[WIP] Wildcats Characters

pxgeek · Mar 15 2026

Been submersing myself in a lot of nostalgia lately for better or worse… so at least I’ll try produce something from it. Just wanted to do simple modeling and painting without sculpting.

I may try to do some of the other characters, if I ever end up finishing this one.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/jl/9o4ozevd66tl.jpg

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Eric Chadwick · Mar 15 2026

Very nice! Specs?

pxgeek · Mar 15 2026

Will likely keep it to early-mid 2000's look.

Head texture above is 512

iam717 · Mar 20 2026

Ha, neat choices here fun looking little project.

I hope it takes off well & its completed, rooting over here for ya.

It is nice to see something i collected also once upon a time, if you want some pix for references (only if you can't find any) i got the comix still laying around here in a box in my closet, some cards too. (haven't look at them in over 10 years i think so)

Think there was an issue 0 of this, i managed to snag it, never heard of an issue zero before so when i actually started to pay attention to the numbers cause they could be "valuable", i was surprised everyone always takes about issue (1)'s.

Anywho can you tell i want to see more? i drew that guy (right side img)on the far left once. Memory lanes has been revisited, i hope you continue & do well with this.

pxgeek · Apr 26 2026

Thanks, iam717! I was able to find a bunch of references online.

Painted some hair cards:

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d1ver · Apr 29 2026

Loving this but I believe the muddy colors get in the way. Don't make skin just darker brown in the shadows - it moves towards red due to subsurface scattering. Most shadows on skin are slightly glowing red and there is a clear red subsurface band along the shadow terminator.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/85/pcgbj3l4qz4n.png

You can research but let me know if you'd like a quick visualization.

d1ver · Apr 30 2026

I would push it further than life is strange did it, but still notice how the shadow beneath his chin is reddish hue instead of the darker brown:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ph/vyw37pbk65is.png

Even here - the red from the cheek is almost the same hue as around her jawline:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ie/ipx6la7pb24y.png

You can see it a lot more pronounced here in Spiderman. Especially the ears, but also nostrils and chin.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/uz/dpn1d0pbz75b.png

Your color palette generally feels more green in tone than even your reference, which makes the skin feel a bit dead. You can see on the color wheel a lot of the spiderman hue is in red area of the color wheel. Yours is shifted right and less saturated.

P.s. Admins so sorry for double posting, I just these ideas hours later 🙏

Eric Chadwick · Apr 30 2026

All good, this is awesome.

pxgeek · May 3 2026

Thanks d1ver, for the feedback!

I'll try pushing the colors more.

d1ver · May 4 2026

Happy to help! Go go go you got this! 💪

[WIP] Wildcats Characters

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