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[murs47]

Oh....I'm not sure about backwards compatibility. Sorry.

[Podmark]

Yeah the problem is that it's already been converted. I made the decision when I started using nifskope to go to FF2-only support, because it's much simpler to nifskope that way.

As it is I can't recreate the full Armor skope myself, because Alphanaut added the shade body to it, and I'm not sure how he set it up.

Sorry.

[murs47]

I just saw the new solicits today, judging by your new avatar so have you. What do you think of the new retro uniforms for the New X-Men? I kind of like them....Hellion looks crazy powerful on that cover.

Is your avatar Prodigy? I can't tell.

[Podmark]

I LOVE that cover! I love the new uniforms and I will definitly be skinning them, but I'll be waiting for better ref picks. However I think Hellion without Red just looks wierd.

Yep the av's Prodigy, but I've created avs for all 9 kids and will be switching them every few days. Prodigy is my favorite of the kids so I started with him.

[murs47]

Yeah, that cover is amazing. I really think Skottie Young was born to draw this book. The other artists are great as well, but I think his style is perfect for this book. I think Hellion looks bad expletive on that cover and the lack of red doesn't bother me.

It looks like Pixie made it ^_^ but where's Elixir :unsure:

[Podmark]

Yeah I am really impressed with Skottie's work. When I first heard he was coming onboard I groaned, but he quickly won me over with his sketches and his attitude toward the book. He really took alot of care imbuing each of the kids with the right look and energy. I honestly believe he was born to draw Anole and Pixie. Too bad his run is almost over.

Look closely at Pixie in the cover and you'll get an idea of what happens to her in the next few issues. And I'm sure Josh is still around, I'm not entirely sure why he isn't on the cover.

[murs47]

I just read issue 40.....and now I have a very good idea of what's happening to Pixie. Great issue..this arc has seriously surprised me, more then likely due to the development of the 2nd tier characters of the book.

[Podmark]

Yeah it's given me some serious skinning inspiration.

[murs47]

I was fooling around and made a sig out that new New X-Men cover, thought maybe you'd want to check it out. Feel free to use if you want.

Yeah it's given me some serious skinning inspiration.

I suspected it would, I was considering skinning Nehzno but I'm not sure if that was something you were going to eventually get to. My idea was to make a two-pack.....one where he is skinny and calm, and the other where he is ginormous, a face full of rage, and having his tattoos glow.

Just something I've been wanting to do but have held off cause I know how much love you have for the series.

[Podmark]

Thats a very nice sig, I think I will use it :D I'll set it up later tonight.

I'm pretty pumped up to do Vic and Santo, and Pixie too, but I'm really waiting to see them in costume. I'm not big on skinning them in plain clothes. So it might be a while til I actually do skin them.

Same issue with Nezhno, although his costume was kinda shown back in 23. I really like your idea of doing two versions. I won't be getting to him anytime soon so if you want to skin him go ahead.

I'm trying to learn gmax now which I'm going to use to supplement my nifskoping. One thing I want to do sometime in the future is do teen sized skopes for all the kids. I worked out some resizing data a while back with Peerless but I haven't tried it yet.

[murs47]

Had a feeling you'd like it :lol:

I think I will skin Nez, when Marvel finally reveals him in an actual uniform I know you'll be all over it in a jiffy ^_^

If you ever got to creating those adolescent sized meshes, I would have to say a New X-Men mod is necessary someday.

[Podmark]

I've put some thought into doing a New X-Men mod. If I ever sit down and learn EZscript that's what I'll be working on.

[Previsionary]

ooo, a new xmen mod would be most interesting.

[AfghanAnt]

Gentlemen, we really have to talk this weekend. Besides finishing a few skins I've started. I think I would be interested in a New X-Men mod as well if we included Carey's X-Men. I am really enjoying those two title currently.

[the_ultimate_evil]

this could be very interesting

[Blkcasanova247]

Oh....yeah! This could be sweet!

[murs47]

oh jeez.....look what I started :lol:

Hmmmmm......count me in :D

[ElijahSnowFan]

um, well, i have nothing to offer here creatively, but i can promise you i'm one person who would definitely play it!

[the_ultimate_evil]

umm is this still pods skin thread :P

[murs47]

hehe.....Pod's going to kill us! :rolleyes:

[vamp]

It went from skins to comics to a mod. Yeah, pods gonna kill ya'll

[Podmark]

*kills everyone!*

Oh wait I actually wanted to talk to them....

