01/12/08 [#58] - Heh, floppy...

stiletto · January 12, 2008, 08:17:41 PM

You know, I really love the expression and dripping sarcasm that, uh, bah, I always forget his name... the Zilla has in this comic.

And I wonder if he got a little unwanted glimpse of Addy and suffered dearly for it... that or she's just ugly to him.

Tapewolf · January 12, 2008, 08:26:44 PM

I must concur. The sarcasm in the second panel just cracked me up.
Also, am I hallucinating, or is there an extra layer of colouring in this one? There's definitely a new highlight on that snout and it works well.

techmaster-glitch · January 12, 2008, 09:09:13 PM

Oooo. I can't wait to see what kind of uber-high-tech armor eveyone's gonna be decked out with!

llearch n'n'daCorna · January 12, 2008, 09:30:07 PM

Quote from: stiletto on January 12, 2008, 08:17:41 PM
You know, I really love the expression and dripping sarcasm that, uh, bah, I always forget his name... the Zilla has in this comic.

Damien, I think. See http://last-resort.net/archive.php?arch=comics&page=9

Edit: BTW, Jig, on IceWeasel 2.0.11 (FireFox with the non-GPL bits removed) I get:

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You may wish to raise this with the skribit people, since I'm pretty sure I'm running a more modern, flexible, stable, and useful browser than IE6.

stiletto · January 12, 2008, 09:42:45 PM

Quote from: techmaster-glitch on January 12, 2008, 09:09:13 PM
Oooo. I can't wait to see what kind of uber-high-tech armor eveyone's gonna be decked out with!

You can see little glimpses of it around, like on Jig's DA account and here:

techmaster-glitch · January 12, 2008, 09:49:37 PM

Quote from: stiletto on January 12, 2008, 09:42:45 PM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on January 12, 2008, 09:09:13 PM
Oooo. I can't wait to see what kind of uber-high-tech armor eveyone's gonna be decked out with!

You can see little glimpses of it around, like on Jig's DA account and here:

Heehee...I can tell, things are going to get real awsome real fast!

AndersW · January 12, 2008, 10:22:56 PM

I think we get to see some of the armor here and here.

Jigsaw Forte · January 12, 2008, 11:30:25 PM

Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on January 12, 2008, 09:30:07 PM
Quote from: stiletto on January 12, 2008, 08:17:41 PM
You know, I really love the expression and dripping sarcasm that, uh, bah, I always forget his name... the Zilla has in this comic.

Damien, I think. See http://last-resort.net/archive.php?arch=comics&page=9

Nathaniel. I apologize, I'll try to make this more obvious in the future.

And I'll talk with the Skribit folks soon. That's strange, though...

llearch n'n'daCorna · January 13, 2008, 12:16:47 AM

Hey, we're working on a cast page. That should resolve the issues...

Fresnor · January 15, 2008, 01:58:56 AM

Armor for 'taur forms isn't THAT hard to design... It's them putting it on by themselves that gets really complicated.

llearch n'n'daCorna · January 15, 2008, 09:07:00 AM

Fitting them in the scanner, on the other hand, when it's designed for bipedal lifeforms...

stiletto · January 15, 2008, 09:51:09 PM

That and she doesn't appear to be all that keen about removing clothes.

llearch n'n'daCorna · January 15, 2008, 10:31:08 PM

that's not a terribly big problem. It's Geisha she doesn't trust. And, obviously, anyone else with floppy dangly bits.

Quite frankly, I don't blame her. ;-]

Brunhidden · January 16, 2008, 10:11:01 AM

Quote from: techmaster-glitch on January 12, 2008, 09:09:13 PM
Oooo. I can't wait to see what kind of uber-high-tech armor eveyone's gonna be decked out with!

We now exist in a time where it is extremely difficult to create scifi armor which does NOT look like the guy from halo, a storm trooper, or a splinter cell/ metal gear mockup.

ive tried, took me months to concept one that could not be confused with halo armor.... dang game shot scifi creativity full of holes

Jigsaw Forte · January 16, 2008, 11:21:15 AM

Quote from: Brunhidden on January 16, 2008, 10:11:01 AM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on January 12, 2008, 09:09:13 PM
Oooo. I can't wait to see what kind of uber-high-tech armor eveyone's gonna be decked out with!

We now exist in a time where it is extremely difficult to create scifi armor which does NOT look like the guy from halo, a storm trooper, or a splinter cell/ metal gear mockup.

ive tried, took me months to concept one that could not be confused with halo armor.... dang game shot scifi creativity full of holes

Tell me about it. I'm trying to lean a little more towards "Kinetica", but how much I can actually lean in that direction, I'm not sure.

... however, that I'm still this undecided about the armor style may be a bit of a clue for the rest of you. :-p

llearch n'n'daCorna · January 16, 2008, 12:44:29 PM

The problem is that armour is based on a fairly simple concept, and built around the person involved.

Seriously, there's not a -lot- of difference between full plate of 1400AD and what Master Chief wears, other than required by differences in materials and aim - full plate is defending against short range swords, Halo is defending against random gunfire from long distances. Despite that, they are recognisably similar.

Try to buck the trend means developing some serious changes in hardware, etc. Have a look at some of the kit floating around in early Schlock Mercenary - it's -still- similar enough to Master Chief, and it was done -before-...

Having said that, I'm happy to sit and toss ideas around...