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[area34]

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I added shadow and hair to the face and fixed the weird red tint around his mouth. I just need to finalize the keyframes for the trio and if there are any suggestions for touch ups I'll do them but other than that I think the old man team is ready to be released.

[murs47]

very cool Area

[Blkcasanova247]

Very cool Area! Great skin...the only issue I have has to do with the mesh...Syn's Warpath mesh drives me crazy. No offense to Syn...his meshes are really fantastic...but the he made the shoulders on that mesh TOO broad for my taste. It's why I always end up using Grens Demon_JM mesh instead...just keeps the body shape better. Just my opinion.

[area34]

It's not even the shoulders that bug me about that skope (he's been drawn that way before), It's the idle animations. Other than the knife pose, his body is very stiff. I went with that since he's supposed to be old and skinny but if you thinks it's worth it I'll skope on demon and see how it looks.

Edited to add-

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I'll let the public decide which they like more.

[murs47]

I like both. The Warpath version gives him a lanky look though.

[area34]

Well, I'm ready to release the three old men and the Hellfire goons. I'm just needing more input on which version of Commando people will want.

[crimsonquill]

Well, I'm ready to release the three old men and the Hellfire goons. I'm just needing more input on which version of Commando people will want.

I like both versions of Crimson Commando too.. ugh.. decisions, decisions... 

Honestly, I'd include both character nifs and let us choose our own preference. I like the Demon_JM version but like Murs said the Warpath skope gives him that lanky look that fits with that version of the character.

And I'm looking forward to kicking some Hellfire Goon butt in the rumble room.

- CQ

[peanutpreuss]

I agree I like the Demon_JM version too, please release soon, I need a Crimson Comando for my game.

[Sledgehammer]

I have a thing for characters that are not clear-cut villains. The Shocker, for instance, is one of the most pragmatic bad guys I've ever seen in a comic book, and even though he could be considered a C-lister, I like him.

Pyro is one of those characters. He's not a complete criminal. He even died in a heroic way years ago. And he's Australian, which is always cool. Your Pyro work is fantastic, very detailed. And I've never seen some of those costumes before.

The other Freedom Force members came out great too. I personally prefer the second Crimson Commando.

[area34]

Since there is a a sudden interest in these guys I'll go ahead and release them before I finish the whole squad. I need to do the readme for the hex's and then I'll be able to upload the old men and the Helllfire goons (Pyro still has one outfit left to finish before he's done). I'll include both versions of Crimson. I think the fact I started with the Syn/Ink one first has made me biased to the skinnier one.

[electro]

I love Marvel's Freedom Force cast - They all turned out well with Crimson being my Fav

[area34]

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Alright- This guy was started back when I was doing my whole Courtnall-lite time. I've since redid chunks of him to make it more me but I wanted it to still look similar to Courts awesome Vindicator skin(since it's the previous iteration). If Court thinks this is to close to his style I'll not release it.

[murs47]

That looks fantastic! Good job.

[Podmark]

I'll agree with Murs, it looks awesome. And even if Court isn't ok with it I'm sure you could remake it just as well with Murs' base.

[area34]

-Thanks Murs, I'm just trying to keep up with you.

Pod- Yeah, I have all the layers split where I can swap things around easy but I'd rather not have to, y'know? When I tweaked the base for this I did it freehand with nothing as a reference so it would be more different. I think the only place where the musculature is similar now is the abs but that's just because there is only so many ways to do abs in white.

Now back to Holocaust.... This guy is so far out my style it is killing me.

[area34]

Taking a break from Holocaust with his first 616 kill...

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Rusty Collins aka the awful name Firefist.

He's a little bulkier than I like but to have the pants I had to use Ren's Cap and I wish the hairs bangs were just a bit longer in front... I skoped in fire FX's also.

I'm not sure if I should go for a more orangish hue to the shadows on the yellows...

[Podmark]

He looks great but I really think you should move him to a thinner mesh, maybe even a teen one. There are other options for baggy pants.

Happy to see Rusty skinned. I liked him when I was reading the Essential X-Factor.

