I've posted bits and pieces in various places, might as well compile them as a patreon post.
In order:
-lunar beast mf full(ish) outfit
-sentinel vayne rough wip
-vi gauntlets shader experiments
-caitlyn lol pc hair test
-captain fortune wip (still fitting stuff)
2021-11-14 16:58:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Holy crap, hair physics hate this animation. On the bright side, this led to me discovering a cool trick for hair physics that I can use in future projects.
default: https://www.redgifs.com/watch/stimulatinghelplessnijssenissdwarfchihlid
ruined: https://www.redgifs.com/watch/agileproperrhino
UPDATE AGAIN: lunar beast stuff https://www.patreon.com/posts/59223072
2021-11-13 07:15:30 +0000 UTC View PostLunar Beast Miss Fortune: 15
All Out Evelynn: 11
Sona: 10
Looks like other people have finally started to rig newer league champs, so options like Riven will start popping up on future polls.
2021-11-12 10:20:53 +0000 UTC View Postnot final versions, just concepts for each
Features some facial structure tweak shapekeys that the base doesn't have.
The jacket is *super* rough (I basically gave up on it, but what's there still sorta works).
Also included is the Wild Rift Battle Academia background (with some custom shaders for the sky).
I'm temporarily shelving any further work on any Katarina because of the upcoming Project L announcements. She's basically confirmed for the fighting game, and that model's probably going to be a lot better the Wild Rift one.
Alternate dl: https://www.mediafire.com/file/z1ja1eqg09xcvf3/kat_wip2.7z/file
2021-11-11 09:26:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Experimental slight stomach jiggle again, seems to be coming along decently.
Variations will be coming, but this animation takes quite a while to render. Also I have to do a lot more to make hair physics not implode- they really don't like wild head movement D:
Online: https://www.redgifs.com/watch/darkseagreenvigoroushalibut
UPDATE: other skin variations: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58649225
2021-11-10 12:24:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Bewitching Miss Fortune has been added to the public model release.
Notes:
-uses base hair model/armature
-cleavage shapekey value 0.8 to fit dress
-added 'cleaveMiddleFix' shapekey that improves how breasts squish together at higher cleavage values (set to 0 when not using cleavage)
public download: https://smutba.se/project/32138/
2021-10-30 08:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post
New: Whenever Miss Fortune flashes, she stuns everyone looking in her direction. Like a mini Cassio ult, minus the screeching.
First time experimenting with clothing being manipulated during a scene. I don't think there's actually a trick to it unless I want to blow up my computer with simulations. Just gotta treat it like 2D animation and keyframe manually sculpted shapekeys.
Front view: https://redgifs.com/watch/regaljudiciousweaverbird
Top view: https://redgifs.com/watch/mysteriousstainedschapendoes
Front view (alt): https://redgifs.com/watch/necessaryportlyxuanhanosaurus
2021-10-30 06:49:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I kinda see it as 'spooky vs slutty' approaches to Halloween.
First image is based on a mix of the old mafia mf skin and the crime city nightmare concept art for mf that came out. I'm pretty annoyed that was one of the concepts arts shown for the poll, but even though the concept won, we got no mf skin >:(
Second is just bewitching mf.
Both are still pretty WIP (second one is further along because I'm literally just grabbing the existing skin) and this poll isn't going to guarantee anything, just see what patrons prefer.
2021-10-26 09:56:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I feel like she'd still have *a* tattoo under her outfit, but maybe a different one than her base skin. If you've got any cool ideas for that, let me know.
Couldn't really get the jacket to play nicely, so I removed it this time.
Side view: https://redgifs.com/watch/lightseagreenmediumgoldenrodyapok
Front view: https://redgifs.com/watch/tanselfassuredpomeranian
Back view: https://redgifs.com/watch/frayedbountifulfunnelweaverspider
2021-10-25 06:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Untangling kat's posed model has been a bit more annoying than expected, but it's done now.
good practice for future stuff, I guess
2021-10-14 14:40:51 +0000 UTC View PostI'm kinda behind on poll winners atm, so this month's poll will be for champs that I've already made. There'll be model updates to whomever wins (probably more outfit stuff and small fixes, plus rigging updates).
bonus voters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57238200
2021-10-10 18:04:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe had a 3-way tie between Pool Party Fiora, Cowgirl Miss Fortune, and Sentinel Vayne (all with 11+2 votes). Luckily, Senyol wanted to change votes to fix the tiebreaker, meaning that the winner of September's poll will be Sentinel Vayne.
2021-10-10 17:58:29 +0000 UTC View Post
As usual, first release is pretty rough. I'm probably not going to work on this model very much until Caitlyn comes to Wild Rift, which has leaked to be soon-ish.
Outfit and face are from the Warriors cinematic.
Face textures actually *downscaled* from what they used in Warriors so blender doesn't explode. There's also some repainting to adjust makeup and stylize details.
The hair is actually from Muse Sona with some tweaks.
Proportions are tweaked using some bone scaling stuff similar to what I did on the Katarina model.
Alternate dl: https://www.mediafire.com/file/70misraa1k10m88/caitlyn_wip1.7z/file
2021-10-07 04:25:40 +0000 UTC View Post
something something headshot wordplay
This was meant to be a quick animation, and then I decided to try testing some different render settings. That all ended up a failure and crashing blender on me repeatedly, may revisit later.
