Forum: Freestuff


Subject: UFO Moonbase outfit desired...

paramount opened this issue on Nov 20, 2008 · 225 posts


Morkonan posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 6:05 PM

Update:  Boots are done.

Yes, I am including boots.  However, I'm not very happy with them.  They conform fine but, they're really not very good looking around the foot area.  But, for distance renders and such, they're fine.  I've never modeled any shoes/footwear before and I can see why this is left out of so many modeling projects!  I definitely need to work more on modeling shoes/boots but, I'm not a big fan of feet to begin with.  If it was up to me, I'd get rid of feet altogether but, they're sort of important in the whole locomotion process... 

Anyway, no WIP on the boots right now.  They're done but for a couple of tweaks and to add the piping along the top which will only take a few minutes.  I had some weird problem with one of the object exports not wanting to import properly into other apps.  I'm going to try to nail that down before passing them for inclusion in the package.

I'm finalizing the UV maps and materials now.  Even though procedural textures are used for a good bit of the outfit, everything will be mapped and templates provided so users can do what they wish with it.  If they want purple pipling and a plaid "lipstick" bandolier with tiny transmapped pill bottles along with a iPod texture for the belt "case" they can easily add it themselves.

If I get the chance, I'll take a stab at morphing Koz's free Bob Hair (Since it is freely available.) to suit so if someone wants the exact look, they'll be able to get pretty close.  But, morphing hair isn't something I've done before either. 

That's the beauty of just taking a stab at creating something completely different - You learn new skills!  You also learn a new appreciation for the skills of others as well!  I have learned that I am terrible at modelling footwear.  What I produce in that department has probably not been recreated since the Inquisition and Prada would surely seek to have me banned from anything below the knee for my latest attrocity in modelling those boots...  :)  But, the end-user will have the chance to do full body renders without having to resort to third-party clothing and that's something I really want to provide for them.