Maybe show us a comparison of your and EP2 Alyx rather than HL2 Alyx.
The new texture is better but her skin is maybe still too perfect, I don't know. Her eyebrows need a little bit more detail though.
Should her eyes be changed? They're sort of blue-grey rather than hazel, although that could just be the lighting. Also, like the other guy said, the eyebrows should be a bit more unkempt. I don't think Alyx is a great believer in aesthetic.
[QUOTE=Marden;39244313]Maybe show us a comparison of your and EP2 Alyx rather than HL2 Alyx.[/QUOTE]
mine-[IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/NrLH4.jpg[/IMG_thumb][IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/CMQVF.jpg[/IMG_thumb]-VALVe
Only thing is- I forgot to change her eyes back to the defaults.
There's a facial expression difference, though dunno if that's just due to the actual facial expression being different.
[QUOTE=Tinter;39244609]There's a facial expression difference, though dunno if that's just due to the actual facial expression being different.[/QUOTE]
It's due to me trying to get 2 shots in relatively the same position from a scene where she's moving around and talking to you.
Could just be that the cheek lines are more visible on the valve texture maybe? I see what you mean, but side by side they don't look too different position-wise.
Also Fat-Corgi, couldn't you use cheats and set host-timescale to something really low so you can get an exact screenshot, or did you already do that and it's just hard to get it to the same place anyway
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39244497]mine-[IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/NrLH4.jpg[/IMG_thumb][IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/CMQVF.jpg[/IMG_thumb]-VALVe
Only thing is- I forgot to change her eyes back to the defaults.[/QUOTE]
The original retail HL2 Alyx had quite a bit of acne scarring; maybe trying bringing it back-out in the normalmap ?
She looks too "HD reskin of x character". Her skin should be a little more coarse with her eyebrows being more sporadic.
make the eyebrows look more rough, add more of an eye bag effect under her eyes
she needs to look more rugged
[QUOTE=Coffee;39244786]make the eyebrows look more rough, add more of an eye bag effect under her eyes
she needs to look more rugged[/QUOTE]
Make her fat too
I doubt anyone would be fat in the half life universe
the combine give out rations and I'd assume that food supplies would be fairly limited for the resistance
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if anything, the resistance members need to look a bit more skeletal.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;39244699]The original retail HL2 Alyx had quite a bit of acne scarring; maybe trying bringing it back-out in the normalmap ?[/QUOTE]
Any ideas on how to do this on the normalmap or the basetexture?
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39244675]It's due to me trying to get 2 shots in relatively the same position from a scene where she's moving around and talking to you.[/QUOTE]
Load your models into Source SDK and take pictures of WIP skins from there from now on, it will be much less problematic.
[QUOTE=Chonch;39246255]Load your models into Source SDK and take pictures of WIP skins from there from now on, it will be much less problematic.[/QUOTE]
A slight expression difference is problematic?
Also Source SDK uses a full brightness, or almost full bright, which makes things look like pieces of crap. It doesn't render shaders or VMT perams very well either.
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39246380]A slight expression difference is problematic?
Also Source SDK uses a full brightness, or almost full bright, which makes things look like pieces of crap. It doesn't render shaders or VMT perams very well either.[/QUOTE]
Someone could make you a test map with the various characters doing different expressions in different lightings.
Someone.
[SUB]I could but I'm not necessarily volunteering myself[/SUB]
[QUOTE=MatheusMCardoso;39244093]I'd rather have a blonde white Alyx with big breasts. :v:[/QUOTE]
you have horrible taste
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39245137]Any ideas on how to do this on the normalmap or the basetexture?[/QUOTE]
For normal make a height map with small black spots for the scars. Turn into normal map, overlay over ur current normal map then renormalise.
For the colour I guess cavity AO in a color burn overlay, this will darken the "deep bits" and make it a little more red, not entirely sure what kind of ache scarring your after.
You should give her freckles and make the area around her eyes a tiny bit darker (after all, she probably doesn't get much sleep).
[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;39247268]For normal make a height map with small black spots for the scars. Turn into normal map, overlay over ur current normal map then renormalise.
For the colour I guess cavity AO in a color burn overlay, this will darken the "deep bits" and make it a little more red, not entirely sure what kind of ache scarring your after.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, acne scarring is usually just dimples and dark-spots on the skin: google it (although, keep in mind that most of the images you'll pull up are severe scarring).
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39246380]Also Source SDK uses a full brightness, or almost full bright, which makes things look like pieces of crap[/QUOTE]
uhhhhh you do know that the lighting can be changed?
[QUOTE=Joazzz;39252608]uhhhhh you do know that the lighting can be changed?[/QUOTE]
You can change lighting in Modelviewer and Faceposer?
modelviewer yes
faceposer I'm not sure
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39254245]You can change lighting in Modelviewer and Faceposer?[/QUOTE]
faceposer, i've got no idea, but in modelviewer yes
setting the Ambient color to 0 0 0 brings out the geometry and especially normal maps/shaders much better than the default Ambient shading
I think you can move the light around in faceposer, but I don't know if you can do anything else with it.
In MDLViewer, colors can be changed, lighting can be moved, and textures can be updated in pseudo-realtime. It provides all the options of ingame renders with significantly faster load times.
[B]WIP shots of Kleiner:[/B]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/FymUJ.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/wIGoe.jpg[/img_thumb]
Majority of the forehead and top of the head has not been done yet, and I'm still working on the mouth and cheek area a lot.
[I]Left = NEW Right = OLD[/I]
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39268519][B]WIP shots of Kleiner:[/B]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/FymUJ.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/wIGoe.jpg[/img_thumb]
Majority of the forehead and top of the head has not been done yet, and I'm still working on the mouth and cheek area a lot.
[I]Left = NEW Right = OLD[/I][/QUOTE]Looks awesome, but perhaps adding more creases near his mouth would in[b]crease[/b] his appeal.
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39268519][B]WIP shots of Kleiner:[/B]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/FymUJ.jpg[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/wIGoe.jpg[/img_thumb]
Majority of the forehead and top of the head has not been done yet, and I'm still working on the mouth and cheek area a lot.
[I]Left = NEW Right = OLD[/I][/QUOTE]
looking good so far, obviously a few things need improving but i'm sure you're already on it. great work
Small update, I think I got his cheeks/mouth area fixed up.
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/v9HpD.jpg[/img_thumb]
[QUOTE=Fat-Corgi-Guy;39269073]Small update, I think I got his cheeks/mouth area fixed up.
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/v9HpD.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
His lips are a little odd looking, especially considering how subtle the original kleiner's lips are.
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