Meridia - New and Improved!

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Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by AnemicRoyalty » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:29 am

Hey all,
I felt that the current version of Meridia is a bit bland and generic, so I took the time to spruce her up a little.
So without further ado, I present Meridia - V4:

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Ingame:

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Thoughts, comments, slings and arrows anyone?

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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Cooldood » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:00 am

I think the face looks really awesome! The armor is a bit bright for her IMO though, and the diamonds, well, don't really seem to fit with her style. Apart from those two things really like it though :)
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Av3n » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:16 am

Nice.
Maybe change the ends of the bow to something more likely to create a dark aura around the bow rather than the gold you have now perhaps?

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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Loki » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:30 am

/drops bricks
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Oxygen » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:25 am

FINALLY! I couldn't stand her current skin.

I think her eyes are a little too bright, though, as if they didn't blend in. Anyone else?

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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Deschain » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:41 am

Kudos for skin, but the ingame picture looks very... dark. Is she distinguishable on the map?
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Rising_Dusk » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:08 am

Deschain wrote:Is she distinguishable on the map?
She is in play because the particles on her model move. In a freeze-frame, she always looks indistinguishable because the model's particles are all black and they get frozen in the screenshot.
Oxygen wrote:I think her eyes are a little too bright, though, as if they didn't blend in.
They're not supposed to, it's a visual technique to have an all black face due to shading and then glowy eyes underneath the shadow. Surely you've seen that before in your favorite cartoons.
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Deschain » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:31 am

Thanks for clearing that up.
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Pigger » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:49 pm

I'm with Loki on this one.
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Loki » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:51 pm

I think the eye/shadow from the hood thing totally helps the whole Left Hand of Zivyral look.
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Rising_Dusk » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:06 pm

Except that she's the right hand.
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Loki » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:07 pm

dawh. :<
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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Rectifier » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:24 pm

I really dig the cloak's contrast with the rest of the model, great work on the colors.

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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Oxygen » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:48 pm

Either my fav cartoon or the tob inquisitor

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Re: Meridia - New and Improved!

Post by Rising_Dusk » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 pm

I don't actually remember what he looks like, honestly.. Hrm.
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