I am SO glad you're back!

[Rokket]

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How hot does Washington get during the summer? I know it gets pretty cold during the winter...I never thought it got as hot as we do here.

The Eastern side has 4 regular seasons, and in the summer it gets up to the high 90's F, and even up into the 100's in August. Couple that with relatively low humidity, and it's perfect fire conditions.

 

[Pendraia]

Yeah...sounds like it. We had a mild summer this year but in previous years we had over 40 degrees celsius for days in a row. High 30's is quite normal. Just checked and it said 100 degrees F is the same as 38 celsius...

I still remember the year we had over 3 days in a row at about 45 degrees. It melted my candles...they drooped...lol.

 

[Rokket]

Where I grew up was in a box canyon. There were mountains on all four sides. Any weather system that got in there stayed in there for days on end too. If it was a cold front in the winter, brrrrrr. Same with the summer weather. We recorded almost 2 weeks over 100 in the mid 80's. I moved away from there in 1985, and have lived all over the Pacific since then. I am in Singapore now. What makes the heat unbearable here is the high humidity. You start sweating as soon as you step outside. It's raining off and on too. I don't think they have fire days here.

 

[Lorraine]

Nice suit, Rokket

We (us NZers) are now into the wet season. Two lows and a possible tropical heading to us this week. Me and mine will be growing mould but we are above water so that's all that really matters.

 

[Rokket]

Nice suit, Rokket

We (us NZers) are now into the wet season. Two lows and a possible tropical heading to us this week. Me and mine will be growing mould but we are above water so that's all that really matters.

It's pretty humid where I live in the Philippines too. I lost a very expensive bass guitar to the humidity. Mold was only one of the issues it caused. It also warped the neck and body. I was upset, but I learned about climate control the hard way. Now my instruments are fairly safe.

Stay dry!

 

[Miss B]

Oh, I'm liking that suit too Rokket.

BTW, what ever happened to the blouse and skirt I was playing with months ago? Did you give up on it?

 

[Rokket]

Oh, I'm liking that suit too Rokket.

BTW, what ever happened to the blouse and skirt I was playing with months ago? Did you give up on it?

I didn't give up on it, I just noticed a bunch of issues with it that I didn't like. I am working my way from the back to the front with a lot of my older stuff. My modeling skill set has improved, and I want to rework a bunch of them. Modeling is therapy for me, so I am doing a lot of it.

The reworking started because I was making a pair of shoes for V4 that wouldn't conform to her. I got ticked off and put that aside, and decided to rework some of my older stuff. There is this one and a Batman that I am going to redo, then I will finish the skirt and top and post all of it.

 

[Rokket]

I am more efficient with editing CR2's and PP2's now too....

 

[Rokket]

This was the catalyst for the MOS suit. I made this and threw the Kryptonian texture from the MOS suit on there. When it turned out like this, I wondered why I couldn't achieve this when I made the suit, so I started messing with the textures first, and started the remodel after that when I wasn't happy with the overall look of the suit.

 

[Rokket]

I cleverly hid the fact that I didn't model a Green Lantern ring by posing her like this. This is my own pose. This is actually Alyson 2 with her body morphs jacked up and a 3Dream face morph. The rest is me, of course.

 

[Lorraine]

Stay dry!

I'll surely try! Yeah, I feel your pain about your guitar. I've lost so much stuff to mould and damp since moving aboard...and books! It makes me flat out cry when my books get ruined.

 

[Miss B]

There is this one and a Batman that I am going to redo, then I will finish the skirt and top and post all of it.

Kewl. Look forward to seeing them all finished.

 

[Rokket]

Kewl. Look forward to seeing them all finished.

You and me both, sister!

I always seem to get sidetracked. I blame it on getting older.

 

[Pendraia]

cool outfit...

We get some humidity but not as much as up north in Queensland where Rae is. Humidity is worse than the heat...

 

[Miss B]

You and me both, sister!

I always seem to get sidetracked. I blame it on getting older.

Oh I know the name of THAT game . . . the getting sidetracked. Getting older is a given.

 

[Rae134]

The humidity's not so bad here most of the time. It usually hits around Christmas time when the wet season begins.

 

[quietrob]

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Made this for Tyler a while back. I didn't like the texture so I started remapping everything. I then decided I didn't like the emblem and redid that. It's modeled onto the suit, not just a texture map.
I decided that I also didn't like the piping on the suit because it was plain, no ridges in them and I redid that.
The boots were ugly and didn't have that peak in them so I redid those.
Now I am going to make this suit for M4, and a little later for Dusk . I still am in progress with remapping the boots, but what do you think of it?

Definitely click to enlarge it. It's got a lot of detail...

It looks VERY detailed. Down to the body armor of what was now known as his Kryptonian Armored Suit. This changes from the Canon of his mythos in that his uniform (costume?) was made from the blanket that he was wrapped in. It was from Krypton and thus was almost invulnerable as he was. Though this makes more sense it's not nearly as fun. Still even the boots look like they are made from woven armor rather than the material makes up the side of his torso. How do you like 3DS Max?

 

[quietrob]

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This was the catalyst for the MOS suit. I made this and threw the Kryptonian texture from the MOS suit on there. When it turned out like this, I wondered why I couldn't achieve this when I made the suit, so I started messing with the textures first, and started the remodel after that when I wasn't happy with the overall look of the suit.

You know how I feel about this. After our discussions regarding styles and such, I think this is your best work yet. It balances all of the factors that a modern Superhero with a power ring needs. Her mask doesn't hide much of her face if she is going to work incognito so that feels more like a style choice as well.

 

[Rokket]

It looks VERY detailed. Down to the body armor of what was now known as his Kryptonian Armored Suit. This changes from the Canon of his mythos in that his uniform (costume?) was made from the blanket that he was wrapped in. It was from Krypton and thus was almost invulnerable as he was. Though this makes more sense it's not nearly as fun. Still even the boots look like they are made from woven armor rather than the material makes up the side of his torso. How do you like 3DS Max?

I am loving 3DS Max. I am going to dive into the tutorials when we are underway and I have some down time. I was very happy with how this turned out. I think it looks better than most of the Superman suits I've seen out there.

 

[Rokket]

You know how I feel about this. After our discussions regarding styles and such, I think this is your best work yet. It balances all of the factors that a modern Superhero with a power ring needs. Her mask doesn't hide much of her face if she is going to work incognito so that feels more like a style choice as well.

Yeah, I made that choice when I started the mask. I didn't want it to hide her face as much as make the statement that she is a superhero. Between that and the lantern on her chest, you know who she is. The green hair was an afterthought.