Comr4de's Galletorium of Awesome, Have a Look-see! Options

[Comr4de]

Because this forum needs more -oriums in every bloody title.

Alright let\'s be real, I should had done this eons ago before when we were at E-Studios/Fallout Studios but I\'ve neglected showing off some content for too long! For many years I have shown my work only to the internals of SWR, only showing my work to exclusive people. Why you ask? What they say about yourself being the greatest critic is true, I never felt confident enough to show my work outside SWR for either personal reasons or the laziness that consumes my habits of everyday life. Well no more! From now on I\'ll try and update this thread whenever I have time, showing off new signatures, avatars, drawings, models, textures, levels (maps) and so on.

I\'ll post the many concept works I\'ve made over the years of working with SWR Productions, content which were seen or never seen in Shockwave, WarGames Zero Hour, Rise of the Reds and some completely unrelated to SWR. Stay tuned.

I will take requests and ideas if you wish to contribute! In return you\'ll get the best possible product you wish to get, what else can you ask for ?

So let\'s start fresh and show you some of the signatures I\'ve made thus far that I feel good about:


Created using footage from the Meet the Demoman video.



Created from scanned art from the W40K book \"Only War\"



Latest work, created using WoW Model Viewer.

Too lazy to throw my drawings in here, since there are tons that I need to grab from multiple threads and grabbing the old work I\'ve done. Gotta look through a lot of shit you know

Sig/Avatar Requests:
If you wish for me to complete a request from you I only ask you to explain what you want as well a providing some reference material for the content you wish to be made into a signature. I will try to the best of my abilities to use what content you have provided, but will also likely wing-it and use similar content in the same manner as the one you have provided. There are exceptions of course, those of which would be if they are under the same game or movie etc. Thats really all I ask.

Also as a note, most of my signatures are larger than what some forums expect you to have their size. Here at SWR however, we find that signatures are a way of making the forum much more livelier with graphics and themes, why they are bigger than others was simply a matter of making them stand out more and most importantly:

[MARS]

You've got talent, mate. I like the signatures. Even though they're a _little_ too big for my
liking, they're among the best sigs with that 'render sticking out'-effect I have ever seen.

This post has been edited by Rayburn: 3 Jun 2009, 8:42

[Comr4de]

Signature and avatar I finished today :



Source 1
Source 2

Started playing this series and well, Kos Mos looks badass so I decided to make a sig out of the most awesome fan art I could find.

[Alias]

Holy shit that is gigantic.

[MARS]

Those sigs are getting bigger and bigger it seems.
Nice work, though. The various elements seem very coherent.

[Comr4de]

Those sigs are getting bigger and bigger it seems.
Nice work, though. The various elements seem very coherent.

Couldn't resist


I'll see if I can turn it down a notch, although the size still fits our signature size limits
Edit: Just so you know its 350x700!


I'll also be posting the compilation of artwork I've done for Shockwave and Rise of the Reds over the course of my years here with the SWR Team and those before we actually became an entity.

[GDIZOCOM]

really nice artwork there Com4de

[Stinger]

Expertly made, even if it is a tad on the large side for my tastes.

[Pav3d]

It looks great, I love the different style your sigs have

[Mr.Kim]

Two words: So awesome!

Nice sig anyway.

[Cobretti]

Nice work there on the signatures!

[Comr4de]

New Xenosaga themed signature, upon Overdose's request:




Source 1
Source 2
Source 3

[Overdose]

Comr4de is da man.

[The_Hunter]

Both are very nicely made altho i myself like stinger don't realy like them beeing huge like that altho any smaller would probably make you unable to do them with that same effect and appearance.

Also welcome Pav3d

[Shiro]

OMG, what stone have I let gone rolling? =^.^=
Anyway, I want to request a 'Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni' combo, preferably with Rena for ava, Rena and Mion or Rena and Rika as sig, where in the background should be a ghostly Hanyuu. A bit bloody, but not too much blood please if that is ok of course. Thank you in advantage.
Edit: stupid typos.
Edit2: really stupid typo^^

This post has been edited by KamuiK: 3 Jul 2009, 15:36

[Comr4de]

OMG, what stone have I let gone rolling? =^.^=
Anyway, I what to request a 'Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni' combo, preferably with Rena for ava, Rena and Mion or Rena and Rika as sig, where in the background should be a ghostly Hanyuu. A bit bloody, but not too much blood please if that is ok of course. Thank you in advantage.
Edit: stupid typos.

Sure thing, it will take some time to do some research on them and would be best if you have some images that you preferably like for the signature and avatar. If not I can do some searching myself to find the images based on what you've mentioned in your description.

