Hello all,
I thought I should start up a skins thread, as I'm trying to get back in the skinning game. A big thank you for all the inspiration from everyone, and especially to Murs47 and Tomato for releasing their base skins as psd files. That has really jump started my skinning again.
Well, here's a guy to open this thread, another unwanted character, X-Statix' El Guapo!
(http://i.imgur.com/haImWga.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/t1qf6rq.jpg)
Credit goes to Cyber Burn for his Skateboarder skope.
Grenadier, Tomato and Renegade for the meshes and keyframes.
And of course 90% of the reason why it looks good is because of the base skins by Murs and Tomato.
Whut! It is great to see you skinning! And this is a really good skin.
Give yourself a little more credit than that!
El Guapo looks great, man. I really hope you continue to skin and don't hesitate to ask me.. or anyone on here!.. for some skinning advice if you ever need it.
By the way, I really like how you did the hair on the side of his head.
Great work Detourtne-me...seems the obscure and unwanted characters are taking over.
:thumbup: Glad to see that skope getting some use. Very nice skin as well. The base skins are a great tool, but the color and line work are all you, and both are well done.
Now that's a good looking skin. Not familiar with most of the X-Statix characters but good job.
If I may suggest, try taking the burn tool (that's Photoshop, not sure what it's equivalents might be) and run it along the bottom of the logo where the shadows of the chest are. Helps to blend it with the costume.
Really happy to see you skinning Det!
Ohh my gosh...that's a skateboarder...you have a skateboarder right there.
That's a lovely skin, but I just about can't get over the fact that Mondo Gecko is actually possible! ^_^
That's really wonderful work on the face, DM. I'm not familiar with him at all, but nice job!
Purty.
I loved Pete Milligan's X-Statix run ... it's great to see such a well-executed El Guapo!
Nice work on the hair and face, detourne_me! Very, very detailed.
Very nice skin DM!! I really like it.
Well, I've got a few more skins coming down the pipeline, I was super excited by Guardians of the Galaxy, so here's the first one that I'll be releasing.
(http://i.imgur.com/CVMaZrA.png)
Drax looks great!
Very nice DM. :thumbup:
Nice skin DM, I like it!
Great job on Drax. The tattoos look nice.
I love it!
So crisp and clean! :thumbup:
Hey, Drax is looking fierce! :)
That Drax is sharp as a razor.
Thanks for all the comments guys!
Here's my interpretation of Star Lord. I'm still not sure what I want to do with his helmet yet, leave it as is or attempt a wraparound thing. and adjust the keyframes more.
(http://i.imgur.com/bhcAhbM.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/rkTqlvx.png)
Oooohh....very nice. I like Starlord. Really looks like the one from the movie. :cool: or from the comics as well. :wacko: :blink:
Awesome!
I am loving these, DM!
Rocket, Drax, Starlord; all of them look great! :thumbup:
Sweet Starlord!
GORGEOUS skins DM!
Thanks for the support guys!
I couldn't remember how terrible I am at skinning females, so I've got a lot more work to do before I could preview some more.
In the meantime, here's another version of Star-Lord.
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(http://i.imgur.com/tlybuY0.png)
Available soon!
I really like all of those Starlords :thumbup:
I love that Starlord!
I really miss that look. The new ones aren't as cool.
Starlord(s!) look amazing! Great job on them!
I've never seen a skin, or even a request for this guy... so I gave it a shot:
(http://i.imgur.com/XNHN2ZH.png)
Still a WIP, but I'm nearly done.... I'm really looking fro a gauntlet shaped like this though:
(http://i.imgur.com/DKzJJOM.png)
Any ideas?
He's looking really great already!
I don't know of any specific gauntlet that looks like that, but you could always alpha one to take that form.
That is a very nice Dr. Strange.
You know I'm not really a big fan of Strange's classic outfit, but this one I like. Good job on the skin! Looking forward to the final product.
This is my fave Dr Strange outfit, looking great. He gonna have all the weird animations?
Quote from: detourne_me on August 20, 2014, 04:26:23 PM
Still a WIP, but I'm nearly done.... I'm really looking fro a gauntlet shaped like this though:
(http://i.imgur.com/DKzJJOM.png)
Any ideas?
While not an exact fit, with some Alpha work on the Skin, maybe the Gauntlet from Tommyboy's "Wildfire_Reboot_t" could work.
http://tommyboymeshes.freedomforceforever.com/DC%20meshes%20V-W.html
Thanks for the heads up! I was trying to get the anti monitor gauntlet to play nice, but I ended up deforming it into a nun recognizable blob. If these gauntlets work well, that would be great, if not. I'll just release him.
