Half-Life 2: Enhancement Mod (V2)

[marden]

[QUOTE=The Vman;39200918]Did another paintover

[url=http://i.imgur.com/TDera.jpg]picture[/url]

[url=http://i.imgur.com/aiNUh.jpg]Original for comparison[/url]

Also did a quick sketch for an idea I had on how to make the citizen clothing more interesting, rather than just being a completely nondescript blue shirt and blue pants.

[url=http://i.imgur.com/hyIwj.jpg]concept[/url][/QUOTE]

I think brown and yellow don't really fit City 17. In your rooftop picture City 17 looks like a polluted area. I don't think that's the right vibe. I think City 17 should have a lot of color but desaturated a bit to have more depressing look because the citizens are oppressed.

Your citizen doesn't look bad, but I would have to see the finished model. Concept might look good on paper but fail as 3d model.

[Aluminum Ken]

Desaturating colors reminds me of Cinematic Mod.

[ViralHatred]

People seem to forget that the resistance is huge and has a massive amount of supplies and logistics, just look at white forest.

And the fact that nearly every resistance member is wearing an armoured metrocop vest either suggests that many of them left Civil Protection or were taking from killed Civil Protection officers.

[marden]

What I'd love to see is City 17 having the same feel as Dunwall in Dishonored.

[t]http://www.game-over.com/content/wp-content/gallery/dishonored/houndpits.jpg[/t]

[t]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1569231/dishonored-review-boat-1920.jpg[/t]

And I know Antonov worked on both games, but in Dishonored I think he pulled it off better.

[E Quantifier]

I really like the new citizen jumpsuit, though it could probably be roughed up a bit to make it look worn and tattered, I doubt the Combine have a department store on every corner.

[BloodShot12]

If you guys are redoing animations, I would like to see something like [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TDlB2P1leRM#t=60s"]this[/URL] for the shotgun.

I really like stuff like that, makes the weapons more satisfying to use

(obviously for the spas-12 and without the foregrip)

[The Vman]

[QUOTE=Marden;39204325]What I'd love to see is City 17 having the same feel as Dunwall in Dishonored.

[t]http://www.game-over.com/content/wp-content/gallery/dishonored/houndpits.jpg[/t]

[t]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1569231/dishonored-review-boat-1920.jpg[/t]

And I know Antonov worked on both games, but in Dishonored I think he pulled it off better.[/QUOTE]

Yea I've been looking at Antonov's work for inspiration as far as the colorschemes go.

[t]http://www.dishonoredwiki.net/images/thumb/b/b4/Flooded_District.jpg/300px-Flooded_District.jpg[/t][t]http://www.oxmonline.com/files/u11/tallboys_in_flooded_district_fix.jpg[/t][t]http://www.animationtrip.com/store/features/books/images/conceptart/im_concept1.jpg[/t]

[IM BATMAN]

Maybe try keeping the smokestacks and the expanded skybox but having the same colorscheme in a picture, just to see what it looks like.

[Magikoopa24]

[QUOTE=Marden;39204325]What I'd love to see is City 17 having the same feel as Dunwall in Dishonored.

[t]http://www.game-over.com/content/wp-content/gallery/dishonored/houndpits.jpg[/t]

[t]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1569231/dishonored-review-boat-1920.jpg[/t]

And I know Antonov worked on both games, but in Dishonored I think he pulled it off better.[/QUOTE]

Having played Dishonored for a few days, I can definitely see the HL2 influence, specifically the giant metal walls that surround the city. Dishonored probably had more time to focus on that specific feel, and emulating that would definitely be a plus.

[Glitchvid]

[QUOTE=Sergesosio;39202407]But metrocops are basically "party members". I like the idea of a logo but keep it like prison clothing and not like a coverall.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, and the metro-cops try to stay anonymous; so that the same people in their building don't go and beat the shit out of them once work is over.

[Mr. Someguy]

[QUOTE=The Jack;39202562]But most clothing that they'd find would be Very old and possibly less comfortable and initially less attractive. I can imagine a huge percentage of them would still wear citizen clothing with probably nearly all of them still wearing the trousers.

Not to say that i can't imagine any variety... even in the way refugees wear their citizen clothes. I can imagine a few rolling their sleeves up to their elbows or Not doing the buttons up.

Well, so long as i don't see refugees wearing brightly coloured T-shirts with band logos on i will probably be happy anyways.[/QUOTE]

I think different outfits would be good, maybe even different skills levels to match (such as veterans, though this might be out of the mod's scope). Most rebels should probably wear either uniforms, or jeans + old sweater or jacket. Some rebels will have CP Body armour and belts, some more experienced ones might have Overwatch body armour, and a fair few could be using pre-war tactical vests (either taken from old police station armouries which the combine may overlook, or stashed away since the war's end).

[Yourself]

[T]http://images.wikia.com/half-life/en/images/a/af/Rebel_skins.jpg[/T]

[ViralHatred]

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;39207604]I think different outfits would be good, maybe even different skills levels to match (such as veterans, though this might be out of the mod's scope). Most rebels should probably wear either uniforms, or jeans + old sweater or jacket. Some rebels will have CP Body armour and belts, some more experienced ones might have Overwatch body armour, and a fair few could be using pre-war tactical vests (either taken from old police station armouries which the combine may overlook, or stashed away since the war's end).[/QUOTE]

Those original concept designs might be helpful too.

Ninja'd.

But yeah, as a pack rat myself who collects and carries practically everything with him everywhere in HL2 I'd have expected rebels to pilfer and loot more stuff.

