Runólfur - Full Body Fur Test (Patreon)

So now that I'm relatively satisfied with the lizard character I just made I decided to go back and start finishing up some details on the wolf boy. His hair was still bugging me so I started tweaking it, but no matter what I do I just can't seem to get a satisfying blend between real fur and fake textured 2D fur, so finally after ages of fussing around I gave up in frustration and decided to try full body real fur. 

The reason I didn't initially do this is because messing around super early in my 3D learning showed my computer just couldn't handle that many hairs, and I also usually find that fully furred 3D models usually look kinda terrifying. But after tons of fighting and screwing around I found some settings that ease the load a bit, and I think I'm on to something that doesn't look too bad. This is sort of a quick test, there's rough patches and some of the blending between areas of fur isn't quite right, but I don't look at him and immediately recoil in disgust the way I've done from other furred 3D models, heh. 

The reason we're not actually seeing his whole body is because I've just about hit the limits of my RAM. If I want to take this route in making models, and especially if I want to put multiple characters together, I'ma need some more ram. Fortunately that's a relatively inexpensive upgrade so I think that's worth giving a go. 

In the mean time, figured you guys might be curious to take a peek at what I've been working on the last little bit. What do you think of this fully fluffy version?