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Hosted Projects - Standalone => Diaspora => Topic started by: foxdie49 on September 09, 2012, 03:39:11 am
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Hello guys, excelent work, hasnt stop playing it since it came out.
Whoever, since i've seen so much people complaining about the lack of character driven story etc, i've decided to
give you guys my version of some of the characters starting with theseus CAG. Hope you guys like it.
And keep up the good work :)
(Done in Corel Painter and Photoshop... about 12 hours)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/253/e/7/diaspora_harridan_by_foxdie49-d5e7g2q.png)
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Awesome pic. One request: Using post attachments is a bad idea, as those will be deleted semi-regularly. It's better if you upload the pics to a dedicated hosting site like photobucket or imageshack and link those, that way, they'll stay up longer.
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thanks, does devianart work?
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Sure.
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That's some really nice work there Foxdie. I know that's how I'm going to picture Harridan from now on. :D
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yes great work and it fits our Harridan very well.
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jejeje Thanks mate, tomorrow i'll start with Flask and Crispy :P
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well... More like in a couple of hours, since here in Venezuela is all ready 4 am :S
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That's actually pretty good. Great work.
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That is excellent work. She reminds me a bit of Kendra Shaw. And that is always a good thing :) One question though: what the hell are you doing outside the team? We could use such talent for concept art, hell maybe even cutscenes / skyboxes / etc. If you're interested in joining up send me a PM and we'll take it from there.
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Actually, one of the team also had a suggestion. The pilot images are all 160x120 images and we had to use pics from the show because we didn't have an artist to make pilot images. If Foxdie is interested, he could replace those as his prospectives task.
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So awesome! I would love to see more stuff like this in-game, whether it's cutscenes or menu art. This seriously deserves its own thread though, foxdie.
Edit: One minor complaint. Shouldn't a CAG be a Captain or a Major, instead of an Ensign? http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Military_Ranks_(RDM) (http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Military_Ranks_(RDM))
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Actually, one of the team also had a suggestion. The pilot images are all 160x120 images and we had to use pics from the show because we didn't have an artist to make pilot images. If Foxdie is interested, he could replace those as his prospectives task.
Would you be willing to do pilot images for the R1 characters? (So Harridan in a helmet in a cockpit, Obit, Shadow, Turbo, Hammer in a Raptor etc.)
We'd include them in an upcoming patch.
He's right in that her rank is Major.
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Actually, one of the team also had a suggestion. The pilot images are all 160x120 images and we had to use pics from the show because we didn't have an artist to make pilot images. If Foxdie is interested, he could replace those as his prospectives task.
That is an excellent idea. Our vortex of evil is getting better at sucking innocent victims in. This fits well into my plans.
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Jajajaja great to be one of your victims guys. Well i'm gonna try to work as fast as i can, if you guys can help me out with the little details (like the rank issue for example) it'll be great. As well, if you guys want something specific for some charecter or anything else just send me a PM to keep in mind your request. I'm Working on a concept for "shadow" right now. If you guys aprove each character's studies then i can begin to make those 160x120 pilot images that you need. By your command. :)
Thanks for the feedback people, i'm glad you like it.
WJ.
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keep it up foxdie!
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Guys, I want to thank you for the great work you've done making this game.
And special thanks to FoxDie49... Man, you've done a GREAT JOB! It would be excellent to expand the art work of the game. I hope the team of Diaspora knows how to use your abilities.
Thanks for that CAG! great work.
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Is multiplayer available? Thanks!
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If Foxdie plans on creating further character image profiles, it might be a good idea to split the relevant posts and replies into a new thread dedicated to this and his further work... perhaps even a Fan Art subforum.
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If Foxdie plans on creating further character image profiles, it might be a good idea to split the relevant posts and replies into a new thread dedicated to this and his further work... perhaps even a Fan Art subforum.
You can't get a Fan Art subforum. Wings of Dawn doesn't have one yet! The fact that so far we have nobody willing to make WoD fanart is completely irrelevant to this discussion. :P
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When I did the VA for Orphan, I got a pretty good character bio from the team. While it did little to describe the character physically (most pilots were means to be open to either gender), it did give me a good sense of the pilot's personality. It may help if foxdie had access to those.
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Digging up some of the notes for some of the VAs, quite a bit of this of course never shows up in the campaign:
CAG: Major Anise "Harridan" Zhou
The Theseus' CAG, Zhou is respected by her fellow officers and crew. Considered a "soft touch" on all but a few issues, she is also known for her unorthodox approaches to problems. Born and raised on Aerelon, Zhou entered the military as one of the few routes to escape from the dolldrums of her hometown of two hundred people. Zhou strictly regulates drinking off duty, primarily due to the accidental death of several friends before she joined the military.
