CA3+ with CSUAC Shields
CharlesWayneRobinson
Traveler
Both of my Trident Characters: A Dorian and one of the Cursed Gods (preview).
I wanted to use some of the weapons as well, there are some really awesome weapons on CSUAC, but he shadow affects on the swords caused them to not look right.
I wanted to use some of the weapons as well, there are some really awesome weapons on CSUAC, but he shadow affects on the swords caused them to not look right.
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Are the shadow effects on the symbols, or are they on the sheet you were placing the swords on?
I don't have anything fancy like Vertus Fluid Mask, but its really not all that complicated with CorelPaint. I could make you a cleaned up set of say 20-40 choice symbols if you want... make them for everyone to share.
Bearing that in mind, maybe it would be a good idea to have a discussion about which ones with the rest of the forum?
If you send me a couple to start with I can make you a sample so you can see what's possible (and see if you think the work is good enough to be worth it. LOL)
I'm sorry to be so limiting about the number, but I'm fighting time at this end.
Yes, they are part of the symbol.
Wow - Thanks Loopysue!
I only use the HI versions of the symbols, do you need the lower level versions of each symbol as well?
No rush on these at all.
The shields can be used as they are for now, but the weapons are practically useless for CA3+ with the shadows.
Give me a number that you are willing to take on for right now and I will send them to you.
You are just too awesome!
Thanks!
:-)
The shadows do need to come off of the shields as well.
The first one is a knight.
The Norman style shield just was not working for me so I tried the more traditional shield for knights.
The second one is one of the members of the White Council.
Since she leads the famed Elvin Unicorn Calvary, I just had to give her the unicorn shield - LoL!
@Charles, I always love you CA figures. Somehow, mine never look as "put together" as yours. However, I'm not fond of these shields. The photo-realistic style on the shields looks odd when combined with the hand drawn art of CA. This is, of course, just my opinion( and you know what they say about opinions.... LOL).
If you want to send me the ones you have used in these images above at the HI res I'll see what I can do with them. It may be that some end up still looking a bit too photorealistic, but its worth a try
I'll whisper you my email address.
:-)
If they look jagged to you, don't use them. Its ok. I won't be offended
I will swap them out and repost them for review on Sunday.
I was gone all day (Saturday), my mother had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. She had a turn for the worse yesterday (Friday) and had to go back to the ICU. I went up to be with her and she has bounced back and is doing great. They let her go back to a regular room tonight.
PS: Can you try to work out your magic on a couple of CSUAC weapons for me? Just four.
Thanks again!
Of course I can have a try at a few weapons for you.
Thanks Loopysue!
But, do they differ too much between the two drawing styles?
I am looking forward to seeing if the weapons I sent Loopysue work well.
Thanks again Loopysue!
:-)
They do look a lot better than before (even if I do say so myself), but if I'm being perfectly honest they do still look a bit different to the CA3 drawing style, which is absolutely flat like a watercolour painting. Some now look better than others - namely the ones where you could imagine a magical glow about them, like the dolphin shield.
The main problem is that the symbols themselves were drawn with perspective shadows built into the actual image to make them look (for example) rounded like the bottom of a bowl, rather than flat.
All is not lost, however.
How about this for an idea:
The shields all seem to have fairly standard heraldic symbols on them. How about if you were to collect a range of ordinary images that you would rather like to use as a shield image, and send them to me - telling me what shape you want the shield to be and I'll make up a set of new ones for you.
Not sure I can really do the same creating new weapons, but I'll take the shadows off the ones you've sent me sometime this evening and see whether you think that makes them more usable.
NB - with the new shield images you send to me, anything will do - flags, clipart, whatever, as long as it looks flat and will reasonably fit on a shield
I agree, the shields are not working as well as I hoped.
I hope the weapons turn out just a little better.
Thank you so much for your help!
:-)
Here are the results.
What do you think?
Does it work?
I'm afraid I'm not having much luck with the weapons
Here is the test image for the cutlass.
It still looks a bit wrong (although that might be down to the sheer size of the cutlass), but would you like me to try the same trick with the others?
I was going to trade out the trident that the Dorian has for one blade.
The Sword above was actually going to go to the Wokou (Asian Pirates), but I think it has the same problem as the shields and is a little blurry.
The Red Sword was going to the Dark Elvin member of the White Council.
And the Blue Sword was going to go to one of my Cursed Gods.
But I don't have to have them.
;-)
I will do the other three, but they may be no better.