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Title: I want to skin.
Post by: unR on November 07, 2009, 02:31:02 AM
Hi folks,
OA got my attention lately because I found it in the Ubuntu.Linux-Repositories.
I'd really like to contribute by working on textures for models.
I don't like to do flat textures (maybe sometime in the future)

Yesterday I thought I could start working without writing to you guys but
the link inside the "Player Model SDK"-Thread didn't work.

If you have unskinned Models, please give them to me (at least one/two of them :).
I need the "clean_UV-Mesh_File.jpg" (the one with the lines) and the model.
I prefer *.3ds files since they work best with the modelviewer I use (3dexploration)

I know that most of the time it starts the way that I would show some of my work and then you'd approve
but please let me just put my hands onto some of your files and then you can decide if its for the trash or the pk3.

++i'd really really like to do a skin for the smarine model. even though it already has one.


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: Graion Dilach on November 07, 2009, 07:40:41 AM
Every model's source is in the SVN. Although mostly are .blends.

http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/models (http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/models)

Oh, here is SMarine.

http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/models/spacemrn/ (http://openarena.ws/svn/source/assets/models/spacemrn/)


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: unR on November 08, 2009, 01:24:48 PM
hey,
looks like I overestimated my skills a little bit.
I spent a few hours now on doing a skin for Angelyss.
I didn't get very far and I'm pretty frustrated atm.

I didn't think its possible to unlearn such thing as skinning
the last time I did texture work was ~4yrs ago.

But I was wrong. Painting the stuff you see in the attached file
was a real pain in the ass and I'm not very satisfied.
It may take a while to get down the feel for contrast and texture
again.  I'll keep up but I need to take some practice first.

concerning the file. Im pretty happy with the face but
the metalhelmet sucks. it looks more like cloth.


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: fromhell on November 10, 2009, 02:14:52 AM
It's Carrie fischer!


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: unR on November 10, 2009, 03:01:01 PM
this is actually a cool idea...


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: andrewj on November 10, 2009, 07:43:32 PM
... if you want to get sued by George Lucas.


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: unR on November 11, 2009, 07:11:03 AM
i meant the idea in general.
not the idea of making a princess_leia-skin for next OA release.

//edit
hey fromhell, could you maybe send me a pm with your mail adress or other kind of contactinfo?


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: unR on November 22, 2009, 09:31:49 AM
Hey,
Weekend :)

Yesterday, I spent the whole day with blender.
And SUCCESS, I was able to create a SkinningSDK for SMarine.
I appended a *.zip file maybe It can go into the "0.9.0 Player skinning SDKs"-Thread, dunno.

And then today I tried skinning again.
The output is the following.
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/flpshomepage/skins/smarine_head.png)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/flpshomepage/skins/h_head.jpg)

There's one improvement -> I'm not that angry about myself anymore, but
I spent about 4hrs on this head wich is way too long. still looks a little flat imo.
but I won't bitch with myself, I'm pretty happy and next time will be even better.

c&c if you want.
bye unR


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: feidi on November 22, 2009, 10:50:03 AM
Very nice, keep up the good work! The last skin reminds me of the Fallout for some reason =)


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: cosmo on November 22, 2009, 01:08:38 PM
You advanced. Great. Go on please.


Title: Re: I want to skin.
Post by: unR on November 29, 2009, 09:42:36 AM
hey, thanks for the comments.
I'm still working on the skin and I will definetely finish it.
Have nothing to show atm. Just layouted the Torso.
This is a 1024x512px file so it will take a while.

I currently shift priorities a lot :)
I failed at Math last Semester so I get to skinning only few hours week.
If I had nothing to do I'd be much faster.