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The Return of Mara Jade

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 morphius_doh
08-14-2002, 10:58 AM
#201
That's a pic from the Sci Fi Channel's version of Dune. lol
 t3rr0r
08-14-2002, 11:47 AM
#202
Originally posted by dekMan:.
but do u really care if she has a pair of sunglasses around her neck, or a pair of kneepads? I don't really care, but I guess it wouldn't be much to do.
well, a bunch of surfaces is like having a bunch of different models. :D

and morphius_doh is correct. :cool:
 "thA dekMan"
08-14-2002, 1:10 PM
#203
oh lol my bad... i don't tend to watch the sci-fi channel very often :p let alone catch it when dune is on.
 Sisko82
08-14-2002, 7:19 PM
#204
Wow! Excellent work! I can't wait until this one is finished! Keep up the good work! :cool:
 Zey
08-16-2002, 5:41 AM
#205
*bump*
 morphius_doh
08-19-2002, 11:08 AM
#206
Any updates to report?
 Edward Peretti
08-19-2002, 11:34 AM
#207
I started more work on the texture. The texture is now one big map and the mesh is a whole, so no underbody I'm afraid. Also the long hair is gone :\ (and that's all final)

I've made my job work priority, which means taking it home, so I want to finish Mara as quickly as possible by simplifying everything.

Next update image will be a final finished render, before I go through the gruling task of getting her ingame.

later

Edd
 idontlikegeorge
08-19-2002, 1:23 PM
#208
cool, well good luck on it. im no longer interested. :(
 Luuke
08-19-2002, 3:42 PM
#209
cool, i hope you get it done. still one of my most wanted models!
 Tzar Sectus
08-19-2002, 5:55 PM
#210
Thanks for the update, it'll rock when it comes out. Although, honestly, I'm disappointed you had to cut down on things, it would have been really cool to have gotten everything.

-Remi
 <JOTD>Jedi Hunter
08-19-2002, 7:08 PM
#211
Well, I wouldn't complain. He's doing this in his spare time just so the legion of SW JO fans will be able to use it. I'm just grateful that he began work on it. It will be quite fun to play with Mara in game. I look forward to more updates. Keep up the great work.
 remark 666
08-20-2002, 1:08 AM
#212
this will be my most favorite female model, she'll rock big time! :)
 idontlikegeorge
08-20-2002, 4:56 AM
#213
oh yeah, dont take me wrong, its just now with no long hair and extra surfaces, its just a good-looking curvier jan. im sick of jan. i mean a tavion/jan model tweek with just some hair not pulled back would be a nice change.
 Edward Peretti
08-20-2002, 11:37 AM
#214
I see what you mean. Other than the hands and inner mouth, the mesh is entirely made from scratch. The hair out I modeled before looked boring. There wasn't much definition or shape to it, so I ditched it.

The hair would seperate it more from the others, you're right about that. I'll see if theres a way of converting the ponytail version. I am sure that her hair is out on the cover of the mots game. But it's very suttle.
 BradFu
08-20-2002, 11:45 AM
#215
I agree that having multiple hairstyles would really make this model great :D It shouldn't take a huge amount of extra time, and remember that surfaces that are turned off do not count toward the in-game polycount :)
 Gram_Reaper
08-20-2002, 10:58 PM
#216
thats would be awesome to have like three different hair styles. Add some uniqueness. Hey BradFu what happened to the thread on your bothan jedi master
 Edward Peretti
08-27-2002, 5:42 PM
#217
Added an image of the final model and partialy textured clothing

http://eperetti.tripod.com/workinprogress.html)

thought I'd post somthing new :\
 adillon
08-27-2002, 7:19 PM
#218
very nice work, ed, very nice. :D
 Grafox
08-28-2002, 3:10 AM
#219
Looking good, ed!
 remark 666
08-28-2002, 11:08 PM
#220
awesome work so far, keep it up :)
 <JOTD>Jedi Hunter
08-29-2002, 1:20 AM
#221
Very good. I dont's notice anything wrong with it. It really looks great. I (and every other mara fan) appreciate all of your hard work. Thanks. :)
 morphius_doh
09-04-2002, 2:32 PM
#222
Looking good so far. I am looking forward to seeing any future updates!
 Edward Peretti
09-08-2002, 6:14 PM
#223
afraid not. I'm planning to use it for other things.

I'm modeling a pulled back hair female character at work which drove me to change her hair back to this...

http://eperetti.tripod.com/workinprogress.html)

I haven't made much of a fuss with the long hair, so it looks simple but fairly effective.

Edd
 mariners2001
09-08-2002, 6:18 PM
#224
Looking very nice Ed...I'm so glad you decided to give her long hair as there are none out so far. When do you think it'll be ready for release? By the way, if you'd like some skinning help - contact me here (robinhawk@yahoo.com)
 DarkLord_44
09-08-2002, 7:24 PM
#225
I like the model either way. :jawa
 §ith Lord
09-08-2002, 7:28 PM
#226
damnit, I liked the pulled back hair better, oh well its still awesome.
 BradFu
09-08-2002, 8:32 PM
#227
Whooo!! I like that new look! I also like the old look too :) Don't suppose you'd humor us and throw both in, one as an alternate surface? That would make this model truly great :D

(PS - I'm a Sith! YAY!)
 t3rr0r
09-08-2002, 10:15 PM
#228
w00t! both versions look very impressive. :D
 fat_101
09-09-2002, 6:38 AM
#229
W.O.W nuff said

