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[ThaneR]

Do you think i should change the hairstyle?and i was wandering...how can you make your own hairstyle?

Modifié par ThaneR, 10 avril 2010 - 08:16 .

[mynineteenthtry]

It fits the face well enough. Honestly, in my limited experience, the hairstyle/eye color/etc. comes down to personal taste. Sure, there are some eye-catching combinations that can happen (dark hair & light/piercing eyes, or the simple red hair & green eyes, etc.), but once you have a solid face that relays who/what you want your character to be, the hair & all that are far more interchangeable aesthetic choices.

I think the current hairstyle fits the character. If you think its too "generic" (which is nearly impossible to avoid, given that all of us are working with the same two dozen hairstyles from the game & one or two community mods), then the change is up to you.

EDIT: if you're looking for additional hairstyles & such check out this link:

www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php

If you want a crapton of additional skin tones, vibrant eye color updates, & the like, also check out:

www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php
www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php

Supposedly the second link's mod has the white tattoo color in it, but I haven't figured out if its working as intended.

If you've yet to do any modding with Dragon Age, ask & someone can probably point in the direction of a good mod manager program.  Most file descriptions on Dragon Age Nexus have pretty simple/clear instructions on how to use the override folder, & if you're using a mod manager its even simpler.

Modifié par mynineteenthtry, 10 avril 2010 - 08:40 .

[ThaneR]

Thanks for the help.Another question i want to ask...why can`t i see the hairstyles in the toolset?(the additional hairstyles)

[mynineteenthtry]

Now *that* I have no clue. I have random things that don't show up in my toolset either. I can only see some of the tattoos (& yes, I know the 4 channel trick, so its not that), so I can't figure out how to get a human tattoo on an elf, even though I can get an elven tattoo on a human. Same thing with hairstyles, it seems. I've tried widening the file types it searches for, but then I get weird see-through hairdo's that are incomplete.



Someone else might know, though.



For the most part, I've been trying to do all the facial fixes in the toolset, maybe add a tattoo if I can, then do all the other fixes (eye color, hair color, hair style, make up) in the CC, since all of my additional resources show up there consistently.

[Presence]

May I have your attention for a second, please!
I've been cutting the time spent on faceworks, and I recon I will quit
it for good in favor of some other, older hobbies such as sculpting and
painting. So I figured I'd contribute a bit more than just pictures, so
here are the .mrh files of my faces, made user-friendly by removing any modded content. These faces can be altered with the Toolset, imported in-game, used in mods, or as "base" files for your own faces.
It can be found HERE.

Here's an overview of the faces:


Cheers
~Presence

[meathook]

@ ThaneR, not to sound like the forum police, but can you ask toolset questions on the toolset forum? This thread is for pretty character pictures and criticism.



@ Mochen, she's pretty, not quite Anora though. But another lovely face nonetheless

@ Presence, fantastic work!

[mynineteenthtry]

@meathook: somewhat my fault, as I opened up the whole "advice on making pretty characters in the toolset" bag of worms a few pages back. .



@Presence: Clint & Marcus are brilliant pieces of work.

[ThaneR]

@meathhook - you didn`t say anything about the the char i created.And i asked that questions about the toolset because i wanted to know if somebody is having the same problem as me.And i dont know what is the problem in asking some advice on how to make a pretty char.

Modifié par ThaneR, 10 avril 2010 - 09:22 .

[mynineteenthtry]

@Conzuela: This is exactly why, 15 hours into my Dalish female rogue attempt at Taes, I want to reroll her as a Cousland. Seems as if the origin story is the most seamless, & frankly, a sassy, sarcastic, backstabbing elvish rogue from the oh-so-serious forest doesn't quite work for me. Besides, Zevran's already doing it flamboyantly enough. & what's better than the carefree & rebellious second-born of the Cousland line finding the weight of all Ferelden on her shoulders?

... which is why I'm *still* in the damn toolset. Making her. Rawr.

EDIT: just realized I never said anything about the screenies!  I like the first shot especially.  I'm finding its very difficult to do smaller faces, & you seem to capture a lot of expression in it.  The second two were all funky angle-wise, so it was harder to use them to judge.

Modifié par mynineteenthtry, 10 avril 2010 - 09:59 .

[Mlai00]

Ahahahaha I got Minja!

Thanks, Presence!

[Loc'n'lol]

Eh I'm starting to have quite a collection of characters now, so I might as well give this thread a try and see what other people think.

This is my very first warden, though he looked nothing like this first time I played him. He's gradually shaped up into a Duncan-look-alike-but-not-quite. This is obviously a Cousland rogue.


My 3rd warden, named after and inspired by a certain someone from SoU. The (relatively) discreet tatoo is a recent addition.



Finally, my latest creation, whom I have grown really fond of for some reason. I tried to give her face plenty of little imperfections, yet I find the final result prettier than anything I'd done before. Maybe it's the freckles. You be judge.

Modifié par _Loc_N_lol_, 10 avril 2010 - 10:51 .

[mynineteenthtry]

A few hours in the toolset later, & I've got the first creation from the toolset I'm happy enough with to toss into the CC presets & test out in-game.

For your scathing critique & viewing pleasure, here's the next version of Taes.







As seems to be the case, her toolset rendering looks nothing like her CC model, which in turn looks nothing like her in-game model, but I think she still looks more or less as intended.

My main problems right now are her lips. I think I'm okay with her eyes. Maybe the nose could be a little wider at the tip. Most of that is based on just looking at her head-on. When I glance at her sideways, I can't tell if her profile pisses me off or if its just the camera distorting things slightly.

So. Hit me with all your little nitpicks. I'll probably lighten the make up shades a bit in the next version. Maybe.

[runs off in search of more caffeine]

EDIT: & oh!  The damn *ears*.  Why does BioWare insist on placing them so low on the jaw line & then making them look all awkwardly elvish when you decide to shift the placement higher.  Any suggestions there?  Or do you just suffer with their default lowered placement & ignore that ears are growing out of your character's lower jaw?  .

& yes, i know that using Morrigan's hair with a dark hair color makes her damn near a Morrigan clone, but there is *no* other hair style that meshes right with her or fits the character.  If there's any suggestions on that, please, I'm all ears.  I prefer short-cropped/pixie kinda cuts for my rogues.

Modifié par mynineteenthtry, 10 avril 2010 - 11:27 .

[Loc'n'lol]

I think part of your problem with the jaw/ear thing is that you raised up her jaw too much, you might want to try to lower the jaw, mouth and nose a tiny little bit to keep the proportions more or less the same.

Personally I find her jaw is a bit on the wide side, which makes her look manly-ish, but maybe that's actually what you were shooting for.

Nostrils could be wider as you noticed too.

About the eye makeup, if you haven't already, you may want to try one of bidelle's skins with the well-defined eyeliner and tone down or remove entirely the bigger, blurry, Bioware eye-shadow you are currently using.



Tatoo, eyes, brows, hair, looking good IMO.

[mynineteenthtry]

@_Loc_N_lol_ : I really like Loxley in the first screenshot; in the second, the lighting combined with his hair color calls a lot of attention to the sideburn not quite meshing/matching up to his hair. But that first screenie looks *great*. Everything in his face takes you right to the eyes.



& I love Laelynn. The freckles look amazing (much better than what I remember of the only freckles mod I've seen thus far). I think honestly my only suggestion with her is to use the regular eyebrows, not the thinned ones (if that is, indeed, the case). There is a girlishness to her that is brilliant, & having just those slightly thicker eyebrows would strike the perfect balance between her delicacy & the tomboy that her freckles & reddish hair suggest.



Great work.

[mynineteenthtry]

_Loc_N_lol_ wrote...

