
All you have to do is put all of the FX folders (Beef, Gargoyle, Shepard, etc.) into your "Data/Art/Library/fx/Generic" folder and the "_textures" folder into the "Data/Art/Library/fx/_textures" folder.
Oh Thanks! I just saw this after I figured it out for myself. Thank you though!
Great work, AA...can't wait to get these in Nifskope and see how you put some of them together. And also study the skinning too.
Quote from: spydermann93 on June 13, 2016, 02:30:03 PM
Here you go:
https://www.mediafire.com/?07ahlnz9kxsm4ar
Merge it with whatever you have.
Warning: There are quite a few custom FX that I kind of mashed together in this file that might not be working, but seeing how this is to get the QMen FX working, it shouldn't matter.
All you have to do is put all of the FX folders (Beef, Gargoyle, Shepard, etc.) into your "Data/Art/Library/fx/Generic" folder and the "_textures" folder into the "Data/Art/Library/fx/_textures" folder.
Does the sound files work with this install?
Always awesome when I do my bi monthly check in on this site and see awesome creators still around putting out fantastic content. Nice to see your artistic ability is better than ever, AA.
Quote from: AfghanAnt on June 14, 2016, 03:32:15 AM
Quote from: spydermann93 on June 13, 2016, 02:30:03 PM
Here you go:
https://www.mediafire.com/?07ahlnz9kxsm4ar
Merge it with whatever you have.
Warning: There are quite a few custom FX that I kind of mashed together in this file that might not be working, but seeing how this is to get the QMen FX working, it shouldn't matter.
All you have to do is put all of the FX folders (Beef, Gargoyle, Shepard, etc.) into your "Data/Art/Library/fx/Generic" folder and the "_textures" folder into the "Data/Art/Library/fx/_textures" folder.
Does the sound files work with this install?
They should
I didn't change any names. Just FX nif paths.
Cool. I have a small update coming. It was an unreleased skope I was working on and completely forgot about her until I started looking through my recovered skopes from my crash.
Brilliant work as always!!!!
Can I ask tho, you have done some of the best Superman work there is and really quick off the mark to. Are you planning on tackling the Superman Reborn stuff? Like Luthor, Superboy or Superman's new costume?
Quote from: Doom2099 on June 14, 2016, 08:51:41 PM
Brilliant work as always!!!!
Can I ask tho, you have done some of the best Superman work there is and really quick off the mark to. Are you planning on tackling the Superman Reborn stuff? Like Luthor, Superboy or Superman's new costume?
Hasn't crossed my mind TBH. I'm not really loving where DC has been or is headed in a while. So this is probably a no. :/
Quote from: Previsionary on June 14, 2016, 05:49:22 AM
Always awesome when I do my bi monthly check in on this site and see awesome creators still around putting out fantastic content. Nice to see your artistic ability is better than ever, AA.
HA! Thanks dude. I literally just saw that GChat from a year ago. I was so confused.
Wow, AA... Amazing as always. I love your take on these guys.
And I'm soooo excited for the second gen guys. Spook! You know I love ghost/undead type characters.
These are incredible!
Amazing! :thumbup: I love what you did with the FX.
Such impressive work. This is phenomenal. It's going to make me turn on Freedom Force.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7505/27673755320_91fe5be6d9_b.jpg)
And then there was Sprout. Original was going to do a whole gang of new chimeras but I'm working on villains and she was always going to be made. She's my Storm meets Kitty Pryde character. She's from the country of Zambia and a member of the Lozi Tribe. Her real name is Ngula and she has the power to photosynthesize sunlight to change her size, heal, and produce a few other plant-like effects. She also can shrink - I wanted to play on that whole sprout meaning small and to grow. Going to release her and a few villains in the second wave. Unfortunately The Spook is getting pushed over to Vampire/Bat-Boy side of the Universe. He works better with them as an ally.
That sounds awesome... Sprout.
Also... why can't Spook be both? Subtly combine universes? One great big AA universe? Maybe all that bug world stuff (I forget the official name) is slowly included in the overarching structure.
AA, your originals are great and could definitely sustain their own world. I 100% percent back all your original characters.
