Glitchfinder
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IIZeusII":1hxn069t said:O.O
That brings up a good point, I've got a friend who fell for the "bricked" used one (Red Ring of Death), and new one's still are a bit pricy that is true, only thing i can think of is if you can find someone you know, close to you that has one you know for sure works on live, they might come off it cheaper. Or if not, a wholeseller might have a pretty good deal. But as you said, at this point it's a expenditure that might not be worth it for you to invest. :fap:
PS, here is a Really quick mock up of some worn 64x64 silver coin's. Sample includes bump mapping for indentation, embossing and sharpening. Nowhere near perfect, but i needed to see if this was the "idea" of what your looking for, if so ill work on "silver, gold, copper, platinum" first.
http://gallery.filefront.com/iizeusii/
I see what you meant about quick. Tone down the contrast, up the reflectiveness. Those look like the old photos of Roman coins you see in 20-year-old textbooks, except that they aren't Roman coins. (I think) Anyway, I'm not entirely sure, but I think Theory wanted to use a more anime style. So, my first attempts would proabably be cell-shaded. Still, I'll have to wait for theory to come back before I can confirm that. (I only talked about the programming with him)
As to the Xbox, I have a friend who lives a block over that has a live-enabled 360, but I don't trust him enough to test the program at his house (and he's often not home), and he would never let me borrow the thing.