Rad: Sprite changes in Mercenaries?

[mav]

I think they're the original knight's eyes and eyebrows, but I'm not positive. What do you think is the problem though? The hair makes 'em look off kilter? The shading is wrong?

[Archael]

there's something up with the feet!

[AngrySurprisedFace]

I think they're the original knight's eyes and eyebrows, but I'm not positive. What do you think is the problem though? The hair makes 'em look off kilter? The shading is wrong?

Ya the hair does do that a bit, but they seem a little... thick towards the middle of his face.

Could be just me though.

[jimmyjw88]

there's something up with the feet!

I see that too. The shape is bit out and with the shading, it looks weird. Though that can be fix easily ^^

[Seushiro]

the lighter tone should be the shine to the leather but yeah shape wise. . . should probably erase the 3 pixels making it chunky from the original agrias sprite. . .

[mav]

Hmm...I guess I'll hold off on modifying Ch. 4 Rad till we get a better consensus.

So we have his Ch. 1 down, and he'll have a robe and longish hair by Ch. 4...what should happen in between? Are Ch. 2 and Ch. 3 Rad going to look different from one another, or what?

[kafei]

Okay, mav, I looked at it more closely, and figured out the problem. I did a more intensive edit this time around, and I think it looks much better. Here it is.

[mav]

Hmm....as far as the portrait goes something has happened to the right side of skin (darkening the hair, but leaving the skin the same is likely the culprit), but the hair alone looks okay. I'll mess around with this too, but I don't know what will become of it.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Btw kafei, that wasn't Rad's original portrait. I made that for another rad sprite, in case.

[kafei]

Hmm....as far as the portrait goes something has happened to the right side of skin (darkening the hair, but leaving the skin the same is likely the culprit), but the hair alone looks okay. I'll mess around with this too, but I don't know what will become of it.

All right, sounds good. There are some lighter browns I added (for the sheen) used in the hair that could probably be used on the face, so that would be a start, I suppose.

Btw kafei, that wasn't Rad's original portrait. I made that for another rad sprite, in case.

I tried digging around for a current spritesheet of Rad, but I couldn't find one. Was his portrait the same as Vanya's warrior? Is there a sprite that matches this portrait better?

[jimmyjw88]

Erm...Isn't this Vanya's Warrior sprite?

[MiKeMiTchi]

Ahh yeah. The submitted sprite for Rad was out of date, too.
However, the Mercenaries demo has it.

Or, we could tell Vanya to post it.

[jimmyjw88]

Wait, so which is Rad's new sprite? The above, posted by kafei? Or the one you made, Mike? I'm liking the one you made though.

[Vanya]

The Rad sprite in the demo, I believe, is my original Warrior sprite.
As you can see it's just a modified Squire with the Knight's head.
In my personal hack I'm giving the Knight's a helmet, so I decided to keep the old knight head in circulation in this manner.
However, I'm thinking of renaming this sprite Rad (Mercenaries) since that has been it's most prominent use and I've since opted for a Warrior with a more 'FF1' hairstyle.

[mav]

Such a beautiful sprite...

So what are the plans for Ch. 2 sprite? I definitely agree that we should keep the scarf in there, in some way, shape, or form, but what can we do to age him? A ponytail, perhaps?

[Vanya]

Thanks, Mav. ^_^

Something like this for the portrait:

But young-ify it some.

The sprite would be like ch1, but with the scarf and more red mage-like boots. Maybe modified arms and armor, too.

[jimmyjw88]

So, Vanya's Warrior sprite is Rad Ch1, and the above portrait is Rad Ch2? What about the sprite that Mike made? Is it going to be use?

[mav]

That above portrait just one part of the work in progress for Ch. 4 Rad, I believe.

I was fucking around in MS Paint (which I declare to be the single greatest program ever), just to try and make a slightly new face. I don't mean this to be the next Rad portrait, but I just wanted to show an example of how we may be able to change the angle Rad's facing for his portraits. Kinda like Ramza in Vanilla.

[LastingDawn]

Indeed, it would be great if some of the "Emotions" were portrayed as such, as well.

Though for Ch. 2, I want him to move from Armor to... well Red Mage outfit, thing, so what should the next step be taken at Chapter 2...?

Perhaps an armored top, but robed legs? Does that make sense?

[mav]

To me, a robed top and armored legs would make more sense, but I'm not quite sure...I would love to see him keep the scarf though; it's a great memento for him, but obviously it would clash with a robe on top.