*brings everyone back to life*

Guys I'll say this again comics, mods, are good to go in my thread as long as they're somewhat related to the topic or me :D

So the idea of a New X-Men mod has really grabbed people's interest. I've actually been thinking about doing one since I installed FFX, but it was really more of a dream rather than an actual plan. I don't know how to scprit, but I looked briefly at EZscript and I think it's something I could probably figure out.

As for characters well I've skinned all of the main cast before so it's certainly possible on that end. Might need to do some villains and a few other characters though. The bigger question would be what kind of missions would you be interested in. Original ones, or missions that follow actual events from the comics? We could easily include the X-Men AA.

I'm not saying I'm definitely commiting to anything yet, but I'm open to talking about it.

[murs47]

*takes off halo and angel wings*

ahhh, feels good to be back :lol:

Yeah, you have skinned pretty much everyone......but I'm willing to help skin what you haven't. I'm sure others would be willing to lend a hand as well.

My idea for the mod in the broadest sense would be to start out as the X-Men (Carey's line-up) but the mission goes wrong and you then play as the New X-Men to rescue them. I'm sure one of you will come up with an even better idea I'm just throwing that out there.

What were those advanced humans that lived in the huge boat called? The ones that were after Sabretooth.

[vamp]

I have the first issue they show up in, but can't seem to find their name skimming.

And I like your idea, seems interesting.

Edit: Found it. The are called Niños de la Cámara- Children of the vault.
After re-reading it I am throughly ticked of about the careless mistakes in grammar

Edit2: Dang it podmark got it first

[Podmark]

They were called The Children.

Ok here's my list of New X-men I've skinned. Not all of them are online:

Prodigy
Surge (2 versions)
Wind Dancer
Wallflower
Icarus (2 versions)
Elixir (4 versions)
Hellion (2 versions)
Mercury (2 versions)
Dust (2 versions)
Rockslide (3 versions)
Tag
Wither (2 versions)
Anole
Indra
Pixie
Preview
Trance
Specter
Dryad
Quill
3-in-1
X-23 (3 versions)
Armor

And n the villain side
Stryker
Nimrod

[murs47]

I was just on Skottie Young's site and read this about his New X-Men cover:

"Here are my a peek at my latest covers. First up, my farewell cover to New X-men. Issue 43 will be my last issue, so I wanted to see what I could pull off on the last cover. And, I just wouldn't be me if I didn't go out like I came in...with redesigns. I wanted to look like a team visually so I took the costumes of 2 of my favorite incarnations, New Mutants and Generation X, mixed them up and...well you're looking at it."

:( It seriously sounds like the redesigns were just for the cover....but, that doesn't mean they can't be skinned ;) And a New X-Men mod would be the perfect reason to do that. :D

[Previsionary]

I think it would be a good idea to do a mixture of original and comic based missions. That allows for some flexibility/creativity and let's players get a feel of what's in the comic. Just a thought.

[murs47]

Here's another idea..........Magneto's eventual return is inevitable in the comics one day, but why not have our own original story of his return. Due to mutants current endangered species status, Magneto decides it is now a must to create a new empire and safe haven for mutants(i.e. Asteroid M, Genosha) He sees the New X-Men as an extremely powerful group of mutants, potentially.

He uses his words of wisdom and inspiration to persuade them into following his movement. He could make certain arguments such as:

"Professor X does nothing to help our kind, instead he flys away into space...a coward."

"Sitting around in a mansion will not save our race, the humans will eventually come for you, they will find a way, they always do."

Sorry, those aren't very well thought out quotes but you get what I'm going for.

Eventually the New X-Men find meaning in his words and join his cause. They still adhere to the morals of X-Men such as "no killing" and setting themselves as the good example. But they go out on missions such as destroying Sentinel factories, go face to face with Stryker(again) and his followers by bringing the fight to them instead of waiting for him to strike first.....and of course, eventually a confrontation with the regular X-Men.

Also, Magneto lead the New Mutants at one point so the use of those hybrid New Mutant/Gen. X costumes would be very fitting cause it would have some relative connection.

ehh, I think I typed way too much :banghead:

[Mystik]

a mission with the runaways or young avengers would be real cool

[Podmark]

Yeah I haven't yet heard that those costumes will be used in New X-Men other than the cover. I hope they are most people seem to like them. I'll still skin them though, they are just too cool not too.

I've got a couple of really nice ideas to recreate some of the actual events of the comics, and I think some original missions would also be good. I especially like the idea of having the Young Avengers and maybe even the Runaways or New Warriors involved (neither of which have been skinned yet).

I'd really like to do a mission where the kids fight the Purifers, and another against Nimrod. I'd also like to try one where you'd have to fight the Marauders. It'd be fun to see how the kids would do against them.