Here is the first of a series of ethnic heads I'm working on.
Specs:
Model is a little under 2000 tris with 512x512 textures.
All heads I include in this pack are rigged for facial animation (all be it rather simply) and can be used as talking NPCs.
All models are original, only the neck, eyes and inner mouth were carried through from obsidian's stock models and only to ensure visual continuity.
Info:
She is meant to be useable as an Arabic type character.
Males will follow in Vol 2 when this pack is complete ;)
[update] Added a head based on the Maasai people.
[update August 27] Resolved Head 1 texture clashing issue by renaming textures to mach head number, thanks Balgin Stondraeg for pointing out the issue.
Jewelry is now toggleable with facial hair button in character creation. Thanks E.C.Patterson for the suggestion and Balgin Stondraeg for suggesting the facial hair toggle, I didn't think it was possible with female heads, great to know it is :)
Fixed the odd pixel on head 2.
[update]
Added an Asian head. Still may have some bugs so feel free to let me know in the comments if you find anything wrong. I will address any issues as and when they are discovered.
This pack is now complete and I will be moving on to volume 2, the male versions ;)
All that remains here is any bug fixing and or conflict resolution.
[01/09/09] Cleaned up the seams on head 3 a little better. xNormal does not render my normal maps cleanly enough so I have stuck with max. xNormal is too limited in functionality to deal with semi mismatched highpolys.
Posted by MasterChanger at 2011-09-15 18:03:54 Voted 10.00 on 09/15/11
I realized I never voted for this pack. This work represents some of the most well-done heads for NWN2. I frequently use one of these three in whatever campaign I am playing.
Posted by Developer Silver at 2011-09-13 16:06:48 Voted 8.00 on 09/13/11
Just added to our Persistent World: excellent! _________________________ Developer Silver Faerûn Nights Admin
Posted by Sperance at 2011-07-20 15:50:32 Voted 10.00 on 07/20/11
Used on a french PW, Imprecari. Thanks for the files ! _________________________ FR - Imprecari : Link
Posted by PoisonTheMonkey at 2010-03-04 14:14:30 Voted 8.00 on 03/04/10
BTW, I really concur on making male versions of these.
And welcome to the HoF :) _________________________ Obsidian Shore, a HoF 9.8 heavy roleplaying PW. Dark and gritty fairytale world with the opportunity to do and change the world as you wish. Link
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Posted by PoisonTheMonkey at 2010-03-04 14:09:29 Voted 8.00 on 03/04/10
Very nice and high-quality, would love to see more from this artist. _________________________ Obsidian Shore, a HoF 9.8 heavy roleplaying PW. Dark and gritty fairytale world with the opportunity to do and change the world as you wish. Link
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Posted by DarkOak at 2010-02-16 11:38:03 Voted 9.50 on 02/16/10
Very pretty, works smoothly! _________________________ The Obsidian Shore Link
Posted by Ephralia Blessed at 2009-12-01 09:03:01 Voted 9.25 on 12/01/09
Excellent! I've glommed them for the PW I work on!
Posted by Kunikos at 2009-10-21 08:41:53 Voted 9.50 on 10/21/09
Liking them! Can you make some male ones to correspond to these ethnic types?
Posted by Gonzo Gygax at 2009-10-18 04:49:04 Voted 9.75 on 10/18/09
These are stunning, great job Xaltar! _________________________ Loudwater / KOW / Khalidine
Posted by bard214 at 2009-10-15 14:32:38 Voted 10.00 on 10/15/09
FORGOT to add
1: VtM: Bloodlines the best game I ever played. Anyone with a homepage dedicated to that game is top of the line to me.
2: Anyway these can be added to the Half-Elf selection of heads?
