"paul" <paulw at videoideas.com> writes: > I've got so many more assets to build still, that I don't want to > jeopardize my momentum. I too thought Vlad should in some ways > resemble Steven Brust, although the only picture I've seen of the > man is on the Dreamcafe. Also, since this is all low poly, if it > resembles a person at all, I'll be tickled pink. It's one thing to > build a Jhereg that no one has actually seen before, it's another to > build a convincing human. All you really need to do is model the *hat* properly :-). (Sorry about some of the long URLs!) <http://www.jointhesaga.com/otherviews/brust.htm> <http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue224/brust1.jpg> <http://www.plokta.com/plokta/issue8/image11.jpg> <http://www.dd-b.net/perl/picpage.pl/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/2001/01050-Steven's%20Party?id=Ep850-20010105-022> <http://www.dd-b.net/perl/picpage.pl/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/2001/01050-Steven's%20Party?id=Ep850-20010106-070> <http://www.dd-b.net/perl/picpage.pl/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/2001/01050-Steven's%20Party?id=Ep850-20010106-061> <http://www.dd-b.net/perl/picpage/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/2004/04090-Minicon-39/04090-Friday?id=ddb%2020040409%20010-003> <http://walden.mvp.net/~eriko/minicon/brustandben.jpg> <http://www.dd-b.net/perl/picpage.pl/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/2001/01050-Steven's%20Party?id=Ep850-20010105-003> >>and if you do Vlad, make sure he has facial hair. > > Shannon, I'm thinking this will be the 16 year old Vlad, so the facial hair > might not be so evident quite yet. On this topic, I'm about to start > dressing Vlad and wondered if anyone cared to weigh-in on the style of a 16 > year old human who has prepared for a hike through the jungle. I figured > that the dress of these books is based on the 3 musketeers to some degree. > It seems to be a common interest to Brust. Also, at that point in Vlad's > life, he was poor and without his trusty rapier yet. I thought something > with a little gypsy-ish fashion might add an interesting look to him. If you > find any picture or photo references to clothes that might be used as > reference, please send them my way. Thanx again everyone! Oh, well, you'd better refer to these, too, then: <http://www.dd-b.net/perl/picpage.pl/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/1969-70?id=ddb-35-24a> <http://www.dd-b.net/perl/picpage.pl/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/1969-70?id=ddb-35-25a> -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
