New Race Portraits Site...! - Page 2

narf poit chez BOOM · #11 October 22nd, 2003, 07:19 AM

your supposed to be retired.

Atrocities · #12 October 22nd, 2003, 07:21 AM

At the price I am retired!

CINEMA 4D R8 STUDIO Bundle PC $2495

Ben · #13 October 22nd, 2003, 12:45 PM

Wow ... really good work! Well done!
Keep on, Monolith!
( i was just looking for new race pics,

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trooper · #14 October 22nd, 2003, 12:54 PM

Really impressive race pics. Two thumbs up for ya.

Fyron · #15 October 22nd, 2003, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
tsk, tsk. there's no reason for nasty races to look nasty.

There is no reason for them to look pleasant, or like anything else, for that matter. I want them to look mean and nasty. Nothing wrong with that.

Monolith · #16 October 22nd, 2003, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

quote:
Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
tsk, tsk. there's no reason for nasty races to look nasty.

There is no reason for them to look pleasant, or like anything else, for that matter. I want them to look mean and nasty. Nothing wrong with that.

What looks mean and nasty probably depends a lot on what features scream "PREDATOR!" that we have evolved to recogize. True aliens might likely flip out at the site of say thick fur if the predators they evolved to recognize had it, so a furry cat-creature might appear wicked to them but appear cute or benign to us. All that being said, I think that many creatures will indeed have features we consider threatening, since common evolutionary pressures probably result in the same predator/prey recognitions on worlds similiar to ours. Truly "alien" lifeforms and environments would spawn other lifeforms with a range of different predator/prey traits, some we would recognize as threatening and some not. For the sake of SEIV, it's more fun if some aggressive races appear that way, and some don't; likewise for peaceful races.

In the end it's about what we desire to add flavor to the game in the style we want. A buddy of mine is hung up on the more "real" alien looks from Babylon 5. In the context of SEIV with the original races I wanted something a bit more non-human, but still somewhere in the neighborhood of the 1960's stylizations of the original races in SEIV so they wouldn't be SO jarring next to them.

Have I beat this issue to death yet

Fyron · #17 October 22nd, 2003, 06:14 PM

So do you want to make me an image or not?

Monolith · #18 October 23rd, 2003, 01:00 AM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
At the price I am retired!

CINEMA 4D R8 STUDIO Bundle PC $2495

Hey, believe it or not all the work you see is done using the DEMO Version of the Cinema 4D that is on the disk for Instant Monsters. I am trying to get a buddy to get it under an educational discount from www.studica.com, so the Cinema 4D package itself would only be like $289, Body Paint would be another $289.

The only problem is NONE of the work so far was able to be saved in the demo; you can only work with the tool but not save the final work (all I have are screen captures). Kind of reminds me of the art teachers (sadistic ones) in junior high that thought it was cool to tear up your work after you finished

btw, there are several variations of the greenbrainybug (bottom left corner of the grid) in the zip with all the races. Kind of a cheap bonus for downloading them all!

Monolith · #19 October 23rd, 2003, 03:28 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
So do you want to make me an image or not?

Sure, if you have something in mind!

Just email it to me!

Fyron · #20 October 23rd, 2003, 05:06 AM

I had something in mind, but you went on a tangent.

I emailed more info to you.