A tale of souls and swords, eternally retold...

[SomeDimwit]

That Lich Queen... I like what you did with the Valkyrie helmet. I also think that the 'rotting bone' effect you did there (At least, that's what I thought it was) was excellent. I literally made my account on 8WayRun just to reply to your magnificence.

 

[chobek]

I just watched the two new shows....
I really like how you have broken things up thematically....
Especially with the skeletons.... when they are set apart from the rest of your characters it is easier to appreciate their uniqueness.... variations on a common theme... rather than another skeleton in the mix. Oddly they are easier to really appreciate this way.
Out of this world was a lot of fun too ....
Congrats! Nice stuff all around.
:)

 

[VILARCANE]

That Lich Queen... I like what you did with the Valkyrie helmet. I also think that the 'rotting bone' effect you did there (At least, that's what I thought it was) was excellent. I literally made my account on 8WayRun just to reply to your magnificence.

Thanks, i am honoured mr "Team Fortress MiniGun" (recognized the avatar).
Feel free to stick around, i like comments from newcomers (no disrespect :o) a lot.
I guess you have seen the rest, or you have got a lot of catching up to do (slideshows = shortcut) ;o)

 

[VILARCANE]

I just watched the two new shows....
I really like how you have broken things up thematically....
Especially with the skeletons.... when they are set apart from the rest of your characters it is easier to appreciate their uniqueness.... variations on a common theme... rather than another skeleton in the mix. Oddly they are easier to really appreciate this way.
Out of this world was a lot of fun too ....
Congrats! Nice stuff all around.
:)

Thanks american friends...the customer is always right ;o)

 

[SomeDimwit]

Haha, yeah, I guess I am a minigun type of guy ._.
And thank you for the warm welcome! No, I've pretty much seen them all so far...

 

[VILARCANE]

Haha, yeah, I guess I am a minigun type of guy ._.
And thank you for the warm welcome! No, I've pretty much seen them all so far...

ok then, now you have an account, feel free to comment or ask questions about them CAS and shows, it will earn you neat trophies you can hang up on your bedroom wall you know (or maybe not ?) ;o)

 

[SomeDimwit]

ok then, now you have an account, feel free to comment or ask questions about them CAS and shows, it will earn you neat trophies you can hang up on your bedroom wall you know (or maybe not ?) ;o)

Maybe not, I'll print 'em up maybe so I can, you never know.

 

[VILARCANE]

@Chobek : did you like my updated Bumblebee, did you notice the differences ?

Ok, i know Le Bello will come up with something special for me today (or at least so i was told ;o), so i have a special treat for him (and all of you).
I try my best to capture the soul our our matchups, and this slideshow stars my personal favourites amongst Le Bello's CAS.
It starts off with a crazy blooper shot (forgot to turn flash off on my digicam ;o)

So here you go

Online Symphony 2 (Tribute to Le Bello) :

http://snack.to/pum2102a

 

[WindupSkeleton]

Online Symphony 2:

Spoiler

I think the song choice is superb.
So, Olcadan, Digby and Mummymitsu provide our opening eh? Couldn't be better.

ADORE the C-APE-Tain shot (pun violently intended), genius.

Rock versus your improved Bumblebee.. I loved this fight!

Ashlotte. Oddly, her fighting Lich Queen makes a weird kind of sense.

Hilde and Space Nighty not so much, but I LOVE Space Nighty. He's perfectly done. And I agree, no patterns looks better. Second opinions are best.

My 'wine' Viola against your super-cool Siegmare. Another design of yours I really love. The parts mesh so well together.

Watching back, your shaolin Maxi is well-designed... I just can't bring myself to love it. =/ I think because it's not an original, and is Maxi. He just doesn't suit. If it were it's own character, might be better.

I'm hoping people recognise my aPat. I made him for a friend... Which didn't stop Mitsuronin from kicking his ass.

The more I see your owl guy, the more I actually love it. I used to think his face was too flat, but now I think it's spot-on shear brilliance. Of course, Olcadan takes no prisoners :D

Launcelot came as a surprise! I do love this guy. (Wow, your caption caught my reaction perfectly. Oh you!) Poor Dampierre, he never stooda chance against such a well-designed character. Though, obligatory pantie shot.
Oh look at your victorious pose. (though shot 58 was best.)

Leixia-off. Cowgirl Leixia is a true chivalrous gentlelady, and y'all best be fearin' her. She believes not in your demon magics! (Pic 64 is fantastic. I love it. I don't even.)

Some brilliant memories of some excellent fights. I hope the people can see how much fun we had through these images, because believe me it Is fun.
Even when I'm not hitting you, and we're playing for winposes and screencaps, I'm still enjoying myself, so thank you Vil, sincerely.

Skulls and Crossbones:

Spoiler

As I said last night, you DO love your Skeletones. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

Pic 3 is a beautiful shot of the Lich Queen. I need to make a demon to use that sowrd/shield with, I really do.