Online: https://redgifs.com/watch/jealousrichkinglet
2021-10-07 04:02:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Testing some props to make animations a bit... stickier.
Online: https://redgifs.com/watch/cultivatedlumpyannelida
Literally three days after I start working on Caitlyn because I was tired of waiting, she's leaked to be coming up in Wild Rift plus pc vu. >:|
I mean, I should've seen it coming because Arcane is coming soonish and Vi has a relationship with Caitlyn, but I got impatient.
There isn't a single picture of Caitlyn where she isn't wearing gloves, so I had no reference for her nail color. Figured I'd make them violet?
Online: https://redgifs.com/watch/infamousanimatedleech
2021-09-18 06:53:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Using the warriors face model, rigged by tyvania (https://twitter.com/tyviania)
Model isn't functional yet and I still need to redo her eyelashes (and internal tongue etc.), but it's getting there.
2021-09-12 12:36:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Please rate out of 5. Any feedback/suggestions welcome.
Nothing's rigged yet, just throwing parts together to see how they look.
2021-09-10 08:13:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is actually canon based on lor voicelines.
bonus voter poll: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55946538
2021-09-09 06:31:58 +0000 UTC View PostBattle Academia Katarina wins, as expected.
I'm kinda surprised that death sworn got literally zero votes though.
Battle Academia Katarina: 15 (12 + 3)
Arcade Ahri: 6
Bilgewater Katarina: 5 (4+1)
Pentakill Sona: 5 (4+1)
2021-09-09 06:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post
To celebrate the day Miss Fortune was added to league, here's a public model release.
Download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/or7y77f9whbxl8i/fortune_public_v1.7z/file
Notes for public:
Outfits are designed around using the 'cleavage' shapekey on the body to make the breasts fit. Most stuff is tuned for a value of 0.4.
Outfit rigging isn't super refined since I don't use the full outfits much. Lots of outfit parts have fit shapekeys for poses where they don't line up otherwise.
There are cloth-based jiggle physics, enable the mesh deform modifiers on the body to use them. None of the colliders are enabled by default for performance.
Hair also uses cloth physics, attached directly to the mesh. The lines connecting bits of the mesh are there to make physics play better.
Arbitrary bones are just that- they don't do anything by default. I use them in animations to anchor props and stuff on a per-animation basis.
Default hair is part of the main armature, but the ruined hair isn't.
Uses parts from:
Mustard & Setarcos04- original body rig/model/textures https://smutba.se/project/29810/
DrDabblur, zixh10, vinny_arts- tongue https://smutba.se/project/564/
gifdoozer- mouth internals https://smutba.se/project/30780/
Let me know if you recognize your work and I forgot to credit you, this originally started as a private model made over a year ago, and I haven't fully been keeping track.
Stuff that's changed since the last WIP patron release:
-more mouth bones added for better control over lip corners
-improved ruined hair rigging (relies less on corrective smoothing, should work better for manual non-cloth hair animation)
-ruined outfit fitting improvements
-belt for default outfit
Online: https://redgifs.com/watch/fastlazykakapo
Slightly different angle from the ruined version. And a few other small tweaks.
2021-08-30 06:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Face rigging is still in pretty early stages, so it's just mouth, brows, and basic eye open/close.
Tattoo is custom painted, based on a few different references. There's no actual 'canon' design for the tattoo (hell, there are some cinematics where Kat doesn't even have a tattoo), so I kinda just winged it.
The hair rigging is pretty rough. Honestly, the hair geometry in general for kat looks pretty bad compared to most other champs', regardless of how well it's rigged.
I have a personal theory that she was one of the first Wild Rift champs modeled, and Riot refined the hair modeling techniques since then.
Alternate dl: https://www.mediafire.com/file/9w3tiihiahb7tt4/kat_wip1.7z/file
2021-08-28 03:27:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Front: https://redgifs.com/watch/rightsuperbgecko
Back: https://redgifs.com/watch/goldwelltodocockroach
I really wanna redo kat's hair entirely. It's not just a matter of rigging- the base geometry is super prone to clipping issues and looks kinda bad when not in a neutral pose. The model release is slightly delayed due to that, should still be before the end of this month though.
2021-08-27 04:21:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Believe it or not, I originally sketched this pose before the Jack-O' thing started. Never actually did anything with it until the meme started going around, though.
Online: https://redgifs.com/watch/ficklethunderoustuna
2021-08-25 05:52:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Online: https://redgifs.com/watch/physicalneatgerenuk
Minor update: https://redgifs.com/watch/deafeningwhiteamericanredsquirrel (small tweaks, new angles etc. will get their own post)
2021-08-21 07:54:07 +0000 UTC View Post(also serves as a WIP update for the ruined miss fortune model- rigged her top and updated shaders a bit)
"The pauldrons stay on."- Garen, probably
My Kat model still needs a *ton* of work, but at least it's at a state where I can make things with her. The tattoo is a mix of a bunch of different references, none of which seem to agree on the details. Hell, she doesn't even *have* a tattoo in like half of the cinematics, so Riot doesn't know either.
Not really a fan of how they made kat's hair in Wild Rift. Dunno how I'm gonna improve things yet, but I think it has a ton of issues as-is (not just for my purposes, it doesn't look right ingame either imo).
2021-08-15 07:28:05 +0000 UTC View Post