Lieutenant Leon "Obit" Mondale
A young pilot fresh from training on Libris, Leon Mondale has joined the Colonial Fleet Reserves eager to earn a living which will be used to pay for medical school on Tauron. Mondale has befriended several of the Saggitaron snipes aboard the Theseus, earning some ridicule from other pilots about the "would be doctor talking to dirt worshippers." Mondale's wishes however are to open a practice on Saggitaron incorporating local practices with modern Colonial medicine.
Lieutenant Andrew "Hammer" Holtz
A sagittarion, Holtz has been assigned to recon Raptor duty since entering the service four years ago. While a ECO, he has been passed over for promotion due to his laid back attitude. Holtz's term of duty will be over once the Theseus finishes her scheduled refit and has made plans to marry his sweetheart back home and begin work with his family's construction firm which has been renovating the business district of Tauron's capital. Holtz takes the news of the destruction of the Colonies hard, and fills with determination to strike back at the Cylons for what he has lost.
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When I did the VA for Orphan, I got a pretty good character bio from the team. While it did little to describe the character physically (most pilots were means to be open to either gender), it did give me a good sense of the pilot's personality. It may help if foxdie had access to those.
Actually that would be very helpfull :D
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Digging up some of the notes for some of the VAs, quite a bit of this of course never shows up in the campaign:
CAG: Major Anita "Harridan" Zhou
Is that Anita or Anise?
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I have a mental image of Lizard laughing maniacally as a fellow pilot trips on the bulkhead door.
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Edited the post. It was originally Anita and was changed (don't remember why actually).
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I remember there being a reason at the time. I don't remember what it was though.
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That is incredible! I would honestly love to see this become a feature of Diaspora!
Love the way the Briefing can be seen on her face too ;)
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Not sure, but isn't that the map of the BSG browser game in the backround?
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Not sure, but isn't that the map of the BSG browser game in the backround?
Have you, you know. Played Diaspora? Or, like, any other FSO based game?
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No no, he means the red thing on the right, not the briefing screen on the left. It is indeed the BGO map.
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I retract my previous comment.
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How...nice of you The E :rolleyes:
So, there are no infringements concerning the rights for the BGO map?
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It would probably be better if that part of the pic didn't end up in Diaspora. Especially since BGO is explicitly non-canon.
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So what about a map of the colonies and known engagements untill every mission?
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It would probably be better if that part of the pic didn't end up in Diaspora. Especially since BGO is explicitly non-canon.
As fan art, it's a nice nod to the BSGO team. But if we drag Foxdie onto the team, then yeah it should be changed.
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I personally would love to see such art in the briefings somehow. Like in the corner where the anis go, all in some sort of ken burn's type pan? Would make for a very stylized yet effective visual aid. Just a thought.
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Or better yet, and much more doable, how about just a cutsceene or two in that fashion? It would be a great way to meet the characters, see the inside of the ship, get the player more involved. Also would add the the dramatic tension when the ship actually does blowup. :) You know, ace combat 4 style.
If I have one problem with wc saga (and it's a real nitpick too, that doesn't really effect how I enjoy the game) is that they chose to do much of that character development in mission which would essentially stop the action while the characters unmilitariisticaly flooded the comms with expository dialog. Cutsceens are a much better place for that.
A player can suspend their disbelief for a little bit. For instance I don't recall Lt Gaida, Dee or Adama, being all that vocal over the comm in the show as much as that bridge officer on the Theseus. :) Unless they were giving orders directly to the pilots. But for the sake of the game, what are you going to do? Just don't let it stop the action. (Imagining Lee Adama when the Pegasus blew: if it were a fs2 game, he would go on the horn lamenting the world as the ship came down around his ears rather then try to get off himself)
What is the Theseus bridge officer's rank anyway? Is he the comm officer? sounds to me like he makes many of the decisions. But then I wonder the same thing about the fs1/fs2 commander guys. Most of this is all fridge logic anyway.
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Speaking of maps, does the Diaspora team treat this map as cannon?
(http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/map_of_the_colonies_1.jpg)
As far as I am concerned, this is the closest thing to cannon as anyone's going to get.
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Foxdie: great work there, keep it up.
@ Dirt McStain: People with smaller Displays would probably be grateful if you would use (//CNPdirectdownloadfromYourfriendlyCy.lon) for images.
Speaking of maps, does the Diaspora team treat this map as cannon?
(http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/map_of_the_colonies_1.jpg)
As far as I am concerned, this is the closest thing to cannon as anyone's going to get.
