Kagebunji's sprites- Moving on...

[Cheetah]

Ack Firefox isn't showing attachments very well so I lost track of what changes were being made. You are going in the right direction Jimmy. The angle down for the hat for the side rear view is a bit severe and the rear view needs to be more overall rounded.

I recommended to Twinees that we should be using the chemist a bit more as a base for these angles. We are getting closer!

[Kagebunji]

Ok, I worked today on Hector sprite from FE7. It is still not done, especially back side-view(I only pasted cape on it). Any ideas for hair are welcome. Hector's hair is VERY similiar to Knight's but I don't wanrt a straight copy, now I am using mix between Wiegraf and Knight with few changes, but I need something else, perhaps someone have any nice ideas(or could draw it and show me)? Oh, and please don't suggest capes that require messin with arms, they are a big pain to make, and I would get bored before finishing it, knowing me. Anyway, here it is:

[jimmyjw88]

@Twins ~ Yeah, the side view made me know what Cheetah is going for.

Yeah, the feather definitely need tweaks. And yes, Chemist's hat definitely act as a good base and reference for this.

@Kage ~ Looks great. And the cape is just fine, for me actually; knight's too big, Zalbag's doesn't look good if it's just plain cape. As for the hair, good start.

[Aquilae]

Hector's hair looks too light though, it should be a much darker shade of blue.

[Twinees]

Is this hector? Maybe 20m hair would look well with it too?

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Some things need to change if you want it to look like the picture above.

The armour needs a slight shine to it make it look metally, but you could just slightly increase the saturation or brighten the existing colours you have now.

[jimmyjw88]

Yeah, 20M hair probably would do the trick. Well, I'd try on a custom-made hair but I know Kage would probably reject it because it'll be time-consuming.
Regardlessly, here it is.

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[Lijj]

I like that.

[Kill_Bones]

That looks nice! I agree about the hair, it would take too long to make a custom, it loks fine as it is. Hunter is looking awsome as well.

[Lijj]

I'd be glad to help with this hair if Kage decides to go with it.. it wouldn't be that hard esp. since it's so short; no animating the walking frames needed:>

[mav]

Is the guy that Twinees posted the right Hector? Sorry, I'm pretty unfamiliar with FE.

You might want a little more contrast on the forward-facing frame, Jim. It looks pretty good though.

[Kagebunji]

I don't want him to look EXACTLY like his original art(I mean mostly arms and legs, IMO they are fitting enough). I suppose 20M hair would look best, though I will need to change it somehow. I can brighten the lightest purple, though I can't imagine how this will turn out, I need a highlight, not brightened purple. And sure, I will make blue's darker, I just wanted to avoid saturation. Too bad I couldn't make cape red :/

[jimmyjw88]

So I guess the hair is rejected eh? Haha.
Well, any C & C for the hair?
Mav, I didn't change anything except custom-make his hair but a little bit more contrast to the hair? Hmm...I'll see what I can do.

[Kagebunji]

Shit, I didn't see your attempt, Jimmy. It is damn awesome. I am using it right away! Thanks for ideas. I will handle with the rest of the frames. Thanks man!

And yes, Twin posted the Hector I am working on. He is one of Lords in Fire Emblem. I suggest you play Fire Emblem 7(Fire emblem 1 outside Jaoan), designs there are damn awesome.

[Kagebunji]

Ok, I used Jimmy's vrsion, darkened the hair to make it more Hector-like, and brightened the purple to give metalic look. How is it?

[Wolfran]

It looks good so far but maybe the sprite will look better if you change the purple of the armor for a dark blue. The hair is amazing btw

[mav]

Should he have a red cape then? Whatever, this is a neat looking sprite. I like the purple armor, I'm worried about the blues though--how will they look in-game?

[dbp]

This sprite is very very nice. I like it a lot. Let me explain why.
The colors (especially the color of the armor) are very original and give to this character something very unique.
The hairs also add a lot to the originality of the character.

To finish, i would say that its very cool to see some new FFT characters.
It really give a second life to the game. (Or should i say hundreds new lives.)

Keep up the good work.

[GeneralStrife]

Well said dpb.

[Kagebunji]

You are correct, Mav, it should be red. I had dilemna with this, but after I saw original in-game sprite of Hector:

I decided to leave it like that, haha. Oh, and as to blues, they are taken from existing palettes and tweaked a bit, so it SHOULD look fine, I will test it just to make sure though. Btw, forward walking frames are done.

Thanks for kind words, Dbp, such things really drive me to sprite harder ^_^

[mav]

Ah, so their in-game sprites don't match their artwork exactly? That's fine. If people gripe, they can make an alternate version. I dig this sprite, Kage. Make sure to finish it [quickly].