Here's the current progress on Jessie Topless V3! I spent some time trying to improve her anatomy and textures since V2 started to feel like it was lacking some detail and some accuracy. I will also include a smaller breast size as well since that seems like it is the most common feedback for my Jessie mod so far. I still nee...
2023-06-11 07:43:25 +0000 UTC View PostI have paused the billing cycle for May!
I'm never quite satisfied with the quality of my anatomy, so I've been taking additional time to study more anatomy and develop better techniques, but it's difficult to post updates about things like that so I have decided to pause the billing for now.
For example, in my Je...
2023-05-15 02:52:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Tifa model update, I'm still tweaking her proportions and figuring out how I want to stylize her anatomy, but I'm interested in hearing your guys' thoughts as well!
I wrote a longer update also on the public post found here: 2023-04-29 19:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been working on getting Tifa's rig setup for animations. There is still some work to do to on getting the weight-painting and deformations just right, but it's coming together well. I'm still working on tweaking the model also so the proportions also aren't completely final, but I'm interested if you guys have any critiq...
2023-04-29 19:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Download:https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7remake/mods/1334
Cloud was a lot more challenging than I thought he would be, but in different ways than Tifa was. However, I think the texture pack ...
2023-04-22 18:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I discovered a texture bug with Cloud's eyelashes actually while capturing screenshots and footage which took a bit to resolve, but it's now been corrected and the video is coming along smoothly. Here's are two noteworthy comparisons in the video I find interesting currently.
2023-04-21 00:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just completed bug testing and I'm now beginning to capture photos and video to showcase the mod. Since Cloud's color fluctuates a bit even in Remake, I decided to give Cloud Hyper HD 3 color options, just affecting his shirt, pants, and boots.
I'm curious if the high-res version of Cloud in the menu wil...
2023-04-18 14:55:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Good progress on the stitches and fabrics so far. It's a subtle change but I'm trying to align him more with his high-res renders, like in the game's pause menu. His shoulder pad and general color scheme are pretty dissimilar from his game model. But I'd also like to find somewhat of a middle-ground between the two.
Current progress on Cloud's metal wrist things as a result of the high-poly mesh baking. Matching the amount of metal wear is actually pretty fun, and the added contrast between the screw metal and the band metal I think helps give it some pop. Additionally, the exported in-game textures should look slightly better than this ...
2023-04-14 01:25:44 +0000 UTC View Post
More progress on Cloud's high poly mesh recreations. I believe I won't need to do this for 100% of Cloud's meshes, but only just the metal and hard surfaces that could really benefit from the additional data these provide. The rest of the organic surfaces, like the leather, I think will mostly benefit from just hand painting....
2023-04-12 23:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Cloud might be a little more difficult than I thought. In order to give him the highest quality textures possible (without having Square's original high res files), I'll have to make my own high-res meshes to bake new normals and curvature maps from to be used for texturing. The hard-surfaces he has will require the most work...
2023-04-12 00:42:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Mod download: https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7remake/mods/661
7.1.0 Change Log:
-Added 9 additional shaved options for a total of 18 options. 7.1.0.S can be found in the Optional Files categor...
Download: https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7remake/mods/1329
I also cut together this short trailer demonstrating the mod as well as the added jiggle physics, let me know what you guys think! I think the jiggl...
2023-04-04 12:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Everything is looking good in-engine! It will take me a while to capture and edit the necessary footage and screenshots, but the mod is complete and I'm pretty pleased how it turned out. There is also jiggle physics as well and it works much better than Tifa's actually. Since for Shiva, she already has physics objects on her ...
2023-04-04 00:37:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I redid the sculpting on her abs and slimmed down her legs a bit from previously. Since this animation will be aiming for a more cartoony style instead of realism, I'm also trying to exaggerate her design and FX in a few ways. Although, I also made her height and general leg to torso ratio align with Tifa's official Remake mo...
