[WIP] 2026 Reallusion 3D Character Contest - In Development

Artwork Works in Progress
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Hi guys!

a bit late to the party but going to see if i am able to submit something for this competition this year, will be posting some WIPs!

Good luck everyone!

EDIT: this was a thread i initially began on the Reallusion forums, i will paste the first couple of posts from there before continuing with some of the new content. thanks!

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some quick progress shots so far - typical military character, hopefully he will be fighting something later:

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the uniform and gear are NOT by me, i only converted them into CC clothing items.

credit for the military uniform and gear: https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/character/man/aaa-modular-soldier-pack

more to come!

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i styled some hair for our character using Hair Tool for Blender:

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here is what it looks like in character creator:

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i was quite surprised with how easy it was to set up the hair cards with Hair Tool!

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got working on setting up the SMG the character will be using, model and materials by me:

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looks like this in CC:

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tweaked the materials on the uniform and gear, loaded in the diffuse maps and now he looks like this:

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almost ready to pop him into iClone!

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i also got the antagonist the character will be fighting ready, model and materials by me:

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got it into CC and rigged with ACCURig, was quite straightforward!

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almost time to put them into iClone!

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setting up the scene and testing rendering with RTX render for iClone:

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looks pretty good!

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getting some more shots done:

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here are some rendered shots in the animation:

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hitting the home stretch now!

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Ive finished up and made my submission:

Main Animation:

https://youtu.be/7NAdALJ2GVU?si=B9zzeVWZv9CeJ3-8

Character Turntable:

https://youtu.be/d8zqNifMhFk?si=A4ZraqbDZzopCnru

I had a lot of fun doing this, hope you all enjoy the final result!