Breunor Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Yes, the cones were a perfect idea for setting up the animation, that's looking great Fidel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthraxus Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 The gentle rocking of the upper body is a really good counterpoint to tail action. Excellent work Fidel. Can't wait to see the various gun positionings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foozball Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Dude, that's AWESOME. Looks very snakelike, and aggressive/menacing at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 what about raising its head a little? I think its head is too low. It would be hard to see in battlescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I'm sure raising the head is just a tweak that needs to be done Mikker  That is a really good walk cycle Fidel. To be honest I think you've about got the general movement nailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelorol Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Very nice reptilian movement! keep up with the good work Fidel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidel_ Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 (edited) I've been busy for the last few days, but here's few animations. Pistol and heavy weapons are fired differently, but I'm having trouble with reaching the second sleeve with the heavy gun, too short arms! :'(  I'm going to make few more death and idle animations, and perhaps tweak those existing ones if there's any suggestions.  I guess the head seems to be a bit low now since the armor is now extruded from the body, I lowered it originally when I moved the eyes forward and the head just seemed too high to me. :/ Edit: And melee animation is on my to-do list as well.snakeani.zip Edited February 18, 2004 by fidel_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 very nice work, I like the idle animations could the fall direction in the death animation be altrered depending on from which direction you shoot it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drewid Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 pretty damn good. very snakey. The only thing I might suggest is keeping the recoil more in line, It looks a bit like he'd miss because of his aim being thrown otherwise. The only thing with doing that is that you might have to make the recoil bigger/faster to maintain the feeling of power. or you could give it a real punch, then drifts off line a bit afterwards as he relaxes back to the start pose. Another thing worth trying with this sort of snap action is cutting some frames to make the "fire frame" really fast. so instead of trigger to recoil taking say 6 frames it could take 2 or 3.  Like in action movies where they cut 1 or 2 frames just after the hero's punch hits the baddies jaw just to give it extra power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Those are looking nice! This little pic is trying to show my suggestion of holding the heavy weapons, it's a view from above. If you have the snameman's torso turned towards the side the weapon's on, it makes it easier to hold with both hands. The left side shows the current angle, the right shows with the twist. Then when he fires, the weapon can kick straight back, twisting his torso just a little bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelorol Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 I think Fidel planned to use always the same standard position, so he prepared one where both small and big weapons could fit. Sure that it is better to have individual positioning for every different type of object. but that means a lot of more work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Yeah, the fewer the better I agree. I wonder how many weapons the snakeman might use? Obviously just the alien tech, but would we see him using a small launcher or other 2 handed weeapons? It would seem there could be a 2 handed animation and a 1 handed animation, and we try to take similar grip locations into consideration when making the weapons. For example, if we find the heavy plasma's front sleeve is too far forward, we can move it back some to make it fit better, or put the front sleeve under the weapon body so his hand is reaching to the right spot on all weapons. I think that's a fair compromise to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelorol Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 yeah, think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidel_ Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 So it's ok to have just one pose where all the animations start? I guess having two sets of animations for light and heavy guns might be a good idea, if time permits I'll look into that. I need more heavy weapons for testing purposes though, is the launcher finished yet? I'll see if I can do anything to the recoil with the things you suggested drewid. Micah asked me to make a movie showing the snakeman animations, and I got a bit carried away. I should have been doing something more productive. http://koti.phnet.fi/holoantt/projectx.avi (7 megs, divx) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 That is amazing fidel! Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 That video rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 poor bird  i think that the dead animation should show a little more "impact" of the shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red knight Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 (edited) Sound guys, you have an assigment... experiment with some enviromentals sounds in the movie and the shots and scream of the snakeman death. That will give you a framework to work with sound in a realistic setting. (and we will have a nice movie to put in the site)... I will crosspost this is the sound department. Fidel your work with the Snakeman is top stuff, keep up the excelent work you are doing. GreetingsRed Knight Edited February 22, 2004 by red knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Spectacular, Fidel. Just what I was looking for. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Fidel, you truly deserve that black suit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcomVic Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 wow, i have just been honored in seeing one heck of a demo.... VERY nice work fidel, i can see now Xenocide will be a great game with the excellent teamwork i see here within the project... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drewid Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 (edited) Really nice. Though I'm losing the detail of the snake on my monitor. perhaps a bit more fill light to pick it out, like the light has reflected from the sand. The only other thing I would suggest is to avoid orbiting the camera in that last shot. either that or slow it right down. Spinning camera syndrome is best avoided really. Edited February 22, 2004 by drewid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foozball Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Nice work fidel!The thing I'm noticing though is that the entire model seems to be too... I dunno... dark? There isn't enough contrast between the armour and the body and you can't really see its face either.Is that just me?Does anyone else care about this or should I just pipe down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidel_ Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Here's a clip with few things I forgot. About the lighting/detail issue, my monitor is pretty old (about 8 years) so I wouldn't wonder if things seem a bit different on other peoples comps. I could add some lighting, but all those scenes took an hour to render altough they're pretty simple, so please pity me. Â This one is without any sounds or music if sound department wants to play with it.viper.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 the videos don't work for me, only the intros. Is my DivX plugin too old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidel_ Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 What's your divx version? Both my movie and modeling program use divx version 5.1.1 when saving movies. I could make try some other format if this divx version doesn't work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 5.0.2it's probably easier if I just get a newer version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Good job, Fidel. The intro was a nice addition. Maybe we'll try to make that a standard. Hopefully the sound people will jump at the opportunity to present you with sound effects and a music track (hint hint). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xer0 Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 I think if anything you should add some kind of "horns" on the sides of the head like the previous D&D picture. Also, the face should look a little bit less like an earthly snake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 We're well past that stage of development now, this guy's concept is locked down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 I think that video would sound good with a western type sound track. Like what you see in old wild west movies. Hmm...Or even better, an Egyptian type soundtrack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 The western would sound good! Is the classic whistle sound from The Good, Bad, and Ugly licensed? The alien is shot by somebody, I could make a Clint Eastwood skin to hide inside the soldier's helmet if we eventually see him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 The whistle! You are right on Breunor! That is just what I was thinking about, but I didn't know how to describe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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