Cobra/Fire skin -> magic robe!

[Glorfindel]

Well a few days ago I got tired of how meager the cobra/fire lizard skin vests looked (considering below the heavy/phoenix armors they're the best in the game, along with magic attack resistance)







Now for the red (which no one wears):

Issues:
1: Clipping at elbows and ass during certain animations (would fix later)
2: No real texture, just a quick unwrap and clothy texture made (would also fix later)

Download

Good idea or bad idea?

 

[FER]

looks very good, so why not use it as something new instead of replacement for the vest? try using other textures

 

[The Man In Black]

It would require a name change, but I definitely like the look. Make me a black one so Thoth, who likes me ever so much, can give it to me as a crest. ;-)

 

[ceriux]

if you, uv map it right. i may be able to make good textures for it. would take me a day or so.

more varients too.

 

[Shurik3n]

Who's the dumbass that made those terrible looking vests anyway, I ought to teach him a lesson.

On topic, it looks very nice but I agree with FER. It should be a new item.

EDIT: Infact, make it white and a fur texture and it can be the polar bear skin vest, the third vest that was never made but can be seen the model request thread.

 

[Thothie]

This is much more along the lines of what I hoped for when I heard Orochi was working on a coat. I suppose it doesn’t move much though - probably also not very helmet friendly.

Really, I’m maxed out for items and armor at the moment, unless I work up a new way to fix the armor display bug. Weapon wise I’ve more models than I can use at the moment, unless we suddenly get a lot more help. Really need modelers to look into working on stuff that’s actually in the [REQ] thread.

I’d love to use this for a new series of magic cloaks though, just suspect I’ll have to work out a new system before I can though.

*might* be worth swapping the cobra vest for a cobra cloak - however, if I do that, I need the SMD & BMP source of this model to integrate with the current model source archives. If I decompile the model to extract those, it will likely cause texture skews.

BTW - adding cloaks that drape over armor may be out of the question, as the last time we tried to add a new wearable slot to the character, we wound up with a lot of cases of character corruption. Sadly, I think you’ll have to choose between cloak or armor. (Although, it maybe possible to do something weird, like make it take one of the existing belt slots instead.)

 

[The Man In Black]

Make it a backpack and pretend it has a lot of pockets inside? (Hey man, you wanna buy some GiBs? *Whips open cloak*)

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

(Hey man, you wanna buy some GiBs? *Whips open cloak*)

... I like it.

 

[FER]

"hello, strangaar"

 

[Glorfindel]

Ok well, I'll fix the clipping issues and give it a proper uvmap, and then maybe attempt skinning, nonetheless ill release it for skinners to try

it fits helmets well, but i can put the hood down around his neck

after that, i can try my hand at making a large xbow and making new spiders (with animations), since those are the only two on the list i see me capable of

and hey i will add fur to this for the possibility of ice cloak

 

[Sabre]

Hey, had no idea you knew how to model ...
If your skeleton-fitting skills are 1337, I've a project for you.

 

[Glorfindel]

Theres the UVmap for anyone to try

Guide
Top left: Front
Top Middle: Back
Top right: Right arm (top) and left arm (bottom)
Bottom left: Leftovers, just give them something bland, no one will see them
Bottom: Sides of the cloak
Middle right: Hood

First time unwrapping something, but do those look alright?

 

[ceriux]

no offence looks kinda sloppy... cant tell whats what?

 

[Glorfindel]

Maybe that helps, if you have any tips on unwrapping you should probably say them, since it is only my first. The sloppiness probably mostly comes from the model though

 

[PBarnum]

Awesome idea and awesome model. Would step down from pheonix just to wear it.

"hello, strangaar"

Welcome!
Come back any time.

Love that game. Cannot wait for RE5.

 

[ceriux]

hey was wondering... if you would send me the smd... and ill unwrap it?i maybe able to do a little better and make sure my skin turns out right.

 

[Glorfindel]

check your inbox

 

[ceriux]

omg, your mesh is so sloppy! lol im not trying to be mean, but i cant tell what the hell's what when i select something -.- looks like the hood over laps the main part of the robe , and your triangles point in all kinds of weird directions lol... maybe if i give you a layout for the robe you can just make the uv's for me lol since you know whats what?

 

[Glorfindel]

yeah, i admit that this is pretty bad, i was really just messing around with the mesh until it took shape

if you want to give me a layout thats fine

 

[Cephear]

This model rock i'm using it !
Perfect fir assassins

 

[The Man In Black]

Altair, I play your NS map all the time! >_> <_<

Btw this thread is a good 3 months old

 

[FER]

Glorfindel deserves it for freaking out and leaving MSC without saying bye

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

What did Glorfindel do to have FER, of all people, dislike him?

 

[Jelly]

for freaking out and leaving MSC without saying bye

 

[The Man In Black]

for freaking out and leaving MSC without saying bye

I lol'd.