Suggestions for kitbashing Soul Calibur V4 characters?

joea64_bdfaa5ca94

First of all, yes, I know, I know - V4 is downright venerable. So sue me, I love her.

Anyway, I'm interested in kitbashing several female characters from the video game series "Soul Calibur" (there are a couple of characters based on Ivy and Taki already) using the V4 base and existing character morphs/textures and outfits. Right now, I'm especially interested in doing a character based on Cassandra Alexandra, Sophitia's younger sister (and Pyrrha's aunt). There are quite a lot of images of her on the web, but this will do for an example:

There are some components I can figure out easily enough - the gloves and boots (though I'd like some suggestions for how to reproduce the boot tops), for example, and the ponytail hairstyle can easily be replicated with MayaX's '50's Ponytail at Rendo. Pretty fair lookalikes for Cassandra's sword and shield should also be reasonably easy to find. What I need help with is mainly the best character morph to use and the base outfit (her underpants/panties are no problem; it's the top that's tricky - I'm wondering if one of the tops from a steampunk outfit could be adapted, for instance Infamous/Scandalous: https://www.daz3d.com/infamous-scandalous-bundle-for-v4 ). Any suggestions?

 

 

MimicMolly

What about Phantasie? This V4 outfit looks pretty similar to hers.

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MimicMolly said:

What about Phantasie? This V4 outfit looks pretty similar to hers.

Yes! PERFECT!!!  It's even got a nice bunch of poses! Retexturing to get the accurate colors will be a snap; this outfit even has the ribbons, which I was puzzling out how to adapt from other outfits

Now all I need is a character morph that looks like her, and I'm in business. I'm not sure if the image I posted earlier is official or fanart; here's another one with a close-up of her face that I'm pretty sure comes straight from Namco/Bandai:

Cassandra has a young, slender-curvy-athletic figure with a soft oval face and large green eyes, so the character should have those features. Do you recognize the character used for the Phantasie promos?

P.S. While we're on the subject, what V4 outfits would work best to reproduce the look of Cassandra's big sister Sophitia and her niece Pyrrha?

valzheimer

joea64_bdfaa5ca94 said:

MimicMolly said:

What about Phantasie? This V4 outfit looks pretty similar to hers.

Yes! PERFECT!!!  It's even got a nice bunch of poses! Retexturing to get the accurate colors will be a snap; this outfit even has the ribbons, which I was puzzling out how to adapt from other outfits

Now all I need is a character morph that looks like her, and I'm in business. I'm not sure if the image I posted earlier is official or fanart; here's another one with a close-up of her face that I'm pretty sure comes straight from Namco/Bandai:

Cassandra has a young, slender-curvy-athletic figure with a soft oval face and large green eyes, so the character should have those features. Do you recognize the character used for the Phantasie promos?

P.S. While we're on the subject, what V4 outfits would work best to reproduce the look of Cassandra's big sister Sophitia and her niece Pyrrha?

Aiko 4 comes in mind if you're on Generation 4, maybe even with just the base and dialing some morphs you can come really close to this, and then textures of a pale V4 character on top of it.

joea64_bdfaa5ca94

Yes, that would probably work - I swap around faces, bodies and textures on characters so frequently that I have a hard time remembering the last time I used a "vanilla" character with all the original features :D. I think I have the base A4 character somewhere in my runtime though I've hardly ever used it. As for the V4 texture, something with a soft Nordic look would probably work best...

Greycat

Something like this?

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Greycat said:

Something like this?

I'd reduce the eye size just a tad and maybe make them rounder, and make the skin color a bit fairer/paler, but yes, that's on the right track. What texture did you use?

Greycat

Racy Doll with a rose tint for the difuse color

Greycat

Racy Doll with a light blue for the difuse color

Greycat

No disfuse color - blue lights

it all depends on what you use.

joea64_bdfaa5ca94

Unfortunately I can't seem to find that character/texture in the Daz3D store; perhaps it's available elsewhere? Do you have a link?

Greycat

Sorry the name actually is Raysee not Racy

https://www.daz3d.com/raysee-doll

 

The character I created in 5 minutes of dial turning and I just grabbed the first texture I came upon.

Greycat

I use Genesis because I like versatility of all the morphs I can add in, but I think this work with V4.

 

I start with Aiko4 100%

 

TaperFingers .4

AreolaOut 1

AreolaPerk 1

BreastsCleavage .4

BreastsCleavageWidth .6

BreastsLarge .76

Nipples 1

BodyBuilder .2

Bulk .4

GlutesSize -.5

HipsSize -1

Navel 1

 

The following are Genesis Morphs, but the same couldbe done with scale.

