Hi @Isandir !
Don't you have your Abdel Adrian portrait done in bg1 style ? I really like the bg2 one, but want to start a new run from start in bg1.
Thank a lot!
I would really appreciate a portrait with armour, plate, leather or both using one or more of the attached images.
Having been in lock-down for several weeks my hair has become wilder and I thought that as a result they would be more appropriate for a wilder age. Please feel free to adapt to make them your preferred race.
I also attach some photos of a local castle which could be used as a backdrop.
I have realised that whilst my expressions might be good, there is probably not enough contrast to make the separation of the portrait from the background using the select tools. These might be a bit easier.
Apparently the barbers won't trim beards as we would have to remove our face masks. so I might soon be losing my beard.
@Wise_Grimwald I feel you. I shaved my beard of 4 years the other day because this summer has been so hot. Even with AC, it was just too insulating
The barbers here aren't allowed to cut beards due to Covid. (We have to wear face masks when we have our hair cut. So I will either have to cut my own beard (That could be interesting) or shave it off (Which I don't want to do. I grew it when I went above the snow line in the Himalayas and really liked it).
I've made a new portrait for my vacation. Meet Justin, an aasimar cavalier favoring the long sword (and bastard sword in BG2) with a shield. Bronze skin, golden hair, cyan eyes and almost a gloria from certain angles hint at his celestial ancestry.
I seldom do variants of the same portrait, but here I did him with no shield as well as with shield and helmet (standard hipster - as in myself - to the left). :
Two of them can be seen next to the NG2 portraits here:
I wanted some touched up NPC portraits for my game, and I ended up editing a few myself
Keldorn is one of my favorite NPCs, but he doesn't have many edits so I'm glad that I finally have one I can use.
Just started out with archery IRL, so I turned my last portrait into an Archer for my current playthrough (actual game files are more closely cropped).
I was wanting to play a game with three triplets, a paladin, a cleric of Helm and a Fighter dualled to a mage and made this party.
However, I then discovered that I cannot dual a barbarian. [I already knew that dualling a berserker was impossible]
I therefore thought that dualling a kensai to a mage seemed the best alternative.
I am therefore looking for an image of Cassandra Pentaghast, but not wearing armour. I have found a couple of head and shoulder images, but haven't been able to find one including the body down to the waist. Is what I am looking for just not available, or is it just that my search skills aren't good enough?
Since barbarians can't dual class, and I believe that kensai cannot use bows, it meant that by third party member had to be an unkitted fighter. That means that I don't need a character with just light armour.
There are countless images of Cassandra wearing armour to choose from.
Since barbarians can't dual class, and I believe that kensai cannot use bows, it meant that by third party member had to be an unkitted fighter. That means that I don't need a character with just light armour.
Barbarians are effectively a Fighter kit. If their lack of dual/multiclass capabilities bothers you, something like Tweaks Anthology can make them dual/multiclassable in all the regular Fighter multiclasses.
So inspired by this video, I've been playing around with FaceApp, which you can used to gender swap portraits (among many other things). The results hugely vary in quality but I've been having a blast. I definitely recommend it. Some of the results are terrifying and others are quite good.
Here's the results of "face swapping" BG portraits with their BG2 portraits. Unfortunately, for Edwin, Minsc and Viconia, it either created monstrosities (even moreso than the ones I have here(, or the changes weren't noticeable.
Jaheira:
Imoen:
I have loads more of random combinations (Imoen + Valygar, anyone? Female Anomen? Younger looking Garrick, etc.) that I might go through and share later, if anyone is interested!
I'm still playing around, having a load of fun . I'd love some advice on how to replicate the lighting on the skin of classic BG portraits. I'm doing all this using my laptop keypad and Pixlr, which is like a free version of Photoshop, and I don't have an artistic bone in my body, so they're definitely rough around the edges. Fun fact: the second to last one is a highly edited version of Imoen's BG1 portrait merged with Valygar (again, using FaceApp) and the last one is the same portrait, gender-flipped.
