Pod'20: Goldballs (March 22)

[detourne_me]

Wow! She's stunning!
I'm really interested to see the keyframes too!

[Cyber Burn]

Wow! She's stunning!
I'm really interested to see the keyframes too!

Very much agreed.

[laughing paradox]

This is seriously fantastic work, Pod!

I really like all the different costumes. I really don't know the character but these skins/skope makes me interested.

[spydermann93]

She looks AMAZING!!!

Please release her, soon! I've been dying for a Karai mesh ever since Gren's Shredder came out!

[SickAlice]

Stunning work no surprise coming from you. Still always better than I could imagine when I see it. Can't wait to download the finished piece. And yeah, definitely closer to Forever. I used the character sheets from that to model from especially that hair.

[Amazo Version 2.2]

i don't really know the turtles characters, but this looks sweet. i can't wait to see this one released. great teamwork guys.

[windblown]

Those skins are really fantastic Pod. And with SickAlice help the skope looks sooo much better, this was a great teamup 

Maybe I didn't know her, but I'm glad to have helped you to create this set!

[Podmark]

Karai has been released. And she's the first entry under "Pre-Published" in years!

[SickAlice]

Hooray and thank you!

[spydermann93]

Karai has been released. And she's the first entry under "Pre-Published" in years!

AHHHH!!!!

SO EXCITED!!!!!

[Cyber Burn]

Wow, I just checked this out in CTool2, and it is just fantastic. Great job on this all around. Really nice team up here.

[spydermann93]

Wow, I just checked this out in CTool2, and it is just fantastic. Great job on this all around. Really nice team up here.

Amazing. Simply amazing.

The Shredder is pleased

[oldmanwinters]

New preview today. Once again thanks to the efforts of Windblown and this time thanks to SickAlice I give you the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain Oroku Karai:


The first costume belongs to the current IDW comic version of Karai. In that story Karai is the grand daughter of the Shredder and the chunin of this Foot army. I really loved the new design for her and Shredder in the new comic, seeing them helped me get into the book - and it's a great book, probably my favourite version of TMNT, blending all the previous versions with some cool new stuff. Great stuff highly recommended.

The next 3 are all from the 4Kids cartoon that started in 2003. That cartoon really got me back into the Turtles, prior to that I'd kind of wrote them off as something that was part of my youth with limited interest to my older self, but that cartoon made me a fan all over again. It also introduced me to Karai, one of my favourite characters in the series now. In this version Karai is the adopted daughter of the Utrom Shredder. Her loyalties to him eventually waver and she ultimately teams up with the Turtles. The first image is her first outfit, then her outfit designed for the Back to the Sewers iteration (though almost only seen in the Turtles Forever film) and lastly the dress she wore to April and Casey's wedding at the end of the series.

This has been in the works for a long time. I was working on the skope for the IDW version, trying to create a mesh with dual swords and a bow, eventually Windblown stepped - for a character I don't think he even knew(!) - and delivered this awesome skope. Still I was working on other skins and it wasn't until recently during my poll that SickAlice stepped in and offered to team up adding new parts to the skope allowing for more costumes. At this point I had to finally do the skins. So huge thanks to both of them.

SickAlice has some additonal Karai skins for this collaboration coming too!

I'll be making more trips to the TMNT universe down the line 

Woah, Impressive work, PodMark!  Good to see progress on TMNT characters.  It's been a while since I've checked in here and it seems I've missed a bunch of stuff!

[BentonGrey]

Ohh, awesome Pod!  The various Karais look great!  Clearly, I'm going to have to one of them into my TMNT mod.  I agree about the IDW version.  They really have created the definitive version of the TMNT, for my money.  I'm just hoping we'll see a few more of the Mutanimals and other characters from the Archie books.

[Distorto]

You are so good :O I love all your work! 

[Podmark]

Been a while so it's time for some new skin previews.

Today I bring you the Proto-Goblin, a one shot villain created by Norman Osborn in a later retcon story before he became the Green Goblin.
I actually made this skin a while ago as the start of a planned Goblin set, but I never followed through with the set. I felt now was a good time to finally let the public have it.

I hoping to debut a new skin each week of October, with something seasonally relevant at the end (assuming I finish it on time).

[laughing paradox]

I like the tone of red and the face is cool! The nose looks great.

I thought he was Trigon for a second! I think it's because the eyes seem a little elevated?

[Cyber Burn]

Not familiar with the Character, but like LP said, great Colors, and the I love how the Eyes turned out.

Is this on the Wendigo Mesh?

[Podmark]

Is this on the Wendigo Mesh?

Yes, actually AA's Sabretooth skope which was derived from Wendigo.

[BentonGrey]

Yeah, I'm also not familiar with the character, but that's a nice skin. 

[windblown]

Nice skin Pod. I don't know the character either, but I like how the face turned out.

[Podmark]

I think the Proto-Goblin has only appeared in one issue, though I believe he was used in a game. So yeah, pretty obscure.
I plan to release Proto-Goblin this weekend.

Today we return to the regular Windblown/Podmark collaborations, this time with the young mutant Tag:


Tag had a psychic power to "tag" people on contact, causing those around them to either chase them or run from them. He was a member of the Hellions training squad until he was depowered and soon after killed in an attack.

Should have another next week.

[SickAlice]

Nice. Hey I'm working on Alopex now. You want to skin it when when I'm done with the model? I have to go do something so it should be done in less than two days.

[Podmark]

Hey I'm working on Alopex now. You want to skin it when when I'm done with the model? I have to go do something so it should be done in less than two days.

Sure! Send it my way when you're ready.
BTW WB is finished with Pod, and I'm planning to do the skin soon.

[SickAlice]

Awesome. The body is sculpted already and the costume parts. I just need to weight them on the mesh and add some claws. Like I said a day or so once I finish chores and stuff.

[spydermann93]

More TMNT stuff, eh?

[laughing paradox]

Tag looks cool! I love that you're doing this class of X-Men.

[Cyber Burn]

While not familiar with the Character, both the Costume and it's execution are fantastic. I always enjoy seeing the Windblown/Podmark collaborations. 

[AfghanAnt]

I just downloaded Karai and she is a work of art. Great job Pod and Windblown.

[Podmark]

For this week it's time for another mutant collaboration from Pod and Windblown! Today's offering is Jay Guthrie aka Icarus:


Jay is the brother of Cannonball and Husk with mutant powers including wings, a healing factor, and an enhanced voice. Jay was originally with the Hellions training squad before switching to the New Mutants squad early in the series. Sadly he was killed shortly after M-Day.

Of note with this skope is the guitar. The animations for it are seamless, kudos to Windblown.

Proto-Goblin was released on the weekend. I started a new thread in the release forum. I always felt weird doing short "x is released" posts here so I'll do them there now. Tag should be out this weekend.

For those following along, SickAlice has sent me the Alopex mesh, it is very nice, looking forward to skinning it. No timetable.

Til next week.