The Corpse - Finally Finished

[Dr.Volt]

AWESOME work!  Ditto with what everyone else said.  Benton's eyes are awesome.  Actually, really excellent on the guy's face.  The scales are quite nice.  Overall, just a really pristine, kick butt skin.

Sooooo, the inevitable question is when will it be available for download at the Unkoman's Yahoo site???   Or will it be elsewhere??? :D  *big cheesy, crap eating grin* 

[UnkoMan]

Geezy louizey. Well, thanks everybody. Glad you enjoy it. It'll be up after I finish skining the feet (I kept forgetting... duh) and Benton does himself a hero file for it.

I have done it that way before, Tomato. Some time ago on my King Cobra skin. I may go back and tone them down a little bit (and tone them up on the refl) but not too much, probably. Thanks for the tip though.

And Carravaggio... yeah those are submariner ankle wings by Grenadier. I was searching for the right one for a while, and then I discovered those were already hidden on the mesh I was using... they worked perfectly.

EDIT: In question to if I am going to do the other redesigns... No, I don't plan to. Pwime did a very nice skin of my version of his avatar, however.
But really, I did this Benton one since he didn't have an official avatar in use, and I really liked the visual. Plus, he's gotta have something for the Freedom Reborn conversion mod right? Right?

[detourne_me]

Solid work All around Unko!!

love the gills and calf fins,  the design is really nice on the shirt too, with the seams coming up into the uhh, pointy parts.
wicked stuff

[AfghanAnt]

You realize how amazing that skin came out, do you? Of course you do. I envy your design and execution on this one. Perfect is every way.

[murs47]

great, great, great skin! I really love the detail you put into his face! just wow! it adds so much flavor to it!
great work :thumbup:

[The Pwime]

that's insane!  :o


...


you're insane!

*tackles Unko with a straitjacket*

[BentonGrey]

Unko...you know how much I love that design, and I've told you how much I love that skin.  It really is simply beautiful.  I love the regal look on my boy's face.  Man, I really can't wait to get him in game.  As a matter of fact, I'm almost tempted to force him on the community by adding him into the DCU mod. ^_^

[Revenant]

That is outta this world!  Those scales are so neat!!!!

[Toxic_J]

Sweet skinning there man, you totally outdid yourself on that one. :thumbup:

[doctorchallenger]

Can I say...




Wow.

[Dr.Volt]

*humming* Bump....this one's too good to get lost too quickly.   :)

[UnkoMan]

Okay, this is really really preliminary, but I thought I might try doing a base from scratch. Except I'm a fool with muscles, so I did check out C6's costume base to judge where to put some of them. Anyhow, I am just goofing around right now, and barely started, but any advice is welcome. I don't know if I will even finish it.

[murs47]

It looks good so far for being preliminary stages.

If you want another good reference for your base skin you should try picking up an issue of "Muscle & Fitness" magazine. I know the bodybuilders are little too beefy in there but you can really see the definition, proper placement, and proportions muscles have to one another. You can also google some body builder images come to think of it.

Good luck with your base.

[The Hitman]

Looks good thus far. The skin tone on the middle (caucasion) base seem a little too goldenish or sandy, but that's probably just because it's not fiinished. Keep up the good work!

[UnkoMan]

Yeah, those are just preliminary skin tones I threw up over the grey.

For this base I am going for a soft, cartoony feel. Something smooth and not overly defined or realistic. It's the style I usually skin to, and it's way easier, so why not?

Look up body builders, eh? I should have thought of that.

[Deaths Jester]

I don't know fi ye meant for the arms to be so...well....faded looking or it's jsut the pic but I'd go back and darken it up a little on them...mainly show the slight muscle areas that are shown show up jsut a bit more.  Just a thought, though.

[UnkoMan]

You're totally right. I actually think the contrast overall is a bit low, but the arms are really the worst culprit. Also, the stomach looks incredibly bad. I don't want a ripped six pack though. I was sort of hoping a sort of cartoony feel, but can't quite get it right. Any suggestions on that'd be nice.

Even though I haven't worked on this since I showed the previews... cough cough.

[Tomato]

Haha, this reminds me of my attempts at Bases... This is better then my first attempt though (or my fourth >.<)

As far as doing the Abs, you might wanna try putting the crease through the center, maybe curve the outside ab lines( :blink: ) inward a bit. If I'm not mistaken, that's how abs are suggested in the JL animated style, which is effective without going overboard.

But yeah, the biggie right now is to up the contrast and maybe try shapening it a bit. The muscles on the arms and back are there, you just kind of over-blured them.

I will say though... I'm happy to see you're at least attempting to match the seems... alot of skinners don't bother on their bases or skins, which is one of my personal pet pieves

[AfghanAnt]

I like the way this is headed. I look forward to the face though.

[UnkoMan]

Wow. I had forgotten about that cartoony base I was begining. I wonder where that ever went.

Oh well. Guess what, I finally got around to doing another skin. This is for Vamp's avatar.

Actually, I have done some skins in the mean time, but they aren't going to be for download at my personal groups, so I'm not showing them off. Vamp's, however, I'm rather fond of...



My seams and blending is getting softer and softer, it seems. This is in my first yahoo group, and really... the hex is what makes it. Ren's Wildcat with his Hourman III cape, Gren's Vision collar, Vertex's Baron Blood ears, and a belt tossed on from Texas Jack's Wolverine. Toss Ink's Magneto keys to complete the picture, and it looks great.

[Blkcasanova247]

I really...really love this AV Unko....excellent work! :thumbup:

[GGiant]

I really...really love this AV Unko....excellent work! :thumbup:

[AfghanAnt]

Unko, you always have the most interesting designs for avatars and originals.

[Tomato]

I really like the job you did on this Unko, the blending between some of those pieces (especially the cheekbones) is magnificent. Good job man.

[kkhohoho]

No offense, but it looks like he's hardly wearing anything.  You really should have his fur go all over his body except for his face.  That would be a good design.  He'd also be able to realistically get out of it, unlike the spandex that heroes and villains mysteriously get in and out of. :wacko:

[Previsionary]

Nice joke, KKho. I mean, that's the only way the

but it looks like he's hardly wearing anything

makes sense...unless that passes as scantily clad these days... :huh:

Anyway, I like the design Unko. It kinda reminds me of Batman/Die Fledermaus. Hopefully Vamp likes it as much as the rest of us do.

[Rick Battlemage]

Wow I love that design, very awesome!

I don't think it needs realism, realism sucks. Yay for spandex mysteries!

[Volsung]

Unko, you always have the most interesting designs for avatars and originals.

Yes, Unko's work is really unique! Good work  :thumbup:

[UnkoMan]

He's actually fully covered. Although he does have a furry body underneath, none of it is exposed.

Partially because I really hate skinning hair, and partially because I love spandex costumes, but mostly because that's Vamp's request. See, Vamp's character is somewhat ashamed of his bat-like body, and so tends to cover it up. This gives the illusion that maybe it's all costume, and he could still be human.

I am curious... did you think the lighter brown was his body? That never really occured to me, but I did add seams, to give it a more costumey feel.

Anyhow, thanks guys. Now off to work on a couple more things I should have really done a while ago.

[BentonGrey]

Man......that's a fantastic skin and hex Unko, great work man!  I really love the look of that character, a really unique avatar, Vamp.