Smoke{WIP}

[Cantar]

hay guys been working on this off and on in Upaint for last 3 weeks keep redoing colors trying to find some starting point realy anyways i could realy use the help of texture kings/queens and a shader of corse =)

the basic idea was to make her look smokie but able to use team colors thats of corse the blue team i also have a red and green vearsion

problem is i realy cant make her look smoky without the help of a shader and some textures on some of the colored parts might be cool but want to leave the gray and silver for a shader to make look smoky =/ but what ever

if anyone can help email me at Bruttal@TheWolfBrigade.com

 

[Cantar]

oh btw this is my first ever project =/

 

[daloonie]

Hehe since it's your first project try to use Adobe Photoshop or Jasc Paint Shop Pro they are much easier to compile a skin for UT2kX with and have a load more options than Upaint.
If it should be looking smokey you should apply some shades for bumps and holes in the grey colors and make the grey colors in different tones to make it more rustic and smokey like, not just plain grey.

 

[Darth_Chaos]

Looks cool, and this could be the first female cybernatic skin I like(aside from Klas). Oh and the atari boards have been owned. All your base belong to us.

 

[Mr.Wigglez]

I cant tell what to say bout it. Cuz right now to early to tell what it will look like. hope it turns out good.

 

[Cantar]

heres an update, just wish i knew how to make it all shine

here's the texure i made for it

 

[klasnic]

I wouldn't make it shine quite yet, Cantar as it needs some detail first. Think about kinda flames going up the legs but rather than flames use smoke (a darker grey pattern moving up). The prob is you're using Upaint and you'd be better off taking the image you have now (right-click on body window in Upaint) and export as a bmp or something. Then open it in an image editing program and play around with it there. I don't really have a beginners guide but there are tutorials... I'll link all I can find in a separate thread here later as a guide

 

[klasnic]

http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?t=140632 There's a link in that thread for a shader tutorial (thanks OMF).

 

[Cantar]

hay i created a flameish look am useing both upaint and a program vary close to what photoshop is (less gui) i actuly kinda like this 1 but dunno ill let you decide what ya think

***EDIT***

Oh yeah heres the Flame Texture i used all i done to it was resize and cut the black out of it, Oh and i turned it some so the flames go up and not around

 

[klasnic]

Yup that's much better... Detail is still a prob though. The default model would have darker shades under areas that are sticking out (shadows) which would make it look more detailed. What prog u using? If it uses layers, put the default original skin as the base layer and the one you've done as a layer over it, then make it a little more opaque to allow some of the detail in the original to come through. Keep going though, it's good for a first attempt and it'll get better as you go along

 

[Cantar]

Yup that's much better... Detail is still a prob though. The default model would have darker shades under areas that are sticking out (shadows) which would make it look more detailed. What prog u using? If it uses layers, put the default original skin as the base layer and the one you've done as a layer over it, then make it a little more opaque to allow some of the detail in the original to come through. Keep going though, it's good for a first attempt and it'll get better as you go along

Yes it has layers its PhotoStudio by Arcsoft i like it its n00b frindly =) came with my comp

 

[Cantar]

new update!

i havent been working with the head any but i have my worked saved in pfd so i can pull out my layers and drop in the head latter just gotta keep geting help from klasnic

witch am so vary thankful for lemme know whatcha think of this

 

[Mr.Wigglez]

you shoulda make the white (not the greay parts) shiny. and make the gray black. so the flames would be black, nad the otehr parts would be shiny white, that would look so sweet.

 

[Cantar]

so the flames should be darker?

3rd update (only done the head from last update)

 

[Cantar]

Dont think am done but heres a red vearsion just so i dont lose anything =)

**Edit** red vearsion is a lil light around the gray areas ill probly have to darkn that up some

 

[Cantar]

here i made the red a bit darker ill work on the gray shade latter

 

[Cantar]

here i made a black one too

 

[klasnic]

Very nice, now you're getting there - It's really starting to look well :tup: and tcs too yippee!

 

[Cantar]

what should i do next to it?

 

[klasnic]

Up to you man, I'd put a little shadow under the three folds between the thigh and knee so it looks broken up a bit. Stick to the theme though as it's good to know what you want to do when ya start. Post a pic of the behind view too