Skelvantes being badass, but Pocky-Yoshithe'sundead is far superior.

Diablo. Being a 'boss'. DOHOHO. Nice magic screeny you got there, really shows off his power!

The Myrmidon, who's possibly my favourite of your skeletones, triumphantly get's his ass handed to him by Mummymitsu... Aww.

I never noticed the Alien-blood on the sword, nicely done, though wouldn't it melt through?

Finishing with a selection on win-poses is a great idea. It serves as a last-minute reminder of all the awesome we've just seen. Pocky's (26) is my favourite of those I think.

A creepycool collection of your bag of bones CaS. Some of your best work shines through the skeletons, so it's nice they have their own place. A cheeky part of me was hoping Digby would sneak his way into it, but I'm glad he didn't. =|;}D

 

[WindupSkeleton]

EndGame:

Spoiler

Features a lot of your characters that I'm not overly keen on. Although executed well, the orcs and apes don't give me any motivation. The faces are well done, and very clever. I just, yeah. My apologise dearest Villain.
Saying that, picture 15. Unf. A beautiful fower in a desert of monkies. Also Teeria. Has her hair changed again?
Admittedly, C-APE-Tain is a total pimp. I do love him.

Hilde-motion:

Spoiler

THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY IS. Ohboy.
Best start. Though now I look at Hildegaru, she seems a bit less impressive then I recall... I forgot she didn't wear pants. The top-half however, is brilliant! So brilliant!
She's still a top-notch design, just not as I remembered. For better or worse I can't now tell, after so many images of her again. I also forgot we chose the same helmet. It's a great choice though eh?
No. No I still love her. Not sure on the lack of legwear, maybe some shorts would go well?

Project Soul:

Spoiler

Souru Caribah Musico Desu desu kawaii chan.
Or something.
This one I'm interested in, mostly because I can't recall seeing this red guy before. He's creepy, but also a little comical, all being one colour. He reminds me of something that was on TV in my childhood.
Ok so this uh, Lightsaber Samurai is new to me as well. He's a bit bland. I'm confused Vil.
I wonder what those boots are? I don't recall having them. Same with lightsabersamurai's armwear. Hmm.
I do remember the alien-esque fencer guy. And Hildegaru-wannabe too. Though maybe because Hildegaru. I hope she kicks fencer's ass. Oh she did. Looks like he's "Natsu" tough after all. Ahem. Forgive me.
ARE YOU A GLADIATOR!? *guitar* Love that chick. More of her please.
Osiris! Oh, this is SCIV. I believe I hadn't noticed that until now. NOW I GET IT. Ok. Osiris is weird, but cool looking. Sensei has that "generic but still badass" look to him. The red-belt helps give him some flair, which is well complemented by the eye-patch.
Even though he lost, it's like he's actually telling you that YOU lost and he won. What a badass. I hope soon to make glorious battle with this fellow.
Your Lara Croft is very uh.. I don't know. The face is perfect though. Amazing. She's gonna kick cool-red-ninja all over the place. Straight back into the land of Mortal Kombat.
Now there's a blue ninja chick staring at me. Hello! Oh, Gorgon Gear. It does look pretty cool ass done together.
At this point there's too many to comment on, so I'll pick my favourites when I see them, such as that perfect Executioner. I want to see HIM come back, for sure.
Pretty please? But maybe less white.
Geisharugi is almost as cool as Hildegaru. I think you should make them fight. That'd be brilliant. Some sort of "Asian" themed Slideshow.
Shura. Why you no return? I know why, of course, but WHY? =(
Shecharizard and continue not coming back though. Her name sounds like a pokemon/pop/a disease/speech impeditment/anyeurism.
New Geisharugi. Not so keen. Shogun is bad to the ASS though.
So of course, THIS is why I don't have those items. Makese sense now. SORT IF P.S, thanks.

Excellent times were had by all, I'm sure. Vil, you're a true CaS genius. With a clever, sharp taste, your designs leave a lasting impression that isn't easy to hate. Excellent work. I'm excited to see what you do with some of the upcoming DLC, since it seems right up your street.

 

[VILARCANE]

oh my oh my, those are excellent reviews that fill my heart with job, way to review a slideshow with style...thanks for the praise too.
did you oversee the sci-fi slideshow (aka Space Opera) or is the review coming soon ? (i sure hope so).

And yeah it is fun playing each other and doing silly moves and ROs.

You metioned Olcadan, i wrote design notes on him, but i think i forgot to say that the oversized thighs are very owly too, you prolly noticed ;o)

Lol at you thinking my SCIV CAS were SC5 at the beginnin ;o)

What DLC is coming next exactly ? because i tend to be selective...

I will post a few pics of Shaolin Maxi, because i think he deserves a second opinion too...

 

[WindupSkeleton]

oh my oh my, those are excellent reviews that fill my heart with job, way to review a slideshow with style...
did you oversee the sci-fi slideshow or is it coming soon (i sure hope, hungry for more, so i hope you review this one as well).

