Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

So my friend and I were discussing the new models earlier and realized that the current images being thrown around the web lately are mostly either a) the horrid default models or b) customized by someone who has likely never seen a naked body.

Not that I mean to insult anyone by that, but really...one only needs to log into something like Second Life to see how many misshapen parodies of human anatomy can be created when you give people fairly large control over their avatar's physical form.

So that said, I decided to hop onto the test server and see the new models for myself. Now just so you guys know, I'm not really a standard Vanguard player. I hop in every now and then to see how its doing and get a few levels here and there, but I'm pretty heavily invested in other games. So don't think that I'm coming here to parade Vanguard's new models or anything, I just want to present that the new models can (and do) in fact look far better (and sexier) in the hands of someone with a little aesthetic prowess.

Keep in mind that everyone's opinion of beauty varies, and you may not necessarily agree with my choices for this thread, but I have tried to create these models following fairly standard High Fantasy artwork, particularly as Keith Parkinson might have envisioned it. Oh, and please excuse the fact that I have no clue how to lose the interface in Vanguard ;)

I would also like to point out that there are still some flaws with these models - particularly the men, there needs to be some way to bring the chest width down a bit more, and while I understand that Vanguard does not have an animator right now, maybe they would want to borrow one from one of SOE's other games just to fix up the man's standing pose, and give it a more relaxed look than having their arms shoved out to the side.

Anyway, here they are, with more to come:

Human (Thestran) Male:

Half Elf Male:

High Elf Female:

Dark Elf Male:

Dark Elf Female:

Well done, they do look much better than what other people have been showing.

I wish I had time to hop on and check them out on the test server today.

WORK WORK WORK.

Very impressive

Good effort :)

Originally posted by Lord_Vayde

I have tried to create these models following fairly standard High Fantasy artwork, particularly as Keith Parkinson might have envisioned it.

Thanks for effort into creating showing some good made models. As for the quote, is there any concept art avaible that he did for Vanguard. For the models I mean.

Wow, this really does make all the difference, new models look wonderful! Bravo man!

Kurashasha Male:

Kurashasha Female:

Thanks for all the feedback so far guys! I'll do my best to get in all the races (and hopefully genders) today, though I'll be switching to more vanity shots rather than the standard face/body thing.

As for Keith Parkinson's art, I'm not sure of any site that still has an archive but I'll look around.

Orc Male:

Orc Female:

Vulmane Male:

Vulmane Female:

Those are significantly better than the ones I remember during my trial. Gonna post some dwarves? :P

Dwarves for the Dwarf-God!

Dwarf Male: