kurthnaga

In this new episode, Kurth ventures into the land of MOUNTAINS! WOOOH! Wait... no... I didn't make the first chapters of my games (and therefore my first maps) mountains, did I? After hearing how hard they are? YES I DID! WOOH! Meet Chapter 1 - Defeat the boss who will be on the village!

I've been trying to get ahold of a copy of Radiant Dawn for a long time now, and I just don't understand why the games are still running at 60+...

I took a break from splicing sprites to try making a map... it was much harder than I expected it to be. It's a prologue map, with the two units starting in the top right and defeating a boss in the top left.

Thank you, I knew there was something just not right about it yet. Also: Meet Julne! Blason 2.0 Nuldr 2.0 Dryle 2.0 If I make her neck any bigger than that it'll outfit her clothes.

I edited the necks, but I'm not sure I like the results. Which of the following do you guys think are better? or or

Yeah, I was trying a new technique of leaving the chin on the head and just the bottom of it of the body when splicing them together, and the necks have kind of gotten screwed in the process - they're on my list! Thanks for the compliment though!

New Orephin: New Kurth: New Blason: New Flymn: New Dryle: New Nuldr:

Orephin (hopefully final):

Since it's going to be my main character, I'd rather do it completely by myself - at least the actual editing. I see what you mean about the hair cutting off - I'll fix that pretty soon, as well as the scarf colors. Edit: Kurth 2.1 Edit 2:I forgot to recolor the hair - so scatterbrained

Here's the new Orephin - I changed the face I used to be Rebecca's instead of Lucius, so as to avoid anymore controversy about the gender. I also worked a little harder to make the heir not touch the robes - what do you guys think?

I should be more clear, it was the jawline that I didn't intend to change. I understand my shadings still need work, among other things you mentioned.

Thank you for the advice. However, I think that I will keep my Orephin's facial features as is. The shading is by no means done, but I don't notice enough of a difference between mine and yours for me to warrant changing it. I understand your Point, but I'm going to use looking masculine in her back story and the story of my eventual hack - mainly for humor.

I didn't even realize that was part of a headband, but I like it how it is, so I don't think I'm going to change that. I can't believe I missed that red in Kurth's hair :D.

Here's my new Orephin - I removed the thing on her forehead because I didn't like it and kept Fiora's headband - I think this is a lot better, I used a few tutorials as well. Also, Kon, I disagree about Lucius's face. Next I'm going to try and make a Kurthnaga that looks good and doesn't have stupid colors that make people cringe. Such as this Kurthnaga... maybe Edit: Grammars Edit: Kurth No. 2

Thank you! As another question, what programs do you use for spriting if you can't afford Photoshop? I've been using Paint.net.

So if I recolor parts from 8 then it should work if the angles match?

Thank you for your critique! I have been researching tutorials but I'm having trouble finding some. I wasn't posting to update because I felt that would be double posting. Question: Is it okay to put together splices of characters from different games?

Questions for whoever may want to help me: Orephin's neck has been altered, I'm not sure if its correct or not - I have pretty bad eyes so even if it looks good to me it may not to you guys, so I'd like critique on her. She's also the main character in my mythos, so she needs to look good. Kurthnaga's hair is sketchy. I wanted him to look enough like Orephin to be her brother but not like the same, and I didn't like what happened when I used the same hair color palette. I think I did good on the shading with him, however. Should I add another color to his hair? Or a headband or something? Is that what's missing? Flymn: This one came together a lot faster than the previous two (I have no idea why). I think he's the best one I've made so far.

Original Post updated with new versions and sprites!

CRITIQUES AND COMMENTS APPRECIATED Here is my sprite gallery, focused upon the adventures of Orephin! Sprites Maps

Why does the Phalanx class have a lance on its map sprite but uses axes?

Are there any restrictions on music that can be imported into hacks?

My story premise will be as follows, at least currently. I want to have two stories going on at the same time - one being the backstory of the continent, and the other being the game related story. They will be labeled clearly for the remainder of this topic. History: The world was dark. Just dark. No men, beasts, plants, nothing. But an orb of light appeared and began enlightening the Earth (this part will be based mainly upon Genesis from the Bible - not word for word, of course, but the same concept. It will also resemble the idea behind how Hyrule was made) Story: Orephin is a scholar pursuing the history of the planet, looking for the first story - learning what happened to create the world. Although we, the players are learning as the game goes on, Orephin is trying to find old records and discover the past. Her brother Kurth (not the same as RD) acts as her protector. I think he will be a Jaigan character, but I'm unsure currently.

Alright, thank you! And as you suggested, can a mod move this to the Hacking Concepts forum? I could always just repost if I need to, as well.

First and Foremost, I intend to use this singular thread for all of my questions, as well as posting developmental parts until I have a suitable size to move to the actual forums. My progress will also be in this thread. Currently: Writing Story Q: If the hack I am doing is of FE7, if I'm to replace the nations with my own creations instead of using Elibe, do I need to have the same number of nations so the map animation at the beginning doesn't get messed up? Or should I just take that out?