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[Neferit]

Must be the uh, the sword. Yeah, that's it. Kinda weird how it's just floating behind her, but my answer to that is that she's carrying it from a baldric that's very cunningly concealed behind her braid. I didn't want to put it in the same position as the sword in her default portrait because of, uh, obvious reasons...

In truth, it's her helmet what seems weird to me

[darlarosa]

besides Dynaheir is light skinned to begin with and minsc will always be like a viking to me.....

but...eh I'm not that crazy about shar Teels helmet...but I like it.

[Epantiras]

Viconia now looks like a real Drow!!

[Helen Baq]

I really love the new Viconia. It's bugged me for quite some time that she was powder blue with a pink nose! I like the new Branwen, but her septum looks a bit too narrow to me.

Your Dynaheir is spooky. I certainly wouldn't want to mess with her. I think I like the second to last one best, but I do agree that the bright purple cloth at the bottom tends to pull the focus down, away from her face. I've personally always loved Dynaheir's original portrait. It's got movement and emotion and is at a wonderful angle, artistically speaking. It reminds me of this picture from Aida by Seattle Opera:

Anyway, thanks for the nice portraits. I'll definitely be using the darker Viconia and I'm gonna try out that new Minsc, too.

[Crazee]

The middle top one of Dyaheir is nice, as are all the bottom ones. Very good work. Much more natural skin tones.

[Miloch]

In truth, it's her helmet what seems weird to me

Yeah. Well one thing is she's got it skewed to one side which isn't really that feasible. I tried a few other helmets, including the one in her default portrait, but they all look kinda funny to me.


I guess she could go helmetless, but that was the one gimmick I had for giving her some resemblance to the old portrait.

I like the new Branwen, but her septum looks a bit too narrow to me.

That was intentional, since it was way too wide for my liking originally, but maybe I overdid it a bit. Here's a slight re-edit (before on the left, after in the middle):

Also the purple edit on the right before I started messing with her features. I don't like it, but maybe it's someone's cup of tea.

I think I like the second to last one best, but I do agree that the bright purple cloth at the bottom tends to pull the focus down, away from her face.

Agreed - I've darkened it and tried to match her default minor colour. There seems to be no real consensus on her portrait, but people seem to be leaning toward the last two, so I've based two edits off those.

I've personally always loved Dynaheir's original portrait. It's got movement and emotion and is at a wonderful angle, artistically speaking. It reminds me of this picture from Aida by Seattle Opera:

Yeah, I don't hate it, but she's not singing or anything. She looks more like she's extending her hand and saying, "Here, minion, you may kiss my ring," or something. Just looks a bit too aloof for my conception of her.

Dynaheir is light skinned to begin with

Between her avatar skin colour, her original BG1 portrait (before BG2 lightened everything) and the description of Rashemi, "light skinned" doesn't exactly come to mind, unless you're comparing her to what Viconia should look like .

Somebody needs to make mod out of this, but please make it so we can choose which to replace.

Of course I'm making a mod of it, the code is the easy part . If I've changed their colours, the code will also change the NPC's avatar/paperdoll to the proper ones. And I suppose it's inevitable each NPC will have to be a separate component, since everyone has their preferences.

With her darkened skin, Viconia is kinda hard to make out spot in her dark new clothes.

Well, she's a drow priestess of Shar, what did you expect? I do have some earlier edits where she's lighter, like this one on the right (original one I posted on the left):

I dunno, she just doesn't look drowish enough for me with lighter skin. Her avatar has something in this range, which would probably go with either portrait (but probably closer to the darker one):

The rest of her robes could be a tiny bit brighter too, it's a bitdifficult to see any details ATM.

Yeah, I guess it should match something in this range, her existing major colour.


(Phew... if I thought I was sucking up bandwidth before, I hadn't seen nothin' yet...)

[Miloch]

Forgot I did Skie. Updated the first post, but might as well suck up more bandwidth here too since we're on a new page .

No real reason for this either. Her old portrait is ok, but I always thought she should look a bit more petulant, and I cropped this out from the same frame as the source for Dynaheir's portrait (from the DnD movie). I added a quiver since it looked kind of plain before I did that.

[Daulmakan]

Me likes.

[Yovaneth]

IMHO Shar-Teel's frontal area could do with serious flattening. What she's got there is more suited to a pornstar than a swordstar and it will get seriously in the way. Remember the Amazons....?

-Y-

[Deva]

I'm with you on darkening the Rashemi. I'm not sure about the exact skintone, though - I always imagined the Rashemi to be the sort of Faerunian equivalent of Kazakhs or Uzbeks or something.

Great portraits, though. I love Dynaheir.

[Aliya]

Miloch, beautiful portraits! Viconia is real drow, and Dynaheir also nice! Cute (veru cute) Skie. Please continue.

[Miloch]

IMHO Shar-Teel's frontal area could do with serious flattening. What she's got there is more suited to a pornstar than a swordstar and it will get seriously in the way. Remember the Amazons....?

Heh. Well the issue with the Amazons had to do with drawing a bow, not swinging a sword (hence they cut only their right breasts off). I've fenced with some, uh, well-endowed women and don't remember it impeding their sword-swinging skills to any great extent. Though they can be subject to some unintentional injuries, just like menfolks' parts, without the proper protection. Which no, she doesn't have, but I don't think I'll be changing that, unless someone wants to draw her some really cool-looking studded leather or chainmail (and maybe a helm to match) .

[princesspurpleblob]

they are brilliant! do you plan to do jaheira's portrait as well?

[Choo Choo]

I like Shar-Teel, except for one thing - she'd be the LAST person I'd imagine with a cleavage deeper than the Atlantic Ocean, and without armor.

[Miloch]

they are brilliant! do you plan to do jaheira's portrait as well?

I thought about it, but I'm not really clear on who her deity is. I've seen Silvanus in some places, and "Earthmother" (Chauntea) in others. Not that it'd make a huge difference (probably'd get brown and green either way) but there'd be subtle differences. And I'd want to redo the hair to lose some of the braids, but I'm not really that good at hair (or anything that requires actual drawing skill).

I like Shar-Teel, except for one thing - she'd be the LAST person I'd imagine with a cleavage deeper than the Atlantic Ocean, and without armor.

She has armour, it's just about as practical as her "blacksmith's apron" (or whatever it is) in her default portrait.

Anyway, which Shar-Teel (and which Dynaheir, Viconia, etc. for that matter)? I don't really want to provide a bunch of alternates when the differences are so slight, and I want to avoid starting a bunch of obnoxious poll topics...

[Epantiras]

I like Shar-Teel, except for one thing - she'd be the LAST person I'd imagine with a cleavage deeper than the Atlantic Ocean, and without armor.

lol you're right ;-)

btw about the helmet, the 4th option in the mest imho

OMG Skye in the D&D movie!!! It's true!! Oh noes!!

[Helen Baq]

I like the thin but not too thin nose.

That second Dynaheir, the one with the lighter skin, is the one I like best out of the two. Not because she has lighter skin, per se, but rather because she looks like she has freckles. I really like freckles.

The second Viconia looks awesome. She doesn't look like she has lighter skin, to me, but more like ambient light is shining on her face.

[Giuseppe]

There will be a "Miloch's portaits Pack"? I hope it!

[Sam.]

Awesome work as always Miloch. Have you had time to work on this lately? The new Viconia is particularly awesome.

Edited by Sam., 02 November 2008 - 04:08 PM.

[GeN1e]

Just have discovered this thread. Great thanks for Viconia, finally a pic of hers that I like.