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Welcome to my CSP topic!
Requests are currently closed. However, I've made a tutorial detailing my old BrawlBox method here! (http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=66456)

(http://i.imgur.com/j4kOCvD.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/11z91bvpsiinkb1/c6dCSBu1mn) (http://i.imgur.com/JlNLtXf.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jmg7y5pxgoikg5j/gms6sXKB3j) (http://i.imgur.com/ZTXQUcT.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cq9jdb4fzv4l6c9/qw_m26Y9x5) (http://i.imgur.com/VhcwxCS.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j2w8xpavvdgo6uo/tQUL-O9zep)

(Old Sets:)

Textures:

They look great. Let me know when you're accepting model requests.

I'd be fine with a few model requests now actually, I'm free for the weekend!

What a nice Ganondorf pose. i have some model requests if you want.

HD Ganondorf: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28489 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28489)
New Ganondorf: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30920 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30920)
Demise: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=25301 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=25301)
No Heart: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30099 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30099)
Gilgamesh: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=22048 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=22048)
Akuma: http://www.mediafire.com/?lgp98r3x1ue1j3k (http://www.mediafire.com/?lgp98r3x1ue1j3k)
M. Bison: http://www.mediafire.com/?e4g02y0jq9qd8m2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?e4g02y0jq9qd8m2)
Red Demon Knight: http://www.mediafire.com/?lgzkqq89w27p7f6 (http://www.mediafire.com/?lgzkqq89w27p7f6)

And here they are:
The BPs are in the photo albums!

Can you do Falco next? I'm dying for Assault Falco recolors.

You're going to hate me for this, but I was working on Wolf today...
And they're done now!
(http://i.imgur.com/KvHs81p.png)
Wolf
BPs are available here:
Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/4xAh6#0)
Photobucket (http://s1156.beta.photobucket.com/user/TaikoMangCSP/library/Brawl/Wolf)

Sigma - http://www.mediafire.com/?o1wvh8a2pw38cqs (http://www.mediafire.com/?o1wvh8a2pw38cqs)
Eggman - http://www.mediafire.com/?cfsqfbk7pvifegu (http://www.mediafire.com/?cfsqfbk7pvifegu)
Groose - http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=24363 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=24363)
Bass.EXE (all versions if possible) - http://www.mediafire.com/?mqqzzku3196swsq (http://www.mediafire.com/?mqqzzku3196swsq)

ike requests:

Oni Link
http://www.mediafire.com/?6q9z46pvt8np63e (http://www.mediafire.com/?6q9z46pvt8np63e)

Kratos (God of War)
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=29352 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=29352)

Cole Macgrath
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=27738 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=27738)

war
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28418 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28418)

chrono
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28108 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28108)

dante
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26683 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26683)

Alright, here they are:
Ganondorf
BPs here:
Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/eZzjR)
Photobucket (http://s1156.beta.photobucket.com/user/TaikoMangCSP/library/Brawl/Ganondorf)
Groose got cut off, sorry about that. He's just too tall!

Ike
BPs here:
Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/J5iQX)
Photobucket (http://s1156.beta.photobucket.com/user/TaikoMangCSP/library/Brawl/Ike)

And I'll probably end model requests for now, I'll see how I feel next week! Texture requests for any of the models I've done are still okay, though.

And a question, does anyone know how to re-order images on Photobucket? I can't seem to find it...

I believe they took that feature out for some reason. I could be wrong.

i [censored]ing love my bison and akuma!
they are amazing, totally epic, sir, i'll be replacing SJS' ganon portraits with yours. :srs:

EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post Merge: March 18, 2013, 04:21:33 PM

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ganondorf requests:

death
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28419 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28419)

spawn
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28410 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28410)

optimus prime
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=25603 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=25603)

Absolutely fantastic. I suppose I'll get some Ike ones out the way too.

Jecht - http://www.mediafire.com/?dvjvp150lp07mm8 (http://www.mediafire.com/?dvjvp150lp07mm8)
Lexaeus -  http://www.mediafire.com/?5e6kswcc36zb515 (http://www.mediafire.com/?5e6kswcc36zb515)
Cloud (Buster) - http://www.mediafire.com/?qo46y7wbq9gsa6b (http://www.mediafire.com/?qo46y7wbq9gsa6b)

Sorry, I just stopped doing model requests...
...Is what I would say, but I was feeling bored, so here's Death and Spawn:
(http://i.imgur.com/9ZhF3lE.png)(http://i.imgur.com/eYqWT7q.png)(http://i.imgur.com/HGr0u8I.png)
BPs here, as usual:
Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/eZzjR)
Photobucket (http://s1156.beta.photobucket.com/user/TaikoMangCSP/library/Brawl/Ganondorf)

I skipped Optimus, due to him being so...huge. I could probably find a way, but I need to sleep soon.

