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# 46 20-09-2003 , 03:32 PM

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I think her arms are way too muscular. Also, her hands look a little strange as they are pretty flat.

You can also probably save a few polys by getting rid of the geometry that is under her clothes.

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# 47 20-09-2003 , 09:33 PM

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Thanks for the input mtmckinley.

Her arms will be armoured, hence the size.
You're right though the hands could use some
more work. Thanks for the tip on reducing the polys
under the dress, I will definetley do that.

Not sure if this is the right placse to ask, but I wondered
if you could give me some tips on normal mapping.

I've done some research, seen some very good results from it.
I've got the NV filter plugin for photoshop and want to give it
a go. However, how do I view the results, is there a way
to have it show in maya's viewport?, do I have to hardware render?,
or use another package?

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# 48 21-09-2003 , 12:20 AM

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You need to get the CgFx plugin for Maya.

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# 49 21-09-2003 , 12:22 AM

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Thanks a lot Mike user added image

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# 50 21-09-2003 , 06:54 AM

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Head Tex

First update for a couple of nights.
Here's the start of the head texture.

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https://www.thecloudcatcher.com/head_01.jpg

https://www.thecloudcatcher.com/head_02.jpg

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# 51 21-09-2003 , 02:25 PM

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Crikey!

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# 52 21-09-2003 , 04:08 PM

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Excellent work! I really like the headarmor texture. You painted it very well! user added image

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# 53 21-09-2003 , 04:38 PM

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Cheers orgeeizm, glad you like it.

Witchy, I hope that means crikey I like, not crikey
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# 54 21-09-2003 , 07:26 PM

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Hehe, that's 'crikey, good job!'

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Good work! Perhaps smooth the cheeks some more, and maybe smaller lips? ('cause the lips inspired more fear than the armers, I thought.) user added image

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Hi, great work. Guess who?

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# 57 23-09-2003 , 10:25 AM

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Cheers Nike,

I wonder who you may be, this is a mystery user added image

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# 58 23-09-2003 , 11:13 AM

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I might have! Did you get my email. I attached a rough showreel. Need feedback.

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# 59 25-09-2003 , 02:58 PM

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Whoa im lovin everything but the arms. Those are some HUGE triceps, along with some pretty insane forearms. Maybe tone it down around 300% :thumbsup:.

By the way, you sure those texturemaps are 512x512? They look like there huge texture maps.... basing my opinion on the close up of the head and little blurryness. Looking great though.

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# 60 25-09-2003 , 06:31 PM

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Thanks M,

yeh, the arms have been toned down, even though they
are covered in armour, to help with the proportion.

The textures are large at the moment, to be reduced later.
I wanted some good texturing to go into my potfolio, so
I'll be doing two version of these models, one for the challenge
and one for myself.

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