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haha, nice avatar!

wow....

I redid the nose BTW....

well... Barney lives, lol...

btw, number 4 looks like a palm tree

lol, haha...

Well, actually, the front is gonna fall off, and the rest is gonna stay on. This is how some of the characters in the control room survive "since somehow it stays in 1 piece when it hits the ground".

When the pillar comes up, Im going to have Gordon, being led by Barney, on the way to see the other characters in the observation room... as they want him to see the large land mass..

as they are on their way... and your boring 1 sided conversation with barney is coming to an end... The ship says...
"Incoming Xen Forces... Impact in approximatly.." Smash! The thing pops up right in front of you. A door shuts in front of you, so you are safe (On the part that is suspended in the air), and then the level changes to a movie of the thing smashing the ship, and various parts falling off...

I know what you're thinking... But don't worry, I can pull it off..

Hmm...

Seventh made his avatar smile, and I made mine darker...

commie... ... ...

trapt.. get an origional one...

YOU NEED IT

Still 1 important question that will determine where I go with this...

Wings or no wings?

(This is the ship that will be impaled with the xen pole... Should I make part of it break off and fall, or have the entire thing just stuck in midair??)

Your is already old Luke...

Although, I could have put up with Ant's "no avatar" one longer... since it was more origional...

okay...

I decided to make another ship since my first really does look like shit...

I've come to a tough spot...
I want some input on how to do the main body of the ship...
Keep in mind this is NOT the mothership, just a smaller one, the one that picks Freeman up.

Here are a few shots of the head, NOT TEXTURED YET, so don't even comment on that Heres the dilema:

Im not sure what to add next. Should I continue it, making it get larger outward, or should I narrow it down flat and add wings.

Should it have wings? Its a space ship, but wings would look nice...

anyway, heres what I have to work off of... VM nightmare...Thank you for all input.

EDIT: oh, BTW, you see that section on the head that looks like it should be glass? well, it will be. Thats the observation room...

The controls to the ship are in a big computer room... not overlooking the battlefield.. cause that would be unintelligent and stupid for the human fleet to do...

(Lets put the controls right in the front of the ship so we can see everything!!!

even when we use cameras anyway!!!)

Hmm...

Fruity Pebbles could sue... This is quite a problem...

anyway:

Why not create your own personal av instead of taking a picture of a cereal box? Also, if you do want to use the cereal box, create a different backround. The white is kind of painful to the eye, generic, and boring.

I live on the other side of the Lake...

Chicago...

Heya Major, long time eh?

For Example...

Although my sources for this may be a little unreliable, I am lead to believe that the Sierra Club endorses hammering nails into trees. This may seem harmless, but the sole purpose of these nails are to stop people from cutting these trees down. When a man carrying a chainsaw tries to cut down the tree, the chain will hit the nail, will de-rail, and could end up killing the man.

Also,
If there was a plot of land that was being cleared to build a hospital that would potentially save thousands of lives, they would protest cutting down any trees that were in that plot of land.

I find this minset absolutly disturbing...

Ah yes... A group of multi-talented people...

hah!

I forgot, who did those toons of the members?

errg... PETA...

The reason I don't like PETA is the fact that they seem to value animal life over human life.

Same goes for Sierra Club (They value Plant life over Human life)

I see your point, although the "good people" who pretty much would only use their gun as self defence would not have their protection, where the "bad people" would have all the power, since they have their illegle gun.

If someone is going to do something illegal with a gun, then there is nothing stopping them from getting the gun illegally.

(Yes, I do have problems with spelling ileagle)

People use guns for sport...

Firing range... Hunting...

They also use them for protection...

Yes, there are practicle uses for guns. That is not the issue, this is pretty much accepted by both sides.

I usually change mine every 6 months. Gets better each time too

Why? Its about this dude's cartoons...

hah, Ill add easter eggs... don't worry.

no no no...

you've got it all wrong..

Its cause its a magic crowbar..

duh...

thats true.. everyone can get a gun pretty easily...

But of course, everyone can get a knife really easily, or get poison, or get a chainsaw... ... ...

Why don't we just get rid of all those? They can kill someone!
(See, I can go extreme with something too )

Most things can be used as weapons. A gun can, but as long as you don't use a gun to hurt another person, or unless you are in law enforcement (/ military / bounty hunter / hired hitman for russian mafia), its fine! I really don't see a problem with it, unless some idiot is stupid enough to leave it around where a little kid might get at it (Plus if he is also stupid enough to keep it loaded and ready to fire)

of course, those things do happen, and we have to expect them to happen in order to better keep our heads straight.

Doesn't work.

I had to rig it a special way to get the damn thing to budge.

The cameras are pretty buggy.

ahem...

back to guns...

Obviously, being a Conservative as you all know, I support having firearms.

No, im not one of those "We have a right to shoot things!" people, although that may make a valid point. I have a different philosophy behind it.

