Armor Tinting Experiment

Hazdrubel · 10-01-2005, 07:47 AM

In all likelihood tinting will not look like this, but just a what if. First chainmail touched up with some color here and there...nothing fancy. Changed out a gold version of the polished/Fabled plate with one that has 4 versions. Swapped out one large screenshot of the blue fulginate color for 4 colored versions of fulginate. Also added some full colored versions of chainmail similar to what is being seen now coming in game.

Chainmail dye:

4 color fulginate:

4 polished/fabled shots. Standard being the in-game untouched version for comparison.

Black carbonite:

(edited for screenshot change)

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Atmosphear1993 · 10-01-2005, 07:58 AM

You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying.

Aelona · 10-01-2005, 08:42 AM

Hazdrubel wrote:
In all likelihood tinting will not look like this, but just a what if. Chain mail touched up with some color here and there...nothing fancy.

Wow...I wish my armor did look like that!!! You did a great job on tinting!!!

Message Edited by Aelona on 09-30-2005 09:46 PM

Sinkat · 10-01-2005, 10:03 AM

Atmosphear1993 wrote:
You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying.

Totally true SMILEY

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Rorasis · 10-01-2005, 06:28 PM

It is amazing what simple tinting can do for armor. That looks wonderful! /sigh, now it makes me sad. edited for spelling!

Message Edited by Rorasis on 10-01-2005 07:28 AM

andersonim · 10-01-2005, 06:31 PM

Very Nice, i so wish they would do that. i really get tired of seeing the same old black ebon:[

Moralpanic · 10-01-2005, 10:08 PM

Atmosphear1993 wrote:

You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying.

Normally truths like these are funny because of how true they are... but in this case, it really is sad. Tinting is not the most complicated, or resource intensive processes (CPU/GPU resources-wise), yet EQ2 is lacking in it soooo severely.

Ashlian · 10-02-2005, 10:04 PM

Moralpanic wrote:

Atmosphear1993 wrote:

You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying.

Normally truths like these are funny because of how true they are... but in this case, it really is sad. Tinting is not the most complicated, or resource intensive processes (CPU/GPU resources-wise), yet EQ2 is lacking in it soooo severely.

Totally agree, nor is tinting ROCKET SCIENCE! Even if they just gave us a basic 8 or 16 color palette so that we could tint our own armor in areas like you showed on the chain and fulginate, over the existing texture, that would be a huge improvement. Come on, devs, it's getting late in the game to keep us looking like we crawled out of a gutter or deserted the same army.

Ashlian Liadan, 48 Fury, 32 Tailor of Mistmoore

DarknessScyt · 10-04-2005, 10:41 AM

WOW :smileysurprised:

TheRealDude · 10-05-2005, 04:00 AM

along the same lines: (monk in AQ armor SMILEY

) i kinda like the red and blue ones hehe

and some tinted ones SMILEY

Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-04-2005 05:01 PM

Doylen · 10-05-2005, 01:34 PM

The "Golden" armor is not different than the Parade armor you can buy at guild level 25 OR the T5 Fableds. I see nothing golden on it

TheRealDude · 10-05-2005, 06:53 PM

its tinted golden not colored like my first 4 pics SMILEY

so the highlights are gold instead of silver.

to tell the differance look at my last one in the top row and the second one on the bottom row ... both are the same color just one is using a "tint" filter and the other is "color" filter SMILEY

Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 07:55 AM

slowb · 10-05-2005, 07:38 PM

are these photoshopped ? cause they look very real (ingame real) if they arent.. if they arent, how did you go about doing this ?

TheRealDude · 10-05-2005, 08:44 PM

well it was "photoshoped" but i didnt use photoshop SMILEY

used fireworks, color and overlay and use the "color" filter so it only replaces the color of the item below it and not the luminosity or anything else. alternativly you can use the "tint" filter which is a lot lighter than "color" and keeps the bright areas white instead of changing them into the color.

you can tell they are photoshoped expecialy by looking at the legs of the bottom pink one SMILEY

Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 09:48 AM

slowb · 10-06-2005, 12:34 AM

TheRealDude wrote:

well it was "photoshoped" but i didnt use photoshop used fireworks, color and overlay and use the "color" filter so it only replaces the color of the item below it and not the luminosity or anything else. alternativly you can use the "tint" filter which is a lot lighter than "color" and keeps the bright areas white instead of changing them into the color.