2023-04-03 07:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I've also still been working on my Tifa model for animation. I'm still tweaking some of her proportions but I think each iteration is looking slightly better than the previous one. In my head I'm aiming for a hybrid style between something like Pixar and Studio Trigger somehow. I'm not sure if I'll be able to achieve it but I...
2023-04-03 07:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Shiva has a lot of interesting and unique patterns on her skin which would be difficult to recreate from scratch, so keeping as much of her original mesh I felt was important, but also makes this a bit tricky. I similarly kept as much of Tifa's original mesh as possible, but Tifa has fewer gaps in her mesh to fill and much cl...
2023-04-03 06:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I had assumed there was a nude Shiva mod already, but I couldn't find one so I think it will be an interesting one to do next. Her mesh is a bit tricky though, so I think it may take longer than mesh mods usually take since there's a lot of her mesh missing to make it easier for them to animate her fabrics.
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2023-03-30 21:44:25 +0000 UTC View PostDownload:https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7remake/mods/1321
1.0.0 Initial Release:
- Remasters Tifa's standard outfit textures in 8K
- Fixes a small issue with Tifa...
The clothing is now all complete! The next difficult part will be upgrading the skin while keeping the original value and saturation intact. I've experimented with a few methods of creating higher fidelity skin textures but I wasn't satisfied with the methods I tried so far, but I'll keep experimenting. I may release the mod ...
2023-03-25 03:46:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Tifa has a lot more intricate detail than I realized. Looking at Cloud's textures more closely briefly, he is very simple in comparison and would likely already be complete if he had a similar Hyper HD texture pack.
There is a lot more work to get it to the quality that I am looking for, but progress on...
2023-03-23 05:04:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The current progress on Tifa's arm guards with the Hyper HD mod. It's possible to see what the etchings should actually read by viewing her official high res renders, and they do match up with the shape of the blurry letterings in the game textures. So I used them as a reference when recreating the detail.
Ho...
2023-03-22 04:23:27 +0000 UTC View Post
WIP of a texture pack mod I've had in mind that manually goes through all of Tifa's textures and remakes them with higher fidelity. I'm not quite sure how long it will take since the shirt is maybe the easier part.
I'm thinking I'll make 2 versions, one that only replaces textures, and one that also modifies ...
2023-03-20 04:17:29 +0000 UTC View PostDownload: https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7remake/mods/661
7.0.0 Change Log:
-Add 9 variations to choose from
-Created new 8K textures
-Improved nail mesh and textures
-Improved ha...
Here is a preview of the 9 options that this mod will be comprised of 3 clothing options and 3 breast size options. It took longer than I thought to export out all the variations, and longer also to capture the differences in a clear and consistent way.
I decided to bundle this as an update to the Tifa Nude Natural mod,...
2023-03-17 00:07:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The mod is now close to complete. Now I'm mostly just bug testing for proper weight-painting and collecting demo materials like images and video.
There will be 4 options for with/without pubic hair and with/without boots and gloves. I think I was also able to improve the texture on the nipples by a large degr...
2023-03-14 01:35:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Update on the current mod progress. It's partially working in game but out of frame there is still quite a bit of work to do. But so far it is progressing smoothly, and the high-res Tifa sculpt will be useful in updating my other Tifa mods as well.
2023-03-12 09:23:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I realized a better way to preserve the original Tifa's model and textures and reverse the normal textures into a heightmap. From this I'll be able better conform the subdivided mesh to what the textures are trying to convey (like her muscles and bellybutton), and also bake 8K normal maps from for higher detail. Also from thi...
2023-03-09 13:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Spent a while getting the entire body to be all quads, but I think it will make the animating process much smoother.
2023-03-05 11:36:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I think the body is mostly close to finish, I'm starting to focus more on the detail in the clothing now. I might start rigging before the rest is finished just to start on some test animations.
2023-03-05 11:33:53 +0000 UTC View Post
