What's out there for the Falcon?

[Podmark]

Been thinking about Sam Wilson lately, might do some skins in the future, but was wondering what meshes and skopes are available. Some particular questions:

Is there anything for Sam's bird Redwing? A separate mesh? FX? Maybe a Falcon mesh with Redwing attached?

In modern comics Sam has used hard light wings which appear only when he needs them to (ie when flying). Is it possible (difficult?) to make a Falcon skope where the wings only appear for the flight animations?

What options are there for flying melee keyframes? Seems like an important part for Falcon.

Lastly,

Spoiler

It has recently been announced that Sam will become the new Captain America. So I'd eventually like to have a Captain America wings mesh.

[spydermann93]

The Falcon that I use in game is Ink's Falcon from Heroforce.  There's also Tommyboy's Falcon on Tommyboy's website.  Other than those two, I can't really think of any others.  C6 also did a few skins for Falcon (they can be found on Alex's Freedom Fortress).

I could've sworn that a Redwing FX comes packaged in Alex's EZFX downloads from the Freedom Fortress, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Ink's Falcon only has one flying melee animation; I'm not sure about Tommyboy's.

[hoss20]

Ink's Falcon has a Redwing included on Sam's shoulder. He hovers nearby during the animations and one of the ranged animations has Redwing moving forward to attack. I also have a Redwing FX, but can't remember where I got it from. If it isn't included in a package (EZFX or one of the Marvel Packs at FRP), there might be one at FXForce.

[Shogunn2517]

If you're looking for variety and a more traditional look, C6' Falcon skins actually work really well on Ink's mesh.

[hoss20]

In modern comics Sam has used hard light wings which appear only when he needs them to (ie when flying). Is it possible (difficult?) to make a Falcon skope where the wings only appear for the flight animations?

I missed this when I first read your post. This is definitely possible. I'm sure there are a few of us, myself included, that would be happy to help out with this if/when you decide to go to work on your stuff.

Also, I checked out Tommy's Falcon and he has more of a variety of flying melee attacks. Unfortunately, the keyframes aren't compatible with Ink's mesh. With a little work, it should be possible to get them to work on another mesh if you need it.

[Cyber Burn]

I think there's a "Falcon" Mesh by Bearded here:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Beardedinlairmeshes2/info


Tommy has a couple (May be duplicates, but I'm not sure):

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tommyboysFreedomForceMeshes7/info

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tommyboysFreedomForceMeshes8/info

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tommyboysFreedomForceMeshes10/info

http://tommyboymeshes.freedomforceforever.com/Marvel%20meshes%20F.html

[laughing paradox]

I asked Beyonder, who graciously allowed me, to create a Falcon skope based on his Vulture mesh. I like the Vulture's animations on that mesh and I think they fit Falcon very well.

I was going to release it along with the Mighty Avengers skins that I did, but I never got to it.. then other stuff.. and etc. However, Pod, if you want.. I can give you what I had for that.

[Podmark]

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll review the existing meshes this weekend.
Did Murs make a Falcon skin? I have a recollection of that. I'm curious what he might have used for it.

Thanks for the offer, hoss. I might be getting back to you about that.
LP, that sounds interesting. I wouldn't mind checking it out.


Any ideas on what could be used for Falcon's classic glove:
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/11352/1692845-captain_america149_01.jpg
The yellow claw on his hand. I could skin it on, but I'm wondering if there's something out that could be used instead.

[hoss20]

Murs' skin is on a skope of Ink's Falcon. He removed Redwing and alpha'd the wings a touch.

[hoss20]

Any ideas on what could be used for Falcon's classic glove:
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/11352/1692845-captain_america149_01.jpg
The yellow claw on his hand. I could skin it on, but I'm wondering if there's something out that could be used instead.

Ooh, how about the claw feet from Johnny Patches' Harpy skope? The back claw would need to be removed, but it has that non-uniform look that would fit well. Hey, you might as well do the foot claws for his boots shown in the pic. 

Edit: I didn't mean to confuse. I did mean to say that the harpy foot could be scaled down to be the yellow claw piece on the Falcon's glove(s) and boots.

[daglob]

A couple of people are doing scopes that change meshes for some animations, Kenn X's Flame On Action Human Torches, for instance. I ceraintly can't do it, but maybe ask someone...

[Podmark]

Hey, you might as well do the foot claws for his boots shown in the pic. 

Good catch. Missed those.


Thanks everyone. You've been very helpful.