MORROWIND HEADS UPDATE PROJECT (wip title)

- an attempt to create better head meshes for Morrowind characters, similar to Skyrim/Oblivion system
- slightly higher poly count with modeled in jawline, ears and neck for more detailed looking characters

Premise

Morrowind is still a very popular game, which projects like OpenMW and Skywind prove on a daily basis. Thanks to advancement in all areas concerning game dev, as well as efforts made by modders to bring everything up to date, we will be able to give this game a face lift it needs and deserves. I opted for new heads as this is something I care about, want to see redone and currently drives me up the wall. We already have Better bodies, so it only makes sense to bring heads up to date as well.

CURRENT STATUS - early development

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1457876-wipz-morrowind-heads-update-project/

Samples
Nord Female: http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/PxelSlayer/MGEScreenshot003.jpg / http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/PxelSlayer/ingame.jpg
Nord Female: http://25.media.tumblr.com/bbcb217ee64986493e83efe632effaf2/tumblr_mm655iyPSw1rjx2rao1_1280.jpg
Dunmer Female: http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e27a7807a0711956220df6292c11831/tumblr_mmaw1qiW8K1rjx2rao1_1280.jpg / http://25.media.tumblr.com/9054e0f37e9ba11cfef46c8003b38f71/tumblr_mmcgjhm6GF1rjx2rao1_1280.jpg / http://24.media.tumblr.com/7f6524b3826fa0b45c2db405f18ea9c4/tumblr_mmcgjhm6GF1rjx2rao2_1280.jpg
Dunmer Female: http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/PxelSlayer/Mer.jpg / http://24.media.tumblr.com/af3ad2b275ed1e21bb594d326d757780/tumblr_mn54lpExsR1rjx2rao1_500.jpg
Variations: http://25.media.tumblr.com/f297c001fbc2f9d2a95c30af367466b4/tumblr_mn5u5fMqxQ1rjx2rao1_500.jpg / http://25.media.tumblr.com/71069c363c948c79de31ac3c4e77cbcb/tumblr_mnavuo7MLe1rjx2rao1_1280.jpg / http://24.media.tumblr.com/72dd984c99eb68dd01c275b8bb34710e/tumblr_mnedz3oMDG1rjx2rao1_1280.jpg
Altmer Female: http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/PxelSlayer/wire.jpg / http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/PxelSlayer/COLOR.jpg
Altmer Male: http://25.media.tumblr.com/01b7c0dc7ca91d53de5a8a48f642b256/tumblr_mnigroc6Zn1rjx2rao1_1280.jpg / http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/PxelSlayer/Untitled-1-1.jpg

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/PxelSlayer/Altmerguy2.jpg

Again, re-made with original Bethesda head used as reference.

Now that there is nice. Where the hair meets he head still needs work to not look so solid though. And I still hop you smooth th top of the head some.

One other thing, try reducing the 'wrinkle' inbetween the eyes so they dont look as serious/angry in a few cases.

That looks really good, MacKom! This is coming along quite nicely, especially given the immense task that replacing all the heads is. Might we hope for a new Argonian or Khajiit head from you? With the style you've adopted so far, I'd love to see your attempt at a beast race.

edit: typo

This one is using custom hairs that are fitted to "old" head meshes, which is why there`s so much clipping. Hairs are a massive project in scale on their own, so I`ll have to figure out if I`ll be making them from scratch or hunting down authors of original hairs to ask them for permission to modify them to my heads. Either way, I`m not looking forward to that

Argonians and Khajiit would have to use unique head meshes, which means - sculpting it anew, doing the retopology, UVMapping, asking Hrchnamd to fit beast bodies to them...etc. A lot of work. And I already have a lot of work ahead of me as it is So, for now - they`re not planned for development.

You're pretty good kid.


Please link the images from the previous thread in your OP, to give an overview and sense of progress. I've written some BBcode you could paste into your OP:

Thanks! Tho, age wise, I don`t think I`m a kid any more

Just age wise, tho

Links uploaded. Thanks