[Snood]

[QUOTE=Yourself;39208076][T]http://images.wikia.com/half-life/en/images/a/af/Rebel_skins.jpg[/T][/QUOTE]

[img]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3233/rebelconcept2.jpg[/img]

I had a go at designing most of that equipment and a custom body to go along with it a while back. They're meant to be applied using bodygroups.

[simkas]

[QUOTE=Snood_1990;39208181][img]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3233/rebelconcept2.jpg[/img]

I had a go at designing most of that equipment and a custom body to go along with it a while back. They're meant to be applied using bodygroups.[/QUOTE]

That is awesome.

[🦇Pachira🦇]

[QUOTE=Snood_1990;39208181][img]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3233/rebelconcept2.jpg[/img]

I had a go at designing most of that equipment and a custom body to go along with it a while back. They're meant to be applied using bodygroups.[/QUOTE]

I always wanted someone to do that, nice job!

[Mr. Someguy]

For vests, I was thinking they could be designed after the very basic looking vests used by OMOH:

[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Tambov_OMON_in_Nizhny_Novogord.jpg/1024px-Tambov_OMON_in_Nizhny_Novogord.jpg[/t][t]http://russianreport.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/protest-8-may-journalists.jpg[/t]

[Chonch]

Actually I think the vests in the concept art are supposed to be from Combine soldiers. There probably isn't too much armor or riot gear around anymore.

[Porky-da-Corgi]

[QUOTE=CAPT Opp4;39199585]The only thing about this mod that puts me off its that it makes alyx look Ass-Ugly.[/QUOTE]
This looks Ass-Ugly?
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/jei8c.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/6G8km.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/8zUjT.jpg[/img_thumb]
On another note-

[B]Kleiner Update![/B]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/HQ9Xv.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/NZ41D.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/TAVwW.jpg[/img_thumb]

[Mr. Someguy]

[QUOTE=Sie-Sveinhund;39209977]Actually I think the vests in the concept art are supposed to be from Combine soldiers. There probably isn't too much armor or riot gear around anymore.[/QUOTE]

I'm actually talking about what I said in my post, with it being a mix of CP vests, Overwatch vests, and a few old Police vests.

[Snood]

Here's some more pictures of stuff I've done in various stages of unfinishedness, ranging from 'useful' to 'not very'.
[t]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6726/snoodmetroelite.jpg[/t]
[t]http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2130/soldiercombineconcept.jpg[/t]
[t]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5074/castee.jpg[/t]
[t]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4914/conceptrebelow.jpg[/t]

[Barbarian887]

[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39210266]This looks Ass-Ugly?
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/jei8c.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/6G8km.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/8zUjT.jpg[/img_thumb]
On another note-

[B]Kleiner Update![/B]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/HQ9Xv.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/NZ41D.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/TAVwW.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

Did Kleiner spill olive oil all over his face or something?

[clicheusername]

[QUOTE=Barbarian887;39211255]Did Kleiner spill olive oil all over his face or something?[/QUOTE]

Is that too shiny or something?

[Milkyway M16]

[QUOTE=Barbarian887;39211255]Did Kleiner spill olive oil all over his face or something?[/QUOTE]

Uh, I don't see how you could possibly think that his face is too shiny...

[Sprockethead]

im sorry to say it,

but that alyx looks horrible, yeah.

If you put them next to each other its more obvious.
[QUOTE][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jei8c.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://nightmaremode.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Alyx-Vance.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Its not that your reskin doesnt look like a person, it just doesnt look like alyx. You removed her oriental hints, brightened her face too much, gave her lipstick (though its probably just her bright face that makes her lips look too red).

Also it looks like your alyx went to get a mild tan with a skimask on. (way too bright around the eyes.)

you could study the reference person of alyx, maybe it could give you a hint at what makes alyx, alyx.
[QUOTE][IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g87/darkchozo/Jamil_ref.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/74/12-AV4.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

[p0rtalplayer]

Kleiner's cheek looks like a baby's buttock.

I know you're not done but it looks kinda silly at the moment. He must have great skin cream

[Barbarian887]

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;39211409]Uh, I don't see how you could possibly think that his face is too shiny...[/QUOTE]

it looks wet and/or oily as hell

skin doesn't need any phong

[Joazzz]

[QUOTE=p0rtalplayer;39211910]Kleiner's cheek looks like a baby's buttock.[/QUOTE]

how do you know this

[🦇Pachira🦇]

[QUOTE=Joazzz;39213547]how do you know this[/QUOTE]

Maybe he has siblings? Not hard to see a naked baby if you had siblings

[Porky-da-Corgi]

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;39211855]im sorry to say it,
but that alyx looks horrible, yeah.
If you put them next to each other its more obvious.

Its not that your reskin doesnt look like a person, it just doesnt look like alyx. You removed her oriental hints, brightened her face too much, gave her lipstick (though its probably just her bright face that makes her lips look too red).
Also it looks like your alyx went to get a mild tan with a skimask on. (way too bright around the eyes.)
you could study the reference person of alyx, maybe it could give you a hint at what makes alyx, alyx.[/QUOTE]
Ok, I'll see what I can do to improve her. Though I didn't see the "mild tan with a skimask on" thing, and she had lipstick in the first place, that's why I added it.

Maybe a comparison of the face textures would help with critiques a bit-
VALVe Alyx- [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/FsKcp.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/Jr2eT.jpg[/img_thumb] -My Alyx