Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
This new leaderhead is a composite like my new Alexander the Great and Drift's Assyrian, Finnish, and Lenin leaderheads.
PREVIEW: New African leaderhead
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Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
middle age preview
Looking VERY good 
Please do continue!
-Oz
Please do continue!-Oz
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
ancient middle ages industrial modern
IMHO the backgrounds are fine, and the transition from era to era very well done.
-- When can we expect this excellent addition to our African Civs?
Best,
Oz
-- When can we expect this excellent addition to our African Civs?
Best,
Oz
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
Pretty soon, but sadly it'll be like My Alex and Drift not animated but shifting to moods. Really I think the animation isnt that important during diplo (except moods) because I worry about the deal. However, I do like my leaderhead graphics to be Firaxis-consistent.
Drift
It's a boy!
He looks good and very realistic.
Eyebrows seem to change with different eras, there's some jaggedness with clothes and industrial turban could shade his face a bit, but that's about all I can criticize. Good job!
Eyebrows seem to change with different eras, there's some jaggedness with clothes and industrial turban could shade his face a bit, but that's about all I can criticize. Good job!
HamaticBabylon
Deity
I damned that you make this a Civilization Religious and scientific.
Great work by the way
Great work by the way
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
Drift, what do you use to smooth the edges between the face and background. I notice yours are much smoother than mind. thanks.
Drift
It's a boy!
Paint Shop Pro's Retouch tool's "soften" option. Just set it low and trace the edges.
Retouch and it's options is the essence of my editing. Smudge, soften, darken/lighten rgb... I just read about burn and dodge giving good results with hair and stuff, but I haven't had the chance to try them out.
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
I did some playing around with it and its a great tool. I feel dumb for not trying earlier, especially with Alexander.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Drift
It's a boy!
No prob.
BTW do you want to redo Alex before I do the anims I promised? Or would you like to do the anims by yourself? (It's really easy if you have Animation Shop, ~1-2 minutes per animation + testing them in game.) The offer still stands, but don't be intimidated about anims for no good reason.
BTW do you want to redo Alex before I do the anims I promised? Or would you like to do the anims by yourself? (It's really easy if you have Animation Shop, ~1-2 minutes per animation + testing them in game.) The offer still stands, but don't be intimidated about anims for no good reason.
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
I see your anims mainly includ blinking and stuff and then a transition. I'll take a look closer look at your anims. Depending on time I might get bold and do some head moving.
Are you working on any new leaderheads?
Are you working on any new leaderheads?
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
This has been recomended to be a Mansa Musa
but I dont know enough about him to make the claim or give city names
The Flcs are not full animations but change to differnt moods. I may add more animation stuff later (or sooner if Drift helps)
Enjoy!
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/NewAfricanCiv.zip
but I dont know enough about him to make the claim or give city names
The Flcs are not full animations but change to differnt moods. I may add more animation stuff later (or sooner if Drift helps)
Enjoy!
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/NewAfricanCiv.zip
Drift
It's a boy!
Edit: No, I don't have any leaderhead projects at the moment. I'll do rest of the graphics (advisorbubbles and such) for my first Poser creation and see where I go from there. I really should cut down on the time I spent in front of my comp.
I personally stay away from head movement in semi-animated leaderheads as it doesn't go well along with morphing.
I tested doing him quick anims, but unfortunately the happy mood is a bit too different from the neutral, so transition between them includes some blurriness - it's mainly because of eyes and eyebrows. Transition from neutral to angry works much better.
It's literally a 1 minute process of doing the anims with Animation Shop. I urge you to try it as it's hard to know what kind of key frames (happy, neutral, angry) work with morphing, unless you can test them.
Here are instructions I wrote on my Lenin-thread.
I personally stay away from head movement in semi-animated leaderheads as it doesn't go well along with morphing.
I tested doing him quick anims, but unfortunately the happy mood is a bit too different from the neutral, so transition between them includes some blurriness - it's mainly because of eyes and eyebrows. Transition from neutral to angry works much better.
It's literally a 1 minute process of doing the anims with Animation Shop. I urge you to try it as it's hard to know what kind of key frames (happy, neutral, angry) work with morphing, unless you can test them.
Here are instructions I wrote on my Lenin-thread.
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