some HD stuff for use with quoth!

[talisa]

just released corpse_flay, as its done!

as usual, find download to it in first post of thread

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also added the WIP-pic of corpse_imp with progress-description to first post

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going to take a bit of a break from making quoth-stuff though for now,
but ill continue some time soon for sure!

im enjoying making stuff for quoth way to much to completely stop

[jakub1]

hi talisa, seems like you are so full of energy that you have to keep yourself busy. well.. you can always complete the whole knave texture pack. that would be awesome.

jakub

[talisa]

haha thank you gypsy

i absolutely looove doing this, and there is till more stuff untill the maps look all fancy everywhere, so i aint stopping any time soon yet!

i wont take a break untill everything about my fave quoth-map looks all sparkly and pretty <3

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i actually already started on those corpses before i even finished the last couple textures,
which was why it took me several days before i finished the last few textures, cuz i was already semi-busy with the next thing

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Solecord probably wont care as long as we dont inject malware into the database.

whaaaa... i totally had nothing to do with that! *makes shifty eyes*

JK of course. i wouldnt even have the sligtest idea how to do something like that,
and even if i did i wouldnt know why i would ever want to do something like that

[MadGypsy]

LOL, hey... you and I are the only 2 members on the entire site right now. Which means nothing (of course) but it's a little weird. Lets get some alcohol and trash the place! Solecord probably wont care as long as we dont inject malware into the database.

::leads you into the quakeone living room::

me: "Daaaaang, this place is kind of a dump. OK. Grab that lamp over there and throw it through the window."
you: "but, um, ...."
me: "It's ok, we'll program a new one. Nike."
you: "Nike?"
me :"Yeah, Just Do It."
you: "But I dunt wanna."
me: "You can't hang out if you don't break stuff." ::hands you lamp::

{Shambler and Xage show up}
me: "hey fellas, nobody is guarding the hen house. Wanna get drunk and help us break stuff?"
xaGe: "why?..."
me: "Why not?"
Shambler: "RAAAAWWWWWWWWWWG - KERSMASH!!!!"
me: "Mazel Tov!"
xaGe: "Did he just throw a couch through the window?!"
me: "It's fine dude. All this shit is made of bsps and shaders."
xaGe: "Oh, well i wonder if this will work"

::xaGe reaches behind himself and magically produces a rocket launcher::

me: "Woah-ho-ho! What the fuck!? You gotta let me blow some shit up with that!"
xage: "Just get your own."

::I reach behind myself and magically produce an axe::

me: "Man, what kind of shit is this?"
xaGe, Shambler, talisa: "Hahahahahahahahahah"
me: "Don't laugh at me!"
xaGe: "...and what if I do?" ::aiming RL at me::
me: "You son of a bitch. Don't you dare frag me!"

to be continued.... maybe

[MadGypsy]

@drugs

I know you don't do drugs (nor was I trying to say that you do). You have remarkable stamina. Most people would take a break after redoing 200+ textures. You move to models (lol).

That's actually one of the things I love about you... really good dedication to your projects. Keep up the excellent work!

[talisa]

@jakub1 and sylux
thank you both, glad you're enjoying my work!

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@gypsy
hahaha... i dont need drugs to keep myself going, im high on quake <3

[MadGypsy]

from textures to models....

Are you on adderall? I'm just kidding. Good work!

[Syluxguy28O3]

wow really nice work! keepin the game alive heh!

[jakub1]

thank you very much for the final release. knave themed maps are my personal favorite and the new texture pack of yours brings them to the whole new level. i tested several of them so far and i don't even know what to say... simple wow is just not enough :-). of course, the conference of shamblers beats everything 'cause all the textures are replaced and the nothing disrupts overall impression, but nastrond, lost chapters and the rest is silence look amazing. there is always only a few not-replaced textures. have to log out and test the rest of them...

once again thanks

jakub

[talisa]

lil preview of what i am working on next: all the corpses from quoth.
am using sitters corpse-models, which imo are perfect for quake since they are so gory and disgusting-looking.


corpse_flay (hanging corpse) is done already. used hang8 for both full corpses, and used hang9 for the torn-apart corpse



corpse_imp (impaled corpse) i am currently working on. just finished posing the body correctly for the first frame
model has 11 frames total, so it'll take me a bit to do all the frames

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I edited the textures of the models to make the corpses wear the quake-guy pants,
which i took from ruohis player-model and edited to make them green and make them appear ripped just like on the original corpses

[talisa]

just found out there were accidentially 2 textures that i overlooked: kmetrim1 & kmetrim2!

luckily they were easy to make as they were just versions of kmetr_32h with parts from kbrick2 and kbrick4 overlayed.

ive made a little update pk3 with the two textures in them instead of repacking the entire texture-pack
as i feel it would be silly to make you guys re-download a huge pk3 for two additional textures.


you can find the link to the update addon in first post of thread

[talisa]

as promised, the complete HD textures pack has been uploaded!

as usual, find link to updated version which now includes all textures in first post of thread

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also, for those interested, here are the PSPimage (PaintShop Pro) files from a bunch of the more complex textures
so you can see what i did to achieve the looks of the textures, and perhaps learn from them
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pc36m0a4nb...mages.rar?dl=0

[talisa]

....and the last couple textures are done too!



these last two textures i couldnt actually find where they are used and there wasnt much i could do with them, so they arent as fancy as most others


some color-adjusting, smoothing and put a texture-filter over this one


blurred the line-pattern's colors so they flow over into each other,
overlayed a texture over them so the lines' colors didnt look so flat,
and added an emboss filter to make the pattern appear kinda 3D-ish.

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this means that the texture-pack is now complete!

later today i will pack them all after updating the credits note,
and then ill post the final complete texture-pack for 'Conference of the Shamblers'

[talisa]

thanx gypsy!
and yes, after so many textures ive got the hang of how to use paintshop's filters and tools to get good-looking results quickly.
and i use the same couple tools and filters a lot for every texture.

i have PSPimage's saved from a bunch of the more complex textures.
when im done with the pack ill also share those PSPimage files
so you and (anyone else) can see what i did to create the textures

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also haha no, i used a special font i have for that texture, which is called 'the written word'.

its specially made to look like faded written words, while in reality it says absolutely nothing

i also used the same font for the pages of the book i made for drake & hexen2


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you can get the font for free here: Free Fonts | LettError

its very usefull for when you need to make a texture for a book or anything which has text on it but needs to look like it could say anything.

[MadGypsy]

8 left of 212!! Wow! Your stamina and determination is quite impressive. It seems like you have a system and you approach these textures methodically. May I suggest that when you finish this texture set, you put your methods to the side and learn new methods.

I'm not saying this due to any errors or sloppy textures. Your work looks very nice. I'm saying this because 212 textures later it is safe to assume you have mastered your system. You have skills but, they could be even better if you leave your comfort zone for some uncomfortable zone where you will eventually find comfort. Just a suggestion.

Congratulations on this huge accomplishment! I couldn't even imagine remaking hundreds of textures. I don't want to remake even 1 (lol). I also hope your bursitis is doing better.

edit: Is that scribble scratch on the back wall of your top image a filtered and retouched piece of the constitution of the USA? I could totally see that being pulled from somewhere near the center bottomish of the document, broken into vectors against a contrast range and "smoothened".