Sphinx.blp

[Moderator]

14:43, 9th Jun 2012
67chrome: Changes made, approved.

19:52, 8th Jun 2012

67chrome: Overall this is a little messy, but cool enough to join other approved skins. That is, if you change the file size from a WIP to something usable. The file size is unusably enormous, I'd strongly recommend updating this to a 256x256 version saved at ~70-80%, and if you really feel like having a high-res version link to one somewhere else in this thread. It looks like it could use a little love on the overall scale of the skin as well, all the detail work and shading seems targeted on little areas rather than the overall thing.

Glad to see this bad boy turned into a Sphynx though. I've been playing around with a similar idea but never got to far with it. Pretty solid addition to Egyptian themed stuff.

 

[blacklabel]

He works but need more details on the nose .

PS : He works on Obsidian statue too ?

edit : he works on obsi statue too !but reskin the base .

 

[chr2]

Woah, this actually looks pretty damn good. I think it needs a bit of contrast, and you may want to do something about the blurryness.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

I like the armor + feathers, just the whole skin needs a bit of contrast\sharpness!

 

[morbent]

Hmmm... it was really hard for me to find which parts to blacken and I will probably shadow it a bit more, but after a few days. And yes it works to obsidian statue too, they have 1 texture which is alike but the obsidian statue requires another texture and I'm making this only for the Obsidian Destroyer, not the statue. And the nose is a bit blurry, true, but when I shadowed it, it messes with the lines and doesn't look good... still, the normal obsidian head is only blackness and some eyes. I will contrast it a bit more... but probably after 1-2 days, can't do it now.



In answer to blacklabel: about the statue - I would gladly make the other skin, it's nothing special, but it won't fit this texture because I tried it on a statue and since the wings borderlines have been removed, there is this strange thing that happens - statue wings are parallelipipeds and the obsidian destroyer's are flat rectangles... if you really want to see what I mean check it in the Model Editor attaching my skin to an obsidian statue, or in World Editor.

 

[JokeMaster]

I like it. Looks very original but the face need to be sharper. Maybe it's just mee but i can't see it.

 

[morbent]

Well, It was sharpened before and it just didn't look good to me, I know you guys prefer everything sharpened and shadowed, but you see, the obsidian destroyer's face is like... hmm... on lines? Or how can I say it, the normal destroyer skin is white and black, there after the nose, you can see that I have darkened some parts a little... I want it to look like a human face and I just can't allow myself to sharpen it, it doesn't look that good... Probably I will make an edited, more sharpened and darkened version soon.

 

[Misha]

needs contrast in shadows and highlights..

 

[Horselord12]

Oh, the Sphinx from Oidipus. Looks good, just it needs to darker and sharp bit.

 

[Astaroth Zion]

I really liked this skin, my suggestion would be to somehow increase the size of the eyes. I don't know if adding a kind of eyebrows could do the trick.

 

[sonofjay]

Lovely skin, i live the details etc etc.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

EDIT ONLY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!
PLEASE, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME TO GIVE ME CREDITS!

lol...XD

 

[morbent]

To Astaroth

Yes, about the eyes Astaroth, the normal eyes of the sphinx's are that big and I can't make them bigger because they won't look good in the portrait, you see there is no eye "depth" in the model, yes the big eyes would look good there, but in the portrait there is this eye depth and it would, I don't know... like... imagine that you lower an area in world editor and the edges, the distance between lower and raise, will be colored if I paint the eyes bigger, and it will not look realistic... besides, small eyes give an impression of evil character.

 

[Baelnorn]

Nice one.

 

[Cakedog345]

Nice surprise !
GJ !

 

[BunnyAng]

Could you make a land sphinx? Like the ones in Egyptian mythology. It looks nice still can't seem to use it but i could use the land sphinx..

 

[APproject]

Perfect for my upcoming map, this one motivated me to create egypt mythology based map. Cheers.

 

[TheKurt009]

great! 5/5

 

[morbent]

Oh... thanks for the comments guys. I appreciate it. I mean, how can you really like this blurry ... image?! I hope I'll be able to update it soon :\ (wow)

 

[chr2]

A texturer who actually updates his skins after they've been approved?! BLASPHEMY!

On-topic: The updated head looks much better and more detailed. Aside from that, I can't really tell if there are any other major updates.

 

[morbent]

Well, I added more contrast, changed the place of the shadows and added detail. I can show you a picture of the last one (wow, if I still have any ) compared to this one... there are... a lot of updates. Although, I think that it sucks a bit more now. I mean the face is too dark...

 

[InfernalTater]

I love this! I could have sworn I'd already said that before, but I'll say it again!

5/5.

 

[BunnyAng]

Ahh... looks so much cooler and detailed. Nice work there mate. 5/5

 

[morbent]

Thanks Ang, I really appreciate that.

 

[Baddog_cujo]

it really looks great!, im gonna have to find some use for it!

5/5 +Rep

 

[Mgeterno11]

Awesome and well-done skin. The model looks much better like that. 5/5

 

[morbent]

Thanks guys.

 

[DUTY OF RS]

Approved !

 

[morbent]

Thanks DUTY ^^