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Canon, people. Canon. :P
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Yes, I suspect the difference between being true to a TV show and a high-caliber instrument of death becomes evident when you stare down the barrel of the latter :)
Anyway, yes, they made this as the official map of the colonial system, and frankly a quaternary star system is probably the best way to explain how come there were so many colonizable / terraformable planets in it; having 12 big colonies + who knows how many smaller ones (like the mining facility on Troy, etc) is just too much for one star. Personally, I even like that map to a degree.
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If you check the mission locations and skyboxes in R1 and compare it to the map you should be able to answer your own question ;)
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Concerning the BSG wiki it is...semi canon and is considered canon in future...stuff.
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Well, well, well. Glad you people like my work :D. The map is coming out, and be replace with something from diaspora to avoid any legal issue, and the rank is going to be correct. However this character type illustrations are going to keep coming slowly since right now i'm working in other request for the team, so have a little patience people.
Thanks a lot for the feedback :)
FOX
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A player can suspend their disbelief for a little bit. For instance I don't recall Lt Gaida, Dee or Adama, being all that vocal over the comm in the show as much as that bridge officer on the Theseus. :) Unless they were giving orders directly to the pilots. But for the sake of the game, what are you going to do? Just don't let it stop the action. (Imagining Lee Adama when the Pegasus blew: if it were a fs2 game, he would go on the horn lamenting the world as the ship came down around his ears rather then try to get off himself)
Hey I was just given a script and told to read it. It's not my fault :(
Also the Galactica was a much older ship run by William Adama, so it probably had better trained crew who were able to keep to the job rather than talk over comms. I actually have no idea who is in command of the Theseus, we were never told the commander.
What is the Theseus bridge officer's rank anyway? Is he the comm officer? sounds to me like he makes many of the decisions. But then I wonder the same thing about the fs1/fs2 commander guys. Most of this is all fridge logic anyway.
The Theseus CIC officer is a Lieutenant. And of course I make all of the decisions, Edward James Olmos was unavailable for VA.
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A player can suspend their disbelief for a little bit. For instance I don't recall Lt Gaida, Dee or Adama, being all that vocal over the comm in the show as much as that bridge officer on the Theseus. :) Unless they were giving orders directly to the pilots. But for the sake of the game, what are you going to do? Just don't let it stop the action. (Imagining Lee Adama when the Pegasus blew: if it were a fs2 game, he would go on the horn lamenting the world as the ship came down around his ears rather then try to get off himself)
Hey I was just given a script and told to read it. It's not my fault :(
Also the Galactica was a much older ship run by William Adama, so it probably had better trained crew who were able to keep to the job rather than talk over comms. I actually have no idea who is in command of the Theseus, we were never told the commander.
I think there probably was a lot of chatter in the show but it just wasn't explicitly shown. I do remember Dee constantly being told to relay messages and orders. I reckon if they showed Dee parroting Adama every time though, it'd get annoying fast.
But maybe I'm wrong. Either way, I do agree that, for the sole purpose of the game, that kind of chatter just makes it more immersive for the player. It's always nice to have a voice to tell you what to do in a way that makes you feel like it's actually worth doing rather than just a bit of text across a screen where you feel a bit more like a Cylon :P
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I think there probably was a lot of chatter in the show but it just wasn't explicitly shown. I do remember Dee constantly being told to relay messages and orders. I reckon if they showed Dee parroting Adama every time though, it'd get annoying fast.
When I was researching the role I watched a bunch of episodes trying to find ones with Dee speaking to/commanding the viper pilots. It is actually very rarely explicitly shown. There is a lot of chatter between pilots, and Adama gives a lot of orders to Dee (and Dee tells Adama a ton of stuff every episode) but there is very little shown between Dee and the rest of the fleet.
However, she seems to be always talking, so I can only assume that she is relaying information as fast as possible to the pilots.
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Oh don't get me wrong, didn't mean to derail the thread with my side musings. you did an excellent job! Really, top notch. And it's a very important role game wise. I just was musing the logic on my way to the fridge. XD I was mostly more focused on the idea of having cutscenes told through drawings and dialog. Would be a relatively quick way to make cutscenes to fill in some much needed character development right between missions as well as have a very stylized approach. What do you all think?
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Don't worry about it ;) Yeah, I think (if I understood the thread correctly) then FoxDie is going to give us some art for future releases like R2(?) or R3 or maybe even a patch for R1.5(?) I'm not sure :P. Those kinda cutscenes would be great to see! Like you said, it'd make it character development so much better because we can actually put a face to the heroes of this saga :)
And us voice actors will be able to point at something and say, yeah, that's me right there :lol:
I'm definitely looking forward to it :D
Edit: I apologise for the ridiculous use of smileys in my post...
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I look forward to what FoxDie can cook up, and her art will make a welcome addition to the Diaspora cause.
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Here here! :D Her pic blew me away! :)