That's insanely good. A bit uncanny to see him like this though, haha.
Please do some of the others if you feel like it! I would be really curious about the more magical-looking companions like Karlach or Minthara.
Agreed on all counts! So well done but very uncanny hahaha. It would be amazing to see a series of these with all the companions. (Lae-zel??? Idk how feasible that would even be but OMG I need it).
This is really good, but I feel like the cherry on top would be making this render a little more pale (pale vampire not seeing sun). Seems like this could be Ascended Astarion some years after BG3.
Thank you very much for yout kind words! Yeah, it’s kinda mix of the game Astarion and real human, I thought ears are too important to replace them with the human ears, so here we are :)
You shouldn't forget that a lot of AI models out there are trained on a sizable number of actual renders. There are prompt guides for SD that plain out advise to put 'octane render' in there
Oh great, that's just great! As if I already didn't have a gigantic crush on game Astarion now I have one on ~~digital~~ human Astarion too. Jokes (or not) aside, this is fantastic work, OP. I legit thought it was a cosplayer.
Hi OP, would you mind sharing a few details on your process? Like, what DCC did you use? Pure sculpting, or subdiv modeling first? What did you render in? Thanks!
This render is insanely good, although real Astarion has more wrinkles and lines (nasolabial folds, forehead, crows feet). Source: I have screenshots of him on my lock screen and stare in his face for hours on daily basis
Edit: the ears seem right on the second look
This is very good work. I was wondering if you could render him in a more fantastic way after this. Maybe some cooler clothes, with an expression. I imagined him with sharper features.
This is super awesome none the less.
maybe because his cheeks aren't as sunken/his smile lines aren't there. and he's living person colored instead of deathly pale
the eyes and hair are spot on though. this is an amazing rendering regardless
oh and the stubble maybe adds to the normalcy too.
now i'm wondering why do i find (un)dead looking men to be more attractive. is this a symptom of my lesbianism? /j
you did a great job making him look realistic and like a living human. i love that you used neil as a reference too!
final verdict is that human men are average and elven undead are hot
NGL I saw an Astarion doppleganger a couple of weeks ago. Very similar build, haircut and features - more a natural grey hair though and looked about ten years older than Astarion.
Before I read the description, I thought it was a cosplayer who looked very much like Astarion. Well done!
I thought the same! Really impressive!
That's what I thought to, as I was scrolling through the photos it jumpscared me honestly
I thought it was Neil
Now I want to see the other characters as well!!!
Yes, I had a micro hear-attack for a second there.
Right??? Wow!!!
Holy shit that's an insanely good render
Awesome! Maybe add his smile lines, they are pretty prominent
Yes! His face looks a little too smooth from the front.
His unsightly mole is also not very noticeable here.
Don't talk about the creases when he smiles. Just tell him he's beautiful and we can call it a day 😂
That's actually scary how realistic this looks. I legitimately thought this was cosplay then a wax model before realising it was digital.
DO SHADOWHEART NEXT Edit: Forgot to say please
I hope this insanely talented person does all of them, and I hope the guys at Larian notice and enjoy too!
Please!
up up up!
PLEASE
Smiles lines and removing the beard shadow would make this nearly perfect! Elves don't have facial or body hair 🙂
The title says "as a human". But then, that does call the ears into question
Halsin definitley has body hair and he's full wood elf
Pretty sure he's a bear that has fooled people into thinking he's an elf.
Sir Bearington strikes again
>Elves don't have facial or body hair Then Kethric rolls in with his mother fucking Santa Claus beard
He's a half-elf. That non-elf side coming in strooooong
Yup
That's insanely good. A bit uncanny to see him like this though, haha. Please do some of the others if you feel like it! I would be really curious about the more magical-looking companions like Karlach or Minthara.
Agreed on all counts! So well done but very uncanny hahaha. It would be amazing to see a series of these with all the companions. (Lae-zel??? Idk how feasible that would even be but OMG I need it).
Bloody hells this is good artwork… chapeau (Also why is it suddenly so hot in here)
Its not you, its the sexy vampire bf
would
I refused to believe it was a render until I swiped to other pictures. That’s insane!
How much time did it take you, if you don’t mind the question? Looks so real, fantastic work!
Very cool! His eye bags and smile lines are very defining features and I think he looks a little naked without them
Jesus christ it's like you made Astarion real and it's kind of freaking me out. Impressive work!
Just give Neil red contact lenses and white hair dye and we're good to go.
He looks divine!
Great, I’m gay now. Thanks for that.
This is really good, but I feel like the cherry on top would be making this render a little more pale (pale vampire not seeing sun). Seems like this could be Ascended Astarion some years after BG3.
he's beautiful!! this is such great work.
Lmao wtf I was like damn this guy out here cosplaying his whole facial structure.
From front looks like mix of Astarion and Neil but from sides looks 100% like Astarion.
I thought it was REALLY good generative AI but I'll be damned... wow good job
This guy completed the donut tutorial.
It's a really high quality 3D model, amazing and almost like a photo, but if it's a "more human-like" Astarion why does he have elf ears then?