We can obviously view things like "guns" as baaad things right? Well, I don't think so. They are only bad if they are used in the wrong hands (or misfire). The people who are going to use guns to kill people, rob stores, and do other acts of violence or otherwise utterly stupid acts (shooting apple off dudes head) are the "bad" people. Now, if we were to outlaw guns here in the U.S., these "bad people" would still obtain their firearms. Its like outlawing cocaine... People are still going to get it, but they are just going to do it illeagly (a very sick bird). For example, National Prohibition outlawed the sale and distribution of alchoholic beverages. Well, in my opinion, this was an utterly stupid act. People still got their beer, they just did it illegally. This was the event that brought around organized crime. It pretty much all started in Chicago will Al Capone (spelling), the famouse gangster who died in Alcatraz (famous prison. its an island). He started an underground beer distribution, and is responsible for most of the American organized crime today (And also the mildly corrupt government of Chicago, as mayor Daily communicates and runs the city through the Gangsters.) So basically, I do not own a Gun, nor do I ever want to... but I still believe having them in the right hands is a good idea, since the wrong hands will grasp hold of them anyway.

(So.. Theres my opinion. Well, at least I'll get out of here without getting shot...) <--- Get it?

I've always played the Violin...

I probably always will...

With my electric, I can play more of the music that people actually want to hear. You know, fun stuff.

bah, this is one of the transport ships, not the mothership...

Alright, Ill redo the whole thing. And Ill actually take my time this time...

You only see this onefor a few seconds though, so I don't see why I should put that much detail into it.

bah. bad feedback makes my head hurt

interesting idea...

hey there...

Its my first time trying to do a fricken space ship, give me some slack

Yes, I know, its bad.

Tried to re-do textures.Edit:

Damnit!

Noticed I screwed up the textures again...

arg... well, Ill get back to work

lol, tubby kid playing piccolo...

hehe...

woopsy... hehe.. I see what ya mean...

Well, I just wanted to get all my cameras working right...

Here are some rough draft images of the ship

(PS, it looks better as the camera is moving )

Front side:Under the shipThe side view (Platforms move past it)

okay, you have just ruined music for me...

GOOD JOB!!!..

hah, be patient, still working on the scripts.

I don't have the entire storyboard mapped out yet...

If anyone is interested in Voice Actor, or helping in any way, please e-mail me ( brattylord@yahoo.com ) as It would be a more efficent way to communicate (meaning it is private (To an extent))

Thanks for your interest

maybe its the fact that a 70 year old midget is playing with finger puppets?

I play The Violin.

I'm with a few groups, and I do a lot of the composing. I have an electric, with amp... Mostly I just do classical though.

Very Fond of Jazz...

Thats hitting below the belt...

Well, I'll probably do most of the voice acting. I probably will need a totally different voice for a few of the characters though...

I only have a few, so thats good...

Dr. Johnson (Slick) (Dies in explosion, but has a short speaking part)
Lt. Greer (Einstein) (Also dies, has a larger speaking part)
Dr. Harold (Glasses) (He survives. Has a large speaking part)

Barney - Im doing him
G-man - Him aswell

Ship (Yes, the ship has a voice. Generic Female voice.)
Grunt Communication (As I heard form the example, you need to try and mimick a deeper voice if you want to do this.)

It'd be great if ya helped with that. My mic is broken right now, so I won't be able to start on it till I, well, buy a new one.

Tell me who ya want to do, and Ill send ya a script and time restraints.

BTW, I will do ALL mapping.
Otherwise I cannot name it "BrattyLords: Alise"

Obviously, if you help, Ill put credits at the end, and Ill give you each 1% of the profits

Once you finish, We'll see if I change my mind

I finished the entity and brushwork of the first movie sequence.

Now I need to compose the music, and do the voices.
I won't be able to do that til February, so Ill just move on to the "BANG BANG" part

Rules of Life:

If you don't know what it does, DON'T TOUCH IT

The only thing I would need help with would be modeling the crew of the Alise. I'm not too great with models, nor do I really know how to create another monster.

Pretty much, I would need the scientists in uniforms, like the officials of the ship, Barny needs a super cool HEV suit since he'll be your sidekick through this thing. The Grunts would obviously need black HEV suits, as they would be on your side, but the only way you would see them is from behind glass as they shoot aliens (Or get demolished by an invading Gargantua).

The first part of this thing is gonna be the hardest. The movie sequences, then the escape from the ship. Everything else will be pretty easy, and I'll be able to do it by myself.

Hmm.. I haven't got it to work, but I found an alternative.

Thanks for the help...

now.. to finish my super cool movie sequence

Do you see that little white part in the upper branch?

Zoom in on it... Maybe he thought it was funny to put that there, or its just a mistake.

Or Im just delusional,
Either way

(FYI, he thought it looked a little like a swastika so he changed it to what it is now )

Arg...

I'm having some problems with my cameras.

now, heres what I want:

The camera to start on a path_corner (Doesn't work)

It to move along path_corners

the whole time, its looking at a info_target

Now, Every time I try this, the camera does not start on the path_corner, but where I put the trigger_camera. Then, it has the nerve to just sit there, looking at the info_target.

This is a nooby question, yes, I know, and I have done this before, but Im probably doing something wrong this time... making me pull my hair out...

if you wanna cause controversy just draw a swastika instead

Remember kol?

His av's eye had one...

um... tosse, what exactly was your first avatar?

The new one is... well... kinda dull.

um, what is that in the first one? Giant Park Benches?

Obviously, these screenies lack substance.

Your second one is just a floating brush, a model, and a teleport.

I'd say you captured a good mood, but you need to do more with it.

My Avatar has absolutly no drug reference at all.

This is what I see when I stand up to fast.

Big difference.

Alright, thanks, I just took those suckers out again