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So, a little over a year ago, I decided I would try and make a custom 3D model the proper way. Making blueprints, extruding and shaping polygons, plotting out UV maps, and painting all of the textures. I decided to use Brawl's style after seeing how well-done the models were, even the enemies. I decided I would try and take it a step further by actually sort-of-planning out how they would fit in Brawl. It's one thing to simply make the character or object, but how will the model be used? If it's a fighter, what attacks would it use? Would it be a background decoration? Or an item? I try to plan out as much as I can about the model.

Unfortunately, I lack any sort of knowledge when it comes to actually implementing them. Sure, I tried mimicking the bone structure used by the official characters and using the same sort of shaders, but that's as far as I can go. That's where I need help. I'm hoping there is a person (or people) here who would be willing to implement these models to the best of their abilities. I may never get to use them myself, but seeing people have fun with them and knowing that my models have made them happy is good enough for me. Also, I'm not good at posing/animations, so it would be great if someone could help out with that, too.

Please note: I do not take requests, sorry.

So, without further ado, here is a list of my models. Please note that this list will be a mixed list, with more than just playable characters. Also, all of these are downloadable on The Models Resource.

Super Mario Bros. / Yoshi series models (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/)
Donkey Kong series models (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/donkeykongcustoms/)
Kirby series models (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/kirbycustoms/)
Pokémon series models (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/pokemoncustoms/)
Wario series models (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/wariocustoms/)
Sonic the Hedgehog series models (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/sonicthehedgehogcustoms/)
WayForward series models (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/wayforwardcustoms/)

Models for Gmod & SFM: Axems, Blade, Bowyer, Kebako & Calamarite, Vivian (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=153629003)

View these models up close on Sketchfab (https://sketchfab.com/Peardian/models)

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)1. Yaridovich


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)2. The Axem Rangers


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)3. The Blade


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)4. Vivian


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)5. Bowyer


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)6. Drill Bit


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)7. Terrapin & Gu Goomba


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)8. Treasure Box


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)9. Bowser's Keep


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)10. Mack


(http://i.imgur.com/VqkYLT4.png)11. Oktavia von Seckendorff's Barrier


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)12. Mad Mallet


(http://i.imgur.com/xJCshuH.png)13. Kebako & Calamarites


(http://i.imgur.com/ITuHNfR.png)14. The Flying Krock


(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)15. Antasma


(http://i.imgur.com/ITuHNfR.png)16. DK Coin


(http://i.imgur.com/ReibcCB.png)17. Brycen Jet


(http://i.imgur.com/cyKJinx.png)18. Butter Building Deluxe

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)19. Orb User

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)20. Super Carrot

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)21. Superstar Saga Blocks

(http://i.imgur.com/cyKJinx.png)22. Heavy Mole

(http://i.imgur.com/VqkYLT4.png)23. Heart Drive

(http://i.imgur.com/ITuHNfR.png)24. Metal-head Donkey Kong
Released: Sep. 28, 2015
Type: Fighter (DK)
Series: Donkey Kong
Game: Donkey Kong Country (TV Series)

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img901/8530/ZYdP4e.png)

Import by DSX8 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=210215)

Comments: I was bored.

Functionality: The model was built over DK's skeleton and does not modify it in any way.

Notes: sorry, not sorry

(http://i.imgur.com/ITuHNfR.png)25. Crocodile Isle

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)26. One-Way Wall

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)27. Mokura

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)28. Octolot

(http://i.imgur.com/0kOjusk.png)29. Frog Switch

(http://i.imgur.com/0kOjusk.png)30. Jewel Piece Box

(http://i.imgur.com/ITuHNfR.png)31. Kremkoin

(http://i.imgur.com/cyKJinx.png)32. Apolo

(http://i.imgur.com/cyKJinx.png)33. HB-002 & HB-007

(http://i.imgur.com/cyKJinx.png)34. Transformer

(http://i.imgur.com/0kOjusk.png)35. Keyzer

(http://i.imgur.com/ReibcCB.png)36. Time Gear

(http://i.imgur.com/tngpNHR.png)37. Barney Bubble

(http://i.imgur.com/ReibcCB.png)38. Flying Palace
Released: Jul. 8, 2017
Type: Stage
Series: Pokémon
Game: Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One

(http://i.imgur.com/AOMhBl3.png)

Comments: This is a recreation of the airship from the second Pokémon movie. A few of the textures are from Mario Kart 8. Only the exterior is modeled.

Functionality: There propellers and and cannon tower are all fully rigged. The propellers are separate models to keep things simple.

Notes: The only difference between the versions of the main model are the red bars. The mid- and high-poly versions have way too many polygons for Brawl.

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)39. Vibe Scepter

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)40. Pinwheel

(https://i.imgur.com/kjxqfhQ.png)41. Big Shaker

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)42. Chikako (Glitter)

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)43. Hurlhammer, Slaphammer, KO Hammer

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)44. Yux & Barribad

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)45. Geno

(http://i.imgur.com/jgkVWqx.png)46. Phanto
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Enemy / Assist Trophy
Series: Super Mario Bros.
Game: Super Mario Bros. 2

(https://i.imgur.com/8hKEf93.png)

Comments: A spooky mask that chases down anyone that touches its stuff. Comes in four different versions, including the golden version seen in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance, but I consider the one you see here to be the "definitive" version.

Functionality: It's basically just a mask. I added a bunch of extra textures, so this mask can either be separate, worn by a character, or used as a background prop. A transparency texture allows the eye and mouth of the mask to be see-through. Could be used in Smash 4 as a Blue Shell replacement.

Notes: Included a "curse" marking that can be used as an effect of some kind.

I have about a month before I'm buried by work again, so I'll help out. These look pretty awesome!

i actually wouldnt mind making a brawl stage out of that "The Blade" ship o.o

I'll try Axem Ranger Red over Mario. These models are superb. O.O

Oh yeah dude, I've seen your stuff on tSR. Pretty good models.

Actually. Vivian was one of the partners in Paper Mario: TTYD. She could be a full-fledged fighter. Only problem would be how to make it so her "tail" stays on the ground.

Being one of 7 available partners in 1 out of 4 paper mario titles warrants her a spot as a fighter?

Each of the available partners in TTYD each had an important part of the plot allotted to them in some way, with the exception of Ms.Mowz. They were basically secondary main characters.

-but does it really matter? It's simply my opinion and he doesn't have to change a thing. So why question it?

I'm well aware of Vivian's role in the game. :P


Anyway, I've posted the trophies for the Axems. If anything, they could be good practice for setting up the shaders used by the fighter versions.

Edit: Added a trophy for the Breaker Beam too.

Awesome work! SMRPG is one of my favorite games. :)

 Amazing models. If these aren't put into Brawl, I think I might die a little on the inside.

I know right?

Damn. That's one nice looking Vivian. :srs:

Cool, you made a models thread!

I really want someone to take your custom "The Blade" ship and make it into a stage.

Other than that, great custom models you have made.

By the way, what kind of Collaborator are you looking for?

I'm not really sure, exactly. I guess I'm looking for someone(s?) who is competent enough with model importing and shader creation to bring the model into the game in a way that preserves their design (and not ending up like the Axem Green currently on the site.)

It would be amazing to see the models implemented with the full move sets I originally planned and character animations that fit them, but I know very well the humongous amount of effort that would require. Considering I'm just a random guy that likes to make models, there's no way I could expect anybody to go through all that trouble just because I put the ideas out. What I want most is for people to enjoy my models and enjoy using them, both in how they look and in how they are implemented.

I'll also need people to help playtest the stage I am planning (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=55111.0), since I can't really make the stage model itself unless I know the layout is good.

Holy [censored], these models are in crazy quality.. Someone really needs to put these in, cause it's be a huge waste if they aren't..

The models look pretty awesome man!

As for them becoming full playable characters, I'd suggest making more important or iconic characters I guess... I dunno bout you, but I really don't see a random boss from Super Mario RPG as a character compelling enough for a full moveset and what not. The models themselves though are really awesome, and I can't wait to see how they get implemented, even if they just end up as costume imports.

Keep on doing your thing man, and I can't wait to see what else you got in store!

Don't worry, that's why I try to put a lot of thought into the characters. Part of the reason I picked Yaridovich and the Axem Rangers is exactly because they're a bit obscure. Everyone always tries to make Geno, because he's pretty much the main character everyone thinks of. Ignoring the fact they're one-time bosses, they're probably the most capable fighters in the game. (Just watch the boss battle with the Axems again.) I only designed them to be fighters because I knew they could fit the role. This is why I only designed Vivian to be an Assist Trophy. In spite of the fact that she's probably more well-known, I knew she wouldn't have the capability to be a full-fledged fighter.

The Blade looks like it would make an epic stage.

Send me Vivian? I would LOVE to rig her. I have an idea on how to get her tail foot leg thingy to stay to the stage

The dowload links for all of the models are in the first post, near the top.

I figure Brawl has some kind of IK system (for things like Samus grappling to ledges) so I figure Vivian would use something similar.

Can I import Vivian? :D

I would put her over a playable character though, not an assist trophy.

Importing allows us to put the models over the bones of existing characters. Who do you think she would look best on?

I would say to rig Vivian's tail-thingy to either the TopN or TransN but it still wouldn't be stuck to the ground while she jumps. :P
@Nano I'm not sure who she should be over, but maybe Ani could make a custom bone set for her and then rig her to that and use her in the Paper Mario moveset. :af2:

I finished another model! Sorry to disappoint most of you, but this one isn't even close to being a good fighter. Instead, I made a boss! Of course, if boss hacking isn't possible yet, I guess he could be a background prop I guess.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img6/7161/bowyerpromo.png)

Bowyer is roughly twice as tall as Mario, while Aero is a bit shorter. I also made the switch buttons he uses, because it wouldn't do him justice to leave them out.

I'll have the download link up in a day or so.

Really, really, wonderful Peardian. This is a very nice surprise.

-but let me tell you something, good sir. With how creative some people are around here. I think you should refrain from labeling your models as being for specific purposes.

You might end up eating your words. XD

Just saying.

Dat Bowyer.

WFT why i dont know you before?
That models are amazing!
Are you a "Pro-Modeler"??

Nah, I only just started (properly) making models a little over a year ago. I mean, sure, I've been messing around with models for about five, but I never made anything more than some stuff made of spheres and cubes.


Anyway, I don't know if Nanobuds will be happy or unhappy, but I just updated Vivian. Specifically, I increased the polygon count in her torso, and doubled (quadrupled) the polygons in her hair. Since that's a lot of polygons, the higher-poly version is available as a separate model.

In fact, the update was only a few minutes ago, so the server may not have updated to provide the correct model yet. You'll know you have the right zip if there are two .DAEs inside.

I know that Boss hacking is possible, but I'm not completely sure about giving Bosses custom attacks, their models and textures are editable just like everyone else.

Im sure you won´t take requests right? :P

No, I won't. :P

Holy [censored]. What amazing models are my eyes seeing. *o*

I can't believe what I see. Do you need a Stager to put those sexy models together? ;p

Fixed.

holy shiiiiii-

That [censored] Bowyer locking my commands. He is looking perfect!
Excellent work there, Peardian.

I would love it if you made some kind of Forest Maze stage.

Your models are looking so Nintendo-ish!
I love it and I can´t wait to see your models in Brawl.
Hope you create more Mario models :)

Who would Bowyer go over though?

