Custom Character Promo

[PeepShow45]

I can totally see the dedication in your renders, can't wait to see her big reveal. Don't work too hard.

[Because789]

Seriously great character, Buster! +1 to the "looking forward to seeing the final product" club for sure!

[Buster]

@peepshow45
Nose to the grindstone today and made some really good progress and had a bit of a breakthrough with some things I was struggling with. It's getting there! 🙂

@because789
Thanks! I think you guys will really like this, spent a ton of time organizing the folder structure and content. I have some nice QOL links in folders and there's promo scene subsets for the promos for anyone interested in getting the exact look of them. I'm making 256px tip cards for the mouse overs and optional 512px tip cards for people with larger screens.

Shout-out to @eelgoo & @3dmouse for beta testing and ideas. They're really helping to make sure this ends up working right, is clean and optimized.

[PeepShow45]

I love the idea of the tip cards. I have a 40 inch monitor so anything helps. Cheers to everyone involved.

[Buster]

@peepshow45
Oh nice man, so 512px will work well on that settup or do you need larger?

[PeepShow45]

Oh no, no! What you're doing is perfect.

[Buster]

@peepshow45
Good, I'm making the tip cards for 8.1F now and halfway through it. I didn't want to have to redo the hint text tip cards. 🙂

[Buster]

Here's one of the 512px tip cards for the eye makeup. You can see some of the 8.1F details in this one as well as improved eye's. They look real to me, absolutely love how this is turning out.

EDIT: Anyone who's curious about their monitor size, open that pic in a new tab and see how you like the size. Let me know if it's too small and I might make something bigger for you, we'll see.

[Buster]

Unfortunately this isn't going to make the Dec 24th release date. Too much to do with it and not enough time to do it for the Holidays. Work is continuing though, it'll get done.

I like this one but as with the others I feel like it still needs some work. Struggling a bit with the lighting so I need to take some time with tutorials. Perhaps it's one of those things that you could spend a year on one render, perfecting it.

Adjusted some things after rendering this with the new skins. I tried using an 8k HDRI but it just didn't work well vs this 2k HDRI. Oh BTW, who stirs their coffee and leaves the spoon on the counter without a napkin/plate to put it on... absolute savage.

[Paul (Fuzzy3000)]

I tell my wife that all the time - then rinse it off and put away... 🙂

[Buster]

I felt like the scene was too clean; lacking character. I got to thinking about pictures-worth-a-thousand-words and thought something real/organic included in the empty space would help with that. Also thinking you have to be careful with that or you're going to nail "tacky" real quick lol.

The new custom LIE freckles look better IMO, at least you can see them better in this render.

[Buster]

Details

RCC Marge HD was inspired by Marge Simpson but can stand alone as an independent character with a wide variety of cosmetic options including 3 Uber & PBR Skin MATs, 2 flushed cheek types, 2 freckle types, 5 full makeup presets, 2 blushes, 5 eye shadows, 2 eye liners, and 5 lipstick colors. Marge also comes with 5 morph dials for the head, alternate head, body as well as head details and body details dials.

Outside of makeup Marge comes with 3 skin options for G8F Uber, 8.1F Uber and 8.1F PBR. If you're using the 8.1F character it's best to use the 8.1F heavy freckles as they're made specifically for the 8.1F UV's. The eye colors are made for G8F Uber and use G8F UV's on the 8.1F character model.

Whats Included and Features:

RCC Marge HD PBR 8.1F Character Preset
RCC Marge HD Uber 8.1F Character Preset
RCC Marge HD Uber G8F Character Preset

BEAUTIFUL BROWS II LINKS (Requirement: Beautiful Brows II by Chevybabe25 to be installed)
-Brow 11
-Auburn MAT
-Blond MAT
-Brunette MAT
-Ebony MAT

EYE COLORS
-Eyes 00 (Hazel)
-Eyes 01 (Blue)
-Eyes 02 (Green)
-Eyes 03 (Light Brown)
-Eyes 04 (Dark)

LIE MAKEUP
-5x LIE Full Presets
-5x LIE Eye Shadows
-2x LIE Eye Liners
-4x LIE Lipsticks

LIE Skin Options
-LIE Flushed Cheeks & Nose
-LIE Flushed Cheeks
-LIE Freckles - 8.1F Full Body Heavy
-LIE Freckles - G8F Full Body Heavy
-LIE Freckles - Facial Nose

MORPHS
-Head Morph Apply/Remove
-Head Alt Morph Apply/Remove
-Body Morph Apply/Remove
-Head & Body Details Apply/Remove
-Navel Apply/Remove
-Nipples Apply/Remove

Skin Materials
-8.1F Eyelashes MAT
-8.1F Tear MAT
-8.1F PBR Skin MAT
-8.1F Uber Skin MAT
-G8F Eye Lashes & Moisture
-G8F Uber Skin MAT

Promo Scene Subsets (G8F Uber & 8.1F PBR Provided in Separated Folders)
00 Main
01 Private Office Late Night
02 Morning Coffee
03 Winter Chill
04 Marge Simpson

BONUS TIP CARDS (256px tip cards are already in the install files)
256 x 256 pixel tip cards (default; already installed)
512 x 512 pixel tip cards (for larger monitors; optional bonus file)

Textures are up to 4k with diffuse, translucency, bump, AO, details, roughness & specular optimized into .jpg format. All LIE texture files remain in .png format to maintain the translucency required for use.

I would like to give a special thank-you to 3DMouse and Eelgoo for all the testing and ideas. People often say, "it wouldn't be possible..." well the reality is it would still happen but it wouldn't be anywhere near as organized, polished or working correctly as it now stands. Thanks so much!

Included in the download are credits for merchant resources if anyone is interested in making their own characters as well as detailed promo credits.

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12-30-24
File is in beta right now and looking like the final build but we'll see if it passes.
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[Frank21]

Amazing work Buster and your model looks absolutely fantastic!
That slight freckles LIE really aids realism if you want a more natural look.
I don't use DS anymore so I won't DL it but I'm sending you some points in appreciation of the great model you've made and all the effort you've put into her.

[Buster]

Thanks so much Frank, very kind of you!

Since you won't be able to see it, I'll post some pics of the interface. I'm quite proud of that as I spent a ton of time on custom icons and the folder structure.

[Buster]

I made some custom icons for the folders then some were taken from google as freebees. I thought they fit well and I've come to rely on them when using Marge in promos/projects. I plan on keeping those for other RCC character projects as well. All the relevant tip cards pop at 256px then as stated there's optional 512px tip cards for people with monster pc's/large monitors.

I have roughly 3 months and ~1,092 hours in on this project. At least 2/3's of that was an immense pain in the butt while the remaining was quite fun/satisfying.

[Author]

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