Hey all, its been a while since I worked on anything but i've finally found the time to work on something and first off i'm skinning the default k98. I started on the wood today and i will be skinning the metal too. here's a preview:
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3682/kar8vb.jpg

Looks great as always.:)

Looking good Brutal!

Why the default? :)

because the sky is blue.

Here's another small update, Almost finished the wood, will most probably start on the metal tomorrow. here's some more pics...
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9480/k98pimpcan3zt.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=k98pimpcan23am.jpg

The default metal looks surprisingly good with your wood. Just an observation, not a suggestion.

i think it looks very sexy.

Havent been around here long enough to see any
of yer work but holy crap!!! That looks damn fine
Brutal!!!

82 thumbs up......
+ 10 toes

Outstanding work brutal :D and Koblentz is right the default k98 does look very nice with your wood.

I was hoping you would so some skins for DOD:S because you do some of the best woods I've seen, There's only one other person that does wood as good as you and I bet a bunch of people who could guess who.

Wow, looks great. Please hurry and finish so I can dl it! :)

WOW Brutal that looks so cool. Im gonna use that for sure if you decided to release it.

Wow, Brutal where have you been? This looks fantastic. Your wood is as always, top-notch. Looking forward to this.

Great work

tried to PM you - mailbox full. Sent e-mail instead.

Damn glad to see you back Brutal. Looks awesome, but even if it did'nt, i'd use it cos its yours.

WoWThis Wood looks very good.
but....
I think that this part is Incorrect.
http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=k98pimpcan3ztg5gb.jpg

Left side
http://taka25th.cathand.com/load.1.jpg
Right side
http://taka25th.cathand.com/zf41i.jpg

very good brutal love your wood you made!

Well started on the metal not long ago and I have darkened the wood a bit. The old lighter wood will still be available along with a few other wood variations upon release. here are a few pics, sorry if the ingame ones seem a little dark:
http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=34yo.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4193/13ac3.jpg
http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=27kc.jpg

wood looks great and the metal is looking nice so far. i'm looking forward to the finished skin.

That wood gives me wood. I hope the metal turns out as good :).

Here's a small update. Worked on the metal some more, no fine details such as full markings yet but they will be coming. Here are a few more pics.
http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=doddonner00102fj.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1417/doddonner00138by.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3517/doddonner00120me.jpg
Enjoy:)

Damn, that metal almost looks real :eek:

Getting closer to completion...
http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=15rt.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20pq.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=31kq.jpg

ooooo pretty kar.

Sweet Brutal:)

Lookin good brut! :eek:

Can't wait for this one. But alas the longer the better.

Simply beautiful, you put us moderate skinners in shame with your 1337 skillz D;

PERFECT work !

that is what i want :D

nice work Brutal, its looking good!, will be waiting for dl when released :D

wuv brutal

Please reappear and release this Brutal! :(

Hey guys,
well, its been a while, and as per usual i did a disappearing act, but the thing is, in the last 2 months or so, my college workload has sky rocketed and with many sleepless nights i only scrape through with it all, then the usual computer problems have restricted me also, but now I have a little time off and ill try get this one out there asap.
Stay tuned.

Originally posted by Brutal
Hey guys,
well, its been a while, and as per usual i did a disappearing act, but the thing is, in the last 2 months or so, my college workload has sky rocketed and with many sleepless nights i only scrape through with it all, then the usual computer problems have restricted me also, but now I have a little time off and ill try get this one out there asap.
Stay tuned. :donrluvs:

awesomes

looked good in the first few wip picks i saw.. imageshack can suck a lollipop :mod: with all its popups so i didn't bother to see the remaining wips..

keep at it.

Originally posted by Blackheart73
looked good in the first few wip picks i saw.. imageshack can suck a lollipop :mod: with all its popups so i didn't bother to see the remaining wips..
What popups?
I'm getting exactly zero of them on IS.us...

Anyways, Gonna release this tomorrow guys with default metal only. My reasons for this are I had a hd crash and i'd only backed it up as far as the wood skin so I really cant be bothered starting again on new metal.
Cheers,
Brut.

Originally posted by Brutal
Anyways, Gonna release this tomorrow guys with default metal only. My reasons for this are I had a hd crash and i'd only backed it up as far as the wood skin so I really cant be bothered starting again on new metal.
Cheers,
Brut. Aww, no custom metal? :(....but yay for release.:)

Are you making the wood from scratch in photoshop, or are you just ripping the texture from a google search? And our of curiousity, how many people do just rip the texture from a google search instead of making it themselves, or alternativley, going out and getting pics of wood and turning it into a texture?

Looking good though, keep it up.

Originally posted by junkers
Are you making the wood from scratch in photoshop, or are you just ripping the texture from a google search? And our of curiousity, how many people do just rip the texture from a google search instead of making it themselves, or alternativley, going out and getting pics of wood and turning it into a texture?

Generally, beginners in this field make wood textures from scratch, usually following tutorials but, 95% of the time they do not replicate actual wood and is hardly convincing at all...and that's ok. It's very tough to do so; even for the advanced. There are others that straight photoskin the texture from a picture of the actual weapon and then there's some (like Brutal/mostly skilled) that take stock photos of the wood and manually edit it to the point that it isn't as cheap as simply "ripping from google."

this particular texture is a flat wood texture I've had for years from the olden days which i think originated from Polygon. I do all the burns, highlights, scratches, indents etc in photoshop also . But I have created textures from scratch on many occasions depending on the skin. It is quite common for skinners to use existing textures for wood.
I always create my metal from scratch in photoshop though.

THis has been released now btw:D ;)