As for those Ike ones, I'll get to them as soon as I can, though I'm not sure how busy I'll be in the next week.

optimus prime doesnt even have a size mod, he's the exact same size as ganon xD
also, im very happy to see every single hack of mine for ganon being requested, and im even more happy to see how well you manage to pull them off in a CSP!

That's okay, thanks anyway.

I'm not sure why, but Optimus just ends up being huge for whatever reason, like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/DzJPgdA.png)

Check and make sure the bones are all set to a scale of 1.

Hey, what do you know! That was the problem, thanks SJS!

Well, I'll get to making those as soon as I can.

so, did the models that came with the recolors have a size mod? O_O
lol i didnt even know that xD

does all this mean we will see the optimus csp?

Yes, but not now. I'll have to get to them when I'm not busy.

These CSPs are really good, Taiko. I'm looking forward to seeing more. I have a request but it's a model. So I'll leave it alone for now.

Thanks, I haven't really been able to work on these recently though, because school.

I'm ending in 2 weeks though, so I'll probably be able to take requests then.

Good luck with that. School ending means finals. Those always seem to be pretty nasty even if one's studied like crazy.

And school is done, so here's a preview of what's coming tomorrow!
(http://i.imgur.com/HOJZxNN.png)

I also plan on doing slight revamps of the others soon...

EDIT:
Ended up being a bit busy yesterday, but here they are:

(http://i.imgur.com/HOJZxNN.png)
Ness
BPs are available here:
Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/uBqs2)
Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cq9jdb4fzv4l6c9/qw_m26Y9x5) (BP) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5jvtz7eteb01bxw/cU5dRq6Cwi)

Dropping Photobucket for Dropbox because I just found out you could share albums (saw SJS doing it haha), and I've already got everything uploaded there anyway!

I'm digging it! Though I must ask. Is it judt me or is the lighting on his arm randomly coming from the opposite direction?

Good catch, I'll try to fix it later.

Hoho! I have some Ike request for you! If you still take them, of course :D

Gilgamesh Fate/Stay Night (or me...lol) (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26463)

I found out there was a new BrawlBox, the model previewer has much better lighting now!
So here's Ness:
(http://i.imgur.com/HOJZxNN.png)
Ness
BPs are available here:
Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/uBqs2)
Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cq9jdb4fzv4l6c9/qw_m26Y9x5) (BP) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5jvtz7eteb01bxw/cU5dRq6Cwi)

As for Ike requests, I'm going to revamp everything with the new BrawlBox soon, so I'll do it then. If anyone else has Ike requests, feel free!

I'll maybe add some others...

I've finished the default Ikes, so feel free to request more!

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Post Merge: May 04, 2013, 04:25:40 PM

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Ike has been revamped, and I got around to doing some model requests I wasn't able to do before! The image below will take you to the Dropbox album:
(http://i.imgur.com/x9LhpTk.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p964oo02lofzn2x/T480Tw95Al)
Darkfire, I had an issue with Gilgamesh, he wouldn't load in BrawlBox for some reason. Something about an issue with 215 null weights, sorry about that!

And from now on, I'm going to drop Imgur support in favour of Dropbox, since it makes it way easier for me to update. However, if you used the Imgur links, let me know, and I'll continue those!

05/05 Edit:
Been sick all weekend, so I've been doing more revamps. Going through revamping Ganondorf currently, but I had to fix something that's been bugging me with Ness first. A slight remake, so if you've downloaded the Ness CSPs earlier, I'd recommend redownloading them.  
(http://i.imgur.com/W9X1pw7.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cq9jdb4fzv4l6c9/qw_m26Y9x5)
Ness
I've addressed the size of the CSP to not make his head look as big, and it shows more of his body as well. It was also slightly darker, so I've fixed that too.
Sorry about an update so soon!

Ganondorf and Wolf have both been revamped, meaning I can finally move on again! Did a little thing with the opening post as well, if anyone's noticed...
And here they are:
(http://i.imgur.com/Obt9jg5.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qpejrmej9bvjywo/3JLxAYtDbI)

(http://i.imgur.com/H41elcA.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/00qop7o0c4skm70/w6k68UEOjy)

So, texture requests at any time, eh?

