Yet another Tracer

Aasmund1986

Cheers loves!

I tried to do Tracer once long time ago and now I want to try again with zBrush this time. I have been wanting to make the version Blizzard uses in their cinematic animated short "Alive" which seems to be a more grown up and bigger Tracer than the game version. Here is what I got so far.

"Alive" can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBUMabtslI

Aasmund1986

Decided to redo her in T-Pose for easier cloth sculpting than A-pose.

vavavoom

hi, i've seen others attempts at making this character in this forum and someone posted these:



I'm guessing they're the game res models from the game, so if you're aiming for the same style they will probably be good for reference guides.

Hope it helps

apollo580

Do you have a picture of the full body? Her proportions seem off right now, like her head is too big compared to her body. I would also comment on the fact that I prefer A pose, I think sculpting the shoulder area is easier in T pose but I feel it make it look more "fake" compared to an A-Pose.

Brian "Panda" Choi

I really recommend ripping an SFM Lab version of Tracer to work from as reference.

Aasmund1986

@apollo580 Yeah, I switched to A-pose agian for better clothes sculpting.

@V@vavavoom Thanks, that looks really helpful

@B@Brian "Panda" Choi Hi Brian, Ill check out the Source Filmmaker Lab version, thanks for the tips!

Update coming soon.

slosh

So, I'm not going to discourage you from making Tracer but keep this in mind, the only way to really be successful at making her is to either make a model that is BETTER than the in game version or to put a twist on it with your own style to improve or alter the look and give people something fresh to look at.  I see a lot of people do fanart of existing characters where they are trying to remake it in the exact same way as the original version and that almost never works out.  Trying to outdo the people who make it originally is almost an impossible task considering the iteration and talent level that created it to begin with.  Again, not saying you shouldn't try but I would think of a way to personalize and make your version of her unique so the comparison isn't 1:1 with the existing in game version.  Hopefully this makes sense.

Aasmund1986

@slosh "I would think of a way to personalize and make your version of her unique" Actually, I did had this in mind.  Also, I can spoil that I have done some Daz renders of my own Tracer version

Aasmund1986

I found the game model, so now I try to make her into the more grown up version from here I already adjusted the googles.

Aasmund1986

-Edited-

Aasmund1986

Hey all, I did some fur testing in 2.8 and here is the results:

Brian "Panda" Choi

How are you planning to get that wool fuzziness?

Aasmund1986

Not sure yet, 2.8 wont let me add materials to the particles. Her hair also needs more work, I will see if I can find some hair tool for Blender. The built in one works allmost like Maya`s XGen, only that you grooming with sliders and not a brush. I whish it was a tool that could do that for Blender too. When I look at her, she almost looks like Mei

Aasmund1986

Right, I spendt some time on her hair particles and did some adjustments to the whool fuzziness so it dont look so uniform.

Aasmund1986

Another Blender render and did a silhouette approach of her most known pose. Model by Menna and Morgan Morey.