WIP Malak Reskin

[Omicron]

So, I decided start a small reskin project of Malak. I'm planning to reskin it all from scratch, but I'll probably end up photosourcing some textures as well. So far, all I have done is the head. The mask currently has a photosourced metal texture which I am going to change. The face is textured completely by me, but I made an outline of the tattoos beforehand, and then textured them, but I may make my own tattoos for it later.

 

Thoughts so far?

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EDIT: How do I get that green WIP tag next to the topic title?

 

[Tempust85]

Looks good but Is that the ported model?

[Omicron]

It isn't actually a port as far as I'm aware, the model had ported textures, but I believe the model was made from scratch.

 

Source:

Comment #22:

http://jediknight3.filefront.com/file/Malak_reskin_by_Tobe;112495x#1976595

 

 

Tobe,

 

You might not have to be so quick to have the file removed. At any rate, the original model was done by ksk h20, the same guy who did the Grayfox model and some skins that are available on this website. The model is available at LucasFiles here:

 

http://lucasfiles.com/?s=&action=file&id=488

 

And here's a thread from LucasForums discussing the model:

 

http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121464

 

From what ksk h20 says in there, it isn't a direct port rip off of the Malak model from the original game, he DID change some body parts on it (and the head is bigger on this one as opposed to the direct port for that matter), so it isn't a direct port of the original model; most ports I have seen have the hands looking kind of pointy and they look stiff; this one is definitely not stiff looking like a port. The only thing that was ported as he says was the textures he used as he says he couldn't skin it the way he wanted to (a cop-out, I know, but...). Still, it's a good skin pack, whether or not it stays here or not.

[ChalklYne]

tl;dr?

 

Here's a summary for you

 

It's a port

 

XD

[Omicron]

hmm, well the head doesn't really look anything like Malak's in kotor, and the shoulders look more broad, but that could be from trying to rig it to jka i guess. Either way, it doesn't particularly bother me if the model is ported XD

[ChalklYne]

I'll make you one if you'll texture it =)

[ChalklYne]

See? lol

 

Only 20 minutes of work on top of a base mesh I created for easy character designing

 

Needs to be worked on sure, but 20 minutes lol. And A quick touch up and unwrap and you will have a non ported model

 

 

you can skin it while I rig it since I'm already riggin blackbeard and am in the mood

 

Unfortunately for everyone, this will be the last Request I fill for a while as I really need to get back to my mod. I will take another break in a few months maybe and fill a few more and possibly dabble a bit in between but let's not request any more playermodels out of ol chalkbone for a while as I have plenty I need to do XD

[Omicron]

Wow, you didn't have to go to the trouble of making a malak model y'know But very impressive for 20mins work I should add too. Problem is is that I have started other parts of malak's body already, so I would have to transfer textures over which could be a pain, rather than having to start again.

[ChalklYne]

Then off to my abyss of incomplete models with him XD

 

[eezstreet]

I think Omicron's skin is alright. The facial textures could use some work and there's some visible stretching on the arms (probably more of a fault of the model rather than the skin)

I like the design. There's something that seems...off and I can't quite put my finger on it.

[Zappa_0]

nice skin omicron.....nice model chalk!

[Archangel35757]

What's wrong with @@Psyk0Sith 's Malak model (which includes both a Jedi and Sith skin file)???

[ChalklYne]

Never knew there was one?! Or i wouldn't have gone down that road XD

 

I was just trying to help omicron avoid using a port

[Omicron]

I think Omicron's skin is alright. The facial textures could use some work and there's some visible stretching on the arms (probably more of a fault of the model rather than the skin)

I like the design. There's something that seems...off and I can't quite put my finger on it.

There isn't much that can be done with the stretching as far as I know, sadly. Is it the face that looks off, or the actual body?

 

What's wrong with @@Psyk0Sith 's Malak model (which includes both a Jedi and Sith skin file)???

I didn't know Psyko had a malak model o.o

[Archangel35757]

http://jkhub.org/index.php?app=downloads&module=display&section=screenshot&record=23123&id=1811&full=1

[Almightygir]

i wonder if @@Inyri still has my old malak model...

[Circa]

i wonder if @@Inyri still has my old malak model...

@@Inyri is gone forever.

 

 

 

 

There's no way that this model is a port. It looks nothing like the KOTOR model, especially that squarish head.

 

 

Nice work @@Omicron. Looks good. Also, there is a pinned topic explaining topic tag prefixes here.

 

 

[Omicron]

Thanks all for the feedback. I'm currently redoing the jaw piece from scratch, will post pics when I have done more work on it.

 

And thanks @@Circa for that topic.

[eezstreet]

@@Omicron: face

Body could use some refining too, as it looks mostly like a single texture repeating itself, unless I'm missing something.

[Ruxith]

Like I said last night @@Omicron, it's a good start but his face will need a lot of work, defining features and working on a skin texture etc. I can't give any tips on that as I would create something much worse, but as you said this should be a good one to practice on and I look forward to seeing what you can come up with.

 

Maybe also try adding some more detail to the body, as the texture is very repetitive; add some visibility of muscularity showing through the body textures perhaps so it doesn't look so bland? Or fabric textures I don't know, just try working on one part at a time so you don't go overload trying to make everything look right at the same time in your first skin from scratch attempt and blow up

[Omicron]

@@eezstreet @@Ruxith

 

I haven't done anything to the body texture except increase the resolution of it, as it was from a Malak reskin. It will change in the future, but for now I am working on the head.

[therfiles]

What's wrong with @@Psyk0Sith 's Malak model (which includes both a Jedi and Sith skin file)???

 

I didn't know this either...has it been released? I don't see it anywhere...

 

See? lol

 

Only 20 minutes of work on top of a base mesh I created for easy character designing

 

Needs to be worked on sure, but 20 minutes lol. And A quick touch up and unwrap and you will have a non ported model

 

 

you can skin it while I rig it since I'm already riggin blackbeard and am in the mood

 

Unfortunately for everyone, this will be the last Request I fill for a while as I really need to get back to my mod. I will take another break in a few months maybe and fill a few more and possibly dabble a bit in between but let's not request any more playermodels out of ol chalkbone for a while as I have plenty I need to do XD

 

Woah! Great start

 

@@Omicron: Looking great! What exactly is your goal/design you are hoping to achieve? What's the theme? I can't quite tell...

[Tempust85]

The model itself used here is ported for the most part. It shares the exact same UVW layout as KoToR. The hands look to be JKA's though. Not at all trashing Omicron's work, just giving info about the model used here for JKHub staff.

[minilogoguy18]

@@Almightygir, I still have the Malak model, just never finished weighing it.

 

[Circa]

He looks cross-eyed in that one. ^