Big Trouble in Little China
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posted04/26/2013 05:50 PM (UTC)by
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balkcsiaboot
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First of all, for those of you who have not seen the movie Big Trouble in Little China, you should do so immediately. It is one of the many sources John Tobais got his inspiration from to create Mortal Kombat. The character "Lightning" below can even be recreated with the "Wicker Hat" in MK Armageddon's Kreate a Fighter.

Anyway...



Arena: Lo Pan's Throne Room (a simple conversion of Shang Tsung's throne room from MK1).Since Shang Tsung reminds me of Lo Pan from BTILC, I decided to convert his cloths. I'm not so good with faces. Original Chinese artwork taken from actual ancient Chinese art.



Raiden without lightning:


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UltimateRyu
04/08/2013 09:05 PM (UTC)
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5/5 just for using material from one of the best movies ever created. I consider it (as well as Bloodsport) the precursor to Mortal Kombat. The fake itself looks awesome. I like how Raiden's eye sockets and facial orifices are emitting light from the fatality. Clever stuff.
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fedegita
04/13/2013 02:59 AM (UTC)
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It's kind of surprising we haven't seen more Big Trouble in Little China fakes, or art in general, given how much it influenced the first game. Everything here is pretty well done:
- superb shang tsung edit (by far my favourite part of this fake)
- nice, subtle changes to the background
- the Lightning Man sprite is eerily faithful to the original design
- super job on the fatality

The electricity/lightning effect is good, but has a kind of "wormy" look to them in some areas, particularly the ones coming off Raiden. Granted, I doubt it's an easy effect to pull off

Great work dude
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balkcsiaboot
04/13/2013 07:32 PM (UTC)
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Glad to hear you all like it and can appreciate this piece.

fedegita Wrote:
- the Lightning Man sprite is eerily faithful to the original design


Is that a compliment? confused

fedegita Wrote:

The electricity/lightning effect is good, but has a kind of "wormy" look to them in some areas, particularly the ones coming off Raiden. Granted, I doubt it's an easy effect to pull offGreat work dude


Yeah I have trouble with lightning. I can honestly admit that I got lazy with it a bit. I should have taken my time.
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fedegita
04/13/2013 08:39 PM (UTC)
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blacksaibot Wrote:

fedegita Wrote:
- the Lightning Man sprite is eerily faithful to the original design


Is that a compliment? confused


It is tongue. Your attention to detail in making him look almost exactly like he does in the movie is very commendable. Others (me included) would have probably gone down the lazy route and just re-coloured Raiden and given him a different hat.
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04/17/2013 02:46 PM (UTC)
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Absolutely appalling - both the fake's magnificence and the fact that crappier art has gotten more praise. its a shame so many ppl have ignored this, even venomark.

I love the redesign of the throne room. It holds true to MK but looks different enough. But next time itd be cooler if u made it look like that buhdda hallway from the movie where lo pan gets killed by jacks knife.

the lightning sprite is fucking fantastic and uber realistic yet looks like its from the game. awesome work.

the fatality is gruesome but not too original... but that doesnt change the fact that it looks awesome. great work with drawing your own lightning and not cutting and pasting MK2's effects. you did a better job with it in ur raiden vs thor fake though.

i like raidens MK shaolin monks attire. the ripped cloth in his garments look amazing. u gotta teach me that. i meant to ask u when i saw the ripped pants from ur sabrewulf sprite.

sorry i didnt reply any sooner.
UltimateRyu Wrote:
5/5 just for using material from one of the best movies ever created. I consider it (as well as Bloodsport) the precursor to Mortal Kombat. The fake itself looks awesome. I like how Raiden's eye sockets and facial orifices are emitting light from the fatality. Clever stuff.


I thought MK was inspired by those 2 films?

Excellent work, his basket hat & armor plates look fantastic! His pants could be baggier, like MK1 ninja.



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balkcsiaboot
04/26/2013 05:50 PM (UTC)
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Glad everyone appreciates this. I was going to finish another fake this month, but... things turned out differently as I anticipated in the game of life.
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