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MiBound's Secret Lab; 13 New Animals Released!
Topic Started: Jun 10 2013, 02:53 AM (324,890 Views)
Panthera leo
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Asiatic lions king's of india...

in my opinion is the amur leopard the cooles species of leopard so may this species
but jour chooce of animal
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Rudyn
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What about
Arabian leopard/the small but powerful pepper XD/
Barbary leopard/one of the three a big Atlas Mountains mammal predator and the only one which may still live in wild/
Anatolian leopard/which was rediscovered or wiped out again in 2013/
Javan leopard/The largesrt javan predator today/

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Keep in mind that there needs to be good, high res, large size photo references for the skins to look realistic. I'm going to do a few leopards, but I doubt the more obscure varieties will have enough presence on the web to be practical.

As far as the Amur goes, I still really like Slice's imported Amur Leopard, so I'm not in any rush to make a new one atm.
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Burroughs
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I can help looking for photos if you want, I found some nice ones of some North Chinese leopards the other day... ;)
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Oh, hello there.

:3

I'm taking my time with this one, as I want it to be as good as I can manage. I sent the model Zeros generously let me use to someone I knew could UV map, rig, and nifcode it for me, and he/she/they asked if I wanted to see an older generic big cat model he/she/they had stashed. Seeing as it would be easier for this person to UV map, rig, and nifcode their own model, I decided to use this one instead. Right now, the model is more suited to a tiger, but he/she/they is working to re-model it to fit the leopard species I'll be working on :) I've been asked not to reveal this person's identity for now, but if any staff members are concerned about this model being used without revealing who made it (i.e. thinking I stole it from a website), please PM me and I will let you know where it came from and why (as far as I understand) the person who made it does not want their name on the project. This model is NOT public domain, so when the leopard is released, please respect this person's wishes and do not make any new projects from it. He/She/They is/are doing me a huge favor by letting me use it and I don't want to move them further away from the community than they already are.

Also, any guesses or speculation as to who it is will be ignored.
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Zoker.
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I'm killing the curiosity to know who is lol.
Very good start friend, the face is perfect
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Posted Image Dacentru
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Gorgeous work on the face. :)
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Terrena Laxamentum
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There is always something going on...

Nice work on the skin!
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arafan
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Awesome face!
Really kind of this person let you use the model. :)
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Starting to clean up some seams... The top of the head is giving me some trouble; right now it just looks like smudges of black where the spots should be... gonna have to fuss with it more in a few days.

Anyway, wanted to post these as I go, so people can see that skins aren't anything super complicated, just a progression of placing things where they need to go on the UV map and then adjusting, adjusting, adjusting, until everything matches up. The tricky bit is finding really good reference photos, though I've been *told* there's a way to even pattern leopards by hand, which is a skill I would like to learn in the not-so-distant future.

This guy will have some fur alphas as well as whisker alphas. The canines will be meshed, as is the tongue, and a few other details that I put my foot down over (and some people may not like, but oh well, it's my project, so nyah! :P)
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Ignacio
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The skin is looking wonderful MiBound. Great job!
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Zoohuahua
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Really impressive skin here. For some reason, the head reminds me of a tiger. xD
Edited by Zoohuahua, Nov 11 2014, 10:17 AM.
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stygimoloch
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oh my goodness! Such gorgeous work from you!
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The model was originally intended for a tiger, I think, so you're not wrong :) it's being modified to look like leopard, don't worry!
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kbcoon
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what a gorgeous leopard cannot wait to see the finished project great work :)
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