drake power-ups HD

[talisa]

lol JD at the drunk ogres thing

yeah it does seem a bit silly, doesnt it... radioactive boxes in base-maps?
one of those things that show ID still had doom on their minds while making quake

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hmm i honestly dunno what id wanna do next....
not much items left to do, ive already done the majority of drake's items

pretty much only book open&closed both and the boots of flight are remaining,
and a bunch of items which arent used in any maps and arent really interesting


oh, and of course the drake plasma-gun which fires those blue spikey plasma-balls,
and that NSOE shotgun-lasergun thingy... which is a just downright ugly shotgun recolor.

but if id make either of those i'd design completely new models for them instead of going by how they look in-game,
cuz they both arent exactly good-looking, to say the least

and i wouldnt really have the slightest clue how to make them look

[talisa]

remembered there is one more item to do which i forgot:

the amulet of protection, which is also another item taken from hexen2


original model doesnt really look much like anything, just some generic amulet thingy with a red gem,
perhaps something egyptian-like from the looks of it?

i will gladly stray from the original design for this item since the original model is just plain bleh looking.

so anybody have any ideas for any kinda medieval or egyptian amulet/charm which i could make it look like?
its originally a hexen2 item, so it has to fit with the hexen2 medieval/egyptian theme too as ill also be making it usable for hexen2 with fteQW

if you have any ideas for something that would fit for this item, let me know!
and please do post pics

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PS keep in my mind my modelling skills are limited, and i couldnt model anything super-detailed or with complex parts

[JDSTONE]

i could not find a good Egyptian protection symbol when i looked up... i think because they like Alice the house keeper there motto was "i fear nothing" (H.S.T. joke)

take a look at this thow


also i just played "Ontranto" it has the barrel as a misc model and the ogres are bar-tending! give that map pack a try it was a good one.

[talisa]

hmm i unno JD, its a nice amulet but not really fitting imo for a fancy charm which temporarily protects you from pretty much any harm

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bar-tending ogres? ill have to try that map-pack, have to see that

[talisa]

quite basic perhaps, but what about something like this?

simple but always neat, and it would work for a magical charm and would also fit in the world of hexen2

or mebbe something like this?


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i like the first one more personally

[xaGe]

WOwwww.. Someone has been busy blendering! Nice to see your still at it making good stuff over the last few months. Wishing I had more time to play creative in blender and quake.

[talisa]

eyup, got more serious about modelling last couple months, and making models for quake is perfect practice cuz of their simplicity

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kind of at a loss now though, cuz there are only a couple items from drake-mod left to do and i have no clue how to make them look,
and their original models are bogus so id wanna make different models for them which look nice

and it would seem nobody has any ideas for how to make these items look

[JDSTONE]

idk if i stated this yet or not but one of the books should look like the evael dead

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/qMpaXqsaoKg/m...jpg?feature=og

and i like the top pendent...

[talisa]

lol that would be funny.

the book-models are both the same book but in open and closed states,
so it wouldnt make sense if they werent the same book


also yeah i like that top pendant too,
but i dunno for sure yet if i wanna make a model like that for the amulet of protection

kinda still waiting if anybody has any good ideas for it

[xaGe]

I find the best ideas are the ones that come from taking a stab at the "so-so" ideas. What ever you do will become a learning experience one way or another no? Just do something! Eventually some idea will come along to spark your interest.

kinda still waiting if anybody has any good ideas for it

[MadGypsy]

kinda still waiting if anybody has any good ideas for it

There is nothing to this. Make a shape and give it depth, decorate it, make some lil hangy thing from it to give it an ornamental feel, add a chain.

Let's even look at this another way. It's an amulet of protection, right? OK, well a shield shape would be a good place to start. The shield could have decoration that revolves around sustaining life. For instance some kind of heart... or representation of a heart... a red jewel?

There ya go, there is your starter, a shield shape with a red jewel in the center. Here's a starter example.



However, that's only one of an entire skull of ideas that I have.

Let's start over but keep the shield as the base. Instead of a red jewel that represents the heart, what if you used other symbolism, like "infinity"? What if the amulet wasn't precious metals at all, but more of a rugged, crafted item. Here is an example



That's not all, though. Shields aren't the only symbol of protection. this link is filled with symbols that have been used for protection, throughout the ages.

Really, in the long run this is nothing but choosing a symbol, decorating some shape with it and adding a chain OR make it a brooch (pin).

make it so...

EXTRA: Here is a link to a page full of shield-like brooches. Actually if you image search "shield"+(amulet, brooch, jewelry, pendant, etc) - your problem wont be trying to find a good idea, it will be picking one.

[talisa]

@gypsy
yeah you're right, there indeed isnt much to this item.
its a simple item which isnt worth thinking to crazy much over, and there isnt much you can do much with it


with your suggestions i did find two very nice-looking items.
hadnt thought myself to search for brooches too, and when i did....


i found these!

they both look very nice and both would work great for the amulet of protection, and they're similar.
i first found the black one and really liked it and then searched on a bit and found the similar one with the big gem which is also great

think ill make the model for this item a mix between these two brooches

[talisa]

and... right away some progress


started with replicating the shield-shaped part of the brooch.
conveniently was able to re-use one of the gems i made some time ago for NSOE for on it

next is getting to making some nice decorations on it.
think ill inspire those by the ones on the black brooch i posted above, cuz i really love the decorations on that one

that, and my skills in modelling and texturing arent good enough to be able to make such detailed and fancy stuff like the decorations on the gold one

[talisa]

moar progress

added a rounded edge on the front, and added some fancy decorations inspired by that black brooch i linked a few posted ago

really liking it myself so far, and dun think id know much more to change/add (at least to the amulet itself)

what do you all think of it?

[Frost R17]

Are they supposed to be shields? because they look like they can protect your bank account too.