a little update for you wonderful people
1. thanx for all the comparisons NCS in one nice post, i have ideas on how to fairly quickly and easily fix up the face, but, that'll be tomorrow, i'm too tired now.
2. As to cloud's elbows, i imagine you're all refering to the chibi version, well... this is my best interpretation of the... 12 or so polygons that made up his arm
. It both follows the sillhouette, and adds an entertaining style. I might expand his biceps a bit, to give him a bit more tone, but as to the elbow, i'd rather keep it as it is. As Kudistos points out, we're going for something kinda moe... the oversides forarms/hands, give a slightly cute, offbalance feel to the character, and expanding the elbows would reduce that quite a bit.
3. Barret is undergoing an overhaul, his uvs need to be redone (most of the old texture will stay, just needs to be scaled down/adjusted). Among the updates he'll receive :
-updated proportions (the old model was much less buff/giant/uber than the original)
-dog tags
-belt with ammo
-his gunarm-stub wont be screwed up (right now the skin part is solid black, and the gun bit.. not sure of... but yea it'll get fixed)
Stay tuned for updates tomorrow!