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strangetomato) wrote2008-02-29 10:59 pm
strangetomato) wrote2008-02-29 10:59 pm
Strangetown: Ripp's new hair. I did it myself!
Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions to my hair mesh problem, and particularly those who gave me a nudge to open up Bodyshop and give it a whirl myself. music_simbol suggested this mesh, which was more or less the same basic shape as the Maxis ponytail, but about half as long. Then she insisted that switching up the textures would be super easy to do, and it really was! Recolouring isn't hard, especially when it is a basic cut and paste job like this one was (and changing the hue would be easy too, I imagine). I could do that again, no problem. Thanks, Music Simbol! You rock.
Want to see how it looks?
Ripp: Yessir! Looks about the same from the front, but how about the back?
Ripp: Yeah, that's more like it. Still slightly longer than it would be, but pretty darn close. (And it's longer than a fucking dork knob, thankyouverymuch!)
Ripp: Damn, I look good. Oh yeah... and the hair looks pretty fucking sweet too. If, you know, I actually wanted to tidy up for some reason. Pffft. Whatever.
As you can see, the mesh isn't perfect (some of the animation is a little wonky too - revealing other oddities), but I can easily work around that when taking the photos. I'm so pleased that this worked out.
But why would Ripp want or need to put his hair up? Hmmm... Is he trying to give off a good impression? But why?
The answer will be revealed in the next chapter.
music_simbol suggested this mesh, which was more or less the same basic shape as the Maxis ponytail, but about half as long. Then she insisted that switching up the textures would be super easy to do, and it really was! Recolouring isn't hard, especially when it is a basic cut and paste job like this one was (and changing the hue would be easy too, I imagine). I could do that again, no problem. Thanks, Music Simbol! You rock.Want to see how it looks?
Ripp: Yessir! Looks about the same from the front, but how about the back?
Ripp: Yeah, that's more like it. Still slightly longer than it would be, but pretty darn close. (And it's longer than a fucking dork knob, thankyouverymuch!)
Ripp: Damn, I look good. Oh yeah... and the hair looks pretty fucking sweet too. If, you know, I actually wanted to tidy up for some reason. Pffft. Whatever.
As you can see, the mesh isn't perfect (some of the animation is a little wonky too - revealing other oddities), but I can easily work around that when taking the photos. I'm so pleased that this worked out.
But why would Ripp want or need to put his hair up? Hmmm... Is he trying to give off a good impression? But why?
The answer will be revealed in the next chapter.
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If I say much more, I think it will be easily given away, and I think it will be far less interesting if you knew about it ahead of time. But Ripp gets serious enough about something to tidy up, so that's significant.
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ANYWAY, part of me does want to know, but I know I will be satisfied even more when it's a suprised. Whatever it is, I'll be happy about it since Ripp is involved. ;)
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Most chapters do have a bit of Ripp content in them, since I can't resist. It should be pretty interesting, I think. It's more about what's going on in Strangetown.
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...The gratuitous Ripp parts are one of the reasons why I love this story so much. He is so hard to resist. :)
Honestly, I have no idea what is going on in Strangetown anymore since most of the past chapters lately have dealt with LFT, unless it has to do with the aliens... But I doubt it has anything to do with that.
Therefore, I guess I'll just settle on being pleasantly surprised with what happens and not think about it.
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There is some new ground to cover in Strangetown, and some loose ends. I'll probably work my way around town a little to update on how everyone is doing.
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