The mascot of the LaGare project as seen here (2D):




needs a 3D conversion...
How would we do that? Any suggestions welcome!


Toystorylab on Vimeo :     Crassitudes (my "Alter Ego") on Youtube: 

The first thing that came to my mind was the burlap kid from Daz (here as a CC3+ figure I just *slightly* altered him here in a few seconds).  I'm not saying he matches, he just sort of reminded me a bit of what you need.

To me the face is easy - you can do this with a CC3+ avatar - but finding the outfit might be a challenge.  I'd search Daz and see what's available.

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Thanx for quick answer... ;)
As I own that doll, will try it out.
Though curves of mouth might be difficult without blender
and sure will have to find similar clothes.
Thanx!



Toystorylab on Vimeo :     Crassitudes (my "Alter Ego") on Youtube: 

I was thinking some Blender would be necessary, but at least you'd have a start.

But the outfit will definitely sell it, so that's probably the most important thing.  I definitely know there are pieces of it on Daz, but how close you can get might depend on ingenuity and resourcefulness.  

Whatever you come up with let us see <g>.

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Hm, as we surely need those white gloved hands, the burlap doll won't fit...
I also have trouble with the eyes, they are somehow misplaced.




Anyway, thanx for suggestion!



Toystorylab on Vimeo :     Crassitudes (my "Alter Ego") on Youtube: 

Hello there,

My initial thoughts:

1) You're probably going to want to remove any human-type normal maps, roughness maps, ambient occlusion, etc. These maps are based on human properties, and will not assist you in a figure like this mascot.

2) Switch to PBR or Traditional shader, and maybe ramp up the self-illumination (possibly to 100%).

3) For color, you don't need complicated maps, maybe even single color diffuse which you can generate within Character Creator.

4) Your biggest obstacle is going to be mouth movements/visemes, which are going to have to be exported, corrected and then re-imported.

5) I'm not sure if it would be more or less work to build the character in Blender or something, rig it, and then import into iClone through 3DxChange as a Non-Standard character.

6) You only need to transform the head, the rest of the figure is humanoid -- that doll model you imported is going to cause more problems than solutions (in my opinion).

I would love to work on this personally. I enjoy a challenge. Unfortunately I don't think I have the time at the moment. :( I might be able to guide you along the way and offer input.

Thanx for chiming in Mythcons!
Will try to adjust according your suggestions.
This is what I got solely out of CC3. Though still way off the original...
That big curved mouth would be cool but talking functionality is important.
Eyes should be bigger, though when I crank them up it distorts.




I never exported to Blender, but when I export to FBX I don't get that *ing FBX-Key to reimport. :pinch:
How do I do that??




Toystorylab on Vimeo :     Crassitudes (my "Alter Ego") on Youtube: 

I will see what I can do about doing up a base morph for you to work with. I was able to do this during lunch, but it needs some significant adjustment.

Oh cool!


Toystorylab on Vimeo :     Crassitudes (my "Alter Ego") on Youtube: 

I also gave it a try and used Felton the Puppet:


Made him a bit stronger:


and re-colored the Prince uniform:

Also not very successful, because the puppet has no shoulders.

But Mythcons figure looks way better! :cool:

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