The only thing I can picture is putting him over an assist trophy, Jeff for example. He could crouch down, fire his arrows that home in on the characters.

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For the record, your models are some of the most impressive I've ever seen, and if you're sticking to SMRPG for now, can I suggest Smithy, or 3D versions of Mario, Bowser, and Peach (since Mallow and Geno are already done) to go over their respective characters?

I think it'd be interesting to see these over the actual characters, they're real cutesy and would be fun to have in the game:
(http://www.mariowiki.com/images/4/41/RPGMario.png)
(http://www.mariowiki.com/images/c/cf/Smrpg_bowser.gif)
(http://www.mariowiki.com/images/c/cd/SMRPG_Peach.gif)

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Oh, and Croco. And Jonathan Jones. Man there are so many possibilities. Your work is so great I can see you doing any of these.

that mario would be awesome!
long time im looking for a "classic-style" mario O.O
a high and low poly version would be great.

But create the model you want because the result is the best then :)

You should upload your models on "the models resource" web page!
Can´t believe there is someone who can build so perfect looking models.
I wish i can do that too!

He does upload them to the Model's Resource, infact that's the only place (that I know of) that we can download these sexy models before the model is rigged over somebody. lol
And I would love to see those SMRPG Mario, Peach, and Bowser, though Bowser would be hard to rig, due to Brawl Bowser's weird animations.

stop being awesome! you are making my version of Vivian looks bad :srs:
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2cwo22e.jpg)

still, love your models!

Of the SMRPG characters, Mario, Peach, and Bowser are probably the last characters I'd consider making. After all, they are all in Brawl already. Trying to make those specific versions would just be a matter of deforming the normal models until they're all blobby and weird. (The same goes to the other Mario enemies in the game, like Goomba, Blooper, etc.)


I'm tempted to give a hint as to what my next model will be, but it's probably obvious enough already. :P

Do you do low* poly models at all? I'm sure there would be at least someone who'd be interested in importing these into Mario Kart Wii as well.

*By low poly I mean around 600-1000 faces.

Fantastic models by the way. It's quite a rare sight to see high-quality custom models.

lol :D ^this^

you can just lower the polygons in 3ds max
KTH did it with the geno model (still waiting for the release) for geno in MKW

yes i know but the quality is better rfom a low poly made model then a reduced highpoly model :/

I have no plans to make lower-poly versions of them, and if I did, I'd probably use polygon reduction anyway. :P



Part of my resolution for the new year is the promise to focus on some projects I have been neglecting (mapping OoT:MQ and YI:SMA3), so it could be a while before my next character model.


In the mean time, I'm still trying to get my stage imported for play-testing purposes. I would greatly appreciate some help in this area, as I can't make the stage if I don't know the layout.

I'm no stage expert...

But there's two possibilities for "The Blade".

It could be a Wifi safe mod for Halberd. There's a lack of REALLY amazing Wifi Safe stages in the vault.

Or, it could use Halberd as a base to build on to make a new stage... One or the other. Though either way, it might need some vertices reduced.

...

On a side note. I LOVE your Vivian model. It's my favorite Ness hack now... Gives me a reason to try and get good with Ness. XD

Someone is welcome to make a stage out of the Blade, but I'm not going to be the one who makes it. I'm not sure how well the Wi-Fi-safe Halberd mod would work, considering it would likely need to have the same physical structure for the playfield the entire time (and I imagine the decks don't match), though I'm just guessing.


On the subject of stages, I've uploaded a third version of my stage layout.

Hm... Yeah... I think I had a derp moment there... A Wifi safe version PROBABLY wouldn't work out...

But still. If someone makes the stage. It could be built from the Halberd's coding. Since that would let the ship attack every now and then... Which would work well for the Breaker Beam.

Though I'm not sure what would replace the claw attack, or the canon ball...


Eh, I don't know. Whoever takes up the stage can figure out that stuff.

Amazing SMRPG models, even though I never played that game. :)

Please tell me that SM doesn't mean "Super Mario." :srs:

are you joking

I finally updated Yaridovich!

(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1310/yaridovichupdate.png)

Besides lowering the saturation in his colors to match the game's style, I added a lot of little details, such as embroidery on his cape and a belt that actually looks like a belt. Oh, and I made a little buddy for him, too!

(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1208/drillbitbrawl.png)

The downloads for both are already up on TMR.

Fantastic models!  Someone NEEDS to rig Yardovic (Over ganondorf maybe?) and the Axem rangers (...Lucas?), and I second the idea for a Blade stage.  I downloaded the Vivian import off of the Vault and was totally blown away by the quality of the model, an easy replacement for a Ness texture.  Keep up the good work!

I can Rig Yaridovich if you want to, it looks pretty tasty and a challange to rig!

If you could, that would be great! :D

Someone suggested Ike would be a good base for Yaridovich. Now that I think about it, Marth might work, too, since he does a lot of stabbing with his sword.

I believe the Rangers are already rigged to Ness.

Two things:

First, why the [censored] are the Axem Rangers over Ness anyway? Who said they were 4"8?

Mario, Peach, Geno, and etc were all that height too. Most characters were that height on that Super Nintendo RPG. Use your imagination here.

Most importantly, the rig is... Not good at all least to say. They're not even holding the damn axe/bat for God's sake!

Second, is Yaidovich going over Ike? Feel like its the best fit.

Yeah, the Axems currently in the vault are rather unsatisfactory. Not only do they look weird, but Pink wasn't done at all. Of all the fighters, I think Toon Link might be the best base to use. (After all, he's the only short, non-puffball sword user.)


Unless there's an easy way to graft Ike's flapping headband onto Marth's mesh to use for the spear, Ike might be the best bet. Sure, Marth is lighter and has generally quick attacks, but his stabbing moves are more suitable for a spear than Ike's big swings.

And if it does, that doesn't mean that he needs to play SMRPG before saying he's a Super Mario fan, I also haven't played that game, but I've heard it's really good like the M&L and Paper Mario series...and before you comment about my username, big fan of a certain YouTube series called Stupid Mario Brothers, really good.
Anyways ItalianStallion has a point on all the SMRPG characters being teh same height, so the Axems may or may not be that short.

I don't know what height they would be if SMRPG didn't have weird proportions/scale going on, but I did design my Axem models to have specific sizes, with Red being a tad shorter than Mario, and the rest edited from there. For instance, did you know that Black is a tiny bit shorter than Red?

This is how I picture them, or having this sort of fit and personality to it.

Red - Mario
Green - Luigi
Black - Wolf
Pink - Peach
Yellow - King Dedede

Fan art and all.

I think that Yellow could also work on Wario.
They're both short, stubby, and yellow.

Who said he was short?

All fan art that I see, he looks bigger/taller than the rest of them:


Inb4thatsfromSuperMarioBrosZ

Well, its all about using your imagination sometimes, you know?

If not, go ahead and put them all over Jigglypuff and Olimar for all I care.

Just my 2 cents.

I was judging it from the trophies that he has in his sig. It makes Yellow look short.

Oh you mean the custom model he made? Of course he is short, that's how Peardian envisions them after all apparently.

If you look at the models, you'll see that Yellow is the same height as Red, just fatter. This makes him look stubbier.

@ItalianStallion: Well, my Axem models aren't influenced by any fan art, and they aren't meant to be redesigns or radical interpretations. I stayed very faithful to their sprite designs, which has them at roughly Mario's size. (And they do in fact have subtle height differences.) Sorry they're not tall or humanoid like you prefer to imagine them to be, but that's just how they are.

Peardian? dude!

I remember the name from the resource forums!

You're quite the model perfectionist. I'm glad we've got you over here at KC-MM now!

You may or may not remember me from the models resource, I was the guy who originally tried to post those Mario and Sonic London rips, but they weren't perfect enough xD

Anyways, let me know if you need help with anything Brawl-related, I'd be happy to help. Glad we've got you in the community, we could use more minds like yours! (btw, very few people here know what that nifty little tool called Noesis is... You'll be surprised.)

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On the other hand, I'd love to rig Bowyer over Yoshi. It looks like those are the only proportions that might fit.

Oh hey, I recognize that name! I'm still hoping you'll show up there again.

The best way you could help me at the moment is by play-testing my stage prototype and giving me your feedback. I hope to have a second version out soon (with moving platforms) if BrawlBox cooperates.


And Yoshi? I hadn't thought of that. Good luck with that! Bonus points if you change Yoshi's egg projectile to be an Aero too. :P

Peardian, no need to apologize at all. Its all a matter of preference, really.

At the end of the day, you are an amazing modeler/texture so I look forward to whatever you end up making.

By the way, Yaridovich over Ike?

If you're up for the challenge, go for it!


I know I said Vivian wasn't designed to be a fighter, but I couldn't let a perfectly good import of her go without a set of official alternate colors!
(http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/9783/vivianalts.png)

(Sorry, Green Team, you get stuck with Marilyn.)

lol now you just need to make the other two sisters, and have Nano rig them. xD

Dude, it's sure you need to make Forest Maze.

^ this would be awesome!! ^

why havent i seen this thread before?
i feel a sudden urge to rig some of these models...

I'd only make it if I could come up with a fun and interesting concept to go with it. I'm not a big fan of those stages where they are completely static and only have a flashy background as their main feature. As iconic as it might be to some, it would be a relatively bland place to fight.

Hm...

Well, for a touny banned as hell stage.

You COULD make it based on that part where you can go down the tree trunks. And can fight underground, as well as above ground...

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But... Hm... That would have some SERIOUS "cave of life" issues... But eh, do what you want.

Geno and that area are... While interesting, a bit overrated. I can wait. I'd rather have some other memorable areas/characters from that game. XD

The cloud city could be interesting, with a beanstalk with multiple places to fight on.

Yeah, that would be pretty cool. There are working pipes in Mewtwo's Mushroom Kingdom stage, so the tree trunk gimmick would work.

Just so you know, I already have a good number of stage ideas I want to attempt (and not all of them are from SMRPG), so I don't really need any more ideas at the moment. :P

And, if you want to see these stages come about sooner, the best thing you can do for me right now is simply download and play-test the stage prototype I have. (See my signature.) I want to make stages that look really nice, sure, but I want them to be really fun, too. So please, please help out!

What stages do you like then?

Stages like Icicle Mountain? Mushroomy Kingdom?

If you don't mind explaining cause you can't have a serious match on stages like those. I know plenty of Brawlers who will back me up on this statement.

Just curious that's all.

I like all the stages. I have some favorites, of course, but I enjoy stages like Smashville as much as I enjoy stages like Mushroomy Kingdom. That's why I leave all stages on in the stage selection list.

When I say "fun and interesting", I don't mean "packed with gimmicks and danger". Let's take Smashville for instance. The layout, while very simple, is also unique, and the moving platform allows for some interesting fights. But, if that's all there was to the stage, it wouldn't be very appealing. Having the stage change its lighting to match the internal clock and having different random characters from the game spectating in the background each time the stage is played on helps make it fun to play on and to look at, and really gives it that Animal Crossing vibe. That's the kind of feeling I want to give to my stages.

I can handle the visual design of the stages fine, but I can't effectively design the layout of the stage alone. This is why I am asking for as many people as possible to play-test my stage prototype.

As a way to ramp up to my upcoming stage projects, I'm releasing one of the background props for it. Since it is an edit of Brawl's own Koopa Troopa model, someone could easily swap it into SSE somewhere.

