[WIPz] Westly's Head Replacer (for lack of a better title fo : III - Morrowind

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:04 pm

Awesome

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:40 am

I had a bit of fun today with the Male High Elf textures and applied them to
Bethesda's meshes (rather than the modder made head meshes that I have
chosen). It looks OK, so I think, eventually, I will just release a texture and
mesh replacer for the original Elf head meshes (for those that like the look of
those shapes for heads, but just want the textures to be in High-rez with
natural definition and details).

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g235/Wesadam/Mod%20Head%20Packs/ORH_HEM_00_Before_After.jpg

Later :wave:

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:46 pm

Looks amazing! I must see the Dunmer!! *drools*

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:31 pm

Looks amazing! I must see the Dunmer!! *drools*

I second that. :bigsmile:

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:06 pm

I can't wait to see the Nords.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:26 am

I had a bit of fun today with the Male High Elf textures and applied them to
Bethesda's meshes (rather than the modder made head meshes that I have
chosen). It looks OK, so I think, eventually, I will just release a texture and
mesh replacer for the original Elf head meshes (for those that like the look of
those shapes for heads, but just want the textures to be in High-rez with
natural definition and details).

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g235/Wesadam/Mod%20Head%20Packs/ORH_HEM_00_Before_After.jpg

Later :wave:

maybe something i cant see to clear.. its not nitpicking either. the nose, it looks alil sharp under his nostrils. maybe its the angle but it looks like he could slice bread with the under side of his shnoz. anyway to round it out slightly?

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:00 pm

WackaMacka: That's the original mesh he had a bit of fun with (just applied his textures to it), just like he wrote...

Looking great!!! Cant wait

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:59 pm

I actually prefer the original-mesh version - it makes them look more strange and 'otherworldly', as Elves should. Lovely work.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:38 pm

Mabye you could include some screenshots of your new heads to the better bodies new heads? These look really nice i will DW them as soon as its done.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:18 am

Mabye you could include some screenshots of your new heads to the better bodies new heads? These look really nice i will DW them as soon as its done.

Just look at the head replacer comparison thread while looking at screens of Westly's heads.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:12 pm

it makes them look more strange and 'otherworldly', as Elves should.

Elves are said to be delicate and beautiful as well.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:04 pm

Elves are said to be delicate and beautiful as well.

Yeah, that's how i picture elves at least, i think most LOTR fans agrees with me

Bethesda's heads are quite terrible in my opinion, all of them :/

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:09 pm

I personally hate the "delicate and beautiful" stereotype. It's so, so overplayed, and I wouldn't want to see that anywhere near my game. Bethesda's heads, in my opinion, are old, not terrible. They were awesome when the game was first released, and the design of them is sound, the technology just isn't up to par. Just my take on it.

Besides, the original heads version is an option, not the default, so no harm in letting some of us have our fun, eh?

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:12 pm

I personally hate the "delicate and beautiful" stereotype. It's so, so overplayed, and I wouldn't want to see that anywhere near my game. Bethesda's heads, in my opinion, are old, not terrible. They were awesome when the game was first released, and the design of them is sound, the technology just isn't up to par. Just my take on it.

They were terrible even when the game was new. A head replacer was one of the first things people asked for, same with Oblivion. With FO3 there was improvement..

Personally I like when fantasty sticks to its roots, i'm very old school i guess

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:01 pm

Its only really the Altmer that are delicate and beautiful, the dunmer and bosmer are savage and rough elves

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:53 am

They were terrible even when the game was new. A head replacer was one of the first things people asked for, same with Oblivion. With FO3 there was improvement..

Personally I like when fantasty sticks to its roots, i'm very old school i guess

I love it when fantasy branches out from its roots. Having RPG after RPG taken straight out of the D&D Monster Manual gets really old after a while. But I guess we should just agree to disagree

When I try to play with the original heads now (which I do every once in a while), what annoys me isn't anything about the model, but just how blurry the textures are. So I probably will be using this. Especially since the original meshes have a lot of details that I've never seen duplicated in a head replacer, like how the beard on a couple of Dunmer heads have a little curl to them.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:52 pm

Here is a look at the Breton vampire heads; to make the
textures, I merged all of the base textures for the normal
individual heads (this will allow for a resemblance of the vamp
head to the head of choice for the player, rather than a complete
makeover from the original non-vampire face chosen

).
*the eyes also gleam in the dark

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g235/Wesadam/Mod%20Head%20Packs/WAR_BRETON_VAMP_Screens.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g235/Wesadam/Mod%20Head%20Packs/Eyes_of_the_dead.jpg

I have to finish up the High Elves (fitting their hairs and making
the Vamp heads). Once that is finished, then maybe I will actually
get 'round to releasing these

.

'Til Later :wave:

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:05 pm

Once that is finished, then maybe I will actually
get 'round to releasing these

.

I like the sound of "release"

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:50 pm

the vamp heads are scary..

GREAT!

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:30 pm

the vamp heads are scary..
GREAT!

Scary, but not too monsterous (I hope); I like my vamps as monsters (as
I usually play character's alligned with Meridia), but with these I hoped to find
a happy medium between creature of the night and the normal faces previously
represented. In the future, I will release a Vamp "beauty" pack, but for now, the
theme shown in the Breton vamps (dead white eyes with translucent skin showing the
veins underneath) will preside over the rest of the vamps as well

.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:18 am

Scary, but not too monsterous (I hope); I like my vamps as monsters (as
I usually play character's alligned with Meridia), but with these I hoped to find
a happy medium between creature of the night and the normal faces previously
represented. In the future, I will release a Vamp "beauty" pack, but for now, the
theme shown in the Breton vamps (dead white eyes with translucent skin showing the
veins underneath) will preside over the rest of the vamps as well

.

I like the vamp heads you have in there now, but if you do release a beauty pack, I may end up mixing and matching for different styles of vamps.

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:54 pm

Scary, but not too monsterous (I hope); I like my vamps as monsters (as
I usually play character's alligned with Meridia), but with these I hoped to find
a happy medium between creature of the night and the normal faces previously
represented. In the future, I will release a Vamp "beauty" pack, but for now, the
theme shown in the Breton vamps (dead white eyes with translucent skin showing the
veins underneath) will preside over the rest of the vamps as well

.

yeah. it's the detail, that i love, the veins under the eyes, the eyes themselves - are the glowing?

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:20 pm

I think this is a great idea. I've always wanted basically higher quality versions of the vanilla faces, not entirely different ones. You're doing fantastic work, and I'm picky as hell. I could nitpick, I suppose, but why? Ha! So anyway, I hope you also do an alternately MORE monstrous version of the vamp heads, as I too prefer my vampires as horrible, bloodsvcking monsters, not seductive sparkly things.

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:03 pm

I hope you also do an alternately MORE monstrous version of the vamp heads,
as I too prefer my vampires as horrible, bloodsvcking monsters, not seductive
sparkly things.

Oh, Indeed I could make more sinister faces (ala Buffy-style bumpy
foreheaded vamps); those are the kind that I have in my game at present, so
an option for those will be included as well

. Heck, I could make a
version mirroring a more eastern interpretation of vamps (but that
might be going too far with the options

).

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:18 am

Heck, I could make a version mirroring a more eastern interpretation of vamps (but that
might be going too far with the options

).

Wait.... what?!? You mean http://images.greencine.com/images/article/mr-vampire-5.jpg?
Well, I guess you can if you want to, just remember to add 'forcemovejump' to the vampire scripts.