Also, these ones aren't so bad, but any advice on how to make sure eyes aren't too bright? For me, it's one of the things that make a lot of custom baldurised portraits stand out.
Probably a long shot, but does anyone have any good Khalid and Aerie portaits? So far I haven't really found anything that's good, because there are surprisingly few custom portraits for either character.
Thought I'd start a new playthrough with a bard. I don't think I've ever played anything other than a blade kit for that class, so maybe a jester? Anyway, here's a quick portrait I made for the character. Outfit is edited from promo art for Vikings, face started with Artbreeder and further customized in Photoshop.
So I'm starting to experiment with combining DAZ Studio models with ArtBreeder faces. The upside of it is that it gives me a lot more freedom with poses than trying to hunt down and/or kitbash a pose/wardrobe combination I like (since I like having partial body shots for the character screen). The downsides are that DAZ Studio content can pinch the wallet some and that finding armor for women without cleavage or boob windows is difficult and finding somewhat grounded fantasy/medieval garb for men at all is even more so. Still, I like the control it gives me even if I could probably just take art classes with the money I'll eventually have put into DAZ at the rate I'm going.
Anyway, I figured I'd start out with good ol' Imoen. She's a good subject for this because she changes a lot between games, so you can really take advantage of ArtBreeder's ability to make subtle (and not so subtle if you wish) changes to an existing face. Of course, I had to make some edits in Photoshop as well, but I would have done that anyway. I tried to make her face similar in shape to her BG1 portrait, but I also made her look younger since she's young or at least childish enough at the beginning of the game for CHARNAME to make note of in early dialogues(and CHARNAME is only 20 at game start).
BTW, one of Artbreeder's downsides is that it often crops out part of the hair. And I suck at drawing/painting hair. Oh well. I guess this gives me a chance to practice.
Anyway, here's Imoen BG1 version:
And here she is for BG2:
If anyone wants to use these in game, I've attached an archive with bitmaps cropped to the correct ratios.
Hi since my Skills are really limited in basically everything related to Art i would like to ask a favour:
Maybe someone can change the Skin Colour of that awesome Duergar/Blackiron Dwarf for me so it looks like a Surface Dwarf and change the Glowing eyes into Standard Black, Brown or Blue Eyes with a White Sclera?
I digged through a lot of suitable Pictures on the Internet to find a nice Dwarf Picture with Black or Blue Hair and Beard the last couple of days but couldn't found any so i would appreciate the Help from one of you guys
Love this thread, so many ideas for another play-through.
But! Correct me if I'm wrong, not the first time.
I just can't seem to find anything really good/accurate to use for my current play-through. Female Gnome Fighter/Illusionist, dual wielding (hammers/mace/flail) any combo there of.
Or for that matter hammer/mace in one hand and maybe a spell flame sort of effect in the other.
Maybe it's because female gnomes may not be the best subject I guess, there are some cool looking male variations but usually tinkerers or mage looking.
Any suggestions where to look if anyone has seen something similar are greatly appreciated. Still looking here and in the old thread, the search goes on.
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And with alternate hair colors just for fun:
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Don't you have your Abdel Adrian portrait done in bg1 style ? I really like the bg2 one, but want to start a new run from start in bg1.
Thank a lot!
Dwarven women by A.Silva Silva
Anyone up to play a female Beardbarian?
Having been in lock-down for several weeks my hair has become wilder and I thought that as a result they would be more appropriate for a wilder age. Please feel free to adapt to make them your preferred race.
I also attach some photos of a local castle which could be used as a backdrop.
I'm still checking back frequently and hoping to see someone make good use of the pictures of @Wise_Grimwald !
He has some great facial expressions for portraits. I think he'd make a good mage, too!
Apparently the barbers won't trim beards as we would have to remove our face masks. so I might soon be losing my beard.
Really like this one. Picked up the white haired one as the portrait for my most recent F>M run.
