Beauty is in the eye...

So it's been a while since my last blog post, go ahead and blame Dragon Age I sure do. :P In fact I've been loving the game so much I've dabbled with the tool set a bit and created my first mod, perhaps my only mod. I am no stranger to modding, I have used the Elderscrolls tool set and Fallout 3 known as the Eden Creation Kit for my own personal modifications. But I don't usually release these because I can't be bothered with fixing things for people, make adjustments and put up with suggestions.

However this time I decided to release it because many people a week or two ago expressed that they liked what I had done when I posted a screenshot to thank Malcroix a community member who had figured out how to give NPC companions new heads. So basically the mod is a better version of the Dragon Age poster girl Morrigan and the cute red headed bard Leliana.

Now not everyone likes the changes, and you know what? I don't care. There is one very simple thing to understand about modders especially aesthetic modders, we do things primarily for ourselves, of course not everyone shares the same tastes and we know this the reason we publish our mods isn't to disgust 40% of people it's to please the rest who may appreciate it. That said I've had enough downloads to know there's a few out there who like my work ;)

I've got another version coming out and there's one other Morrigan who's too lovely to not mention by Drakonnen, if you're interesting in mine and many other fine mods head over here to New Morrigan and Leliana Faces and Dragon Age Nexus.

So yeah I am obsessively reworking faces, I even redid Zevran's face the elven spanish assassin but I am uncertain if I will release that one, I've done like 10 different version of my own personal face and even made it as a preset... Which is darned handy if you ask me as it cuts down on time spend remaking that perfect face for another origin or class. As always it seems I have more fun creating characters then I have actually playing games, maybe I should try to learn DAZ again..

One thing is for sure when you publish your work for others to use you gain perspective on how much joy and pain artists and developers go through when they release games... lol