Future Foundation Spidey

[ghazkul]

Hey everyone, this is my first proper skin. I was sooo looking forward to an Atrocitus skin that I couldn't waait and so tried making one. I works best on Ren's Parasite mesh and i dont have character viewer so @,m gonna just have to show the un-meshed skin. It's not great and I had to cheat by taking the teeth from a pic I had, but the rest is free hand with a mouse and using general base skins. So, yeah, critiques welcome!



If anyone wants I will put it up on my Yahoo group.

P.S. Sorry for the bad quality image, the actual file is better quality.

[tommyboy]

A nice looking skin.
Not that keen on the look of the character (in the comics, not your skin) myself, but I think you've done a good job capturing him.

[Vertex]

I am entirely too unimaginative to comment on a laid out skin.. can't comment till on a mesh so.. umm looks nice?

[ghazkul]

Thanks. If anyone knows where I can get a character viewer I'll put up some pics of it on the mesh.

[tommyboy]

Thanks. If anyone knows where I can get a character viewer I'll put up some pics of it on the mesh.

http://www.freedomfans.com/modforce/

or got to sourceforge for Nifskope, you can view on that, but it's a little harder to get skins to appear as you need to set it up.

[ghazkul]

OK, this is the best preview I can do.

[Vertex]

actually I like it, but ya might need to do some touchups so it's more distinctive from the red of the costume. It's looking a bit vague and too similar (to me) to the color of the costume.

[Gremlin]

Agreed, the face could use some more shading around the neck or a slightly different color. Other than that, I love it, and the Parasite mesh is an excellent choice. A wonderful first skin, especially considering you didn't even use the character tool!

[Xenolith]

Hmm.  Might need a new, blood vomit fx to go with this guy. 

[ghazkul]

I thought of that, but I was scuppered by two things.
One: I dont know how to make effects.
Two: I don't know how to add effexts to
If I did i would SO create an effect like the Frozen effect, but pink for my Star Sapphires.

[laughing paradox]

I thought of that, but I was scuppered by two things.
One: I dont know how to make effects.
Two: I don't know how to add effexts to
If I did i would SO create an effect like the Frozen effect, but pink for my Star Sapphires

Making a custom effect in the game is a lot easier than you think. For that pink bubble effect, all you would need is to have FFX and use the Crystalize swap power. Look at your FFX game manual, (which you can find here: C:/Program Files/Irrational Games/Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich/ffx3/manual), then look for Crystalize under the "Attack Types" tab to find more information about it.

Regarding your skin, it looks pretty good. Like some have said, the red of the face looks too much like the red of the costume.. you can just change the hue or brightness level to adjust that. Your skin could also benefit from some highlights. You can read a great tutorial on highlights here: http://frworld.wikispaces.com/skin+highlights+tutorial

I hope that helps.

[Xenolith]

I didn't mean you should have to do it!     I was hinting that I might make one.  Heck, maybe Prev has one in the works?

[Jakew]

Whoa ... nice work on your first skin, man!

[UnkoMan]

I actually think the reds are different enough, honestly. The costume has this lightness to it, provided by the white highlights. I would think about changing the whiteness of the highlights to a more saturated, but perhaps a tiny touch pinker or oranger colour. That's my personal preference though.

I do want to ask, how are you doing lines? That is the seams on the boots and gloves, and the others here and there. The ones connecting neck piece to head seem to have both light and dark, giving a more 3 dimensional appearance, but for most of them you just use dark lines. Adding the highlight lines as well as the shadows makes things pop a lot more.

Final thing, the logo is a bit clunky looking to me. Again, wondering what you used to make it. Or it could just be size of skin or something. The lines just look sort of messy.

Still, it's a good first time. Better than mine, for sure. You'll pick up more as you go. I really like what you did with the face here. That stands out quite well. Keep at 'er, man.

[BentonGrey]

Wow, quite impressive for a first skin, man!  I'm not really terribly familiar with the character, but you did a great job on the face.  Good work, and I look forward to seeing even more impressive things from you!

[AfghanAnt]

For a first skin this shows real potential. You should really work on some more, I'd love to see you evolve.

[murs47]

For a first skin this show real potential. You should really work on some more, I'd love to see you evolve.

I feel the exact same way. For a first skin, it's impressive.

[Podmark]

Yeah it's very nice, especially considering it's a first skin. I hope we see you trying some more.

[cryonic2099]

Can I get a link to your yahoo group?

[Cyber Burn]

   I agree, really nice for a first skin. I like the face a lot. Have you thought about skoping on the extra pieces, like the shoulder pads and collar? That might bring a little more individuality to the character.

[ghazkul]

Ok, it's up on my Yahoo Group. And I have no idead how to skope. I tried to learn and my eyes glazed over. Oh there is two skins in the release, my basic one and one taking the advice to add extra highlights.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfireskins/

[ghazkul]

Ok guys, what do you think of this?





My attempt at skinning Anti-Venom onto the always useful Parasite_ren. To be honest, I'd be completely happy with the mesh if I could add the claws from Venom_TJ onto it, just to finish the look.

[Podmark]

Adding the claws shouldn't be too hard. I could probably do it for you.
I'd dial back on whatever texture you're using on the body, it's a little too much I think.

[deano_ue]

the texture is so forceful. lower the opacity it should be there but shouldn't distract from the other details of the skin

[ghazkul]

Ok, I don't know how to change opacity guys (or even what it is, lol) but I hope this is what you meant.

[deano_ue]

what program are you using, if you make sure each element of the skin is on a separate layer you can work with them without messing with the other elements

[ghazkul]

I use Photoshop. I pretty much suck at effects and can never get my head around the motr complicated aspects of skin design, layers and high-lighting. Though admittedly my current low levels of inteligence may be due to having just watched 14 episodes of THE SUPER HERO SQUAD in a row

[Podmark]

Though admittedly my current low levels of inteligence may be due to having just watched 14 episodes of THE SUPER HERO SQUAD in a row

Well that's just not healthy for anyone.

It looks like you're using the texturizer there. When you open it there should be some settings, you want to play with them to get a lighter effect.

Your second picture is an improvement but it could probably go down even lower.

[ghazkul]

I think when I take it lower it loses its prescnece. But I'll try and see what works best.

Podmark: Adding the claws shouldn't be too hard. I could probably do it for you.

That would be great Pod.

[Podmark]

So Venom claws on Parasite. I'll try to give that a try tonight.