[Sledgehammer]

That's a very well-skinned Rusty, area34. But I must agree with Pod here: maybe a thinner mesh would do wonders for the character. I guess it's just a matter of personal taste, because this is an excellent work indeed.

[area34]

Hey there's no debate on it I agree with both of you. Rusty should be skinny. I used the Cap body like I said for the pants but I'll refine the skope. I might use Pods MVP skope and see how it looks. I went ahead and posted him WIP anyways just to get any critiques on the skin. The wife says the face looks off and I wasn't sure (She also says the outfit looks like something a dancer would wear in a bad 80's music video) and since changing the skope means the skin needs to be played with I was wanting to know what looked wonky (I know I want to redo the boots since my attempt at apeing C6's leather boots was a failure.)

[area34]

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I tried out the MVP and Teen meshes and he just looked to skinny. He was always older than the New Mutants. He was a navy(?) man  when he first appeared so I went with a skinny adult mesh. Luckily, the texture I did on the pants give the impression that they are like the Cap pants.

Edited to add-
I know I said I wasn't going to do his other outfits but this one is an easy one since I have all the parts from my original skin to use. Question to those who remember the outfit (my books are in storage). Is this suit shiny and metallic? Comicvine only has one pic of the costume and I can't tell.

[area34]

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I think I'm finished with Rust. I went ahead and gave him a little bit of a gold shine until someone tells me otherwise.

Unless anyone has any suggestions I'll move on to another.

[laughing paradox]

This is really impressive, Area. I like your iteration of Rusty.. it makes me want to finish up Skids.

[Podmark]

Now that you mention it the boots are kinda wonky. The colours is too bloby if that makes anything. Maybe try something more smooth.

I don't recognize the second costume. Looks good though.

[area34]

I've played with the boots more. I mostly added some brighter red lines to make it look more like cloth folds. If I have time tonight I'll finish up Pyro and release two fire guys this weekend.

@Pod - I think he wore the gold outfit during his brainwashed MLF days (not to be confused with his brainwashed Acolyte days). I was never a big original X-Force fan so I'm not sure. The few pics I've seen of it look like Panoshian back when he was trying to be Liefield.

@LP - I try not to make request so if I ever do they'll hold more weight but I would definitely be down for a LP Skids. I might have to hunt for a Artie and Leech...

[crimsonquill]

I might have to hunt for a Artie and Leech...

I believe a skin for Leech and Artie were made awhile back using the Billy Batson mesh that Renegade made. I think I have them buried on my backup discs that I burned before the great virus attack that wiped out my old hard drives.

- CQ

[miguelyanke]

I tried out the MVP and Teen meshes and he just looked to skinny. He was always older than the New Mutants. He was a navy(?) man  when he first appeared so I went with a skinny adult mesh. Luckily, the texture I did on the pants give the impression that they are like the Cap pants.

Edited to add-
I know I said I wasn't going to do his other outfits but this one is an easy one since I have all the parts from my original skin to use. Question to those who remember the outfit (my books are in storage). Is this suit shiny and metallic? Comicvine only has one pic of the costume and I can't tell.

I think this bulkier is ok; sometime he has been saw as this:


Just, maybe, you should change is coloran and boot's tall.
There's a hair from Vertex that could be perfect... it was in one of his male_basic_vx

[area34]

@CQ - If you have an Artie and a Leech please send them my way. If I can build the X-Terminators that would be sweet.

@Mig - Yeah. The only reason I went with the hair I did was because of his weird headpiece. Finding hair that only pops out the top of his head is very limiting. If the people prefer a headwearless version with hair I can do it pretty easy and after seeing the pic, I see the pants above the belt look that I didn't do because it's so weird but should I do it anyways?

[Sledgehammer]

@CQ - If you have an Artie and a Leech please send them my way. If I can build the X-Terminators that would be sweet.

They're located here:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/remyskins3

I like the gold shine, Area. Good call there.

Again, nice job.

[area34]

All done?

[AfghanAnt]

I prefer the first Rusty you previewed. I never thought of Rusty as a small guy.