Pwime's skins - "I see now what I have to become..."

Revenant · April 28, 2007, 07:41:14 PM

That Fire Elemental is seriously one of the scariest things I've seen in a video game..

:o

BatWing · April 28, 2007, 08:40:49 PM

red and blue anti unkos! :o

Tomato · April 30, 2007, 06:35:32 AM

Quote from: UnkoMan on April 28, 2007, 07:12:18 PM
Oh... hmm... you know, I am not sure, now that you mention it.

Er... yeah, I suppose I should get on that shouldn't I?

The Pwime · April 30, 2007, 07:22:29 PM

alrighty, the anti-unkos are released, finally. :D

The Pwime · May 05, 2007, 08:36:57 AM

Okay, I'm not gonna lie...I feel bad that I've been skinning (read: texturing :P) my own avatar SOOO much lately, so my next two skins after this will likely be:

-Raijin re-design of the sorts, which is actually definitely going to happen - I found the perfect mesh.
-SM3 Movie Venom, if the movie is any good. I can't guarantee this one, though, because it's a mainstream character, and well... look where the rest of my mainstream attempts ended up: nowhere. =/

anyways...

*feels even worse*

BatWing · May 05, 2007, 11:29:02 AM

i like the details of the costume!
its like spider mans's :thumbup:

The Pwime · May 05, 2007, 11:44:08 AM

excellent, that's exactly what i was hoping it would look like. :D

BatWing · May 05, 2007, 01:15:34 PM

its really cool :thumbup:

The Pwime · May 19, 2007, 06:45:19 PM

just to show that i've finally stopped being a dink and using the provided face as is. I've modified c6's face a bit (the mouth is completely brand new, and though it looks distorted a bit in this shot, I assure you that it's just because of the angle that the screenshot was taken from).

Anyways, this is the start of Raijin, and I've gotta say, though Tommyboy's Hellion mesh was the perfect choice...I'm kind of intimidated, and afraid that i'm going to eventually screw up. :mellow:

BatWing · May 19, 2007, 10:43:54 PM

sweet face pwime! :thumbup:

UnkoMan · May 20, 2007, 01:00:54 PM

You know... I never even noticed that you didn't change the base faces.

Hey man, don't worry about screwing up. I do it all the time. Hmm, I guess that doesn't really make it better. But dude, it's not like you aren't already good. This is Raijin's newest look I suppose? On the face, I'm gonna say... those really light lines coming from the nose look weird. That's a place you expect shadow to be, not highlighting. The bottom lip seems like it could use a bit more definition, too.

And the eyes. Well... I looks like there's too much on the skin and not enough pure glow file. Also, I wouldn't bother making streaks like that. Probably just a bit of hazy colour. The streaks look... well they look crazy to me, I dunno.

Still, can't wait till it is done. And hey... does that mesh have SIDEBURNS?

The Pwime · May 20, 2007, 07:52:12 PM

i can explain, well, for the eyes! i haven't even STARTED the glow file yet! :lol: those lines coming out of the eyes aren't even close the being the final product. they're 100% just there as a placeholder. The REAL lines will be mostly on the glow file, and won't just be straight lines, they'll be more like lightning sparking out. ^_^

everything else you mentioned, however, has been noted and will be fixed. ;)

The Pwime · June 21, 2007, 03:17:23 PM

no, i haven't forgotten. yes, I have slacked.

and yes, the eyes are still placeholder :P

BatWing · June 21, 2007, 04:10:57 PM

oh my gosh!!!!!
that is so COOL!!! :thumbup:

thx so much pwime time!

UnkoMan · June 21, 2007, 11:59:13 PM

Heh... interesting new look. Did you do that hex, too? I think I dig it.

Raijin... when this is released would you like me to replace your old avatar with this one in the conversion?

The Pwime · June 22, 2007, 06:33:10 AM

it's actually just Hellion_tvlite...the most I did in nifskope was shift some pieces up or down, to make them look longer or to better fit the skin.

i've also made a lot of progress since the last pic, but apparently since ctool is a liar, Raijin needs some fixing up before he can be released.

Damn you, ctool. Damn you.

djfredski · June 22, 2007, 04:08:06 PM

:thumbup: they look really great!

BatWing · June 22, 2007, 07:52:17 PM

Quote from: UnkoMan on June 21, 2007, 11:59:13 PM
Heh... interesting new look. Did you do that hex, too? I think I dig it.

