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However, I don't think bump mapping is the thing that I am looking for. In order to keep a relatively low vertices count, I don't want to split the mesh at sharp edges, so I turned to use normal map as a solution to tell the renderer which direction that certain quads were intended to face. Bump mapping just doesn't have that ability.
Anyway, the model will be used in Unity Engine (and Yes, I am crawling back to Unity), and since normal mapping will be supported eventually, I guess that I am gonna lay down and wait.(what a lazy sod I am) (^_^)/
Btw, I am pretty frustrated in trying to animate the character. The biggest problem is lacking of reference, it will be much appreciated if could point me to the right direction to look for those stuff.
For references to animate from I either record my self doing what I need or use one of the various tools to download youtube videos of actions similar to what I need and then set them as the background image in Blender. As you move along the frames in Blender, the video will too, keeping in sync. It's the best way that I know of outside of motion capture.
I've tried movieclip background out, that looks amazing! Thanks for the help. Actually, move back to Unity engine wasn't that bad an idea - UDK has some very annoying limitations on bone structure, if I made a very complicated armature with IK bones, the chances are, the UDK would crash while importing assets. Unity Engine doesn't have those nasty problems, so animating for it in Blender is much easier. \(^o^)/