Gemini Ascendant Campaign

[solron915]

the update is delayed due to some technical difficulties, and me spending some time install programs on my wife's new laptop for her, which took a little more time than I'd planned.

Ya know things like that happen and we all have to endure them. So I feel reasonablely sure that we all understand your technical difficulities . Hope that they have been fix and upgraded for the present, so that you masy continue on your present quest.

[Nolgroth]

You know that pesky "other commitment" thing has gotten in my own way a time or two. I'll be happy to see an update when it comes down the pipe.

[Merovign]

Dude, family first! We can wait.

[ghost-angel]

Ok, in lieu of an update - as I want to upload Season 02 Episodes with the next update and that's taking forever. . .

Here are some images I've been working on:
Season Title Screens:




And the start of the next group shot/splash screen with better size references. I hope I got Killian's skin tone right. As I finish the other characters I'll be adding them in.

[solron915]

That is cool.

[Merovign]

Awesome!

The skin's darker than I was thinking, ya know, more Venice Beach and less New Delhi. More yellow and less grey, I guess.

But it's all good!

Is Ta really that tall? Maybe Killian should get up in his face less often.

For some reason I like the "Monkey in Powered Pants" think, and I don't mean that in a "circus" kind of way. It's like a perfect sci-fi monkey.

[Nolgroth]

Is Ta really that tall? Maybe Killian should get up in his face less often.

Yes he is that tall. Yazarians are the Wookies of Star Frontiers.

[ghost-angel]

Awesome!

The skin's darker than I was thinking, ya know, more Venice Beach and less New Delhi. More yellow and less grey, I guess.

But it's all good!

Is Ta really that tall? Maybe Killian should get up in his face less often.

For some reason I like the "Monkey in Powered Pants" think, and I don't mean that in a "circus" kind of way. It's like a perfect sci-fi monkey.

I can lighten it up a little. The problem is that the texture to get the skin to look like skin (instead of matte plastic) has it's own shade that's difficult but not impossible to alter.

Yeah, Ta is that tall. And the only reason Sam is as tall as portrayed is because I have her in heeled boots. I'll do a flat foot comparison for kicks and ya'll can get an idea of how small the little crazy is.

[Starwolf]

Nice... I like the bare chested look on Ta. As for updates... you are the most prolific updater, "get er done", person I know... even with your delays you out pace everyone else. Sometimes you getting things done, pushed me to try a little harder. So bottom line "quit showin off"

Seriously, though it's all good, I enjoy your images and I like your website. The GA editorials are fantastic... so I'll be content with getting what I can when I can.

When you get to Wade, I have some changes in mind.

[Merovign]

I'll do a flat foot comparison for kicks and ya'll can get an idea of how small the little crazy is.

It's not the size of your crazy...

Alternatively - big crazy comes in small packages.


As to skin tone, would it be easier to try the asian skin tone you mentioned earlier? That might work (it's hard to tell and I hate for you to spend any extra time on it at this point...). Apart from me being picky, it's perfect.

You are the workhorse here - why is it that the less I work the less spare time I have? WTF is up with that?

And why do I hate smilies in MapTools but use them all over the boards?

[Nolgroth]

And why do I hate smilies in MapTools but use them all over the boards?

Because in MapTools, the stoooopidest key combinations interrupt your text flow with smilies. Here, you have specific key strokes or, better yet, click on the smiley you want.

[ghost-angel]

A flatfooted comparison of Samantha vs Ta'Rang:


I'm starting in on Wade & Caspar this week, so start giving me some requests and details.

[Starwolf]

Hmm...

I have been giving Caspar a lot of thought. I used the Water Elemental as a base character then scaled it down height wise while mantaining the shoulder width. I adjusted the arms, then super-imposed a second figure over the first to give it 4 arms. Based on a comment Nol made I have been thinking of adding a sort of tree bark texture and toning down the bump map to give a sort of grayish rough texture but not rough as full bark. The description of Drasalites says they prefer to go mostly un-clothed as their main senses are olfactory and they use thier entire skin as a sort of big sniffer. They prefer to use mainly just a sort of harness assembly to take the place of pockets and such. I thought maybe an across the chest X style harness to complement the around the waist belt. Also when I did the original PIC Doc did not even own a gun, she now pretty routinely carries a laser pistol, even though she rarely uses it. The gagdet in it's hand was a static prop medical scanner.

For Wade... Same look as always as far as clothes. He has purchased and has been practicing with a pair of Kruger 15 pistols (Free download from DAZ, created by Team Dystopia). Wade has recently been going through some psychological trauma... expect to se some changes, physically, the little boy is growing up. Until the last adventure, he has not been afraid to risk his skin, and even jumped recklessly into danger to save others in his team. Last night was the first time everyone in his team was seriously injured and could have died as a direct result of his actions... he is finally realizing that there can be consequences to others based on his decisions. Wade is starting on a journey to learn what is REALLY important in life, is there a purpose, and what is his part in it. Call it a spiritual awakening

I plan to cut his hair (I am thinking the morphing flat top), for his face I was trying for that sort of Kirk Douglas look with a deep chin cleft.

[Nolgroth]

A flatfooted comparison of Samantha vs Ta'Rang:

How come it looks like Ta'Tang is about to chew Samantha's face off?

[ghost-angel]

How come it looks like Ta'Tang is about to chew Samantha's face off?

I kinda thought he Always looks like he's going to chew someone's face off . . .

I figure half the time he tolerates her antics, and the other half of the time he looks on with bemusement at what the crazy chick is going to do next.