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Haha! 'The Dark Ones' Very nice, Faust.

I feel sorry for my Steam Wolf though. He's looking distinctly confused...his little steam driven difference engines whirring away to make sense of his new environment. :biggrin.gif:

Quote from Ovo

Sorry for I never took the time to comment on your pack Glimmar, well it's no wonder you're a professional artist and your culture in classical art shows up and is really refreshing. I'm honestly impressed by the degree of imagination you put in creating it and by all the details that enrich every texture. I've also had an eye to your Deviant art and the imagination and patience for details was definitely there too, I love your nature paintings !There's just one thing that bugs with your pack, it's that most textures are way too dark. I mean, abnormally dark. While the wools are abnormally bright. But it's just about fiddling with the brightness and contrast sliders, something I could have done myself.Anyway, keep it up and see you sir !

Many thanks, Ovo. I very much appreciate your visit, because I believe you have a true appreciation for crafting original art, and it shows beautifully in your pack. :smile.gif:

I take your point with regard to the light levels in the game. :smile.gif: It was intentional from an early stage to be that way though, because I like the darker side of steampunk...Shelley, and the gaslit London of Jack the Ripper, Vampires and the spate of recent dark steampunk movies. I guess the work of China Mieville sums it up best of all, but somewhere along the line it got darker. I honestly think I see, or view things on my monitor differently than many others, and of course many of the most popular packs and even default Minecraft appear way too bright and cartoony to me. This makes it difficult for users of those packs to adjust to liking mine. :sad.gif:

It's a difficult balancing act now, for just as many users complain if I turn the light levels up as those visiting afresh who feel it's way too dark. And there never quite seems to be enough time to experiment in between. Lol! :biggrin.gif:

Have a really good summer, mate and hope you do find time to get some 'art' in...although I know what you are doing can really sap the energy by the end of the day. :smile.gif:

Quote from Wizaad

Fantastic Job with the Steampunk Textures. Me and My friends are Huge fans of this and it is our favorite Mod on our server! I know you don't do mobs persay just textures, but I felt that this topic post (link in my signature) I had fits so well with what your doing. Alchemy and Animating Golems, The original Frankenstein goes hand in hand with the whole victorian steampunk outrageous science theme. Too bad I don't know how to mod or do textures! Anyway, congrats on the excellent work :happy.gif:

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, Wizaad. At this time, when I'm usually up all hours trying to finish stuff off for the update, the encouragement really is appreciated. :smile.gif:

Don't worry about the mobs, mate. I only put in my OP that working on mobs is not my cup of tea, because otherwise I get bombarded with comments asking why I haven't finished them yet. Lol! When I get round to it, I'm actually looking forward to doing the mobs, having just finished off the the armor for this next update (well the 'iron', with some quick edits for gold and diamond!).

Quote from Raven616

Dear Glimmar,I just wanted to say that I love this texture pack :biggrin.gif: I first downloaded it a few months ago and it very quickly became my favourite pack. I had to come and tell you how much I appreciate all the time, effort and love that has gone into creating such wonderful textures. I know how much it means to some people to hear (or read) the two small words 'thank you'. So THANK YOU very, very much for doing such a great job!I'll stop being all mushy now :POne of your (many, I'm sure) adoring fans,Raven

Thanks, Raven. As I said above, your taking the time to say thanks is very much appreciated and does make it worth the effort, thankyou. I'm in the throws of a cold at the moment with a splitting headache, so doubly appreciate the comment...mushy or not! :smile.gif:

The update is coming soon folks. Just putting the finishing touches to the piston and having a play with it to make sure I've not slipped up somewhere. I've also just remembered I haven't done icons for the new armor either, so I'll try and get that done this evening.

Please let me know if there's anything I should take note of in this next update. Thanks all. :smile.gif:

Quote from aageon

waiting for your v1.7 release ^^

Haha! It's been frustrating today. Lots of public sector strikes today in the UK, so my kids and my wife (who's a teacher) have all been at home. Lovely having them around, but not very conducive to quiet creativity! Thanks, aageon. I'm feeling the pressure. Lol. :biggrin.gif:

I've just been testing what I've done so far and I must say I love the piston sound! for Jeb and Notch for the sound alone and it's a lovely little shape to texture for.

@ Everyone: when you cut leaf blocks off the tree, what can you do with them? I thought I'd be able to make some nice hedges, but the block just fizzle away! :sad.gif:

@ -=SoK=-: That's what I call Steampunk architecture...wonderful!

Why all the spoilers everyone? Lol! Must try that option out some time. :smile.gif:

Anyways, just a very quick look in to say I hope to post an update today, hopefully...probably! Having to make armor icons and have it all tie in delayed things somewhat. Oh, and that thing called real life got in the way too!

I will go back later and look at any posts I've missed. :smile.gif:

Later...

Quote from No_44

Glimmar, you've forgotten to add the new extras to the extra-zip. I think.
Otherwise, I'm just waiting for your new pistons. I'm sure they'll be lovely.
Perhaps you'll update both at the same time, in that case, sorry for my ramblings.

Everythings to be updated sometime today, mate, for the 1.7.1 update...including all the stuff I've been collecting for the 'Extras' folder. So a lot of new things to look forward to. :smile.gif: Glimmar's v2.6 and Glimmar's Extras v2.6

Just assembling it all and double checking it as I type.