Rumi Usagiyama (Mirko) (Patreon)

Here's Mirko for her upcoming short. this is the 30 something year old version of her. the short takes place somewhere in-between the time skip. (UNRELATED: IMPORTANT INFO IN THE P.S. Section)

She is by far the hardest character I've ever made and took a lot of time to get right. But overall was a lot of fun to make and probably my best model. Interestingly enough, The most difficult part of the design was the face and not the Cybernetics (even though those are a close second).

I needed her to first and fore-most be cute but intimidating with the cuteness of the face depending on the angle it's viewed at, this took quite sometime to get right and even up to a day ago I've adjusted the face with this in mind. took a lot of trial and error. I needed intimidation from the front but a docile look from the side.

Second, she needed to actually look Japanese 'ish' (like a cross between the anime appearance and Japanese) and kind of like a Rabbit, ultimately not that bad once I practiced sculpting epicanthal folds a bit and experimenting with facial dimensions.

The Last big hurdle came in the painting where i wanted the skin to look rugged but cared for, went for a worn but 'still adhering to a skin routine' kind of look. Thank you to the guys on the discord especially Shine for catching the skin contrast issue.

Just wanted the cybernetics to feel like an old Japanese motorcycle, was more tedious than anything but fun to make and rig though.

Her rig is also quite good as well. Anyways booty.

Would usually do a turnaround but I don't trust my pc for long renders anymore after rendering the Ahsoka Preview (been acting up). so I'll wait until after Ahsoka is out at the very least before doing long renders locally again. (Don't worry I back-up my files pretty regularly, if anything happens, I should have most if not all of the files relevant to this short and the side sets)

Anyhow thanks and i hope you like the design. Took a couple go's but ultimately I'm pretty pleased with the result. But you be the judge.

P.S. :

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