Ehh cmon...
 

Arhhh I need some advice on this, I want to make it an Ice blade, but "light shading" (for pointy forms) isn't a great friend of mine :(
Any idea ?
I also need some help with colors, someone already told me to turn with some purple tiles, really bright tho.

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Swords are probably one of my worst fields, might want to hope Elk or somebody helps you on this one. Here is my attempt at it

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3...alaeditjt1.gif


It is probably worse than your attempt. But I might suggest you don't have a straight black outline for the sword, maybe add some touch-ups to the handle, something creative like icicles (i attempted them yes, its horrible :( ), and be sure to touch up that whole handle piece lastly. About all I can help ya with :\

Well all I got to say first is THANKS !
But what I'm trying to do is not a straight blade like a paper piece, I'm really trying to do an ice blade, like cut blade, really sharp, with a middle line, dividing it in 2 parts, to make some sort of perspective with light ice effects ! This is really hard for me, it's my first attemp to a GFX made of ice and also for perspective, I'm always doing straight things, I need some change >_<

I'm not trying to make it completely blue too, I'm trying a golden handle.

I thought I'd try mixing it up, it's probably terrible, but I tried a new concept on the sword.
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/205/hurmsmsfdie9.png

Is it for Graal?

Shut up, you're hot.

I like the one on the left it has more of an icy feel then the others.

the blade is awsome, just make the handle a bit more cooler and it'd be completly kewl.

So the blade is alright o_O ?

Yah, for Silence

Anyway, here's the last version for it, with anubis handle ^^^
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It looks cool, but idk...it need something else...hmm ?

If so... FAIL. Learn to make swords that have a realistic size compared to Graal characters.

Supposed to be 2H sword

1H swords will be more realistic and really much smaller
Im just trying some stuffs, ill probably reduce the blade a bit
i will only make a few more 2H blades, for high levels only.
>_<

Here ya go bub, took a quick whack at it for ya. ^^

Far too large. Reminds me of Zodiac.

2H weapons in general aren't supposed to be twice the size of a person. :oo:

hay guise gral is so realistc!!1

lololol inorite
omg alexandra dat swurd is wai too big mon!!!

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1...7739833xl0.jpg

And you consider Soala's sword...big?

Lmao you guys are the worst group of downers i've ever seen. The kid posted here in hopes of getting help, I dont think it was so he could hear your crits. If you're not going to help him than what's the point of posting? I'm pretty sure he's well aware on the size of the sword and obviously he wouldn't have made it so big if he didn't want it that way. Oh and by the way just in case you've failed to realize, Graal is a GAME.. I could make a planet for a weapon if i wanted to and just because you think its too big doesn't mean that it actually is.. ? :noob:

well I totally agree on this
but im not going to do only giant weapons
i just wanted to improve on blades effects (lights, etc...)
Nice work there Sage !

Well excuuuse me for believing that things should have proper proportions on the majority of RPG servers/games. I should probably also bring up the fact that 75% of both Maloria's and Zodiac's playerbase used to complain constantly on how ugly oversized weapons are, but it wouldn't matter since you'd find a way to ignore it.

Have you seen the default Graal player?

Prove it, because I've never heard anyone complain.

Anyway, did you see how much persons play zodiac
I just realized that people love big stuff, they probably feel like having power when they got such a blade in their hands

And I already said I WILL MAKE SMALLER STUFFS
I'm just improving right now, and I want to learn ice drawing methods, because acutally there will be a totally frozen island on Silence, I really want to give it a nice look.

Oh and did you see ? graal characters are also oversized
ever seen someone being as tall as a tree ? or is it me but on pics1 we can see 4 directions sprites for walls ?
is it me or Graal's perspective is TOTALLY ****ED ?!

Those were/are actually servers having most of graal's players on. Great servers also.

If I could, I would, but I'm not gonna go through all my PM logs just for that. Actually, I don't even think I have logs that go back longer then 6 months since I got a new laptop since. You'd just have to take my word for it, but I doubt you will.

Nah, I must've missed it. Jokes aside, people play Zodiac because it has a vast amount of items and baddies (unlike the only rival, Graal Kingdoms).


There's a reason I prefer working with custom tiles and sprites. It doesn't mean you shouldn't attempt to make it better though, and a good step towards that would be to keep visible equipment/weaponry suit the proportions of the Graal character.

You don't think I know that much, having managed Zodiac and administrated Maloria? :asleep:


The shading on your blade was decent, but lacked an icy texture. Sage took care of that problem though.

Wait...
Am I wrong or I made this thread so people can show me/help me with icy texture eeh?This is exactly what I asked for man x_x because im new to that kind of texture
And I find its one of the hardest texture, a least for me :(

You might want to read what I said before telling me to read what the thread is about, I was merely saying that I think Sage hit the nail on his attempt. :mad:

Crap, you mean I'm not supposed to be bigger than my door frame?

Wow... this changes everything... excuse me while I go find a treadmill and attach it to my computer.

Ya dude didn't you know? Your head is supposed to be almost bigger than your entire body, wow.

And so the age old argument of realism in a game in which the back round perspective is totally askew to the perspective of the character goes on.

I hate it when a game is realistic :p

As for crono:

http://www.warcraftmovies.com/pictures/35236.jpg

elk do the sword, i want to see you do it

Wasn't Cloud's sword almost twice his size?

Was referring to Graal's default characters but that works too.

Why me lol
It always depends what char its for...

Totally, as for sephirot's giant blade eeh...
Ever seen FF Advent Children ? During the battle between Cloud and Sephirot, there is nothing realistic, just like when cloud divide a giant block of rock just in one hit

Well, watch between 2:48-2:49

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=7npcpsZP6uw

I don't mind when things are unrealistic, as long as it's CONSISTENT.

Same.

I have been eager to see your work

I don't tend to bump threads just to respond someone; I will have to if someone pulls a made up statistic out of their ass on a server I used to work on. I've worked and played Zodiac for quite a while and from my experience I have never heard ANY complaining about out of proportion weapons -- and by god did you say constant!!??

If there were that many people (according to your statistics) criticizing the out of proportioness then something would have been done by now.(and if there were people "complaining constantly" in Maloria, then none would be made in Zodiac) But it seems all of the staff I have worked with have not bothereding doing so(which there is barely any in Graal!) then it seems that the majority doesn't care.

By the way, if you're still crusading about proportioning weapons, just drop it. It's been widely done in the entertainment media (also don't forget that they make impractical weapons seem practical!) and I don't want to waste my time giving examples. Really, it only matters if aiming for something realistic, -- and if it's not then there is no reason to complain because the outcome will just boost your unwarrented self-importance.

Totally agree'd, games were made for fun, realistic stuff doesnt really count, at least the player have fun, he'll stay.

Of course it counts. To me realistic and logic seem to come hand in hand, and I hate games (and servers) that throw away logic...specially Zodiac.