DJ's stuff - Chinook revisioned

[UnkoMan]

I mentioned it on the other boards, but I still love this take on my avatar. It's ridiculously awesome.

[Deaths Jester]

Well, thanks to Ren putting out his perfect Captain_America_Classic mesh, I bring ye Steve Rogers, The Captain.  Now some will say that that's just US Agent, but their wrong.  See there's three distinct differences.  One is the shield (US Agent never carried a red,white and blue shield), another is that US Agent's costume doesn't have a star on the back (this one does) and the third is the man in the costume.  Look for it to be posted on Freedom Asylum in the next couple days.

[BatWing]

cool! us agent capt!

[UnkoMan]

This is dang cool... Dang cool.

Now I don't actually know enough about Cap lore to know the real difference between USAgent (doesn't smile?), Cap, or this costume... But I don't even care. It's a cool looking costume, and really I just want to see him bunch some bad guys.

[General Jerky]

Sweet Skin DJ you are teh pwnzor  ;)

[Deaths Jester]

This is dang cool... Dang cool.

Now I don't actually know enough about Cap lore to know the real difference between USAgent (doesn't smile?), Cap, or this costume... But I don't even care. It's a cool looking costume, and really I just want to see him bunch some bad guys.

Cap Lore 101:  During the 80s or so, Steve Rogers was striped of the Captain America uniform, name and shield by the goverment because he didn't want to follow orders by what he considered questionable people.  They gave the uniform to John Walker, the former Super-Patriot, who while he would follow orders, also was a bit overly aggressive.  During the time Walker was Captain America, Steve Rogers continued his adventuring career as The Captain, wearing the above costume.  Later on, the goverment decided that Rogers was the best possbile for to be Captain America and reinstated him.  Walker was given a version of The Captain's uniform along with a new shield and dubbed The US Agent.  Now ye have some Cap Lore.  Oh man....I'm a real freakin geek...and to think that I was considering doing Rogers during his time as The Nomad....

-DJ

[Deaths Jester]

Alrighty...for those wondering what the difference between The Captain and US Agent are...well...'ere ye go.



I'll post it Friday of this week...maybe...if I get around to it...perhaps...

[BatWing]

his mouth!

[BentonGrey]

Great work man, I love the snarl on Walker!

[Deaths Jester]

his mouth!

And his shield!

Okay...now to something a bit different.  Some of ye might remember the old Wild Card skin/original I did some time back...well, I decided to revist the character and kinda update his look while keeping as close to the original idea as possible.  So, though, it doesn't look that much different at first glance but if ye look close enough ye can see alot of differences in technique.


Body


Head

-DJ

[Tomato]

This skin is both much better and slightly worse, in my opinion. The technique is definately better, as seen by the fact that the buttons are no longer just blobs of color. However, with the suit(just the white sections, the undershirt and tie are fine) it looks like you went a bit too Blur-happy. I'd go back and make certain areas sharper and more contrasted.

Overall though? Much better. Love the facework

[Deaths Jester]

Well I had some time the other day and thought I'd throw together a random face...mainly becuase I 'aven't skinned a face from scratch in quite a while (I keep a selection of faces that I made moons ago that I use normally).  SO without any idea what I wanted to make or how it would look in the end..this is what happened.


Face w/o brows on a male heavy


Face w/ brows and stubble on Luke Cage V4

Teaser:  What evil bears the following shield?  Himmler? Goring? Hilter in a grass skirt? Ow_Tiobe on a bender? Volsung's free shirt??



-DJ

[ow_tiobe_sb]

You may expect a visit from my attorney, Mr. Jester.

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat

P.S. PM me.  I have an offer that you cannot refuse (Right! Well, you might refuse, but whose to decide, eh? (Quite right.  You might decide, but you know the song...(You know, the one about the speckled pigeon and her eight little...Come now!  What academy did you attend?))).

[UnfluffyBunny]

it's goldberg >_>

[Deaths Jester]

You may expect a visit from my attorney, Mr. Jester.

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat

P.S. PM me.  I have an offer that you cannot refuse (Right! Well, you might refuse, but whose to decide, eh? (Quite right.  You might decide, but you know the song...(You know, the one about the speckled pigeon and her eight little...Come now!  What academy did you attend?))).

Ye attorney?!?!?!  Why ye attorney?  I don't want to got to court or such!!  NOOOOOO!!!!

it's goldberg >_>

Ummm....ye know that really tells ye age when ye remember Goldberg....:P

[Deaths Jester]

Alrighty...been off a bit, mainly skinning stuff for Tiobe's mod but anyways....'eres a face I've been tinkering with and an original skin (based off of the uniform the Waffen-SS wore.....course with extras as well) that I'll upload somewhere once Ren's Toybox returns.  Enjoy.


Facial Tinkering


Stahlhelm 360


Stahlhelm face up-close

-DJ

[BatWing]

dude nice anti capt america! :thumbup:

[Podmark]

That looks pretty cool.

[Mole-Man18]

Wow! Nazi-Cap looks great!! Did you think about a name for him, like Uber SS-man, or something
like that? Once again: GREAT skin!! Have you thought about some kind of Cap-Communist? That whould
be cool. Or for example Nazi-Superman..Thanks for your work!

Sorry for my bad English. Dont mind mistakes, please.

[UnkoMan]

Cool stuff. I like that chin strap, and the details look very nice.

