Old West

I was feeling a little nostalgic about the American Old West (19th Century Western United States). A woman, who wears “iron” (gun) on her left hip, walks into a saloon, scarred and dirty. She is as beautiful as she is ruthless…a necessity to survive the unforgiving nature of the American West. With a hot orange desert sun in the background.

Edit: Unfortunately I didn't catch the mistake in the belt buckle before I rendered it.

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Started with a Genesis 9 Female...

Added a saloon environment and desert background.

Added the completed model, after I morphed the body, gave her color and texture, changed her position, facial expression, and some added clothes.

Added a corset, gun belt, holster, and gun…jacket and bandana.

First test render.

Change the background to more of an orange color, and added dirt to her face, plus a scar on her cheek.

Final render, added a scar to her forehead.

Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 9 Female Template
Curly Top Updo Hair
CBWILA Clothes
Dusty holsters and peacemaker
Daz3D Lighting
HDRI and Western Saloon Set Environment

In Summary:

• I start out with a model template and morph the body physically.
• I put the body into a position, change facial expressions, add makeup, dress the model, add skin texture, props, etc…
• I either can embed the character into the background or wrap the environment around the character, then add lighting and camera settings, like depth of field.
• Rendering time was about 3 hours.
• Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere and lighting, etc…)

Stay frosty people.