The Capo's LH Gallery and Self-Help Thread!

[The Capo]

Well, maybe you know this, but if I remember correctly, the Franks (especially early on) had a unique hairstyle where they'd shave half their head but keep the other half a ponytail or something like that (sort of like the Chinese ponytail except not as long). If you feel like it, you could just take away half his hair and leave some, er, shaved head or whatever. If that makes any sense.

I don't think their Kings did this though. But if you could find an image or something I could use as a basis that'd be helpful, I can't find an example of what you are talking about, although I think I have a vague idea of what you mean.

EDIT: I found this image, the guy on the left has what you are talking about, and the "pony-tail" would be in the front, so it is pretty different from a Chinese-styled one.

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Although this no longer seems to be the case by sixth century (when Clovis was in power) after the Franks had begun to conquer Gaul and establish a true Kingdom.

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Even if they did continue to wear that hairstyle, it seems that the man in the second image was probably of noble birth (I am basing this solely upon the armor) which would be the same for Clovis. Also these images are from the same book so I am assuming that if they continued using that hairstyle it would be evident in the second image as well.

 

[cybrxkhan]

From what I know they did continue the hairstyle up until maybe some years before Charlemagne's time. However, yes, apparently I did remember it wrong (i.e. it's not like the Chinese one (I blame it on bad memory, I do have a picture of it in one of my old world history books)). So, yeah, there's still that blotch over on Clovis' head and I'm not sure myself what I would do with it.

 

[The Capo]

From what I know they did continue the hairstyle up until maybe some years before Charlemagne's time. However, yes, apparently I did remember it wrong (i.e. it's not like the Chinese one (I blame it on bad memory, I do have a picture of it in one of my old world history books)). So, yeah, there's still that blotch over on Clovis' head and I'm not sure myself what I would do with it.

I can just get rid of it. I don't get what you mean?

 

[cybrxkhan]

I mean I guess all I'm saying is that to my eye, that little blotch on his head seems a little bit weird, that's all.

 

[The Capo]

I wasn't saying I don't understand why you think it looks bad, I was saying I don't get what you mean by the "I'm not sure myself what I would do with it" statement. I can easily get rid of it.

 

[GeoModder]

I think that there was most likely a difference in hairstyle from the nobles and the common folk.
I reckon the common warriors continued to use their old hairstyle and perhaps clothing, while the nobility emulated Roman stuff.

 

[Ekmek]

nice mix of the new alex's hair and the old alex's head. what did you use for the moustache?

i think the cloak needs a stencil property. and for the sword you might be able to get theshader files from pericles to shader the sword (or just use someone's gold shader)

 

[The Capo]

nice mix of the new alex's hair and the old alex's head. what did you use for the moustache?

i think the cloak needs a stencil property. and for the sword you might be able to get theshader files from pericles to shader the sword (or just use someone's gold shader)

I used Hammurabi's mustache (but I obviously altered it). The Sword was shadered at one point, but when I did that it turned completely white at the main angle the LH was standing in, so I had to remove the shadering because it looked bad. If I use shaders on the cloak the stenciling goes away (like with Nehru) so I had to make a decision and I figured it wouldn't be too bad. I'll change the BG and see how it looks but I have to decide whether or not to shader the cloak and deal with the bit you can see through, or to stencil the cloak and do without shaders on it.

And yes, Geo is correct, a Frankish noble would not have worn their hair like a Frankish warrior would have. That hair style was reserved for warriors/soldiers, much like the Mohawk was only used by the Iroquois for soldiers or in times of war. Which brings me back to the guy who told me I shouldn't make the hair around Hiawatha look shaved because they would have shaved it all the time so there wouldn't have been stubble. Not only would there have been stubble, but they didn't have their hair in mohawks all the time.

 

[The_J]

nice mix of the new alex's hair and the old alex's head.

Ah, that is it. Looked a bit known, but not to much.

Btw, he looks a bit like Christopher Lambert as Vercingetorix.

 

[IgorS]

Ah, that is it. Looked a bit known, but not to much.

Btw, he looks a bit like Christopher Lambert as Vercingetorix.

This is why I want to use this guy as Vercingetorix until Pencilgod (or anybody else) makes one.

 

[The Capo]

This is why I want to use this guy as Vercingetorix until Pencilgod (or anybody else) makes one.

You are always using my LH's as other people!

Or at least suggesting it.

 

[The Capo]

I changed Clovis' background. I am going to test the LH in-game a bit (along with Nasser just to be sure) and I'll start releasing the next wave of LHs. I still have some work on Cartimandua and Ptolemy though (I can't get this shoulder region to look right, there's some weird clipping/transparency thing going on in certain situations), my goal is to get them all finished up by the end of tomorrow night (which might be difficult, but I'll try) so they're finished by the time Christmas comes around.

Here's a pic of the new BG, it isn't anything special, but I think it's more appropriate to the time period than the last one. You can't really tell what is going on but it is ruins from a late-Roman town, it is either in southern France or Hungary (I forgot which one, I looked through a bunch of images) either way it isn't really in the spot Clovis was (especially if it is Hungarian) but it's pretty close to the date that Clovis existed in as his conquest of the Gallic-Roman Kingdom/Soissons pretty much put the last nail in Rome's coffin... pretty much...

EDIT: Oh yeah, I also removed the shadowing from the hair/cyberxkhan's "blotch."

 

[cybrxkhan]

YARGH! No more blotch, and the BG seems to work fine.

 

[IgorS]

You are always using my LH's as other people!

Or at least suggesting it.

I think you're confusing me with somebody else. This is the only LH you made I want to use as another person. Maybe except for your Heraclius, whom I use as, you guessed it, Basil II!

 

[The Capo]

I was dicking around, I don't care what you guys use my LHs for. I say it all the time. I also use my Heraclius as Basil (psst, don't tell Ekmek ).

 

[The Capo]

Anyway, this is going to take a bit more doing than initially thought. This thing is a friggin mess right now!!!

But I don't really have much to do tonight, or tomorrow, so I suppose I had better get to work. Other than the fact that it is not set/aligned right just yet, the background is okay right?

EDIT: I also noticed that Warlords appears to have an elizabeth LH in it as well, does anyone know off-hand what changes were made to it (I'm hoping the "twisted" arms can be fixed like that)? Or if it is compatible with the original Elizabeth LH (which this was based on)?

 

[cybrxkhan]

Background is pretty nice. If the mist and fog stuff could move around that would be even more awesome, but of course I don't think any of us can do anything like that... (?)

And, yes, she does look like a mess, but I'm assuming she will look a whole lot better real soon.

 

[The Capo]

Background is pretty nice. If the mist and fog stuff could move around that would be even more awesome, but of course I don't think any of us can do anything like that... (?)

Some of it does move.

And, yes, she does look like a mess, but I'm assuming she will look a whole lot better real soon.

Maybe not, apparently the Elizabeth LH twists her arms strangely, and if she doesn't have clothing in (i.e. bare-armed like this one) it really makes it look strange. I actually don't know what to do in this situation right now and I might have to ditch this LH entirely because of it. I'll try different animations, but if the same thing happens I'm pretty much ed.

 

[IgorS]

I also use my Heraclius as Basil (psst, don't tell Ekmek ).

I think he knows everybody uses your Heraclius as Basil!

 

[cybrxkhan]

I have a suggestion for an alternative. You could just give her the normal sleeves, you know? If I remember correctly, the Celts did wear them...