(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4269/terrapinbrawl.png)
http://models-resource.com/custom_edited/custommariostuff/sheet/5471 (http://models-resource.com/custom_edited/custommariostuff/sheet/5471)

Also included in the zip is a set of textures for Gu Goomba!

I wouldn't mind putting that in the SSE, if you'd be willing.

I actually have some experience putting enemies in the SSE. Even though they're done, I never uploaded them (out of sheer laziness, really. Lol!)

Sure, go for it!

(Also, I'm kind of surprised there hasn't already been a Gu Goomba edit before.)


Edit: Oh, I almost forgot to mention! Assuming you do implement the masked reflection shader I designed it with, I recommend using ~70%-80% for the strength of the reflection on both materials.

And by experience you mean you know what the names of the files for certain enemies right? lol

Of course. They were fully functional.


The first was never released because I got lazy (And now someone's gone and done the same thing, so now I can't, lol). The second wasn't because I found a better model. I butchered that one T-Posing and retexturing it the first runthrough.




Understood, captain. I can do that. Thanks again for letting me take this one!

@Spex130: So, how goes it?


So, remember those item blocks in my Weapons Factory stage WIP? Yeah, about those...


(http://imageshack.us/a/img690/7359/treasureboxbrawl.png)
http://models-resource.com/custom_edited/custommariostuff/sheet/5478 (http://models-resource.com/custom_edited/custommariostuff/sheet/5478)

Once hacking becomes advanced enough, I'd like to see this implemented as an interactive object that animates just like the original. Of course, who knows when that will be...

What? What do you mean the box looks suspicious (http://imageshack.us/a/img18/5995/pandoritebrawl.png)? Nah, it's just you-- oh! (http://imageshack.us/a/img690/7371/treasureboxmimicbrawl.png)

Hah, I could never beat them in SMRPG. Too dam strong and I died quick.
Great Job on this though, I really love all your custom SMRPG models so far.

Booster. We need Booster. The perfect Wario hack...

oh, I love that item chest! :D

if you want a real challange, try to make a boss from Yoshi Island from the Snes era! like the yellow/Gray Boss Tap-Tap

...any differnce in the GBA remake?
Also I'd either love to see any of them bosses, since Bowser Jr (Giant) has been made, I think maybe you could make your own version with custom models, also the fully animated one needs to loop anyway, or make it so everyone dies when BJ crushes the last platforms like in YI.

Rig's done! Material setup and filesize reduction in progress.

I'm not dead! I've just been working on getting Bowser's Keep implemented and designing my next model. Wow, has it been over a month already?


Anyway, Spex130 imported my Terrapin and Gu Goomba (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31504)! Woo! :D

Damn would I love to use them, too bad the ISO i have freezes after fighting Kirby/Mario in Adventure Mode, and also freezes after the credits in Classic Mode. x_X

Huh. Why haven't I wandered into this thread sooner? This work is amazing. Why aren't you working for NCL, Peardian?


Discovering this made me laugh, because I made a set of Vivian recolors a few weeks ago that I never uploaded. They aren't quite the same because I didn't reference the other two sirens' colors, but I made a yellow, blue, green, cotton candy, and black/dark purple one. And here we had official recolors all this time.

Yeah, I even showed them to Nanobuds. I guess I need to pester him again about them. :P

Well he does have lots of things he's working on, eg: Shadow, rigging Batman and Super Man for Boygos, etc. lol

I suppose I should upload the Vivian recolors I did sometime. Just need to get around to putting the textures on the lineless and 2d versions, make CSPs/BPs, and set it all up for download. I don't like leaving anything out.


And neither do you. I can tell you put some serious work into this stuff.

Sorry about the recolors. I don't usually make recolors for my imports. Unless someone else wants to upload them, I may not get to them for a while.

I could just add those in with my recolors when I upload them, since I'll be collabing both of you anyway. Still might be a few days, though, with school starting up.

If that's okay with you guys.

Yeah, no rush or anything. I do look forward to seeing the recolors!

All my imports are free to be edited. Just credit me, no need for collab.

However it is Peardian's custom model. He has the final say.

Alrighty. I'll see when I can get around to uploading those.

Although, concerning adding the Marilyn/Beldam/Boggly to make it a single submission, I noticed there were "paper" versions of those recolors and a texture meant for shading them to I guess produce a certain effect? I'm not experienced enough with shaders and not quite sure what you were aiming for with those ones. I'm guessing it was for the radial-gradient-style shading that Paper Mario 2 uses.

If you're terribly fond of getting that PM2 effect, It'd probably be better to leave it to Nano to upload your M/B/B recolors with both the brawl-style textures and the paper effect, while I upload my recolors separately.

Or, I can upload my recolors with your M/B/B recolors, all just in Brawl-style, as a single submission, while collabing you and crediting Nano for the import.

...I am also not against learning whatever this paper-shader technique is, though.



Noted.

I don't suppose you've looked at the recolors he posted in your thread and know what to do with that papershader texture and the flat colors? I'm rather new to editing materials and shaders.

The paper shader isn't really important at all. It's just a little something I came up with to go with the flatness effect, and admittedly I'm not even sure how the shader would be put together. In fact, I probably didn't even design it right for what my idea was.

Ah, okay then. Well, the Brawl-esque textures seem to go fine with the 2-D effect anyway, so I guess I'll just ignore the flat ones, then.

A lot fo the paper imports's outline look funny at times, which I know how they're made. I would love to figure out how G&W's outline works because it isn't done the same as most people make their outlines, and his look better to me in my oppion.

Being solid-colored means Mr. Game & Watch can get away with visual tricks that regularly-textured models can't. This means things like always having the outline render behind the main body. The outline is otherwise done the same way as the usual method, except they were able to make it thicker than usual due to said trick. Try opening up his model and see for yourself.

He also seems to have two outlines instead of one for every object in his body. There's a difference in how their materials work, and I think one of them is for the 2-D flattening effect, since the material has "ZOff" in the name. They also use Light Set -1 instead of 20...not sure of the significance, but I'll be testing this out.

...Probably not on Vivian, but I do have another character I'm importing that has an outline, so I will be experimenting with this.



[EDIT]
...Aaaaand, finished setting up every version of all of Viv's recolors.
Now I just need to test them...all. Gonna hold off until tomorrow for that. *runs off to school*



[EDIT2]
"GUUUUUHH! Guh-huh!"

...Marylin says our recolors are uploaded:
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31596 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31596)

"Guh-huh-huh!"

...And that they include CSPs. Huzzah! Off to work on my own models now. *jumps out window*

Woo! Nicely done. :D Of your recolors, I'd have to say the dark one is my favorite.


By the way, anyone want to record a video of the recolored Vivians in action? (Bonus points if it's Mario vs. the three sisters.)

Peardian, what other Mario RPG character models do you plan on doing in the near future?

What would be the fun in spoiling it? However, I can show the one that I already posted in the WIP topic some weeks ago.

(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2373/mackthewip.png)

Mack!

I was more hoping to see characters that could actually go over.. characters, you know?

Smithy and such.

There are some pretty creative people here. I'm sure someone could think of some use for him. After all, someone suggested putting Bowyer over Yoshi, a thought that hadn't occurred to me in the slightest.

I would probably attempt rigging these guys over characters and making a PSA for them if the transition wasn't smooth, but the fact that it's been several years since I've played a borrowed copy of Super Mario RPG hasn't left me with the inspiration to do so.

Though Maybe someday I'll put the Axems over Ice Climbers for kicks. Unless someone else does it first.

Bowyer over Yoshi is PERFECT. The bows could be the eggs :P

I second this. Smithy, while a kinda bland villain, would make an excellent Dedede hack.

Mack... Well, outside of maybe a stage background element (or if someone would bother figuring out how SSE bosses are coded, and can recode it). I highly doubt he could be made into anything usable in Brawl.

Assistant Trophy? Or are those PSAs not custable yet?

Nope. Not at all as of yet.

It's kinda funny... After all this time. You'd think Assist Trophies, and SSE related stuff could be hacked by now. Though I guess it's because not many people care for items. At least not big name hackers. And most people don't seem to care for SSE... Even though I think new stages would give me a reason to play it again.

Even though the hack for it is it not finished yet, I decided to put up an entry in the first post for my first complete stage, Bowser's Keep.

The model is finished, but the person making it into a full-fledged stage (DSX8) is going to be taking a lengthy break. This is where I need your help. Since it could be a very long time before he returns, he is willing to let someone else take over from where he left off. With it up in the air like this, there's a chance it could never be finished unless someone steps in to finish it. All of the pieces are ready, they just need to be put together.

Read more info here. (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=56553.msg1125644#msg1125644)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mack's finally released!

(http://imageshack.us/a/img585/8520/mackpromo.png)


Since a good number of people here seem to think that a model of Mack would be useless for people here, I've created...


(Click it.)

damn it! I love it! and let me try that, I am really eager about this one

I know it's not much, but I've updated Bowyer. Not much, just some tweaks to hair shape and button textures, plus a few extra polygons around his waist for nicer bending.

It's not exactly one of my custom-for-Brawl models, but I'm putting it here anyway.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img339/7660/oktavium.png)

Check the first post for download link and full details.

Haha! Whoa!

Something that has NOTHING to do with SMRPG.

Very nice!

For a while, I have wondered what it would be like if some of the models I have made were in Subspace Emissary. With help from DinnerSonic, I was able to put these together using assets from various SSE levels. Just as Subspace Emissary never needed words to convey the message, I will let the images speak for themselves. They were rendered in Cinema 4D and composited in Fireworks.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img46/2219/ssebladesurfaces.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img543/9780/ssebowyerbattle.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img195/759/sseaxemsfall1.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img713/4200/sseaxemsfall2.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img19/2164/sseaxemsfall3.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img42/1080/sseaxemsfall4.png)

Whoa! Those look awesome!

Gorgeous work there. Especially the one with Link and Fox.

Mother of pearl, Peardian. You are one magnificent dastard.

wow that looks if Nintendo really made these in the cutscenes

Nice nice work, man! I was always thinking, it's actually possible to replace the .thp files for the SSE (and the opening screen, if you so desire), so if you really wanted to you could actually animate your own cutscenes. Especially at this quality. Heck, I might just do that myself, hahaha.

[censored] Peardian. Those are beautiful.

Peardian......I would love you even more if got a job at Namco just to work on SSB4. :srs:

Aww, thanks everyone. Sadly, I am really bad at animating (and I don't like it either) and I'm not fond of posing, either. Otherwise, these would be short video clips instead of single frames.

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu1synZupQ1r5jtugo1_400.gif)
Mother of Cutscenes, how did you and DinnerSonic make those so perfectly? :patrick:
I'd love to see the other models in cutscenes, especially Vivian.

Peardian, those are amazing beyond words. Make moar!

I studied the cutscenes, and DinnerSonic provided rips from Subspace Emissary levels to serve as background resources.

Anyway, here's a new thing. I actually made this a while ago (after Drill Bit, before Bowyer), but I didn't feel like revealing it until now.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img19/7719/madmalletrender.png)

Sorry, no model download for now.

It still looks great! Great job as always.

If I could guess....

The Pikmin. That would make a great Pikmin.

These models look amazing. I was thinking about how some of these models could be used in Brawl, as some of them wouldn't really make good characters, and I did think of one; if a Forest Maze stage was created, the Bowyer could be used in the background. He could appear after about 30 seconds of a match, and begin to shoot arrows straight up into the air. The arrows would go out of the screen, and come down at random spots in the battle area, making it possible to be hit by them.

