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[Draygoth28]

I think getting either version is a win. But I am a bit old school and like the older stuff. After looking again I really like the look of the 4e Gith.

Modifié par Draygoth28, 07 décembre 2013 - 11:15 .

[PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

With outrageous silliness, PLUSH HYENA of DOOM presents...

I'd apologize for that deplorable display of utterly farcical mentalism, but what'd be the point? I'm mad and I did it deliberately and I'm not sorry at all! Bwaaaah ha ha ha ha!
But I'll make up for it by also including a completely sensible image of the finished Earth Drake. Not that the other image was in any way silly, or at least, it wasn't until I scribbled nonsense on it.

An appalling Hybrid, somewhere between a gargantuan Ankylosaur and Mount Everest, the Earth Drake is not something anyone sane would choose to pick a fight with. But with fearful lumpiness, it'll likely attack you on sight, so there may not be much choice involved.
SEE how lumpy it is! (I forget how many gigantic spikes and lumps and boulders and nodules there are on it, but I spent many hours gluing them on by the bucketload, so you can be assured that this is very likely one of the lumpiest things you'll ever see in NWN!

Modifié par PLUSH HYENA of DOOM, 08 décembre 2013 - 06:31 .

[Mecheon]

Currently jamming the Manticore's tail on the Kirre and meddling with the skin at the moment

Loving the earth drake, and considering it another in the "Grabbing it for elemental stuff" pile. Gotta ask if anyone's considering the Fire Drake, simply because its basically the best type of thing, especially in the new version where they decided to add a spine

[Tarot Redhand]

I must say that so far I am impressed with both the number and standard of the submissions so far. In fact, as someone who knows very little about the dark sun setting, there is only one thing that I am slightly disappointed with. No one is/has making/made a nightmare beast.

From the 2e mc appendix for dark sun


From the information I have, there are only about 6 on the whole of athas. They vary in size from 20 feet to 30 feet tall and are only surpassed in dangerousness by the dragon.

TR

[Sumthing]

Too bad I don't know anything about Dark Sun or NWN model making.

[kamal_]

That earth drake is awesome!

[Shemsu-Heru]

@Sumthing - You could try a 2D item for the inventory. Clay coins, no metallic, rings and amulets, etc...




The tortoise blade, according to "Dragon Magazine" is equal to a small shield, however it's also, able to cause slashing damage.
Unfortunately, mines are just small shields, because I don't know how to make that a shield can cause damage, in NWN, apart from "cast on hit" hability, but that is no the same...

[Rolo Kipp]

<reflecting...>

PLUSH HYENA of DOOM wrote...
I'm still not absolutely, completely, totally certain about the texture. That was one concession to the Dark Sun Crystal Spider which was said to be mottled with assorted colours due to light refraction...
Mentioning light refraction, can anyone please advise me as to how the hell to get this thing to look really shiny and reflective (like the Gem Golems, etc). Because so far, no matter what I do, it just won't go all shiny. I can get any degree of transparency I want, but not the nice shininess...

First, make the creature use envmap in your appearance 2DA. For this one, perhaps the stag beetle's irridescence (#19) is a good reflection map "evmap_irrid". Make sure you have plenty of alpha for the reflection because you're about to mute it with...
Second, in the model itself, make each of the crystal meshes have an alpha of .7 or .8. This gives the *object* transparency, while the *texture* has reflection.

<...on the value of reflection>

[henesua]

Shemsu you can do that as a shortsword that provides an armor bonus. Or as a new base item, you could set up the AC bous as shield.

Modifié par henesua, 08 décembre 2013 - 06:11 .

[Shemsu-Heru]

henesua wrote...

Shemsu you can do that as a shortsword that provides an armor bonus. Or as a new base item, you could set up the AC bous as shield.

I have thought in something like that.
I think that the more similar weapon to that is a punch-dagger, Which is not in the game without a MOD. Also It would need a model for de left hand and other for the Right, in order to not look strange.

Howeaver there still are other things that I would like to do for Dark Sun, So I can't promise, more work with the tortoise blade....

Modifié par Shemsu-Heru, 08 décembre 2013 - 07:17 .

[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 .

[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.

[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 .

[henesua]

wow... this is looking like a great month

[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 .

[Shemsu-Heru]

It looks good to me too :-)

[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

[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.

[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 .

[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!

[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 .

[Draygoth28]

One more try.

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

[Draygoth28]

another screenshot.

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

[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.

[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 .