How do you create expressive, talking *Cyborg Avatars*?

Firstly, I don't know much about this - which is why I'm asking for help. The photos below (from Turbosquid), show the *look* I'm chasing, that is, 'Cyborg/android' (mechanical bodies), but with 'human featured' faces. And here's the important thing - they need to portray 'facial expressions' AND 'speak' (I would use Acculips for that).

I particularly *like* shots #1 and #3 but couldn't afford such items even if they were capable of speech. Besides, there needs to be male, female, young, teen, adult & old Cyborg 'varieties'. One thought was to create the 'bodies' in a 3D program (Sketchup is the limit of my experience). I have 'CC3' as well as 'Headshot', and was trying to figure if a 3D mesh could be grafted with a CC3 human head, but I'm worried that I'd muck up the rigging if I tried such an amalgamation. (Could I use 3DXChange for this?). As well, the Cyborg's 'internal workings' have to be partially visible on their heads (eg: lights, cables, mechanics - eg: 2nd picture below). Would anyone have thoughts on this?
Any suggestions or tips would be very much appreciated. :)

Cyborg 1. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/male-cyborg-elettron-character-model-1611822
Cyborg 2. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/female-cyborg-sci-fi-robot-3d-obj/963299
Cyborg 3. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-max-female-cyborg-elettra/662303
Cyborg 4. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/sci-fi-female-robot-3d-model/1032154

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sonic7	sonic7 Posted 3 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 1.7K, Visits: 19.4K	Firstly, I don't know much about this - which is why I'm asking for help. The photos below (from Turbosquid), show the look I'm chasing, that is, 'Cyborg/android' (mechanical bodies), but with 'human featured' faces. And here's the important thing - they need to portray 'facial expressions' AND 'speak' (I would use Acculips for that). I particularly like shots #1 and #3 but couldn't afford such items even if they were capable of speech. Besides, there needs to be male, female, young, teen, adult & old Cyborg 'varieties'. One thought was to create the 'bodies' in a 3D program (Sketchup is the limit of my experience). I have 'CC3' as well as 'Headshot', and was trying to figure if a 3D mesh could be grafted with a CC3 human head, but I'm worried that I'd muck up the rigging if I tried such an amalgamation. (Could I use 3DXChange for this?). As well, the Cyborg's 'internal workings' have to be partially visible on their heads (eg: lights, cables, mechanics - eg: 2nd picture below). Would anyone have thoughts on this? Any suggestions or tips would be very much appreciated. :) Cyborg 1. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/male-cyborg-elettron-character-model-1611822 Cyborg 2. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/female-cyborg-sci-fi-robot-3d-obj/963299 Cyborg 3. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-max-female-cyborg-elettra/662303 Cyborg 4. https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/sci-fi-female-robot-3d-model/1032154 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please be patient with me ..... I don't always 'get it' the first time 'round - not even the 2nd time! :( - yikes! ... ● MSI GT72VR Laptop, i7 7700HQ 4-Core 3.8 GHz 16GB RAM; Nvidia 1070, 8GB Vram ● iClone-7.93 ● 3DXChange Pipeline 7.81 ● CC-3 Pipeline 3.44 ● Live Face ● HeadShot ● Brekel Pro-Body ● Popcorn FX ● iRAY ● Kinect V2 ● DaVinci Resolve17 ● Mixcraft 8.1

How do you create expressive, talking Cyborg Avatars?

How do you create expressive, talking Cyborg Avatars?

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