Not very original, but I thought that'd be a cool use for Bowyer.

I'm still not done with my next model yet (almost!), but here is something to play with until then:

The Axems and Blade have been ported to Garry's Mod & Source Film Maker (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=153629003) by none other than Random Talking Bush. It seems he's planning on adding my other models to the pack soon, so keep the page bookmarked just in case!

Good to hear from you dude!

I come out once in a while and stumble around.
You come out once in a while and blow our minds.

...what have I done!?

(http://imageshack.us/a/img703/2051/ub5.png)

Model download will come soon. See first post for more details.

"Cat Girl Without Salad"
I remember looking that up before...

I have no idea what you've done, but I know that you've done it well.

Who the [censored] is that?

I see she has a Metaknight wing and Pit wing coming out of her..........

Peardian, you are my favorite model maker for sure! Sorry everyone else.

Your models are not only great, but the quality of your textures is just outstanding..

1) Have you actually showed that to Wayforward? Because that's a thing that needs to happen.

2) Has anyone called dibs? Because dibs.

wth, didnt i post here about it?
looking epic as always.
spex, wanna collab on it?
are you good with materials and stuff?

I'm up for it if you're up for it.

Materials are fun, so I wouldn't mind.

Actually, one of my friends did show someone at WayForward, and they said they were impressed. :D It was quite a complement, considering who it came from.


And wow, I didn't expect anyone to want to attempt it! Good luck on it, as you'll probably need to do some heavy-duty bone/animation editing to get her to animate properly.

I think she'd work over Pit, but that's just me.

Oh hey, that sounds fun! Joke, you want that part? Or can I handle it?

(Also, that's wonderful Peardian! Good job, huh?)

Really impressive stuff, all of your work is incredible. Pit seems like a good fit to put her over but it would be an interesting character to have over Samus to.

yah, i think samus could be an option, but it wouldn't be one-slot, so she'd need a full set of recolors, another option would be a simple fox import, and make the blaster invisible, so she shoots out of her arm gun...

then there's pit, but the wings are way too low, so it would also need some bone edits.

so yeah here's what each option has and lacks:

-SAMUS: has epic cannon arm, lacks posibility of one-slot (maybe it's possible butit would need some weird editting)
-FOX: has similar proportions, thus easily made, has a rapid-fire attack that fits the gun, has animated tail, doesnt really lack anything...
-PIT: has wings, lacks a logical purpose, since well, she has a giant gun, and pit uses two swords/a bow...

so yeah, i'd go for samus or fox, what do you people think?

...a download link would help, wouldn't it?


DOWNLOAD (http://www.mediafire.com/?756fde4fncs0nh2)

it would help indeed. xD

not gonna start on it right now though, im not on my own laptop... xD
also, what's the squid made for?
can someone think of a utility for the darn squid? xD

Yeah, I didn't really put any thought into HOW they would be used. I kinda figured the Calamarites would be part of a Final Smash or something, with them floating around and shooting lasers.

Oh, did I mention she also has a sword? It's the one in the mock screenshot.

Funny how on the Fox you forget to mention that Fox has no wings, which I'm sure is going to be noticeable with the wings being still, but might looks decent. I honestly have no f-ing idea who that girl is, unless you took some character and made major modifications to make this interesting creation. :af:

As I said in the reveal, see first post for more details. :P

yeah, forgot about that, that would also count for samus btw, only pit has wings anyway.

i'll let spex decide on the character, im fine with either.

At the moment, Fox and Pit seem like a good fit. A little special rigging could get the wings working on Fox, maybe.

Pit seems the most viable to be able to use all of the props though. With a little bit of magic I might even be able to make it all one-slot.

We can split up and  modify the sword to fit all of Pit's stages, and if we wanted to we could even make the swords full-sized. The Gatling cannon can itself can take the place of the bow article and stage.

The Calamarites also could take over Pit's FS, unlike Fox. Unless you want a giant squid tank or something.

LOL giant squid tank.

well, if you make the bone edits and send me a .max file with them in it, i'll start the rigging soon i guess, im not entirely sure how pit's stuff is set up though...

also, how about using the squid as pit's shield? O.o

I can handle the visibility stuff. And yeah, that squid shield might work.

I'll hop to it.


Double Post update edit:

Peardian, do you know what texture the eyelashes use?

The DAE bundled in doesn't actually contain which texture goes where, and the eyelashes are the last part.

It does define material placement (I just checked), the program you're using just isn't importing it properly. Anyway, it uses the eye white texture.

Aww. That's unfortunate.

Is there an exact file name?

EDIT:

FOUND IT.

It was in the eye Iris. Thanks for the help, Peardian!

Er, that works too, I guess. But when I said eye white texture, I meant "KebakoEyeWhite".

Also, the matchup between the different ref/env textures used might not be immediately apparent. You can usually figure it out by looking at the filenames/render, but let me know if there are any you're not sure of.

I'm still working on my next big model, so in the meantime, I figured I would try something out. With much help from DinnerSonic, I was able to translate Brawl's stage lighting parameters to what I use. These screenshots are the result.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img266/9897/do2t.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img547/4219/p05j.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img845/2784/9ei1.png)


Before anyone asks, no, these are not model imports. I used real screenshots as a base and added in some of my models with the help of the recreated light data. Pardon the poses, I'm not very good at that. I don't plan on making any more fake screenshots like this, as this was merely a test. The main reason for doing this is so that I can make more accurate Subspace Emissary mockups, as well as test my model textures in something close to the game's actual lighting.



Know what else?

Jesus. Is there anything you can't do? Those look like legit shots.

quite instresting about the snapshots!

I did try something similar except it was in a movie!
Sexyyy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsQJiEXwZBM#ws)

Scary accurate as usual, Peardian.

Amazing!

Thanks, guys. I guess I may as well show this, too. It's Ganondorf with Bridge of Eldin's lighting, shadowing, and a little bloom.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img20/308/vpz1.png)

For those of you interested in learning how to translate the lighting on your own, I'll put a little tutorial below.

I will totally use this guide to get the stage lightning when I do more videos in 3d Modelling program!

well... back to bowsers keep with peardian...
(http://i.imgur.com/76E7YWP.jpg)

Introducing my latest model, the Flying Krock.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img594/1245/dii1.png) (http://imageshack.us/a/img703/9013/e6v3.png)
Click for a bigger pic.


It took me nearly three months to make. Read the first post for full details!

Download (http://www.models-resource.com/download/6608/)

I don't even know what this is from, but it is amazing. I'd be surprised if you didn't already have a job as a professional 3D modeler. (Unless this is a hobby-and-not-a-career thing. But you could make a good career doing this.)

da fuq is dat

Both of you owe it to yourselves to go play Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. One of the best DK games and a wonderful platformer.

(and does nobody read the first post?)

1. I didn't both with the OP :v
2. I've played some of the DKC games, but I'm terrible with them and never played through them to the end. I've gotten so used to new games that I remember how hard the older ones were...

Oh my God.

Yo, you need to be making money my dude. You're wasting time and money.

Nobody here is on your level. Not to disrespect anyone, and we have how many amazing artist on this Brawl Hacking community, with all due respect... You're on some other [censored] of quality work man.

And for those who don't know what model that is, like Peardian said go play DKC. ;p

this is
its just
i dont
stuff
everything IS said.

You could say that about most classic games ever; I only played so many as a kid, and even though I've touched on DKC2, I certainly never played any portion that involved a gigantic crocodile airship. Were my school loans and standard-of-living costs not consuming each paycheck at every opportunity, I would have already dowloaded every VC game available on the eShop and instead of being here, I'd be holed up with a fancy TV and soft sofa engrossed in them.

But I probably should have looked at the OP. Completely forgot that you keep everything there with whatever it comes from.

(For the record, though, the first thing I thought of was a Kremlin when I saw it. But I also thought it looked too badass to have come from Donkey Kong.)

To those who don't know where this is...

It's the final battle arena in DKC2... Well, the outside of it. You see the Flying Krock on the last area's overworld (not counting the secret world).

Subscribing. Amazing custom models.

(http://[img]http://imageshack.com/scaled/800x600/10/5f2a.png)[/img]

Just thought I'd leave this here. Her rig is done, more or less. She's double Pit's filesize right now though.

Bone mod works, but I need to add the weapons and SERIOUSLY cut down on texture size. Gotta say, I've learned that when custom modeling for Brawl, less is more!

sorry to burst your bubble, but you kinda failed at the "paste" part of you posting...

It was 2:30 AM, cut me some slack, haha.

The Flying Crock looks so awesome. I'm looking forward to the stage. Will it be competitive oriented or more scenic? Either way, I'm hype for it.

Thanks, everyone.

@Spex: I am afraid.

@Moblin: It will be fun, and something befitting both a Brawl stage and an homage to DKC2. (Hopefully.)

Someon should tweak Halberd and use that instead.

Peardian, what do you want collaborators for?

Importing of any kind. As I mention in the first post, I only create the models, and have no means or know-how (yet) to import them into Brawl. The importing is also not for my sake, since I don't use Brawl hacks at all, but for the sake of the people who like my creations and want to see them in the game.

Why, is that an offer?

Oh, so that's the case.

It is almost an offer. I'm not able to do model imports as of yet, since I've gotten errors on my 3DSMAX. So unless it has to do with stage building (which is what I focus on, hacking-wise) or texturing, I can't be of much help.

I would offer to make some stages for you, but I don't have that much experience with stage hacking, and I am totally not worthy enough to make a stage out of your epic models. O_O

Well, when I make stages, I put together everything on my own, so the only help with stages I'd need would be importing and copying over all the animation details I provide. Without model importing or your 3DS Max working (for vertex coloring) I'm afraid you won't be able to do much on that end.

That all said, DSX8 is still working on Bowser's Keep, and has all of the importing taken care of already. I can't say I know how he prefers to work, but I bet he would probably like some assistance in getting the thing animated. If you think you're up to entering a bunch of keyframe numbers, send me a PM and I'll get you details and such.

I still keep my offer open to do textures for you sometime, if only to take some of the workload off of you (and more meaningful pseudo-experience for being in the industry).

Maybe some day. Thanks for the offer, at least.


By the way, anybody hear know how to make music? (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=63231.0)

I answered in the other thread. 

I got a new computer! It's really snazzy.

So what does this mean for this thread? Probably nothing, but now I can finally run Dolphin and BrawlBox. However, this does not mean I won't need collaborators anymore. I still won't be able to import my creations by myself.

I'm learning how to model... When I finish my first custom one that's NOT classwork, can I have you evaluate it and get your thoughts?

Sure. I'm by no means an expert on making models or anything, but sure.

Not an expert? Blatant lies, I say! D: <

Holy ciw! There's still talented modelers on KC-MM! o.o

I'll definitely be following this thread now.

@Velen: There are probably a lot of places my meshes, UVs, and textures could be improved, but I guess what makes my models appealing is what I always strive for accuracy and attention to detail. (For example, I drew out every single one of Kebako's hairs, and made sure they all lined up across UV seams.) Also, studying the source really helps.

@Albafika: Thanks! I'm kinda surprised you haven't seen my stuff before, but I guess I'm not very active. You know, if you're ever looking for something to do, I could always use more collaborators. ;D

Thing is, a combination of talent like yours is a rarity here on KC:MM. Made even more so by the fact you can not only make good custom models, but very good textures too. I'm namely very good at textures, and other people like Nanobuds and GBC are good at models. The only people who match your skill are either no longer active, or are, but sparingly. The only other person I can think of who matches your combination of skills off the top of my head is Starwaffle.

