Yeah I'll give the beam a shot I think. That area is quite low to the players head, so I may remove it altogether if it's a bit too in your face.
Cheers Kung, I think the first shot is my favourite also, I'm kind of benchmarking the rest of my work against it and I've not been 100% satisfied with them, but I think they're still a big improvement over what was there before
Here's a bit more:
Before:
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After
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Closeup:
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