Exemplars (Tempest)

[hoss20]

   I've decided to tackle doing the Exemplars. I did the easiest one first. Not much of a skope (just tacked on some long hair). I used Ink's Sabertooth as a base, because he had the claws and size I wanted, and used Tommyboy's long hair from his doc_samson_thv.
                               Carnivore-Exemplar of Farallah
                               
  I was thinking about doing Tempest next (I really want to try out animated textures). If anyone is interested in these guys, let me know who you would like to see done next. I don't have any plans on doing Juggernaut, as he's already been done by one of the masters.
  This skope can be found here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/hoss20/

[herodad1]

hoss, great job on carnivore! i'd love to see them all done!

[laughing paradox]

I like how Carnivore came out.. I look forward to seeing the rest of the group. Good luck with Tempest!

[hoss20]

   Thanks for the kind words, guys. Here's #2, Tempest. I used the vxfemale2 mesh and set up animated textures on the skin. Her skin flows horizontally and hair flows vertically. I attached a new head, hands, and feet from another version of the same mesh and didn't animate those pieces. I figured it wouldn't look to well having her her face rotating around. I attached the FX from MikeB7's human_torch_black (a hex of Beyonder's human_torch). I tried other FX, but couldn't get them to turn out right. Luckily, I stumbled across this mesh and found that the FX looked better as clouds (rather than energy or fire).
  I have small video of the animated textures here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v294/hoss20/?action=view&current=CharacterTool22010-10-0320-56-10-40.mp4 (If there's a better way to do this, let me know)
  Here's the standard preview pic:
                                                  Tempest-Exemplar of Watoomb
                                                 

  My stuff can be found here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/hoss20/
  This was a new process for me, so please let me know if you guys have any problems with the skope. I haven't made up my mind on who to do next, so I'm taking suggestions.  

[herodad1]

keep um comin' hoss, they look great!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Good on you in making the animated textures work, Hoss!  I don't know who these characters are (guessing Marvel characters, since you mentioned Juggernaut), but good job.

Dana

[AfghanAnt]

Very neat effect.

[Outcast]

Now that's one trick i'd like to learn. Great job Hoss.

[hoss20]

   Here's a brief synopsis of who the Exemplars are (courtesy of Wikipedia):

The eight powerful magical beings known as the Octessense could not agree who amongst them was the most powerful. They decided on a wager wherein each of the eight beings created an artifact which would turn the first human being that touched it into an Exemplar, a being who personified the power of that specific magical being. When all eight Exemplars were formed, they would have a Ceremony of the Octessense, where the Exemplars could battle it out, determining who was the most powerful.
As per the wager of the Octessence each created a relic possessing a fraction of their power causing the first mortal to touch the relics to become living embodiments of said power. The eight artifacts were:

The Blazing Brazier of Balthakk
The Crimson Crystal of Cyttorak
The Fearsome Fist of Farallah
The Ivory Idol of Ikonn
The Kestrel Key of Krakkan
The Ringed Ruby of Raggadorr
The Verdant Vial of Valtorr
The Wondrous Waterfall of Watoomb

For those familiar with Dr. Strange, you'll recognize a few (if not all) of the names. I'll start including the entity each Exemplar represents in the future. I updated my previous posts to reflect this. FYI, Juggernaut is the Exemplar of Cyttorak.