And yeah it is fun playing each other and doing silly moves and ROs.

You metioned Olcadan, i wrote design notes on him, but i think i forgot to say that the oversized thighs are very owly too, you prolly noticed ;o)

Lol at you thinking my SCIV CAS were SC5 at the beginnin ;o)

I will post a few pics of Shaolin Maxi, because i think he deserves a second opinion too...

Space Opera will arrive later on, maybe tomorrow. I have yet to eat and need to go to work soon. <3

Design notes? I see no design notes ._. I think I'm blind perhaps? But thank you, I tried hard to get the owl-shape. I also worked hard to make a subtle feathered effect, which I think came out quite nicely. I used my actual Parrot as reference for a bird-shape, in order to try get accurate movements and such. I worked far too hard on Olcadan.

I think I'd like the Shaolin Monk more if he weren't bald-Maxi. Maybe it's because I hate Maxi. Maybe it's because those eyebrows require some hair to distract from their crazyness, I don't know. Sorry D:

 

[VILARCANE]

Space Opera will arrive later on, maybe tomorrow. I have yet to eat and need to go to work soon. <3

Design notes? I see no design notes ._. I think I'm blind perhaps? But thank you, I tried hard to get the owl-shape. I also worked hard to make a subtle feathered effect, which I think came out quite nicely. I used my actual Parrot as reference for a bird-shape, in order to try get accurate movements and such. I worked far too hard on Olcadan.

I think I'd like the Shaolin Monk more if he weren't bald-Maxi. Maybe it's because I hate Maxi. Maybe it's because those eyebrows require some hair to distract from their crazyness, I don't know. Sorry D:

bon appetit !
Well, i was referring to design notes i posted along with the pics of my own Gahoole owl, so i think you got me confused between yours and mine and i switched names somehow, no harm done ;o)

 

[WindupSkeleton]

bon appetit !
Well, i was referring to design notes i posted along with the pics of my own Gahoole owl, so i think you got me confused between yours and mine and i switched names somehow, no harm done ;o)

It's because Ga'Hooligan'Ga'Loolarrylar is hard to remember. That's right isn't it?

 

[VILARCANE]

Shaolin Monk Maxi P3 :

Design notes : well, pretty much self explanatory, orange is the shaolin color, had some tatoo fun, and the eyebrows do the final eerie and very distinctive touch. Maxi's moveset fit in perfectly with the acrobatic kung-fu of Shaolin martial artists.
Nothing fancy or complicated, but looks pretty cool in-game well together with my grandpa Mitsu in a fight ;o)

A few shots of my updated bumblebee (shoulder parts added and blue eye special equipement instead of the cat ears for the helmet details, conveniently replaced with stickers instead) :

Different light and stage settings :

Alternate shots :

 

[Samaras_Madness]

Nice dude... nice

 

[yosharioIII]

Oh, that's the Shaolin Monk you were talking about... cool. It all fits together nicely, and neat idea using the Justice Trousers intead of the very expected Slops. It's just... bald Maxi... gives me me heebie-jeebies... The outuft's cool though. My guy you saw wasn't intended to be a Shaolin monk, but now I''ve got ideas... (not steal-y ideas, inspiration).

And Bumblebee... just no... impossibly good... I didn't know how well the Padded Headgear worked for robots... Astounding sir...

 

[SomeDimwit]

I may sound like a noob here but how did you make the suit for Alpha Pat? (Hasn't played in a long time ._.)

 

[VILARCANE]

I may sound like a noob here but how did you make the suit for Alpha Pat? (Hasn't played in a long time ._.)

Well, that is for Le Bello to answer, because if you are referring to the CAS in the Online Symphony 2 slideshow, it is a mix of both of our CAS...and Alpha Pat is one of his...i'd guess it is a DLC of some sort, but i honestly dunno from the close-up shot...

 

[VILARCANE]

Oh, that's the Shaolin Monk you were talking about... cool. It all fits together nicely, and neat idea using the Justice Trousers intead of the very expected Slops. It's just... bald Maxi... gives me me heebie-jeebies... The outuft's cool though.
Thanks, i personally think portraying Maxi as a bald shaolin monk (like they all are) brings out his funny smile and makes the eyebrow become the focus point of the face, which was my intention (i love those eyebrows).

And Bumblebee... just no... impossibly good... I didn't know how well the Padded Headgear worked for robots...
Astounding sir...
Thanks again, i am quite proud of it now, especially the blue eyes i managed to blend in nicely with the face mask...the padded headgear is an interesting piece of equipement that basically works pretty good with all that is Sci-Fi related (Robocop Hilde, Transformers). On Robocop Hilde, i had to use stickers to do the lower chin part in black, because it has not many different parts/colors. The other problem is that it is not metallic nor reflective, but that doesn't really matter on Bumblebee, because the head is so small compared to the rest ;o)