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[Mark Skarr]

Originally Posted by robkelk

I don't know how I missed seeing that last month... Anyway, I've re-posted the link over on Robert M. Schroeck's forums. (Knowing Bob, he'll probably like it.)

Well, I've been working on a scene with Argurous and Pink, but it's not finished yet. And it is a work-safe image, Ze'.

[Mark Skarr]

Here's that work-in-progress:

Here’s our IST New York Alpha Team for 2010.

From left to right it’s:
Großmütig Kämpfer (I know practically no German, so I'm taking it at the player's word that this is reasonably close).
Pink
Cosmic Wolf
Argurous Astraph
Commando

When I can find a good mat for him, I’ll add Patchwork.

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Here's that work-in-progress:

Here’s our IST New York Alpha Team for 2010.

From left to right it’s:
Großmütig Kämpfer (I know practically no German, so I'm taking it at the player's word that this is reasonably close).

Is the Lady Bug Warrior playing with his nipples there?

[Mark Skarr]

Originally Posted by Ze'Manel Cunha

Is the Lady Bug Warrior playing with his nipples there?

Um . . . no. He's supposed to be counting.

MonkeyFist agrees with you, though. And, I forsee a name change in his immediate future.

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Um . . . no. He's supposed to be counting.

MonkeyFist agrees with you, though. And, I forsee a name change in his immediate future.

Marienkäfer does sound better than Großmütig Kämpfer... *grin*


Or you could just call him käfer, or the rotkäfer...

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Um . . . no. He's supposed to be counting.

MonkeyFist agrees with you, though. And, I forsee a name change in his immediate future.

I have to say, I'm with Ze and MonkeyFist - he's holding his hands too close to his chest, I'd say. Repose them further out, and perhaps a two-handed counting where one hand has the number and the other is "ticking off" fingers/knuckles/etc.

I know someone who actually uses the fingers of one hand like an abacus for quick arithmatic (in some funny numeric base - 4 I think :P), but he needs to flick the "beads" (his fingers) to do it or he gets confused.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Großmütig Kämpfer

As others have noted, hand position looks strange.

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Pink

Pose looks like it should be an action shot of someone flying up and turning, but given the position of other characters this looks like the group are in a relatively unmoving pose. Consider a straight vertical pose, rather than a curve?

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Cosmic Wolf

Again, this looks like an action pose of something charging forward (otherwise, the right hind leg being in the air is weird, though dogs (and, most likely, wolves) tend to have their mouths open when running.

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Argurous Astraph

Out of curiosity, can you set that light-ball on her hand as a light source?

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Commando

Unless he's a vampire, those white teeth at the sides of his mouth are odd. Also, his feet are at a very wide angle, and something about his right shoulder and arm is bothering me.

[Mark Skarr]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I have to say, I'm with Ze and MonkeyFist - he's holding his hands too close to his chest, I'd say. Repose them further out, and perhaps a two-handed counting where one hand has the number and the other is "ticking off" fingers/knuckles/etc.

Well, that's what he's doing: He's counting 1's on his right hand, and 5's on his left. He's at 16.

MonkeyFist also reminded me that if I've got Cosmic Wolf in the picture, I also need to have Zell. So widescreen it is. I finally got the lightning surface mat to work again (after moving to a new computer), so I fixed Argurous' lightning fist.

[edit]
Image updated per Anthony's comments

[Mark Skarr]

Saw this right after I posted.

Originally Posted by Anthony

As others have noted, hand position looks strange.

Hopefully, fixed.

Originally Posted by Anthony

Pose looks like it should be an action shot of someone flying up and turning, but given the position of other characters this looks like the group are in a relatively unmoving pose. Consider a straight vertical pose, rather than a curve?

Pink is deliberately posing. She likes to show off.

Originally Posted by Anthony

Again, this looks like an action pose of something charging forward (otherwise, the right hind leg being in the air is weird, though dogs (and, most likely, wolves) tend to have their mouths open when running.

Noticed that last night and fixed it last night.

Originally Posted by Anthony

Out of curiosity, can you set that light-ball on her hand as a light source?

It is, as well as being fixed. It may be a bit more noticable now. But, I'll have to see what I can do to get it to throw light better.

Originally Posted by Anthony

Unless he's a vampire, those white teeth at the sides of his mouth are odd. Also, his feet are at a very wide angle, and something about his right shoulder and arm is bothering me.

The teeth are a weird lighting artifact. I'm trying to figure out what caused it before I fix it, so I can do it again, when I want to make a vampire.

As for his pose, I'll see what I can do to fix it.

[sn0wball]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

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Actually, this is reasonably close to being a parody of, say, naming conventions for German NPCs from RPG supplements of the 80ies or 90ies.

Gramatically, it ought be Großmütiger Kämpfer. As an adjective, Großmütig is awfully quaint. It is translated with magnanimous. Should is mean something like courageous? Than tapfer would be a better term. Kämpfer, on the other hand, translates as fighter, but does not sound very prestigious. Here, Krieger might sound better.

Please ignore this if you were not looking fro suggestions.