Lutemoth art overflow

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:58 pm

Heh, just overpriced

It was actually quite cheap because you only had to cut one shape for the whole of tunic, and then string it together. Thus it could be mass produced. Furthermore, if you took a bit of damage, only a few bits would be ruined, and easily replaced.

The mediumweight counterpart would be brigandine. This was just a stout coat with rectangles of metal studded onto it. Heavier, but good protection, and again easy to maintain. A noble could have a coat which had another sheet of fabric over the plates, hiding it, making him look all smart but also protecting him against assassins.

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:14 pm

Tinglet armor looks fantatsic, but I am still interested in Lutemoth's China Idea. I might do an attempt at Tinglet, or some sort of plate.

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:17 pm

so wait. Are those coins? or just little metal disks with designs carved on them unneccisrily?

El Scumbago · Post by **El Scumbago** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:14 pm

To Stalker's post (previous page): I didn't say we can't have more armor crafted from the usual TES materials, but some uniqueness would be welcome, I think. Bone armor, as you said, and perhaps armor and weapons from other minerals, even gems maybe. Allow me to draw your attention to a MW mod by Canadian Ice. It was called knihts of the ruby, or ruby armor, or something along these lines. Anyway it is a very nice armor, 50% of which is made of rubies. or the Netch Adamantium armor, the retexture of Beth's adamantium which was awesome. Combinations might work well, but I'm in favor of some more exotic designs.

However, it is too early to make plans for armor, sorry if I got carried away.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:42 pm

Macar: Those are all asian coins, i'm assuming chinese. There was a huge fur trade on the west coast of Canada... largely fueled by the asian markets. Native peoples traded with ships that sailed across the pacific... since the coins held no actual currency value to the aboriginal people, the coins were used otherwise... like being sewn into this suit of armor.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:32 am

I've only noticed this thread was updated just now, hehe. Wondeful colouring, ladyN! It gives it a life very much more vivid than the lined version

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:20 am

Your watercolors are getting better all the time. Those highlights are really nice especially on the cloth.

Coltzero · Post by **Coltzero** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:33 am

Great work on those colors and details! The hair is a blast!

Im looking for some high quality drawing and painting material myself.. and a good scanner tot put them on the net with. Who could give me a list of useful materials?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:50 pm

A good tip for watercolouring...if you are trying to jsut go for detail and accuracy, use watercolour pencils. Rather than diluting the solid paint first and then applying it, you draw the paint on in a pencil form and then add water for a solid colour, or for blurring. Its really easy and looks great.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:13 am

A little somethin'-somethin' to refresh my inspiration between drawings. The so-called Medusa is a stretch to place in Tamriel, but I'd believe it if the name was a Cyrodiil impression. I'll have more conceptuals updated later
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[edit]first image updated with more detail
Also, a bit of atmospheric doodling to lighten my mood:
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Adrin, sprawled backwards, watched as his Nilna turned into a lifeless doll under the the Medusa's constricting claws. It stared at him, supporting the limp thing, with knowing intelligence. Adrin was paralyzed, waiting for a final response..

But it never talked, it never, ever talked

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:16 am

They couldn't be given the right physics, though. I love the idea, I just think it'd be better of they like flayed out randomly like wild fro hair kinda. They could be wide at the end like snakeheads so that in the dark they looked like snakes.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:28 am

yeah, something has to be dead to have that havoc limp, doesn't it? It wouldn't matter if the snakes were limp, as long as they don't clip so much with the shoulders. Hell, they could be modeled to dance, as far as I'm concerned

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:30 am

I mean they would have to be stiff in the position they were modelled, which would be kind of lame.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:41 am

Precicely so. Remember the morrowind mod that involved a cape fixed at a ballooned position? Never do I wish to see that happen again

Eyeball88 · Post by **Eyeball88** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:52 pm

I'm not quite sure what you guys are talking about.. I'm pretty each "snake" strand could be rigged and animated seperately, and, assuming we get havok data, each of them could have their own ragdoll limp effect.

Capes/Whips weren't (and probably aren't) a possibility because Bethesda didn't include animatable weapons/armor, but creatures you have full control over how they are animated.

RowanTiernan · Post by **RowanTiernan** » Wed May 03, 2006 3:04 am

Sorry for the random drop in and post, but i took a quick look thru ur stuff lute, and man, as always im amazed. Keep up the good stuff man,
~Rowan

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:08 pm

WOAH!!!! I want photoshop, and a crash course in it, I seriously am gonna get it now, Lute your art is just, so..... aaarghh, can't describe it, it's really amazing, it looks so professional, and picturesqe, and very poetic... if I can say that, or stylised i dunno, I am really amazed. But I gotta stop now, I think I've already proved myself a complete arse licker.... lol.

And back to the actually medusa design, it's very Tamrielish, and I like the idea that your concept put across, like perhaps a quest around finding a medusa's lair, with devoured bodies inside. It looks very scary, and almost reptilian, well i say almost, it was completely reptilian.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:06 am

d'aww! gi'dj bwh-pishaw! Way to make a grown man blush!
To get back on track, the photoshopping I've done was simply three layers of images, using the blur tool and some low-opacity shading, to give it less of a cardboard-cutout look.

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:00 am

d'aww! gi'dj bwh-pishaw!

Is that Yokudan?

As for medusa, it is really cool. I love a new take on an old stale idea. That grin-like mouth is really creepy.

