For the sake I needed a new project: BlackHeart-MK2 WIP

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:49 pm

I decided to start a new modeling project to work on, for the sake I haven't done a model of immense magnitude for quite awhile. (last being Ikaruga, which I accidentally deleted making Flash-Hound.)
And since I'm in a Garegga spree, I figured go for the most awesome boss the game has to offer. (in terms of shear awesome design anyway.)

Not much to it at the moment, but eh, fairly decent shape for a few hours work.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:53 pm

Could turn out to be pretty cool. But as you say it, not much to see yet. I find the first stage boss cooler, to be honest. But Black Heart is certainly the most well-known boss. Keep it up

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:58 pm

Hmm... does anyone have some good screenshots of it's different panels opening and such? I plan on modelling those out, but I only have a screenshot of it's nomal flight mode. I'd really appreciate the help if someone had shots (or good quality video) of it's different attack modes. It'd make continuing much easier.

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:41 pm

I haven't forgotten to work on this bad boy, matter of fact, it's coming along splendidly!

The panel work on this thing is murder though. it's a good thing I'm planning ahead for all of it's major moving panels (which is why the top of the cockpit has a strange indention in it. I did those two panels from the start, though making what goes under them is a pain because I STILL don't have but one screenshot of this thing.)
Seriously though, I need more screenshots of this thing in action in Garegga if anyone has time to get some for me.

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:47 pm

You can probably find something here:
http://super-play.co.uk/index.php?content=2&gameid=79

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:56 pm

What level do you fight this boss in?

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:59 pm

mainpatr1 wrote:What level do you fight this boss in?

Stage 8 I believe, just before the final boss.

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:05 pm

Gungriffon Geona wrote:
mainpatr1 wrote:What level do you fight this boss in?
Stage 8 I believe, just before the final boss.

Stage 7, second to last boss. There is no stage8.

By the way, your front cockpit section looks wrong.

Why don't you go into Service Mode in MAME and use the Character Test screen to look at the Black Heart2 sprite more closely? (There is a Black Heart2 spritemap at code 44C in the sprite table in Character test, but it is the damaged version of Black Heart2 and all the panels are in seperate pieces. -_-;; )

There's an open-winged version of Black Heart at map 658:

The blue wingtip support fighter is at map 458, and the red wingtip support fighter is at map 434.

Requesting flat view (the way you'd see Black Heart2 in-game) high resolution version of this when you finish it.

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:39 pm

I noticed the front cockpit and fixed that right after the render. (as well as shortening the wing span to look more precise.)
I think I will check the character test, might be alot more helpful than screenshots, as I'll have all the pieces to it.

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:52 pm

More work, this time on two of the major panels this thing has, as well as the engine air-intakes.

It's funny just how much this thing changes with each render. I think I'll archive these things to see how much progress I've made. (As if I hadn't already been doing so.)