...the stratification in the other textures doesn't suit some of your outcropping. 

Yeah I should have run them through PSP and made them brighter, it's just that they'll look darker unless they're viewed in fullscreen. 

I'd go with #2 

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http://www.geocities.com/hyrm827/index.htm

was bored so i decided to put some screenies up of the maps i'd been working on since mid 2003. i havent gotten much done. i usually sit down and work on these for liek 1 hour every month. :)

the lighting/textures migth be all fucked up in some. 

Keep it up pdcitter. The Egypt one looked kinda smallish in scale, but still nice. 

i like the base one best. but both look like they'll be nice maps when they're done.

also, it's the first time i've seen what quiver looks like. whoa. 

some good looking stuff here, not all but some of them look pretty swank.

http://www.planetunreal.com/images/screens/cbp2_part1-3.jpg

http://www.planetunreal.com/images/screens/cbp2_part1-2.jpg

http://www.planetunreal.com/images/screens/cbp2_part1-1.jpg 

I need some testers to help me :
screenies and download on :

http://www.planetquake.com/here/here3ctf1.htm 

I haven't skinned before so I thought I'd start off with Q1. I need to skin the gun and the back yet. Also I know the arms appear glossy, that has since been removed. He is also too pale. I'm thinking of redoing the sounds to. I see this skin fitting in better with grimier, dirtier sewer maps perhaps:

http://quake.phait-accompli.com/crap/grunt/g1.jpg 

that's actually pretty good dude. the faceplate gloss is a bit strong, maybe reduce it a bit, and get more of the grunt's face on there.

not bad for a first skin! 

I look forward to doing a Q3 skin since you can see the detail more, I don't think Q1 justifies my capabilities honestly. 

(don't give up!) 

looks like you didn't, congrats :) 

Thanks :) 

http://www.planetunreal.com/images/screens/p_bezerker.jpg

http://www.planetunreal.com/images/screens/p_beast.jpg

Still look a bit plasticy but the designs rock IMHO! 

The end of the U3Tech video definitely got me a bit moist, when the 'beast' came over.

I love a good monstery monster =) 

Those monsters look much much better in high detail shots. Don't get me wrong, they looked good in the video too, but you can see their pores in these pictures.

The 'glow' effect works really well on the overbright sections. Actually, just having those bright, near-white sections created by lighting puts them ahead of most 3d engines... I've always thought that to be one of the biggest differences between 3d game engines and reality. I imagine it's probably pretty hard to do well, but I can't see the people who made Unreal 2 putting a foot wrong, or making some sort of mistake. Cough. 

Unreal 2 was developed by Legend, not Epic.

Also noteworthy is that Legend has been closed down by Atari. 

I genuinely couldn't see the people who made Wheel Of Time (and the Unreal mission pack) putting their feet wrong or making some sort of bloody obvious mistake. Yet somehow...

Politics, I'm sure of it... 

So, are these actual designs for Unreal 3 or are they just for the engine demo? 

I really didn't register that Unreal 3 is being developed by Epic. Surely that's something to get very excited about? A true sequel to the original Unreal. As long as there isn't any bloody politics :) 

Im just getting into mapping.
check out my screenshots!

www.dakza.envy.nu 

http://pipeline.fov120.com./shots.php4 

What texture sets did you use. I believe I saw some from Armagon and Metlslime's.