Hard Man

[JoeM]

Here to you:
Hardman is joining the rumble!



I made also a new version with another head to give him a more old school look.



Personally, i like the "old school" version more...

Nevermind the bigger gem on his chest in the very first preview...

[Magma MK-II]

Hard Man is supposed to be about twice the size of Mega Man.

[JoeM]

Don't worry, i already thought about that 



Plus his legs are slightly bent.

EDIT: not so slightly XD

EDIT 2: i realized i choose a wrong megaman pic for a good  stance height comparison, as he's not in his full stance. The right stance height comparison should be this.



Anyway, i don't think Hard Man should be higher than this (he's a bit crouched too), i'd like him to don't have so much height difference with other chars. Of course, he is bigger than most of MM robot masters, but a bigger height difference would make him too different from the other chars, and i don't know if this should be good for the project.
Of course, if you think it should be higher, i'll redo him higher 

Sorry for the double edit and for my bad english.

[Magma MK-II]

The body is all right. I think the legs and arms should be a bit bigger, however, since you just used Mega's legs and arms.

He could certainly be a nice Juggernaut-type character.

[NX-MEN]

Very nice wip!! Good luck on him!!!! 

[JoeM]

The body is all right. I think the legs and arms should be a bit bigger, however, since you just used Mega's legs and arms.

Maybe you're right... his arms and is legs are a bit undersized. I'll work on it! It will take a while 'cause i've already designed some other stuff, but i think it shouldn't be something too much difficult ever for me.

He could certainly be a nice Juggernaut-type character.

I was thinking something like that: i planned a "Hard Cannon" move, is not the same as the Juggernaut Charge (or the way it's called), but the concept is very similar. I know i have to do all the basics before thinking about his moves, but i'm very impatient and i've already designed it, even if it's only an experiment (it really sucks, it's no way definitive, i've done it only to make understand the idea).

Very nice wip!! Good luck on him!!!! 

Thank you! I'll really need some, i'm totally new in this kind of things XD

[Rage]

 

[JoeM]

Just finished redoing his stance!


I've redone also his crouch animation, but i didn't make an animate gif and i have to go... Tomorrow i'll post also that 

[Trinitronity]

Looks really good.
By the way, I prefer his classic look over the other one any day,

[JoeM]

Looks really good.
By the way, I prefer his classic look over the other one any day,

Me too. The first head is entirely designed by me, but as i said in my first post, i prefer the SAR head a lot. So i think there's no more need to show two preview everytime. If everyone agree, i'll continue my work using the second head!

Anyway, here's Hard Man's crouch stance:

[JoeM]

I've worked on something else:

Walk foreward:

It has something odd, but i don't know what, probably i'll work another bit on it...

An idea for a special: his body press attack from MM3



It should look this way:

Sorry for the double post, i don't know how to post merge! 

[Rage]

DB post is cool in this case. you had new content to showcase. Im becoming a fan of this wip. keep going, i want to see hard man in mugen some day.

[NX-MEN]

Nice progress!!! 

[laspacho]

I really like your work on Hardman.   

[JoeM]

DB post is cool in this case. you had new content to showcase. Im becoming a fan of this wip. keep going, i want to see hard man in mugen some day.

Nice progress!!! 

I really like your work on Hardman.   

Thank you, i'm glad to read these comments. I'm spriting for the first time only since two or three weeks, i don't have so much experience and i'm really happy to know that i'm working the right way 

[Magma MK-II]

I've worked on something else:

Walk foreward:

It has something odd, but i don't know what, probably i'll work another bit on it...

If his body remains static while he moves, the crystal in the front and the red thing on the lower portion shouldn't be moving.

[Manic]

I'm really liking your progress so far. Everything so far is very unique, and quite fitting for the character. I'm mostly digging that walking animation too.

[TheClone45]

This looks good. Great Process. 

[JoeM]

If his body remains static while he moves, the crystal in the front and the red thing on the lower portion shouldn't be moving.

Thank you for making me note the error! I've just fixed it:

[JoeM]

Hi! Here's a little update:
Dash foreward
The dash may seem slow, but it's only an animated gif to make understand the idea.

I wanted to show also the walking back animation, but while writing this post i've realized that his right leg has an unnatural movement (it seems made of rubber  ) and it need some fixing.

(click to show/hide)

[laspacho]

Looks great to me.   

[JoeM]

Thanks!

Walking back animation fixed! 

[ratmon]

Looking good!!!

[JoeM]

Dash back animation done 

[Rage]

Dash back animation done 

give him a lil bounce other wise he seems a bit floaty and stiff.