you can tell they are photoshoped expecialy by looking at the legs of the bottom pink one
Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 09:48 AM

oh ok.. they do look kick [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] though.. and maybe thats why they wont add it.. because running filters in any kind of program does sweat your processor.. of course they could always add an option to disable it

TheRealDude · 10-06-2005, 02:20 AM

yes they would need 5 layers then not 4.

they already have the base polygon with:

bump mapping

opacity

texture

glow mapping

if they added the tint layer then the cards with only 4 texture units (IE the GeForce TI series and a lot of the older cards that work with EQ2 now) wouldnt work anymore unless they disable something. imo they should, instead of using opacity, just create seperate models for the different armor looks.

for an example if youll look on the left side of my monk's arm youll see a thin white line. this is left over after applying the opacity map to the polygon to make it look like it ends when in reality it covers my entire arm. this artifact is on several items such as the fog grimmith cap my Warlock is wearing in the picture below my post, almost any arm item that doesnt cover the whole arm, any pants that are cut shorter than normal, some of the leather pants with the short butt flaps SMILEY

, and a lot of other designs. so cutting out that one layer would allow them to add in tint without raising the requirments and it would help make the game look smoother.

and to the OP:

i love the midnight one you added in for the status armor SMILEY

Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 03:23 PM

slowb · 10-06-2005, 02:40 AM

TheRealDude wrote:

yes they would need 5 layers then not 4.

they already have the base polygon with:

bump mapping

opacity

texture

glow mapping

if they added the tint layer then the cards with only 4 texture units (IE the GeForce TI series and a lot of the older cards that work with EQ2 now) wouldnt work anymore unless they disable something. imo they should, instead of using opacity, just create seperate models for the different armor looks.

for an example if youll look on the left side of my monk's arm youll see a thin white line. this is left over after applying the opacity map to the polygon to make it look like it ends when in reality it covers my entire arm. this artifact is on several items such as the fog grimmith cap my Warlock is wearing in the picture below my post, almost any arm item that doesnt cover the whole arm, any pants that are cut shorter than normal, some of the leather pants with the short butt flaps , and a lot of other designs. so cutting out that one layer would allow them to add in tint without raising the requirments and it would help make the game look smoother.

and to the OP:

i love the midnight one you added in for the status armor
Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 03:23 PM

people still use the geforce tis? i remember when having those was like being donald trump

TheRealDude · 10-06-2005, 06:30 AM

slowbus wrote: people still use the geforce tis? i remember when having those was like being donald trump

that was, what? like last year? i remember when having a ~~calculator~~ adding machine made you rich SMILEY

Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 07:32 PM

Hazdrubel · 10-06-2005, 10:15 AM

TheRealDude wrote:

and to the OP:

i love the midnight one you added in for the status armor
Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 03:23 PM

Thx. Working with heavier tones does create an interesting look. Really brings out every little detail in the armor.

Araxes · 10-06-2005, 03:00 PM

The midnight armor looks awesome. To Petigue: Nice to find another Fireworks enthusiast. There aren't enough of us. We need to make the AwSuMnEsS of FW known to all. =P (For further example fellow readers: see my signature, done in Fireworks.) I think if I saw any monk wearing that bright purple I might have to cover my eyes. This is one fear I have with allowing users to tint their own armor - or allowing crafters to do it. Inevitably you will have people wearing the most garish schemes imaginable to mankind. (i.e. bright purple and magenta or something else akin to a "Hello Kitty" purse). lol

Hannalynn · 10-06-2005, 05:15 PM

Thought I would also share some of my armour tinting experiments here.. though not as cleancut as the OP I am in the feyiron plate for the first set, and the bruiser AQ for the 2nd: First off the original: Some brightening up for luster as well:

==== Maybe some cobolt colouring: This gold turned out to be my favourite:

==== More of a light and textured blue: And for those ladies who want to be a power ranger:

=== Dusty light browne (my 2nd favourite): w t f ... .. no idea, I was tired:

==== And here is the original of the bruiser in AQ1:

== A summery golden colour:

=== Powderpuff blue:

==== My favourite and a dark sepia colour:

=== A vile greene, but my friend decided he wanted to see greene:

=== some kind of orange juice orange:

=== blood red:

========== So in conclusion how long did this take? Well honestlly selecting the pieces to dye took longer than dying... is this hard to code? Eh not really... I would really like to see some diversity in the armour... welld one to the other tintings here too edit: yay i can spell

Message Edited by Hannalynn on 10-06-2005 09:21 AM

Jindris · 10-06-2005, 06:08 PM

How are you guys able to do this? I'd like to try it and see what I can come up with!

