Custom Content Challenge: December 2013: Dark Sun

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <getting soundly smacked in the face...>

Got the Skyfish covered...


=)

Edit: Much thanks to Frith for the fish :-)

<...by far-too-mobile fish>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Rolo Kipp, 08 décembre 2013 - 11:21 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Valthrendir]

               As I am completely unknown with Dark Sun, I looked for something suitable to make a placeable of.

As such, I tried making an Esperweed:


Although I am not really sure about the scaling and the colors, I applied most of the information that was mentioned on the link in the ''inspirational'' topic.

In addition to this, I might try one of the rams as well. Don't consider this as a declared project though since I am heading into rather a busy few months.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

After all I have thought, that the hard part of the work with the tortoise blade (models and textures) was already made. So I finally have decided to add an alternative version as a weapon.
I have chosen the sickle for this. Because the weapon is one handed, is available  for most of the classes and races, have a moderate slashing damage, the size of their icons is good for this. And there is almost nothing of custom content for sickles......


@Rolo Kipp & Valthrendir thanks for participate any DS content is welcome.

@ Valthrendir  - I don't know about the colours, but take in count that are plants, from a desert world, mainly.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shemsu-Heru, 09 décembre 2013 - 12:37 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               wow... this is looking like a great month
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Valthrendir]

               

Shemsu-Heru wrote: I don't about know the colours, but take in count that are plants, from a desert world, mainly.

Most of the colors are suiting the description from the ''monstrous manual'' that was linked in the inspirational topic (also, that is pretty much the only source available for an esperweed description). The only colors that I have taken a liberty in to adjust are the center (yellow) and stamens (orange - brown) of the flower.

It is mainly the scaling that may need some adjustment still (slightly larger?). Apart from that, I am currently quite content with how it looks.

Edit:
The placeable itself could be used as a container, allowing for harvestable esperweed (providing a buff when used in a module setting)
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Valthrendir, 09 décembre 2013 - 12:43 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               It looks good to me too :-)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Mecheon]

               Not all of Athas is desert. The Forest Ridge is a tropical jungle!

Its also far more dangerous than the desert which is why people live out in it
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_F6T]

               Hi everyone. I joined these forums just to say that it's awesome! that you guys are making this Dark Sun stuff. And that it's all looking pretty sweet.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Mecheon wrote...

Not all of Athas is desert. The Forest Ridge is a tropical jungle!

Its also far more dangerous than the desert which is why people live out in it

 

You are right; I never wanted to said that all Athas is a desert, however a great part of it is; I apologize, if that was what had understood from me. Of course there are jungles and forest, farming lands surrounding the city-states, the crimson savannah, oasis in the desert and the last sea, etc...

"There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing..."
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shemsu-Heru, 09 décembre 2013 - 02:46 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Frith5]

               Looking great, folks. Rolo, I'm glad to see that winged fish, and happy you could use anything I did. Sure wish I could find time to participate in the community. I really enjoy looking in though. You all rock!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

               I'm being offered an enticing amount of money to build a life-size Velociraptor which someone wants to give their partner as a Christmas present. It thus has to be done more or less from scratch inside two weeks or so... Being destitute, I can't really pass up the cash so Fifi and I are accumulating materials to start work at once...

Thus, though there were a couple of other Dark Sun things I wanted to do, I'm going to have to drop this now unfortunately. I won't send the stuff I've done in just yet in case I get a chance to hit more stuff with a brick, but chances are I won't have time. Sorry.

Got to go back into the attic now to hunt for the moulds for Velociraptor claws which I know are in there somewhere...
               
               

               

                     Modifié par PLUSH HYENA of DOOM, 10 décembre 2013 - 01:42 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Draygoth28]

               One more try.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Draygoth28, 10 décembre 2013 - 04:02 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Draygoth28]

               another screenshot.


               
               

               

                     Modifié par Draygoth28, 10 décembre 2013 - 04:37 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               @Draygoth28:
Those thri-kreen and Crodlu, look awesome. Thanks for doing those.

@PLUSH HYENA of DOOM:
There are good free models of Velociraptors, and other dinosaurs in "tf3dm.com" and similar sites.


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

               On the other hand, the Velociraptor I'm being paid to make is REAL. It's fibreglass, latex and resin, with steel armature... or will be by the time we sculpt and cast it, nail all the bits together, paint it, etc, etc...
Digital creatures are a new thing for me - I've been building the real thing for about twenty-five years... (You can see some of my little pets on my BSN album thing;

http://social.biowar.../albums/1330854 

at least, whilst it's still there, though neither of my Dinosaurs are present, if I recall correctly...) Plenty of other things though... Anyway, there's a half-finished Kalin model on my computer and hopefully I'll get time to add it to the other Dark Sun items, but...

THIS is the sort of stuff I usually do... There are something like a hundred and twenty odd of them (including my own Velociraptor and a Coelophysis) on the loose in this house... which makes moving from room to room a tad tricky at times...
               
               

               

                     Modifié par PLUSH HYENA of DOOM, 10 décembre 2013 - 11:01 .