[Shiro]

Well, as far as Hanyuu goes, you could either use this or this picture. Else you have free choice as long as it looks cool in the end (which I am sure about^^).

This post has been edited by KamuiK: 4 Jul 2009, 1:16

[Shock]

No hotlinking allowed on those pictures, upload them elsewhere.

[Pav3d]

Also welcome Pav3d

Thanks Thought Id see what u guys are getting up to
@shock: just copy n paste the links into ur address bar, if you click them ull get re-directed

[Comr4de]

Finished Avy and Signature for Kamuik, 'Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni' Rena themed. He had suggested a different view but I hope he likes the changes I did to it:



A wise man once said, less is more

Source 1
Source 2

[Shiro]

I felt the urge of redefining the entire post^^
I have to admit this combo looks great, not exactly what I expected but better. One thing though: can you make me the ava without the writing too?

This post has been edited by KamuiK: 8 Jul 2009, 12:36

[Comr4de]

I felt the urge of redefining the entire post^^
I have to admit this combo looks great, not exactly what I expected but better. One thing though: can you make me the ava without the writing too?

Sure can, give me a second while I remove it. Wait for the edit.

Done:

Enjoy

[Shiro]

Very well, thank you Comr4de.

[Lucid]

I have a sig request.

can you please make me a fishing themed sig, preferably bass fishing, with the text "Fisherman Forever"?

[Comr4de]

I have a sig request.

can you please make me a fishing themed sig, preferably bass fishing, with the text "Fisherman Forever"?

Alright. I'll need some reference material then, if you can gather some images for me to at least get an idea for me to use it'd make it easier to nail down what you want

[Mr.Kim]

I have a simple request with new sig & avata. The theme is Mothership Zeta.

Here some images from fallout wiki: http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/...other_ship1.jpg -->avata
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Mothers...en_Robotics.jpg --> sig

[Comr4de]

Awesome, I'll do my best to come up with something. Expect something Texas-sized, as always

[Mr.Kim]

Awesome and thanks. Can't wait it myself.

[Comr4de]

Brief update on both of your sigs, they will be made this following Monday

[Mr.Kim]

Alright. Can't wait today.

[Wi-Ta]

Brief update on both of your sigs, they will be made this following Monday

I think it is time for me to get something old school.
Please bug me on MSN when this is done and you have time.

cya
Wi-Ta

[Comr4de]

Sorry for the delay guys, I shall have your stuff ready by tomorrow. Sudden lack of sleep and school + friends made it nearly impossible to get even on my computer at all today.

Edit:

Your signature is complete Kim, Viper I'll be working on yours next and get it to you as soon as possible !

I actually made 2 variants for you Kim but I think in the end the one I winged ended up being better, your pick as to which one you want to choose:
Avatar:

Variant 1 (the one I winged):

Variant 2:


I'll have to warn ya, you wont be able to use this one at FS unless I get you a smaller version with the max size over there. Let me know if you do want a version for it

Source 1
Source 2
Source 3

Hope you like it Kim

Edit 2:
Combo work, done with yours Viper, hope you like it



Source mainly from Google Image and some searching, waayy to tired to post them right now.

[Alias]

Great work, Luis, you're really setting up your own unique style which is great.
My only criticisms is that you tend to make them LIKE TEXAS.

Very buce indeed.

This post has been edited by Alias: 21 Jul 2009, 15:23

[Vidar]

Damn cool looking mate, great job. The fishy one is very appealing

[Comr4de]

Great work, Luis, you're really setting up your own unique style which is great.
My only criticisms is that you tend to make them LIKE TEXAS.

Very buce indeed.

Thanks man. Also the size thing is because that is now my standard

[Wi-Ta]

Like i did say already on MSN.
Great stuff man.

[Stinger]

A tad on the large side again for my tastes, but they are very well made. You have your own inimitable style of signature making - and have far surpassed those I used to consider "the greats".

[Mr.Kim]

Awesome and I love it.

Once again thank you, Comr4rd.

[Lucid]

I love it. Thanks very much.

*gives Comr4de one internetz*

[Comr4de]

Thanks for the comments guys, I'm glad you liked your sigs


Now just to continue my thread, this is something I cooked up in 15 minutes to update my Steam Avatar:

[MARS]

Looks pretty awesome. Something like this on a wall/billboard should be added as a map object in RotR.

[Wi-Ta]

Nice done Com4de
I see you have some nice idea already.

[Comr4de]

Thanks for the nice comments

For those who didn't know, I've had a deviant account for 3 years now but never used it until recently. If you want to check it out click here!


I also finished that Wallpaper I wanted to do based off that avatar I posted earlier, since the image is HUGE you'll have to click it below:

Wallpaper 1280x1024

Hope you all like it

[Raven]

Looks great comrade!! any change of getting a 1080p widescreen version?

[Comr4de]

Sure, what exact resolution size do you want for it ?

[Raven]

1920x1080 would be great

[The_Hunter]

if you make a wallpaper these days you should take all possible resolutions into account specialy widescreen since it's starting to become more comon than the old school monitor resolutions

[Comr4de]

Well to be honest this was more of a personal wallpaper, I totally didn't expect people to want it

[SGM. Jazzie Spur...]

Well.. if you're free :3 You know the side and the name for the sig

[Comr4de]

Well.. if you're free :3 You know the side and the name for the sig

Kids happy fun time sig and avy ?

[Comr4de]

1920x1080 would be great

Got your wallpaper to go man, enjoy

1920x1080 Wallpaper

[Raven]

Woooohooooooo...thanks comrade!!!!

[Pickysaurus]

Can you do short animations Comr4de?

[Comr4de]

I can but I can't say I specialize in animation. What do ya need?

[Pickysaurus]

Well it's nothing like super special or important.
But I got Tune-Up Utilities 2009. And you can change the bootscreen and stuff for Vista.

I don't know if you use Vista but as it starts there is a glowing windows logo. Now I had this crazy idea of replacing that with a Russia/ECA symbol that does a similar sort of glow

Sounds crazy I know. But would you be able to whip something up?

My screen resolution is 1280x800.

[Comr4de]

If it's just a glowing animation thats cake.

I'll need to see how the boot screen looks like as I never had Vista

[Pickysaurus]

Slight exaggerated glow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_TfGFJlGWE...feature=related

Actual glow (low quality video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY62Yt_3VRk&NR=1

[SGM. Jazzie Spur...]

Wen ECA sig for Kid ?

[Comr4de]

Wen ECA sig for Kid ?

=o

Well what would you want on it?

[Shiro]

-nevermind-

This post has been edited by KamuiK: 7 Aug 2009, 20:12

[SGM. Jazzie Spur...]

=o

Well what would you want on it?

Amaze me :3

[Shock]

- Prevention of reputational battering - edited.

This post has been edited by Shock: 8 Aug 2009, 0:01

[Shiro]

Yes, you are right.

[Comr4de]

Signature I made for a friend of mine.



PS: I am getting to the rest of the requests shortly, hold on a bit guys

[NergiZed]

Signature I made for a friend of mine.



PS: I am getting to the rest of the requests shortly, hold on a bit guys

Hehe , I loved that show! Nice sig as well.

Goodness, I should make a new sig sometime...

[Comr4de]

Did one for Rayburns sig. Still WIP unless he has a few suggestions with the current state. =)

[MARS]

Ooh, that one looks brilliant. Love the texture and how you still managed to give it a sense of depth despite being a flat, abstract object. Cheers, mate!

[Shiro]

Does that sign mean anything? To me it looks like Anthrax symbol (or biological weapon/danger in general) with 4 instead of 3 open circles.

[MARS]

It's my personal logo although you're right, it's actually based off the bio-hazard sign.

[Shiro]

Biohazard was the word yeah. Interesting concept anyway, is there a reason you did that? I mean making your personal logo based on biohazard?

[MARS]

Not really, it's not supposed to bear any connotations. You may also recognise the Roman-style laurel wreath and the abstracted 'sun
rays' which resemble the Rising Sun flag of Imperial Japan. But I just drew inspiration from these elements for aesthetic purposes only.

[Pickysaurus]

That sig is very nice!
Kinda puts your personal photo to shame now doesn't it?

[MARS]

Nah, the photo is the 'official' version, this one's the more artistic one.

[Comr4de]

That sig is very nice!
Kinda puts your personal photo to shame now doesn't it?

That's not really fair to say seeing as I got the idea from that exact image. I simply improved the original look but it's consistent with the original style.

[Pickysaurus]

I used the tongue smiley to show light-heartedness there
Was more a jesting comment than a serious one ^.^

[Comr4de]

I used the tongue smiley to show light-heartedness there
Was more a jesting comment than a serious one ^.^

Sadly it's hard to tell that when it's conveyed by text and smileys alone. No worries though I didn't actually think you were insulting anyone. =)

Edit:



Made new signature for a school forum.

[Comr4de]

Another new signature to update my current one. Posting the original size for personal reference and to show you this size:

Texas Titan sized:


Actual sig size:


Source:
Image #1
Image #2

[Destiny]

Very, very nice Comr4de. I like the honeycombs, more is better However the...err..."border" surrounding the image stands out too much...a tad of transparency might do some good.

[Alias]

Everything is bigger in Texas!

Very buce.
You're really developing your unique style which is great, even though the actual size one is still a bit large for my taste. :3

[Shiro]

Interesting. Big as always as well. Next time you will probably make a sig as big as the whole screen However it looks awesome as always too.

[wb21]

Although it's a bit grainy, overall, it's nice!

[SGM. Jazzie Spur...]

When ECA Sig D:?

[Comr4de]

Thanks for the comment guys, even though my sigs are HUGE it's mainly because I like to keep the image that I use as close as possible to the original size. Also 'kid, ECA sigs would merely consist of the logo and whatever unit render we have of a unit we have used, your going to have to be more descriptive than that

[NergiZed]

Very nice sig. Judging from the size of the sig and the number of them you've made, you must be a huge Xenosaga fan. I like Kos-mos as a character, but I've never played the game, probably never will as I'm not a fan of console JRPGs anymore. I've watched the a few 'episodes' of the game on VGH, though.

[Comr4de]

Very nice sig. Judging from the size of the sig and the number of them you've made, you must be a huge Xenosaga fan. I like Kos-mos as a character, but I've never played the game, probably never will as I'm not a fan of console JRPGs anymore. I've watched the a few 'episodes' of the game on VGH, though.

Xenosaga is probably one of my favorite if not only JRPG that I'd play legitimately (next to Final Fantasy of course). While I can't normally cope with techno babble I can forgive it since I just love the characters so much as well as some of the art designs. I actually first got into it thanks to Kamuiks sig portraying T-elos & Kosmos I decided to finally look into it. Looked it up, watched the anime (which was ok) and decided to buy all 3 games for my PS2. First bought the 1st one and loved it, the other 2 shortly followed

Let me tell ya though, the 3rd one was a bitch to find since it's a rare find now. Check on amazon or ebay, it ranges for 30-60 USD for a used copy and 60-300 USD for a new copy. Luckily I got 'em for fairly cheap with the 1st and 2nd being 15 bucks each and the 3rd one which I finally found a week ago for 33 bucks in perfect condition with manual and all. Damn lucky.

..glad you like it though

[Cobretti]

Let me tell ya though, the 3rd one was a bitch to find since it's a rare find now. Check on amazon or ebay, it ranges for 30-60 USD for a used copy and 60-300 USD for a new copy. Luckily I got 'em for fairly cheap with the 1st and 2nd being 15 bucks each and the 3rd one which I finally found a week ago for 33 bucks in perfect condition with manual and all. Damn lucky.

..glad you like it though

Really? One of my brother recently started playing those games...he doesn't have the third one yet!

[Comr4de]

Really? One of my brother recently started playing those games...he doesn't have the third one yet!

Nice. If you don't mind sci fi and random techno babble you should try it out yourself. Especially if you liked any of the Final Fantasies, it's a great series.

[Shiro]

[...]I actually first got into it thanks to KamuiKs sig portraying T-elos & Kosmos[...]

I think I still have that PM somewhere you send me that day
However, glad I could be of help. Also once again, I say that sig looks great, mainly because it actually is a link to the full version

This post has been edited by KamuiK: 5 Sep 2009, 15:40

[Comr4de]

I posted a few more pictures of my work done in my 40k pieces here. Hope ya like 'em

[Destiny]

Wow that cupboard is huge, and nice lampshade! Big tank is big D:

[Wi-Ta]

Nice collection you have there

[Comr4de]

Made a new sig for my good bud 'dose




Fixing to make that smaller of course.

[Overdose]

My favorite one of all time!

Thanks so much!

[Nidmeister]

Looks awesome
One of my favourites of yours for sure.

This post has been edited by John Lennon: 13 Sep 2009, 13:00

[Dutchygamer]

Why do I think of a TS Nod soldier when looking at that pic

[Shiro]

Why do I think of a TS Nod soldier when looking at that pic

+ Tau Firewarrior

[Overdose]

Actually she's my character from Champions Online. Nice guesses though since Nod and Tau are my favorite RTS factions.

[Nidmeister]

You can tell by the boobies.

[Pickysaurus]

You still doing the requests from before Comr4de?

[Comr4de]

You still doing the requests from before Comr4de?

I actually have a lot in my plate right now.

Currently I have in my to do list:

A sig for Vidar, Tau theme.

A sig for Wilfred, ECA Theme.

A sig for 'kid, also a ECA theme.

Anything else I've forgotten D: