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I Just Wanted to Post an Image Thread

Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
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I got to tinkering with this body suit that I made for Miki a long while back. I wanted to create a couple different texture zones, but the darn suit is pretty poly heavy. So I came up with an alternate plan: create a couple masks and see if I can do it all in the materials room.
This is my solution... This is a Superfly shader. I don't know if it will work in Firefly. I guess it would, but it would look different, and would need a couple extra nodes to get the same effect.
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And I found out that the masks are pretty handy too. You can do some pretty neat stuff with them:

bodysuit2.png
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
bodysuit update.png
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This is the shader for the bodysuit now. I think I am done tinkering with it. I had to model the skirt and belt. Boots are next, and then I will attempt a cape. I suck at capes, but I had a brainstorm and I think I know how to model one that will work...
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
Hornet3d said:
That is stunning.
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Thank you! I am proud of it.

supergirl.jpg

I need to make her a proper pair of boots. I made these for a Jesse Quick costume awhile back. They don't fit right because they were made to go over her bodysuit. I just needed something in the meantime...

Click on the pic. It's 1920x1440.
 
Miss B

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
You are definitely on a roll Rokket. Are you going to make the skirt and cape dynamic? That may be the easiest way to get them to flow nicely.
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
Miss B said:
You are definitely on a roll Rokket. Are you going to make the skirt and cape dynamic? That may be the easiest way to get them to flow nicely.
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They are dynamic. The whole outfit is dynamic. I tried to rig the bodysuit, but it's old, made back before I understood topology and edge flow, so it didn't play nice with the rig. I made a better cape. I am running a render right now and will post it when it's done.
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
I wonder what the WB Supergirl tv show would think about this suit? I mean, they are not sticking to canon at all with their outfits. I bet this would look great on screen.
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
I was asked at the SM forum why I chose to use all those math nodes in my shader when the Blender node would have accomplished the same thing with fewer nodes. So I gave it a shot. I imported two of the bodysuits into Poser and applied my shader on the right side, and the shader using Blender nodes instead of math on the left.

Think I made my case.

comparison.jpg
 
Hornet3d

Hornet3d

Wise
Rokket said:
I was asked at the SM forum why I chose to use all those math nodes in my shader when the Blender node would have accomplished the same thing with fewer nodes. So I gave it a shot. I imported two of the bodysuits into Poser and applied my shader on the right side, and the shader using Blender nodes instead of math on the left.

Think I made my case.

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I am no expert but on the comparison here I would agree you have made you case.
 
Miss B

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
Hmmmm, well as much a I like the one on the right, the one on the left doesn't look bad at all, so I guess how much you want the design to stand out, would be the deciding factor.

Nicely done in both cases. ;)
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
It's all in the hues. The one on the left has a purplish hue to it. The one on the right has a metallic look to the lighter blue. I could tone that down on the right if I wanted to. But the blender node is causing the purple tint on the left.
 
Miss B

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
Yes, though I haven't gotten really good in putting together shaders in either Blender or Poser. I'm only half way decent at tweaking one someone else created. ;)
 
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