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[area34]

My first female skin. I've played with her face a lot trying to make her more unique. Originally I tried to do the costume similar to how AA does his Super-Girls (BTW the SuperGirl Returns zip is currupt) but it always came out to busy and to bulky/manely. How he does it I don't know. I'm going to need more practice to be able to do women and make them look less muscular.

[John Jr.]

Like I said in the other topic, they're great. Yes, Titan is more impressive, but MG is great too.
Congratulations and thanks for the help!
I'm looking forward to get them!

[AfghanAnt]

Oh cool. I'm glad you finished up Mighty Girl. They look great together.

[BentonGrey]

They do look good together.  Great work Area!  You're improving, man.

[area34]

I need some help on these.



I can't seem to get Damian's face to look young enough. I don't know if it the head size (bigger and more round would be better) or what but he feels to old to me. Any suggestions to get it right?

and

Holocaust, just grrr, I get working on him and think he's looking right but then, bam, I hate it. All I've got right now is the main body (that arm is just a rough) and I'm trying to give is glass suit look but I'm not sure if it looks right. I need help with the dome too. I inserted a flaming fx into the dome but having two alpha's causes problems. Any one know how to get that dome to look good?

[Podmark]

First off two thumbs way up for tackling these two characters.

With Damien you're right, a different shaped head would make a world of difference. What are you using right now? Maybe try Renegade's old kid meshes, Renegade's Captain Marvel Jr, or Superboy, or Tom's teen mesh.
Wider/larger eyes will also help alot. Also don't emphasize the chin too much, it looks like you might have a highlight on it. Sharp features are a sign of adults, you want soft rounded features for kids. However you need to balance that with making Damien look like a deadly assassin he is.

I'm not really familiar enough with Holocaust to offer much help right now.

[area34]

That's Tomato's Teen that I shrunk to 60%. I've been trying to hunt down Ren's Male_teen_14 but it's not in his Yahoo group.

edited to add-

I'm an idiot. I didn't read. Sidekick pack... Definitely the mesh to use.

[Podmark]

Sidekick pack... Definitely the mesh to use.

It might be tricky to get that mesh to use the right keyframes that you want. Worse case scenario (or maybe it's best case, I don't know), mount the body onto Ren's old Robin mesh.

[AfghanAnt]

I don't think Ren's Robin really fit Damon. Wouldn't he need duo swords and slicked back hair?

[Podmark]

I don't think Ren's Robin really fit Damon. Wouldn't he need duo swords and slicked back hair?

I did say worse case scenario. But the hair wouldn't be an issue if you mounted the male 14 to the mesh instead of the standard body.

[AfghanAnt]

Why not just use the mesh you have now and skope his head larger and his body smaller? You can do this via nifinstance.

[area34]

The reason Tomato's Teen didn't work with the resize like you say AA is that the head is still more rectangular than round. Right now I have Ren's Teen_14 with the head slightly oversized. It looks a lot better but some of the other parts need changing now. He has keyrames that are an altered version of the keys DM made for Batman so he can pull out one sword. I'll have pics later when I fix the seams and everything that got messed up on the different body.

Edited to add -
I updated the above photo to show what he looks like now. I know his pants are grey/blue and not black leather but I think it looks better this way (I'll do both).

[NomadX]

That Holocaust skin is looking pretty slick so far. Hope you get the issues you have with it resolved.

[AfghanAnt]

Not to be that guy but your Damian looks like he's bargaining A LOT my Red Robin and Robin TT work. I don't usually have a problem with kitbashing this but it took me a long time to develop my new style and I'd really to like to keep it mine. Especially since you've shown you can skin extremely well (see Rusty Colins). I've never released a base skin for a reason.

[area34]

Here's where he's at now. AA I did use the color picker for the reds off your Robin and I did run with your technique of less contrast in colors in the tunic. I had already ditched the leather because yeah they did end up looking similar (besides he wears pants when Quietly draws him). The body is Courts costume base and the face is Courts new face base but I think he's looking more Tim Drake than Damian though in the face.

edited to add - I forgot to say that the buckle and cape I haven't touched yet so they did have the skin from the parts I skoped from. Those weren't intended to be used.