As for the lower body, what had you intended. I seem to remember you said something about a serpentine lower half. However, you seem to have intentionaly left it out.

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:08 pm

It looks pretty serpential (is that a word?) to me, you might be looking at the body it's clutching. OOOH I really like, a cool idea perhaps, it in the model, you could mould faces, becuasse you can in snakes see their food halfwaythrough them. So perhaps some screaming face shapes on it's skin, that would be creepy.

CleverClothe · Post by **CleverClothe** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:42 pm

Wow, I really think that concept fits the game!

Every reasonable effort should be made to create this concept.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:35 pm

Trapped in time.
Surrounded by evil.
Low on Gas.
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I had a lot of fun drawing this one. Something about this whole Y'Vassa business really gets me pepped up on the zombie-craze.
What is it about drawing zombies that I love? The absolute expendability, the tendency to hoard on mass, and the potential for wonderous ass-kicking, to name a few.

If you didn't get the top quote, you probably haven't seen the [url=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0783227434.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg]movie[/url]

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:24 pm

Hehe. I bought a copy of the movie poster that has that line a few years ago. Very nicely done Lute. The refined weapon and armor concepts in the picture make it even more valuable. Make as many 'Scenes of Stirk' as you wish.

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Sun May 07, 2006 6:11 pm

Very cool but very HF. Let's not forget that stirk is imperial (despite a large Redguard population). The fact is- we arent going to have a lot of new models- so the people will probably use imperial weapons and armor. But very cool pic, none-the-less.

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:09 pm

Lute, you never cease to amaze me. Your concepts are great, but some of the names are rather... unpronouncable, to me at least.

Keep up the good work, you're quite the asset.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:26 pm

Macar wrote:Very cool but very HF. Let's not forget that stirk is imperial (despite a large Redguard population).

Very true, and in the very same scene, these would most definetly be guards fending off monsters instead. I myself would throw this in the 'not stirk' pile, as I'll try making more atmospheric inks of stirk quite soon.

And thank you, Nanu Ra! I pride myself on making things as pronounceable as a Mayan diety's name

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:47 pm

What? You think Quixxlellzzzaxxly3saarrxx is hard to pronounce?

I see, that picture wast supposed to be stirkish. Exuse me. You know, seeing that pic makes me sad that the whole "TR comic" idea fell apart, because those characters are just begging to be brought to life- they have such liveley expressions (exept the zombies, of course)

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:23 pm

what? My zombies aren't lively? Absurd!
[img]http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/2018/livelybunch3ea.jpg[/img]
just look at the glint in his eye sockets! That fella has big dreams!

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:18 pm

That picture also can't be used promotionally because it's a huge spoiler

but I think some that don't ruin the climax would be interesting.

Eyeball88 · Post by **Eyeball88** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:53 pm

Lutemoth wrote:just look at the glint in his eye sockets! That fella has big dreams!

And I'm sure most of them involve Hlaan, house Hlaalu.

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:30 am

Sload wrote:That picture also can't be used promotionally because it's a huge spoiler but I think some that don't ruin the climax would be interesting.

What should we use then? Scenes of an idylic resort? I dont think that would be very interesting. I'm not trying to be crass, I'm really just wondering what you suggest. (PS. Promotional material would make a good WSG

)

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:32 am

Thieves sneaking about in an idyllic island, for example. And by promotional, I would mean with our post saying "OMG we come out with this mod" but ESF doesn't let us have images in our posts.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:48 am

We can post it on our ModDB page along with more info about Stirk.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:52 am

Macar wrote: What should we use then? Scenes of an idylic resort? I dont think that would be very interesting.

I dunno, they got away pretty well with concept art in Morrowind without spoiling anything, as far as I can tell. Then again, a full depiction of Lorkhan was quite revealing, but didn't spoil anything to extreme. I'm sure we could get away with quite a bit and still be furtive with our info.

The next atmosp. doodle I've got going is total spoiler (TU TEH M4X LOL!!), but I'm reviewing anvil architecture some more for the next few(so things won't look out of place all too much)

as for the zombie smashfest above, it can go into the hammerfell pile as far as I'm concerned. They have Redguard equipment anyhoo, so it's no biggie. A WSG on promo material is a splendid idea, btw

[edit]
here we are, for spoiled eyes only. I tried to avoid any major facial traits on Y'vassa's host-body, so there you go.
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Macar · Post by **Macar** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:47 am

I like the twisted smile on his face. However, why is his chin black?

Eyeball88 · Post by **Eyeball88** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:53 am

HAH. You thought no one would catch it, Lute, but you didn't count on ME being on the job. Copyright infringement!!!

What am I talking about, you ask? His [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CharlieBrown.jpg]shirt![/url]

Andres Indoril · Post by **Andres Indoril** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:53 am

Macar: It's a beard I think. The first time I looked at the pic I thought that he was wearing sunglasses too

ENIGMA* · Post by ENIGMA* » Tue May 09, 2006 4:19 am

OMG! Darth Dader's grasp in front.... Sotha Sil's Amunculi to the far left... Gollum to the right of Vader... an some jacked up devil incarnate teen? this has "Freaky Scary Movie" written all over it

Andres Indoril · Post by **Andres Indoril** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:26 am

Don't forget the Ash Zombie.

ENIGMA* · Post by ENIGMA* » Tue May 09, 2006 4:41 am

ohh i forgot about the death scribe behind Gollum too

EDIT: you know though, I don't see a Sen. Coloen Powell(SP) Lich anywere