Related: SnarkPit
This is just a reminder that The SnarkPit 2004 Mapping contest is underway. On their website there are 20 maps awaiting your vote. Download the maps and check them out.

Out very own Shayne Hawkins from Shayne Hawkins Level Design submitted his map, Black. So check em all out.

Source: HL2 Mods.co.uk
I was just sent word that HL2 Mods (UK site) got som CS concept art.

In our first feature to date Kristen Perry, artist for Valve Software, kindly lets us showcase some of her promotional artwork for Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2. Click on the thumnails below to open the full image. Or if you don't have a standards-compliant browser you can navigate via this link instead. Thanks Kristen!

Check out their website for the images and a link to Kirsten's website.

Source: Borg Wars

I would like to introduce 3 new members to the Borg Wars team and list what they will be doing.

Johnic: Concept Artist
Seth Walton: 3D Modeling (Weapons, characters)
Aphax: Level Designer/3D Modeler

We will now be able to start working alot on the mod. Expect to get another update in the next few weeks.


I am also still looking for some help in the following areas:
Jobs:
Texture Artist
Sound Editor/Lead
Programmer/Lead

If you are interested, e-mail me with your information and some of you past work. Be sure to send in a well written e-mail describing what you can do.

The CS: Source weapons page has now been updated. Thanks goes out to RavenGT for the images.

http://www.hlgaming.com/mpmods/cssource/weapons.php

Source: Valandil

I'd like everyone to give Jeff Simmons a big warm welcome as the newest addition to our team. Jeff is a composer and will be writing music for Valandil, in the next few weeks you can expect to be seeing a sample of our theme tune available for download.

If you'd like to hear some of Jeffs work you can listen to his demo reel at his webpage here

Source: Insects Infestation

Today we have a new member! Welcome to Chris Bouchard. This main task is to work on the sound design / voice actor but he his musician to so maybe we will have a music from him some day.
You can visit his web site here.

I am currently updating certain sections of the website. If some things do not work, do not worry. They will be fixed shortly

Source: RE: SOF

Yes its our first news post on our new temp site, Powered by the Xoops portal system And all of you core SOF fans that have followed us from the start are gonna love this post.

We have iNDIANA working hard on our new site as you read this post :D and while he has been busy with that i have been putting together a tribute to the past of SOF as the title says :P ive collected all the news posts we have EVER made in the history of SOF, this even dates back the our first site and the very first News post.

Linkage - Old News Archive

As you can see i have also added the link to the Nav bar too.

And as usual i have to say we are looking for some more help!
We are in need of the following

Modellers - To make anything from Shotguns to dead bodies
Coders - To code the core of SOF (the Item screen the item system ect)
Mappers - (to help finsh off the mansion the court yard and the Caves
Other - Think you have some skills that we could use?

If u wish to apply contact us by means of the following

The forums (the join the team section)
IRC channel (wait for a Team member to pop by)
Myself - incy247@blueyonder.co.uk - MSN - AIM incy28

Well thats about it for now (sorry no content today ) Untill the next newspost then.

Source:

Hyuuga Neji

Modeling has started, I myself started with Neji.

I've been doign alot of revamping lately, so this is all the progress so far, only his head.
I'd like to thank Ran-D, owner of NTP for the help, he finished the mouth and connected the headband.
And he's also got some other things in store for us.

Here's a screen shot of it in milkshape, top left is wireframe front, next to it is flat shaded, and below it is smoothshaded.
Can't wait for this to be cell shaded.


Expect more updates throughout the week, check them at my devjournal, http://narutonr.hlgaming.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=f3c67972f8efa4928e395d4024c2cb22

Source: Friendly Garg

We've been working hard on the Half Park Custom Character Creator and decided to show you an exclusive beta screenshot:


It's far from finished though. We'll need to add some features.. but that's all a secret for now

You can help us out by submitting your own flash objects to us, in fla format to:
friendlygarg@friendlygarg.hlgaming.com