Raijin... when this is released would you like me to replace your old avatar with this one in the conversion?

sure :cool:

The Pwime · July 03, 2007, 12:30:10 PM

Ohhh boy...I'm barely started on this one, and I'm already having soooo much fun. This is probably my favourite so far of all the re-designs that I've skinned...but the funny thing is, it doesn't even really stray too far from TUE's original Flesheater design, in appearance.

So what's happening next with this guy? I have to add red "parts" to his shirt, which are actually going to be a sort of bulletproof material. I'm also going to make my own textures for the weapons, of course (they are currently still TUE's) and desaturate the hair a bit more...it's still too blue for my liking. Then, I've gotta add a belt, work on the boots, and then create a "berserk" face with some nice vampire-esque fangs showing.

Damn, I love your avatar, TUE. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

BatWing · July 03, 2007, 12:35:38 PM

dude that redesign ue is so awsome pwime! :thumbup:

The Pwime · July 05, 2007, 07:10:02 PM

Just a shot of the armor. The fabric that the plates are attached to has a similar shape to TUE's original design on Flesheater, as a sort of homage.

I'm still going to add a metal texture to them, as well as a refl layer, and the bottom row of "ab plates" will be replaced with a belt.

Revenant · July 05, 2007, 07:22:16 PM

PWIME THAT IS FREAKIN' AMAZING.

lugaru · July 06, 2007, 03:53:07 AM

Oh wow is that an awesome design! Great skin, well done but the design itself is off the charts.

The Pwime · July 06, 2007, 05:48:15 PM

you guys make me feel all fuzzy inside. :D

maybe I should see a doctor about that... :mellow:

Tomato · July 06, 2007, 11:00:51 PM

I was looking at this earlier, and I was all set to type out a long list of helpful little design tidbits, but I got distracted by work and all it's evils, so I'm only just now back here... and I'm quite happy I did, because most of what I would have gone over (The face is too blah, belt, etc.) you already brought up. So now I feel like an idiot :banghead:

Amyway, I do still have a few things, but one is more a solution then a critique... rather then just desaturating UE's hair, you might want to try darkening it and changing the hue a bit. I looks more like a purple highlight then a blue one to me.

The other is something I'm not sure doesn't fall under the "Under construction" category like the rest. You just kind of left the male_basic neck alone, which is fine if you're meaning to add a collar later, but if you arean't, you still need to add a shadow around the neck, just to offset the seam

The Pwime · July 07, 2007, 09:44:21 AM

QuoteAnyway, I do still have a few things, but one is more a solution then a critique... rather then just desaturating UE's hair, you might want to try darkening it and changing the hue a bit. I looks more like a purple highlight then a blue one to me.

It was originally a purple-blue-ish colour, until I did some desaturating. Then it turned out more purple, but it's starting to grow on me. However, i want the hair to be mostly black, so I will darken it like you said. Hopefully the purple highlight will be a litte more subtle then. ^_^

QuoteThe other is something I'm not sure doesn't fall under the "Under construction" category like the rest. You just kind of left the male_basic neck alone, which is fine if you're meaning to add a collar later, but if you arean't, you still need to add a shadow around the neck, just to offset the seam

He is indeed going to have a collar. It'll be like...a choker, I guess, attached to his top, and it'll have a buckle on it.

Thanks for the input, Tomato. ^_^

Podmark · July 07, 2007, 02:00:26 PM

I like!

UnkoMan · July 09, 2007, 10:21:36 PM

That's a totally good way to add the red splash to the shirt. Yep, this is good stuff.

The Pwime · July 28, 2007, 08:33:47 PM

Alright, Flesheater is still in the works, but in the meantime, here's the final version of my av for the FR Mod.

I previewed something similar above, up on this page, but decided I could do much better, both design-wise and in the actual skinning.

It's very similar though.

UnkoMan · July 28, 2007, 09:28:30 PM

Ren's Sentry hair looks a lot better, in my opinion. It's skinned nicely, too. The mask is also much cooler looking.

The only weird spot for me is the little diamond, mid torso. Granted, it's gettin' squashed by the pose, but it is still a tiny bit odd. On the other hand, the white armour seems to stand out better, here. The feet are sort of odd, too... I am on the fence about whether I think it is good weird or weird weird. I'd have to download it and give it a close look. But this is just personal asthetics so whatever.

I don't have any useful tips for this skin. It's very nice.

Man, avatar updates. Actually, just today I skoped my avatar onto a male_basic frame, so I could play with keyframes. Ren's Superman ones, awesome as they are, just didn't feel right for the character. I'm going to see if I can't use M25's crazy keyframe tool to get the perfect set.