How about these Ganon's that I've yet to release: RGB Ganon (https://www.dropbox.com/s/qds6inf7gu9pf75/Shun%27s%20Ganon%27s.zip)

And Ocarina Ganon (https://www.dropbox.com/s/bilbtb6d015ilgj/FitGanon05.pcs)

Yes to that Ocarina Ganon.  Can't go wrong there. :)

When I was doing those, I realized, the eyes I had before were too bright compared to how they actually looked ingame, so I've updated all the default and Melee Ganondorfs, to be a bit darker.
Comparison:
(http://i.imgur.com/tGDiKQ7.png)(http://i.imgur.com/0GhkIBy.png)
The Dropbox folder has been updated with everything, sure is convenient!
(http://i.imgur.com/I2FRQAC.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qpejrmej9bvjywo/3JLxAYtDbI)

And here you go Shun:
(http://i.imgur.com/N99XvJz.png)(http://i.imgur.com/0GlDbxV.png)(http://i.imgur.com/CSqmF9j.png)(http://i.imgur.com/2XJep7X.png)
Nice textures by the way! Stole them for my game!

Thanks (doubly so)! I do enjoy this Ganon pose.

Here's a random update!
(http://i.imgur.com/p0siZ0b.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/11z91bvpsiinkb1/c6dCSBu1mn)
That's another character down, so I'll open model requests for any of the characters I've done until now!

Loving that Mario pose , looks really nice.
Mind making a CSP/BP for this texture?
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31022 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31022)

Here you go sir:
(http://i.imgur.com/KRZJ2jd.png)(http://i.imgur.com/55Pn9Pa.png)

No problem, it causes me the same thing though...

I'm trying to make a pose SPECIFICALLY for him, an opinion would be welcome (sorry if this lil' off-topic bother you...)

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

It looks quite good! Maybe try rotating him slightly to face the left more, to be a bit more like the image in your signature?

Yea, you're right ;D that's excatly what I was trying to do^^
Thanks for feedback

how about these 3 marios?
battle portaits and csp
btw they are my hacks
ben apc http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=24706 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=24706)
ben v2 http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=19573 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=19573)
ben v1 http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=19569 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=19569)
that would be cool.

Here you go, I've added them to my Dropbox, so you can grab them there:
(http://i.imgur.com/p0siZ0b.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/11z91bvpsiinkb1/c6dCSBu1mn)
I've also added the Uniform Team Color textures for each character I've done up to now. It's a secret to everybody.

thank you so much for the portraits. i like them.

Forgot to request these Ness'.

Link (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31475)

Really enjoying your work.

Here you go, they're at the bottom:
(http://i.imgur.com/cNEdbqi.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cq9jdb4fzv4l6c9/qw_m26Y9x5)
And thanks!

Which pose will you do next?

My brother has been bugging me to do Marth, so I guess I can quickly do that. (Unless there's a specific request that I can agree with)

And before I forget, how did you get Gilgamesh loaded in BrawlBox? An older version?

Cool! I wanted to change my Marth's CSPs a while ago :D


I used BB v0.67b, my only problem is the lighting... he is too dark on this image... Any tips about it?

0.67's lighting wasn't too great, though changing the viewer settings might help. Then after that, you'd want to do some retouching in something like GIMP or Photoshop.

Ok. I'll test it when I have the time to :D
I retouched some parts of the cape in the image...

Marth is done! (I'm really bad at titles)
(http://i.imgur.com/RSAV1nz.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jmg7y5pxgoikg5j/gms6sXKB3j?v=0swn)
I never noticed Awakening Marth was taller and had a different face! The more you know...

And when I was making these, I accidentally made the Marth CSP script over Mario's (my script that makes the all the same size), since their names both started with Ma...I got it pretty much identical to the old size though, but if it matters to you, I'd redownload them just to be 100%.

Anyway, I'll take requests again!

tell me, do you have a captain falcon pose ?

I do not yet, sorry! Any poses I've done will be in the opening post, so you can check back there for updates. I'll do Captain Falcon eventually, but I'm planning to do either Pit or DK next.

I vote dk then xD nice marth btw

how did you make that lighting so it almost look like ingame´s shaders?
wanted to know so my own CSPs can look better

Do you use Photoshop? If so, I could send you a few PSDs and explain my workflow.

I am curious as well. Inbox me if you don't mind.

i dont have used photoshop at all for mine CSPs
only brawlbox with resize the model preview window to like 48x56(BPs) and 128x160(CSPs)(for perfect resized screenshots so photoshop dont make it look bad if resizing cuz for me it does that ) and made a BP or CSP pose for each char i have so far

Ah, I see. Well, in BrawlBox, 0.68's lighting is much better than the other versions, so download that if you haven't already. Only problem with 0.68 for CSPs is that some models may not load up at all due to null errors or something.