Hannalynn · 10-06-2005, 06:42 PM

well I did it by taking the images, outlining and selecting the various pieces I wanted to colour in Adobe Photoshop, putting them on a new layer and then either using Colour Effects (tm) or the Stain option in the blending effects to mess around with colouring, tinting and shading... its pretty easy.

Panad · 10-06-2005, 08:00 PM

Yup, definitely not hard to implement ingame - in fact it seems it already IS ingame. At character creation, choosing the colors for hair, skin, eyes, glyphes etc. and clothing(!) - it is ingame, they just need to extend it to every clothing item ingame.

TheRealDude · 10-06-2005, 08:57 PM

the two easiest ways i know if in Fireworks are to either cut out the armor pieces or do what i did and use a brush on a new layer and paint over them.

then take that and add a color fill effect to it and fill it with the color you want then change that layer to be either the "color" or "tint" filter.

using the same filters i took this image i got from ogaming:

and colored it for use a sig i did recently:

(yes i realize the colors arnt exactly the same but thats because i didnt save my final version of it before cutting and pasting into the sig heh.)

Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-06-2005 10:00 AM

Hazdrubel · 10-06-2005, 09:29 PM

Hannalynn wrote:
Thought I would also share some of my armour tinting experiments here.. though not as cleancut as the OP I am in the feyiron plate for the first set, and the bruiser AQ for the 2nd:
Message Edited by Hannalynn on 10-06-2005 09:21 AM

Very, very nice. Dont sell yourself short...those all look awesome. Feyiron is tricky to work with in that the armor looks flat and has no depth to it. Unlike some of the other armor suits where you can see glint, glare, and reflections in the metal - feyiron has no luster to it. Almost looks as if the shine was sandblasted off. :smileyhappy: The cobalt, white, and gold colored ones are my favorites. The Bruiser AQ ones are all great. Sadly, even if those color options were available - the outfit itself really isnt visible anymore in the game. By the late 20s and on the majority of Brawlers are already wearing Light Armor pieces. The dark sepia and blood red are my faves there.

grendel · 10-07-2005, 12:42 AM

That midnight fabled gear is my exact mental picture of what I wanted T6 fabled plate to look like. Excellent job, I just wish little changes like this could be made in the game, I know tinting the armor cant require the amount of time they said creating new armor would. They just added blue tint to some of the chain armor yesterday, one of guildies looked very nice in it.

Wilde_Night · 10-07-2005, 01:35 AM

Hannalynn

I would love to see my Shadowknight in Black and Red armor, the colors of Shadow and Hate. LOL. I would create it myself, but my PC is still enroute from the move. It always looks odd to me that SK's and Paly's wear the same colored armor.

astawi · 10-07-2005, 03:35 AM

nice work done by all...all i can say is simply....We Need Do Have Color Diversity In Game!

Aelona · 10-07-2005, 03:38 AM

More! Show us more! SMILEY

10-01-2005, 08:42 AM	#3
Aelona Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 12	Hazdrubel wrote: In all likelihood tinting will not look like this, but just a what if. Chain mail touched up with some color here and there...nothing fancy. Wow...I wish my armor did look like that!!! You did a great job on tinting!!! Message Edited by Aelona on 09-30-2005 09:46 PM __________________

10-01-2005, 10:03 AM	#4
Sinkat General Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chile, South America. Posts: 312	Atmosphear1993 wrote: You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying. Totally true .

