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THE GAME IS OVER! AND IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE POSTGAME PRESENTATION!

(Or something like that)

Can you believe that? I actually did it. After saying it (to myself) time and time again, I actually went against what I said... Well partially against what I said:

I actually did a nude(-ish) render!

FIRST TIME?

Well apparently it's not COMPLETELY nude, but rather something that falls along the lines of "implied nude" or "partial" nude for that matter. I'm not really a proponent of creating nude renders because from what I have seen, (almost) everyone appears to be doing it anyway. And besides that was never something I wanted to do in the first place even when I started rendering. With that said, I'll just make it clear that even though I said these things, I respect people that want to make (or are already making) nude renders the way they want to and have no problem with them at all. Me personally I just prefer with clothes/swimsuits on (including implied nude). Because the way I see it, the clothes not only look good to, but they also help emphasize parts of the body (in other words, they emphasize parts of the body by helping viewers focus on the parts that they don't cover). But lemme move away from that topic now.

The idea came before the creation of Nines (1st render) . Once I thought about what would Helena (with the Venus Nine outfit) look like with the pose... As well as what else I could do with the model. There came the idea. And unlike my other ideas, I was FIRMLY sold on making this one. I didn't have to worry about any of the "decision making" shit that I've been worrying about with some of my renders (well... Maybe except for the exact pose, but just a little), my mind was made up the moment I thought about it.

And to think that the only thing that sold me on the idea was the baseball bat really . And honestly, I don't know about ya'll but I thought it was a good idea.

SWEAT?!

Before we get to that, there is reason for why I decided her to be sweating for this 3rd set and not the first 2. As you can see, the name for the 3rd set is not just the roman numeral for three, it's "Postgame". And if you've played/watched sports, you know well that after playing such a sport that requires a lot of physical activities, you'd be tired and sweating. So that's why it's "Postgame", because the idea is.... you know... it's after the game over... ahh you get it!

Now, about the sweat... For the first time I used particles for sweat on my render! I've seen the tactic before even thinking about doing it, but I just never thought it'd see it attempted on a DOA model; That was until I had a discussion with 3DLoveAndPeace (which I talked about before) about sweat skin setups and there is where I decided to give particles a shot for a future render (the discussion was months ago). And THIS is THAT "future" render.

It's not too obvious, but if you zoom in, there's sweat drops & trails on her body. I made the drops months ago, and the trail was made during the creation of this render. So basically I used 2 particle settings for the drop & the trail. Not too much, otherwise it would look like she just had a shower instead of appearing like sweat . The only frustrating thing I'd say would be when there's a specific part of her body where I'd want the trail(s) to be. And to me, it's vital for it to be there which makes it a little.... frustrating.

ADJUSTMENTS ON THE BOO- BODY

I just wanted to bring this out, but even though it wasn't obvious from the camera angle, I still made adjustments to the booba to appear as if they're being squished by the bat (a little bit). And I'm not gonna lie, it's almost as difficult as when I did the same thing with Nines II lol. I didn't wanna use edit mode for some reason and decided to stay with the adjustments bones so it felt like the things I could work with in this regard was a little limited if ya know what I mean.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Honestly, I'd like to believe that I like this render. I might not have any sort of critiques on this one. I'm not saying it's perfect, it's just that I think I was able to do almost everything of what I wanted to do with this one. But FOR THE ACES variation of postgame however... Now THAT, I feel different about. But we'll get to it when we get there. But that wraps it up for Nines! It may or may not be the last render I make with this model (probable not), but it's definitely it for this part in Aces & Nines. Now all that's left is the postgame segment of Aces! Please look forward to it!

I also didn't make a Christmas render this year because I didn't want to find a scene and go through all the brainstorming that I would have to go through again... I did have an idea, but it wasn't enough time to make it before Christmas. Although the idea suits well for a Valentine's Day render, so I'll consider that. But since I didn't make a Christmas render, hopefully Aces & Nines will make do for that...

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C R E D I T S:

HELENA DOUGLAS FROM TEAM NINJA, KOEI TECMO AND DMM GAMES ORIGINALLY (Except for the programs)

The Goddess that is Helena Douglas (Venus Nine & Nude Body) -

POSE - This artwork by Ama from PiXiv

Render -

BLENDER 3.3 CYCLES (At the time of this render) + Venus Armature addon

WHATEVER I WAS WATCHING/LISTENING TO WHILE I WAS WORKING ON THIS RENDER

AND TO THE GODDESS THAT IS HELENA DOUGLAS!

Description

THE GAME IS OVER! AND IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE POSTGAME PRESENTATION!

(Or something like that)

Can you believe that? I actually did it. After saying it (to myself) time and time again, I actually went against what I said... Well partially against what I said:

I actually did a nude(-ish) render!

FIRST TIME?

Well apparently it's not COMPLETELY nude, but rather something that falls along the lines of "implied nude" or "partial" nude for that matter. I'm not really a proponent of creating nude renders because from what I have seen, (almost) everyone appears to be doing it anyway. And besides that was never something I wanted to do in the first place even when I started rendering. With that said, I'll just make it clear that even though I said these things, I respect people that want to make (or are already making) nude renders the way they want to and have no problem with them at all. Me personally I just prefer with clothes/swimsuits on (including implied nude). Because the way I see it, the clothes not only look good to, but they also help emphasize parts of the body (in other words, they emphasize parts of the body by helping viewers focus on the parts that they don't cover). But lemme move away from that topic now.

The idea came before the creation of Nines (1st render) . Once I thought about what would Helena (with the Venus Nine outfit) look like with the pose... As well as what else I could do with the model. There came the idea. And unlike my other ideas, I was FIRMLY sold on making this one. I didn't have to worry about any of the "decision making" shit that I've been worrying about with some of my renders (well... Maybe except for the exact pose, but just a little), my mind was made up the moment I thought about it.

And to think that the only thing that sold me on the idea was the baseball bat really . And honestly, I don't know about ya'll but I thought it was a good idea.

SWEAT?!

Before we get to that, there is reason for why I decided her to be sweating for this 3rd set and not the first 2. As you can see, the name for the 3rd set is not just the roman numeral for three, it's "Postgame". And if you've played/watched sports, you know well that after playing such a sport that requires a lot of physical activities, you'd be tired and sweating. So that's why it's "Postgame", because the idea is.... you know... it's after the game over... ahh you get it!

Now, about the sweat... For the first time I used particles for sweat on my render! I've seen the tactic before even thinking about doing it, but I just never thought it'd see it attempted on a DOA model; That was until I had a discussion with 3DLoveAndPeace (which I talked about before) about sweat skin setups and there is where I decided to give particles a shot for a future render (the discussion was months ago). And THIS is THAT "future" render.

It's not too obvious, but if you zoom in, there's sweat drops & trails on her body. I made the drops months ago, and the trail was made during the creation of this render. So basically I used 2 particle settings for the drop & the trail. Not too much, otherwise it would look like she just had a shower instead of appearing like sweat . The only frustrating thing I'd say would be when there's a specific part of her body where I'd want the trail(s) to be. And to me, it's vital for it to be there which makes it a little.... frustrating.

ADJUSTMENTS ON THE BOO- BODY

I just wanted to bring this out, but even though it wasn't obvious from the camera angle, I still made adjustments to the booba to appear as if they're being squished by the bat (a little bit). And I'm not gonna lie, it's almost as difficult as when I did the same thing with Nines II lol. I didn't wanna use edit mode for some reason and decided to stay with the adjustments bones so it felt like the things I could work with in this regard was a little limited if ya know what I mean.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Honestly, I'd like to believe that I like this render. I might not have any sort of critiques on this one. I'm not saying it's perfect, it's just that I think I was able to do almost everything of what I wanted to do with this one. But FOR THE ACES variation of postgame however... Now THAT, I feel different about. But we'll get to it when we get there. But that wraps it up for Nines! It may or may not be the last render I make with this model (probable not), but it's definitely it for this part in Aces & Nines. Now all that's left is the postgame segment of Aces! Please look forward to it!

I also didn't make a Christmas render this year because I didn't want to find a scene and go through all the brainstorming that I would have to go through again... I did have an idea, but it wasn't enough time to make it before Christmas. Although the idea suits well for a Valentine's Day render, so I'll consider that. But since I didn't make a Christmas render, hopefully Aces & Nines will make do for that...

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C R E D I T S:

HELENA DOUGLAS FROM TEAM NINJA, KOEI TECMO AND DMM GAMES ORIGINALLY (Except for the programs)

The Goddess that is Helena Douglas (Venus Nine & Nude Body) -

POSE - This artwork by Ama from PiXiv

Render -

BLENDER 3.3 CYCLES (At the time of this render) + Venus Armature addon

WHATEVER I WAS WATCHING/LISTENING TO WHILE I WAS WORKING ON THIS RENDER

AND TO THE GODDESS THAT IS HELENA DOUGLAS!