Ode To The Fade

Incitatus

<div class="IPBDescription">design at it's best</div> I don't know how many here do CG character design. Bur everyone must have noticed what an incredible job the fade is.
The fade is probably the best designed game character I have seen since the half life marine.

When a group of marines come across a fade they don't kill it (talking about noobs here I know), they yell 'FADE' and all start running away!
They all die of course, not because of the extreme abilities of the fade. It has nice weaponry of course but the main reason I think is the design of the fade model. Simply put it is scary. No other game monster or alien has had the effect the fade has as far as I can remember. For example the onos has a completely different and much lesser effect.

And therefore 'Salud' to however designed the mighty Fade.

Naughty_Brembo

Yeah, I second that. How many are the times that my newbie squadmates leave me alone with the fearsome fade, running away screaming "OMG they have FAAAAAAAAADES!!"

Ummm too many, actually. The fades could cost 25 RPs, have dual-mounted spit launchers and the n00bs would STILL attack, if only he looked like a sheep. GJ, dev team.

Paq

Well i dont know is it that scary <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
If group of marines see a fade i think that then the fade starts to run <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Because even without any upgrades group of marines can take a ONE fade out easily. Ok, you talked about noobs but still...

I have changed my fade skin. Which one look scarier to you???

Left fade is the original if you don't know which one is it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

CutterJoe

<!--QuoteBegin--Paq+Jan 16 2003, 02:14 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Paq @ Jan 16 2003, 02:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well i dont know is it that scary <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
If group of marines see a fade i think that then the fade starts to run <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Because even without any upgrades group of marines can take a ONE fade out easily. Ok, you talked about noobs but still...

I have changed my fade skin. Which one look scarier to you???

Left fade is the original if you don't know which one is it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Although the alien is pretty scary, I still think the orginal fade is much scarier esp if you run into two or 3 of them hanging out having a beer and they look at you like you caused them to lose the card game they were having at your spawn point. That is probably a pretty scary sight.

fwd-Random

Nice alien skin paq, where did you get it or did you make it yourself

include

Looks has nothing to do with it when it comes to my playing. The reason they are so "feared" is because, by the time the aliens have fades, normally, the marines are MAYBE getting 1 upgrade. Fades are nearly immune to LMGs, which is what most marines have at the time they see a fade.

When immune to LMGs, I'm talking 1, 2, or even 3 marines vs one fade. The fade will win if the fade isn't a newbie..

uranium_235

Actually I think Fades would look better if the mouth was more polys instead of just 3 (So it actually has TEETH, not just a pink glob that looks like severe gingivitis), the skin was a darker black, not pink, and that stupid tube-like thing on their back was a crisscross of tubes and veins, with spiky projections on their back <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.

Paq

<!--QuoteBegin--Cotillion+Jan 16 2003, 02:50 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cotillion @ Jan 16 2003, 02:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Nice alien skin paq, where did you get it or did you make it yourself<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I founded it from here:
<a href='http://nullfusion.com/nsmain.htm' target='_blank'>http://nullfusion.com/nsmain.htm</a>

fwd-Random

Those custom skins are outstanding, you can actually be shooting at a giegier alien with a pulse rifle <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Is anyone making a smartgun skin to replace the hmg standard skin?

DArtagnan

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> if the mouth was more polys instead of just 3 so it actually has TEETH<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't think the fades needs teeth. They don't chomp anything. Perhaps when consuming meat they just pour acid all over the corpse and slurp it up. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

A brilliant model, in my opinion.

sekdar

maybe the other aliens would be slightly scarier if they weren't flourescent colors. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> fades blend into the shadows, which helps their evil appearance.