An in-deapth look at Vengeance armor design

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Tried to do up a texture sample of "black" chainmail... this is a bit big (resolution wise...) but is as close as I could come in 20 minutes or so...
http://www.tentharmored.net/images/hosted/skin/chain.jpg

The trick with black chainmail is all you're going to see of it is highlights, unless you have a lighter colored backing behind it. Just seeing the highlights won't give the impression of chainmail... or not that I can see.

Tried to do up a texture sample of "black" chainmail... this is a bit big (resolution wise...) but is as close as I could come in 20 minutes or so...
http://www.tentharmored.net/images/hosted/skin/chain.jpg

The trick with black chainmail is all you're going to see of it is highlights, unless you have a lighter colored backing behind it. Just seeing the highlights won't give the impression of chainmail... or not that I can see.
That's not bad. I was thinking more along the lines of ringmail, actually.

http://www.armchair-armoury.co.uk/graphics/ex_58ring.jpg

... or Scale Mail.

But there are plenty of existing xMail textures out there to give us a base to build on.

http://www.knightsandarmor.com/chainmail.jpg
http://www.jelldragon.com/images/chainmail.jpg

If they can do it with checkboard mesh, there's no reason we shouldn't be able to duplicate it with a ringmail/chainmail pattern.

eff, i hate drawing chain mail...how about thin layered plates.... kinda like Colossus from X-men?
Tacky, we're still in a concept phase. I wouldn't worry about doing intricately detailed mail textures right now. We'll get to that further down, when we've got some actual models to skin.

And if you weren't drawing rings or chains, you'd be doing tiny cross-hatches or thread patterns to resemble what's already being used. :p

That's not bad. I was thinking more along the lines of ringmail, actually.

http://www.armchair-armoury.co.uk/graphics/ex_58ring.jpg

... or Scale Mail.

But there are plenty of existing xMail textures out there to give us a base to build on.

http://www.knightsandarmor.com/chainmail.jpg
http://www.jelldragon.com/images/chainmail.jpg

If they can do it with checkboard mesh, there's no reason we shouldn't be able to duplicate it with a ringmail/chainmail pattern.



look at that, no way i'm drawing that!!! how about you guys just use your imaginations and pretend that my drawing have chain mail. just looking at the pic is cramping my hand up.

look at that, no way i'm drawing that!!! how about you guys just use your imaginations and pretend that my drawing have chain mail. just looking at the pic is cramping my hand up.
That's fine dude. Relax.

Like I said, still a concept phase. No biggie. :D

look at that, no way i'm drawing that!!! how about you guys just use your imaginations and pretend that my drawing have chain mail. just looking at the pic is cramping my hand up.
I think that's what Data is telling you to do...
Just draw it as if it were a stiff cloth and stick a little arrow next to it saying "chainmail". Leave the actual detail of the small stuff up to the skinners later on.

The plate thing would be cool, but you have to remember that the reason you have unplated areas in the other models is because those are the parts that move when it animates. You can't diverge too far from the other models in that respect.

Scale mail would work though, as long as it's small enough to appear flexible. :shrug:

too late my hands are spaziming!!! oh gawd!! i can't feel my left hand!!!


damnit. i'm right handed..

Good. Get to work!

/me cracks the whip.

dont make me crack the whip on YOU BOY

I'm so glad i suck at skinning and modeling. and only thing i have to worry about is drawing. speaking of which, who is working on this and what are they doing. just need to know for future refrence.

click your own link in your sig and follow to the forums, nub :D

ah, alas, i'm not a member of that forum and i know there are others that have contributed, and are not apart of that forum as well.

yeah all of you go signup right now before i destroy you

www.diamondsword.com/gallery (http://www.diamondsword.com/gallery) for most of tackys workso far

What?!
Join the forum already, or I'll beat you mercilessly.

...here comes mr. tire iron..... :p

tacky what kind of pencil do you use? A regular HB pencil or what?

Yeah, I think that's what he uses.
Then he scans it in and adjusts the levels in Photoshop usually.

Yeah, I think that's what he uses.
Then he scans it in and adjusts the levels in Photoshop usually.
Yeah i don't exactly have a scanner. I have a digital camera and use a 10c HB2 pencil.

It comes out something like this usualy:
http://upload.serverseed.com/pictars3/Ritz_dwarf.jpg

i use usually what i can find around the house. usually it's a regular ink pen or a pencil crayon or a graphite pencil. some times it coffee stains. like neek said, i usually clean it up in photoshop. before showing it off.

http://www.diamondsword.com/upload/images/Ztir_dslogo.jpg
i used my my tacky-design and added the new logos. It may look shitty because the reflection from the flash on the lead makes some spots unviewable