I kind of stopped searching through this section as soon as Beyond and Waffle stopped updating their threads, there was just nobody else to surprise me with awesome custom made models.

Heh, maybe once I'm done with some imports I have on the way. :P

And Starwaffle has recently just been collabing with Nano, which of course isn't a bad thing Nano is a boss at rigging, but yah we need more people like Peardian who can make awesome models and textures.

what has that to do with anything?
if it weren't for Nano, most of the collabed hacks wouldnt have seen the light, ever.

My point was that Starwaffle is great at making models and textures, like Peardian, and has been collaborating with Nano, like how Peardian has been collabing with others to get his models in Brawl. :P

I'd say Vaanrose qualifies in that awesome level of modeling and texturing. I haven't seen him around lately, but while he was here, he brought an explosion of skill.
Not to mention he rigs and imports everything on his own.


What I like about your stuff though, Peardian, is the presentation. You're patient enough to wait until all the modeling and texturing is completely finished, rig the model into a fitting pose, and present us with a finished, usable model with a fantastic render, lighting, and special effects where applicable. And you have a literal collection of trophies to show for it. I see the occasional WIP from you, but most of the time, just BAM, a well-presented model.

I have to say, It's quite satisfying to reveal a model like that. The main reason I do that, though, is related to my motivation. If I publicly release a preview of a WIP, there's some of the same surprise and joy reactions, though to a much lesser degree. Still, a part of me feels satisfied by it, and I start to lose interest in completing it. This is why if I ever show a WIP, I keep it really low-profile so most people will still be surprised. This is also why I don't post any of my ideas for future projects before working on them. By simply showing an interest in attempting something, I already get reactions that drain away my motivation to complete or even attempt it.

It's Halloween, so you know what that means! It's time for a very spooky 1920x1080 surprise!

(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/135/xvlv.png)
Click me! (http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3292/pxbo.png)

This also counts as a teaser for my next project. I haven't even started on his Brawl-style textures yet, so it will still be a while.

You gonna make the actual Antasma as well? I would love for him to be playable in his actual form.

After you do that, could you do Cackletta and her Bat form? I forsee someone making a PSA for one of them, and the two are pretty similar, infact they were so similar I was expecting either for it to be Cackletta using a new name and form, or for them to be related...maybe they were going to be related in an earlier form of the game, similar to how Rosalina was going to be related to Peach in an earlier form of Galaxy.

@Segtendo: It's probably not much of a spoiler to say yes, I hope to. I had originally hoped to have his normal form as part of the Halloween image, but due to the time constraint, I instead focused on making the Dark Stone and preparing the render. It could still be weeks before they're both done, however.

@StupidMarioFan1: As I have said before, I do not do requests. Maybe I will some time in the future if I feel like it, but right now I have enough ideas planned to last me over a year.

And that is all I will say right now regarding future plans.

Oh yah, sorry I forgot you don't do requests, but I hope you do understand us asking for certain characters, I mean your models are just so f-ing amazing!

Good news and bad news. The bad news is that Antasma is currently on the backburner. The good news is the reason why: I'm working on animating Bowser's Keep! Yes, waiting on DSX8 was taking too long, so I went and got BrawlBox and tried a hand at animating myself. I'm only doing the animation, though, so I still have to rely on DSX8 for the other parts. Still, this means major progress on the stage for the first time in months, and as long as things go smoothly, the stage may even be done before the end of the month!

Indeed good news! Do we get a glimpse?

Well, I'd post a screenshot, but it would just look like a picture of the stage in BrawlBox...

so instead, I'm going to finally release this:

Bowser's Keep Stage Animation Plan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dAMU761bjI#)

This is the rough animation plan I am using. Pardon the wall colors, that's for my own use. Please note that we'll only be doing the shiny effect on the floor if there is enough file space left when the rest is done.

Could you possible send these models to Nintendo to use as bases for Smash bros 4? I mean I know you get told this a lot and I've said it before but we just can't get over how amazing your models are because you make them in the style of Brawl while keeping them true to their actual appearances and they fit.

agreed. wish catgirl without salad was easier to work with. I wanted to bring in that abomination to my roster and troll my friends with her

Excellent!  Now I can finally start getting around to the theme again.  School is a serious load on my back...

Oh shoot, I need to rig those weapons. Seriously, she's THIS close to done.

hoping for it to be featured on the main blog page. i will be hearing at least 15 WTFs when shes seen battling

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wait who was she over again, Samus?

Good news! Bowser's Keep (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=34971) is released as a fully-functioning stage hack! Huzzah!


Here are my suggestions for music to listen to on the stage:

Official Stage Music
(coming soon)

Primary Suggestions
Bowser's Keep (Second Visit) - Super Mario RPG
Fight Against a Somewhat Stronger Monster - Super Mario RPG
Docaty Mountain Railroad - Super Mario RPG
And My Name's Booster - Super Mario RPG
Castle / Boss / Fortress - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Bowser Battle - Super Mario World
Bowser's Road - Super Mario 64
Bowser's Theme / Ultimate Bowser - Super Mario 64
Bowser's Rage - Paper Mario
Castle - New Super Mario Bros.
Bowsers Battle - Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Bowser's Villa 1 - Super Princess Peach
Bowser Battle - Paper Mario: Sticker Star


Secondary Suggestions
Let's Go Down the Midas River - Super Mario RPG
Margarie Margarita - Super Mario RPG
Bowser Battle - Super Mario Bros. 3
Trojan Bowser - Paper Mario
King Bowser Arrives - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Bowser's Castle - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Bowser's Castle - Mario Kart Wii
Super Bowser World 3 - Super Paper Mario
Bowser Battle - Super Mario Galaxy 2

I am most impressed. this stage is amazing, especially with the bowser battle from mario galaxy 1.
and now I wait for more character hacks... or that flying croc stage. DKC2 is in my top 5 SNES games.

This stage is absolutely amazing. Nice work, you guys!

I'm, personally, gonna use this sexy beast.
The Evil King Bowser (Super Mario World) - Fortune Street (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWotVC78z94#ws)

I finally made a proper render of the full stage animation, enhanced with some nice lighting effects.

Bowser's Keep stage animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9qhSMHeoYQ#ws)

This is the ideal Bowser's Keep!

I gotta say.....this is the most detailed stage ever! The models, textures, shine, animations, and lightning are perfect.

*sigh* i might have to lose the stage :,','(

@RAWRzilla: What I'd do is two things: first, I'd get an env with lots of sharp, highly contrasting bits, such as the one used by Dialga's gem, and add in some rainbow sprinkles. Next, I'd make a mask for the shell that is very close to, if not entirely, high-contrast noise. With these things together, you're bound to get lots of little sparkles of light as he moves. If the effect isn't great enough, I'd try increasing the shader strength. All that said, this really isn't the place for something like that, so if you have any further questions about it, please make your own thread to discuss it.

@Gnorcteen: Huh?

on half of the 4-player matches I play (and few 3-player matches), it lags to half-frames-per-second. I use my modded brawl to entertain, and my friends loved the design, but just couldn't play on it without quitting mid-match due to match-lengths. I would ask for something to be done, but you guys are busy enough as it is. plus it's likely im the only one on this thread experiencing it.

Ah, that is bad. I suppose we could make a minimalist version that completely gets ride of the left- and right-hand walls, so long as people don't mind the completely jarring end of scenery when rotating the camera around. Of course, that depends on if DSX8 is up to it.

nah man, don't work your ass off about this; I almost always have backup plans. fortunately I do with this one. it may not be as full of life, but it's a Bowser stage nonetheless. im just getting Bowser's Castle over norfair.

actually, i think heavy lag should always be taken care of, specially in a stage.
havent looked at it yet, but i bet you guys are so perfectionists you even kept models that aren't visible when fighting...

also, another option would be to get rid of some height levels, and just animate it in a way you dont see the lack of walls, like, if you get up a certain height, the lower wall would go up and viceversa when going down...

I got into the stage using Nano's Mega Lucario.
Thing lagged a lot ;-;

then fix it for those who need it. i always have alternatives. just wish 8XSD wasnt quitting. his ssb4 boxing ring was very impressive (and still is)

I guess now I can mention that it lags a lot on Dolphin, with just original Mario & my Dark Bowser which has practically the same detail as Brawl Bowser, so I know it's not them. There's a lot of polygons that are being loaded here, idk maybe swapping the Koopa's multiple bodies into bones that rotate will help? I just know that there's a lot of models and possibly the only way to reduce lag is to reduce the detail of the models, I know reducing textures reduces file size, but I don't remember it messing with lag. I do agree with finding out why it lags because the stage is amazing and lots of people will want to play it without tons of lag with their friends. :-/

alright ppl.. i'll be deleting like about 5 floor of poly's from the giant wall model, and will be deleting some unseen objects too, so be patient for an update either tonight or tomorrow folks.

fine by me. im in no rush ter download

I agree. While I want my stage to look the best it can, I know there's no point to it if it is unplayable. I only put in what would be visible from Brawl's normal, unhacked pause camera so that players would not have their immersion disturbed. That said, due to an oversight in the animation process, five floors one floor worth of unnecessary polygons were left in.

Tankies.

cool; however I have taken a liking to the Bowser's Castle stage I downloaded. i'll just get rid of the stormy Delfino Plaza stage. it's not very popular among the community I entertain (even if I do like it). I also have enough Mario stages, coming to a total of 5. i'll have to leave it that way, since I need a Mario kart stage (Twilight House), Peach's Castle (Melee), Bowser's Castle, and 2 others. if the snipped version of Bowser's Keep is a success, then I shall use that over Delfino Plaza, and finally, xxWutzMercyxx has been working on the Mario Galaxy stage replica of the one for the Wii U. if that all works out, it's goodbye Luigi's Mansion revamp.

now if we could just get a custom Crash Bandicoot stage. my mind has been buzzing on an idea for one for quite a while

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and I don't mean ripping models from the game.

If you're tired of having to replace stages, this topic might be of interest to you if you haven't seen it.

http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=51912.0 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=51912.0)

It adds another folder which doubles the amount of stages you can have. With the amount of great stages that have been made this is almost necessary to use in my opinion.

although this is cool... like REALLY cool, I currently run cBliss with Brawl Minus. having all of my characters, and the stages and music I currently have, takes up 2/3 to 3/4 of my SD card. I wouldn't have enough room, and I am NOT running Riivolution anytime soon. it requires more to work with when placing certain downloads.

Due to an oversight in my assessment of the oversight in the animation, we'll only be able to trim one floor (~2100 polygons) off of the full version. Still, we'll be able to shave over 10,000 polygons for the minimized version.

the original version had 99154 poly's..
the minimized version (which i just finished), has 86726 poly's... thats a 12.6k poly deletion..

i'll try to see if there's like anything else that could be deleted, but we'll see. at least atm 3p matches dont have to worry about lag much now unless they use high poly mods.

maybe some of the unseeable background? I panned the camera and saw a lot of content unseeable during gameplay.

There are less than 100 polygons that would be completely hidden in the skybox model. The rest of it you can see during the course of the battle if the pause camera is rotated by any (normal) amount. The whole skybox has less polygons than a single one of those Terrapin statues. We're looking at the stage right now to see what can be chopped.

