Squib - Fleas? Nah, you must have confused me with the pig… That aside, I do like the black one too, but at the same time it feels a bit like a cop-out… I’m adding a bit more black to the red theme though…
erilaz - Yeah! “Join us tonight at 8 here on Discovery channel, for a look at deadly seafood together with Steve Irwin in ‘Dinner Attacks’…”
Some more painting done:
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Painting is done!
At least for now. I’m really itching to get moving on a small animation… already storyboarded a short cinematic cut-scene for the imaginary game in which this creature is supposed to be featured, so… I’ll be off playing around with that for a week or two 
Here’s how he looks now:
And here are the maps for those interested in looking at… er… maps:
That aside, I’ve decided that these things are to be called Cray Pirhanas:
The original eurypterid (extinct since aeons ago thankfully) was, I assume, the primary form for what we now know as crayfish, lobsters and so on, hence the Cray bit - and considering the size of my creature, and the teeth… they’ll behave a bit like pirhanas… heaps of them sneaking up on you from behind, and once they’ve got a first little bite of your lower leg, they go into a state not entirely different from sharks in a feeding frenzy…
Oh, I’ll set up a little turntable animation now too… will post that later on.
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Aaaaaaand here’s the turntable clip (QT, <100 kb, mpeg4 compression):
<< http://web.telia.com/~u48040664/ugac_arthropod/turntable.mov >>
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oh yeah but it doesn’t loop now does it ???
just when u r starting to discern what’s goin on it’s gone
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Sweet! 
awsome looks great I like the color. I would like to see the ridges on its back more defined but thats just a thought GREAT JOB!
Brett…
whaat, i clicks da link n it just opens
the clip in fullscreen mode in firefox
and i see no qt player, no loop :sad:
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Then right-click the link and “save link target as…” - after which you can open the file in the QT player.
don’t u get complicated on me wabbit … ok , just this once
i clikcs n drags and pastes n pray for heavens, but these
shuld be like loopy to begins with… tellin u…
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Interestingly enough it already loops in the browser here… But then I’m using the public preview QuickTime 7… maybe there’s something funky going on there - otherwise you’ll simply have to pretend it’s looping 
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loops in qt6.5 in firefox just fine 
looks great too - the silhouette is instantly recognizable and very distinctive. I think the coloration is a little muddy in general, adding maybe some stripes or spots or something might help it stand out more. The overall effect is just right though, this is definitely a creature that could become iconic of the game it was in, only a few of the entries so far have really met that part of the challenge. The teeth and Stag Beetle-like horn things are the things my eye is drawn to first. great work! I hope you do polish the texture up some though.
Adam Atomic - Thanks for your feedback. I agree that the texture might need a little more distinction somehow… think I’ll play around with some stripes. Just got notified of another job I have to complete this week, so the animation will have to be on hold anyway… but there’s always time for a little texture tweaking.
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good stuff man, all this stuff is really good but I think your moving to quick on the diffuse map, more of a rush job. I don’t like the way it looks at the moment maybe it’s the high contrast to the diffuse map that distorts the otherwise great look of your normal mapping?
well I’m no expert but that just my 2 cent, great work!
Hey, thanks, that’s an absolutely excellent point! Just what’s bugging me too, subconsiously somehow… So, I’m working on an entirely new colour map now that harmonises a lot better with the normals… and it’s already looking a 1000% better. I’ll post the new version when I’m done.
Just adding a four-up here to:
I’m really happy about how this turned out now. Many thanks to Hanzo for the clues I was missing
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yay ! lovely result ! really stylish and creepy, the new colors are way better indeed !
The only very slight thing i would add is a bit of color variation on the borders of the carapace to reduce the slightly “sharp edginess” of that part. I don’t know if i am making any sense, honestly:)
Congrats on a great finished entry anyway !
JamesMK na that’s looking right :twisted: all your bugs qualities are brought out this way.
looks slimy great work
ckaos@om - Nah, that makes perfect sense actually. Might see if I could get away with chipping some really small bits out of the alpha along that edge… could work.
hanzo - Thanks, I’m pretty much satisfied with it now
Cheers
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OMG! WTF! Giant cray piranhas have invaded Roper Yard, Salt Lake City!!!1oneoneone
M’kay, sorry, I’ll be off to bed now
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