red headed warrior chic
vertex
Edit: new finalized version
hello polycount, i love red heads
. heres a WIP shot of her with base textures. I based the armor off of the image Knight by tahra.
this is my first char and so far its been very frustrating
latest V.
hello polycount, i love red heads
this is my first char and so far its been very frustrating
latest V.
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I like the back view of your model. The pelvic mound area is kind of distracting atm and I think that has to do with the naked bits either side of the pantie crotch. The concept has less covering but it seems to work because it is in harmony with the character. The base figure has a rhythm that ties it together. Its expressive and you chose a really nice concept. The costume is more coordinated in the concept and has bigger more expressive details that add to the visual flow. You have done a fine job of modeling parts but the smaller details look finicky and lack power. The colour palette of the concept is also stronger and makes the figure more a single entity.
The physical attributes of the character you have modeled are a bit under whelming and could use more character to help her communicate.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Dang I think I got the wrong one! Curse you google search.
Is this it?
I think it is. Anyhow check out the power of the figure! Kind of bangarang
So far I've done some detailing on the armor, still have to fix some shadow problems coming from the normal map. Also i gave her some pouches.
I also went and opened up her mouth and and hopefully fixed her face a little.
old
new
next i plan on fixing up her waist area and im trying to decide what kinda weapon i wanna give her. maybe a claymore or shield and spear
If you're going to hack a character that's half-naked, you have to make sure your underlying anatomical forms are accurate, flow well, and are attractive.
What's there now seems tube-like. Fit women, or women with a healthy amount of fat layers, still have defined forms in the areas you show.
The hair needs to be thickened and styled. It's set too close to the head, and there's not enough of it to seem like a head full of hair, instead of a single layer of polys in a sheet.
Be aware of where the knees are and how they bend. The armor looks like she couldn't bend her knees.
Basicaly her face is lacking bone and muscle foundation. That's what the third picture is refering to. Check "face planes" on google and you'll understand what I mean.
There were some proportions issues too, like eyes, ears and nose too big, mouth too small, wrong shape of the skull and jaw.
If you want more help on the face you should post a 3/4 and side view. Because with just a front view we can't point out all the anatomical flaws.
Hope that helps.
Here's the 3/4 and side view of the face. the side view makes me sad cause the back of the skull is so bad i didn't really work on it cause it wasn't gonna be seen in the final renders.
here's the ruff sculpt of the hair i did I'm basing my hair planes on. still working on trying to match it. have to make the braids into hairplanes.
heres what my hairplanes look like right now
thanks everyone for the awesome feedback
old body
New body
new polypaint with armor
I think I'll uv the lowest subdivision level, export it and the high poly version and then bake the texture through xnormal.
Also I might make her a blonde, I think it makes her look more innocent which goes with her soft features.
Great work!
Any last critiques would be appreciated.
found this and think its nice:
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/process/hair_tutorial/ng_hair.html
and alos
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98983
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rv2xe and there's a link to the marmoset viewer