The barbers here aren't allowed to cut beards due to Covid. (We have to wear face masks when we have our hair cut. So I will either have to cut my own beard (That could be interesting) or shave it off (Which I don't want to do. I grew it when I went above the snow line in the Himalayas and really liked it).
I might end up with interesting hair.
I seldom do variants of the same portrait, but here I did him with no shield as well as with shield and helmet (standard hipster - as in myself - to the left). :
Two of them can be seen next to the NG2 portraits here:
Ingame files:
Keldorn is one of my favorite NPCs, but he doesn't have many edits so I'm glad that I finally have one I can use.
Messezei, Yuan-Ti Pureblood psi knight [+ drawing GIF] by Lily Abdullina
Astarion by AnnaHelme
It's no secret that I don't like BG3. But I do appreciate good art when I see it.
However, I then discovered that I cannot dual a barbarian. [I already knew that dualling a berserker was impossible]
I therefore thought that dualling a kensai to a mage seemed the best alternative.
I am therefore looking for an image of Cassandra Pentaghast, but not wearing armour. I have found a couple of head and shoulder images, but haven't been able to find one including the body down to the waist. Is what I am looking for just not available, or is it just that my search skills aren't good enough?
This is the nearest I could find to what I want.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c1/91/0d/c1910d9f30dd57e065b8332a419b3c03.png
EDIT
Since barbarians can't dual class, and I believe that kensai cannot use bows, it meant that by third party member had to be an unkitted fighter. That means that I don't need a character with just light armour.
There are countless images of Cassandra wearing armour to choose from.
Barbarians are effectively a Fighter kit. If their lack of dual/multiclass capabilities bothers you, something like Tweaks Anthology can make them dual/multiclassable in all the regular Fighter multiclasses.
Here's the results of "face swapping" BG portraits with their BG2 portraits. Unfortunately, for Edwin, Minsc and Viconia, it either created monstrosities (even moreso than the ones I have here(, or the changes weren't noticeable.
Jaheira:
Imoen:
I have loads more of random combinations (Imoen + Valygar, anyone? Female Anomen? Younger looking Garrick, etc.) that I might go through and share later, if anyone is interested!
Also, these ones aren't so bad, but any advice on how to make sure eyes aren't too bright? For me, it's one of the things that make a lot of custom baldurised portraits stand out.
Anyway, I figured I'd start out with good ol' Imoen. She's a good subject for this because she changes a lot between games, so you can really take advantage of ArtBreeder's ability to make subtle (and not so subtle if you wish) changes to an existing face. Of course, I had to make some edits in Photoshop as well, but I would have done that anyway. I tried to make her face similar in shape to her BG1 portrait, but I also made her look younger since she's young or at least childish enough at the beginning of the game for CHARNAME to make note of in early dialogues(and CHARNAME is only 20 at game start).
BTW, one of Artbreeder's downsides is that it often crops out part of the hair. And I suck at drawing/painting hair. Oh well. I guess this gives me a chance to practice.
Anyway, here's Imoen BG1 version:
And here she is for BG2:
If anyone wants to use these in game, I've attached an archive with bitmaps cropped to the correct ratios.
Maybe someone can change the Skin Colour of that awesome Duergar/Blackiron Dwarf for me so it looks like a Surface Dwarf and change the Glowing eyes into Standard Black, Brown or Blue Eyes with a White Sclera?
I digged through a lot of suitable Pictures on the Internet to find a nice Dwarf Picture with Black or Blue Hair and Beard the last couple of days but couldn't found any so i would appreciate the Help from one of you guys
But! Correct me if I'm wrong, not the first time.
I just can't seem to find anything really good/accurate to use for my current play-through. Female Gnome Fighter/Illusionist, dual wielding (hammers/mace/flail) any combo there of.
Or for that matter hammer/mace in one hand and maybe a spell flame sort of effect in the other.
Maybe it's because female gnomes may not be the best subject I guess, there are some cool looking male variations but usually tinkerers or mage looking.
Any suggestions where to look if anyone has seen something similar are greatly appreciated. Still looking here and in the old thread, the search goes on.