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ewanite Newbie

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To be honest, none of the cartoonised versions look particularly good. I just tried out the pwtoon package and I wasn't hugely impressed by the results.

Normal Render

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af173/ewanite/aliendude2.jpg

 

PWToon shader 'Snazzy toon'

 

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af173/ewanite/aliendude3.jpg

 

PWToon shader 'pinup skin'

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af173/ewanite/aliendude4.jpg

 

I'm considering sticking to pinup skin for future renders on this. Its a nice middle ground between cartoon and realistic

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juggaloninjalee Newbie

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To be honest, none of the cartoonised versions look particularly good. I just tried out the pwtoon package and I wasn't hugely impressed by the results.

Normal Render

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af173/ewanite/aliendude2.jpg

 

PWToon shader 'Snazzy toon'

 

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af173/ewanite/aliendude3.jpg

 

PWToon shader 'pinup skin'

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af173/ewanite/aliendude4.jpg

 

I'm considering sticking to pinup skin for future renders on this. Its a nice middle ground between cartoon and realistic

 

Yeah I like the 1st and 3rd one a lot.

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Ah, heromachine. How I love thee...

 

%5Bimg%5Dhttp%3A//i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/brashleyholland/b1.jpg[/img]

 

Looks like someone who fell out of the early 90s.

 

Skulls+punk rocker mohawk+leather jacket+giant revolver= EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME

 

All that's missing is a skateboard so he can pull some sick jumps off of it while really bad sounding speed guitar plays.

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Looks like someone who fell out of the early 90s.

 

Skulls+punk rocker mohawk+leather jacket+giant revolver= EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME

 

All that's missing is a skateboard so he can pull some sick jumps off of it while really bad sounding speed guitar plays.

 

Lol, I really need to update my wardrobe then in that case. My mohawk is a little shorter, my glasses are mostly white and it's too hot to wear a leather here at the moment, but that's pretty much me right there. COWABUNGA! :D

 

EDIT: Oh, and I do NOT carry a .45 with me on my travels, incase any dibble are reading :-p

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i effin rule

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Lots of great work in the thread thus far, but this might be my favourite. Crisp. Clear. Inventive. Really nice special effect.

 

Started about half a dozen characters last night, but I work slow.

 

Thanks Self.

 

 

As for the current debate. I tried to find a nice middle ground for mine. I just made my render as if I was making it for anything else and then took it to Photoshop for some Level/Shadow/Contrast adjusting.

 

 

Ultimately, the decision is going to fall to Adam. I do agree though that they should all be in a similar style for consistency sake. If you have one render super realistic, one cartoony, and one in the middle it will take away from the universe because it won't look like the characters belong together.

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clearly there is going to be some awesome rendering going on for this (and has been already) but the great thing about heromachine is noone can have any excuse to say things like

 

"I cant work GIMP/DAZ/Paint - please can someone render all 30 of the pics I need?

 

Everyone can use heromachine to solve their own needs.

 

Lovely

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juggaloninjalee

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clearly there is going to be some awesome rendering going on for this (and has been already) but the great thing about heromachine is noone can have any excuse to say things like

 

"I cant work GIMP/DAZ/Paint - please can someone render all 30 of the pics I need?

 

Everyone can use heromachine to solve their own needs.

 

Lovely

 

It will still happen though. Everyone will want some cool renders of their characters.

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Lol, I really need to update my wardrobe then in that case. My mohawk is a little shorter, my glasses are mostly white and it's too hot to wear a leather here at the moment, but that's pretty much me right there. COWABUNGA! :D

 

EDIT: Oh, and I do NOT carry a .45 with me on my travels, incase any dibble are reading :-p

 

Hey, nothing wrong with a mohawk. I was planning to get one myself right before my hair started thinning... guess we'll see after the Rogaine takes.

 

That said, I could swear I shot that guy right there while playing Gotcha! on the old Nintendo.

 

 

 

Anyways, I was inspired to mess with hero creator, and this is my first rough draft:

 

 

 

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/JodoKastTRL/alpha1.png

 

 

The Alpha Norwegian, with his sidekick Squids L. O'Tentacles.

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Hey, nothing wrong with a mohawk. I was planning to get one myself right before my hair started thinning... guess we'll see after the Rogaine takes.

 

That said, I could swear I shot that guy right there while playing Gotcha! on the old Nintendo.

 

 

 

Anyways, I was inspired to mess with hero creator, and this is my first rough draft:

 

 

 

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/JodoKastTRL/alpha1.png

 

 

The Alpha Norwegian, with his sidekick Squids L. O'Tentacles.

 

The gun may look better on his back or under his arm but the hand holding the gun doesn't look right. This game will spur some great renders/mods/scenarios I feel. This is so great!

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The gun may look better on his back or under his arm but the hand holding the gun doesn't look right. This game will spur some great renders/mods/scenarios I feel. This is so great!

 

Aye, the hand is giving me trouble... and I guess if the minigun is on his back, he can have yet another weapon in his right hand.

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What kind of textures/shaders did you use for the blue suit Trell? It kind of gives me that soft Pixar vibe, which I'm really digging. I'm wondering how that would look if it was tweaked to be used for the face somehow. Very one tone, but the ambient occlusion (I'm guessing that's what's giving the soft shadows) keeps it from being too flat (at least on the suit... no idea what it may end up doing on the face).

 

 

not sure if this is what you meant,

 

 

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b29/EkimNosneb/Test2.png

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not sure if this is what you meant,

 

 

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b29/EkimNosneb/Test2.png

 

I'm not sure, but what I think what he means is this:

 

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/djthefunkychris/Test2a.png

 

IF so, all I did was mess with brightness, contrast, and saturation... took about 30 seconds.

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Really cool stuff that one. Any chance getting a shot from slightly below, looking up at him (like he's blasting away from us)? I'm curious as to how it would look.
Like this?

 

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/jsilver536/Metalz2.jpg

 

 

 

And new one from me,

 

 

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/jsilver536/Phantom1a.jpghttp://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/jsilver536/Phantom1b.jpg

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I'm not going to start rendering for this game until Adam makes it clear exactly what he wants it to look like, but seeing as everyone else is giving their opinion...

 

Trying to get all renderers to follow the same pattern is logical, but unlikely to happen. I can't, for example, figure out why Elite textures won't come out in a cartoon style properly. There will be a work around, but I'm not going to spend fifteen minutes fiddling before each render. Like Self, I like the look of my renders and I'm in no hurry to change that - unless asked by the big man, of course :p

 

I personally think that unless it's actually going to look like a comic book then it is preferable to have the quality of renders we have for TEW and WMMA than accept grainy/murky/dark/unclear renders because they (TEW/WMMA) don't quite match the comic book look. So far, the best comic book attempt seems to have been done post-render - I think that would be the best route to go for. Render as normal, and then if someone wants to release a comic style pack of the renders afterwards then we have the best of both worlds (it would be awesome if you could flip between the two like skins!).

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Given my render from last night another going over

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/641/villan001altpost2.jpg

I feel this is an improvement. Of course I could be wrong, nothing seems to look right to me, I'm so used to doing headshot renders

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