Posted by bard214 at 2009-10-15 13:34:15 Voted 10.00 on 10/15/09
got to have it
Posted by BlueSilver at 2009-09-08 16:18:31 Voted 9.75 on 09/08/09
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing, I�m looking forward to the males and elves :-) _________________________ 33 Voicesets for NWN1 and NWN2: Link
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Posted by Veyna at 2009-09-03 11:34:45 Voted 9.00 on 09/03/09
Very good, I'm waiting for elves and half elves ;)
Posted by Balgin Stondraeg at 2009-09-02 09:57:31 Voted 9.00 on 09/02/09
Just upping my vote because the mouth clipping (white spot) issue got fixed on the african head :).
Posted by Charloulou at 2009-08-31 08:15:56 Voted 10.00 on 08/31/09
Posted by Charloulou at 2009-08-31 08:15:08 Voted 10.00 on 08/31/09
I vote 10 ! There are just perfect ! _________________________ Fanelya
Posted by Balgin Stondraeg at 2009-08-30 17:25:07 Voted 9.00 on 09/02/09
Bald women? Not really. But occassioanly if it's a monk or a mindflayer victim/slave npc then it seems apropriate. And I thought I'd mention it because the seam at the back of the neck is quite visible with some of the nicer short hairstyles. It was the neck more than the head really.
I found a tool for xNormal on the vault but thus far the results have been less than satisfactory. It clears the seams but does a horrible job on the normal map. I'll mess with the settings but no promises, I have little enough free time as it is. You seriously play bald females? I put the seams at the back of the head so the hair would cover them, thats the best I can do in Max I'm afraid. _________________________ NWN1 Head and body pack NWN2 Headpack.
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Posted by Balgin Stondraeg at 2009-08-30 13:23:07 Voted 9.00 on 09/02/09
Whilst absolutely lovely, these heads do seem to have that annoying "dark seem along the middle and down the back of the neck" problem when viewed at a distance.
They're still lovely. It just makes them a little bit harder to use bald or with shorter hairstyles.
I'm looking forwards to the heads too.
Posted by Alexus at 2009-08-30 02:25:21 Voted 10.00 on 08/30/09
You know what I think of them. ;)
Posted by Demonicson at 2009-08-27 21:03:18 Voted 10.00 on 08/27/09
Awesome
looking forward to the males!
Posted by MichelleBrujah at 2009-08-27 04:01:33 Voted 10.00 on 08/27/09
Beautiful faces... I've read that you're working in some elf heads, maybe someday we'll see half-elves too? :)
Zhenya:
Thanks for the comment but I think it was only voted low becuase of a few issues I had not yet resolved. I am sure the vote will change now they have been fixed.
Balgin Stondraeg: I will look at the odd pixel on head 2, I see it now you pointed it out, seems to be on the normal map.
7 times they came and 7 times they died who can say what the 8th will bring.
Posted by Zhenya at 2009-08-26 22:13:45 Voted 10.00 on 08/26/09
Thank you for this.
Sorry for guy who vote 7, deserve better :(
Posted by Balgin Stondraeg at 2009-08-26 15:44:49 Voted 9.00 on 09/02/09
The Maasai head hs a tiny white dot by the lower left hand corner of her mouth (her left) that doesn't seem to change colour with the rest of her skin. I thought I'd better let you know. Great models 'though. Keep up the good work :).
Gulli05:
I have already made heads for sun elves and drow but I don't plan on releasing them untill I have heads for all the elf races. I have 3 female and 3 male heads for sun and drow and am working on the same for the others ;)
IT will be quite a while before I'm ready for a release of those though.
Nice seeing new heads for NWN2. I have a suggestion.
We need some more elf looking heads. Some of the Elf heads in NWN2 are plain bad looking. I am mostly talking about the Female ones.
I think it would be cool to get some for: All Elf races, Half-Elfs, Half-Drows and any other you'd wish to make.
And when I talk about Elf heads we need more graceful, beautiful and elf looking.
I hope you listen to my suggestion, I would love to see more heads for NWN2.
-Gulli05
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