Final Fantasy Tactics: Mercenaries (Main Info Thread)

[DarthPaul]

Ramza Ruglia, Ruglia was the maiden name of his mother, in the normal game, Ramza adopts this name until Gafgarion blows his cover, when he reveals to Agrias that he is a Beoulve.

thanks i knew the name sounded extremely familiar

[LastingDawn]

Very nice! I like the description and character, not to mention they exactly fit the tone of a short journal entry.

[Cheetah]

Okay so here is my attempt at a Helmetless Gafgarion. Still needs a bit of touch ups and this isn't in 16 colors (though it is testing well so far). I just really need some feedback to see if this is the right direct at all. What do people think?

[LastingDawn]

Wonderful work Cheetah! This is what I was looking for, indeed! All the character of Gafgarion rounded up in one picture!

[Zozma]

i told you in chat, but that is a great job on the portrait.

[Xifanie]

Of course it is, really that last portrait was really bad IMHO, but this one rocks.

[greymeister]

That portrait is pretty sweet.

[Cheetah]

Okay pretty much final version and game ready. My only issue with it is that the armor seems a little tight around his neck. But at the same time its makes it kind of remenisent of "THAT GAFFY PIC", which I actually kind of find fitting. So unless someone can come up with some really good criticism I'm thinking it's done. Only minor changes from the last preview.

[Cheetah]

Hehe I had a lot of fun with these, plus they were quick and easy. So the first one (top left) is just the normal Chapter 2 Ramza. Second is Chapter 1's Ramza head on merc armor. Third (bottom left) is Chapter 4 Ramza head on  merc armor. The fourth is merc Ramza with edits to hopefully make it look like he is yelling. This was obviously the tough one since no one opens their mouth in normal FFT, and aparrently for good reason because it is hard to make look good without a freaking nose. Some suggestions on the angry mouth would be appreciated.

Any other Ramza requests Lasting Dawn?

[Zozma]

quite interesting... if you directly import gafgarions color palette over Miangs original sprite, she looks like shes wearing pure gold.. it doesnt look bugged at all either! her hair is grey and everything is in the right place lol...

*eherm* now back to making her look right...

anyway wouldn't it look better this way?

Edit: even making the hair in front come out over the helmet in front might not be such a bad idea... when she walks you can barely see her hair at all in front view, thus making her lose a bit of what makes her look female...

[LastingDawn]

Wow! That is excellent looking! Though as you said the hair suffers a bit from it, but the build, and the face portrait (obviously) will show that Myan is female.


Also I really like those portrait's Cheetah! I think that the emotion idea to work for different scenes will work wonderfully! It may require a bit of "extra work" but if we're not willing to go the extra mile, I feel that Mercenaries won't quite reach it's potential.

[Vanya]

Very nice work, gentleman! =)

[Zozma]

allright ill continue, now do u like the bangs out like that? or shall i keep them covered by the helmet? and is her default miang haircolor what  you want?

[LastingDawn]

The default hair color is perfectly fine with me, I also like the hair in the preview. That shouldn't be a problem.

[Cheetah]

Any chance of you trying a few different hair colors just for kicks Zozma. Even though LD is happy, and that is what counts, I just really want to see if you can get black hair to work on her.

I love your sprite Zozma, I just always feel that the anime colored hair styles just really don't fit with FFT as a whole. But once again my opinion really doesn't count here. Obviously a small concern overall too because it is an easy palette swap to change the hair color.

[Vanya]

You could always try a more realistic shade of the same color. =)

[Zozma]

i did soften the indigo a bit because it was too harsh agains the brown.. but i think black is both 100% doable and appropriate... , because her hair is such a drastic difference right now, you could change the 3 shades to practically anything and it will look fine because the hair is so independant of the rest of the colors. (black is still the best choice tho, as the armor is rusty brown, and with the goldish look, blonde wouldnt be as good either)

[LastingDawn]

Ah, then I'll go with black hair, if you don't mind.

[Archael]

Okay so here is my attempt at a Helmetless Gafgarion. Still needs a bit of touch ups and this isn't in 16 colors (though it is testing well so far). I just really need some feedback to see if this is the right direct at all. What do people think?

that is sick

[DarthPaul]

Okay so here is my attempt at a Helmetless Gafgarion. Still needs a bit of touch ups and this isn't in 16 colors (though it is testing well so far). I just really need some feedback to see if this is the right direct at all. What do people think?

awesome man