DarthFreak Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 Woohoo Vader looks cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dogg Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 Sweet screen that last one... I'm just hoping someone makes a single player campaign about Vader... This model deserves to be used in every possible way and as much as possible. Can't wait to duel against him/as him... Keep it up! BTW, did you mention that Vader is taller in SP compared to other models? Or was I dreaming it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantu69 Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 It might have already been said, but i must have forgotten. Sithlord are you making Vader capable of Being a Bot? That would be really cool. Excellent work on the model. Also, when do you expect to be done ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthFreak Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 I think you weren't dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Tigers Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 Man, this just keeps getting better. So allow me to share some input. First of all, can we get a recent closeup of Vader's head/face/neck area? It is looking really good so far, but it is hard to get a detailed view on most of the pics. Now, on to my opinions... First of all, I like the green bars you put on. They do stand out but they help add balance to an otherwise all black model. Perhaps you could just dull the brightness down? My second opinion is you should slightly increase the hand size if that is possible. And increase the forearm size too. This way it will accentuate the gloves he is supposed to be wearing. He seems a little limp wristed at this point. I feel this model should be as useable as possible. In addition to using him in multiplayer, it would be too kool to play as him in singleplayer. I like the idea of spawning Vader bots to fight too. Great for people wanting to make him either a Player Character, or an NPC in custom single player maps/games... The breather... After reading some of the replies the best idea I have heared is replacing the footsteps with breathing. He NEEDS that sound effect somewhere. The only problem I see with replacing the footsteps is you will only hear his breathing when he is walking/running. The cape... It would be real nice to see the cape animated. Eventualy it would be nice to see his waist cape/surcoat thing implimented too. Closing thought... You should perhaps concider releasing Vader in two versions. 1.0 which pretty much has him as he is minus any last minute touchups (breather, model changes, etc), and 1.1 which could include the animated cape and any other addons that come up once we all start running him through the proverbial grinder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Tigers Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 Or dont go with green at all. But as you can see, a little color on the belt can help balance the black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFist115 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 oooooh! Sithlord-II is here! What exciting previews or ideas will he show us now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darh Enf Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 I was thinking, prowser was quite a tall and thin dude and hence vader was a big fella, it would be cool if the vader model was slightly higher than the other, just like Desann is taller than most of the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demijedi Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Hmm... perchance an updated picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlord-II Posted May 6, 2002 Author Share Posted May 6, 2002 sorry guys, no new shots right now, been fighting with some stuff the last day here, nothing really new to report getting a handle on shaders though, i had his helmet looking nice and shiny so i assume here that the armor shouldn't be too far off now,just gotta play with them alpha channels getting better and i found a problem with the mesh - for some reason, right now it does not decapitate. what it DOES do however... is when you do a move that should decap/cut in half the model.... it spawns a new NPC !!! odd, definitely. heheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Naga Sadow Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 lol the "undying" Vader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFist115 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 And if you chop him into 1000 pieces, 1000 little vaders will attack you! So THATS the power of the dark side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'akt Sangwar Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 this vader is looking great, post more picssssssss no, if u chop him into 1000 little pieces 2000 vaders attack, dont know how though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacMeth Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 lol dont forget the fact that someone dies if he gets chopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthFreak Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Eh, it reminds me the Disney cartoon "Fantasia" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Cloak Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Well...he's Darth Vader. What do you expect? For him to DIE? He died on ACCIDENT in Star Wars. Of course...he was half robot...anyway, how in God's name to you do stuff with Alpha Channels? I can't figure it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Will there be team skins to go with this? Or will it just be default for now . If you were to create team skins, I wouldn't make them too bright.. dark red and dark black capes would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlord-II Posted May 6, 2002 Author Share Posted May 6, 2002 team skins are definitely in the works they won't be too overdone, just accents on parts, including the cape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFist115 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Can we get another percentage? Lets say... WITHOUT the animated cape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkErik Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Ah,... hate to say this, but, heck, ... don't know how to put it... The mesh-model (Vader's HEad/Helmet) by "nls" looks a bit better and more authentic than yours, sith... *shigh* Did it... <g> His thread is to be found in this forumpart, why don't you try to contact him and you two work together? Your body and his head (Vader's of course... <g>) would make a perfect model! Don't be too proud to share or reject (I know, you're not and I hope he isn't too) and work as a team... Well, it sounds like a command, but it's a wish after all, cause I love your work and engagement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 I agree with that Erik, it would make it a better model.. but wouldn't he have to re-do all of the joinings with the neck and the body? And do some more work to get the animations working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkErik Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 Hmmm... right, would throw up more work... reassambeling parts, etc. But, on the other hand you'll have two guys with their time to handle this... Well, on the other, other hand <g> teamwork always needs to be good coordinated... -> new amount of work and shedule-making... It's hard for "lone wolves" to give up their soloworking procedures and team up with another "lone wolf"... After all, if they team up, I would very appreciate it, If they don't... Well, then, we'll have two great Vader's... <g> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithlord-II Posted May 7, 2002 Author Share Posted May 7, 2002 np guys i've talked with nls a bit already i believe, if he wanted to share etc it would be up to him, i wouldn't mind - actually adding the head to a body woulnd't be a problem right now i'm still just gonna work on doing mine, and he'll do his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFist115 Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 *cough* percantage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vengance Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 First off -- GREAT MODEL!! I used to do modelling for Half Life and understand the hours and fustration that goes into these things. As far as the suggestions to use that other guy's vader head, my suggestion is this = DON'T:mad: His head is very high polys. It would take lots of time to optimize what he has into anything remotely useable ingame. Plus I think what you've got is very stylized. I work as an Art Director at an ad agency now and appreciate other people's takes on universally recognized icons. Yours is your view of how it looks! If I wanted to play as Darth rendered exactly perfect it might get boring. I know this is what your striving for; and this might sound lame, but I think you are achieving something even better. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. This is mine. I hope you agree Sith Lord II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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