Quote from: Helm on December 18, 2007, 02:10:09 am

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is it just me, or has all the recent metal just sucked?  the last decent things i heard were serj tankian (although he was a bit softcore), and the ozzy album that came out ages ago (still a bit softcore for my tastes).  i was also a bit fond of the trivium cd, and the most recent slayer album (christ illusion)

You're listening to shit metal, that is all.

took the words right out of my mouth...

... way to make a totally opinionated and stereotypical statement the music i listen to. 

my post was more requesting any decent upcoming bands that any of you had heard recently.
my library has a wide verity of metal in it, not just mainstream bands like slayer and ozzy.  to list a few
-job for a cowboy, skindred, static x, atreyu, devil wears parada, oekep (no idea how that is spelled), lacuna coil, all that remains, anthrax, cradle of filth, blind guardian, candlemass, in flames, fates warning, puddle of mudd, audiovent, mushroomhead, bleed the sky, high high low low, the distillers, dope, drowning pool, flyleaf, mudvayne, nonpoint, scary kids scaring kids, i set my friends on fire, children of bodem, deff leppard, dio, killswich engage, dokken, godsmack, mastadon, megadeath, slipknot, slayer, motly crue, muddy waters, hatebreed, shattersphere, naplam death, obituary, pantera, poisen, rammstein, red jumpsuit apparatus, sepultura, suicide silence, tool, trivium, arthemis, arwen, avantasia, axenstar, black magesty, burning point, casus belli, chinchilla, cryonic temple, crystal ball, cydonia, dark moore, domain, dionysus, dragonland, dragonforce, dreamtalke, duke, dungeon, edenbridge, elegy, firewind, freedom call, freternia, gamma ray, grave digger, gladiator, guardians of time, gunbridge, hammerfall, helloween, highlord, horizon, impellitteri, kamelot, last tribe, lorien, magnatude nine, manigance, masterplan, protest the hero, morifade, mvp, nightmare, nocturnal rites, nostradameus, phantom,, platude, power quest, primal fear, thge prowlers, rage, rawhead rexx, requiem, rhapsody, royal hunt, shining fury,  silendt force, sonata artica, stormwind, the sotryteller, stratovarius, supreme majesty, tad morose, tarot, thunderstone, thy majestie, vhaldemar, virtuocity, voice, warmen, yngwie malmsteen, zonata, zeromancer

etc etc

speaking of albums. 

is it just me, or has all the recent metal just sucked?  the last decent things i heard were serj tankian (although he was a bit softcore), and the ozzy album that came out ages ago (still a bit softcore for my tastes).  i was also a bit fond of the trivium cd, and the most recent slayer album (christ illusion)

eight-heads tall rule

six and a half heads is the size of an average adult human male.

contrast issues.
grayscale can help you get a nice grasp on lighting, but right now there are some flaws.

one of the things that stands out to me is the pants.  now i don't know what they are meant to be made out of, but it looks like denim, or perhaps leather.  either way, there shouldn't be that much contrast.  cloths tend to absorb light instead of reflecting it, so the highlights need to be toned down.  also, same problem occurs with the highlights along the edges of the shirt.

also, im having issues with the face.  before it was messy, and the newer version is an improvement, but it still needs work.  the expression is unreadable, the eyes are to circular, the chin is pushed back to far, the ear needs to be moved up slightly, and he has no neck.

finally, this isnt really a big deal, but there is a huge style change in the edge of the sidewalk and the road.  prehaps change it a bit for the sake of consistency?

Actually i think this is pretty cool, but if you were trying to work on volume, i dont think you succeeded.  everything except the body armor looks positively flat to me.  and the dithering on the legs looks totally wrong.