10/11/98
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Model Name              : Tekkaman Blade
installation directory  : quake2/baseq2/players/tekk-blade
Author                  : Michael 'Magarnigal' Mellor
			  homepage at http://magarn.3dpalette.com


Skin Author(s)          : FIX created all blade skins included - no, he DOES NOT do tc/clan
			  requests and don't mail him asking 'how do u make yer skins'
			  email		: ogro_fix@yahoo.com
			  homepage	: http://www.fondation.com/pandemonium


My Email Address        : mellor@iaccess.com.au


Model description       : It's the popular anime character, Tekkaman Blade.
			  


Other info              : Please note:  I will not take any model/clan/tc requests.
			    

Additional Credits to   : id software.  FIX, for once again coming through with brilliant skin
			  work.  The guy is invaluable.  
			  Howzer and Faxmodem for ideas and criticisms - however baseless and
			  irrelevant :))



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* Play Information *

New Sounds              : no

CTF Skins               : no    
VWEP Support            : no, could work tho


* Construction *
Poly Counts
Tris.md2		: 756
weapon.md2		: 44

Vert Counts
tris.md2		: 457
weapon.md2		: 28

Skin Count              : 9  
Base                    : new model

Editors used:-

Modelling/animation	: Lightwave 5.5 

Converting/clean-up	: QME, Q2modeler

Skinning/mapping	: NST

Bugs/comments/excuses   : The model is approx 3 heads taller than the standard male, This was a
			  specification by the clan who I was building it for at the time.  
			  Serious bounding box issue here people.  So watch out if you attempt 
			  to shoot him in the head, and when he is crouched...well, we won't go 
			  into that.     
			  The feet become quite jittery in a lot of scenes, I've got to find a 
			  better way of grounding the feet in lightwave...any suggestions?  
			  Thankfully, with Quake2's interpolation, all small jitters become 
			  unnoticeable in-game.  

			  Please don't neglect importing the weapon.md2  The animations look
			  rather strange without it.  
			  
			  A note to skinners: I wouldn't attempt to skin this thing unless you 
			  paint directly onto the model using a program like NST.  Due to the 
			  segmentedness (?)  of the model, the baseframe is seriously disjointed.  


Build/Animation time    : a few weeks, on an off.  


* How to use this model *

extract to quake2\baseq2\players\tekk-blade  run quake2, kill things.    


* Copyright / Permissions *

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