Martialstorm Skins (New) - "I'm the Doctor" 12th 6th & 1st

[Podmark]

For a second there I thought it was a real photo. Good job.

[martialstorm]

Cheers and thanks for the encouragment everyone, not too long to finish the skin and looking forward to sharing it.

[martialstorm]

Here it is: Happy to receive feedback or suggestions before I release it.

[Tomato]

I apologize, but I'm going to be making a lot of critiques here, mostly because I'm actually disappointed with how it looks now given how it looked before.

-Clearly you took the left side of the face from the last preview and mirrored it, but the result just doesn't look right anymore. The eyes are too close together, the eyebrows are too heavily saturated making them look red, there are highlights on both sides of the nose which looks unbalanced, and the mouth is too thin and looks goofy.

A face skin doesn't HAVE to be perfectly symmetrical. You could have left it as it was before, or better yet, adapted it... used the smile from the full image combined with the mirrored face. Furthermore, when choosing the side to mirror, always use the one with shadows on the side of the nose, otherwise you end up with two major light sources instead of one.

I understand that we couldn't see how the face looked from the right side, but I really don't understand why you changed it the way you did. You upped the contrast on the hair and face resulting in these red shadows which clash with the shadows on the hands and don't look natural, and by mirroring the eyes the way you did his face looks squashed and less like Matt Smith then it did in the last preview.

Anyway, sorry, it just irks me because you had it so perfect the first time.

-As far as the clothes go, two things. First, I would suggest adding a highlight to the elbow-pads on the jacket, similar to the one on the collar. Right now, they just look stamped onto the skin, as opposed to an actual section of the coat. Second, the shading on the back of the coat bothers me. See, when doing shading, your highlights are supposed to be the area closest to a particular light source, with the shadows being in the areas furthest away. For most skins, it's usually assumed that the light source is from something high above, such as the sun or an overhead light. However, on the back of the coat near the neckline, the part of the coat nearest an overhead light source, there's this weird shadow. It just looks goofy and out of place, particularly since there should be a highlight in its place.

[martialstorm]

Thanks for the constructive feedback Tomato, I took the advice and tried to change as best I could, is this more on track?

[martialstorm]

Hi everyone, sadly my laptop crashed and I lost my finished 11th doctor except for an early draft which I'll redo soon. In the meantime I started several other Doctors, still plenty to tidy up especially the proper skinning over the existing recoloured standard skin for Austin Powers mesh. Other meshes used including Ink's Sebastian Shaw, Atomic Robot Dick Tracy and Gni's The Crow.

Wips as follows:

[cmdrkoenig67]

Those are looking mighty fine, MS...I love them!  Of your Doctor Who skins, I really like 11(Matt Smith) the best so far, my second fave is 3(Jon Pertwee).  One suggestion if I may, you may want to add a wig to 6 (Colin Baker) to give him his curly top (I apologize, if you were already going to do that...I just wasn't sure how far into making him you were).

Dana

[martialstorm]

Many thanks Dana, glad you like them so far, i'm happy that I have all of the Doctors at various stages of development including voicepacks,  Amy and one of the Masters. Its also a natural fit for Jack to work on the Male Hunter mesh.

I've been playing with nifskope and the next thing is for me to learn how to attach wigs. Can you suggest something to use for the Colin Baker character?

Also I have reskinned the title scene but having lots trouble obtaining screenshots, every time the captured image just shows a black square. I've tried three image capture programs but without success. If anyone has suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it.

All the best

Craig

[Tomato]

it's not an image capture thing, it's a movie codec/program thing. Try using vlc player.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Many thanks Dana, glad you like them so far, i'm happy that I have all of the Doctors at various stages of development including voicepacks,  Amy and one of the Masters. Its also a natural fit for Jack to work on the Male Hunter mesh.

I've been playing with nifskope and the next thing is for me to learn how to attach wigs. Can you suggest something to use for the Colin Baker character?

Also I have reskinned the title scene but having lots trouble obtaining screenshots, every time the captured image just shows a black square. I've tried three image capture programs but without success. If anyone has suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it.

