Requesting a skin

[Goolygot]

I'm requesting a skin for a model I've made. No in-game skins fit. I'm very thankful if someone does this for me. I've uploaded pictures under here.
Picture of model:

Model based on this wow picture:

Picture

I want you to make a skin that looks similar to the wow picture. With orange looking texture. And instead of the purple on top I want to have team color. You can have team color where you want. Except on the upper hair, there shall it be alpha texture. I also want some dark grey claws. The texture shall have 256x128 or less. I've added a picture of the wrap.

Reward: +rep and credit when I upload the model.

 

[Kanadaj]

Do you still need the skin? If so, please send me a PM, and I'd like to have a copy of the model, because it's pretty hard to make a skin for something like this wothout seeing the results ^^

 

[GhostThruster]

I owe you one for wrapping my models for the UTM, so I can try to skin it as well, if you can pastebin the model and send me a PM of the link. Warning: I am a mediocre skinner.

 

[Goolygot]

I owe you one for wrapping my models for the UTM, so I can try to skin it as well, if you can pastebin the model and send me a PM of the link. Warning: I am a mediocre skinner.

I've sent it to kanadaj, and asked if he would still do the skin, but he hasen't answered. I will send it to the you, but I think it is best if we wait for him to answer. So it is not going to be done two similar skins.

 

[Kanadaj]

The problem is that the way it is it's pretty hard to make a nice looking skin and I'm only good enough for this freehand, however, I don't have a touchpad... anyway, I tried it, but it doesn't look good enough

 

[Goolygot]

The problem is that the way it is it's pretty hard to make a nice looking skin and I'm only good enough for this freehand, however, I don't have a touchpad... anyway, I tried it, but it doesn't look good enough

So are you continuing it or shall GhostThruster make the skin?

 

[GhostThruster]

How about we both do it and you choose the best one? Plus, you almost definitely won't like my texture. I can only do decent jobs.

 

[Goolygot]

How about we both do it and you choose the best one?

Okay.

Plus, you almost definitely won't like my texture. I can only do decent jobs.

Well I do think you are better than what you say. And I think you will make more than a decent job. And please show many wips, so I can give you feedback and I can see the progress.

 

[GhostThruster]

WIP.
How does it look? Note that it looks better on the model.
View attachment 93895

 

[Goolygot]

WIP.
How does it look? Note that it looks better on the model.
View attachment 93895

It looks awesome. It looks alot like in the picture.

 

[GhostThruster]

Hey, this job is pretty easy! I think I'll post another WIP in 15 minutes, and I might even get the job done by tomorrow!

 

[Raven0]

I don't know how you guys do this stuff ^-^

Can't wait to see the model

 

[GhostThruster]

GIMP, hard work, and the motivation derived from me owing Goolygot a favour.
WIP 2. How it looks: View attachment 93899
I will fix up those back spines.

 

[GhostThruster]

Done. Well, I know you wanted many WIPs, but, to be honest, the progress was very quick. Let me know if you like it. Btw, it'll need some model editing to look exactly like the Sandreaver.

Moderators, apologies for the double-post, but as you can see, I couldn't really edit the above post.

 

[Goolygot]

Done. Well, I know you wanted many WIPs, but, to be honest, the progress was very quick. Let me know if you like it. Btw, it'll need some model editing to look exactly like the Sandreaver.

Moderators, apologies for the double-post, but as you can see, I couldn't really edit the above post.

It looks really good, but I want some changes.
1. Try make the highlights on the claws on the front of them instead of on the side.
2. I only want it to look like hair on the planes. Not like you've done it, and remember no team color on the planes.
3. The team color should be on top of the body and tail, not on the planes.
4. Try to make the end of body and head have closer skin tone.

 

[GhostThruster]

1. I can do that.
2. I don't understand. That's as similar as possible, and there are 2 materials anyways, so if I add team colour to one, those spines don't get affected.
3. It would be hard to implement, as your wrapping has stretched the body of the model.
4. I can do that.

 

[Goolygot]

1. I can do that.
2. I don't understand. That's as similar as possible, and there are 2 materials anyways, so if I add team colour to one, those spines don't get affected.
3. It would be hard to implement, as your wrapping has stretched the body of the model.
4. I can do that.

2. Only the planes have support for alpha, and the rest supports team color.

I got another idea about the team color. What if you add some team color on top of the feets, and on the thing in the end of his tail?

And can you try to make the planes like hair coming out of his body, and make them match the body to. Like now it don't match because the planes got the dark blue on it, but if you try to add that to the top of the body.

And about my progress. I did finish the animations, but I forgot to do something before I started animated. So I need to redo all of them again.

 

[GhostThruster]

Yep.
Yep.
Yep, consider it done. I can't add it onto the top of the body, because you wrapped it around the whole of the length, so it will just be warped and stretched, unless you plan to re-wrap it.

The Sand Reaver had no animations.

 

[Goolygot]

Yep.
Yep.
Yep, consider it done. I can't add it onto the top of the body, because you wrapped it around the whole of the length, so it will just be warped and stretched, unless you plan to re-wrap it.

The Sand Reaver had no animations.

I got two files of sand reaver. And I meant to give you the unanimated one.
I do not plan to re-wrap it, but if you could try and show me how bad it going to look with teamcolor on top of the body, that would been great.

 

[GhostThruster]

I can't add it onto the top of the body

teamcolor on top of the body

I meant I can't add the wierd pattern on top, because it will warp and stretch over the whole length of the creature. BUT I have added TC onto the tail and legs, and they look satisfactory. Also repositioned the claw-highlights.

 

[Goolygot]

It looks great, but can you try to smooth out the edges of the team color, because the team color don't look good with such edges.

 

[GhostThruster]

Yep.

EDIT: Added melding effect. Note: somehow it doesn't display on the model, at least for me.

 

[Goolygot]

Yep.

EDIT: Added melding effect. Note: somehow it doesn't display on the model, at least for me.

Okay this is the last change you need to do. If you can make the skin parts longer out of the wrap I gave you. But just a little. Because now I get team color lines where it shall be no team color.

All of those lines shall away, and then the model is ready for upload.

 

[Revilo]

Just a suggestion about the wrap....

 

[Goolygot]

Just a suggestion about the wrap....

It don't actually look good when the "scales" go both the ways. And It may be to stretched on my wrap.

It may work if GhostThruster add more scales instead of only 2. I think 4 to 5 would work good. But that is only if you would like to do it.

 

[Revilo]

Well it could be changed so that they dont go both ways and this way you save on the texture size.

Anyway it was just a suggestion.

 

[GhostThruster]

I know how to get rid of the lines, it is because I alphaed out the backgroun. I will leave it un-alphaed.

Also, to make the TC blend, set the material which has 'Sandreaver.blp' (not Replaceable Texture 1) to Blend.

EDIT: Done. I think you should wrap the body better, re-wrap it so that all the scales point to one direction.