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rc4187

Here's my concept for the demoman. I figure if he lost his original adoptive parents to the loch ness monster... they must have some ties to boating or whatever... so I'm doing an aquatic/boating/pirate-esque theme for him.


Here's the WIP for his primary weapon. More to come.

rc4187

Small bit's of progress... messing with color scheme still. 6,046 tri's total.

Buck

Hmmm. dont know what to say, it looks good but weird in some way, maybe a version without wheels just too see what it would look like?

Vitius

Yeah the wheels make it look almost like a full sized cannon until you see the trigger. I'd say at least make them smaller. Looking pretty good though!

Mico27

Personally I thing the whole thing is too roundish, not just the canon itself but the overall, it makes it look overly cartoony. maybe add more straight like part to it. Also remove that ugly turbosmooth or meshsmooth.

Buck

Mico is right, however if you are going for the piraty theme i suggest make it shoot pirate granades similar to those.

rc4187

Alright... the people have spoken. I'll see what I can do. Kind of like the wheels myself, but I'll see what I can compromise. I think I know what you mean by the "roundish" comment. Maybe altering the wheels would elongate it a little.

Y_M

Looks ok but doesn't need the wheels, they just make it look plain wierd. Definitely change the pipes to the piratey nades buck suggested as well!

dickless

Maybe just make the wheels much smaller?

Mcgriddles

You should post a pic of the cannon without the wheels

killingpeople

Hah! Ridiculous.

Fragus

NO WHEELS=AWESOME!

REKLAS

Yeah I also say lose the wheels. He can hold up the gun by himself.

Other suggestions: You should make the tape go at a slight angle to make it look less perfect. Also, you should flip the model so all the interesting stuff is on the side that the player will see.

rc4187

Apparently wheels are a no no with most people. Here's a little more progress. And I too the wheels out for you to see if maybe you like it better.

Ikimono

Looks like it needs a better way of loading/storing ammo. especially with the current animations.

Mcgriddles

How exactly will he reload this?

Simski

I liked the wheels, as it made it looks more "homemade".
I they probably don't fit the game too much, but perhaps you could have the pin the wheels are attatched to still there but the whels have been blown/broken off to get less in the way?

Also I currently don't think it fits the TF2 theme, but that's probably just because it's too light, clean and lacking in team colors. I realize you will probably fix this with more interesting textures later though.

MacD11

Mcgriddles wrote: »

How exactly will he reload this?

add hinges to the back part,make him reload by putting a bomb in there.

or

like the soldiers rocket launcher.

Steve Schulze

Screw the haters, the wheels are awesome.

Great design, mate.

Clusternate

Screw "Jackeble" without the wheels its looks more like a Weapon.

But ... TF2 is crazy ... why not going crazy.^^

It would be easier to say which one is bedder if it would be seen in First Person or in the hand of a Model.

Y_M

Lack of wheels is a big improvement, just work on that texture and it's fantastic

Luxy

A pirate scimitar would be kickin rad.

re.wind

Jolly roger achievement? ;D

rc4187

Decompiled the demo model to get the scale down.

Firestar1202

What program did you use for this?
Btw it looks great so far, nice idea

MacD11

make him hold the thing under where the main part of the cannon is,
or if you re-add the wheels,make his other hand hold the wheel.

Buck

holy crap its huge

rc4187

fairly small as far as cannons go

rc4187

Taking a small break on the cannon... thought I'd tackle the basic parts of his melee.

Karkasmolenklok

That's a huge falchion!

EvilShadow777

I think if the back part of the cannon had a hole in it the Demoman's reloading animation could work right.

rc4187

Neither weapon is quite finished... Just getting a feel for the whole theme.

Karkasmolenklok

I take it by the way he has it now that he'll be holding it like the bottle/pain train rather than like the eyelander/scullcutter?

rc4187

You are correct

Benvil

Is that even a problem, though?

He is a drunk all the time, so maybe he isn't sure if he use the weapon correct?

Khthon

Maybe you could add a pirate sabre instead of a pirate falchion? It would look more classy and gentleman-piratey, imho. Reference - http://images.medieval-arms.co.uk/l/alias3/D23M-royal-infantry-officers-dress-sword-m-1845.jpg

rc4187

Hat idea? maybe? No good sailor is without his captain crunch hat.

Mico27

Blue hat on red team = BIG NO

rc4187

no worries... it's not even textured yet. it's just there.

Ikimono

It's Grandpa Grape's hat

Calabi

This makes me laugh. I'd like to see him coming at me in game.

rc4187

Calabi wrote: »

This makes me laugh. I'd like to see him coming at me in game.

Yeah, I think some are taking it way too seriously. I'm approaching it with a more humorous take.

Ikimono

rc4187 wrote: »

Yeah, I think some are taking it way too seriously. I'm approaching it with a more humorous take.

Clearly since you made Gradpa Grape's/Captain Crunch's hat. lol

pw pw pw

It's all really big and cartoony. Tone down the size of all three of those objects, and try to make the hat a little less silly.

EVIL

my god! its huge! *she said

lorddon

Yeah, the style of team fortress is exaggerated but not cartoony.

0ur hero niko

the weapons are huge!
I think sizing them down a bit would make them look better.