Next, load up the model, then go to Options > Viewer Settings. The "Lighting" section is what you'll want to change. As an example, here's what I use for my Mario pose:
(http://i.imgur.com/OE88xu5.png)
The only thing I change between characters is the Azimuth and Elevation values, for different heights and that. Otherwise, the lower area (Ambient, Diffuse, Specular, Emission) stay the same for me. You'll probably want to mess around with those until you get something close to ingame lighting.

The next step is optional, but I recommend downloading either GIMP or Paint.NET (both free) to touch up the BrawlBox screenshots. You'll have to search up where it is, but both of them have something called a Levels adjustment, which modifies the blacks and whites in an image, to give better contrast. Play around with the slider until you're satisfied, then note the values so you can repeat it for the other screenshots.

I don't really have any experience with GIMP, but if it has a feature like Photoshop's actions, I recommend using that to automate the process!

Photoshop is a bit tougher to explain, but if you're interested in learning it, I can help you out with it.

Hopefully this helps!

Shun, I'll send you something in a bit.

i mainly use Paint.net for editing images files
anyway thanks
i anyway have to kinda redo some of my CSPs so now they can have some lighting

Sorry, if I'm not getting it right, but do you need the files to actually add them to the game? (the common5.pac, InfFace.brres, and the MenSelchrFace.brres files?)

I can PM them to you if you need!

Hey, what's that in the barrel?
(http://i.imgur.com/Lyx2UuJ.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/akokndc3gpht3d0/vI4syxHy5r?v=0mcn)
So feel free to request, I need a good DK costume!

Those look awesome!

Can you do my Ralph import?
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31396 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31396)

Thanks!

Here you go:
(http://i.imgur.com/fKHB8k7.png)(http://i.imgur.com/Z96TG50.png)

EDIT: Fixed it!

Well his hair had black streaks in it, if that's what you're talking about.

It still looks fantastic!

There was a slight halo around his hair area, but I've fixed it haha. Here you go!
(http://i.imgur.com/fKHB8k7.png)(http://i.imgur.com/Z96TG50.png)

Perfect! Thanks!

I tried a thing today:
(http://i.imgur.com/keDYxqI.png)
It was probably way more effort than it was worth though, it clashes with the others...but then again, so does the texture itself haha.

In addition, I tried making the CSPs a bit more vibrant than before. Comparison:
(http://i.imgur.com/1OtueoG.png) vs (http://i.imgur.com/lSCWLZ3.png)
What does everyone think?

I love the Mario on the left

Oooh. Sexy portraits man.
You did these all in BB? Or was some editing with Photoshop?

Also, any certain character that you're doing requests for right now? I'd love to know, cuz I wanna improve the CSP's I make.

i agree, left too.

A mix of both BB and Photoshop.

Normally for requests, I do texture requests anytime since they're quick enough to do, and model requests when I feel like taking them (I'll usually put a line in the OP saying this, I guess I should make it bigger though), but I'm going to quickly update the ones I've done so far with a few changes, hopefully it shouldn't take too long.

Donald - http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30527 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30527)
Red Axem - http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28824 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28824)
Yellow Axem - http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28838 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28838)
Green Axem - http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28826 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28826)
Black Axem - http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28825 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28825)

Oh, and a shadow for DK rekuest lolz : http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28191 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28191)
Joke! xD

The left Mario looks better for sure. It also reminds that Captain Falcon's vbrawl portrait is more vibrant than his in-game costume. Weird, eh?

Now that you mention it, that does seem to be true!

Darkfire, I'll get to those soon. I'm going to mess around with the CSPs a bit more, and see how I can get them to look first!

Ok...
btw, I can't fix the problem with Gilgamesh about the null weight... Do you think I should talk about it in the BB developement?

That's probably a good idea, I've had that issue with a few other characters as well.

And, when you overwrite it, the whole model dissappear, right?
I'll ask him about that...

I don't even get that far, my BB just crashes when that happens haha

Well, I asked him... Waiting for reply...

Absolutely amazing, may I request some CSP's? If so...

Mihawk: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=12803 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=12803)
InuYasha: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=32593 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=32593)
Zoro: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30479 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30479)
Travis: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=23885 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=23885)

Already downloaded your Vanguard Ike and Cloud CSP's. Thank you.