 

Neck Length -.4

Neck Size -.2

Chest Depth -.5

Waist Width -.2

 

The leg length is important became Manga character have legs longer than normal

 

Legs Length 80%

Greycat

Head Morphs

 

Victoria 4 Head 1

Aiko 4 Head -.5

FaceHeart .5

FaceLong .2

FaceRound -.5

FaceSquare -.5

CheeksSink .5

EyesSize -.2

EyesSlant 1.7

NoseBump -1

NoseSize -.5

 

Aiko 3 Morph

 

EyeRound .6

joea64_bdfaa5ca94

Thanks! I'll give it a shot and hopefully have something to post here by this weekend.

joea64_bdfaa5ca94

While I'm fixing to create my Cassandra kitbash, I thought I should also start planning for Sophitia, her big sister, and Pyrrha, her niece:

Sophitia Alexandra

Pyrrha Alexandra

There are some interesting challenges here; Cassandra seems to in fact be the simplest of the three to put together. Because they're all close relations, I think Raysee Doll will work as the texture for these three warrior women, with tweaks to the faces and bodies as appropriate. They all use the same weapons (sword and shield), so recycling those props from Phantasie will pose no problem either. The challenges will come with the outfits.

Sophitia wears a diaphanous, figure-clinging outfit strongly influenced by classical Greek dress, so I think Aphrodite Kallipygos (https://www.daz3d.com/aphrodite-kallipygos) might work for at least part of the outfit. A skirt would be needed, though, and it'd have to be textured to blend more or less seamlessly with the top. I seem to remember that classical Greco-Roman style sandals are available with other outfits here, at Rendo or on ShareCG. Her hairstyle has me stumped at the moment, though; it's not easy to see in this picture but Sophitia has very, very long hair that's gathered up in a loose braid with a feather ornament on the right side (that bit may be easier to reproduce from one of several hair-ornament prop sets).

Pyrrha wears a more modest outfit than her mother or aunt, but still very strongly classical-Greek-influenced. It's long-sleeved with cuffs, and what looks like a brown/tan leather armor bustier worn over the top and a very prominent collar; the skirt appears to be either lace-trimmed or with petticoats underneath, with a Greek motif. She wears short brown/tan leather gloves which can be easily reproduced from any of a good number of clothing sets. She wears short flat-heeled boots over what look like tan leggings that look like Cassandra's boots, with the tops folded down. Her hairstyle is simpler than Sophitia's; any shoulder-length hairdo with bangs should work, and I think the hair ribbon from the Maya3D '50's Ponytail can be repurposed. Not sure about the other ornament, though, but maybe someone has an idea?

Greycat

For hair try this

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/hr-140/107901/

joea64_bdfaa5ca94

Yep, that'll be a good one for Pyrrha. Any ideas for Sophitia? I do recall that Ali/Mankahoo has several styles with long braids or ponytails (HR-141, 135, 127, 126, 113, 107, 098, 091, 090) but none of them is a really good match for Sophitia's hairdo; the closest it gets is HR-090 and that one isn't braided. I'm currently Googling for any long V4 hairdo's that might have loose braids, I might have to settle for one with a long, messy ponytail.

EDIT: Found some images of Sophitia and looked them over - her hair looks to be done in a VERY long ponytail bound together loosely with a ribbon tying near the bottom, as seen below in this character design sketch:

She also has a laurel wreath on her head. There ought to be a prop for that in one of the Daz or Rendo Greco-Roman outfit sets.

Vayne Braid (https://www.daz3d.com/vayne-braid) is the best match I've found so far, but the braid is in the wrong position (top of the head when it should be at the bottom) and is laced too tight by default; I don't know if it can be posed to look looser.

 

EDIT EDIT: I think I hit paydirt! Aphrodite Hair (https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/aphrodite-hair/109837) has exactly the right braid length/style.

I believe I can pair it with Hr-140 by making that other hairstyle shorter to get the bangs, and maybe repurpose the Maya3D ponytail ribbon yet again.

EDIT 3: I found a good pair of shoes for Sophitia in the Greek Dress outfit at Renderosity, https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/greek-conforming/116712 . It's not an exact match but it's close enough for government work. :P ;) This dress has the right skirt, but it's a one-shoulder-strap outfit, not two; I may have to figure out a way to hide the top so that I can use it with Aphrodite Kallipygos.

P.S. (last one, I hope!!) Sophitia needs a belt, bracers and upper armguards too. I think I can get the armguards from http://www.xurge3d.com/inc/sdetail/7831/35150 and the bracers from http://www.xurge3d.com/inc/sdetail/7831/34450, though I will need to retexture them to leather. Not sure about the belt, though.