10-01-2005, 06:31 PM	#6
andersonim Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage AK Posts: 111	Very Nice, i so wish they would do that. i really get tired of seeing the same old black ebon:[ __________________ http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...r/xann_sig.png http://signatures.myarmedforces.com/..._signature.png

10-01-2005, 10:08 PM	#7
Moralpanic Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 131	Atmosphear1993 wrote: You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying. Normally truths like these are funny because of how true they are... but in this case, it really is sad. Tinting is not the most complicated, or resource intensive processes (CPU/GPU resources-wise), yet EQ2 is lacking in it soooo severely.

10-02-2005, 10:04 PM	#8
Ashlian Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 432	Moralpanic wrote: Atmosphear1993 wrote: You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying. Normally truths like these are funny because of how true they are... but in this case, it really is sad. Tinting is not the most complicated, or resource intensive processes (CPU/GPU resources-wise), yet EQ2 is lacking in it soooo severely. Totally agree, nor is tinting ROCKET SCIENCE! Even if they just gave us a basic 8 or 16 color palette so that we could tint our own armor in areas like you showed on the chain and fulginate, over the existing texture, that would be a huge improvement. Come on, devs, it's getting late in the game to keep us looking like we crawled out of a gutter or deserted the same army. Ashlian Liadan, 48 Fury, 32 Tailor of Mistmoore __________________

10-01-2005, 07:47 AM	#1
Hazdrubel Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 13	In all likelihood tinting will not look like this, but just a what if. First chainmail touched up with some color here and there...nothing fancy. Changed out a gold version of the polished/Fabled plate with one that has 4 versions. Swapped out one large screenshot of the blue fulginate color for 4 colored versions of fulginate. Also added some full colored versions of chainmail similar to what is being seen now coming in game. Chainmail dye: 4 color fulginate: 4 polished/fabled shots. Standard being the in-game untouched version for comparison. Black carbonite: (edited for screenshot change) Message Edited by Hazdrubel on 10-05-2005 03:57 PM Message Edited by Hazdrubel on 10-05-2005 04:03 PM Message Edited by Hazdrubel on 10-07-2005 06:13 PM Message Edited by Hazdrubel on 10-07-2005 06:17 PM Message Edited by Hazdrubel on 10-07-2005 11:53 PM

10-01-2005, 07:58 AM	#2
Atmosphear1993 Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 219	You have just displayed more talent/creativeness than what the Art Team is currently displaying.

10-01-2005, 06:28 PM	#5
Rorasis Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 345	It is amazing what simple tinting can do for armor. That looks wonderful! /sigh, now it makes me sad. edited for spelling! Message Edited by Rorasis on 10-01-2005 07:28 AM

10-04-2005, 10:41 AM	#9
DarknessScyt Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 60	WOW :smileysurprised:

10-05-2005, 04:00 AM	#10
TheRealDude Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180	along the same lines: (monk in AQ armor ) i kinda like the red and blue ones hehe and some tinted ones Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-04-2005 05:01 PM

10-05-2005, 01:34 PM	#11
Doylen Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 40	The "Golden" armor is not different than the Parade armor you can buy at guild level 25 OR the T5 Fableds. I see nothing golden on it

10-05-2005, 06:53 PM	#12
TheRealDude Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180	its tinted golden not colored like my first 4 pics so the highlights are gold instead of silver. to tell the differance look at my last one in the top row and the second one on the bottom row ... both are the same color just one is using a "tint" filter and the other is "color" filter Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 07:55 AM

10-05-2005, 07:38 PM	#13
slowb Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 16	are these photoshopped ? cause they look very real (ingame real) if they arent.. if they arent, how did you go about doing this ? __________________ a rockstar with a chop saw thats sharp enough to chop off the top of a cops car with the pigs still in it - if i said it i meant it and if i meant it that means what i said is cemented in stone and mortar, fortified but you [Removed for Content] keep going over the borderline like mail order brides

10-05-2005, 08:44 PM	#14
TheRealDude Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180	well it was "photoshoped" but i didnt use photoshop used fireworks, color and overlay and use the "color" filter so it only replaces the color of the item below it and not the luminosity or anything else. alternativly you can use the "tint" filter which is a lot lighter than "color" and keeps the bright areas white instead of changing them into the color. you can tell they are photoshoped expecialy by looking at the legs of the bottom pink one Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 09:48 AM