The problem isn't so much with the stage... many imports nowadays are so high poly that they lag even in simpler stages if it's a FFA :-\

I approve of both, keeping a complete version for the screenshot and stuffs and a new, more simplified version that allows avoiding the lag.

Either way, great stage, it has caught my eye as one of the best stages in a LONG time

Yeah, but when the stage lags with non-hacked characters like something as simple as Shiek vs. Yoshi, that becomes a problem. Fortunately, we're finding enough extra polygons in the outer regions of the stage that we've been able to reduce the polycount significantly. Just... don't move the pause cam around too much. Or zoom out too much. :P

for any1 who'd like a lagless version of the stage (or less lag), please redownload the pack!! enjoy!

note: we tried to lower the poly's as LOW as we could!

Oh boy. I knew it'd lag (The Stage I'm working on has a background as big as this one. Pain in the ass). Good to see it's fixed! Hopefully I get to fix it on mine, as well. :[

Anywho, I came by to praise you yet again, Peardian, for your awesome models. Great work there!

PLEASE make the blade a stage over the halberd! Like, I shall love you forever if you do.

hmm... what have you been working on recently, Peardian? it's been a while since a progress update.

@kadapunny: DSX8 was the one who handled the stage import, not me. Ask him instead.

@Gnorc: The reason I don't have anything to show right now is that I diverted all my attention to getting the stage hack finished. And with the release of the new BrawlBox, I've been busy exporting all stage models to the Models Resource because I can. I've also had a lot of work at... work, so that hasn't helped either. I haven't given up on any of my model plans, but there's no guarantee I will have anything finished by 2014.

I was just curious is all.

Didn't you at one point make the bat-form of Antasma, along with the Dream Stone? I was looking into making Dreamy Bowser (the final boss version not Bowser in Luigi's dreams), and I'd love to use your Dream Stone in it if that was okay. :-\

Yes, though what you saw was the Dark Stone. (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=55080.msg1192982#msg1192982)

so I asked this before... but who's kebako over, samus?

Pit, because wings.

makes sense, since pit's a righty, and CG-w/o-S amputated her right arm for a minigun

You know if you can, what if there was a PSA for mario RPG mario? I could explain some changes...
Things like, Side special would chuck a shell by kicking it, or up special would be similar in terms of movement to ike's aether, since he'd hop up and then down with a crash. What if also Mario's final smash would either be chucking literally a WAVE of shells (or if wii's cannot hold this much memory) he'd go into a SMBZ styled frenzy, but like link's final smash... except he'd just beat them up with fiery hands.

I'm assuming that you mean that if a PSA was made, Peardian would have a reason to make a RPG Mario, since he's have major body differences, a PSA would allow for Mario to be resized.

I don't do PSAs, or any sort of character hack for that matter. As I said before, I have no plans to make SMRPG Mario or SMRPG Bowser or anything of the sort, nor do I have any plans on making any character animation sets, even for my own creations.

Hey Peardian, ever thought of revisiting the Flying Krock?

that would be fun to go over the halberd... but with no stage hazards, and a rel that would remove the set camera zooms.

Revisiting it? It's still my most recent finished creation. I already have plans for what to work on, and working on things takes time. If someone wants to take a stab at importing the Krock, they're welcome to, but I'm going to be doing my own thing.

I still haven't made any progress on anything yet, but I did finish exporting and uploading every single non-Adventure stage to the Models Resource. Enjoy!

Peardian, would you be up for another stage collab?

Sorry, but probably not. For Bowser's Keep, all I did was export models and input animation keyframes while DSX8 handled everything else. That's pretty much all I know how to do on the hacking side.

that's a shame man; not on your limitations as a hacker, but the fact you aren't interested in a collab. your models are the definition of refurbishing. you made models from games that didn't even have them as models: the flying krock (SOMEONE MAKE THIS A STAGE), kebako, the axem rangers, the blade, and SO MANY more! i know someone who put those axem rangers and blade ship to good use in a gmod movie he made. the blade was led by Wart, who commanded the rangers to attack pacman, orson the gray ghost, little mac, parappa the rapper, jersey devil, lucas, and death jr. boy, in a way you helped with that movie.

I have nothing to release yet, this is just a post to say that I'm not dead and also Antasma's normal form is fully modeled and rigged now.

(http://imageshack.com/a/img843/2198/sdg5.png)

I would have been done sooner, but I also worked on other projects.

i smell a metaknight rig for that ._.

too bad meta knight has no "head" though...

It'd be cool for his final smash to be something like turning into his true form and moving to the back of the stage, then holding up a bunch of antasmunchies, throwing them after moving around a bit, and causing them to explode like when he does it in the fight with him. Kind of like Snake's final smash...except more rage-inducing. hehehe...

Oh...my word. That Antasma is amazing...I really can't wait for it to be released...It's incredible the work you do. I'm inspired, really.

I'm still not done with Antasma yet, but I did want to mention that I made a slight update to the salad-less cat girl, Kebako. Specifically, I forgot to add the stripe on her skirt, so I added that. Oh, and I also added a closed mouth for her so that she doesn't always have the gaping, fanged smile. Oh and also maybe a bonus color set maybe.

Edit: Here, have a pic of the different mouths available:
(http://imageshack.com/a/img856/8642/ywzt.png)

this hack is the one ive been most anticipating. i wanna mess with my friends as her

All I had seen of yours previously was the Bowser's Keep stage and I was impressed with that.  I didn't look through the rest of your stuff before, but holy crap I'm glad I did.

Keep it up man, you're absolutely fantastic at this.

(http://imageshack.com/a/img163/2444/5y0k.png)

Do you like bones? I hope so, because this guy has nearly 200 of them. Less than 3800 polygons, though.

Anyway, yes, I'm still slowly-but-surely working on this guy.

That's Antasma, isn't it?

I must make Oktavia's stage

One does not simply


Need 200+ bones.

That's totally necessary

...for 3D film animation and/or posing. Just not so much for games.

But I salute you, sir, for your ability to rig such things. I assume there are going to be IK handles everywhere.



Also I'm steadily getting back the urge to model/rig/animate/PSA things again now that I'm done with school. I think I may even finally get around to taking on Mack.

I finished all the rigging! Yay! I started on the textured, and already finished the ones for the bat form.

I'm not entirely satisfied with how the nightmare form's cape turned out, but right now it's the best I can make it. The reason it has 200 bones is because of its unique structure, and how it animates in-game. It's made of multiple layers of separate cloth bits that all dangle downwards and move independently, which necessitates numerous bones. Even if I replace the current mesh with a much simpler, single plane mesh, the bone structure would probably stay the same.

I've been having nightmares about attempting to animate to that rig with that many bones.  I'd be interested in seeing how it turns out though.  (Can Brawl handle that many bones?)

if using it as a stage prop, then yes it can

That's good to know, won't have to worry about having too many bones when making certain scenes for GoldenMushroom, it'll be the amount of textures and polygons that'll be the problem. :srs:

Ideally, they'd be handled by dynamics/IK, like with other character's capes. Probably not doable with current hacking tools, but it's within Brawl's capabilities.

Of course, the the bare minimum, you could get away with using just 8 bones for the whole cape, provided you only wanted it to dangle directly down and never flow in any kind of realistic manner or turn upside-down.

Today, I'm revealing the bonus alternate costume I made for Kebako, the salad-less cat girl. This is the costume included with the updated model archive with the facial expressions. Spoiler'd because large render.

May I ask what you render with? Those renders are really great!

So, um, for those of you who didn't know it:


Kebako got released. Right around the 1-year anniversary, too! Pardon my tardiness, meant to post here earlier.

A ton of work went into this, so go check it out!

my friend's favorite troll character is getting even more trollish for him. my other friend, his competitive rival, is going to have a bad time. hoping his samus is up to par

Dat yandere expression.

Among other things, finally finished my personal arrangement of Bowser-related songs for Bowser's Keep that Peardian had asked for.

http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=203031 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=203031)

Go check it out.

Yep! Since nobody else submitted/finished a remix when I made the request, you can consider this the "official" stage bgm for Bowser's Keep. If you have the stage, be sure to download the track and add it to the playlist for this stage!



Also, have an unrelated render.

... Slendy Kong? (best i could think of)

New hack over Giga Bowser?

@Segtendo: read the whole post :P

I was originally planning on posting the image on April 1st after saying that Antasma was finished, but decided against it because... Antasma really is finished!

(http://imageshack.com/a/img534/3512/uvw0.png)

Here are some renders of the other models that come with him, put in spoilers due to their size.



No download link just yet because The Models Resource is down for the moment.

I was kidding :|

I was hoping you were, but I didn't want the comment to go unanswered and lead to someone else taking it seriously. :P


Anyway, I added the palette swap renders to the previous post.

updated signature signifies another masterpiece has been made

That Nightmare form reeks of Kirby influence.

Also, amazing job, Peardian. Your works are fantastic.

Excuse me while I go change my pants.....and get some sort of air freshener. :patrick:
I both want and don't want Nintendo to hire you. I do because you're models are f***ing amazing, but don't because then you might be not be allowed to show off your models or something. What I'm trying to say is something I and several others have already said, your modeling skills are perfect for being official Smash Bros models. :happy:

Now that the VG Resource is back online, you can finally go download Antasma! Enjoy! (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/marioseries/)

grr! you beated me at the Antasma Bat! your model is way better than mine! *table flip*

Sure, that's fine. You're also free to use any of the other related models and props as well. Just be sure to give credit and such.

And hey, at least you can say yours was first. :P

its hard to give every hacks credits in machinimas which would add 30sec-1min extra Credit time D: XD
but I can put your name in Special Thanks sections everytime I using one of your models if you still want to be credit by name ;w;

speaking of models, whats your next project? I see you love doing non-3D existing to Mario RPG games.

One thing I would love to see from you is actually "Doopliss"/"Duplicate Ghost" from Paper Mario TTYD and N64. (even if I did a Doopliss model for 2-3 years ago)
I would love to rig it/them if you ever do them x3

@pikazz: If that's how you want to credit people, I'm fine with it. Just don't go making videos and not crediting the people who made the custom models when at least one of them has explicitly asked for it.

I'm lightly working on several projects right now, but haven't really decided which one to focus on yet. I don't want to show any previews of them, because (as you saw with Antasma) it does deal a blow to my inspiration.

Though lately, I've been feeling creative, and yet restrained by those multi-month production times, so I went ahead and made a random quick model for fun:

(http://imageshack.com/a/img835/5207/xo3q.png)

It's the DK Coin from Donkey Kong Country 2! I picked it because it's simple, distinct, shiny, and hasn't showed up in any 3D DK games. The aimed for a level of detail somewhere between "stage foreground prop" and "Wii game import trophy", so hopefully someone will find use in it.

I also decided to make a more realistic version, based on the style used by Sonic Generations:



And just for kicks, here is a silly thing I made with my Antasma models just because. (Put in quotes because black text.)

Shiny.

And now I know how to evolve my Antasma!

Antasma having an evolution?
I approve.

Yes, that DK Coin looks very good.

I'm not dead! I've been busy with things. I still don't have my next model done, but just today I rigged it. It's already UV'd, so it should be done soon.

(http://imageshack.com/a/img840/7941/dblf.png)

In the meantime, I released an update to Kebako. It probably isn't very useful here, since it fixes flaws in the rigging that get redone in the importing process anyway. It also adds two new eyes and a bunch of new mouth frames intended for better expressiveness and basic lip-syncing, as seen here:

Was she ever put over Pit or nah?

