the Ranger by theSea

DAZ|Studio • Fantasy • posted on Nov 12, 2007

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Hi, thanks for looking in... Seems I'm on a fantasy kick lately. 'the Ranger' is a character study using DAZ's Michael 3 with morphs and the 'Merlin' texture set from RDNA. Outfit is 'Wild Hunt: Wildenlander' from Luthbel, also avalable at DAZ. DAZ|Studio render, minimal postwork. Lights are Uberspots substituted into Dreamlight's free lightset, falloff is used on the fill and bounce lights. The biggest challenge here was trying to overcome the painted highlights on the skin texture and the bump map that is better suited for a specular map. This was a very good texture for it's time, but I think the shortcomings are starting to show. I'd really like to see an older, weathered male texture that's done to recent standards... perhaps when Mike 4 comes out. As always - constructive critique and suggestions for improvement are encouraged and appreciated. Simple orchids and onions are welcome too. Thanks much! --michael

Comments (40)

Damian979

9:54AM | Fri, 16 November 2007

First of all tremendous work man, the skin looks well, incredible. And the lighting, well incredible. IMHO the eyes lose a little realism, I've experimented with applying a weak skin bump map to the cornea or eyewhite (whichever your chosen eye map uses for specularity) with some pretty good results.

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thotto

10:42AM | Fri, 16 November 2007

This is too good to be true! I unfortunately understand only half of the technical talk, but I'll try and grow on i!. BTW, congratulations to your title at the DAZ Artists Guild

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