10-06-2005, 12:34 AM	#15
slowb Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 16	TheRealDude wrote: well it was "photoshoped" but i didnt use photoshop used fireworks, color and overlay and use the "color" filter so it only replaces the color of the item below it and not the luminosity or anything else. alternativly you can use the "tint" filter which is a lot lighter than "color" and keeps the bright areas white instead of changing them into the color. you can tell they are photoshoped expecialy by looking at the legs of the bottom pink one Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 09:48 AM oh ok.. they do look kick [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] though.. and maybe thats why they wont add it.. because running filters in any kind of program does sweat your processor.. of course they could always add an option to disable it __________________ a rockstar with a chop saw thats sharp enough to chop off the top of a cops car with the pigs still in it - if i said it i meant it and if i meant it that means what i said is cemented in stone and mortar, fortified but you [Removed for Content] keep going over the borderline like mail order brides

10-06-2005, 02:20 AM	#16
TheRealDude Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180	yes they would need 5 layers then not 4. they already have the base polygon with: bump mapping opacity texture glow mapping if they added the tint layer then the cards with only 4 texture units (IE the GeForce TI series and a lot of the older cards that work with EQ2 now) wouldnt work anymore unless they disable something. imo they should, instead of using opacity, just create seperate models for the different armor looks. for an example if youll look on the left side of my monk's arm youll see a thin white line. this is left over after applying the opacity map to the polygon to make it look like it ends when in reality it covers my entire arm. this artifact is on several items such as the fog grimmith cap my Warlock is wearing in the picture below my post, almost any arm item that doesnt cover the whole arm, any pants that are cut shorter than normal, some of the leather pants with the short butt flaps , and a lot of other designs. so cutting out that one layer would allow them to add in tint without raising the requirments and it would help make the game look smoother. and to the OP: i love the midnight one you added in for the status armor Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 03:23 PM

10-06-2005, 02:40 AM	#17
slowb Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 16	TheRealDude wrote: yes they would need 5 layers then not 4. they already have the base polygon with: bump mapping opacity texture glow mapping if they added the tint layer then the cards with only 4 texture units (IE the GeForce TI series and a lot of the older cards that work with EQ2 now) wouldnt work anymore unless they disable something. imo they should, instead of using opacity, just create seperate models for the different armor looks. for an example if youll look on the left side of my monk's arm youll see a thin white line. this is left over after applying the opacity map to the polygon to make it look like it ends when in reality it covers my entire arm. this artifact is on several items such as the fog grimmith cap my Warlock is wearing in the picture below my post, almost any arm item that doesnt cover the whole arm, any pants that are cut shorter than normal, some of the leather pants with the short butt flaps , and a lot of other designs. so cutting out that one layer would allow them to add in tint without raising the requirments and it would help make the game look smoother. and to the OP: i love the midnight one you added in for the status armor Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 03:23 PM people still use the geforce tis? i remember when having those was like being donald trump __________________ a rockstar with a chop saw thats sharp enough to chop off the top of a cops car with the pigs still in it - if i said it i meant it and if i meant it that means what i said is cemented in stone and mortar, fortified but you [Removed for Content] keep going over the borderline like mail order brides

10-06-2005, 06:30 AM	#18
TheRealDude Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180	slowbus wrote: people still use the geforce tis? i remember when having those was like being donald trump that was, what? like last year? i remember when having a ~~calculator~~ adding machine made you rich Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 07:32 PM

10-06-2005, 10:15 AM	#19
Hazdrubel Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 13	TheRealDude wrote: and to the OP: i love the midnight one you added in for the status armor Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-05-2005 03:23 PM Thx. Working with heavier tones does create an interesting look. Really brings out every little detail in the armor.

10-06-2005, 03:00 PM	#20
Araxes Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 992	The midnight armor looks awesome. To Petigue: Nice to find another Fireworks enthusiast. There aren't enough of us. We need to make the AwSuMnEsS of FW known to all. =P (For further example fellow readers: see my signature, done in Fireworks.) I think if I saw any monk wearing that bright purple I might have to cover my eyes. This is one fear I have with allowing users to tint their own armor - or allowing crafters to do it. Inevitably you will have people wearing the most garish schemes imaginable to mankind. (i.e. bright purple and magenta or something else akin to a "Hello Kitty" purse). lol __________________

