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Your new leaderhead is kind of weird, in a good way.
Cybrxkhan's Leaderhead Thread
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Huayna Capac357
Deity
I like him a lot 
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
Thanks for the compliments, everybody. 
My reply to the first statement:
As for the second statement, from what I know, the Berber skin tone does vary greatly (they do live throughout the Sahara, after all). I loosely based this LH on this picture here, anyhow:
As well as this one here:
So... yeah.
My reply to the first statement:
As for the second statement, from what I know, the Berber skin tone does vary greatly (they do live throughout the Sahara, after all). I loosely based this LH on this picture here, anyhow:
As well as this one here:
So... yeah.
Huayna Capac357
Deity
Is that the same guy? 
They do bear a resemblance. Have you ever seen them together in the same room?
They do bear a resemblance. Have you ever seen them together in the same room?
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
Both are Abd el-Krim himself.
As I said before, I based my Abd el-Krim LH loosely on those pictures (for example, the LH isn't as chubby).
As I said before, I based my Abd el-Krim LH loosely on those pictures (for example, the LH isn't as chubby).
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
the texturing is awesome but I see you are usiing cyrus's robe. I think that robe has movement issues when i used it before. you might want to subdivide the vertices in the moving parts (elbows etc) to make it more fluid (not saying i saw this but everytime i used it i had issues)
The Capo
godless Heathen
Nice work! 
I have also had problems with Cyrus' robe for some reason.
I have also had problems with Cyrus' robe for some reason.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
I've noticed some minor problems before (i.e. it wasn't too serious, but I could see it) with Cyrus' robe. On this particular LH I think the animations seem to work fine.
Thanks for the tip, anyhow. Unfortunately or fortunately, I seem to like using Cyrus' more often than the other suits, if not simply for the simplicity of the thing itself.
Thanks for the tip, anyhow. Unfortunately or fortunately, I seem to like using Cyrus' more often than the other suits, if not simply for the simplicity of the thing itself.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
Alright, after at least 10 failed attempts or something, I finally got something working for my next LH, Bulan Khan of the Khazars.
He's almost done, frankly, and I really don't want to mess with him anymore. Here's a screenshot of him in action:
As you can see, he looks pretty Asiatic, so I guess he could work for a generic nomadic leader. As you can also see, he isn't shadered yet, but he will be. Shadering aside, are there any suggestions? Especially with the clothing color, right now I'm content with it, but I think there could be better colors.
He's almost done, frankly, and I really don't want to mess with him anymore. Here's a screenshot of him in action:
As you can see, he looks pretty Asiatic, so I guess he could work for a generic nomadic leader. As you can also see, he isn't shadered yet, but he will be. Shadering aside, are there any suggestions? Especially with the clothing color, right now I'm content with it, but I think there could be better colors.
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The Capo
godless Heathen
His shoulder's look a little strange to me. Maybe his arms are too skinny or something. 
I'd also suggest some sort of trim around the hat. Not necessarily Genghis' or anything, but something.
And finally, and I am fully aware from experience that this can sometimes be the most difficult part of making an LH, I think the background looks a bit too boring if not generic. There MUST be something a bit more Khazar around, right?
I'd also suggest some sort of trim around the hat. Not necessarily Genghis' or anything, but something.
And finally, and I am fully aware from experience that this can sometimes be the most difficult part of making an LH, I think the background looks a bit too boring if not generic. There MUST be something a bit more Khazar around, right?
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
His shoulder's look a little strange to me. Maybe his arms are too skinny or something.
Good point there. I think I've seen a problem like this while making one of my other leaderheads. I'l'l look into it.
The only trim I can think of is Genghis'... But I really don't feel like adding Genghis'. I mean maybe I could add a crown too, that wouldn't be bad, actually, come to think of it.
Personally I don't care too much about backgrounds, but you are right about it being kind of bland. You can think of it as a placeholder right now.
Thanks for the suggestions, anyways.
The Capo
godless Heathen
Yeah, give him Mansa Musa's crown, but color it a silver color. And you could use Saladin's trim but turn it around so there is no crescent on it. In fact what you might want to do is use Saladin's trim, turned around to hid the crescent, and then add stripes to it or something so it looks more unique.
Personally I don't care too much about backgrounds, but you are right about it being kind of bland. You can think of it as a placeholder right now.
Thanks for the suggestions, anyways.
Not a problem. I just looked around for a Khazar background and couldn't find anything, so that might be fine. I tend to think a background can enhance an LH though, so I can still look around for you.
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
maybe add Genghis's armor (slightly modified like just the shoulder pads) and the suit you are using comes from kublai/qin model and its just sucks to wrk with. it took me forever on jibu to look right. you might want to take tokugawas and modify it.
is the moustache painted on?
is the moustache painted on?
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
I think I'll just add Mansa Musa's crown, colored silver. Although now I'll have a hell of a time trying to align another hat with the hair.
Also I'll be looking for another background, I guess.
Actually it took me a while just to figure out whether the kublai or the qin suit model was associated with which dds. Anyhow, to be honest, I kept the suit even though it looks kind of funny because every time I used another suit I'd always get those @#$%ing unweighted vertices, and this was the first suit that actually worked. However, I'll go back again and try to see if I can use maybe the other kublai/qin suit, and maybe add in either Brennus' or Ragnar's armor.
Also, the muostache isn't painted on. This LH is based off Joao... and I just sculpted the mustache to look more like a Fu Manchu or whatever. I suppose it doesn't work too well with the animations now that I've changed it, so I'll go fixing that.
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Also, I've also had this little problem that doesn't show up in the screenshot, where basically when he does his greeting animation and he lifts up his mustache, the color goes all funny (like the mustache is flashing or something). I think The Capo also had a similar problem with his Vercingetorix LH. Anyhow, I've used the cheap method of using a different animation to hide away that weirdness with the mustache; however, disregarding that, does anyone know the cause of this problem, and how I may fix it in future leaderhdas?
The Capo
godless Heathen
Yeah, I never figured it out, and I think Nitram is the latest victim of this. I have no idea how to fix it. Not a single one.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
This Bulan and Khazar @#$%@#$@#% is almost done. I'll upload him tomorrow, along with the Khazar Civ of the Week.
Alright, so just for fun, I got this slightly clown-like oddity when I strapped Suleiman's animations on the guy:
On a more serious note, here's an actual preview (he's not shadered yet, of course, and I still have to do a little fixing here and there, and get a new BG, but he's basically done):
Actually, to be honest, he could pass off as Persian too. Which is okay. I like being able to recycle leaders.
Alright, so just for fun, I got this slightly clown-like oddity when I strapped Suleiman's animations on the guy:
Spoiler :
On a more serious note, here's an actual preview (he's not shadered yet, of course, and I still have to do a little fixing here and there, and get a new BG, but he's basically done):Actually, to be honest, he could pass off as Persian too. Which is okay. I like being able to recycle leaders.
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cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
Alright, here's a few possibilities for the background, if anybody wants to say which one they think looks best (they'll be cropped, blurred, resized, and fixed up for the Civ4 LH look, of course) (warning, these are HUGE):
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