[BLaKE]: How'd you meet up with the a-team?

[Gooseman]: Oh, I donated my models to them back when they were starting up. I played a VERY early version of the mod (back in May I think) and I thought it was really fun. I decided to give them the models I was going to use for my OWN MOD (which I never could have finished anyway). Turns out, they liked the models and then I joined the team and did some more models for them..

[BLaKE]: What was your AQ2 MOD going to be?

[Gooseman]: It was going to be a single player mod similar to Navy SEALS (which I did complete) but I never got enough juice to see it through till the end... school was starting at the time and I kind of lost interest :(

[BLaKE]: What models (if you recall) did you originally do for Action Quake2?

[Gooseman]: Originally, I donated the following models:
-H&K Mk. 23
-H&K MP-5N
-Colt M4A1
-Sig SSG 3000
-Benelli M3 Super 90 shotgun
After I joined the team, I redid some of the animations on the models to make them look better as well as doing some all-new models:
-Mk.23 akimbo pistols
-Terror PPM.
I think that's all I did in the modeling dept. Suislide and miscellaneous people did the rest.

[BLaKE]: Was the A-team planning on using those weapons that you made, or did you inspire them?

[Gooseman]: I made them for my own MOD before I knew about Action Quake2. But when I decided to stop making my own MOD I just stumbled upon Action Quake and thought they might want to use my models instead since they planned on having similar weapons anyway.

[BLaKE]: Which Action Quake2 Models were your favorites(that you made and other people made)?

[Gooseman]: My favorite one that I made would be either the sniper rifle or the M4A1. My favorite one made by someone else would be the SAS or actually the new M mod. I like the idea of VARMS, I should have thought about it earlier.

[BLaKE]: You mentioned to me that you are doing Half-Life models now, what aspects are you doing? Weapons? A new MOD? Player Models?

[Gooseman]: I'm working on weapon models... I've made the meshes for about 8 or 9 of them, and I've animated 2 of them so far. After the weapons are done I plan on doing some player models...I've already got one done...he's a SEAL team CQB member A lot of my models are military oriented and that's one of the reasons why I left Action Quake2...there seemed to be a clash of themes I HOPE to get a MOD going but I have to get the models done first, then I can start coding...that's what I did when I made Navy SEALS..

[BLaKE]: Still offering me exclusive shots? :)

[Gooseman]: Yes, I can give you some pics of the models in Half-Life. Only a few though...I want to keep the guns a bit of a surprise....

[BLaKE]: What do you use to make your models? What is your average time for creation?

[Gooseman]: For all the AQ2 models I used QME 3.1 registered. I also used MS Paint to do the skins Avg. time for a model (including making the mesh, animating the model, making the skin, etc...) is *about* 40 hours That's a rough estimate.

[BLaKE]: Do you use something different for your Half-Life models?

[Gooseman]: I use 3d Studio MAX 2.0 with Character Studio for all the HL models, and I use PhotoShop 5.0 for the skins. The results are much better. Actually, HL models REQUIRE 3dS MAX + Char Studios so... I expect to see fewer MODs for HL compared to Quake2 model format was much more open ended...but then again, I also expect a publicly available model editor for Half-Life sometime in the future...

[BLaKE]: Do you still play Action Quake?

[Gooseman]: Nope...I deleted it. It took up too much HD space...500 megs to be exact. I'm totally concentrating on my Half-Life mod now...Making models at this stage. Man, how could someone delete AQ2?!?!

[BLaKE]: You mentioned that you are almost done with school. What are you Majoring in? Have you planned on what you're going to do when you graduate?

[Gooseman]: Yup, about 2 more semesters left (that's 8 more months) and I'll have my bachelors in Computing Science. After I graduate I'm going to try and get a programming job around my area...I hate my area, it's full of Computer Science people, and the competition pisses me off, and the taxes up here suck ass. Oh well :( He is talking about Canada if I recall correctly.

[BLaKE]: What do you do when you're not studying and making models? This sounds like a dating service. :)

[Gooseman]: Yeah, it does :)
I usually play hockey or watch my Canucks get their asses kicked... On the weekends I spend time with my girlfriend because that's the only time I can see her. I only model on Tuesdays and Thursdays because those are my days off school...even those days are mostly spent doing homework

[BLaKE]: Any tips for young modelers or skinners out there? The wannabes?

[Gooseman]: Actually I'm going to refrain from saying anything here because when I read people being interviewed, this question seems to come up 90% of the time and the answers always sound like bullshit to me...so I'll spare you the BS session :)
You're welcome.
Oh...practice...love your work...observe your mistakes.. blah blah blah...

[BLaKE]: Thanks for being my interview guinea pig. :)

[Gooseman]: No prob.