Full Helmets w/ Transparency
By
AkuTenshiiZero,
Posted on: 2009-10-16 07:50 in Suggestions and Ideas
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I don't think there's a second human-style head inside the Full Helmets options...
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Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
The Tech style helmet would be an easy candidate right off the bat, just reduce the opacity of the window.
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I know, hence the bit about needing to add more options to include Face and Hair. I'm quite certain inside the current full helmets is a blank space. I'm far from an expert, but I know my way around 3D models...There would be no point to have anything underneath as they are currently. So I propose something be put there.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
I don't think there's a second human-style head inside the Full Helmets options...
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The off-beat space pirate...Capt. Stormrider (50+3 Elec/Storm Science Corruptor)
The mysterious Djinn...Emerald Dervish (50+1 DB/DA Magic Stalker)
The psychotic inventor...Dollmaster (50 Bot/FF Tech Mastermind)
Virtue Forever.
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Well, all I'm saying is that there'd be more to it than "just" reducing the opacity of the front bit of the Tech Helm. |
Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
I know, hence the bit about needing to add more options to include Face and Hair. I'm quite certain inside the current full helmets is a blank space.
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I'm not sure the proportions would actually work out - oftentimes in comics you'll see a character with a full helmet that, if you do a little math, can't possibly have an actual human head inside it, and it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that the early Full Helmets models are similarly misproportioned. They could be revised to accommodate character heads, though that would suddenly and arbitrarily give everyone who's already got a Full Helmet a Giant Helmet Head, which would probably cause some outcry.
That said, a new head set (a la Half Helmets, which, IIRC, weren't in the game at launch) with full-enclosure helmets that have a head inside them would be cool. A lot of work, I suspect, but cool. I've often thought it'd be nice to have some proper spacesuit parts available, for instance, and something like an Apollo-Skylab A7L helmet would almost have to have such a design.
Something for JLove's costume thread, perhaps.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
That said, a new head set (a la Half Helmets, which, IIRC, weren't in the game at launch) with full-enclosure helmets that have a head inside them would be cool. A lot of work, I suspect, but cool. I've often thought it'd be nice to have some proper spacesuit parts available, for instance, and something like an Apollo-Skylab A7L helmet would almost have to have such a design.
Something for JLove's costume thread, perhaps. |
New section, yes. Screwing around with the current Full Helmet selection would probably have a massive unwanted backlash. Besides, a good half of the "Detail 1" options available would look silly on a transparent faceplate anyways. Detail 1 could, in this case, consist of face items under the helmet.
So far as scaling the Tech helmet, I had though of that...And I think in that case you could get away with faking it. It is, if I recall, at least large enough in the front to fit facial features. The rest would be pretty tight, but in the end it come down to what looks good, not what looks real. I'd say that one would probably also have to include a fitted hood, to avoid the issue of hair (a fitted hood may be wise for most of such helmets, at the very least as an option).
The off-beat space pirate...Capt. Stormrider (50+3 Elec/Storm Science Corruptor)
The mysterious Djinn...Emerald Dervish (50+1 DB/DA Magic Stalker)
The psychotic inventor...Dollmaster (50 Bot/FF Tech Mastermind)
Virtue Forever.
So I just had a brilliant (maybe) idea...Something that has been missing from CoX.
Full helmets with a transparent face shield. Simple, no? I came up with it while brainstorming on a hazard suit for one of my characters, and I realized that making him "faceless" by using a full mask would take away from his image. But using a Half Helmet would also defeat the purpose of making a hazard suit to begin with...
I don't think windowed helmts is too much to ask for really. The Tech style helmet would be an easy candidate right off the bat, just reduce the opacity of the window. Obviously there would need to be more options available for such helmets as the current Full styles do not allow you to select face or hair. Adding such options would be the hardest part, I think.
This could also introduce a couple new helmets to the game. Could you imagine running around in a retro full-glass bubble helmet? How about a motorcycle helmet? For bonus points, maybe the ability to select differant effects on the glass. Cracked, murky, frost, interior lighting or maybe a cool electrical effect like those globe thingies.
Anyways, I just thought I'd share my thoughs and see what everyone thinks. Frankly there's alot of costume ideas rolling about in my head, but this one struck me as something that's missing and should logically fit the superhero genre.
The off-beat space pirate...Capt. Stormrider (50+3 Elec/Storm Science Corruptor)
The mysterious Djinn...Emerald Dervish (50+1 DB/DA Magic Stalker)
The psychotic inventor...Dollmaster (50 Bot/FF Tech Mastermind)
Virtue Forever.