OO, Christmas Lights.

Right now, with the added lioght, I think they look perfect. They just look beautiful, and fit in with the Covenan'ts colorful stuff.

I give you a thumbs up.

you could get really close results using a shader water with no OS.

No. I wont do anything for you, make research. I'm not sure how to do, but I'm sure you can make something similar. Try putting a shader water. Period.

I must say I actually quite like the jackal shields in your last pictures now. Nice job :-)

That's super helpful. 'shader water' is such a specific title for a tagging method, you're amazing at descriptions.

(I'm being sarcastic)

I REALLY dig those Blue and purple.
The rest still look like transparent colored leather that emit light.
:|

we came up with the same idea lol but i havent change them since a while lol nice btw
Edited by LMT Heretic on Dec 30, 2011 at 12:11 AM

I like that idea.

i got the colour i want to desaturate the alpha to but i cant do it. the colour change just stops working. Is it possible anyone could help me with this? i have done everything to try and do it like replacing colour etc and even filling in the white parts with gray but lol it doesnt do anything.

Mb save the bitmap as 32 bit colors ? But it takes a lot of space

your have to first de-select the rgb channels to edit the alpha channel - which is already desaturated to black and white gradients. If you are actually referring to the rgb channels, the red channel acts as a mask for the detail bitmap, and blue is reflection, green is illumination. see thelags thread on that. As far as photoshop goes, the desaturate command normally removes all color on the selected layer and does not affect the alpha channel. I use CS3 and CS5

It worked. Thanks. I really am that dumb.

Ftfy. If you say that some people will think they are average while they arent.

I like this post. (y)

probably to plasticy but i cant get a hood cubemap. I will staft to learn how to make my own.
Edited by Cheddars on Dec 31, 2011 at 10:58 AM

Bad rig and smoothing groups. Bad rip. Bad model.

Good shaders, Mb a bit more contrasted cubemap

Thanks. I cant fix the model since shadowslayer rigged it but i will try and get a good cubemap on it wether its my own or someobe elses.Maniac ages ago gave me some cube maps (thanks man). Ill have a look at them.

The red and blue still look a bit too shiny in my opinion, probably because of the cubemap. Looking good so far!

try mine, soft cube with low contrast:

http://www.mediafire.com/?q0g5wfqzd8ar6g3




Set your perp color to grey
set your paralell color to charcoal:



My diffuse is dark, so you may need to play with your brightness, here's another for contrast:


Edited by Slap Happy on Jan 1, 2012 at 03:24 AM

Doesnt beats my mark V. >:)
This reflection makes it look too bland to me.
I have a good idea for a cube that I'll make and give you soon before mid january
Edited by bourrin33 on Jan 1, 2012 at 05:11 AM

Thanks guys for the help :D

too dark.

slappy your cube looks great :). just wondering though for the visor. would anybody be able to rip the halo 3 visor and make a good cube out of that. i tried today but one of the squares is like pure white and i cant edit it.

Credits: GRUNTS for the goddamnmodelyouidiot

OMFGWTFBBQ THAT LOOKS AWESOME

Nice work, keep at it. Don't forget the smoothing groups. What are you planning for the rest of the chest area?

Also, this area:

Doesn't need that many bevels or the inset light(?).

You should always think about how it looks on the silhouette. If it doesn't really make a difference whether it's there or not, it can probably go.
Edited by ChocolateNugget on Jan 2, 2012 at 01:19 AM

Ah, sorry. I haven't played Reach at all yet.

Well, in that case the only real crit I have right now is that you should get rid of the loop in between these other two right here:

I think the fingers and arms look a tad too long compared with that ref picture. Otherwise it's pretty nice so far.

I just want an energy blade/knife for assassination :D

I'll just leave this here.

what the... is it just me or.... nevermind xP

their she blows

@waffles thanks :)
edit: visor shader. is it good? specular maps really make a difference lol. credits to bourrin for his cubemap since i am still learning how to make.

Edited by Cheddars on Jan 4, 2012 at 07:35 AM

Cheddars, it looks amazing...So beautiful, Plan on releasing when it's done? *he said being hopeful*