Fade Model
FilthyLarry
Join Date: 2003-08-31 Member: 20423Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Opinions wanted</div>(I'm going by the Fade reveal as I do not have access to the beta)
In my opinion the Fade looks too bulky, too reptilian and a little cartoonish. I would much prefer to see a more lanky, sinister looking creature with an air of mystery about it e.g. some black smoke obscuring facial features.
Possibly something more mantis-like.
Thoughts ?
In my opinion the Fade looks too bulky, too reptilian and a little cartoonish. I would much prefer to see a more lanky, sinister looking creature with an air of mystery about it e.g. some black smoke obscuring facial features.
Possibly something more mantis-like.
Thoughts ?
Comments
preorder, get beta, see how the fade really looks.
/trolling
Seriously, i think it looks ok. Maybe the eyes could be more like on the original Fade (NS1 artwork, that made me download the mod for the first time)
The Fade look amazing but you need to see it ingame.
Indeed. It seems that as the fade "fades" it leaves a puff of smoke - not unlike the superhero Nightcrawler for example. Or perhaps it is more accurate to say it becomes smoke-like/incorporeal for a moment. This gave me the idea of leaving a part of its body permanently in a semi-"faded" state for example the face.
The face seems too well defined - need some mystery there imo.
Agreed. I think the Fade animations are great and the model is also good, but the front of the face could use some tweaking. I'm thinking it's the bucked teeth that make it look too much like a cartoon character.
LOL
Well... the video-compression made the specular and normal maps seem more or less non-existent, giving him sort of a smooth look that didn't seem right. I'm glad I made you lol though.
<img src="http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6830/sadfade.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
I agree that his face needs a little work, the upper head plating makes his eyes look sad at front.
edit: And infact a little derpy.
I think it's just the face, the rest seems ok. Except his feet, they seem to clunky for a fast, stealthy type of play mode. Apart from that, the handling and feel is superb. I love the blink animations (apparate/disapparate combined with the purple smoke and particle effects. very cool)
I admit that I'm not completely happy with how the face came out. While I think the side profile of the Fade overall works well, I agree that the front view does not.
As far as his feet being too clunky, and the fade not being as sleek looking as he was in NS1, those were deliberate choices. Because the fade would use teleporting as his primary means of getting around, we wanted his design and regular movement to look somewhat awkward. From an evolution standpoint, because of blink, he's never really needed to develop the dexterity and coordination, nor the body shape, for fast running, and its the reason he needs to rely on his claws for support.
When approaching the design of the aliens, we wanted to give them all a defined unique personality, rather then just falling back on trying to make them "scary' or "badass" in the traditional sense.
--Cory
If anyone beats down the general design of the Kharaa I'll punch them in the face. They're great, and the work spent on designing them really shows.
<img src="http://andrige.com/ns2/ns2_formlineup.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
Honestly who can complain on this lineup? The stances, profiles and common theme is great.
(Okay the Fade-front looks weird admittedly, looks sad when doing the mega-stab instead of awesome)
*praise ends*
Also, wow, I'm playing with it in model viewer, and the idle7, just all the model manipulation that's happening? The fact that this exists in this engine makes me excited in the pants.
Alot.
I found him frightening to fight...
I found it easy to blink.
Perhaps if his eyes were slanted a bit like the skulks
he would have more of a vampiric look to satisfy the sad eyes crowd.
It still is low priority.
The game has become more playable but the client side animations need to be smoother.
Gives it a bit of a neanderthal look, you know?
Could anyone redo the picture in NS1 for comparison?
Would be much appreciated ;)
PS: Love the alien design too.