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Sage - 100% Aurore, Krashwerks Terri - 20%. Among some fine tuning.
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Not about Terri, though, but about 100 % Aurore. I did what I should have done originally, opened up a photo editor, took the full-on face pic of Aurore and an as close to full on zero expression cap of Sage I had from the game and... fuck if I can tell a difference.

Now, well, like Pillock too, I still think there's something else mixed in with Aurore, Sage is probably the one of the three Aurores* who, well, looks most like Aurore. Those little ridges I went on about the other day? Aurore. The little shadow in the chin? You guessed it.

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Not 100 % there yet here, though I was surprised how much better I felt when I changed to eyes that are closer to the real thing vs. any morphological changes. I've got the hd details on here, which add extra stuff to the lips Sage doesn't imho have. A key element is that she seems to have a slight permanent dose of duckface/eyes close applied, probably a Zeddicus sexy expression. I'll try to hit those next time.

This one has 25 % Lorelei added, which at least didn't seem to make her worse. I mean, based on what I tried yesterday, it's basically possible she's just full Aurore, but those have always felt a bit uncanny valley to me. Now, finding a ~25 % morph when you got the 100 % is going to be an absolute crapshoot.

Yes, scientists also sometimes overcomplicate things, especially when they aren't rigorously using their methodology. A fucking reminder right there.

* I'm 100 % Quinn is 75 Aurore 75 Tara 2 HD. I've never bothered to explore Maya at length, but staring at a shot of her and Sage side by side for way too long, she looks... "desaturated". Maybe, like Bella and basically all of the boys, just one morph applied at 75-80 %? The "desaturation" has the side effect of giving the boys a younger look than an adult male morph at 100 % (a key reason I suspect we're seeing a 5-10 years later version of them at the end) and would make sense for Maya, too. Maybe something to try down the road.
 

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My Josy model also seemed too dark, aka DPCs late Season 2-3 rework, I liked the way better she looked in the early game. Changed the settings through the same surface menu, but I used Transmitted Color - the same palette, but lighter.
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The dot at the top is approximately what the color was before the changes.
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Thank you, good to know that this is also a way to change the skincolor. Btw your Josy Model looks awesome, i suppose you did a lot of custom morphing? Or is it more or less 100% Rumor?

For shading, roughness and glossiness are opposites. Increase the roughness of a surface and it will look matte. Decrease it and glossiness will gradually appear on that surface as you do that. The base bump channel value affects the smoothness vs roughness look of a surface. Higher values will make it look rougher and vice versa.
That already helps a lot, thanks again. An really, you guys are helping me here a lot to get started. I'll also have a look at these shading tutorials you mentioned.

Btw this is my updated render. I dialed back the tan and the glossiness but i'm not sure if the skin is still too shiny. What do you think?

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While yours is nice, give that combo a try ;)

I should have more time to work on these from Wednesday onwards, I'll look at the state of my Josy and Quinn as well, in addition to the Sage work hopefully continuing.
I gave it a try, neither look identical, yours does come close, but just not quitemine on the right does make her look older. Quinns 100.png
 

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I gave it a try, neither look identical, yours does come close, but just not quitemine on the right does make her look older. View attachment 4535566
Looks more like the different skintone than the morph. Eh, I need to revisit her too, the balance is prolly off. The nose shape deffo comes from Tara, so she’s in the mix.
 

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#Pillockwasright

Not about Terri, though, but about 100 % Aurore. I did what I should have done originally, opened up a photo editor, took the full-on face pic of Aurore and an as close to full on zero expression cap of Sage I had from the game and... fuck if I can tell a difference.

Now, well, like Pillock too, I still think there's something else mixed in with Aurore, Sage is probably the one of the three Aurores* who, well, looks most like Aurore. Those little ridges I went on about the other day? Aurore. The little shadow in the chin? You guessed it.

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Not 100 % there yet here, though I was surprised how much better I felt when I changed to eyes that are closer to the real thing vs. any morphological changes. I've got the hd details on here, which add extra stuff to the lips Sage doesn't imho have. A key element is that she seems to have a slight permanent dose of duckface/eyes close applied, probably a Zeddicus sexy expression. I'll try to hit those next time.

This one has 25 % Lorelei added, which at least didn't seem to make her worse. I mean, based on what I tried yesterday, it's basically possible she's just full Aurore, but those have always felt a bit uncanny valley to me. Now, finding a ~25 % morph when you got the 100 % is going to be an absolute crapshoot.

Yes, scientists also sometimes overcomplicate things, especially when they aren't rigorously using their methodology. A fucking reminder right there.

* I'm 100 % Quinn is 75 Aurore 75 Tara 2 HD. I've never bothered to explore Maya at length, but staring at a shot of her and Sage side by side for way too long, she looks... "desaturated". Maybe, like Bella and basically all of the boys, just one morph applied at 75-80 %? The "desaturation" has the side effect of giving the boys a younger look than an adult male morph at 100 % (a key reason I suspect we're seeing a 5-10 years later version of them at the end) and would make sense for Maya, too. Maybe something to try down the road.
what do you think Bella strictly face morph are ? Nighthacker's duf Bella preset was using Aurore100% too/Elisabeth100% which one I forgot. Anyway, the question was, Bella face in game using one full morph or a mix up of various morph ? I'm now curious too lol
 
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