The Golden Age Ray (TM) mesh by Renegade

The Ray is trademarked and the image of The Ray is 
© 2003 DC Comics, Inc. and used without their permission

Contents:

Ray_GA character.nif and keyframes

Ray_GA hero file by ABenavides (Alex Benavides)
Ray_GA Base skin by ABenavides (Alex Benavides)
Ray_GA base skin Gold version by justintyme2174

A custom version of the classic Ray. The mesh is heavily customized and not hexxable. Customization includes a "glowing aura" that will be somewhat transparent on most systems but will still look good on those who have trouble with transparencies and alphas. The Ray also has a transparent trail that will work even on the troubled systems. He also switches from non-fx to an fx enabled version when his aura comes up. FX are tied to the file male_basic2.tga for this purpose. His animations are slightly customized so that his hands are extended when he uses ranged attacks.


The standard yellow skin was provided by mod master ABenavides, who graciously threw in a hero file to boot. Thanx Alex!

The Gold skin was created by justintyme2174 and was not intended for this specific mesh, but thanx goes out to justintyme2174 all the same,

Created by Will Eisner & Lou Fine, Lanford "Happy" Terrill Debuted in Smash Comics #14 in 1942. Reporter Terrill is assigned to cover the launch of a high altitude hot air balloon. Happy goes along for a ride in the balloon, and an electrical storm develops as the balloon enters the upper stratosphere. The inventor of the balloon, Dr. Styne, realizes that the balloon's outer air lock is not sealed properly, which could lead to disaster. Happy volunteers to leave the safety of the balloon's cabin and venture outside to seal the airlock. While doing so, Happy is struck by an intense burst of electrical energy and radiation. The accident endows him with the power to absorb and fire blasts of light, heat, and various forms of energy. The Ray can also fly and actually become light, but the intensity of his powers depends on the amount of light present. If the Ray is in a dark room, his powers will still work, but once his stored reserves of energy are depleted, he will be powerless.

    The Ray wears a full body length, entirely yellow costume. His golden age adventures ended in Smash Comics #40. The Ray made his DC debut in Justice League of America #107 in 1974, and he has been an important member of the Freedom Fighters ever since. In 1992's Ray: In A Blaze of Power, Happy Terrill fakes his death, and his son Raymond Terrill, having inherited his father's powers, becomes Ray II. Raymond eventually learns that his father is still alive, and as depicted in the thirty one issue Ray series in the mid 90's, their father-son relationship is very dysfunctional.

The above character information was taken from:
http://www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing23/feature3.shtml. There's more there on other QUALITY comics characters from the golden age. Check it out.

We're all in this together, so use however you see fit. 

Have Fun!





