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Working on shapekeys for the face. I actually kinda like how "bad" the flat texture teeth look.

+geeGrips- 🔞 @ggrips.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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very basic walk animation to test the rig and shapekeys

+geeGrips- 🔞 @ggrips.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

another download for anyone that wants to test it. A few things are still pretty rough (Hand IK/Pole conflicts, shapekeys & lower leg rig behaviour). files.catbox.moe/mgfzgq.rar

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+geeGrips- 🔞 @ggrips.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

very basic walk animation to test the rig and shapekeys

I think I might remove the jaw rig and keep facial animations to shapekeys. Feels more organised to have them all in one place. Besides I'm a kind of used to using Valve models through Gmod or SFM so I want to keep it a little familiar.

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Testing jaw opening between armature (left) vs shapekey (right)

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Working on shapekeys for the face. I actually kinda like how "bad" the flat texture teeth look.

Set up another test download for this one if anyone's interested. I added an extra control for the legs but I haven't touched weight paints yet. files.catbox.moe/cu3pcr.rar

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hmm might work. I'm approximating an IK Pole with Damped Tracks.

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How do I rig this so I can have more control over the rotation for the lower leg? Thigh to foot is one IK chain of five, starting at the ankle with one pole. Foot has it's own IK for foot roll and pivot. I want something like an extra IK pole for the bottom knee, but multiple IKs are not working.

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Quick pose test, so far pretty good. Need to touch up on the armature a little, more IK poles for the back knees (whatever they're called), arm IK poles need work, and some weight paint fixing. Think I'm gonna go the Valve route for the face rig and just do it through shape keys.

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I also made the emblem one-side. I just dupped the skirt mesh and used a transparent texture, it's a little cheaty but it looks fine as long as you dont look too close

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this is how it looks in the layout view, which is how I want it to look in the render. But I can't figure out how to get this, I've separated them into another material with backface culling turned on but no luck. Advice appreciated.

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Another turn around. I think I'm pretty much done on textures, just need to do some blending between the seams. Trying to figure out how to get the the eyelids not to show through the eyes.

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Adding some more details to to the under-suit to give it a more scuba look. Wanted to add a little symbol too.

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+geeGrips- 🔞 @ggrips.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

testing a flat texture for the teeth, the separate meshes weren't working properly so I just extruded from the mouth.

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this is the most fucked up thing I've ever seen happen to another man in this game

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+geeGrips- 🔞 @ggrips.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

alright how do I fix this? More specifically how do I stop the UVs from unwrapping all warped? I'm redoing the UVs and textures for the body and the hands keep warping on the right. (left-old, right-new)

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rough eyelid with shapekeys using a duplicate of the eyeball mesh and a few modifiers.

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I really have no idea how I'm gonna do eyelids I did not plan that far ahead at all.

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I tried to use 3d ellipses to maintain this soft crescent shape but was having issues keeping it within the bounds of the eyeball.

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slight lie, I really wanted to work on these pupils because the 3d ones weren't working out how I wanted. They're now 2d and shrinkwrapped to the eyeballs (which have front-face culling). Seems to work I just have issues when it goes too far and hits the back of the eyeballs.

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I'll probably have to get into making normal maps and such if thats what I want. I'm sure that'll be fun.

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Enough for today I think. Currently working to figure out the face, and making the eyes. Also want to get the materials/shaders so that the painted style I want comes through better at the end.

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want to disable shadows, dude? just uncheck it in ray visibility bro trust me bro just uncheck shadows in ray visibility and it works bro thats all you have to do bro it just works bro

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+geeGrips- 🔞 @ggrips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Quick leg test to make sure the topology works. I'm learning more and more that Tris are actually incredibly goated, I wanted to round out the knee pad a little bit without affecting the rest of the mesh.

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Forgot I already did this before. Looks way better, even get a nice little paint texture on the edges

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+geeGrips- 🔞 @ggrips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

texture progress. for some stupid reason, blender doesn't have a simple one-click option for texture transparency

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I want to take influence from some Cambrian sea creatures for the tail, mostly with the fins which I'm going to try using a flat texture for, I think they should be small enough that I can make it work.

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Experimenting with a big tail design. Taking main inspiration from zebra shark tails (at least for the shape). I want to try and give it a sea arthropod-esque look in the texturing.

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started texturing. I'll need to rework a few things that already aren't working how I wanted. Mostly trying to remember how I did the textures last time, namely which brushes I was using.

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starting on some basic face rigging. I think I'm going to use bones for some major parts and shapekeys for the rest (lips, eyelids the sort)

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