# Sub-Zero portrait **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** modeling, sculpting, characters, texturing\ **Created:** [May 13, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620 "2022-05-13T09:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/topotko_art/32/927098_2.png) [@topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/u/topotko_art)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/1 "2022-05-13T09:25:15Z")
A Sub-Zero portrait inspired by the old school design of the early video games. Rendered in Cycles. Among the modelling tools within blender used are by-gen and fluent, which don’t do anything you couldn’t achieve in base blender but really let you toy around with concepts faster so they are great for conceptualizing. Instagram: [@ozren\_cg](https://www.instagram.com/ozren_cg/) ![subzfaca copy](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/7/d/a/7dad1a723cb1055f3bad9af85053cf1962896cf1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/topotko_art/32/927098_2.png) [@topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/u/topotko_art)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/2 "2022-05-13T12:28:00Z")
Always up for suggestions and comments 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Estajxo](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@Estajxo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Estajxo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/3 "2022-05-19T08:25:32Z")
Looks really well done and interesting, different from I imagined it with this self-crocheted look. I remember myself as a kid wondering what the purpose of this mask was, especially with this strange breathing grid. Is if for concealment of the face? Face protection like a helmet, but only for the mouth? Simply intimidation? Does he (along with the other “Ninjas”) have some respiration problem and needs this mask? What did you have in mind with it? ---
**Author:** ![topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/topotko_art/32/927098_2.png) [@topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/u/topotko_art)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/4 "2022-05-19T12:21:46Z")
Well, that exactly is the thing. I always saw the masks as a no purpose thing that for me as a kid, just added to the coolness factor. But that worked in the old pixelated videogames so when I tried to do a realistic reimagining I kinda went with this pattern because I wanted it to look homemade. If this person had the skills of an average cosplayer, this is what I imagined he could make for himself. And I really wanted this to be a portrait so it can’t be seen, but the blue straps that all the ninjas in MK have connected to the belt, they are also modeled in a similar fashion - the material looks very close to the meshy synthetic material that most backpacks have. ---
**Author:** ![joseph](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/joseph/32/1433056_2.png) [@joseph](https://blenderartists.org/u/joseph)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/5 "2022-05-19T13:10:23Z")
One answer with some credibility is that he hates seeing his own face because of guilt: > **[The Real Reason Sub Zero Wears A Mask In Mortal Kombat - Looper](https://www.looper.com/409938/the-real-reason-sub-zero-wears-a-mask-in-mortal-kombat/)** > > What's the deal with the mask Sub-Zero wears in "Mortal Kombat"? His actor, Joe Taslim, has a theory. ---
**Author:** ![Charles\_Weaver](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/charles_weaver/32/1070800_2.png) [@Charles\_Weaver](https://blenderartists.org/u/Charles_Weaver)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/6 "2022-05-19T13:37:42Z")
I would tell you to “FINISH HIM!”, but he’s not a WIP. It’s too bad too, I know a nasty fatality move to use on him… ---
**Author:** ![Estajxo](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@Estajxo](https://blenderartists.org/u/Estajxo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/7 "2022-05-19T13:56:36Z")
Interesting idea, though he does not seem all too guilt-ridden in the trailer mentioned there, quite the opposite. But that might have changed after the trailer… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/topotko_art/32/927098_2.png) [@topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/u/topotko_art)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/8 "2022-05-19T14:47:41Z")
I like that idea tbh, gives a lot of depth to play with out of something that is essentially a ‘‘people beat each other’’ story. Also did go for a more sombre expression so the backstory fits the render. ---
**Author:** ![topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/topotko_art/32/927098_2.png) [@topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/u/topotko_art)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/9 "2022-05-19T14:49:35Z")
Damn, we missed an opportunity for a great pun 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/10 "2022-05-20T07:43:51Z")
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**Author:** ![topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/topotko_art/32/927098_2.png) [@topotko\_art](https://blenderartists.org/u/topotko_art)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/sub-zero-portrait/1379620/11 "2022-05-21T13:14:46Z")
Oh, thank you so much 🙂