Meh, I wish they’d use those instead of flying pirates. It defeats the purpose of HAVING ki hunters in Super–they filled the only niche the regular pirates couldn’t. :\
Plus they just look cool. AND they have concept art for Prime, so they almost made it in. ;_;
Either way, I shaded a bunch of my pirate and redid his gun-arm.
Lookin’ good so far.
And see? I would have never known they actually had concept art drawn.
SPEYZ PIE RAT. ME LIKEY VERY MUCH.
Thats a kick ass pic, whered you get it??? Personally, i like the MP3 pirates better than all that came before them (they look more realistic, even though they could easily be members of the covenant). I’d actually like to give spriting MF style a shot.
Criticism: The contours in leg muscle are off below the knee (center of gravity to out of position, because pirates stand at ready position with knees bent, and lts outward). The chest armor doesnt look big enough compared to the referrence pic (but mabye it’s due to my complaint about the legs being to chunky).
Other than that, i really like it. The MP3 pirates are just way to awsome to wait for.
anyway: Ki-Hunter art for prime??? Where?? I really with they had made it in, or they make it into MP3. I despise the new aerotrooper design.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/metali/gallery%…02%20-%2031.jpg
There’s the kihunter art.
And I know about the legs, but I haven’t edited them yet. Those are just recolored and unshaded MP2 Trooper legs, to be honest.
I agree that the chest armor is too small, but it’s also too centered, and I have an idea that I think will fix both at once.
Wow. That Ki-hunter art is bad ass adds it to list of future spriting materials
The chest should be an easy fix, though im not sure which way you plan to go about it. I just recently watched the GF ship trailer. Is that where the screenshot is from?
BTW: Did you see the giant hulking pirate at the end?? I cant wait to see someone sprite that mother.
http://www.1up.com/do/slideshow?pager.offs…t=0&cId=3141680
It’s from the ‘recover the fuel cell’ thingy scene, yeah.
http://www.1up.com/do/slideshow?pager.offs…t=0&cId=3141680
You mean this guy? Yeah, I reckon that’s the new Elite Pirate design. I like it. Plus I’m really glad to see that Elites are coming back. :3
I’m almost 99% sure it’s one, cuz if not, WTF else is it? Pirate-allied, gigantic, and phazon-laced… yeah.
E:
Fixed the chest… hopefully.
Yeah, i thought it might be the new elite pirate, since it does share their color scheme. That’s probably the most badass motherfucking beast i’ve ever seen in the metroid series, and i bet MP3 has more to come.
The chest does look better now, but it still doesnt seem to “hang” off the body enough. It looks a little to tight. I know it’s alot of work to make it like that, but that’s all i can think of right now.
BTW, that giant pirate is what is seen grappling with the robot bounty hunter in the offscreen thingy. So there’s probably many of them, backing up the elite pirate theory.
Done. :3
Edit: Or not. Redid the front of his face a bit. <3
Personally, i cant stand the new faces. They look like friggin lawnmowers. I’ll try my best to be helpful.
I love the legs, they’re ausum.
I dont like the angle the head’s facing, but it looks great.
The right arm kinda bothers me. It looks too big, and or too chunky in places where it should be slimmer. The body without the arms or head looks magical though. But one and or both of the arms detract from the 3dness.
Pretty cool Daz, feet are a bit weird though. Of course, they always seem to no matter what.
i think the feet look fine, cant tell too much about the head though.
I just found the most hilariously scarring thing ever. I really don’t know where the fuck to put it, so it’s really off topic here, but everyone views this topic, and I don’t wanna make a new one, so I’ll put it here.
Don’t ask. Because I just don’t know.
Im must ask. I don’t get it. I post this a more confused human being. 
The little 8 bit one is a random critter RoguePirate made as a placeholder enemy. I loved the design, so I made a higher quality and shaded version. :3
Hmm…who is this rouge pirate, he seems to be a decent spriter. I like it too. Kinda matrixish.
Um, he’s the other guy working on CVROLS. >_>
…not to sound noobish, but what’s CVROLS??
>_<
oooooooooh.
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Ah. I met him on the SCU forums. He did portraits for the MPH’s and various pirates.
Wow, why did you redo a placeholder enemy? What ever happened to the Wyvern?
It’s pretty good though, and somehow it reminds me of a metallic Zergling…