Ghazkul, yup, he does have some funky animations, and magic sign fx too.
I might take on that Namor request of yours next. I always liked that look too.
While the Gauntlets I linked you to are longer than what you want, they do appear to have that front extension. Unfortunately, after going through a lot of Meshes, that was the closest thing that I could find. That's not to say that I didn't miss something though, but hopefully, this will work for you.
Very nice skin DM. Maybe that you can alpha out other pair of gauntlets to give them that shape.
Very nice skater, Doc Strange, Drax & Starlord :thumbup:
Here's a new skin I've been working on (along with a few other surprises...)
(http://i.imgur.com/fpuwnkc.png)
I was wondering if anybody could help me restore the reflections to the extra pieces though...
Also, I'm pretty proud of this skope, here are some of his special features.
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(https://i.imgflip.com/bye9x.gif) (https://imgflip.com/gif/bye9x) (https://imgflip.com/gifgenerator)
Kang looks great!
Send me the skope, I can hook up the reflection on the pieces.
Perfect! He's on the way.
That is so cool, dm!
Sweet, Kang's always been a big favourite of mine.
:o
I love it :thumbup:
I had been wanting to re-visit my Kang Skope, but yours is just too fantastic. Excellent work DM! :thumbup:
Thanks a lot guys! I'm slowly getting better at skinning I think...
Here's a WIP of an original character...
(http://i.imgur.com/FwSJIqn.png)
The character really took on a life of it's own in my head, I hope you guys will like him when he's done.
So far, I'm liking what I see, nice job on the face. The arm and leg cuffs, and the belt, are looking pretty good as well.
But I am really interested in the Trident, I don't think that I'm familiar with that one. Is it a custom piece?
Neat character, reminds of Piccolo.
Cool, cool, cool.
I'm always impressed by skins who have faces and details made from scratch.
Reminds me of Bug from Micronauts.
Wait... is that mesh based off Bug from Micronauts?
I like how it has a cartoony look, and am interested to see if that will remain or not when completed.
Also, your other skins are totally impressive. Good work!
Well, I'm slowly working my way back into FF.
So I'd like to show you some work for my 5000th post!
(http://i.imgur.com/3kVMk3q.jpg)
Here's Punisher on a skope of Gren's Punisher, Gren's SuperSpy and Ren's Captain America
The base skin is by Murs, with some inspiration taken from the Marvel Contest Of Champions Punisher.
Oh yes,yes,yes very nice. I like how his face looks like Stallone. :thumbup:
Quote from: deanjo2000 on May 06, 2015, 05:39:33 PM
Oh yes,yes,yes very nice. I like how his face looks like Stallone. :thumbup:
Haha, that's what I was thinking! :lol:
The skope looks really nice, DM! I always love your skopes and how clever your keyframe mashups are. :thumbup:
Great, another hero file that I'll need to switch to another skope/mesh. ;)
This looks great, DM. Very nice job.
Looks good!
Here's another one, with Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, it's Shang Chi!
(http://i.imgur.com/bYAnoCw.jpg)
That's awesome!
I love these skopes! :thumbup:
Quote from: hoss20 on May 06, 2015, 11:41:21 PM
Great, another hero file that I'll need to switch to another skope/mesh. ;)
This looks great, DM. Very nice job.
Ditto Hoss. At least with Wind Dancer i saw the storm comign with Windblown and i held my hero file back, not dm has forced my hand :lol:.
What animations are you using for Punisher? Texas Jack jad a pretty big set if i recall with grenade launchers and flamethrowers. Both him and Shang-chi look awesome, i have been waiting for Shang-chi for ages.
Hi, I'm still not up to snuff on my skoping skills, so Punisher just has basic SuperSpy keyframes. I'll get into more keyframe skoping starting with Shang-Chi.
That Shang-Chi looks awesome! Really happy to see someone tackle him, he's been on my want list for a while.
Shang-chi looks fantastic!
Did you ever finish Tombstone?
These are both fantastic DM. I really like the 5 O'clock shadow on the Punisher, it gives him that rough around the edges look. I'm not familiar with this costume for Shang Chi, but the coloring is nice and vibrant. I'm very glad to see you back in the game.
These last two skins are really nice, especially Shang Chi, but I LOVE the look of the WIP original character. He looks neat and Kirby-ish!
:thumbup: :thumbup: They look fantastic, especially that Punisher! It's great to have you back DM.
Well, I think I'm happy enough with this guy...Inspired by the live action version of Falcon, here is my version of the flying Avenger.
I really have to thank everybody for creating such wonderful stuff, i've pulled together and mashed up a bunch of stuff from all of these talented people: Renegade, Grenadier, Sick Alice, Vertex, Murs47, Windblown, and Podmark (I just had to take that goggles idea from your amazing Prodigy skope)
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(http://i.imgur.com/DEiFfEE.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/w7nvhs7.jpg)
I'll be sending the last group of skopes off to LP soon, he's already posted up Punisher.
Gotta give a big thumbs up to Laughing Paradox and everyone at Force of Paradox for the incredible new content and the sweet sweet website upgrade.
My heart! It aches!
That is just too cool, DM!!! :thumbup:
This stuff looks awesome!
Dm is that Ultimate Falcon or just MCU Falcon? I believe the MCU one has Ultimate as inspiration. Anyway, stellar job, i am happy to see you cracking new skopes. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Ohh man, neat! That is a really cool skope DM!
That is awesome. I'm super impressed you could get wings and dual guns!
That is just awesome. :thumbup:
Quote from: Podmark on May 10, 2015, 05:34:40 PM
That is awesome. I'm super impressed you could get wings and dual guns!
I am too; I've tried this before for an obscure Golden Age hero, and couldn't get it to work.
Thanks for all the kind words everyone.
I used Vertex's Archangel for the wings, so they don't really flap, and luckily enough the super spy mesh is partly based on VX meshes, so the keyframes were a breeze actually.
If there's any interest, I could put together a basic winged gunfighter, actually. Gren's already made a female version with his Hawkgirl, does his Hawkman have guns?
I think I could do a winged gunfighter one of two ways, if anybody is interested:
1. Gren's latest winged mesh (like angel) with Gren's gun animations (like a Kree soldier, or Adam Strange)
2. VXmale_wings with Gren's SuperspyVX gun animations.
As for the Falcon, I completely forgot about the Ultimate version, but I guess the skin might look more like it that the flightsuit look of the movies. I was just inspired by the movies, and games like Marvel Future Fight to do a gunslinger version of him.
Quote from: detourne_me on May 12, 2015, 06:57:44 AM
I think I could do a winged gunfighter one of two ways, if anybody is interested:
1. Gren's latest winged mesh (like angel) with Gren's gun animations (like a Kree soldier, or Adam Strange)
2. VXmale_wings with Gren's SuperspyVX gun animations.
I'd think Option 2 would be great. Plus I'm thinking that Angel (Archangel) might use firearms or even crossbows if Marvel actually armed him and there is quite a few old school flyers who could use guns as well.
- CQ
Thank you for that one especially. By fall at least we may actually end up having the entire cast of Time Runs Out.
That's awesome. Fantastic work DM!!
Here's another quick one, an Immortal Weapon, Davos, the exiled native of K'un L'un, the Steel Serpent!
(http://i.imgur.com/ZtpULA2.jpg)
He's on Gren's Iron Fist mesh, but with Hogun's larger body, so he is a bit more imposing for Danny.
Of course, base skin by Murs47 and all mesh parts by Grenadier.
And, well he needs a sparring partner. So I whipped up some Danny Rand skins too. I'll add a bunch of Valandar's Kung Fu keyframes to Grenadier's already excellent work, and see if I can get the Chi-Fist FX to play nicely with Val's keys.
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(http://i.imgur.com/Tklqq7y.jpg)
Those... look... AMAZING!!!! :thumbup:
Really well done :thumbup:
Cool! I really like those.
Very nice DM! You're adding some great content to this game.
Quote from: detourne_me on May 12, 2015, 06:57:44 AM
Thanks for all the kind words everyone.
I used Vertex's Archangel for the wings, so they don't really flap, and luckily enough the super spy mesh is partly based on VX meshes, so the keyframes were a breeze actually.
If there's any interest, I could put together a basic winged gunfighter, actually. Gren's already made a female version with his Hawkgirl, does his Hawkman have guns?
I think I could do a winged gunfighter one of two ways, if anybody is interested:
1. Gren's latest winged mesh (like angel) with Gren's gun animations (like a Kree soldier, or Adam Strange)
2. VXmale_wings with Gren's SuperspyVX gun animations.
Gren's Hawkman has a hand crossbow along with a corresponding animation and replacing it with a standard gun wouldn't be a problem. It is only for his right hand, however. The only other problem might be that he draws it off of his back. For a handgun, not a rifle or shotgun; that may not really fit what you're trying to do.
I'll try a few things to see what I can do with some flying meshes this weekend.
In the meantime, here's uhhh, Hawkguy!
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(http://i.imgur.com/avSPgMp.jpg)
Some really great stuff being previewed here, I'm really liking how Hawkguy's clothes turned out, just excellent.
All this stuff is awesome, DM! You're really making some great stuff lately.
Here's a little skin for Black Panther. I wanted to use Vertex's often overlooked and completely unappreciated VXmale3 mesh, and I couldn't quite choose who to do. There were a number of martial arts style attacks, and I figured I could probably whip up a Black Panther skin.
(http://i.imgur.com/OBSXyXD.jpg)
Looks good!
Hey I don't forget about Vertex's awesome meshes, as a matter of fact I put C6's Black Panther on that same mesh and also added Texas Jack's Toad running animation to it ;)
:lol:
Heres my first DC skin in a long while. Buddy Baker's New 52 outfit. I've skoped him so he has wings that grow for flight and hover animations. I think I'll try to skope in some more animalistic keyframes too. Thanks for the reminder of Toad's running. I might use Gren's Wildchild keys, since this is based on his Angel right now.
(http://i.imgur.com/r2QypW4.jpg)
Really nice and clean. Great job. I'm looking forward to having him :D
Pretty sweet. I love what you're doing lately.
I was literally just thinking how I hadn't seen a Black Panther skin in awhile. That Hawkguy is decadent, reminds me I should probably start reading the new volume sometime. Buddy is of course slick. Great job.
Another nearly complete skin/skope.
I was having a few issues with the particle effects, So i decided to stick with a normal fire texture for his skull, chainsaw, and bike exhaust.I tried using an animated billboard for the hair but i'm just not skilled enough at skinning, so it looked a little cartoony and the orientation always changes depending on the angle you are looking at, so in some instances it was like he had a flame beard. not the cool cyperpunk spirit of vengeance i was imagining.
I think I'm pretty much done with him now. I might make a few more tweaks, but not sure.
(http://i.imgur.com/FlM8Z65.jpg)
That is just insane. I love it!
See, like that? I looked at that 2099 design, in that Battleworld comic again of course and thought " Er, yeah I don't think I even know how to approach that ". Yet here you are you schooling me. I love being impressed by people. You get older and tell yourself this is it and it's all just repetition yet we always end up being proven wrong. And as Squirrel Girl said that;s what makes it great. So can't wait to have this.
Speaking of colabs again when I get my house in order at least, or houses being my self and the real ones (gosh the old log siding is a disaster on the new abode. It's going to be a long spring for me. >.<) we should jam about some of the other GR's if your up for it. I've been thinking about the female one since MH's was nice enough to drop a model of that as well of course the NOW one since that's a backlogged request here. I think I would be up for modelling Robbie's head and I've done a lot of research into his actual car in real time though making real cars is a weak spot for me and I'm a little shy to it. Anyways let me know friend. I'll push this Storm, TMNT and the Iron Man's out first though. I think the fire will work fine there. I've messed around with particles and can say I've found it's best to go basic. They usually work themselves out in effect. There is a piece on one of Ink's Phoenix's though as I'm sure you know. Maybe that would be something something to check out to get the effect your looking for.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...... please sir, can I have some more? (DOOM2099 ^^)
I might take a look at some more 2099 and Ghost Rider characters, I've got a few ideas to do the Jason Aaron Johnny Blaze, and even the new guy, too. his helmet is definitely cool. I was thinking of doing them male_basic based, instead of VX based, like before. probably using Ink's Professor X for sitting/riding and a few other tricks.
Also, you are so right about keeping it basic. I just went through my skope and cut out a lot of the fat, I am using the PArray from Ink's Phoenix, and at first I had imported the whole bone and node structure...not needed! Also I'm happy that I didn't need to specifically call it up in the keyframes for scaling (I had to do that with the chainsaw FX)
The next guy I think I want to tackle is the New 52 OMAC, I really loved that character. I want to use Storm's Mohawk from the Ink mesh, but it goes all wobbly on a different mesh. I need to learn how to add a NiSkinInstance, and I think I'd be good to go.
I'm ashamed to say that I've never actually heard of Ghost Rider 2099. Punisher, Dr. Doom, Spider-Man, and heck, even Ravage! but not Ghost Rider.
