Catastrophe's skins: Carravaggio/Silver Star

[catastrophe]

I've always liked podmarks avatar so i decided to take a try :) tell me what you think ;)

[Podmark]

Looks pretty cool, maybe a little too Deadpool though. Is that a crosshair skoped to his back?

[catastrophe]

nah i just put it there in Photoshop, and yeah i was gonna put some more metal on to make him look a bit different from deadpool but i ran out of imagination  <_<

glad you think its cool tho

[billdamn22]

Good to see ya back around these parts, Cat. Nice job on the skin. Different colors or even a different design on the mask will help differentiate him from Deadpool. Just my 2 cents.... ;)

[catastrophe]

thanks bill :) nice to see you too.

I've been trying to update my old AV, so i came up with two designs.



which one looks best?

[Lunarman]

Nice, I'm liking the gritty urban look you've got going. All quite grim tonally as opposed to the bright colours of C6, say.

Well, looking at your current Av I'd say the red guy seems to me like the same person. The guy in yellow and black is awesome design, but perhaps not quite right for your Av.

And some skinning points. On the reg guy you've done pretty good seams at the edges of the red and the black. It looks great. But you don't seem to have done any on the yellow's boots, and the red's bracers. If anything boots and bracers should have bigger seams with perhaps a little bevel/emboss too, because they actually stick out from the skintight costume.

Those are two very cool skins

[Tomato]

I'd say the one on the right personally, the design is better and more unique to you, while the one on the left... well, to be brutally honest, looks like eithor a Carrivagio redesign or one of his minions, rather then a "Catastrophe".

And speaking of Carr... he made a highlight tutorial (here) which is a bit outdated (most of us don't use pure-white highlights, but pure red for red sections, pure yellow for yellow, etc.), but you still might want to look into it, it really does help your skins pop.

[catastrophe]

i kinda think the first one looks more like the old lame Catastrophe http://frworld.wikispaces.com/Catastrophe so i based his design on black adam and the old one to make it look new yet still recognizable

The second one was based of my CoH toon Vulchon(catastrophe was taken) his costume was first based on Gabriel "Vulcan" Summers, but i found out his costume looked more like Exodus.

while i understand how he can be compared to Carr that was not the intention, but ill try to make him stand out more.

thanks for the tutorial link, ill look into that too.

[UnfluffyBunny]

the first is way too black adam IMO, the 2nd is preety darn cool, i'd say play with the second, try to kick it up jus a lil more, make it pop, and you'll have a winner, love the scarring on the face

[catastrophe]

thanks for the tips



alright so i tried to make it better by adding a bit of highlighting, making the bracers stand out more and adding some shade to his face...tell me what you think:)

[Lunarman]

wow you learn fast.

It's a 10 fold improvement.

I really like the character that the shade on his face has given him, makes him look like a veteran.

[catastrophe]

thanks Lunar :D tried to keep him urban while adding the highlights...glad you liked it ^^

[Tomato]

wow you learn fast.

It's a 10 fold improvement.

I really like the character that the shade on his face has given him, makes him look like a veteran.

I agree with Lunar. Much much better. It's amazing what a few subtle highlights will do in the right places  :thumbup:

[catastrophe]

Im lacking ideas for this guy, im thinking hes gonna be some sort of anti-hero or a villain but i dunno what his powers would be.

Any inputs HIGHLY appriciated :D

PS: and yes, im gonna reskin the belt and helm that syn skinned

[Carravaggio]

I like it. the red reflect layer looks really nice, not overdone. the helm and the eyes really make him look like a bag guy, or like a hero turned bad (think Hyperion in Exiles). As is always the case with making characters, i reckon you should have an idea or concept first, then base ur design around that. sure its ok to sketch out general costume ideas for later use, but I find, and this is just for ME, that deciding on a solid concept first helps build better characters down the line.
The stripes behind him look like the american flag. So again this leads me to think a possibly patriotic hero that has become disenfranchised with his gov't or the old ways of traditional heroes and is making a bid to take over and run things his way.
If you imagine his costume was originally the old red white and blue, he could have changed the blue to black, to represent a fall from grace or the corruption of the system (so all you'd need is to add a silver or white symbol of some sort).
As for powers while he looks like the classic SS/Invulnerable flyer, it might be worthwhile making him more unique and interesting (cos i have found that characters that can only fly and hit things in game are pretty boring to play). Look at magneto, his powers enable him to emulate SS and flight, and protection from harm, as well as a huge range of interesting other abilities.
Superboy uses telekinesis to simulate SS and flight, but also uses it in more traditional ways.
Or you could go against the grain and give him massive psychic powers.

[billdamn22]

Definitely a villain. I can't get over how much you have improved your skinning techniques! This is a great one. :thumbup:

[catastrophe]

Thanks guys, i gave it some thought and came to the conclussion he's a former patriotic hero turned bad, feeling that Starlight City and the rest of the world has lost their way. Insane from his newfound exploration, hes now taken it up on himself to destroy other heroes and politicians to make the world see it his way.

Its kinda cliche but nowadays, what isnt when it comes to heroes?

He gets his superstrenght and invunerability from metal, the higher density the stronger his powers become. Example: If hes up against one soldier without his helmet he would be able to resist bullets from that gun/rifle and have the strenght to break the gun/rifle with his bare hands. If hes up against 50 soldiers he's strong enought to resist a bullet with the density of 50 without injury, and able to break a rifle with the density of 50 rifles...i hope its not to confusing, to beat this guy it would be smart teleporting him out into the desert or out in the sea. He also has the ability to walk on air due his helmet.

[catastrophe]

"Tomato went insane when his friend didnt buy his favorite chocolate, his fire powers incinerated everything in a 50 mile radius and it seems his mind burnt away too. Now hes rampaging through Patroid City burning everything, living and otherwise! Mentor's head now hangs in the balance of Tomato's living room lamp. Will Freedom Force save the world from this fruity inferno or will they succumb to his burning powers?"



and yes i know a tomato isnt a fruit, it just sounds cooler than vegetable  :P

and ill be redoing Podmarks avatar :S it looks way too much like Deadpool, dunno how i deemed that skin done...

[Mystik]

tomatoes are fruit

I like your rotten tomato

[Figure Fan]

This skin should be called Rotten Tomato. It just works so well.

Your skins are so awesome. I don't really remember you skinning much in the past, but you sure know what you are doing these days. Rotten Tomato's costume looks nice. Perhaps better than the original..

[Tomato]

...

:blink:

:wacko:

:D

:wub:

That is officially the coolest skin ever. Especially the face. Comes at a great time too... Prem keeps saying I'm becoming a villain.

[GGiant]

That is officially the coolest skin ever.

WOW!

[Lunarman]

Omg, it's like little shop of horrors all over again!!

Help us!

[deanjo2000]

great skin :thumbup:
But it would be cool if it was'nt tomato gone evil but a messed up clone (like stan from south park ^_^)
That way tomato would have a nemesis :D

[catastrophe]

Thanks guys, im loving the feedback  :D ill be releasing it but im having some problems with firefox and IE so ill wait until 2008

FF: i skinned alot of skins before but im not advising them being downloaded :P

Thor Reborn: Damn, Your right :P

[AfghanAnt]

Wow, you did a great job with the face

[billdamn22]

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (now I will never be able to get that song out of my head). Awesome.....just awesome........

[UnkoMan]

Hilarious! And that face is perfect!

[Blkcasanova247]

Very cool skin. :thumbup: A Tomato is a fruit.

[GGiant]

Hmmm...is the hair rotten too?