WIP Kain - Legacy of Kain series

[minilogoguy18]

Figured I'd just start this thread here since the one on GF died but the model is being worked on again, textures are in the works, making Inyri do them since I'm doing something for her. =p




Soul Reaver is at least in game which was the reason for my other thread abous sword trails.

[Jose Carlos]

He looks plenty pissed.

 

You could lose a lot of edges from the torso, mainly the stomach area, if you collapsed a few edge rings. And I think I'm seeing two edge loops very close together on both sides of his crotch. I take it that's intentional?

[minilogoguy18]

They are intentional, take a look at any sort of concept art.

 

The stomach, not sure if I'm going to collapse anything since I just want it to deform good and not be all rigid.

[CaptainChar]

it looks like a huge improvement over the one on Jkfiles

[AshuraDX]

BUMP !

 

Hey guys , I'm now texturing kain for mini

 

and here are some first pics

 

 

 

please be aware that I never played any of the LOK games , and so some detials might be off

incase anybody feels like supplieing me with high res screenshots from LOK Defiance : thanks in advance !

[minilogoguy18]

 

 

 

Could you maybe adjust the skin tone to look more like that image? Sort of bone/taupe colored? I know that the SR1 model was greenish but I think this color looks a little better.

[minilogoguy18]

Dunno what you were reading but my gf is alive and very healthy.

[minilogoguy18]

Well now I'm torn, in the old cutscenes he looks more taupe/bone colored but in the game Defiance Ashura got the olive color pretty much right.

 

Input from the community is needed, what looks better?

 

I also just realized the Legacy of Kain series is on steam for $25, if anyone wants to take a trip down memory lane to when the games had brilliantly thought out stores and dialogue better than a large production movie then I highly recommend it.

[Asgarath83]

Kain in defiance was more.... strong and large in the body. But for other... is PERFECT! i am making a mod and total conversion about legacy of kain for making The Dark Prophecy cutted game of eidos, the missing end of defiance. and i need just a model of Kain. i have already the reaver but my kain model is ripped by 3drepaer by defiance rooted and textures. i cannot do all models of nosgoth mnonster and character by zero for JA, but almost for kain and raziel i prefear to use JA models.

@@AshuraDX , Can i use your model? Where can i download? Need just a body little more.... ehm, strong. XD too much thin, the true Kain is very scarry and with a body more massive.

[AshuraDX]

@@Asgarath83 the model is not mine it's made by @@minilogoguy18

I was just texturing it , and I plan to finish it If I can find my old psds somewhere on my external drive

[Asgarath83]

@AshuraDX Old psds? O.o Well, I will ask to him after model is end. Thanks for answer!

[minilogoguy18]

I could beef him up some but it may require UV edits which will set Ashura back some on the texture front.

 

I didn't make him so buff since buff models don't work so well with the JA animations, you get a lot of clipping so I opted to make him a little lean.

 

If Ashura finishes the textures Kain will go in game and you can use him in your mod but the model will be released alone, the Reaver I made will be included in the PK3.

[katanamaru]

I'm not too worried about the color really. When that game was out people's tvs could have different settings so some people will think "more green" and others will think "less green". So far I think it looks just fine.

[minilogoguy18]

Yeah, in some renderings say of the Soul Reaver game from the cinematics he looked more taupe/bone colored but in the PS2 iterations of his in game model was more olive/green.

 

I'd be happy either way, maybe have 2 color variations at some point.

[Psyk0Sith]

Mini asked if i could texture it so here's what i've been spending time on. The screens come from a "next gen" engine so it won't look like that in JA

 

 

 

 

 

[DT.]

Damn Pysk0, that looks awesome.

 

Should look pretty decent in rend2.

[Omicron]

Looks awesome!

[AshuraDX]

@@Psyk0Sith you are an insane bastard, that looks amazing !

[minilogoguy18]

I'm insanely happy with how well these turned out and how quickly he did it.

 

I'm even liking the coloring of the skin since depending on what reference you use he can either be this taupe/bone color or he looks sort of olive but I always prefered the taupe/bone color as he's shown in the SR1 opening cinematic.

 

I'm just blown away.

[MoonDog]

Pft. Artists.

[minilogoguy18]

Only things I can really see after looking at it very closely, could you maybe adjust the lips so that they aren't totally black? Maybe make them a little more like how some of the lines on his body are, you can see an example from the pic in this post. The other thing which is small as well, take out the shading that makes it look like he has nails at the ends of his claws.

 

Cant wait to see how the swords textures come out!

[Psyk0Sith]

Good call on the lips, that's how it looked on some of my refs but definately needs some work, maybe dark purple or dark brown / green / yellow. I'll rip his nails out too.

@@minilogoguy18: I think i'm done with the soul reaver, i tried to match what i found online, i also modified your model for the part of the hilt that connects to the skull.

 

[minilogoguy18]

Looks great!

 

Never thought I'd see the day this was finished.

[Almightygir]

<3 psyk0, you sexy canadian bastard.

[minilogoguy18]

I'm going to dedicate the time I can to get this thing in game and released now that I have the finished product from Psyk0Sith.