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Vrahno — Hahli Inika 3D Model
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Published: 2018-06-16 20:33:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 8065; Favourites: 174; Downloads: 16
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My latest contribution to humanity's ongoing efforts to make Hahli Inika look less ugly.This model was not made for a fan film or any major stuff like that. I simply already had most of the body modeled over a year ago, so I decided to give it a head and a weapon and other bits that were missing. Resizing the toy's massive chin made her head look too small for the body, so I added a faint glow around the rim of the mask to make it seem bigger and fill up the space between the head and the torso. And as much as I dislike Bionicle redesigns that have human-like lips, this seemed to be an appropriate place to use them for once.
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May I ask, what software do you use for texturing your models? Or do you just use Photoshop?
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Usually Blender's built-in tools, but this one was done through a combination of different effects. The metal texture is a file of a generic metal surface from the net. The fake "shading" was done by baking the model's vertex colors into texture files and coloring them black. The white highlights are a combination of various Blender texturing methods laid on top of each other. And the little circle pattern on some parts is again just an image of rows of circles I got off the net, applying it only to those parts of the model that needed them.
Might sound complicated, but it was easier than texturing all the pieces individually.
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Thank you for the info! I've been experimenting with different stuff to find the quickest way to get texture work done without sacrificing quality. I didn't know you could bake vertex colors to a texture, though. I obviously still have a lot to learn.
Right now I'm trying to learn Substance Painter. It seems pretty good, but it's pricey. Have you heard of it?
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Not until you brought it up just now. I don't mind my textures being done quickly and a bit sloppily, since I try to keep my models reasonably simple and slightly "cartoony" looking, so I haven't started looking into more advanced tools so far. I also haven't tried my hand at Blender Cycles yet, which has been the standard for years now, so you could say I'm way behind the times.
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I would suggest giving the 30 day trial a go and see if it suits your needs. It's good if you need an effect like rough metal scratches across all the edges of your model, and masks can be applied. It can do much more, but that's about the extent of what I know so far.
I've messed with Cycles a bit and honestly I can't get the hang of it. I'll set nodes up the exact same way someone in a tutorial video does and I get a very different result. Most of my models are made specifically to be compiled into an engine like Source, so I don't have any use for Cycles anyway.
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Guess I'm gonna have to look into that software at some point then. I just tried doing scratchy metally textures the old-fashioned Blender way, and the results aren't too appealing (though they'll do for my purposes).
As for Cycles, my brother actually has a high-end PC which would probably be able to handle it well, but like you, I have no use for Cycles now either, as all my current projects have been started in Blender's older internal engine. I use cruder but more processor-friendly methods for almost everything anyway, be it dust/smoke, fur/hair, fire or water. None of these effects are done the "correct" way by using the software's built-in functions, but again, they work for me. I like how versatile Blender can be in spite of the limitations of the older versions I'm using.
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Good one!
Don't know why, but I've never understood jokes about "Hahli's mustaches", even tried making my own movie-like redesign 
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Oh, that's a nice design, looks really great!
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Ohmygod!! Does she have like, facial emotes? Also would you possibly be willing to make shirt designs or prints of renders of this lass? Cause I'd buy those asap. 😍
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1. Some rudimentary ones, yes.
2. Never tried those before, but guess I can. You mean with this exact render or some other pose?
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Lol, other poses if you want but this pose is just fine. ^^
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This sounds weird (since I LOVE it), but this looks BETTER than Bionicle Heroes. If I had the licence and programming knowledge, I'd do a remake.
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