What would you like to see...

Discussion in 'Models, Animations, and Particle Effects' started by vampiricpuppy, Dec 18, 2006.

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  1. Half Knight

    Half Knight Gibbering Mouther

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    @vampuppy

    i understand how you work, now...really useful indeed :yes:
    But i don't have those programs (even if i had, it will mean to learn to use, and i'm really lazy, and don't have much time)
    In any case, that's your area of expertise :) (in fact, by reading your "tutorials" on how to make maps, i've learned a few tricks with photoshop ;) )

    I just look for a while the tga and the in-game model, and make a mental 3D grid, and then paint (sometimes i need to make a few touches, mostly about the stretching you mention) and be done.

    Glad you liked he panther, in fact was the easiest skin to paint, just a mask and blueish black, and a few touches where the muscles should be :p

    But the Lamia prove to be a challenge, since the tail seems to be drawn from the back i think, so to erase the tail we need to erase a part of the model. I'm not sure where the nails come from, since they're black, and the skin has a black background (of course, i could alpha out all the black, but i would prefer a specific cropping)

    If not for those two details, i think i could do a centaur with a bit of cheating/painting(tho it still would move too feline)

    Maybe you can have more details with your importing process?
     
  2. vampiricpuppy

    vampiricpuppy cuddly nosferatu

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    Ok, this weekend ill have a crack at the lamia model, if its workable in zbrush ill try to do something with it :) might also make a 'guide' map for everyone else to use, since there seems to be a lot of interest in using it for centaury types :)
     
  3. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    There's a lot of desire for a centaur, but only if it is good. I know you guys are doing your best but if you can't dress a cat up to look like a horse, then we accept that. A centaur is preferable to a wemic, but a good wemic is preferable to a bad centaur.
     
  4. Half Knight

    Half Knight Gibbering Mouther

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    Funny thing is, that the Leucrotta has the moves and articulations for a horse.
    I'm going to try by changibg blocks of data inside .skms, and rewrite the .skas, to see if i get something. I wouldn't loss anything by trying. :shrug:

    I know it can be done, cos as i said before, the body of the lamia is the same as Zuggtmoy, and both have a diferent "legs". Also the manticore model, it's the lamia but without the human body (the feline body with the human head), so i suppose that mixing similar models it's doable.

    If somehow that works... :evil_laug

    Oh, btw, i think that if i modify a bit the Glabrezu? model (the one that looks like a big ape with two extra arms/claws), we could have a Girallion, which is a nasty gorilla with four arms :stoned:
     
  5. vampiricpuppy

    vampiricpuppy cuddly nosferatu

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    Threadmancy :)

    been yonks since i posted anything here (or did modelling for that matter)

    So i've dusted off the 3d skills, and i'll be having a crack at getting a static model in again - reworked the mind flayer head to try a second time, see if i get any different results with the export/import.

    Also been trying to do a horse :)

    I'll have to look at that lamia >_< never did end up playing with it!

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  6. vampiricpuppy

    vampiricpuppy cuddly nosferatu

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    weeeeee giant scorpion :)

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  7. GuardianAngel82

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    Cool!

    What were those half-drow, half-spiders called?
     
  8. vampiricpuppy

    vampiricpuppy cuddly nosferatu

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