Is there any interest in something like this?

[zulu9812]

I've noticed that a lot of the mods in the New Civilizations forums use photographs or paintings of leaders as the artwork for their mods. A couple of weeks ago, I raised the possibility of using Poser to create static leaderheads. I think that this would be an upgrade from existing static leaderheads and a good stopgap until I can figure out how to make animated leaderheads for Civ4.

This is a rough example of the kind of art that I'm talking about:

So, before I proceed any further with this, is this worth doing?

 

[Osymandias]

absolutely! please go on. that looks fantastic!

 

[Leif]

Holycow, that's awesome

 

[Thorn]

That looks really good! It blends much better with the game rather than use an actual picture or painting.

 

[woodelf]

Very impressive zulu.

 

[Spartan117]

this looks amazing

 

[Red Door]

If it looks so amazing, then you need to tell people to use that for New Civilizations.

 

[Wyz_sub10]

I really like it as well. This certainly looks better than my crappy LH reskin for Tashunkewitgo.

Having said that...when we used static, people clamoured for aimated; when we re-skinned animated, they complained and wanted static.

I think they're great looking. From a personal perspective, what I'd do re: CIV Gold, not sure.

 

[zulu9812]

Would you use it for First Peoples of North America?

I've tried to keep in style with the Firaxis leaderheads: hence the cartoon features and the exaggerated size of the head. The lighting's not quite right, but I'm working on that. Here's what I've offered to the Warhammer mod team:

They don't want them, but one of them asked me to 'pimp up' the Tomb King so I'll do that and resubmit.

 

[woodelf]

I absolutely love that Tomb King. He is gorgeous.

 

[Jouda]

Great work!

 

[Wyz_sub10]

Would you use it for First Peoples of North America?

Absolutely! I think they look fanatastic, and I'd love to see your take on Inuit leaders.

You've certainly preserved the Firaxis style with these, no doubt.

 

[Impaler[WrG]]

In my opinion

StaticPhoto < StaticPoserImage < CivGoldCaliburReskin < OriginalAnimatedLH

Some people might exchange StaticPoserImage and Reskins but this is mostly due to taste, I personaly have become rather enamored of the animations (repetitive as they are) and now find anything static to be a letdown. Reskins also have the benifit that they very easily (unavoidibly realy) match the Firaxis style. I have alawys been big on consistency, content which significantly deviates from the original stuff is always jaring and puts me off (like an off-white sock in a pile of pearly-white ones), so I dislike mixing static and animated heads in the same game, it ALL the heads were static (like in SMAC) that would be fine (I loved the SMAC leader portraits). Unboutubly thouse staticheads are the best I've ever seen and in a pure-static mod they will shine briliantly. Yet I still hold out for the day that fully animated original heads can be made and we can see a CivPlatinum mod!

P.S. I would darken the skin on your native American leader if I were you

 

[Osymandias]

again: awesome! very good job!
i can't wait to see them animated. keep going zulu!

 

[ArbitraryGuy]

Very, very nice!

Oh yeah... would you be interested in doing the leaderheads for the 19th Century Europe Mod?