All the best

Craig

Hey Craig,

For Colin Baker's hair I would suggest an afro wig, perhaps from Tommyboy's versatile meshes.  You can just resize it a bit if its too big, it would probably also work well for Tom Baker's Doctor (if you are making him).

As for Voicepacks, Good for you.  I made VPs for Jon Pertwee's and Tom Baker's Doctors and for K-9 quite a few years back.  I started other Doctor Who VPs, but I never finished them.

Dana

[martialstorm]

Hi all,

Here is the re-skinned title page for my Doctor Who Mod, just click on it to see the full thing and please free to recommend any changes or improvments.  Thanks Dana and Tomato for your suggestions to capture the in-game footage.

All the best

Craig

[martialstorm]

For a change of pace, an upcoming Batman Incorporated skin & Spoiler...

Spoiler

I'm going to have to fix up the pockets and add creases but any other feedback is also welcome

And back to our regular channel... 

Sergent Bentaaaaon!

[jocke32]

That batman inc character looks cool, havent read the series but is he like a robin for one of the other bats ?

[murs47]

Very cool Martial

[Cyber Burn]

Job well done on the Bat character. 

[martialstorm]

Cheers guys, much appreciated 

[Podmark]

Redbird? Cool!

[life_matrix]

A lot of nice looking stuff here. Good work. I see a lot of attention to details.

Is there a site where martialstorm's finished skins can be found? Or has he released any? If I'm not mistaken, most skinners/meshers/modders here put a link in their sig. Of course, I realize most of these were made exclusively for his upcoming Dr. Who mod. (Or has that been released already?)

It's sad to hear about the laptop crash as I know what it's like to loose valuable material and work from hard drive failure. Personally, I think that's a reason to release sooner rather than later. Over the years, I've seen a lot of projects hurt or even scuttled due to that sort of thing. That, or getting buried and forgotten.

[Cyber Burn]

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

What has been released is located here.

[martialstorm]

First Up a 50th Anniversary Eleventh Doctor

[martialstorm]

The dear departed Sarah Jane from her run with the 4th Doctor in the 70s

[Cyber Burn]

I'm not a Doctor Who fan, but your love of the series really shows in the effort that you are putting into your skins.

[BigD]

Just so you know martialstorm, I am a big fan of Doctor Who and I really like your skins . I have mostly all of them and/or all of them including Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, and also I have a Tau Firewarrior mesh with skins of the Cybermen and the Cybermen skins for the Microwave Mesh. Also I like your previews of the Eleventh Doctor, and Sarah Jane Smith herself. I also recently heard about the person known as Elisabeth Sladen who played her character Sarah Jane Smith who passed away at the age of 65 from 1946 to 2011 how sad , but still I can carry on her legacy if there will be a skin of miss Sarah Jane Smith herself I can use for Freedom Force . I hope you bring us more from the Doctor Who universe to enjoy and play with, and hopefully you will bring us more soon. Until then, CUL8TR !!!

BigD

[martialstorm]

Thanks Cyber, it's good to be back skinning and more with FF. I've got a couple of non Who related skins, one of which I'll preview this week.

Big D I really appreciate the kind words and enthusiasm for the skins and the show. Needless to say I was also a big fan of the Sarah Jane character and Grew up with her so it was tough to do the skin and it previously felt a little soon after her passing to show this.

I'll have the skin released by the end of next weekend. Down the track I want to include a later Sarah Jane Adventures era version.

Craig

[Helix]

Nice work, Martialstorm! The faces on your characters look fantastic!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Bravo, MS.  Those skins look very good....I asked about your mod over at FRP forums, but you never responded.  I hope it's still on the table.

Best,

Dana

[captainawesome]

These are awesome! I've been a major whovian for some time now, and this has  really got me excited for the 50th.

[AfghanAnt]

Great Doctor Who skins MS. You really captured Matt Smith well.

[Podmark]

Your faces are really impressive, MS. They look just like them.

[Bloodshadow]

Sara looks awesome and your face work is amazing,nice job on all of them.