Haven't played Genealogy of Holy War. I'll have to try that one. I do have the two Radiant games (Really need to go back and finish them.), Sacred Stones, and the very first NES one on an emulator, along with Shadow Dragon which I guess is a remake of that one and I think I have an English translation patch for a Binding Blade ROM somewhere too that I've been meaning to try. Awakening really got me back into the series though, so it will probably be my favorite for a while.

Geneaology has MASSIVE stages, its structure is pretty different from other FE games.
Also, if you're gonna play the first one, may as well just go with Shadow Dragon DS unless you really want to see how the series started out. (to be honest, the first 3 FE games haven't aged as well as the others)
Sacred Stones is relatively easy compared to other games, Sealed Sword/Binding Blade isn't as refined as the other two GBA titles, but it's still very fun and holds its own well. Radiance games are still my favorite if not Thracia 776 (otherwise known as Genealogy Hard Mode).
On a more on-topic note: Can't wait for that rig, need to keep my Project M going in style.

Christ man. I'd say you owe me new panties and pants, but those CSPs more than make up for it.

Just when I thought Ike couldn't get any better.
You guys certainly never stop making each hack better than the last.
Ettard looks stupidly cool. Definetly using that ver. when this gets rigged.

Is it just me, or does his head seem small?

Compared to the rest of his body, yes. It's just that RD Ike has a much larger body than his Brawl/PoR counterpart. So the head will seem relatively smaller.

Updated the opening post with WIPs and finished hacks. Also added a new preview of Hero Ike.

I can't handle all of the badace high quality character customization. Stop.

I might put him on Pit so I can make him also use some of the weapons used in his class changes such as a bow and swords. How I'm picturing it, he will end up looking super awesome in the end.

I can really imagine him as a Pit alt. Aside from the wings and flying, the build of the rig and the moveset would be a pretty damn good match.

Sharing this over here so whoever cares doesn't miss it: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=32832&Moderated=All&facebook=true

Cheers.

Wow, this looks too good for words. I really am amazed at how you all manage to make the original models look so much better than what they started as. Definite DL from me.

But Jesus Christ I have too many Link alts to choose from now.

Something seems off about the eyes.

Nothing more needs to be said here.

EDIT: Working on Lucina's rig now. By the time S.J.S. is done with the recolors for Nephenee, I'll probably have Lucina finished.

I'm reminded of why I enjoy life.

I'm not either, still, I don't see why it couldn't be DLC. He'd have to be stupid to not even consider any DLC at all, but apparently there are no current plans for it.

Well, they went the DLC route for Fire Emblem 13, mainly because it wasn't necessary to get the full experience of the main story(unless you were going Lunatic+ or something). Because costumes aren't going to impact SSB4's gameplay, I can't see why Sakurai can't have a change of heart with enough of the fan's feedback.

Also, another thing concerning Ike, perhaps the eyebrows could have a more relaxed position as well, slightly closer to the eyes and rotated outward slightly.

They should do that with every character, or at least more than just Wario. I really like the way Playstation All-Stars did it where there are 4 palette swaps, but multiple costumes for each character. It'd be perfect for characters like Samus and Link too.

As much as I would love this, like really, that's my dream, it probably won't happen. Sakurai has been saying what a major pain it is to decide what characters in in SSB4. One of the reasons being the visual aspect: designing characters in such a way that they'll fit into the SSB4 visual theme, making sure they look good in HD, ect. So I'm not getting my hopes up about multiple models for each character.

Along with Shun's thoughts, I'm seconding Mochtroid's as well. Specifically the irises, seems a bit to small making him look like he has a shocked/surprised face.

No hope for lucina to get into ssb4? D: DAMNIT I seriously hope she gets in, I'm honestly sick of hearing about chrom. But i just know hes going to get in.

I feel you, I honestly do... But Marth is pretty prominent throughout the series, so he has a strong chance of staying in.

Unless they decided to use masked "Marth" instead.

One more before I stop being off topic.

You realize that Marth will never be replaced right? He is the first and most recurring Lord in the series, he is the best character to represent FE as a series in Smash, its not all about the "flavor of the month" characters

Toon Link replaces Young Link, and in some sense Lucario replaced Mewtwo. Ike could be looked at as a spiritual successor to Roy. SSB tends to go with a trend of reps from last gen and early current gen. Even if it's not all about "flavor of the month", there's never a 0% chance that it will happen. It's all speculation at this point. Marth is likely, but at the same time I can't help but feel Lucina has a decent shot at it. If not being a DLC outfit.

Also for funk's sake Wii Fit Trainer and Villager made it in, anything can happen.

Marth in brawl has the trading card game/classic monsho no nazo design, but just because Sakurai didn't know about his redesign for the NDS remake of shadow dragon, which was in development at that time.
In the new smash games, he will most likely get one of those two designs:

Well, like I said about SSB going with the trend of early current and last gen, chances are Marth will end up with his Awakening clothes. Don't get me wrong, FE11/12 Marth is manly and cool as all hell, I'd love to see it myself. I just get the feeling that if Samus got her Other M design over her Prime design, chances are Marth is getting his FE13 design.

A little off topic, but I just think I should mention that a stage in SSB U/3D looks to be Arena Ferox from FE Awakening.
If this is the case then I'm pretty sure we're getting at least one Awakening rep, likely Chrom.

Maybe Lucina replaces Marth but retains his moveset? She is the most popular female in most polls.

Instead of making a new model, we could try to retexture this and give him brawl Ike's hair:

I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for that hunk of pure manly manliness.

He won't have a mask, but instead he'll have different weapons. He'll also have updated hair, boots, gloves...

Sounds great, get hype.

I'm torn between mimcing Hero Ike, and messing with the Design to be an FE13 Merc mix with an Ike twist.

Well, the FE13 NPC Mercs are god-tier in terms of character design, so I'd go with that.

Hot damn.

Eye irises are meant to be ignored, I just put those there for the sake of previewing it.

Figured as much, especially since you said SJS will retexture it.
And I didn't want to sleep tonight anyways.