Yy! Another TFU-bashing review from our favorite TFU-basher, Laam'inui! :D
This is a skin of Juno Eclipse from the SW TFU game, based on the model of a female imperial officer by Dan Kapphahn. Juno Eclipse is one of the main characters in the TFU, a skilled pilot of a starship called Rogue Shadow, that belonged to Starkiller, Vader's secret apprentice. She would later fall in love with the dark Jedi and join the Rebel Alliance.
I believe, it's unfair, that we have so many Starkillers around here, and none of his companions.
Eh... I think it's unfair that TFU content has been monopolizing JK3files the past few months. Shrug. I dislike Juno Eclipse just as much as Starkiller and let me tell you why. She's so blatently... unrealistic. Now I know I'm going to have people commenting with things like 'All of starwars is unrealistic! Don't cry about realism.' Now yes, I realize that Star Wars is science fiction but even it has it's standards, and I was unaware the Empire let pilots run around with their jackets unbuttoned and a low cut shirt showing their cleavage. She's a character whose main purpose was to fill the role of 'Sex object' that every fanboy seems to requires in a game now-days.
That's once again besides the point though. This skin doesn't even have her in her unprofessional Imperial barhopping chick outfit! She's in an actual military uniform! Huzzah! The skin is fairly well done - it's what you expect from a military officer. However I have some pressing concerns about the skin that I think could be fixed in a version 2: - Her eyes look awkward with all the eyeliner around them and there's some flat gray space in the eyes. - The collar rising up from the uniform looks unrealistic and sticks out. - The gloves on the thumb side look really weird. I just think the skin-showing area should be narrower and only stay on the back of her hand and not wrap around to the thumb. - Her complexion is very... strange. It's kind of pasty and mottled and it just makes her face look odd, especially when compared to her smooth, tan neck.
Also, the teamskins are only the uniform dyed entirely blue or red - even the boots. I think you could put a bit more work into the teamskins and come out with something cooler even if it's just leaving the boots and center of the uniform black while making the arms and legs colored or something. I dunno. Mix it up.
Overall a rather nice skin for a dumb character, though those details (Mainly the ones regarding the face) take away from the whole.
Team Skins: Ja Bot Support: Ja NPC Support: Nej New Sounds: Nej
~Laam'inui
Readme File: Jedi Knight III: Jedi Academy ================== Juno Eclipse skin ================== Pk3 Name: "juno_eclipse.pk3" Authors: Original Model by Dan Kapphahn ([email protected]) Original Imperial Female Officers Skins by: Michael Simon ([email protected]) Juno Eclipse Skin by Number Wan ([email protected]) Sounds: none Tools used: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Modview, Jedi Knight II / Jedi Academy ================================================= Juno Eclipse Born on Corulag, she was one of the cadets of the Imperial Academy, where she proved her valuable skills to become an imperial officer. But it was the Battle of Callos, where she gained prestige and was chosen to be a pilot of Rogue Shadow, Darth Vader's Apprentice's starship. ================================================= Notes from Author: I must thank Dan Kapphahn for creating the model for JO and also Michael Simon for making skins of imperial female officers. Oh, and lucasarts and raven for making this all possible with their game. =))) I tried to contact Michael Simon for two months now, but he didn't answer, only Dan Kapphaln responded and gave permission for the use of his model. So I made a different skin of imperial uniform, somehow that it looked and was based on Michael Simon's work. So i would like to credit him for inspiring me to make Juno with his wonderful skin of female imperial officer. ================================================= The original model of female imperial officer can be found here: http://jediknight.filefront.com/file.info?ID=25073 ================================================= DISTRIBUTION NOTES: This model, it's geometry, and textures are not to be modified, repackaged, or redistributed without the express permision of it's creator, Dan Kapphahn ([email protected]). IF allowed, the readme.txt file MUST beincluded. ================================================= INSTALLATION: Place this pk3 file from this zip archive into the JKII/gamedata/base/ directory * Copyright / Permissions * This model, and the textures that came with it are not to be modified in any way without the permision of it's creators. ############################################################## © 2002 LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. © 2002 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM or ® as indicated. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. © Raven Software LTD 2002, Activision THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY ACTIVISION, RAVEN, OR LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS. ##############################################################
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