10-06-2005, 05:15 PM	#21
Hannalynn Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rochdale, UK Posts: 274	Thought I would also share some of my armour tinting experiments here.. though not as cleancut as the OP I am in the feyiron plate for the first set, and the bruiser AQ for the 2nd: First off the original: Some brightening up for luster as well: ==== Maybe some cobolt colouring: This gold turned out to be my favourite: ==== More of a light and textured blue: And for those ladies who want to be a power ranger: === Dusty light browne (my 2nd favourite): w t f ... .. no idea, I was tired: ==== And here is the original of the bruiser in AQ1: == A summery golden colour: === Powderpuff blue: ==== My favourite and a dark sepia colour: === A vile greene, but my friend decided he wanted to see greene: === some kind of orange juice orange: === blood red: ========== So in conclusion how long did this take? Well honestlly selecting the pieces to dye took longer than dying... is this hard to code? Eh not really... I would really like to see some diversity in the armour... welld one to the other tintings here too edit: yay i can spell Message Edited by Hannalynn on 10-06-2005 09:21 AM

10-06-2005, 06:08 PM	#22
Jindris Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 98	How are you guys able to do this? I'd like to try it and see what I can come up with!

10-06-2005, 06:42 PM	#23
Hannalynn Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rochdale, UK Posts: 274	well I did it by taking the images, outlining and selecting the various pieces I wanted to colour in Adobe Photoshop, putting them on a new layer and then either using Colour Effects (tm) or the Stain option in the blending effects to mess around with colouring, tinting and shading... its pretty easy.

10-06-2005, 08:00 PM	#24
Panad General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 144	Yup, definitely not hard to implement ingame - in fact it seems it already IS ingame. At character creation, choosing the colors for hair, skin, eyes, glyphes etc. and clothing(!) - it is ingame, they just need to extend it to every clothing item ingame. __________________

10-06-2005, 08:57 PM	#25
TheRealDude Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180	the two easiest ways i know if in Fireworks are to either cut out the armor pieces or do what i did and use a brush on a new layer and paint over them. then take that and add a color fill effect to it and fill it with the color you want then change that layer to be either the "color" or "tint" filter. using the same filters i took this image i got from ogaming: and colored it for use a sig i did recently: (yes i realize the colors arnt exactly the same but thats because i didnt save my final version of it before cutting and pasting into the sig heh.) Message Edited by TheRealDude on 10-06-2005 10:00 AM

10-06-2005, 09:29 PM	#26
Hazdrubel Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 13	Hannalynn wrote: Thought I would also share some of my armour tinting experiments here.. though not as cleancut as the OP I am in the feyiron plate for the first set, and the bruiser AQ for the 2nd: Message Edited by Hannalynn on 10-06-2005 09:21 AM Very, very nice. Dont sell yourself short...those all look awesome. Feyiron is tricky to work with in that the armor looks flat and has no depth to it. Unlike some of the other armor suits where you can see glint, glare, and reflections in the metal - feyiron has no luster to it. Almost looks as if the shine was sandblasted off. :smileyhappy: The cobalt, white, and gold colored ones are my favorites. The Bruiser AQ ones are all great. Sadly, even if those color options were available - the outfit itself really isnt visible anymore in the game. By the late 20s and on the majority of Brawlers are already wearing Light Armor pieces. The dark sepia and blood red are my faves there.

10-07-2005, 12:42 AM	#27
grendel Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1	That midnight fabled gear is my exact mental picture of what I wanted T6 fabled plate to look like. Excellent job, I just wish little changes like this could be made in the game, I know tinting the armor cant require the amount of time they said creating new armor would. They just added blue tint to some of the chain armor yesterday, one of guildies looked very nice in it.

10-07-2005, 01:35 AM	#28
Wilde_Night Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin Posts: 1,127	Hannalynn I would love to see my Shadowknight in Black and Red armor, the colors of Shadow and Hate. LOL. I would create it myself, but my PC is still enroute from the move. It always looks odd to me that SK's and Paly's wear the same colored armor. __________________

10-07-2005, 03:35 AM	#29
astawi General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 9	nice work done by all...all i can say is simply....We Need Do Have Color Diversity In Game!

10-07-2005, 03:38 AM	#30
Aelona Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 12	More! Show us more! __________________