Yep, just check out Peardian's vault. She's over Pit.

Or just here: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=202911 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=202911)

And Nah isn't in the game, silly. Fire Emblem Awakening came out well after Brawl. (:

Oh yeah, I realized I still hadn't put up the model for the DK Coin, so now it's available for download. Hopefully somebody puts it to good use.

Gotta love Spex.

Huh, probably would have to be a stage prob or something....then again it could be used as part of an absurd character import. xD

I've seen weirder things imported over characters before. :P I bet it would make a good shield, though, a la DKC3...



And because why not:

(http://imageshack.com/a/img540/7676/ce663a.gif)

My latest model is finally complete!

(http://imageshack.com/a/img906/8030/nxQo2V.png)

It's the Brycen-Jet from Pokémon Black 2 / White 2. Never heard of it? It's pretty obscure, since it's one of the later movie props in PokéStar Studios. I actually started this shortly after starting on Antasma, working on it sporadically. Maybe that's part of why Antasma took so long...

(http://sprites.pokecheck.org/o/169.gif)

Looks nice!

Riolu Girl will defeat you, Brycen-Man! D8<
*uses Endure*

(Things got weird after that...)



But awesome model, Peardian! You've captured it nicely.
I honestly haven't played much B2/W2. But if there is one thing I have done to death, it was the movies.
And getting all the weird endings.

Good news, everybody! RandomTalkingBush finally updated the Gmod import pack! In addition to the Axems and Blade, it now includes Bowyer, Vivian, and Kebako! (Plus, all of their related props.) If you use Gmod or SFM, go check em out!

Peardian's Custom Models pack for Garry's Mod & Source Film Maker (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=153629003)

mine already downloaded automatically. thanks man

Attention modelers: I just put up a request for a character model! (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=70072.0\) (Yes, really.)


I'm looking for someone to make the pilot to the vehicle I just created, since I have other projects I'd much rather be working on. Please give it a look!

I think your smaller Antasma model could work over Meta Knight.

-if I had more confidence in my modeling skill, I would do Brycen Man for you.

You should have, there is no reason for you not to.

Either way, someone is already doing it (I don't remember who was it, though).

So, Kirby Fighters Deluxe came out, and I couldn't resist trying to recreate one of its new stages:

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img633/8166/IWGRbJ.png)

This is not one of my usual creations, nor was it even really planned. Because this is mainly a recreation, it is not specifically designed for use in Brawl, so it may require adjustments. I'm posting it here anyway since I figure someone here will want it.

The model is up on The Models Resource already. (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/kirbyseries/model/7944/)

Oh my goodness yesss~!
I just got that game last week and I love it. I think I may give a shot at turning this into a stage.

I also love that game, and the Vault could certainly use some more Kirby stages. That model looks great. :)

Glad you guys like it! It was fun to make.


That would be neat, though masamune (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?action=profile;u=18229) has also expressed interest in importing it. You should probably contact him if you decide you really want to try importing it, too.

Well shoot, because I kind of already started sizing it and everything.

That said, I also found out that the model in KFD is very likely squashed on the Z-axis. The upper platform allows far more room in the game than it would if it were perfectly cylindrical, like your model is. I'm kinda stuck between going for realism and keeping your model the way it is, or squashing your model to closer mimic how the stage works in KFD. What's your opinion on that, Peardian?
Also, one-star CPUs in KFD are dumb, because I just sit on the upper platform in Butter Building and the CPU Sword Kirby has not been able to touch me since.

You know, that's something I didn't actually look into. When the camera moves, it shows the tower  is definitely round to some amount. I have a feeling you might need to squish it by about half and tightly manage the camera (a la Flat Zone) in order to help maintain the illusion of depth. The camera's viewing angle will be important. My suggestion would be to try and match the game's camera view as close as possible.

Surprise! It's a new SMRPG model!

(http://imageshack.com/a/img901/7389/mb1rBI.png)

It's the Orb User family! What you see here is actually three different versions of the design: Classic, Modern, and Subspace. All three designs come in all three colors. I didn't put any thought into how these guys could be used in a hack, so you'll have to get creative if you want to use them.

Download Here (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/marioseries/model/8130/)

star rod.
would be epic.

I completely forgot these guys were a thing. Nice work, Peardian!

They'd be pretty neat over the Star Rod, as JokeKid said, or perhaps the Home Run Bat or Lip's Stick.

Or over ROB for the lulz. Honestly, they're just pretty cool as models, too.

I made a carrot!

(http://imageshack.com/a/img540/3451/a3nhmE.png)

Specifically, the carrot from Super Mario Land 2. It's rather high-poly, though. Unless someone wants to make a stage out of it, I don't think you'll get much use out of it beyond a trophy.

Saw it on Tumblr, nice carrot. I love the eyes and leaves!

Someone actually remembers Super Mario Land! Tatanga when

Looks beautiful dude

If it was possible, I would soooooo make it an item and giving the player the Bunny Ears from SML2.
'cept... it's not possible...

Awesome job on the model !

I see what you did there... :>.>:

Looks good. Really good.

Awesome job on the Super Carrot! :D

I'm glad that everyone likes the carrot. It seems to be one of my most popular creations for some reason.

Anyway, now that the board is back to being stable, I can show the new model(s) I just finished!

(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/148/s3jLoK.png)

All of the blocks from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga! Like the carrot, this was a friend's suggestion, and is also rather high-poly.

In another context, it could sound weird... Really weird.

Oh. Like them blocks. But what will you use them for? I mean... What will you replace for them?

Even your simple stuff is top notch.
...I want that drive and focus.



I think Peardian just makes them for the sake of making them. They could probably be made into a silly stage, though.

...Which reminds me I should get back to work on that other stage model of his. It was pretty close to done, too.

Yah Peardian doesn't have much experience with getting his models into Brawl, he just makes them because he's awesome like that, and for people to use them as they like.
Anyways SuperStar Saga is my favorite of the series, so many unique features were removed in the later games like swapping the order of the bros which was esciental for most of those blocks there. I guess these models could be used in animations and fan games but yah not much we can do with them in Brawl besides stage work. The Super Carrot however could be used in a Mario moveset, be placed over Fludd like Mariodk did in his SMBZ Mario v3 and v3.5 movesets.

Happy New Year! I don't have any new models yet, but what I do have are turntable videos for all of the models I've made in the past three years. You can see them all here! (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM-rtVJ9OUsReXmiwL95q0ebguEw7Hz3)

For starters, here are Yaridovich and the Axem Rangers!

I'm not dead! Really! I've just been very busy with real life stuff. I have a big model still in the works, but I've put it off to work on a new model I started recently, and I'm currently texturing it. Still, I have two things to show.


First, remember the last time I made some mock Subspace Emissary screenshots (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=55080.msg1135198#msg1135198)? Well, I made some more. This time, it's all one scene.

(http://imageshack.com/a/img537/2929/it29Ox.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img910/9458/UwkN7u.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/3483/fp96DH.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img538/172/5ZQ4jT.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img909/9885/P86lgn.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/4972/A0pPUy.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img540/7336/5v08QE.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img673/1629/4KD538.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img908/536/yyXjiE.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img538/9990/gLRShL.png)

If only...


Now, the second thing I wanted to show is this little clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDnIDyoEo2E

I recreated the logo of PokeStar Studios in a sort of Hollywood style. My question is: does anybody actually want it? I'll post the model if there's any interest in it, but otherwise I might not bother. It has several distinct shapes in it, so I figure maybe someone will want to make a stage out of it or something.

Anyone interested?

W... whoa :o

Not only awesomely modeled... but also awesomely edited as well! Good job!

What BR3 said...

DANG!

How long did that take?

 subbed on youtube

Thanks guys! It was fun to make.

I worked on setting up the whole sequence sporadically over the course of a few months, but I couldn't tell you how long I actually spent on it. The finished-up renders, however, were all done in a single day. (I wanted to have them ready for April 1st.)




By the way, here's a bonus render from when I was working on it in September.



(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/8426/w3Ev7s.png)

Working with IK is silly sometimes.

animations would be epic. one can dream

That is one messed up left shoulder.

Shoulder... stop it.

Pls

I just noticed the Pokéball clipping through Jiggs on the last pic XD

Aside for that, I'd also love to see it animated! It really looks like the style of the Subspace Emissary.

Sadly, I'm not good enough at animations to fully animate it. That was my original plan, but I had to settle with still images.


Actually, that's not Jigglypuff or a real Poke Ball. That's Jigglypuff's trainer, and she wears headphones that look like Poke Balls and a sun hat (take from Jigglypuff's blue costume) over her pink hair. You can get a better view of her in the bonus pic. Who could this mysterious trainer be...?

that Kebako

Oh! With the hat and the pink underneath, I could swear it was Jigglypuff! lol

*subscribes*
I love those Subpace Emissary pictures (and now I want Antasma on my SD card)!

Since you made so many SM RPG models, can you make a custom geno model?

Dude. We already have a Custom Geno.

Yeah but that model is kinda outdated

Kinda hard to say it's outdated considering it's pretty much one of the only models of it's kind.

What do you think needs to be updated about it? I'm curious.

Sorry, I don't take requests, and I have already said several times before why I do not plan on making Geno. Also, it appears I forgot to put a "no requests" message in the main post, so I have rectified this mistake.

I'm almost done with my next big model! Well, technically the model itself is done, but I want to finish the recolors for it first before I reveal it.

In the meantime, I've uploaded most of my models to Sketchfab (https://sketchfab.com/Peardian/models)! It's a neat little site that lets you view models in 3D right in your browser, including some really fancy ones. If you've ever wanted to explore the deck of the Blade (https://sketchfab.com/models/88862af5a49a4bcdb68f4eacca2e16ec) or the interior of the Flying Krock (https://sketchfab.com/models/7c37a8ab66434ce886580e4096b31c41), now is your chance!

My next model is done!

(http://imageshack.com/a/img910/5264/5jNzOE.png)

Heavy Mole!

I want to finish a recolor first before I make the model available for download, so look forward to it sometime in the next few days.

amazing.

Introducing...

(http://imageshack.com/a/img909/3940/iZUKez.png)

Heavy Mole DX!

It's based on the upgraded bosses in Kirby Triple Deluxe. As you can see, it's more than just a mere recolor.

Now that I've revealed this, I can finally upload it to The Models Resource.

Edit: The model is now up!

Gorgeous as always, Peardian.

I'm not dead! However, my next big model is still not finished yet, so here is another little filler model.

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img540/2574/25udxF.png) (http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img537/2595/RKDTjr.png)

It's the Heart Drive, the healing item from the Mighty Switch Force! series. I figure someone could replace the Heart Container with it or something.

Seems like it would be a straight-forward hack. Looks awesome.

I live!


I have been playing lots of Super Mario Maker lately, but I managed to fit in some time to make a new model.


I just have three words to say about it first:

"sorry, not sorry"













Unlike my usual stuff, this one is made specifically for the sake of being a Brawl hack, built over the character's skeleton. I'm going to put it up for download on TMR soon, but first...

anyone want to claim importing it?

The images are not loading for me

As it turns out, some of Imageshack's servers went down shortly after I posted that. If it doesn't come back up soon, I'll rehost it.

I never knew I needed that.

still broken images :(

I didn't think ImageShack would be down for this long... Rehosted the image.