The only thing is the red of the shield looks a bit awkward to me, but I'd really like to see the refl on it in motion before I talk about that.


That other face looks pretty darn nice. I'd probably add a bit of a darker tone into all the shadows, though. It would give that little extra kick. I tend to always make things not quite contrasty enough, and then realize afterwards, so I go back and do it.

[murs47]

that is "uber" cool  lol

The details look really good and those boots are just plain awesome. great work :thumbup:

[Deaths Jester]

Cool stuff. I like that chin strap, and the details look very nice.

The only thing is the red of the shield looks a bit awkward to me, but I'd really like to see the refl on it in motion before I talk about that.

Ye ask and ye shall recieve...one pic of Stahlhelm in motion....course the shield doesn't appear to well...blast it...why do I do this sometimes.



Oh...I know why the shield looks wrong...I need to dull the red a bit....duh!!

That other face looks pretty darn nice. I'd probably add a bit of a darker tone into all the shadows, though. It would give that little extra kick. I tend to always make things not quite contrasty enough, and then realize afterwards, so I go back and do it.

Yeah...it really does need that darker toning in the shadows....this is what I get for working off of a second rate picture and using a mouse when I'm so used to a wacom.  Well....back to the drawing board with the face.

Wow! Nazi-Cap looks great!! Did you think about a name for him, like Uber SS-man, or something
like that? Once again: GREAT skin!! Have you thought about some kind of Cap-Communist? That whould
be cool. Or for example Nazi-Superman..Thanks for your work!

Name for him is Stahlhelm, which is German for Steel Helmet.  It's based off of the name that the Nazi's gave a group of retired WWI German vets that supported the Nazi view that the Treaty of Versailles was Germany's worst move ever...or at least that's the gist of it...I think (Hmmm...must check the book to remind myself of the name basis..).

As for a Cap-Communist or Nazi-Superman....I might go for it...not sure though just yet.  Right now I'm a bit enthralled with getting Ow_tiobe's mod skins done and then I'll see what I do from there. Expect more Nazi-inspired characters, though, becuase right now I'm extremely enthralled in their uniforms and heirarchy..along with all things WWII.

-DJ

[Deaths Jester]

Fixed Stahlhelm's shield coloring.  Hopefully it looks better now.

[BatWing]

it looks way better
when is it gonna be released dj?

[Carravaggio]

WOW! DJ, that is one fantastic skin! its very realistic, and a brilliant use for REN's beautiful mesh, top stuff!

[Deaths Jester]

it looks way better
when is it gonna be released dj?

Once Ren gets the Toybox back up and running I'll post the skin, that way no one has the problem of finding the mesh.

WOW! DJ, that is one fantastic skin! its very realistic, and a brilliant use for REN's beautiful mesh, top stuff!

Hey-hey...thanks Car.  I had hoped it would've come out just a tad more realistic but hey, it's still pretty damn good.

Anyways, what follows is a little facial work that I'm doing for Tiobe's Mod.  So if ye don't want to see what Tiobe and I are up to..don't look in the spolier section.

[spoiler][/spoiler]

[daglob]

This is dang cool... Dang cool.

Now I don't actually know enough about Cap lore to know the real difference between USAgent (doesn't smile?), Cap, or this costume... But I don't even care. It's a cool looking costume, and really I just want to see him bunch some bad guys.

Cap Lore 101:  During the 80s or so, Steve Rogers was striped of the Captain America uniform, name and shield by the goverment because he didn't want to follow orders by what he considered questionable people.  ... Oh man....I'm a real freakin geek...and to think that I was considering doing Rogers during his time as The Nomad....

-DJ

You mean you haven't already? I was thinking of putting him on the Alpha mesh so I could do the short cape.

[Deaths Jester]

This is dang cool... Dang cool.

Now I don't actually know enough about Cap lore to know the real difference between USAgent (doesn't smile?), Cap, or this costume... But I don't even care. It's a cool looking costume, and really I just want to see him bunch some bad guys.

Cap Lore 101:  During the 80s or so, Steve Rogers was striped of the Captain America uniform, name and shield by the goverment because he didn't want to follow orders by what he considered questionable people.  ... Oh man....I'm a real freakin geek...and to think that I was considering doing Rogers during his time as The Nomad....

-DJ

You mean you haven't already? I was thinking of putting him on the Alpha mesh so I could do the short cape.

Ohhh...I'm waiting on Ren to finish up the Nomad mesh he had tempted me with a few months back...then I might decide to do him then.

[Deaths Jester]

I've been looking for a reason to do a skin on Beyonder's Modok mesh and now I have it...but as usual I'm haivng the same old worries that I have on every other skin: does teh face look good enough?  (Yeah, I know, I've been doing this since FF began and I'm still worried over getting faces right...how lame is that?)  Anyways, 'eres what I have right now...now understand the skin is in a REALLY early stage so things could change...except that face if it passes mustard.  SO does it pass??

[ow_tiobe_sb]

If that face "passes mustard," I will submit my resignation.  I've witnessed some rather q.u.e.e.r. things in my lifetime, but a face excreting condiments would simply pack my bags for the next continent. ;)

The WIP is looking spiffy as usual, DJ.  Keep up the great skin work and the malapropisms! :)

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat

P.S. I will reply to your PMs someday...soon...:oops: