One of my projects was my Renamon model, which went through at least 15 revisions, from the basic model to the “porcelain doll” animation to two models for Vrchat and animation. I felt quite down because it did had no success, even by uploading her model for free so I kinda abandoned her.
Sure, at first I blamed the algorithm, but eventually I just declared it a fail.
Although I haven’t wrote anything about it I have been working on Prototype 09 and Prototype 10, also I have plans for Prototype 11 and a rehaul of Prototype 01 (Mirra Kerzdath).
However I learnt to use new tools and took a new look on my Renamon model. I realized what was wrong about her… It sucks! Well, this is a mistake I didn’t realized back then, but the original Renamon is a 2D character, which doesn’t translates well to a 3D environment. I tried to stick to her anime model as much as I could, but it just… doesn’t works, unless you are sure to replicate the 2D environment. Also I keep working on the original model, adding more stuff but the original mistakes keep moving on. And the original model actually sucks and I didn’t realized about it until recently.
So, I decided to make a major overhaul, all the way back to the base model, that meant delete all her 30 or so blendshapes, all the rigging, heck, even all the vertex groups, remake her whole body to something more pleasant to the eye.
And here it is, my new Renamon model. Her technical name it’s “Prototype 07 Ausf F Mark III”
In this comparison you can see how she has now a proper base “face”, unlike the previous one (Ausf E Mark II).
Now, I don’t know if I should erase the model I released for free (Prototype 07 Ausf D Mark IX) since I consider it a fail.