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Lunar One

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"Inventing Wings"

Thought everyone would like to read this.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setview...e/1208/gameID/3

04/17/07 11:07

Voltech

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Nice find Lunar One.
It's cool to hear from the guys behind the process.

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04/17/07 12:43

Lunar One

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Yeah I am looking forword to having some of those wings. I have at least one character that I have been waiting to make until I could get wings of some kind.

04/17/07 12:49

Dryca

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nice find lunar....love to hear new info and those wings frickin own....:)

04/17/07 12:58

Amadaeus

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I wanted the Angel wings to be very natural and bird like. The Demon wings had to be elegant, sharp, and vampire-like, whereas the Dragon wings had to be big, bulky and tough looking. The Burned wings are supposed to be for undead and monstrous characters, but just in case they aren't undead enough for some players, I made the Bone wings. The Bat and Cherub wings aren't supposed to be real world practical; they are more a cutesy accessory. The Insect wings turned out pretty bad-ass because our animators made them look like real buzzing wings. Why a robot would need wings is beyond me, but the people wanted them so they got Tech wings. Oh, and I made the Fairy wings for all the really good little girls out there in CoH land.

And what better way to give these new wing sets to our players than through our new Invention system! So if you want to look cool and be the hip guy or gal on the block, get out there and start inventing. Enjoy!

I found this part of it pretty hilarious, sounds like the guy has a good sense of humour. (I emboldened the parts I found the most funny)

In all honesty, even though I'd never use them in a serious way, I was most impressed with the Faerie wings. They actually look pretty cool for what they are.

Sweet sig made by hat-of-doom (top) and Death Fetish (bottom)!

04/17/07 13:11

bigspeer

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Here is his "Ask a Dev" article and picture from Warcry. He's a riot.

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Who is the mighty Jay Doherty?
‘THE Character Artist.’ I grew up in the filthy slums and gutters on the mean streets of Chicago. In 1981; the coldest winter to date, is when I was ripped out of my mother womb by a pack of circus clowns that had thought that my mother had just stole some of their pies. I was soon taken in by the clowns and spent years as a foot stool, but thereafter I was abandoned and left to be raised by hobos and riffraff. I later was sold into urban slavery by “No Toes Pierre McNugget” where I used my small deformed hands to dislodge broken video tapes stuck in VCRs. Most nights were spent under a subway station trying to keep warm by a fire that I fueled with my own hair. I had 5 friends, a rat and 4 turtles. I would log our adventures through the sewers and toxic waste using bacon gravy and tears as my ink. Years later I traded the stories to a Japanese businessman for cowboy hat and he turned my stories into a successful movie and cartoon series called “Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon.” I have always had a passion for art and one day an old man came looking for me and told me I was from an extremely rare long line of royalty. It turned out I was the last surviving blood member of the Royal Zillionaires of the Moon. Apparently my parents went back in time to give me a chance to live because of “The Great Moon War 2, The Moons Revenge.” Also I guess in the future a zillion dollars was more like 350 bucks. So the old man took some pictures, gave me 350 bucks and left. Finally, there it came to be; I was destined for greatness, I traded in my concrete canvas and my dog turd magic marker for more gooder things of awesomeness.

What does he do?
Well my business card says that I’m a character artist, but I prefer “Grand Lover x 6.” What I do is make characters and costume pieces for the game, among other sexy deeds. I first start with a marble slab about 9 feet high, I then chisel it into a rough idea about 3 feet high. Then I take that and whittle a wooden version so that it can be taken to meetings over seas in Korea. After it gets approved, I then make an actual costume out of it and test market it on the streets of San Jose for likeability. After that, we hire a super model to wear the costume while I scan it into the computer. I take all of that raw data and condense into a single vertex point. I then take that point, delete it, put on my virtual reality sculpting suit and do it in 3D computer space! Voilà, art!

Does He have a “Persona” in the game?
Yeah, but I’m not going say. I’m not any of the signature characters. I’m usually the dead guy in the corner; not moving, cause I’m dead. Sometimes I go into the game as a box, move when no one is around, and then wait for someone to notice. If you know me it’s because of my tireless efforts on the costume forums or most likely because it was foretold that the sexiest man alive would be born, his name would be Jay, and Paris erected the Eiffel tower in the prophecy of my coming.

04/17/07 14:16

Jersey

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That was nice to read,good find!

Bang! Bang! Boom!

04/17/07 16:46

Solarix

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i really like the buzzing wings, and the butteryfly/fairy ones, surprisingly, go really well with a character concept of mine!

My DeviantART
City of Heroes
Global Name: @Lethal Dose
Virtue
Lady Arya - lvl 50!! D3 defender(main)
Luna Moonlink - lvl 27 Peacebringer
Ethereal Phoenix - lvling Fire/Kin Controller
Aurelei - lvl 28 Warshade
Amazing Alice - lvl 21 Dark/WP Scrapper
Clara Wink - lvl 30 claws/regen scrapper
Imamu - lvl 24 sonic/ice blaster
Phoenix Android - lvling Psy/Fire Blaster
SpecOps Psion - lvling Psy/Mental Blaster
SpecOps Aether - lvling Dark/Energy Tanker
Arya Android - lvling Robots/Dark Mastermind
and various others...
Freedom
La Psypathe - lvl 34 FF/Psy Defender
True Psight - lvl 28 illusions/empathy controller
Tru Element - lvling Ice/Thermal Controller

Plus, I play Guild Wars.

04/17/07 19:10

giles202

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Alright, so...where exactly do you pick up these veteran wings, people say at the tailor...alright im there but the option isnt available i have 27 month vet badges and i see ppl with them who have 27 month vet badge. Can you guys help me out?

This is Paramore:

If you don't know them, why are you reading this?

06/20/07 10:53

Cornhollio30

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Do you mean the 15 month vet reward wings or the new wings? All the new wings you see are from recipes. You either have to get one as a drop or pay millions at Wentworths to get one. Once you get the recipe and the salvage to build it, you unlock that particular wing design then it will be available for you at the tailor.
Either way, check under the “back detail” section at the tailor to find them. If your character happens to be wearing a trench coat, you will have to ditch that first or the wings option won’t be available.

***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED***

06/20/07 12:02

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