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# 31 07-05-2004 , 12:13 AM

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well here's a test using the bssrdf shader from here https://test.jzinfo.com/bssrdf.htm , it's the one on the right. it seems a bit soft to me (it was softer earlier, but I don't know how to make it any less than this). any comments welcome.

the colors also seem to me to be a little hyperrealistic, I'm trying to go for photoreal, any help would be appreciated

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# 32 07-05-2004 , 10:38 AM

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Wow the Jango costume looks great! He looks like he'd be fun to animate. The skin shader does look soft like you said... I myself don't know much about creating a skin shader but I've seen a great tutorial by Steven Stahlberg which was mentioned earlier, here's the link:

Steven Stahlberg Skin Shader Tutorial

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# 33 08-05-2004 , 05:26 AM

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and here's another, more realistic in the coloring, I think, yet still too soft, even on the edges. look at how ethereal I am...

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# 34 08-05-2004 , 01:43 PM

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Nicely done. user added image

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# 35 08-05-2004 , 02:34 PM

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Hmmm...maybe it's just my monitor, but the face looks slightly too reddish/pink to me...Otherwise, GREAT job on the model so far, keep up the GREAT work PilotLtKettch! It really is an awesome model! user added image

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Hope to work some more on it today...

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# 36 08-05-2004 , 07:51 PM

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i dunno.... it looks fuzzy... not very.... skin-like :| and the lips just blur right into the skin so much it looks like it's the same colour.

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# 37 08-05-2004 , 09:36 PM

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Yeah that shader is not too hot is it? Yeah go to the Steve Stahlberg site he's a damn good modeller and his texturing is good too!!

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# 38 08-05-2004 , 10:33 PM

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heh, yeah, still working on the fuzziness... and I hae used stahlberg's shader, but I haven't gotten it to work right yet

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# 39 09-05-2004 , 12:13 AM

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Hey coming along nicely, keep it up. The only thing though is that skin shader is a little to red, it looks like he's got massive sun burn., or he's really embarrassed about something... user added image

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# 40 09-05-2004 , 12:16 AM

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emberassed about his sunburn...?

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# 41 10-05-2004 , 04:31 AM

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ok, here's the same pick with adjustments to make it more flesh colored, I haven't had too much time to work on it because i have a project due monday and another tuesday (both are maya related). but I will definitely post when I have something new

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# 42 10-05-2004 , 08:11 AM

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here we are, me in front of the computer, texture's still fuzzy though... anyway, feel free to comment

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# 43 13-05-2004 , 06:15 AM

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and here's some more with remodeling

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# 44 13-05-2004 , 06:16 AM

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and a different angle of the same thing

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# 45 13-05-2004 , 08:50 AM

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and here's yet another one, I'm almost done tweaking the face so it looks more like me (for instance I thought the lips looked to big in the previous images, just scaled it down a tad horizontally and suddenly it looked like my lips...) and then, when I'm done with that, I'm going to unwrap the head and put a read texture on it (instead of projecting a side view of my face)

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