May I request something with the new BrawlBox :

Ganondorf : http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26459 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26459)

Ike : http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26463 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26463)

Marth : http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26462 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26462)
           http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=29537 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=29537)

@~Knight, what anime is your avatar?

One Piece. Monet is her name.

Thanks!

Ah, I'll get to those when I can. Recently I've been a bit busy with summer stuff, plus I've got a project of mine that I haven't finished up yet, so I'd like to get that done first. After that though, I'll try to get these done as soon as I can.

No worries, take your time.

I have a request but I feel bad. You seem pretty backed up...
Thanks for doing all these, Taiko. Especially with such quality.
I was hoping for Winter Wear Ness. He's here. (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=29640)

Well, a bit of an update:
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to do the requests...I've just been really busy as of late. For now, I'm going to close requests, but maybe some time in the future, I'll open them up again. I apologize to those who have been waiting, but I feel like instead of making you wait forever, it would be better to update you guys as to why they aren't done yet.
Again, very sorry!

It's ok, I'll see if someone else can take the requests.

That's fine by me! I'm sorry to hear you've been busy. We'll send good vibes your way, I suppose.

Incoming non-CSP update!
I tried my hand at making a texture from scratch, to learn a bit about how it's done, and here is the result:
I actually started this right after Smash 4 was announced, and planned to have it as a Smash 4 WiiU/3DS hybrid, but it changed a bit in the process. Hhe base texture had actually been finished for a while, but I wanted to get recolours done before I actually released it! And I finally had some time to sit down and finish them, so here it is:
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=33349 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=33349)
I'm curious to see if people like this, and if I should bother releasing my PSD files for easy recolours. I might make some more characters in the future, if it's well received.

I honestly think that's the closest-looking texture to the actual Smash 4 Mario ones out there.

Yeah, it's pretty accurate. I like it. Though, I honestly like KTH's texture on the overall a bit better.

I had a bit of free time yesterday, so I finally got around to making CSPs for it:
(http://i.imgur.com/0H1hMKz.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/11z91bvpsiinkb1/c6dCSBu1mn)
And with some experimentation, I made some other stuff too!
(And of course, the Brawl textures as well)
And since I have a little more free time now, I'll open texture requests for CSPs, BPs, stock icons. I don't plan on doing model requests as of now, but I do plan on getting around to Dr. Mario soon enough.

:srs:

That looks better than mine. (Aside from the fire)

I do have more Mario requests if you could.

http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=32601 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=32601)
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=795 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=795)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h5mqtyoqt5xhaix/SMBZMario.pac (https://www.dropbox.com/s/h5mqtyoqt5xhaix/SMBZMario.pac)

Very nice! I like that pose. Kinda looks like he's about to do Sonic's ftilt lol.

Gameboy Mario: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31943 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31943)
Shadow Mario (the link actually isn't broken): http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26711 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=26711)
Brawl-styled Ice Mario: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=11469 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=11469)

And the black coat Dr. Mario whenever you get around to it.

I like your CSPs a lot! They look fantastic, just so you know.

Hey everyone, I got a few things done today!

First off, New Smash (name pending) Dr. Mario:
Made to go with my New Mario from before. Same as before, I remade every texture except the eyes, for texture practice.

And second, these:
(http://i.imgur.com/f5WQZwL.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/11z91bvpsiinkb1/c6dCSBu1mn)
The requests are in there too. I had noticed a few minor details that I had missed before, so if you've downloaded any of the Mario portraits before, I'd recommend re-downloading them.

I couldn't make this one one since BrawlBox doesn't have shaders yet. I could make it at a later date, but that's for when I have time. I do have the older one I made in the Old 1 folder, though.


Yours looks quite good too! I probably won't be adding any fire to mine though, since I'm personally nto a fan of effects on my CSPs. I am curious though, what did you use to make it? All you'd need now is a few more flames coming out, and it'll look quite close I think.

Alright, so Velen pointed out to me that the whites on my New Mario and Dr. Mario textures were too bright, so I toned them down a bit.
Comparisons:

For the original Mario, it was only the gloves that were too bright. The Mars Mario on the left still has the original gloves, while the original Mario on the right has the newer toned down gloves.

For Dr. Mario, his whole coat was too bright, so I toned the whole thing down.

I've updated the Brawl Vault links for both, so if you've downloaded them before, I'd suggest re-downloading them!

Duuuuuuuuuude.
The new Mario CSP's look absolutely amazing! Totally gonna start using them
I also love your new Mario texture! (even tho it seems to use that weird looking shading effect..)
Do you plan on doing these "new Smash" textures for some of the other characters too?

