Darwins' Schtuff Pt Deux

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  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Thanks!

     

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Thank you!

    He was picked up by Daz, so- hopefully soon!

    So, on a project I am working on I have that female figure - Sezaen for G8F -  that will need testing, so I tossed her into a randomizer.  She's not quite done yet, so it will be next week (mid-week, maybe) that she'll be provided to the one chosen.

    stormlyght was picked by the randomizer from the list of testers!

    And, a render of her so far after getting the LIE make ups done.  XD  Still have tattoos, additional skin and eye materials and a few other things to work out.

    I'm still working on Kaiden as well; but there's a few things I need to figure out on him before I can wrap him up.

    Really! Cool! Looking forward to testing her!

    Trish

    Files sent! :) 

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited March 2019

    Baldric just hit the store. I'd put him in the cart, but the page still shows the price as NaN. But soon. Really soon…

    ETA: Aaand in the cart he goes. (I hope I didn't make him dizzy! lol)

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  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    lol- Hope you enjoy him!  He was actually fun to work on for me.

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Since Mrs. Chow came out today, I thought I'd show a project I started with her base; the idea is to figure out Danior's Grandmother- Ane.  I've gotten the base skin nearly finished before having to put her aside, but the plan is to get her into zbrush to really work on her characteristics to see if what I've been trying to learn has stuck.  So, the first part of the proces; her skin!

  • SaphirewildSaphirewild Posts: 6,668

    I am really liking her skin it is full of the brown spots my grandmother had and the kinda saggyness that old people have excellent!!!

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    lol- Hope you enjoy him!  He was actually fun to work on for me.

    I defintely enjoy working with him. I've turned him into a redhead for the scene I'm working on now. I rendered a wip, which I've posted elsewhere, but I think he deserves to be here, in this thread, above all others. As expected, this Darwin's boy is wonderful.

    Baldric WIP

    Baldric Holding a Skull

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    And once again, you create a female based on a named figure I wasn't going to buy… making me rethink my decision.

    Grandmother- Ane's skin looks so old, all those "liver spots." Reminds me of my own grandmother. I'm looking forward to see how she evolves.

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Very nice render of Baldric, L'Adair!  Thank you for posting him.

    And thank you!  Ane is, so far, just skin.  I didn't re-work her base figure shape just yet.  It'll be interesting how/if I can work her sculpt into a Rom Grandmother from the Asian base.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    Very nice render of Baldric, L'Adair!  Thank you for posting him.

    And thank you!  Ane is, so far, just skin.  I didn't re-work her base figure shape just yet.  It'll be interesting how/if I can work her sculpt into a Rom Grandmother from the Asian base.

    I'm confident you can do it. Wasn't the asian base sculpted from the base G8F in the first place? (Or are the base figures started "from scratch"?) Anyway, worst case scenario, you don't use Mrs Chow, but you already have the skin! Best case scenario, the one I believe will happen, is we get another great character to play with sooner, rather than later.

    (Do I sound like a "fan girl"? I totally am!)

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    Since Mrs. Chow came out today, I thought I'd show a project I started with her base; the idea is to figure out Danior's Grandmother- Ane.  I've gotten the base skin nearly finished before having to put her aside, but the plan is to get her into zbrush to really work on her characteristics to see if what I've been trying to learn has stuck.  So, the first part of the proces; her skin!

    Her skin is fantastic!

  • L'Adair said:

    Very nice render of Baldric, L'Adair!  Thank you for posting him.

    And thank you!  Ane is, so far, just skin.  I didn't re-work her base figure shape just yet.  It'll be interesting how/if I can work her sculpt into a Rom Grandmother from the Asian base.

    I'm confident you can do it. Wasn't the asian base sculpted from the base G8F in the first place? (Or are the base figures started "from scratch"?) Anyway, worst case scenario, you don't use Mrs Chow, but you already have the skin! Best case scenario, the one I believe will happen, is we get another great character to play with sooner, rather than later.

    (Do I sound like a "fan girl"? I totally am!)

    Yes, all figures start from the Genesis 8 (or 3 or) base. I think what he's wondering is how much work it's going to be to radically reshape her face.
  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    The finished Baldric image is now live in my gallery. The area behind him is very dark and the trouble brewing is much easier to see full-size, so this is just the thumbnail, but it links to the gallery page, for any who want to see the full image.

    Enemy Of My Enemy

    Enemy Of My Enemy, by L'Adair

  • Some renders of Christian that I'm doing. I kind of liking the one where he's got the mask on, to be honest.

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  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087
    L'Adair said:

    Very nice render of Baldric, L'Adair!  Thank you for posting him.

    And thank you!  Ane is, so far, just skin.  I didn't re-work her base figure shape just yet.  It'll be interesting how/if I can work her sculpt into a Rom Grandmother from the Asian base.

    I'm confident you can do it. Wasn't the asian base sculpted from the base G8F in the first place? (Or are the base figures started "from scratch"?) Anyway, worst case scenario, you don't use Mrs Chow, but you already have the skin! Best case scenario, the one I believe will happen, is we get another great character to play with sooner, rather than later.