That said, he looks really, really, REALLY cool!! I was always interested in the Ghost Rider Meshes here, since their horses, bikes, what-have-you are all so complicated! I love that another Rider is being added to the family!
@dm: I have a hard time applying basic methods myself. I know I'm transparent about how I overdue details. But I can count the times whether modelling, skinning or anything else that I tried to apply a lengthy system only to meet with failure then turn around and take the short route and find success. Most things in life even really are simple and making mountains of mole holes can make us our own biggest hurdle in any task (sounding like Bruce Lee a little but he is one of my teachers *shrug*). Seriously though anytime you want to idea jam. I've had the best times doing that with you, windblown, Cyberburn, daglob, Podmark, AA, RD, and hoss. More fun every time in fact then working by my lonesome. Anyone that's open for it I'm game. The best art and entertainment doesn't come from solo efforts, it comes from teams with a list of credits to roll.
More 2099? Do you know who Mutagen 2099 is from SM2099 Vol.1. I'd love you for that one. I'm working on and almost finished with Doom 2099 right now if that helps. I've actually been working on a multi-Doom whenever I take breaks from the Storm pack. As always if you want to enlist me for anything here feel free. Venom 2099 of course. I'm truthfully not that stoked about him (April Parker was my favorite) but I know he's in high demand here. I should redo my Hulk 2099 speaking of. Maybe take a night and pound out a few different Hulk bodies for skopers? OMAC sounds great, can't wait for that.
*Oops, forgot something. Send me the model for OMAC as well the one for the mohawk (or the one if they're already joined) and I'll just weight the hawk to the head for you. Hopefully that will resolve the issue so you can move on with it.
@spydermann93: If the chance comes your way read Doom 2099. That's considered the cream of the reading crop of the 2099 titles. Followed by Spider-man 2099 and X-Men 2099. But I'll vouch for the Doom series anyday.
That's really amazing DM! Buddy's skin is very nice too.
Count me among those not familar with 2099 Ghost Rider, but I love what you've done here.
Here are a few quick edits of Iron Fist, I'll skope a few more keys for this guy too. These skins are inspired by the ios games Contest of Champions and Future Fight (both of which take up too much of my time these days.)
The big difference in the design is that he wears full boots instead of lil booties like in the comic.
(http://i.imgur.com/8DdOWb6.jpg)
First off again props to Force Of Paradox for hosting you and others as well for the and I mean stop the press master class web design. Thank your site owner as well tell them if they aren't getting big web design jobs they should be.
Few questions.
- We were talking about gaming. I said MH interested me but I don't think I'm up for it for space reasons as well it sounds like a grind. But COC sort of does interest me. Can that be played off Win7?
* Great to be inspired by that game, I sure I am. And such gorgeous models and skins by them! Actually MH too. I'm sure as most of you know game models are toned down in quality before they're put in the actual game engine, especially in the case of online games. The modeller for MH shares images of his what his work looks like before they get downsized. If you want to see some beauty check out his gallery at the link below. He's also the reason I dropped the dough and bought ZBrush (still having a hellavu time figuring out how to use it). I feel better about that investment now as it's become an industry standard not unlike 3ds Max is.
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?180600-Marvel-Heroes-Modeling
- So the other question is are planning on doing a multiskin pack. I either have a request or would like to throw in if I could (I'd rather you though since your a better skinner, one of my mentors as you know)? In the Secret Wars request thread I listed Rand in the main series in his classic green duds. The ones he's wearing there are the clothes where the chest isn't open and he doesn't a collar. I went to find a link for that skin but couldn't find one (*I have not gone through C6's skins yet though, I'm sure more will be checked off the list when I do) and want it for the sake of completing that list. Thanks again for your prior contributions that went on the list BTW, as well to anyone else. Sure is a testament to all the time everyone put into this game.
http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=57951.0 (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=57951.0)
Look forward to more collabs again. I'm whipping through Storm still. Just trying to make sure I take enough time to make everything really nice on it. Like Rogue I think Storm is one of those characters that deserves the most delicate touch in making a tribute. But you'll have it sooner than later, it gets time set to it everyday. Same goes for Mainframe and Iron Man 2020 peeps, haven't forgotten those at all.
Ghost Rider 2099? Wow! Awesome!
These are great!
Ohh, that Ghost Rider is really cool, but I especially like the Animal Man. He's just really clean and crisp looking. Great stuff, DM! :)