question about hl2

I'm pretty sure they used photosourcing for all the faces. In the Raising the bar book there's pictures of the in-game models and the real-life "inspiration". Don't know about the clothes though

On 1up.com they say the old man from Lost Coast is the first character not based off an actor.

they arent photosourced though, they painted em

heh, i find that hard to believe tbph. but hey i don't know.

who did they base the gman on anyway [Blocked Image: http://www.forumplanet.com/iconcommon/counter-strikeforums/sets/smile/117_104_111_104.gif]

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heh, i find that hard to believe tbph. but hey i don't know.who did they base the gman on anyway [Blocked Image: http://www.forumplanet.com/iconcommon/counter-strikeforums/sets/smile/117_104_111_104.gif]

Christopher Walken? >_>

I'm pretty sure they're photosourced, but a great deal was probably painted as well like the Max Payne 2 skins..

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heh, i find that hard to believe tbph. but hey i don't know.who did they base the gman on anyway [Blocked Image: http://www.forumplanet.com/iconcommon/cou…104_111_104.gif]

G-man's face is based off a guy named frank sheldon, "World-renowned Alexander Technique Practitioner", he's also a chubby version of G-man

http://www.alexandertechnique.com/articles/sheldon/

Heres his pic from "Raising The Bar"

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/7642/gman4mm.jpg

that's actually really cool. man i should pick up a copy.

Yeah that's actually some interesting stuff.

Its well worth the 20 or 30 bucks it cost. Theres alot of info in there, a ton of concept art, plus some of the early HL stuff is pretty funny. It also covers dod and cs/ cs:s

That is really amazing and slightly scary at the same time

I need to pickup a copy of that book methinks...

Man that book looks interesting. How much does it cost?

http://www.primagames.com/strategy/book/6534/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 125846803/