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Springheel

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If you want something to do you could make a zombie concept for me as we need to replace the existing ones with our own

 

If you're really planning on going ahead with this, here is some concept art.

 

In order to replace our existing zombie, the model would have to be naked or virtually so, and look like a corpse that has been decaying for some time. Various levels of decay could be (and would have to be) simulated by different skins. Here are some examples of the direction to go:

 

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I will give it a try, but as I said in the other thread I haven't made all that many characters (even fewer decent ones). I will give it a try never the less though, I do think school will be a bit hectic in the coming months so I can't promise that it'll be quick, but I will try to make one. I'll see if I can get any response from Dominus otherwise I'll just base it upon a muscular/skeletal set of imageplanes.

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I'm digging that last zbrush one - looks "realistic" in the sense of being emaciated.

 

I know I'm not a patch on Dominus but I might try doodling some zombies anyway!

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I can't promise that it'll be quick, but I will try to make one.

 

Well, there's certainly no rush.

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, would it be possible to have them walk normally as in not drag thier foot etc..

 

We have some that don't drag their feet. They'll eventually need to be repaced too if we want to go untethered.

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Honestly I don't see a reason not to have some rags on the crotch.

 

I don't think it would matter if the naked current ones were replaced with one with rags. It's not like replacing the sword with a two handed sword or something way off.

 

And genitaless (?) zombies are just weird. I imagine we don't want big ol rotted schlong's flappin in the breeze, so rotted threads would be fine IMO.

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I can see the point of not having fully clothed zombies...

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And genitaless (?) zombies are just weird. I imagine we don't want big ol rotted schlong's flappin in the breeze, so rotted threads would be fine IMO.

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I can see the point of not having fully clothed zombies...

 

Please no rotten penises or breasts that swing around - that's so disgusting :wacko:

 

Yes, the Thief 2 Zombies were sometimes clothed too. Maybe this could be a "few rotten" stage while the "most rotten" stage is only the skeleton.

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This might be TMI territory, but it is not entirely illogical. The softest parts of people tend to decompose first.

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I'd love to see all kinds of zombies. Something I had on the backburner was to create zombi-fied versions of typical characters, like a zombie-citywatch. But my plan was to use the ripped apart faces and zombie parts from D3 to do it, and that's not likely to happen anymore.

 

This is the dilemna with trying to go standalone. There is only X amount of modelling time/skill to spend...do you want to spend it on new types of zombies or do you want to duplicate the D3 ones that we already have?

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It's better to invest your time into an original asset then to piss it away on something that you can never truely lay claim to.

 

I don't entirely agree, but that's not really what I was saying above. The dilemna at this stage of development is whether you spend your limited time and resources recreating the D3 zombie, so that you get nothing new, but are a step closer to the distant dream of being D3 free, or do you spend it making something new and creative? You can't do both at the same time.

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