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[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

henesua wrote...

I wonder if the chain would look nearly as good as two planes intersecting at right angles and textured with a chain.

No, no it would not. '>  Intersecting plane chains exist in NWN for various things already, and they don't look good when you look even remotely close at them.  You get the wrong angle, and suddenly half the links in the chain vanish.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_dusty.lane]

               I used intersecting planes for the string for my tag that I made for the Bazaar CCC, and that worked because it was a small object. But as Amethyst said, it looks weird on something bigger like a chain, especially if the chain is part of the focus of the weapon, like it is here. So really, intersecting planes for chains either only work for certain things (if you know how to use it well), or not at all. That leads me to think there's really no better way to model chains, it's either super lo-res or lots of polys. Meh! =P
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <singing an old insect tune...>

Then there's the middle of the road approach - intersecting boxes with a diamond cross-section (that is, thick where they intersect, sharp at the edges to reduce the gap between faces. 24 faces instead of 4, but the links never get disappearingly thin.

Edit: No where near as pretty as mesh chain, but no where near as heavy either :-P

Edit 2: Shoot, subdivide the box longitudinally and make it danglymesh =)

<..."why don't we do it in the road">
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Rolo Kipp, 10 novembre 2012 - 06:58 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_valasc]

               I love the gas mask. I could use something like that in a module I am building. Any idea when you might release it?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_dusty.lane]

               

valasc wrote...

I love the gas mask. I could use something like that in a module I am building. Any idea when you might release it?

I will try and release it soon, I got sidetracked and revamped the pixie model, working on the textures for that (discovered I have problems with organic things!).. but the textures for the gas mask need a few tweaks here and there, a little bit of a touchup on the hooded, and it should be ready to release. I am just a bit of a procrastinator, you know?

I really should finish up my sword project, my gas mask seams, and such. I will tell soon enough of when I will or have released such.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               

dusty.lane wrote...
...I got sidetracked and revamped the pixie model...

Do tell!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_dusty.lane]

               

henesua wrote...

dusty.lane wrote...
...I got sidetracked and revamped the pixie model...

Do tell!

Same skeleton system, just reusing it, but all the body parts are redone to a much, much higher standard. No longer will the pixie look like a blocky tiny tranny. No more leaf skirt either, did away with that. Don't worry, you won't have to stare at a naked pixie! Well, not really. I am avoiding actually detailing in any nude bits, no nipples, no vagina, that sort of thing. 'Genderless' with a female form, even though that's not entirely accurate I don't think, I just don't want to do a leaf skirt like the original, and I also don't want to make the only revamp of a poor quality model into something nude. Oh that and I don't want to be known for nude material. <><>

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <offering some wings...>

Just say you Barbie-ized her :-)
Grab my wings from the July CCC and scale 'em ;-)

<...from a dubious source>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_dusty.lane]

               Uhh, yeah.. SO! Here comes the new year, and here comes Dusty's plethora of new stuff. Think of it as late christmas, and a- yeah I don't have any of the stuff. I figured I would actually get off my lazy arse come 2013. I got bored of the pixie for some reason (who would have guessed?) and I am going to just release it as a model, no textures. Sorry! I may pick up on it later, but people are always free to mess with my content and fix it, add on to it, or finish it.. Stuff like that..

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_dusty.lane]

               I have a new thing to show you all! I am doing a request by a friend of mine, she's awesome. They're boxing gloves! They will come with a small and large version! Here's the screenshot of the testing I am doing.

By the way, don't worry, they don't clip a lot if at all, because of how big they are. So they should work with normal forearms, but spiky ones will likely work weirdly with them.

Also I forgot to elaborate! They're based off of the slaad gloves, but the shape is modified and improved. Such as it no longer looks like the glove is tightly fitted to a giant hand, which the original kind of does. :happy:
               
               

               

                     Modifié par dusty.lane, 03 janvier 2013 - 09:04 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               Love that, a magic boxing glove with a** kicking +5 is crazy funny;)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               

dusty.lane wrote...

Also I forgot to elaborate! They're based off of the slaad gloves, but the shape is modified and improved. Such as it no longer looks like the glove is tightly fitted to a giant hand, which the original kind of does. :happy:

I only know D&D creatures from NWN, so I didn't know what slaads are supposed to look like. I really thought they had giant hands.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_dusty.lane]

               

Zwerkules wrote...

dusty.lane wrote...

Also I forgot to elaborate! They're based off of the slaad gloves, but the shape is modified and improved. Such as it no longer looks like the glove is tightly fitted to a giant hand, which the original kind of does. :happy:

I only know D&D creatures from NWN, so I didn't know what slaads are supposed to look like. I really thought they had giant hands.

This is what 3.5 D&D slaad look like:

So not entirely accurate, no.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               Interesting, it's not just the colour that's different. If I recall correctly they look all the same in NWN except for the colour. If there's a difference in the models it's certainly not such a big difference as the difference between a blue and a white one on your pictures.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_dusty.lane]

               Slaads are chaotic creatures, embodiments of it really. So it makes sense that as they gain or lose power, they change dramatically and strangely. And the slaad in NWN have a few model differences, mostly their gloves and spikes on their back I think.