Metal Gear - Eva is coming along well. Some of the lighting is giving me issue, but the position, which I thought was going to be a disaster, turned out great.

    So, this machine is on a swivel with tracking software or some such. It keeps itself nice and aligned with her, so wiggling around won't help.

    Not sure on what gag to use. At the moment she has a bit gag, but I'm thinking a tape might work well. Once I start on her expressions I'll sort it.

    As you can see, I've set up a camera screen next to her head to show what else is going on at the moment, for the reactions. I'm probably going to do several camera motions and styles, so multiple renders for this one. A pan camera or two, a stationary facing her with the side screen showing the rest, a camera that jumps from point to point with the music, etc. One of them will be free released, the others for Tier 2+.

    Still no name for it. I don't know the Metal Gear universe well enough to really get a feel for one. Might just do a generic name, like Ivy had. "Black Menagerie - Metal Gear - Eva". That'd be enough, really.

    I'm enjoying working on this project.

    Well, it took a few days to just sort what to do with Eva. I was looking for an interesting position; preferably one I'd not used yet. I found one I like. A lot actually. I thought about not showing her in the machine to save it for a later preview, but decided to show it anyways.
    Keep in mind this is a very rough put together. Early creation and all that. It's coming along nice though I think. You all like it?
    The lighting might end up a bit odd for this. Her eyes like to glow when the lighting is on them a certain way. Oddity with the model's material files, but something I can work around, or maybe even edit/fix myself later. As you can see in one of the pics, they look fine there.

    So I've been trying, and not being very successful, at making longer, more involved animations. I'm going to go back to Poison Ivy and Samara/Morinth styles. In other words, shorter (1-2 songs) with a slight buildup/intro. I've been finding it hard to get rock/metal music I like and can freely use, or music I think it thematically correct for the animation (I.E. music that sounds like Mortal Kombat style for a Sonja Blade animation, etc.) so a lot will be club/rave instead. Black Menagerie is a club, after all, so it fits. Mass Effect and Cyberpunk animations galore!
    I am tempted, to be honest.
    Lastly, I understand that despite my own thinking that the red lighting on Christmas 2026 was the more interesting part, most people seem to dislike it greatly. I'll stick to lighting more akin to Pound-Her.