Bull Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I tried and failed to do a Cattley a few times. I will never try again thanks to you. Awesome job! Thanks again, I'm glad that so many of you guys like it. Now here are a couple of new ones. Nigel Svensson http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson_alt1.jpg Not quite sure if this captures the character or not but I figured I'd post it and see what people thought. Tommy Cornell Jr http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/TommyCornellJr.jpg And I really tried to get this one to look as much like his default render as possible and alittle bit more like his father as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWF Fan Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Both amazing pieces of work right there, But for some reason I'm wondering if that Nigel could work as a blonde haired version? Any chance of a third alt, keeping the brown beard but giving him some dirty blonde hair? Great work none the less man, your Mean Machine render got me right back into playing as MAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Both amazing pieces of work right there, But for some reason I'm wondering if that Nigel could work as a blonde haired version? Any chance of a third alt, keeping the brown beard but giving him some dirty blonde hair? Great work none the less man, your Mean Machine render got me right back into playing as MAW. Yea I can do that, he started out with lighter hair anyway but I couldn't quite get it to match the beard quite how i wanted it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWF Fan Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 haha sweet man thanks, yeah I always imagine Nigel to be somewhat of a fake Swede, instead of being this fun loving, blonde haired guy, he's actualyl a super serious brown haired one who tries to hide it by dying his hair Blonde, despite his beard remaining brown. I actually ran it as a storyline in the SWF as Mainstream Hernandez bringing in his Swede friend to help him, only for his girlfriend (Dharma Gregg) to get confused as he can't be Swedish as he has brown hair and making him peroxide it in order to fit in with what she thought was Sweden. Ultimate wrestlecrap but it was fun, they ended up tag champions, The World Elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anggur Merah Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Thanks again, I'm glad that so many of you guys like it. Nigel Svensson http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson_alt1.jpg Not quite sure if this captures the character or not but I figured I'd post it and see what people thought. Me likey that Svensson. Is there any version available of him with thin facial hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd1 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Nigel Svensson http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson_alt1.jpg Not quite sure if this captures the character or not but I figured I'd post it and see what people thought. Awesome job, Bull. Am I right in thinking you've upgraded to the Elite textures? Looks like Sol to me. I've been thinking for a while that your characters look fantastic but the textures were letting them down (which is beyond your control), but not so with these last few. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 haha sweet man thanks, yeah I always imagine Nigel to be somewhat of a fake Swede, instead of being this fun loving, blonde haired guy, he's actualyl a super serious brown haired one who tries to hide it by dying his hair Blonde, despite his beard remaining brown. I actually ran it as a storyline in the SWF as Mainstream Hernandez bringing in his Swede friend to help him, only for his girlfriend (Dharma Gregg) to get confused as he can't be Swedish as he has brown hair and making him peroxide it in order to fit in with what she thought was Sweden. Ultimate wrestlecrap but it was fun, they ended up tag champions, The World Elite. I had to restart the Svensson Alt as I forgot to save it in daz but I think it still looks about the same. here is the blonde version. http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson_alt2.jpg Me likey that Svensson. Is there any version available of him with thin facial hair? Now that I do have it saved in daz I will do another with thin facial hair shortly. Awesome job, Bull. Am I right in thinking you've upgraded to the Elite textures? Looks like Sol to me. I've been thinking for a while that your characters look fantastic but the textures were letting them down (which is beyond your control), but not so with these last few. Keep up the good work! I've actually had the elite textures for a while and I've be using them it, the Ben Willams alt uses the Jeremy texture, and the Marc Speed uses the Rob, its actually the lighting that has changed more than anything, as the lighting in Bens was different that the last few ive done. but yes Sol is the one ive been using on the last few and it seems to be doing some good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd1 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I've actually had the elite textures for a while and I've be using them it, the Ben Willams alt uses the Jeremy texture, and the Marc Speed uses the Rob, its actually the lighting that has changed more than anything, as the lighting in Bens was different that the last few ive done. but yes Sol is the one ive been using on the last few and it seems to be doing some good. Lighting can make a big difference, and you don't need too many textures to get the images you need. The jhdVerse has 596 renders and off the top of my head I have only used Sol, Rob, Lee for M4 and Amy, Maya and Marie for V4 and (I hope) none of the characters look the same. For DAZ I've found the Elite Textures to be head and shoulders above the competition - I've tried all sorts of other textures (all with great reviews) that just look washed out with my settings. Keep at it, you're doing a great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I think you could stand to put more light on the characters. The textures still look a little flat. Did this little fella when I was mulling over a CGC diary. "100% All Natural" Nate Johnson was in line for quite the push. http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self1.jpghttp://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self2.jpghttp://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self3.jpghttp://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self4.jpg http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnsonFull.png Didn't post before because I was never fully happy with the likeness. Still not. Neither is he as jacked as I would have had him in the diary. "All Natural"? If he says so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipshirt Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Lighting can make a big difference, and you don't need too many textures to get the images you need. The jhdVerse has 596 renders and off the top of my head I have only used Sol, Rob, Lee for M4 and Amy, Maya and Marie for V4 and (I hope) none of the characters look the same. For DAZ I've found the Elite Textures to be head and shoulders above the competition - I've tried all sorts of other textures (all with great reviews) that just look washed out with my settings. Keep at it, you're doing a great job! Agreed. I pretty much use different shades of M4 with morphs, Apollo shaded and Freak exclusively (with Brock used for the last Rick Law one I did). I started to branch out into Dogs of War a little as well. jhd, where did you find that awesome King's Crown?! I've been searching for one but none of them look as classic as that one. I think Marcus McKing needs one if he is truly going to be the King of Wrestling in 1977 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Me likey that Svensson. Is there any version available of him with thin facial hair? http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson_alt3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntman Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I had to restart the Svensson Alt as I forgot to save it in daz but I think it still looks about the same. here is the blonde version. http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/NigelSvensson_alt2.jpg Well, I'll never be using another re-render of Nigel again. This is unbelievably awesome, great work. I love the thin beard as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd1 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 jhd, where did you find that awesome King's Crown?! I've been searching for one but none of them look as classic as that one. I think Marcus McKing needs one if he is truly going to be the King of Wrestling in 1977 In my avatar? It's a combination of the RDNA crown, a torus and some postwork in GIMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewanite Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 On the topic of lighting, what is everyone using these days? I'm using a 2 distant lights and a spotlight, each with Deep Shadow Map and 60% shadow softness. Spotlight xrot 23 yrot -5 zrot -1 xtrans 0 ytrans 0 ztrans 0 Intensity 100 Dist1 xrot -11 yrot 15 zrot -2 xtrans 0 ytrans 0 ztrans 0 Intensity 35 Dist2 xrot -6 yrot 4 zrot -0.5 xtrans 0 ytrans 0 ztrans 0 Intensity 57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd1 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 On the topic of lighting, what is everyone using these days? Weidt's lighting. Still. I'm of the opinion that it has the perfect lighting-shadow ratio to work on almost any background and in particular the Cverse one. I find the brighter images tend to look a little flat and don't necessarily blend in with the background. That's just me though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 On the topic of lighting, what is everyone using these days? On the last few that I've done I've be using Lucky's lights from his WMMA Renders that he posted a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewanite Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 At some point soon I think I'll make one render and render him using as many light settings as I can gather, just for the sake of comparisons. A lot of percieved flatness or plasticity can also be accounted for by highlight colour and gloss settings though, but I always turn that highlight colour to black on the skin anyway out of personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Trask Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Did this little fella when I was mulling over a CGC diary. "100% All Natural" Nate Johnson was in line for quite the push. http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self1.jpghttp://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self2.jpghttp://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self3.jpghttp://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/Full/NateJohnson_Self4.jpg Didn't post before because I was never fully happy with the likeness. Still not. Neither is he as jacked as I would have had him in the diary. "All Natural"? If he says so. Slick! I love it. Those Nigel renders are great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Retexture of some older ones. Jeff Nova http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JeffNova.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JeffNova_alt.jpg Joss Thompson http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JossThompson.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JossThompson_alt1.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JossThompson_alt2.jpg Joss turned out alittle brighter than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James0 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 On the topic of lighting, what is everyone using these days? It varies. In my Blood Raven render I just posted I used UberEnvironment2 and it makes the render appear flat, but I personally like sockpuppet's lighting with bump maps and displacement maps for realism. Weidt's lighting is always good but it really depends on which look you are going for. Lantios Lights 2 that I purchased works really well but you'll need to tone down the intensity of the UberEnvironment that is in each of those light settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James0 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Also, here is another render I've done, no name tied to this, so it can be used for whomever you wish. http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5724/zakk1.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd1 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 It varies. In my Blood Raven render I just posted I used UberEnvironment2 and it makes the render appear flat, but I personally like sockpuppet's lighting with bump maps and displacement maps for realism. Weidt's lighting is always good but it really depends on which look you are going for. Lantios Lights 2 that I purchased works really well but you'll need to tone down the intensity of the UberEnvironment that is in each of those light settings. I'd agree with this. Your renders always tend to lean towards realism (from what you've sent me, anyway), and Trell (who I believe also uses UberEnvironment) gets excellent and very realistic results. When I first starting rendering Self's style was the one I was most influenced by. Now I've picked up influences from elsewhere (sebsplex being the other major one), and my renders now tend to be more caricature than photorealism. For that type of image, the shadows from Weidt's lighting work perfectly. But one of the best things about the forum's renderers is that we do have our own style. To each their own, and all that I'd be interested in the results of ewanite's lighting experiment though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James0 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I tried to get the style you use but I just never seem to be happy with my own renders (but love yours!). Your Ox Mastadon is by far one of my favorites and I'd love to see a full body render of him if you ever get the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 John Greed http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JohnGreed.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JohnGreed_alt1.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/JohnGreed_alt2.jpg Karen Killer http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/KarenKiller.jpghttp://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/freebird8818/KarenKiller_alt.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Lyrium Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Also, here is another render I've done, no name tied to this, so it can be used for whomever you wish. http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5724/zakk1.png 'The Black Mark' Calvin Dark, if I could be so bold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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