Newly finished character drop... this time, heccin
RATCHET!
Like Clank and Kit, he's also a game file yoink from Rift Apart. Base model and textures. Material work and fur were all hand made by me though.
And man, what a learning experience doing a fur system was. Gonna be talking about it in the post. Sharing some knowledge and a really helpful YouTube tutorial video. Click the spoiler to see all that.
If not, enjoy the poses above! He's all done!
And yes... #2 is exactly what you think it is. LOL.
The process of fur-ing my Ratchet model actually started back in January. Crazy i was crazy once. Below is my first attempt ever. Whoof. Haha. I had never done such a thing before, it was all new territory. Combing the hair, getting the density right. Getting the heccin MATERIALS to be right. So much to keep track of.
And to top it all off, many tutorials were outdated. Blender Geo-Nodes, what's responsible for the hair systems, keep changing over time. So even kinda new tutorials were outdated.
Combined with Rivet, who's gonna be coming soon, I probably redid their fur systems a combined dozens of times. Each time though it was worth it, because it got better and better. Each new time I learned more and more.
Material work was actually probably the trickiest. I eventually settled on a Cycles Toon Shader node setup and dumped the Principled Hair BSDF node. It gave better results that were truer to the game.
Basically, lots of trial and error. If anyone is going into this in a similar spot (never trying it before) expect your first fur system to suck. Keep trying, because you will eventually get it. It just takes practice and maybe a few tutorials haha.
Also, here's the tutorial I used that was finally able to get me jump started on making decent looking fur systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csXjfrJ0DIY
That's it for now! He's all done, rigged, fur-ed, and everything in between. Can't wait to make some awesome scenes with him, Clank, Rivet, and anything else.
You've read this far, here's the neutral poses too! Gif was too large to upload, :(((
Charlie is the attack dog of the Pack, set to aggressive, so she can be a bit rowdy as well as constantly on alert for danger to herself, her sisters and their riders.
To better protect Charlie in her combat focused role, Aloy and Beta replaced Charlie’s regular armour with Apex
