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Dark Knight - Batman

10-02-2008, 12:05 AM#1
XS-Archangel
This skin is based on Dark Knight, aka Batman, but as you can see some areas aren't the same as his original suit. Feel free to give critics and suggestions how to improve it more.

Import the skin to the following path:
Textures\HeroDemonHunter.blp

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10-02-2008, 12:38 AM#2
Game_Slave
This wrap is disgusting
The skin is too.. black, in the movie his suit is more of a dark gray o.O
The mask is pretty good, though the eyes are really weird
The part I like least is the blades
You should probably attach the .blp as well
Good idea though?
10-02-2008, 02:08 AM#3
Tide-Arc Ephemera
The leather's really shiny... as in, homage to bondage shiny... Overall I think it's pretty good.
10-02-2008, 02:13 AM#4
AnemicRoyalty
Aye, I've seen your progress on this over on the Hive.

My concern here is that it will be way too dark ingame. I'm aware that Batman
is supposed to be dark, but in WC3 all that low-contrast detail is going to turn
into a blurry dark mass. I also think the little symbols on his glaives could
stand to be a bit more epic. Maybe try work in some of the gold or red
from his belt or pants?

And yes, the eye wrap. It's difficult, thats for sure, but it's not impossible.
Fiddle around one pixel at a time if necessary. I remember Denu (at least I
think it was Denu, might have been someone else :P) said that the trick is to
make the eyes small and sad, drooping down slightly at the outer edges. Heck
you might even be better off getting rid of the pupil alltogether if necessary.
Entirely up to you, see what works.

You will also need an Ingame screenshot.

Besides those things, though, this is quite a nice skin. It simply needs a little
more work to reach the right level.
10-02-2008, 04:46 AM#5
Rising_Dusk
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Originally Posted by AnemicRoyalty
I also think the little symbols on his glaives could
stand to be a bit more epic.
Took the words right out of my mouth. For a first round of feedback, adjusting per AR's suggestions would do only good for your texture. Additionally, look into a lot of contrast. Remember that while batman is dark and all, don't be afraid of yellows to make it more visible, they contrast great. Also, the pants are way too overdetailed, you should be going for a far simpler design with a more coherent pattern. Right now they're all over the place.

I can move this over to WIP textures where it can receive the proper feedback in its further development, if that would be preferable.
10-02-2008, 08:14 AM#6
Malf
You can omit the pupils and the face will look better imo.

Also, your choice of a black background makes it harder to see in that screenshot.
10-02-2008, 09:47 AM#7
XS-Archangel
ok, thank you on comments. Whole skin was gray but most of skinners on Hive told me to make it darker, because batman has darker suit, so I did it. Too much contrast for me, but there people like it as black. I'll post .blp (I forgot to that :S).

Also I wanted to do some alpha with the ears but since the ears and neck are connected, if I do an alpha out neck will become hollow.

About the belt... It was yellow, but Hawkwing wanted a little bit paler so it doesn't point out of the whole skin, so he can approve the skin. It was like this:
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10-02-2008, 10:35 AM#8
waaaks
no capes?
10-02-2008, 10:49 AM#9
ragingspeedhorn
AnemicRoyalty > Hawkwing

You could release a different version, or both versions, at each site.
10-02-2008, 11:18 AM#10
XS-Archangel
"AnemicRoyalty > Hawkwing"

I know that, but AnemicRoyalty isn't moderator on hive who give you approve for skin... unfortunately...
10-02-2008, 11:25 AM#11
ragingspeedhorn
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Originally Posted by ragingspeedhorn
You could release a different version, or both versions, at each site.
10-02-2008, 12:32 PM#12
XS-Archangel
I will but I have exams these days so I don't have time for it :(
10-04-2008, 09:51 PM#13
Flame_Phoenix
This is a great skin, should be approved immediately =D
10-05-2008, 05:37 PM#14
erwtenpeller
The big question here is, do you want to make it look more like the dark knight, or optimise it for use in warcraft 3? Both perpouses require a diffrent angle of critisism.

The rendering is of good quality though, after you've taking a solid stance on perpouse and perfected this piece its definetly going to be worthy of approval.
10-05-2008, 07:02 PM#15
Callahan
yuo should remove pupil.