Player Model ideas

[oz]

The armor looks a bit like this Warhammer stuff.

However armor usually has drawbacks (weight, restrited movement, smaller sight, cost). It hasn't got these drawbacks in Nexuiz, but in Real Life (tm).

You know the armor of the bomb squad guys: http://images.google.com/images?q=bomb+ ... ch&start=0
I can absolutely understand why regular policemen and soldiers all over the world wear smaller armor. I don't think they could do their work wearing bomb squad armor.

Knights usually had huge problems getting on their horses... that kinda says it all.
When you're in company of a heavy armored knight and an hungry dragon is after you, just remember: You do not have to outrun the dragon...

[HarryButt]

It hasn't got these drawbacks in Nexuiz

Exactly. That's why it's no big deal in my opinion.
Nexuiz is no simulation anyway. I just wanna have nice-looking enemies.
I don't expect the same polycount as UT2004. Not even UT99. It's Quake and I know that. I wouldn't play this game, if I used to be one of those graphics-fetish Crysis-Freaks. But I think, that some armored guys would fit into the roster. Or the pale freaks. Maybe both.
Anyway, just another opinion.

[oz]

So, why you wanna stick the good lookin girls in big armor suits? Oh wait, I got it. It's one of these mystic fetish thingies, which I don't understand, right?

[HarryButt]

I like girls in armor suits, okay? In my opinion an arena-style game needs to have armors, cuz I don't wanna shoot a heavy grunt first and the next moment a bikini-wearing girl.
Not the case here, but you get the point. That's one of the reasons why I don't like OpenArena. It just doesn't fit the style.
Gives me an odd feeling to gib a nude girl.

[divVerent]

IMHO a game should offer both. Well, they SHOULD wear more than just a bikini... what about some with "normal" clothes, and some with armor? Then we'd have something for everyone.

Bikini girls in a FPS are just silly, I agree - but silly isn't necessarily bad. OA's problem is that it doesn't provide anything ELSE

[HarryButt]

OA's problem is that it doesn't provide anything ELSE

nice one
Anyway what about those vampire-guys? We've been talking only about girls

[oz]

In my opinion an arena-style game needs to have armors, cuz I don't wanna shoot a heavy grunt first and the next moment a bikini-wearing girl.
Not the case here, but you get the point.

You never been to "{}CTF+Ex Over the Lazy Dog {X}" when some people in a funny mood were there, too... They have some female models with tiny clothes there (Abyss Angelyss, Dark, ...), but I think they have too big ... guns ...

Dunno if other servers have these, too... But I hope so

[HarryButt]

I think I saw these once. White & purple wings?
Wouldn't like to see this kind as default in Nex.
Custom models, okay. But we're talking about the standard ones, right?
And if every player would use a model with that polycount there'd be a huge lag problem imo

[oz]

I think I saw these once. White & purple wings?

Yeah, and I think one of them has horns... and there's this furry cat-girl model, too.
I like them.
It adds diversification an individualism to the games look. Every model does. That's why I like this thread. If somone likes to make models and runs out of ideas, here's a special related supply.

[HarryButt]

I made those at work today.

At first I have to say, that I don't like the Lurker(?) character the way it is at the moment. The arms & legs are too thin imo. The head is too small. I want him heavier in general. Like the Lizard Man from Soul Calibur 1.


This one is kind of a nex-styled UT99-Xan-Clone. Gundam-style "wings" at his back.


A female character WITH (light) armor. Maybe a cop. I had Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell in my mind.


In my opinion the walking eye in Quake3 was the most original model ever made. And I had that idea of a headless robot. Why not combine those two? (I know, it looks similar to the robots from StarWars Episode2+3)


And here's a Nali... Strogg... Cyborg... thing...

Yes, his original arms are at the back. He can fight only with his implants. I kinda like this idea.

These are "concept" sketches only. I cannot do these in 3D, cause I'm not into that stuff. But if somebody is inspired to make one... Go ahead.