Thank you! I do plan to make more of them, but I might be a bit busy in the coming weeks. I'd still like to try making a few others though, maybe Took Link? My mind seems to change a lot.

One for Link/TLink would definitly be pretty cool. I can imagine Falco and Wolf looking pretty great too. Or someone like Sheik.. I dunno. Just throwing out random suggestions.

Dude, I may want to jump on board with these New Styled textures of yours; if you're interested in any assistance that is.

Of course, I'm just a bit worried about time, since they'll probably take a while to get the whole cast done, plus I'm not sure what a more complex (ex. Link) character will look like.
If you like though, I can PM you the Mario texture PSD for reference.

Your CSP's are always so good lookin'  :>.>:

I'd really like to know how you add the shadow HD looking effect. But if that's something you wanna keep a secret, that's understandable. Mario by far is my favorite CSP you've done. Keep up the excellent work sir!

That'd be appreciated, thanks. You can PM me and we can talk through some ideas on how to tackle the cast (or if we even want to).

Thank you! What do you mean by the shadow HD effect? I'd be fine with telling you all how I do it if you'd like to know, haha.
I'd like to get a few more CSPs going of course, especially with Shun's vibrant project going on. But time is always an issue...

I don't really know how to explain it. >_<
(http://i.imgur.com/f427woA.png)
Basically your CSP's look rendered. They have like a sorta clean HD contrasted look. Do you just use the dodge and burn tool? Or do you use another tool to get that kinda effect?

Ah, I see. First, I do some basic adjustments with the vibrancy and levels adjustment layers, then I use layer blending modes to add highlights and shadows, that way I can copy a new screenshot in and keep it consistent. (This is all in Photoshop by the way, not sure how it works in GIMP and such.)

Curious. What layer blending modes did you use?
That means doing it to all other portraits you make using that character's pose. Unless it's just a recolor, it'd be annoying to do it with other models.

Soft light at varying degrees of percentage is what I've been using recently.

If you're still doing Dr. Mario CSPs, I have a request for my Mirage Dr. Mario. Here's the download link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39279739/MirageDoc.pcs

Alright, here it is:
(http://i.imgur.com/owrJLLq.png)(http://i.imgur.com/b9Ukvq5.png)(http://i.imgur.com/ZOIdb2K.png)
I did the other Mirage Mario stuff too, for those that want them. They're grouped in with the Mario CSPs.
And in the process, I realized that I had some parts too bright on the other Dr. Mario CSPs I had, so I've updated the Brawl Dr. Mario ones to look less like a rubber jacket, hopefully.

Surprise Marth update!
(http://i.imgur.com/iJA07Wg.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jmg7y5pxgoikg5j/gms6sXKB3j)
Didn't get around to Awakening Marth just yet, I've got some other stuff I'll have to get out of the way first.

Nice stuff! I like that new technique you use to make these CSPs!
Keep going!

I have a little request if you don't mind.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/sh/qpejrmej9bvjywo/1BekZR6NsP/Ganondorf_Apples_00_CSP.png?token_hash=AAFhJFunVZA_5R7LrQbrH9w8ZkUxQ8nxQPartw9DJncmhg (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/sh/qpejrmej9bvjywo/1BekZR6NsP/Ganondorf_Apples_00_CSP.png?token_hash=AAFhJFunVZA_5R7LrQbrH9w8ZkUxQ8nxQPartw9DJncmhg)
Can you use this to make a CSS icon? Just the regular one, no Project M background. :)

Also, can you make a CSP and BP of this?
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=34029 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=34029)
(I know you alread have a very similar looking one, but yea this one has some differences)

Thanks in advance!

http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31370 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=31370)
Can you make a CSP for this Marth, please?

Added everything for both those requests, and here's that Ganon CSS icon:
(http://i.imgur.com/2joaqad.png)

Ooh, ooh! Could you do a Project:M version of that? Sorry to request it after you've already done the first one.

(http://i.imgur.com/vAqzWiX.png)
There you go!

HD! Like that white glow around Ganon...
How do you do it?

It's a simple outer glow, with opacity to match the Project M ones. It carries over to the vBrawl ones quite well too!

 :af2: Pretty impressive CSPs Taiko! My favorites by far.

Can you do a Marth CSS Icon for Shun's the grid css??

http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=33205 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=33205)

Thanks  :af2:

Marth csp's are looking awesome.

I just found your CSPs, and they look great. It made me want to make my own... so I did. What do you think

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/modthumb/202/wzi6.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/202/wzi6.png/)

You're right it does look better brighter. Now I need to make all the recolor portraits look brighter

Wow, I'm in the process of making my own Sonic ones haha. (Plans foiled!)

