YEEEEHAA IT WORKS!

@pokeydots:

I've never seen that figure before. I don't know what she's called or how she is UV mapped or what the material zones are called, yet it works!

Many thanks for the renders! So what do you think about it?

@pj:

Hehehe. This has been a dream in my head for six months. I'm glad you think its worthy.

Folks:

I'm really excited. Unfortunately I have to now go on a 3-hour drive to get back home. (I'm on the road again.)

I'm looking forward to seeing more renders.

By the way, for the node-aware, you guys can go into the VSS prop and edit the shaders. Particularly look at the Template Skin.

Easy things to mess with (Numbered arrows in the screen shot)

1. The SSS strength. Default is .7. Higher is more.
2. The SSS Spread. Default is 2. Lower is more spread.
3. The skin Tint. Removes a lot of built-in SSS from the color map. Lower the red or raise the green+blue amounts if the color map is too red overall still.
4. The spots tinter. Tiny little spots get this tint - like freckles but more subtle. Also the Spots node has interesting changes from Spot_Size, Softness, and Threshold.
5. The specular reflectivity. How bright the specular highlights are. Also, for outdoor sunlight, decrease the Eccentricity to tighten the highlights.
6. The diffuse reflectivity. Try lower numbers for a mild to deep tan.

You only have to edit the Template Skin, then click Synchronize. Then Render. Your changes will go into all the right places. If you want to save your skin shader, just save it like you would any other shader, as a material. You can load it again.

Or save the whole collection.

Or save the whole prop as a new specialized shader set.

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