I think part of your problem with the jaw/ear thing is that you raised up her jaw too much, you might want to try to lower the jaw, mouth and nose a tiny little bit to keep the proportions more or less the same.

I'll try that.  I'm going to lower the ears slightly, to get rid of some of the hair clipping I've got going on right now, so I might just live with it.  If I lower the jaw too much, I might lose some of what I was going for.

Personally I find her jaw is a bit on the wide side, which makes her look manly-ish, but maybe that's actually what you were shooting for.

Honestly, I ended up turning to Ms. Natalie Portman for a fair bit of inspiration for Taes.  While it maybe could be softened & narrowed slightly, what I wanted was that strong but femine jaw that both Natalie & her lookalike Keira Knightley have in common [check here for absolute genius along those lines].  For a shot of Natalie I referenced initially [with bonus eye makeup!] check the middle photo here.

Nostrils could be wider as you noticed too.

About the eye makeup, if you haven't already, you may want to try one of bidelle's skins with the well-defined eyeliner and tone down or remove entirely the bigger, blurry, Bioware eye-shadow you are currently using.

Tatoo, eyes, brows, hair, looking good IMO.

I've got Bidelle's stuff, & I'll take a second look at the more defined eyeliner.  Currently using one of them for the slight under the eye shadow that's present, & then using the BioWare default above the eye.  Personally, I don't mind the look.  Its a little excessive, or can be, but using just the black & keeping the intensity down works for me, at the moment.  Thanks for reminding me about the other Bidelle eyeliner, though, I'd forgotten about it.  I'll give it a demo, at least, when I roll out Taes 3.0.

[LadyAly]

OMG - 4 Sides during my sleep - so much wonderful and creative work I can't mention all.


So if I don't write any special about someones posting its simple lazyness - cause all in the last couple of hours is awesome.

I feel the need to mentioned some things, though

@LadyJess and @Presence You both let me weep again, that I can't get the toolset to work.

@_Loc_N_lol_ Your Laelynn is wonderful refreshing - She looks so *pure* I really think this is an outstanding Char you created here.

Now I present my - *again* changed version of MaryAnn Cousland. I'm still working on her, I'm not sure if I will keep the hairstyle and or the glossy lips ... here are 2 solutions.
(( if someone is interested in the progress she made - look simple some sides before - there are 2 other versions ))

Modifié par LadyAly, 10 avril 2010 - 12:47 .

[LadyAly]

O:O - Thank you Mochen - must try it out immediatley - cause it looks like she has a crack in her head <.<



Would you keep the first or second try ? the second hasn't this glossy lips and different eyebrows

[mynineteenthtry]

@mochen: trying a few things to see if I can lessen the man-jaw but keep her from de-volving into another rounded face. Still frustrated at the seeming difference between the toolset, the CC, & the game itself. Makes trial & error all the more time consuming.



& here, for s's & g's, is something that has come from said trail & error:







V for Vendetta, anyone? She'll look a bit different once she gets in game, but it is a little interesting/funny to me that she looks the most like Natalie when her head is shaved. .

[Presence]

@meathook
Thanks!

@mynineteenthtry
Thanks, glad you like them!

@Conzuela
Thanks.. and hehe... Take-away faces indeed...

@Mlai00
You're welcome! Have... err.. fun with her.

@_Loc_N_lol_
You've got a nice personal touch to your characters, I really like the first and latest one.

@LadyAly
Your second version is better in my opinion and..

Weep no more, or at least weep a little less, for..



I uploaded a Preset version of the face collection, the toolset is not needed to use those.
It's here if you're interested (or anyone else).
Sorry for the shameless advertisement!

[Caparzofpc]

Meyhoni, Orlesian arcane warrior

Modifié par Caparzofpc, 10 avril 2010 - 03:11 .

[Erica_Raggs]

Using the mods around bioware. I think I have 3 for the judges !

definately three I'd have hanging around my house protecting me.

http://www.smokeypoi...ter_contest.jpg

** No Fate **

   dracman