It looks nice, I'd just suggest messing with the lighting settings a bit more (place the light source in front of Sonic's face) and brightening it up like in ShadowLuigi's example.

I'll have to steal the grid background from Shun later, but I'll add them then.

Thanks, I'll wait :D

Here's the Grid Marths:
(http://i.imgur.com/BrtlNeZ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/14SsCuK.png)
(vBrawl and Vibrant)
I've added the Grid to the Mario CSS icons as well.


Thanks! Making all the Brawl characters is definitely part of the plan, since I'll be making them as part of a much bigger project. Of course, with school now, progress might be a bit slow, but I'll get there eventually!

 :happy: They are awesome! Thanks  :D

Whats this much bigger project. Are you talking about some sorta big game mod similar to Project M or Brawl +/-

Wait, so you only take requests for textures?
Would you mind still giving these a try? They should still look decent in your Marth pose.

http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28021 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=28021)
http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=27921 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=27921)

Sorry, but yeah, I only do textures as of now. I'd have to essentially re-do everything to do a new model, and I unfortunately don't have the time for that right now (if I did, I'd be done the whole Brawl cast by now!)

However, I do plan to do Project M's Roy once he's released, if I'm not already wasting all my time playing as him!

Oh, okay. Understandable.
Yea dude, P:M Roy looks hype as f'ck. Reallyyyyyy excited!

Since I made the Sonic's Smash 3 CSPs, I can't leave the vBrawl Sonics out can I?
(http://i.imgur.com/VhcwxCS.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j2w8xpavvdgo6uo/tQUL-O9zep)

Hurray!! Thanks for eveything :D

Taiko CSPs are OP

I want to request these mario imports of mine

http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30899 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=30899)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102142953/New%20Gate/Seija.rar (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102142953/New%20Gate/Seija.rar)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102142953/New%20Gate/Thread%20only/Tsurupettan.rar (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102142953/New%20Gate/Thread%20only/Tsurupettan.rar) (this incluides 2 characters, both of them)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102142953/New%20Gate/Sunny.rar (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102142953/New%20Gate/Sunny.rar) (only the normal texture, ignore the "brawl styled" one)

on that same pose you used for these https://www.dropbox.com/sh/11z91bvpsiinkb1/c6dCSBu1mn (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/11z91bvpsiinkb1/c6dCSBu1mn)

I can only really take texture requests, sorry! Redoing the whole thing for one model import is too time consuming, but I'm messing around with another technique, which may let me do model imports with ease. I'll update around here when that happens!

Taiko I did a texture hack called Smash 3 Ice Mario & I was wondering if you can do the CSP & the BP for it?
Smash 3 Ice Mario: http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=34864 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=34864)

(http://i.imgur.com/qHbgIUY.png)(http://i.imgur.com/gmzRxh4.png)(http://i.imgur.com/Kpbhctp.png)
There you go! These may also be the last ones I make with my old method...

OK well I updated the hack & one more thing I wanted to ask you. I was wondering if you can update the CSP, BP & Stock of it?

Any chance you can make a set for this Mario texture? http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=34030 (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=34030)

Done both, they'll be in the folders.

Thanks! I appreciate ya.

This is my first attempt at making a Sonic CSP. Any tips on how to improve it?

Those look really great for a first try. The main thing I would suggest would be better lighting, at the moment it looks like it's coming from under him, giving him a sort of "horror-movie" look. The light above him hitting the center of his face would probably be a good place to put it.

Other than that, you can try painting some highlights and shadows onto it, to give it more depth. I don't know how it is in GIMP. but if you use Photoshop, I like to set the layer blending mode to Soft Light, then painting in white to add highlights, and black to add shadows. They'll likely be too intense at first, so drop the opacity down to tone them down. Other than that, lots of practice will make you better for sure!

Err... I wouldn't emboss those CSP's if I were you. Done that way, they remind me of fridge magnets.

The slight edits to brightness and color look great, but as Segtendo said, I wouldn't add an emboss. If you're going for a rim effect, I would try painting on the rim for better results, or if you're feeling lazy, start with an inner glow.

I haven't actually posted something up here in a long time, have I? I'll have to do something about that soon, then.

It's looking better! There are a few highlights that look out of place though, like the one on his leg right under his coat and his stache right under his nose. Other than that, they look a bit hard which makes them still look a bit embossed, so maybe try blurring them. Other than that, it's looking good!

Much better, I personally like the Charizard at the bottom the most.