    (Do I sound like a "fan girl"? I totally am!)

     

    Yes, all figures start from the Genesis 8 (or 3 or) base. I think what he's wondering is how much work it's going to be to radically reshape her face.

    That's pretty much on the nose; I plan on taking her into Hexagon and Zbrush in the future.  I have a specific look I want to try to get for this Grandmother.

     

    L'Adair said:

    The finished Baldric image is now live in my gallery. The area behind him is very dark and the trouble brewing is much easier to see full-size, so this is just the thumbnail, but it links to the gallery page, for any who want to see the full image.

    Enemy Of My Enemy

    Enemy Of My Enemy, by L'Adair

    Love this!  You did such a great job with him, thank you!

     

    Some renders of Christian that I'm doing. I kind of liking the one where he's got the mask on, to be honest.

    Both are well done, and the one with the mask is pretty foreboding. Wonder what he's gotten into?

  • Some renders of Christian that I'm doing. I kind of liking the one where he's got the mask on, to be honest.

    Both are well done, and the one with the mask is pretty foreboding. Wonder what he's gotten into?

    He's actually on the side of the angels, so to speak. Short version is that he works for someone that has the need for his unique abilities.
  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
     
    L'Adair said:

    The finished Baldric image is now live in my gallery. The area behind him is very dark and the trouble brewing is much easier to see full-size, so this is just the thumbnail, but it links to the gallery page, for any who want to see the full image.

    Enemy Of My Enemy

    Love this!  You did such a great job with him, thank you!

    You're welcome. (Though I really think I should be thanking you for such great characters, including Baldric.) And I'm really happy you love the image.

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087
    edited March 2019

    :)

    Haven't forgotten Kaiden, either!  Finished up his body morphs and connected/saved everything.  Crappy render, and it's getting redone (It was way too noisy, and had to be postworked.  Alot), but it gives the idea.

    Next deseaming base skin, making the rest of his eye materials, tattoos, colors for the fibermesh brows/lashes, extra skin materials and double checking the HD skin detail morphs and possibly redoing them.

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  • deathbycanondeathbycanon Posts: 1,227
    edited March 2019

    Kaiden is looking good! 

    BTW I had to hire the hotest model I know to advertise some "undergear" so of course I gave Danior a call.  

     

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  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823

    Really like what I see :) Kaiden looks nice Dar! And Danior makes a perfect undergear model I would say Deathbycanon :)

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Thank you!

    And thank you, Deathbycanon- he looks great, and I am so glad you enjoy working with him!

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087
    edited March 2019

    Well, the first experiment to turn him blonde didn't work well; he didn't render long enough for the soft backlighting effect I used and as a result the hair is all wonky.  The brows, though, you can see the translucency of the blonde coloring well where the rim light skirts across them, so I'm happy with that.

    Kinda made him "nerdish", but why not? XD

    Next time will be a different hair set and scene.  Gotta give the good "NICU" Doc a variety of tests. ;) 

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  • deathbycanondeathbycanon Posts: 1,227

    He looks great, I like the nerdy look. Back lighting makes me crazy. When it works it's fantastic, when it doesn't it just doesn't, lol. I can spend hours just fiddling with trying to get the back lighting right only to get fed up and finally decide to go without it. 

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Yeah, I know that feeling.  Plus I had to cancel a 30 hour render due to lighting not converging correctly a few minutes ago.  Ticks me off, because I worked hard on the poses and lighting on this one.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,640

    Wow! very sweet pic! Like that a lot, light or no!

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087
    edited April 2019

    Aw, thanks!  That's Diesel with his husband, Kaiden, btw. ;) Whose name in the story is Garrett, but there were a few Garretts out there so I chose Kaiden for him instead.

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  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,885

    30 hours? Do you do CPU renders, then? (My 4GB card basically laughed at the very concept of rendering -- and also sounded like rush hour at O'Hare when it even thought about trying -- so I've always done CPU.)

    Yeah, I know that feeling.  Plus I had to cancel a 30 hour render due to lighting not converging correctly a few minutes ago.  Ticks me off, because I worked hard on the poses and lighting on this one.

     

     

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087
    vwrangler said:

    30 hours? Do you do CPU renders, then? (My 4GB card basically laughed at the very concept of rendering -- and also sounded like rush hour at O'Hare when it even thought about trying -- so I've always done CPU.)

    Yeah, I know that feeling.  Plus I had to cancel a 30 hour render due to lighting not converging correctly a few minutes ago.  Ticks me off, because I worked hard on the poses and lighting on this one.

     

     

    It wasn't over-large memory wise, but enough that it kicked into CPU Rendering. However, it was probably due to the render settings, which were VERY high end due to most of the lighting seen in that render were from emissives (Outside and inside) along with an HDRI for the outside landscaping.  Of course, glass, reflective surfaces, etc.  

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823

    It's a lovely picture Dar!

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Thanks!  I just wish it had come out the way I wanted. Eh. I'll try another.

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