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NoAsoc50 In reply to Sreliata [2019-02-19 02:33:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks
I use Blender, and Luxrender for rendering.
Luxrender has really nice materials, and allows you to combine different materials together.

For hair, I first start with a 50/50 material mix of glossy-transluscent combined with silk charmeuse (at 1k warp/weft values).
Depending on the scene and lighting, I may skew the mixture to more glossy-transluscent or more silk.
All the hair in my other renders are also of this mixture.

Those shampoo commercials about silky shiny hair really are true.  Haha!
That's how I thought about using silk materials for the hair.

Hair diffuse and normal maps are typically what comes with the model, and I may photoshop the diffuse to change the hair color.
No spe /env/other maps came with the model and I don't have any of those applied.

I would think that similar materials can be set up in Cycles, but I've only dabbled with it.

It's been awhile since I extracted an FFXIV model, and it's been a bit tricky.  You have to build up a character from multiple body parts and piece them together.
Maybe it's easier now.

This was the last extraction tool I used:
ffxivtextools.dualwield.net/

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Sreliata In reply to NoAsoc50 [2019-02-23 13:11:25 +0000 UTC]

You are so incredibly sweet for going into detail like that!
Personally, these days, I am working a lot with blender eevee and have to say I love it.

But I think I'll have a look at that luxrender at one point!
Thank you so much for this answer.
I really, really appreciate it.

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