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Marshal Henderson 01 - 013 [Updated]

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A new render engine kicks out a chain of falling domino pieces. In this instance the more realistic the render the less forgiving it is to fluids drawn in post production. Here I'm testing a couple of methods to add a layer of rendered liquids.

UPDATED: Talk about testing and ongoing ch...

Marshal Henderson 01 - 012

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Finally I'm getting to pages like this one, where I haven't had to go back and fix and re-render stuff that didn't work. I also found a way to use magnets and morph targets so thongs behave like thongs.

Marshal Henderson 01 - 011

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As the story advances you'll notice improvements. Thigns changed (hopefully) for the better. Last chapter it was the chief thug's hair, this one it's the cyborg arms. As I still haven't fully grasped every aspect and nuance of the Suèrfly shaders I have to keep fixing things along the way. Please excuse any inconsi...

Marshal Henderson 01 - 010

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For Marshal Henderston thingas are about to get...

(wait for it)...

(wait a little more)...

...HARDER!

(kinky stuff and sophisticated high class comedy, this patronage has everything)

Marshal Henderson 01 - 009

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Miscreants. They never listen to warnings, do they?

Marshal Henderson 01 - 008

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Cyber reflexes! That's why she couldn't just shoot the thug!

Marshal Henderson 01 - 007

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The plot thickens!

Marshal Henderson 01 - 006

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Risky Therapy 048

This batch of pictures is the last made using the Firefly engine. Given its limitations I think I got a good milleage out of it.

Page Updated

The customer's always right, and it goes double when the customer is actually right. After Adam Van Hammée comment I've tried to fix Marshal Henderson 01 Page 005's last panel and while I don't think I've fully succeed I think I've improved it.

Marshal Henderson 01 - 005 (updated)

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Behold, Marshal Task Force Officer 2028 Henderson!

(that last panel has four clearly visible references, one's obvious, another one pretty much and the last two are so increasily obscure I wouldn...

Marshal Henderson 01 - 004

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By now mostly every panel looks as good as it should, some better than I expected. Still having to make corrections to the blade's metal and the eye's reflections but getting there. I'm also using more morph targets for expressions instead of just moving the mouth or lips.

It's great not having to retouch rend...

Marshal Henderson 01 - 003

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By this page I'm finally, truly, getting used to area lights and the degree of indirect light. It helps it beign a smaller, more controlable space.

Marshal Henderson 01 - 002

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Well, some things are already acomplished and some are a work in progress. The flesh shader is working fine. I keep fixing the lights (as you can see it's a complex enviroment) and some of the hair is nailed and some is not. Hopefully I'll be able to correct whatever needs to be corrected on the fly.

Marshal Henderson 01 - 001

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Uh-oh...

(can you believe I left this page last night without clicking the upload button and only noticed when I checked it out and found no comments or reactions?)

(but fear not, page 2 will be posted tonight as scheduled)

Marshal Henderson 01 Cover

Finally it's here. New story, new characters, new scenery, even a new render engine.

But the same good 'ol kinkiness, of course!

As a side note, MTF stands for Marshal Task Force. Initially it was a longer acronym: San Angeles Marshal Force. But SAMF looked pretty silly stenciled on the side of a combat bile. I shortened to make it sound cooler only to find the bonus of sounding lik...

...and another taste [fixed]...

"Oh boy, do those thug torsos look weird. Like human velvet. I wonder what's wrong with the lights. Her torso looks good, for god's sake!"

"Oh shit, the thugs look weird on Poser's default lightning. The skin shader can't work with infinite lights. I'll have to rebuilt it from zero!!!"

"Hmmm... They look fine when I load her shader on her surfaces... M-maybe... maybe I made some sma...

...and another taste...

Being a lifelong lover of the classic chrome look (and all its variants) being able to finally use realistic metallic shaders is like arriving at Paradise.

Another taste...

NOW we're cooking.

And now a taste of things to come...

These are test renders and I'm testing everything. The new engine means new shaders and lighting sets and getting the hang of what values get what results (you wouldn't believe how much I've cranked up, down and up again the indirect and direct lights). Not to mention workable engine settings that get quality results but doesn't take a day to render. On top of that I'm implementing an enormous ...

Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 130

And here's page 130 (with an attached zip file with the original clean images) and the end of issue 3. What new perils will threaten our favourite snake-named female police detective? You'll have to read issue 4 to find out!

The last panel is rendered in Poser's Blender-style Superfly, a physics based render engine way superior to Firefly (mostly a game engine on steroids). The original r...

Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 129

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That's a proper climax both to Mamba and to the issue!

Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 128

And here's page 128 and an attached zip file with the original clean images. Sorry about the delay.

I don't think Mamba has noticed it, though...

Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 127

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Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 126

All good things come to an end and both this scene (which is good for everyone involved save maybe Mamba) and this issue end on this chapter. The story doesn't end, far from it, but it will continue on the third issue. And if you expected more mileage from Emile be assured you'll see it.

There are TWO islands, remember...?

Risky Therapy 047

When an unstoppable force meets two immovable objects...

Risky Therapy 046

When she's right, she's right!

Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 125

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I tried a lot of directions on this page before ultimately choosing to streamline the action. As I've said several times, this sequence has turned out to be quite long and I've had to make sure every panel added something and didn't exist just to fill extra space. On the plu...

Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 124

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Intergenerational harmony can only stem from solid and traditional family values.

Mamba 03 - Most Dangerous Prey 123

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And a Moby Dick reference, too. Because from this account we promote nothing but high brow culture.

(also, how I miss recently deceased Kevin Taylor, he drew semi hard members with a weight and a power no one else has ever matched)