Damaged Ears

MoonCraft3D

Rips, tears, holes, and cut off sections [in ears] would be really cool to have as options for normal human ears, and fantasy ears. 

Would someone please make battle damage options for ears?

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dawnblade

@Sickleyield just fired up her computer!...She makes the coolest stuff, so I wouldn't be suprised if she does it! 

SickleYield

I would if I could!  The orc and vampire ears in Fantastical Features are pretty detailed at the edges, but you have to have the subD at 2 or 3 to see it.  The trouble is that the ears don't have that much geometry.  The only way to make realistic cauliflowered or ragged ears is with very high HD, and surely nobody wants to make their scene render a tenth as fast for higher detail in just the ear region?  A geograft wouldn't be much better because its edges have to be the same poly count as the geometry around it.

MoonCraft3D

SickleYield said:

I would if I could!  The orc and vampire ears in Fantastical Features are pretty detailed at the edges, but you have to have the subD at 2 or 3 to see it.  The trouble is that the ears don't have that much geometry.  The only way to make realistic cauliflowered or ragged ears is with very high HD, and surely nobody wants to make their scene render a tenth as fast for higher detail in just the ear region?  A geograft wouldn't be much better because its edges have to be the same poly count as the geometry around it.

What about making them add on ears? Like a 3d item that goes atop an existing ear on the models?

SickleYield

MoonCraft3D said:

SickleYield said:

I would if I could!  The orc and vampire ears in Fantastical Features are pretty detailed at the edges, but you have to have the subD at 2 or 3 to see it.  The trouble is that the ears don't have that much geometry.  The only way to make realistic cauliflowered or ragged ears is with very high HD, and surely nobody wants to make their scene render a tenth as fast for higher detail in just the ear region?  A geograft wouldn't be much better because its edges have to be the same poly count as the geometry around it.

What about making them add on ears? Like a 3d item that goes atop an existing ear on the models?

But then how would they blend?  If you have an item that is transmapped, it can't then have SSS, which skin shaders have to have.  So you can't have flesh blending items that have transmaps (unless you're blending a mertail or spider body where you can get away with no SSS because of the material type).  That's why I went to geograft first.