[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Thanks for the comment Rob. I will probably get back to her in time, but right now I'm working on another female superhero that I will put a post up in a day or so for it.

[A Victim Of Duty]

I don't know what to say, except that is one of the best things I've seen this year. I loved it.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

 

Here's the finished modeled pants. I decided to add the seams with actual geometry instead of textures.

 

Jeff B.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

I've done a few minor updates, and few bigger ones. I adjusted the size of the claws, changed the skin tone, and added the start on the boots, and the "X" symbol.

 

Just thought I'd give this one a go again.

 

Jeff B.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney part 2]

Hey there Jack. I am glad you like my project so much, but I don't understand what this thread is about? Did you want me to make an additional character? I don't even know if I'll finish the one I'm working on, haha. You are welcome to make a character yourself though.

 

Once again, thanks for the interest.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Wow, that is a conversation, haha. I'm glad my thread had spawned some awesome conversations. The claws are in between her fingers. I know that third claw is weird, but like you stated Rodney, I am only following the character design

 

Thanks again.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Well, she is the female clone of Wolverine

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Just to show that I haven't totally forgot that I was working on this, here's a little update. . My back is still screwed up ,and now it's tax season, I don't have a lot of time, but I thought I would post this.

 

I added some red to the skin and added some claws.

 

 

Thanks for looking

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Hi Keith, the hands have been shrunken down considerably since I fist made them. I think they look fairly good now. The chest area probably does have too many patches. I will be honest and say I have not modeled a lot of female characters, so it probably has something to do with that .

 

She will also be wearing combat boots by the time I finish her shoes.

 

Thanks for the comments and questions everyone. Hopefully my back will be better soon.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Thanks a lot for the comment, Mark.

 

Well, I threw out my back pretty bad a few months ago and been having trouble doing just about anything. I am hoping to get back to this project soon though.

 

Thanks again for reading.

[punch babies in the face]

Dang, that guy just punched a baby in the face! I really like the look you have going for this.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Thanks a lot, John.

 

I should also add that I removed the reflection from the hair in the last image. I think it looks a lot better without it.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Thanks a lot for the comment, Steve! I appreciate it.

 

Here's where I am on the costume right now. I have removed all my seams that I had in the uniform with splines. It is just too difficult to add them in with splines, so I am hoping I can re-add them with normal maps. This will be the last picture I post until I have the costume totally done.

 

Thanks for looking.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Ok, so the top is done and I started on the legs. I am going a little different from the regular costume, but not by too much. I also fixed the mouth. It was looking a little too much like a pair of wax lips instead of an actual mouth.

 

Thanks for looking.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

I don't know when it happened, but I had my spec light turned off from frames 0-9. Here's an updated pic from the last angle to show the model with spec on.

 

Sorry for posting all the pics, haha.

[Blockheads]

This is looking great. I think there is something about the "trough" of the third swing that seems off to me. I can't really put my finger on it.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Ok, I worked a little more on the hair. I think I got it where I want for now. I will probably have to go back and tweak it a little, however. I also darkened the irises a little.

 

Thanks for looking.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Ok, here's some hair. I will probably keep tweaking it, but for now it's done. It is super hard to get long hair right *sigh*. I will now start on the legs for the uniform.

 

Thanks for looking.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Just to show I'm working on the hair. Maybe she should keep her hair like this .

[Early Sunday Morning Building]

This is beautiful. I love the look of the barber pole. Something about the glass around the ribbon, I likey.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Just a quick update for anyone who would like to know. I have toned down the red in her skin a lot. I was going for that "healthy glow" look, but instead she looked a little sunburned. So next still update will have a her skin less burned .

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Here is the finished skin texture. I decided I wanted to go fairly simple here. I used a variation of Jim Talbot's method to make the base skin color. I am only using a bump on the eyebrows. Some very basic spec and reflection maps as well.

 

I might have gotten a little more complicated, but I just can't get my decal to show up right in A:M. It just comes out to pixelated to get a really good idea of what I'm placing until I render it. I used to know a trick to get it to show perfectly in real time, but I forgot how to do it *sigh*.

 

Like I said though, I just wanted something fairly simple and clean for the skin.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Well It took me awhile. I posted that at 7:48pm my time. I think I started at about 2:30pm and did it off and on while I watched Netflix, haha. So I don't have an actual time.

 

I don't know what you mean "manually", but if you are wondering if I used any plug-ins, I didn't. It's been awhile since I did this so I think I would have done it quicker if I was in my prime again.

 

Thanks for the question .

 

EDIT: I should add that with all the decal groups I had to make, it probably adds and additional 2 hours to the time. That took me awhile to figure out where I wanted some of those groups.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Just to show I'm still working on this, here's a render of my character with my decal template in place. This is a 4-pass render. I left SSS on just because . It's not perfect, but I believe it's good enough.

 

I am also posting a smaller version of the template just in case others would find that useful.

 

Thanks for looking.

[x-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney]

Thanks a lot for the comment, Rodney!