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Sneak Peek at retro SciFi

Agent White

By Agent White,
Posted on: 2012-02-27 17:02 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Dink pretty much saved my subscription for the game. I would've dropped it if I hadn't seen the amazing progress he's made.
You could at least get her gender right, then

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I've been waiting for this pack since the five origin-based Super Boosters were finished and we were wondering what would come next. And you're not letting me down, it looks fantastic so far

I particularly love that there will be both glowing and non-glowing options. The current batch of glowing costume parts look plenty good, but I don't personally like using them. So I'm pleased as punch that I get the choice to not glow.

Also, in this picture I see there's a version of the headgear (female in this case) that does not have the spindles and rings. Hopefully that will be a final option as well, because I've wanted a head covering of this type for females ever since that resistance flap-cap hat was added for males.

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Also, I have to say that I'm loving that star belt like nobody's business. Just throwing that out there.

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I hope you will like it thus far and this is one of the funnest packs I have worked on ^_^
It's one of the funnest packs I've seen yet, as well, and I do like it so far! Thank you very much for sharing its progress with us

 

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Good progress so far, and very faithful to the theme.

I hate to nitpick, but it looks like the blue areas are the glowing areas on the male outfit, yes? I liked the glowing piping of the elemental order, as the areas made sense as a highlighted element.
Here though you have the rubber flex of the shoulders, the fingers, the soles, the back of the bots...I'm just not sure why those areas would glow. Maybe if the glove panels that seem to be glowing had some detailing to show why, like that they are a data panel, or tech vents or something, but right now I just can't discern why those areas would need to light up. Glowing piping serves as a highlight. Large areas of glowing fabric? It just highlights the back of boots and the half the gloves, and honestly I'm not sure these areas need to be highlighted.

 

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Looks terrific!

So... exclusive for Super Pack 3?

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Originally Posted by Tetsuko_NA View Post
Looks terrific!

So... exclusive for Super Pack 3?
If it is then I'll just by a dozen packs of it and have another complete costume set to play with. *shrugs*

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If it is then I'll just by a dozen packs of it and have another complete costume set to play with. *shrugs*
Sure.

I just wanted to ask as soon as possible, that's all. I let myself get blindsided by the EO stuff, and I don't want to repeat wasting my time and effort making concepts for items I won't be getting.
So, the sooner I know if the pieces will be Super Pack exclusive, the better. They might not even have decided on that aspect yet, and might not tell us until they're actually in the store, but I figured I'd ask.

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I'm trying to find a dignified, calm and collected way to say "OMG OMG OMG OMG MUST HAVE NOW!"

This will have to suffice:



I also hope that the rings will be available for both genders, but regardless these designs rock so hard that the house's foundation is shaking.
Agreed


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'Love the very "Jetsons" glowing rings... Those are going to be great fun.

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You know where this set would look great? ? ?


A MOON BASE! !


In the meantime my characters will be happy to run around Paragon City, in 1950s Sci-Fi attire.

 

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Now we just need the option to have a fish swimming around in the helmet. Come on you know you want too. Sadly would be lots of work but it would be amazing.

 

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1. bubble helmet should be cool, my deep sea diver wants one. But the collar seems awfully big. Also can we tint the helmet so you can't see through it?

2. accordion shoulders look like they will be good for primitive robot types, if they can be made not to glow

3. jetpack is up to high

4. I like the double jetpack, but don't want the rings

5. The ring shoulder pads and others may see use on my jester costume.

6. the ring helmet would work well on primitive robot types, or primitive Tesla style electric heroes, in fact the whole ring set might work for a Tesla Coil character

7. my cowboy sheriff wants the star belt

overall not a lot I want, but what is different is so different from what we have that it fills gaps we could not otherwise do.

the rocket packs make me interested in finned gloves and boots for the first time.

 

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I think the backpack/jetpack sizes in the OP are perfect. Any smaller and the vibe just wouldnt be right. I like how high they sit on the back as well.

*Perfect* as-is.

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I like that belt. Would also look good on a Patriotic-themed hero.

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1. bubble helmet should be cool, my deep sea diver wants one. But the collar seems awfully big. Also can we tint the helmet so you can't see through it?
This stood out to me as well.

And put me down as a vote for moving the pack somewhat lower. Maybe so at most it extends just a little above the shoulders.

Otherwise, these are looking great!

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It's very good work and a great set, but the one thing I was looking forward to the most is the one thing I like the least.

With all the options you're offering, I really hope it's possible to have a jetpack option without rings. Like every single other player on this game, I've always wanted a jetpack, but I can't put one that says 1950s science fiction on, really, any but the one 1950s science fiction character I'm going to have.

Making one single versatile jetpack would seal universal love for you among the subscribers. I'd even be deliriously happy with the raptor pack made available as a backpack option -- not much work involved there. As excited as I'd like to be about this pack, I can't be knowing how close we came to -- but fell short of -- getting the one thing that everyone wants.

But, still, good work!

 

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I can make adjustments to the Back packs once they are final in textures, again most is WIP. The concept has them that big but since most think they are too big I can make them smaller.
I actually like the size, but I guess I'm in the minority.

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It's very good work and a great set, but the one thing I was looking forward to the most is the one thing I like the least.

With all the options you're offering, I really hope it's possible to have a jetpack option without rings. Like every single other player on this game, I've always wanted a jetpack, but I can't put one that says 1950s science fiction on, really, any but the one 1950s science fiction character I'm going to have.

Making one single versatile jetpack would seal universal love for you among the subscribers. I'd even be deliriously happy with the raptor pack made available as a backpack option -- not much work involved there. As excited as I'd like to be about this pack, I can't be knowing how close we came to -- but fell short of -- getting the one thing that everyone wants.

But, still, good work!
Yeah if I could magically snap my fingers I'd have a "no rings" version of this jetpack too. But since I've got at least one character who's been waiting almost 7 years for a costume item version of a jet/rocket pack I'll expect I use this regardless.

P.S. Come to think of it if I could simply snap my fingers to get -any- jetpack I wanted then I should have done that years ago. Oh well.

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I actually like the size, but I guess I'm in the minority.
I'm in the "I think they're a bit too big" camp myself. But I don't think they're overly too big. If they were reduced to say 90% of their current size I think that would be a good enough compromise for everyone.

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I actually like the size, but I guess I'm in the minority.
Yeah, I am not convinced that they're too big, myself. Certainly only a slight amount (as most have really been suggesting anyway), if at all. I'll leave it to the artists to experiment and figure out what looks right.
One thing that matters is also how it looks in flight. Much smaller may look wrong when horizontal.
We'll see... I'm sure the final result will be great.

Also, I would definitely love an opaque option for the helmet.

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I don't think the single rocket is too large. Rather, I think it's too high up which makes the whole thing look oddly off center. I wonder if there's some way we could get a screenshot with it lower on the body though I certainly understand if you can't.
I agree with this

 

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*humps Dink*


<3

 

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Can we get an open jacket version of that male top. I think it would be real useful for a sort of superhero-ish jacket. All the ones we have now are a bit to common.