Johnstone

My friend's PB's doppelganger turned into a Longbow Warden when she used the rez power. Seems there's something strange going on with Peacebringer code.

Looks great, but unfortunately, there's no way for this to work with the current costume/material code. It should be possible to set it up to work like that. But that would require a nearly complete recode of how the engine handles materials. I could set up a material that would work like you have there in UDK, and it actually wouldn't be too much work to switch around from a setup like current CoH and that, but CoH doesn't use UDK and there would be nothing that my example would have to cooperate with. Making it work in CoH would likely be far too much work right now.

That said though... When/if they upgrade the costume creator (and not just give it a new interface), it would be nice to see this put in. Along with tri-color costume options.

Wish they had an option to use the original scheme. I don't like the customization (words I never thought I would type, really..).

We don't get walk? I didn't really pay attention. I did pay attention on my lowbies though, and noticed that I could walk and use a rocket board even (that was on beta the other week when I was trying out a fire/dark troller I think). Maybe it's different on live, but I was definitely able to do it on beta for the mission where you get turned into the reporter. LMAO'd about it too.

So, I already have art done by you for free of two of my characters... But one I have since deleted and the other I haven't played in years now. So I'm throwing in a few characters that I actually play and would love to have art of.

First off, Becca Blue (my Inv/SS Tanker that has become my main since Incarnates) and Becca Boom (her Praetorian equal, a Inv/StJ Tanker):

In case it isn't obvious from their costumes, they're of Scottish heritage (Chest Detail: Celtic knots for Blue and the Rampant Lion for Boom). They're both magic origin, powers granted by the Fae after their parents were killed. Similar events in Primal and Praetoria, Blue's archeologist parents were killed by Banished Pantheon in their search for a way to resurrect one of their gods; while Boom's parents were killed when First Ward became what it is today. That's enough depressing stuff for now, so yeah, they're both Heroes now.

And here's an alternate look for Boom:

Blue has a similar look, except Blue's shirt is a full t-shirt and she wears tight blue jeans instead of the resistance pants.

Some others I wouldn't mind getting art of:

No Action (Praetorian KM/Nin Stalker, now Hero): And Evan Johnstone:

No Action is the Praetorian version of my Peacebringer Evan Johnstone who is Becca's cousin. On Primal, Evan tried to be a hero when he met Becca, failed, almost died, and wound up bonded to a Kheldian to save both their lives. In Praetoria, Evan never met Becca. Instead, he spent his years studying under a Taoist master until the Hamidon/Cole conflict spilled over into his backyard and he realized that some sort of Action was required.

And then there's Coil Jumper (Elec/Regen Scrapper): (not shown well in the shot, he's got the Back of Head Tattoo face detail)

He was a Victorian-era stuntman who performed death defying feats to entertain the masses. The devices on his shoulders/arms were designed by him to deliver his own blend of pain-relieving drugs into his bloodstream so that he could push his body further and further to perform better stunts. One of his more popular stunts was to jump through an active Jacob's Ladder (the science may not make sense here, disregard that, it's fantasy). Things went wrong one time and he ended up getting zapped. The electricity triggered a reaction in the chemicals that flowed through his veins and ripped a tear in space-time that sent him to modern day Praetoria (this science is even crazier, but there's precedence in the CoXverse given Superadine's role in trans-dimensional travel). He retro-fitted his devices to pump Fixadine and did whatever he could to get more of it. Now that he's in Primal again, he's a Vigilante with a great record of drug-busts (which he of course uses to synthesize his own version of Fixadine now).

Aaaaaaaaand one more option, Miss Molotok (SS/SR Brute):

I'll keep her story shorter. She was an Olympic gymnast for 1930's Russia (Praetorian); she was barred from competing when it was discovered she was a mutant. A few years later she signed up for a program that would "bring glory to Mother Russia". She ended up experimented on and eventually cryogenically frozen; and then forgotten about when Hamidon started wrecking up the place. She was thawed out when a cell of DE destroyed the lab she was stored at. She woke up, killed the DE, blacked out, and ended up in Nova and signed up in Powers Division.

Ok. That's enough from me. Great to see you back, Alex. Wish I had seen this thread sooner. Great characters and great art so far.

Sure, I'll share.

What side do you pick more than others?

Hero. I have 3 (I think, not logged on and can't check my pwiki user page to verify) villains out of the multitude of characters I have on my "home" server.

What play style do you prefer?

Melee. The AT that I have the most of is Scrapper, but my "main" is a Tanker. I started out playing a Controller as my main, switched to a blaster, switched to a bunch of Scrappers, and then found my love for my Tanker.

What power set(s) do you favor?

Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, and fire. I think I have a fire/ or /fire everything somewhere. Ironically, with how many fire/ or /fire characters I have, my "main" is an Inv/SS Tanker. Most of my Tankers and Brutes are actually SS, and more recently I've made quite a few StJ users.

What zones do you like the most?

Despite not really liking any of the villain groups and actually hating a couple of the missions, I always play through all of Croatoa on every character. I don't think there's any other zone I can say that about. I just like the concept and the story of the zone enough that I look past the annoyances.

I have some good memories of Brickstown when my Fire/Kin Controller was in the mid 30's. This was around issue 7 I think, so no insane amount of imps or anything. Still, with everything going for her at that point, I had no trouble taking out groups of +4's. I ended up PLing some members of my then Supergroup.

I think my new favorite zone is the new DA though. It gives me the option to continue progression on my "main" without having to deal with the iTrials. I'd much rather solo at my own pace through a good story than rush through a trial with 20+ other people. And so far, from what I've run on Beta, it is looking like a better story than I originally expected.

Do you usually play as a male or female characters?

My main is a female. My original main was a female. My second main was a female. I don't exclusively play females though, I used to have half and half, not it's probably a 2:1 ratio. Females get better costume options imo. Being that I am a Character Artist/Designer/Modeler, I like having options.

Views on Role Playing?

I prefer to Role Play around a table with a group of friends. I always get into the mindset of the characters I play to some extent, but I dislike speaking in-character through the game client. Easier to RP IRL.

Servers?

Guardian is my home, but with my altaholism I have characters all over the place.

But, Lulipop, did you try the crapper thing?

Thanks for sharing all this, David. You may remember me asking if we could get the model sheets from the new CoT during one of the Ustreams. Awesome to see us getting there.

Also, your model sheets are great; I'd love to model from them. Which means I need to finish getting my portfolio in order so I can actually apply and then I actually could model from your model sheets. Soon... Well, soon I'll apply, and then hope...