FATTEH
 morphius_doh
09-09-2002, 1:38 PM
#230
I love the new look, can't wait to see what it looks like when it's skinned!
 Jedi Kyp Durron
09-09-2002, 7:13 PM
#231
Thats really good! Is this the first Skin/Model you've made? If it is you should have started doing this along time ago. Thats the best Model/Skin of Mara Jade I've seen. If it is a model everyone's going to be using it you know like first the only thing everyone used was reborns trillions and trillions of reborns. Then Tyrion I think, was the next model they used a trillion times. This one's probably gunna be the next. Its that good.
 DarkLord_44
09-09-2002, 8:56 PM
#232
He works for a game company.
 fat_101
09-10-2002, 8:06 AM
#233
well that would explain alot :D

FATTEH
 Slade Renegade
09-10-2002, 5:39 PM
#234
not to sound crude but can JK II suport animation? like hair waveing as you run and ahem breasts bounceing :P

and not sure if i was asked already but i'm sure alot of guys would love to see a naked version......

all in all the model is great! i always liked mara over the other females of SW.
 IPHDTD
09-10-2002, 9:58 PM
#235
Originally posted by Slade Renegade
not to sound crude but can JK II suport animation? like hair waveing as you run and ahem breasts bounceing :P

and not sure if i was asked already but i'm sure alot of guys would love to see a naked version......

all in all the model is great! i always liked mara over the other females of SW.


.....oooookaaaaaaayyyyyyy.......... :confused:
 leXX
09-11-2002, 2:38 PM
#236
Wow, that is looking really good! There is a serious lack of female models out and with this as a base for future modellers, I am looking forward to a good few female models in the near future! :thumbsup:

Slade Renegade> The only animated model I have seen is the matrix agent although parts don't move on it, only the texture.
 Slade Renegade
09-11-2002, 3:00 PM
#237
yeah the one gundam has blinking lights on it.... i guess soumething liek i was think might be possable when someone plays with sorce code
 t3rr0r
09-11-2002, 6:22 PM
#238
Originally posted by Slade Renegade
i guess soumething liek i was think might be possable when someone plays with sorce code
actually, all you need is to make a shader.
 Jedi Kyp Durron
09-13-2002, 5:50 PM
#239
A naked version sounds un-Star Wars, Slade Renegade. I would like to say that that would eliminate the purpose of making this just to make something like that. Also I would sugest that such a version be never released it is against Star Wars, if George Lucas put that sort of... stuff into the movies I'd go watch Star Trek er something.

This is a really good model and such a thing as Slade Renegade asked for should not be released except after extreme thought.
 Jedi Kyp Durron
09-13-2002, 5:52 PM
#240
Would also like to add that there are alot of perverts out there that downloaded the 'other' Jan and Tavion skins, and that was suprising is anyone else suprised at that? I mean thats disgusting, its not even 'real'....
 Scarlet Widow
09-13-2002, 7:52 PM
#241
How can they own anything you do outside of work? Is that just a standard contract you agree to when you work for a game studio? That's really sad :(

It's looking very nice though (i think i like her with her hair back better though, it'll look better in-game that way too since we don't have any kind of cloth rendering in Quake III), but i really hate that feeling when its like you couldn't put all your heart into it... it just doesn't feel like a piece of art anymore.
 EmperorJello
09-14-2002, 2:26 AM
#242
This is a really good model and such a thing as Slade Renegade asked for should not be released except after extreme thought.

Not quite. It could be used as a good base from which to make further skins.

If you've ever skinned for The Sims, then you would know that the skins in that game are based off naked models. Most people, hopefully, don't actually use those models in-game.

So since I hate the Jan model, and am not skilled enough to make my own, this would be a perfect base model.


Unfortunately, he said he doesn't have time to release the base model/skin or anything--just the Mara skin.
 KMan
09-14-2002, 4:24 AM
#243
Jello- Good point, but The Sims is a more casual game when it comes to character customization and skins.

It is more acceptable just to do a cut and paste job on top of the base skins for the Sims. I have seen so many crappy skins made that were pasted pictures of austin powers on top of a head with a nearly naked body with a british flag speedo that cries 'MSPaint'.

But in the First Person Shooter market, there is a more centralized group and community that enjoy making these things, and can do them from scratch. So cut/paste jobs and MS Paint or Paint Shop Pro re-colors are considered a half-arsed job and nobody takes them seriously as an artist.
 idontlikegeorge
09-14-2002, 6:34 AM
#244
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 t3rr0r
09-14-2002, 1:06 PM
#245
Originally posted by idontlikegeorge
anyway, like i said at the beginning, why not just have a basic skin out on the basic "nude" model

you dont have to model nipples or genitalia, and have a skin without those, and boom, a good base people can use, no stupid graphic nudity
now that's not a bad idea...
 <JOTD>Jedi Hunter
09-15-2002, 1:16 AM
#246
idontlikegeorge, please try and watch the language. This is a family environment. Let's try and keep it that way. Thanks
 frendon
09-15-2002, 2:27 AM
#247
:laughing: i find so funny that they deleted idonlikegeorge's post but the post is still quoted by t3rr0r so why bother to delete it then?
 ASk
09-15-2002, 3:26 AM
#248
That's because only part of it is quoted, and that is not the offensive part.

So there.
 idontlikegeorge
09-15-2002, 5:04 AM
#249
:rolleyes:

hey edward, are you going to make it so the mouth can move like the raven models? cuz itd be nice to be able to do those emote animations for a SP mod :)
 frendon
09-15-2002, 11:54 AM
#250
damn then I missed that part, I think that when you are done you should hand it over to toonces he is can do the facial animation parts for you.

The model is looking great, one of the fines models, i can't wait anymore!!!!!
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