Quote from: UnkoMan on June 28, 2016, 10:02:51 PM
That sounds awesome... Sprout.
Also... why can't Spook be both? Subtly combine universes? One great big AA universe? Maybe all that bug world stuff (I forget the official name) is slowly included in the overarching structure.
AA, your originals are great and could definitely sustain their own world. I 100% percent back all your original characters.
I accidentally remove her pic. weird.
Good point about Spook.
Thanks! I think they might start slowing down some. I realized how much more work it would be to put some of the WW stuff I reskinned back together and I'm sort of overwhelmed. I think just finish off some baddies and start lurking again. That was easier.
Hey, cool concept and great skin, AA. The face is really distinct and interesting, and I love the green, plant-like hair, definitely cool. I do think the mask or skin tone needs tweaking, though, as they blend into each other a bit too much.
I like her a lot. My favorite part is the hair, but I like a lot the distinctive features of her uniform, like the collar and the sneakers.
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 03, 2016, 01:48:40 AM
Hey, cool concept and great skin, AA. The face is really distinct and interesting, and I love the green, plant-like hair, definitely cool. I do think the mask or skin tone needs tweaking, though, as they blend into each other a bit too much.
I think might adjust her skintone before release.
Quote from: windblown on July 03, 2016, 10:09:03 PM
I like her a lot. My favorite part is the hair, but I like a lot the distinctive features of her uniform, like the collar and the sneakers.
I love her too! She was just sitting around as a skope I started and I was like finish her and make some villains. And I thought if I was a kid I wouldn't want to wear a regular costume - especially if I came from a small town and moved to America.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7291/27565909183_5c34ddbb5b_o.jpg)
Inspired by Benton's Herofile question, I reskinned and skoped Psylocke for his Marvel Adventures mod. This skin is an exclusive and has been delivered to him.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7485/27566328153_b5c111fa65_c.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7284/28147320086_fbac7a239b_b.jpg)
Benton asked me to do a small update to my old skin but of course I redid the who skin. This Ms. Marvel skope will only be available through his mod.
Over the next couple of days I'll be reveal some other skins/skopes exclusive to Bent's mod so please support him and his effort to keep creativity in our community.
EDIT: Also all of those wonderful Brotherhood of Evil Mutants I skinned are also MA exclusives. They are really neat and I put a lot of love into for Bent. So again if you want to play with them check out his mod.
They both look very lovely, AA! :wub:
Wonderful skins! I saw your Brotherhood skins, too, and they are phenomenal! You are definitely doing Benton's work justice :thumbup:
Great skins! Benton must be ecstatic.
Quote from: spydermann93 on July 08, 2016, 11:23:26 PM
They both look very lovely, AA! :wub:
Wonderful skins! I saw your Brotherhood skins, too, and they are phenomenal! You are definitely doing Benton's work justice :thumbup:
Definite understatement here. There has really been a lot of love put into this Mod, by Benton, by AA, by Daglob, by Spyder, and a host of others. When this is publicly released, it will be well worth downloading and playing.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on July 09, 2016, 03:18:27 AM
Quote from: spydermann93 on July 08, 2016, 11:23:26 PM
They both look very lovely, AA! :wub:
Wonderful skins! I saw your Brotherhood skins, too, and they are phenomenal! You are definitely doing Benton's work justice :thumbup:
Definite understatement here. There has really been a lot of love put into this Mod, by Benton, by AA, by Daglob, by Spyder, and a host of others. When this is publicly released, it will be well worth downloading and playing.
Couldn't agree with you more :P
Quote from: Podmark on July 09, 2016, 01:13:25 AM
Great skins! Benton must be ecstatic.
That's putting it mildly, Pod! :thumbup:
AA has been incredibly generous, not only going WAY above and beyond to help me out with MA, but even donating his work to be released exclusively through my mod. Sheesh, it'll be more than worth downloading my little project just to get these exceptional AA skins! I'm blown away by everything he sends me. I've been boring my wife with my excited talking about all of this. ;)
Thanks so much for the kind words, CB and Spyder! I couldn't have done this without y'all too!