[area34]

Well I have bad news. The bridge on my main PC's motherboard died on me and since the board was old to begin with I'm taking the opportunity to go ahead and upgrade it. Now the PC that I use for doing my programming and art is out of commission until the parts are shipped to me.

It sucks that I had packed up Rusty and Pyro for upload right before it went down. Sigh, I'm not going to bother moving my drives to my other comps just for a few files so those two are going to have to wait. It looks like LP will get Skid's out before I can get Rusty released.

[laughing paradox]

Sorry to hear about your comp woes.

With my slow pace, your Rusty may show up sooner than my Skids.

[crimsonquill]

Well I have bad news. The bridge on my main PC's motherboard died on me and since the board was old to begin with I'm taking the opportunity to go ahead and upgrade it. Now the PC that I use for doing my programming and art is out of commission until the parts are shipped to me.

It sucks that I had packed up Rusty and Pyro for upload right before it went down. Sigh, I'm not going to bother moving my drives to my other comps just for a few files so those two are going to have to wait. It looks like LP will get Skid's out before I can get Rusty released.

Sorry to hear about your PC, Area.. Things always seem to pop up when you least expect them and computer tech stuff has thrown more then a few wrenches into my work on FF material. Thankfully you are able to just put those on hold and use this chance to upgrade your system. I'm looking forward to play with Pyro and Rusty as soon as they are released.

And your work so far on Holocaust is incredible... 

- CQ

[area34]

Alright, I'm repaired and ready to work. Here is where Damian was when I crashed



The Belt buckle hasn't been skinned yet so it's still AA's. With the rest, I hope AA can see that I wasn't swiping his work just the colors...

And rather than put this in a new thread- Has there ever been a Dark Flash skin? I know nothing of the character but I saw the outfit today and really liked it. I'll make one if it doesn't exist but if it's been done already I won't bother.

[Podmark]

Has there ever been a Dark Flash skin? I know nothing of the character but I saw the outfit today and really liked it. I'll make one if it doesn't exist but if it's been done already I won't bother.

That depends do you mean the Dark Flash - some alternate reality version of the Flash from the mid-to-late 90's or Black Flash the personification of death to speedsters in the DCU?

If you mean Dark Flash then at least Courtnall6 and I think AA have skinned him in the past. If you mean Black Flash, then I don't recall any skins of him.

[area34]

Yeah that's the one. I guess I won't skin it but now I have to find it.

[NomadX]

I sent C6's skin to your email.  

[area34]

Thanks. I'm already running around with him. I have no clue who he is (other than a version of Flash) but I love the look. I'm a sucker for simple clean designs.

[UnkoMan]

Hey, that Damian is turning out nice. I gotta ask though, what's with that shadow line on the side of his face, from just in front of his ear? Is that suppose to be a cheek or something? Other than that you're doing alright.

[area34]

It's a jaw line. I think with a kid shaped head it comes out wrong. I've been experimenting with blending it down so it's not as harsh but I don't want to lose it altogether. I'll tweek it more.

[UnkoMan]

The problem with it being a jaw line is it goes in front of the ear. Unless we're talking about different things.
If we ARE talking about the same line then it would end at the base of the ear.

[area34]

After playing with Damian more and starting a Power Packer, I think I know why it's funky. He started off on a normal teen mesh and then I moved him to Ren's sidekick who has a round head. It stretches and compresses differently.

[area34]

Just to show I haven't stopped...



Abigail Brand of SWORD.
This is based off of Cassaday's take on the uni instead of Sanders current take. The skope started life as DM's Agent 13. It's Nearly complete, it just needs the touch ups for whatever you people see needing fixed and the belt. I just started on the belt so the pouches are Unko's at the moment and still needs to be done. My only problem is the seam around the boobs can't be smooth do to the Female Versatile's construction.

[detourne_me]

Looking GREAT!   there can never be enough X-universe skins!

[murs47]

Well done Area