Individual breakdowns:
Bowser: Overall looks really bright, like the shadows might need to be darker.

Skullzard:
It looks to me like the light should be coming from more to the center, rather than far to the right. It gives it this weird divide, but if that's what you were going for I wouldn't change it.

Charizard:
Like I've already said, I like this one the most. My only suggestion would maybe be to add more highlights, but that's about it I think.

That Pikachu is a huge improvement, it looks really believable if that makes sense. I don't really like the glow one though, it kinda ruins it.

I don't really make CSP's or anything, but that first Pikachu definitly looks great. I'd totally use that. But as Taiko mentioned, that lightning ruins it.

I don't really like the lighting, it's too sharp and the way it has a light side and dark side makes it very awkward. The light should be coming from in front of his face, slightly to one side, rather than all the way to one side or directly in the middle.

Are these for CSPs? If they are, I'd recommend rotating their bodies to be facing the camera rather than away.

It looks good, but since it needs to be cropped you'd lose some parts of his pose. My suggestion would be to rotate the whole pose so his arm goes towards the camera, then rotate his head to face the camera as well. Also, you might want to move the light so that it's a bit closer to the middle of his head too. Which version of BrawlBox are these in?

Then that's fine, though you might want to move the lighting so it's less harsh.

Since I made the CSPs for Smash 3 Ness, I thought I may as well go ahead and do a few more textures since I haven't posted anything new in a while. I have terrible timing though, since SJS just released his.

(http://i.imgur.com/ZTXQUcT.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cq9jdb4fzv4l6c9/qw_m26Y9x5)

And Smash 3 Ness:
(http://i.imgur.com/Oby1qKA.png) (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=35287)

Very nice! Are you taking texture requests for Ness right now?

Yup, I'll take requests for this one. It's the trophy pose though, so no models yet.

The Smash 3 CSPs look a lot similar to the Smash 4 Renders. Nice Job!

Cool! I just so happen to have a few textures in need of CSPs: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39279739/ness.zip

Getting there, but the lighting seems very basic. The lighting on his face is good, then gets sorta lost on his body. I would put more highlights on the middle of the shirt, and on the front of the shorts, rather than on the back like they are now. I would also blur them more, so they're less obvious, since I could tell where they were added on right away.


Done, get them here. (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cq9jdb4fzv4l6c9/qw_m26Y9x5)

And finally, a little preview of what's to come:

Getting better, the lighting still seems very harsh though. It goes from dark to light too suddenly in many areas, and it may be too dark in some areas too. It becomes especially apparent on the second one.

The flame looks kinda forced and sticks out to me, it looks more like it's made of glass than fire, and the outer glow and darker colours on the second one make it stick out more. You don't need to shade fire, as it tends to make it look more like a solid object.

The main thing I would suggest if you're having trouble with lighting is to just put an object up to the light and study how it lights the object. Of course you can't get very specific shapes like Toon Link's face in real life, but it'll help you for sure.

Then, once you've got a good idea how light affects stuff, you can imagine a light source when you're doing these. The same location as the light source in BrawlBox would probably be best.

I'm considering writing up a tutorial on how to make CSPs with the "paint method," would there be people who would actually read it?

Paint.NET is all I have to work with, so I would definitely read that.

Well, since I made CSPs for a certain model (http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=35491), I figured I may as well re-use the pose for vBrawl Marth as well. Enjoy!
(http://i.imgur.com/JlNLtXf.png) (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jmg7y5pxgoikg5j/gms6sXKB3j)


You can grab Photoshop CS2 for free here (https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads). Hopefully this helps out!

You're too kind! Thanks muchly.

 Another Doc attempt

(http://i.imgur.com/GcUes4e.png)

dat wrist thou...

Yeah, that wrist ruins the pose. Other than that, I'd try shifting the lighting more so it hits the front of his face, rather than the side. It's creating some unattractive shadows, and makes him look sorta evil. Other than that, the lens flare seems kinda forced, I'd recommend removing it entirely.

A CSP of my most recent hack.
(http://i.imgur.com/gXhtUvP.png)
Any thoughts?

Lighting quality and that isn't really an issue here, the bigger issue is more the pose. It feels awkward to me, with the whole head being removed and that. It's a step in the right direction though, as it sorta gives off Bowser Jr's playfulness, I just feel like it's weird to have a head disconnecting in a CSP. The sparkle in the eye feels a bit unneeded too, I'd say getting rid of it would work.

And for future posts wanting advice, I'd appreciate it if they could be sent as PMs rather than post here, as to not clutter up the portraits forum.