Lucia Cyr
Scale Surcoats
"Lauded for their versatility and the speed with which they can be put on, scale surcoats are a common sight on the field. Durable, but still highly flexible, they are popular amongst cavalry and footmen alike."
Having way too much fun with these. I've wanted to make them for /years/... but SL was never really capable of pulling them off like I wanted. Even with sculpts. Now? Can't wait.
This is a work in progress series of shots that I thought some of you might find interesting.
The far right is the base model before coloring, the results of said coloring being the one to it's left. That copy is rendered with lights, shine, shadow, etc. All the wonderful things that will never show up in SL!
Fortunately, I am able to bake a lot of those details into a solid texture, which is the "Texture only, no rendering" piece.
Finally, the last one, (far left) is the result of cleaning up the texture in photoshop and adding some of the modular elements made for the other surcoats. The result is one configuration of a hundred thousand or so possibilities.
As I will never in a million years make nor want to make a hundred thousand textures, even if I could afford it- the final set will be much more simple by necessity. However, I am going to experiment with commisions with this piece. So if you want one with Pink scales, a white belt, cloth instead of chainmail, no armor plates, with blue cloth that has gold trim.... with heraldry of your choice on the chest?
Can be done. I've made the entire piece to be modular from the ground up. It will however come with a cost that reflects the time and work it takes to make a custom variant.
So, we'll see!
Scale Surcoats
"Lauded for their versatility and the speed with which they can be put on, scale surcoats are a common sight on the field. Durable, but still highly flexible, they are popular amongst cavalry and footmen alike."
Having way too much fun with these. I've wanted to make them for /years/... but SL was never really capable of pulling them off like I wanted. Even with sculpts. Now? Can't wait.
This is a work in progress series of shots that I thought some of you might find interesting.
The far right is the base model before coloring, the results of said coloring being the one to it's left. That copy is rendered with lights, shine, shadow, etc. All the wonderful things that will never show up in SL!
Fortunately, I am able to bake a lot of those details into a solid texture, which is the "Texture only, no rendering" piece.
Finally, the last one, (far left) is the result of cleaning up the texture in photoshop and adding some of the modular elements made for the other surcoats. The result is one configuration of a hundred thousand or so possibilities.
As I will never in a million years make nor want to make a hundred thousand textures, even if I could afford it- the final set will be much more simple by necessity. However, I am going to experiment with commisions with this piece. So if you want one with Pink scales, a white belt, cloth instead of chainmail, no armor plates, with blue cloth that has gold trim.... with heraldry of your choice on the chest?
Can be done. I've made the entire piece to be modular from the ground up. It will however come with a cost that reflects the time and work it takes to make a custom variant.
So, we'll see!