Nostalgic! I loved that episode. I even made a loop of that song. Thank you so much for making it a reality. I hope someone picks this up. :D

The model is now up on TMR! (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/donkeykongseries/model/11291/)

Just as a note for anyone who would consider importing it, it's not 100% Brawl-ready out of the box. I wasn't sure how to do the eyelids, so I didn't try creating UVs for them and simply included the eyelid textures. Also, the DAE probably won't import straight into BrawlBox.

Because DK's eyelids aren't modeled, they're just part of his eye materials, the eyelid & eye models would have to be deleted and use DK's eyes, though because his aren't modeled completely (why bother leaving the backside if you should never be able to see it), you'd have to edit the eyes to have more to them without messing with the UV so the materials can be used to have the eyelid and eye movement.

I know how the eyes work, and the inclusion of modeled eyelids is intentional. I figured it was better to have double-eyelids than making him wide-eyed all the time.

I can finally show off what I've been working on for the past two years!!

(http://i.imgur.com/4JBqWdD.png)

Welcome to Crocodile Isle


I'll upload it later tonight or tomorrow. I'm tired.

Model is up for download! (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/donkeykongcustoms/model/12474/)

childhood :')
---
just need the Lost World to complete the 3 main maps of DKC2
of course, that isn't a command

Holy [censored], this is pretty.

But would it be possible as a Brawl stage?

The level of detail isn't quite high enough for fighters to be directly on it, but it could work as a backdrop.

Also, the whole thing is only 11,900 polygons.

Maybe be like that one level in SSE where where DK, Diddy, Captain Falcon and Olimar are fighting Primads on that ship that's flying towards the floating island, have some ship circling the island, maybe get closer/farther away at some points? It looks amazing, though I don't think you need us to tell you that...then again maybe you do. A lot of artists need second opinions as the main artist can get too caught up on little details.

my thoughts exactly.
maybe shrink the flying krock, lower the texture resolution, do the same with crocodile isle (the texture thing, that is), use that as a backdrop, use the flying krock as the stage platform, then have it fly around crocodile isle. maybe add some smoke from Crocodile Cauldron, and have the sign from Krazy Kremland flickering? and of course, still the water so that animations wont increase file size as much. finally, remove DK Island, or at least make it a texture.

The model is now available for download! (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/donkeykongcustoms/model/12474/)

It would be a lot of effort for anyone to import it, but I look forward to seeing what people do with it.

You. Are. Awesome. This is nicely creative and a nice new stage to represent the DK series. Hope to see it up and running from someone soon.

Impressive.

How detailed is DK Island? Someone might be able to make two stages out of this model if it's just as detailed.

I know he said the main island isn't detailed enough, I wanted to know if teh DK in the background was as detailed or if even less detailed.

DK Island uses a very small number of polygons to help it conform to the sea level, but otherwise it is a giant sprite. Of course, the model is available to download, so you could check it out yourself.

Since he said that the whole thing was 11900 polys, I assumed that you would get the idea of how detailled both were just with that. Sorry.

@Peardian
I love your model! I admit that I've never played DK, but I always dig custom models.
I may try it to import it. I just want to finish another one before.

Time for a new model! It's another Mario series creation.


(http://i.imgur.com/anvAHwU.png)
One-Way Wall
Super Mario Maker


I'll be impressed if anyone finds a use for this.

Time for another Super Mario RPG model!

(http://i.imgur.com/HqCye7Z.png)

This one is an edit of Spaak, that cloud enemy from SSE. I left all of the bones intact, so it should be trivial to import it in case anyone feels like doing so.

Personally, I think Mokura would be much more suited for an Assist Trophy role, creating a large area of poisonous gas.

I've popped in after about a year or two since last coming here just to tell you that this looks absolutely gorgeous.

This and Heavy Mole. Excellent work, Peardian.

@Kage Ryu: Thank you!


Anyone tired of random SMRPG characters yet? No? Well, here's another one.


(http://i.imgur.com/dUF8MOS.png)

I've heard some people say that they used to interpret the sprite for this enemy as the winged shells holding up the octopus. Maybe it's because of how the lines never bend, or how the shells seem to go higher/lower, but I've always interpreted the whitish lines as being metal poles. It certainly makes for a more interesting enemy.

Do you take requests?

Nope, sorry. I have too much on my hands already to even put much work on my own ideas.

You know who does? (For free)

Looks pretty sweet. I am now interpreting those poles as antennae so that the octopus gets proper reception for its built-in radio.

Thanks! After posting it, I've heard some people say that they interpreted the enemy's sprite as it holding onto strings attached to the beetles. Looking back at it, I can totally see that, but I think the staff design makes it more interesting.



I don't have a new model ready yet, but I did make this random image. Think of it as part of the image set I made earlier.

(http://i.imgur.com/hCVd0uF.png)
(1440x960) (http://i.imgur.com/hCVd0uF.png)

stop making me miss adventure mode.

And that's why I don't play Smash 4 that often. lol

Now I want to see either an animation, a hack or fangame based off that. xD

My first Wario series model is done!

(http://i.imgur.com/8bloNbb.png) (http://i.imgur.com/CAJfden.png)

Also comes with blocks.

(http://i.imgur.com/ARPlbGe.png)


Edit: One more!

(http://i.imgur.com/EgbkCUl.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Tg9EOeY.png)


Download them both here: http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/wariocustoms/ (http://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/wariocustoms/)

Here, have some shinies.

(http://i.imgur.com/i5Jws1t.png) (http://i.imgur.com/QwLyzGB.png)

The high-poly versions aren't really suitable for a stage prop, so I also made a low-poly version to go with it. For those of you who like to analyze details, I made both designs of the coin from both the in-game sprite and the official artwork.

I know it's not much, but here's another little thing. This time, it's from Kirby's Dream Land 3.

(http://i.imgur.com/P6t4jio.png)


Edit: Two more!

(http://i.imgur.com/QDM0nkd.png) (http://i.imgur.com/OdAVfPO.png)
HB-002 & HB-007
from Kirby's Dream Land 3

Edit: Another Kirby enemy!

(http://i.imgur.com/5bb0nHm.png)
Transformer
from Kirby's Dream Course


Edit: Another:

(http://i.imgur.com/vm81FVw.png)
Keyzer
from Wario Land 4

I'm making a new post for this rather than editing my previous one because I feel this is actually something that someone may find useful:

(http://i.imgur.com/unuRNxm.png)

It's a Time Gear from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2!
Download it here (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/pokemoncustoms/)

I figure it could be used as a replacement for the Timer item. If not, it could make a neat background prop for Spear Pillar or something.

Edit: Model ahoy!

(http://i.imgur.com/7rIuXng.png)
Barney Bubble
from Yoshi's Island

Download Here (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/nintendosystemcustoms/model/20056/)

Oh good. Nightmare fuel.

These are amazing, I can't believe I never knew about this thread before, I'm looking back through all the pages now.

Surprise!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6iESN7sHA

(http://i.imgur.com/mr3Kblz.png)

Download Here (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/pokemoncustoms/)


I guess now would be a good time to point out that my models aren't only for Brawl, even if they use Brawl's art style and aren't super high-poly. Someone could port these to Smash 4 if they wanted to, but Brawl will continue to me by quality target.

This stops being a surprise if you often check the custom/edited tag at models resource xD

To be fair, I did post that trailer a few days before I uploaded the model.

Anyway, I made a new thing:

(http://i.imgur.com/jF3uxG6.png)
Vibe Scepter, from Super Princess Peach!

Another Super Mario RPG enemy! Maybe someone can turn this one into a background decoration or something.

(http://i.imgur.com/aNYfsSk.png)

Download here (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/21350/)

And now, a Sonic model:

(https://i.imgur.com/FheWMAx.png)
Download here (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/sonicthehedgehogcustoms/model/21650/)

Here is a little square robot thing from Super Mario Land:

(https://i.imgur.com/HgQ29hO.png)
Download here (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/21853/)

I'm not dead, just very inactive. Here is the only thing I've made since Chikako.

(https://i.imgur.com/DPHXcNT.png)
Download Hurlhammer (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/22671/)
Download Slaphammer (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/22672/)
Download KO Hammer (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/22673/)

Also I'm running out of signature space to put trophies...

Here are some of the other things I've made this year so far.

(https://i.imgur.com/mp7BPcZ.png)
Yux (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/23889/)

(https://i.imgur.com/KbRObFf.png)
Barribad (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/23890/)

(https://i.imgur.com/YEmzMCi.png)
Geno (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/24592/)

(https://i.imgur.com/8hKEf93.png)
Phanto (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/25190/)

I made some of the prototype Pokemon from the Gold / Silver demo! They're not really meant for Brawl, but here they are anyway.

(https://i.imgur.com/YhY8HUs.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/wKzfMHf.png)

This isn't exactly one of my custom models, but I made it nonetheless. (Huge thanks to shyguybuddy11 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?action=profile;u=42336) for importing it and making it a reality.)

(https://i.imgur.com/TMcn5z9.jpg)
Delfino Plaza Repainted! (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=216356)

I got the textures from the Super Mario Sunshine Repainted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-jdP0ymYKY) texture pack and reworked them to fit Brawl. This meant editing textures and rendering some stuff to match how Brawl did the same for Brawl's textures. Just by looking at it, you wouldn't realize how much extra effort it took to keep the same appearance.

Still alive, just posting the handful of things I made since last post.

(https://i.imgur.com/IC47Z3e.png)
Tweeter, Super Mario Bros. 2

(https://i.imgur.com/2MdIY6Q.png)
SA-TA, Wonder Wickets (https://store.steampowered.com/app/598640/Wonder_Wickets/)

(https://i.imgur.com/scuiL0a.png)
Raphael the Raven's Castle, Yoshi's Island

absolutely incredible

I'm not dead, I've just been focusing on submissions for The Models Resource. Still, I managed to make a handful of small things.

(https://i.imgur.com/FTBql7I.png)
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/28401/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/28401/)
This mushroom from Super Mario All-Stars battle mode. It's barely worth mentioning.

(https://i.imgur.com/b3ZhjxJ.png)
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/earthboundmothercustoms/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/earthboundmothercustoms/)
I also made six different EarthBound enemies. They include...

• Li'l UFO (and High-class UFO)
• Worthless Protoplasm (with pink color)
• Foppy (and Fobby)
• Cute Li'l UFO (and Beautiful UFO)
• Mr. Molecule (with alt color)
• Care Free Bomb

I've been busy with work and The Models Resource, so my models have been on the wayside for the most part. Still, I managed to make some things.

(https://i.imgur.com/OIbSsd8.png)
Bumper from Super Mario Maker (4 versions)
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/30725/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/30725/)

(https://i.imgur.com/Q5Tolif.png)
Swinging Claw from Super Mario Maker 2 (4 versions)
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/31051/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/31051/)

(https://i.imgur.com/sotsI9h.png)
Dark Wizzerd from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/32049/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/mariocustoms/model/32049/)

(https://i.imgur.com/kPx59I3.png)
Low-Poly Egg Carrier from Sonic Adventure
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/sonicthehedgehogcustoms/model/33236/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/sonicthehedgehogcustoms/model/33236/)

(https://i.imgur.com/for4uwL.png)
Exor from Super Mario RPG
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/supermariorpgcustoms/model/35092/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/supermariorpgcustoms/model/35092/)

(https://i.imgur.com/MOpiNcK.png)
Fishbone from Kirby 64
https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/kirbycustoms/model/35208/ (https://www.models-resource.com/custom_edited/kirbycustoms/model/35208/)