Makeover: Galen! by NetWorthy
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Continuing on with the retexturing and new shaders for the characters in this series, it's Galen's turn.
This is a straight render, NO postwork other than the logo! This is the same background set and lights used in the first makeover. Also, the metal, leather, velvet and skin surfaces are all using the exact same surface shaders I used for Aranée, with a few minor tweaks of course.
A couple of notable departures from Aranée's makeover:
- I used Mapps tileable cloth tex and / or bump maps on many of Galens clothing items, including the body of his tunic and his trousers in this pic. Galen doesn't have much clothing with "patterns", mostly just solid colors so this seemed the best choice. A HUGE thanks to Mike for his wonderful freebie stuff, I use it SO much.
- The chain mail tex - is my own design! I think it turned out great. I used closeup photos of real historic chain mail to work up a combined tileable texture and displacement map. I also used omnifreaker's Human Surface Shader as a means of controlling the tiling frequency. I'm thinking about offering the mail effect as either a freebie shader or mat pose if anybody has an interest.
Comments (21)
restif
Looks great! Like your backround too!
joaq
The chain mail is fantastic!Excellent realism and great composition!
Grimslade
excellent scene; great pose and comp!
mambo
Great render and posing *****
PhilW
Excellently done - the chain mail looks particularly impressive!
1010
Love his outfit and his fierce stance, excellent!
magnus073
Nice makeover here Larry, he looks cool
lyron
Excellent work!!
flaviok
Excelente, uma realização magnifica meu amigo, aplausos (5)
Darkglass
Very nice work great pose love the chain mail....many thanks for your comment you got it in one.......
Cimaira
Excellent work, that chain mail and the clothing textures look fantastic!
ledwolorz
Fantastic pose and work.
Minda
great pose and nice outfit larry... superb work!!
neelzonline
Very strong image
LBJ2
Great work there, Larry. His textures looks great on this image. The chainmail texture is super.+5
adrie
Excellent work my friend, love those textures.
dbrv6
Great work on the chainmail texture! Is he supposed to be holding the long dagger that way in his left hand? Can not decide on the skin texture though - it looks frozen but that may be his expression too.
NetWorthy
I've actually done some martial arts weapons training, as well as studied a bit of medieval archaic weapons. A dagger hold would indeed place the guards at right angles to the thumb. It is a hold that emphasizes accuracy over power. The long weapon handles the power moves, the short weapon snakes in for serious damage - or for the kill.
amirapsp
Absolutely gorgeous !!
PSDuck
On the dagger hold: I was trained to hold it like that, blade hoizontal and parallel to the ribcage, for quick insertion...usually from the rear. The same way one would hold the "commando" dagger of WWII. If I were going for the neck, I'd want a more positive grip: a different one. As to chain, I wore it (and plate) for years in the SCA. Chain does not conform to the muscles, it just hangs there. Thus the fit is very important. The cuffs would be a bit floppy, unless laced closed with leather or hempen cord (medievally speaking). Larry, if you want any more "real world" (ahem!) advice, drop me a note. An excellent render! -Allen
RJS
Larry, it looks like your makeover is a success! That chain mail looks terrific. PSDuck is absolutely right (I was in the SCA too). In "real life" chain mail just hangs limp and floppy and in general looks very un-sexy. Besides, a "realistic" ranger would probably not wear chain anyway - too heavy and difficult to maintain when traveling rough. So I say: take some artistic license! If it looks great, use it! Are we artists or historians here? As for the dagger, I would say that the grip is open to debate. What you picture is a classic "knife fighting" stance, where the dagger is to be used offensively as you describe. This was the way it was used in the late renaissance when rapier dueling was all the rage. In the late medieval and early renaissance, however, the dagger or "main gauche" was used as a parrying tool (easier to carry than a classic "buckler" shield) with "finishing moves" as only a secondary consideration. In that case, it was often held differently from the way you picture. But again, your depiction looks great and shows Galen's aggressiveness, so why not go ahead and stick with it? Bravo and great work! Looking forward to seeing more of Galen.