Rad: Sprite changes in Mercenaries?

[Vanya]

I agree.

[jimmyjw88]

Hmm..with that scarf, its good too.

[kafei]

Here's what I'm working on currently... though, not sure if this really pertains to Mercenaries or not anymore. I touched up the harsh outline you pointed out on the face, mav, though it may not be perfect. I also made some slight alterations to the eyes and hair to make him look a little younger, and to distance him further from the Vanilla Knight.

Though this probably won't be used in Mercenaries, feel free to take some ideas from it if it helps you. I'll probably use this for Rad in my own personal hack, but it's still a WIP.

[Fein]

The longer part of the hair looks a bit too blocky.

[Vanya]

Is his hair going to be brown now or is it supposed to darken over the chapters or something?

[Sephirot24]

Is his hair going to be brown now or is it supposed to darken over the chapters or something?

I was about to ask the same thing. I like it blonde.. like it was before =/

[kafei]

Is his hair going to be brown now or is it supposed to darken over the chapters or something?

I started this project as an attempt to give everyone another perspective of what Rad could look like, and maybe give people some ideas. It will not be included in Mercenaries, though I will likely use it somewhere myself. So, to be clear, Rad is blond and that's not changing.

I was about to ask the same thing. I like it blonde.. like it was before =/

I would like it more if it didn't remind me so much of the Knight and there weren't already so many people that are blond. Don't worry, though, LD prefers Rad to be blond. This is less of an issue in Mercenaries itself, but should someone else want to use this Rad in a more traditional Vanilla hack, they'll have yet another blond that looks like the Knight.  

[Sephirot24]

I know what you mean. I guess I got used to seeing him blonde.

[mav]

What's the thing on his chest? Make it clearer

Yeah, I didn't know what that was till Vanya posted the FF3 Onion Knights...Which is why I like dwib's version. Simple clear, translates easily to sprite form.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Yeah, ^ looks good.

Can we keep the cape?

[Vanya]

I would like it more if it didn't remind me so much of the Knight and there weren't already so many people that are blond. Don't worry, though, LD prefers Rad to be blond. This is less of an issue in Mercenaries itself, but should someone else want to use this Rad in a more traditional Vanilla hack, they'll have yet another blond that looks like the Knight.  

Yeah, the use of that head for me is totally dependent on the old knight sprite not being in the hack; which it isn't in my personal hack.

On a side note, its too bad we can't give each special unit it's own set of sprites like in FF5.

[jimmyjw88]

I kinda like the new portrait, which Fein mentioned abit blocky. It looks good. Very nice kafei. And yes, blonde with knight head used too much. I think brown looks good. ^^

[dwib]

Been working on rad ch2... getting rid of the cape is hard but I got one view to look alright i think... definitely needs crits

[MiKeMiTchi]

IMO Rad should stay the same in ch1 and 2.
I guess that look should be for ch3. That's what I think..


EDIT: Hmm.. maybe that clothes would fit for ch2 after all, coz' ramza changed his outfit, too. makes sense.

Fairly nice, add more dark shadings(esp. near his upper clothes) for the back. Good start dwib!

PS:
Sir LD, please make chapter 1 a bit longer!

[Vanya]

Yeah, It's coming along. It definitely needs better shading for the pants.
Maybe it would be easier to switch those crappy SquEnix pants for similar ones from one of the other sprites like Algus, Delita Ch1, Cloud, or the Monk?

[jimmyjw88]

Very nice dwib. However, shouldn't the pants be a little shorter? I mean the upper part of the pants, the waist area, should be lower a bit, don't you think? ^^

[mav]

Uh oh, looks like three shades aren't enough for these pants...Try stealing the legs from the male Ninja, the back from the Bard, and the arms and gloves from the male Onion Knight. I dunno...this seems like a lot more work than it should...

[LastingDawn]

While it looks good, I really do not like that scarf, Rad is not an attempted noble, the scarf I picture is one more around his neck then tucked into his shirt (that can be seen on Winshmo's logo and artwork, as well as the bottom of the actual portrait). Also the first chapter's length in Mercenaries is very similar to it's normal length. I think Rad should have an outfit switch in each chapter, there is really no reason not to.

[mav]

Blah, disregard my previous post: use the male Thief's pants (the red palette with black pants shouldn't need much alteration--the palette for the pants is perfect)...

And I agree LD, Rad deserves a different outfit each chapter--it'll keep things looking fresh. And although we wanna keep the scarf, which technically wasn't seen on the first sprite, how could it be implemented on this one? Should it be worn differently?

[LastingDawn]

Hmm, perhaps around the neck, rather then wrapped around it?

Also I was wondering if we can retroactively add it to the first chapter sprite, if possible.