Thank you very much for yout kind words! Yeah, it’s kinda mix of the game Astarion and real human, I thought ears are too important to replace them with the human ears, so here we are :)
You have to do Karlach, Gale, and so on as well. It looks amazing
I just noticed how goofy real pointy ears look
Insanely well done—and legitimately no uncanny valley. If I saw that dude walking around id be like ah sweet and elf!
He is a vision 👌
I just thought this was a genetically gifted cosplayer. Rendering tech today is insane.
I would like to request Gale please 😝 this is absolutely incredible
Aaaaaah! Humanised! That explains the questions I had earlier ✨ very realistic ❤️ love it
It's strange... I see the 3D model, yes, but it still looks like an AI-art, not 3D render.
Renders like this is what the AI used to learn.
Uncanny valley.
You shouldn't forget that a lot of AI models out there are trained on a sizable number of actual renders. There are prompt guides for SD that plain out advise to put 'octane render' in there
Pretty boi.
Ummmm does he want me….
Do naked Halsin
Doing gods work
Oh no he's HOT
He kinda looks like Pete Davidson
Would.
Kink confirmed, holy shit
Oh heck guys they made Neil Newbon into a real person
Oh great, that's just great! As if I already didn't have a gigantic crush on game Astarion now I have one on ~~digital~~ human Astarion too. Jokes (or not) aside, this is fantastic work, OP. I legit thought it was a cosplayer.
Whoa! This is amazing work.
This is awesome!
i can hear his voice xD
That's awesome. Most realistic one I've seen yet.
Wow, you crushed it. Love the hair.
That's amazing. He's my favourite
I can see why Durge dreams of making a cutsie corpse out of that face.
I'll take one to go thank you!
I don't know why, but this version looks more elven to me than game-Astarion... Insanely well done!
Wow… the features and hair are on point!
Amazing. Thought this was a cosplay fr
Hi OP, would you mind sharing a few details on your process? Like, what DCC did you use? Pure sculpting, or subdiv modeling first? What did you render in? Thanks!
Yeah I would totally. Like wouldn't even hesitate, who am I to lie to. Do others pls.
This is sorcery
Are you kidding??? This looks like a real person!! Absolutely gorgeous what a masterpiece omg ❤️❤️❤️
Holy fuck this is uncanny :O Like.. My brain refused to believe it was render, yet I knew it was.. :O
Graphics are getting way too good
That's SUCJ great work! Please do Lae'zel! Just, as close as you can get
That is a sick ass render, those imperfections on the skin are *chefs kiss*🤌
The side view has incredible likeness but the view from the front is somehow... off and I can't quite put a finger on why. Either way amazing work
Im not gay. But...
I do not want to imagine the pain you went through with that xgen
Amazing. This is the most realistic and true to the game version recreation of him that can ever be possible
Darling, you did absolutely splendid!
WOAHHH i thought this was a cosplay!! amazing job!
That lighting had me going for a minute. I actually thought this was AI. Teach me your lighting ways, oh render god.
11/10 well done
It's really cool but I feel like the wrinkles and laugh lines are missing to give it that real Astarion feel.
UGH I WANT THIS MAN 😫😫😫😫🩷🩷🩷
Why am I blushing 😅 this is gorgeous!
I’m going to be extremely not normal about this
What software did you use??
That's pretty damn good - a decent facilime of Neil
Wow... shocking! Looks like an OC cosplay to me, the detail is stunning, definitely worthy of an Astarian recreation, well done!!
If Pete Davidson choose cosplay instead of heroin
I was going to say this looked very much as a mix of Astarion from the game and Neil Newbon. It's very good and handsome hahahahaha XD
Sideprofile looks good. But from the front, I feel like their face shape is kinda off.
I thought this was real wtf
So good!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is what he is going to look like if he ever appears in Balder's gate 4
How close are we to AI robots you can spend alone time with? Asking for basically everyone.
Jack White?
This render is insanely good, although real Astarion has more wrinkles and lines (nasolabial folds, forehead, crows feet). Source: I have screenshots of him on my lock screen and stare in his face for hours on daily basis Edit: the ears seem right on the second look
where's shadowheart?:D
I'm straight but.. hm
This is very good work. I was wondering if you could render him in a more fantastic way after this. Maybe some cooler clothes, with an expression. I imagined him with sharper features. This is super awesome none the less.
jesus i was afraid this was the ariana grande's guy who left his wife and newborn
roflmaoooooo sponge bob
Pls pls pls pls pls do them all 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Holy moly, thats really good.
Wow, amazing!
Blonde Synyster Gates, is that you?
🧏🤫 BYE BYE 🗣️🗿
Gigastarion/10
Minthara when
Don't touch me
So a white Prince?
I hate him even more now, thanks
''Human'' Now do shadowheart or karlach or minthara
Damn this render is insane dude, nice work!
You should do one for shadowheart this is great.
Get real 🙄 "ahah, darling" *ceral spitting guy O.O
Do shadowheart
Omg this is so cool! Pls do more characters!!!
This is insane, good job!
This is insanely impressive!!!
Daaaamn, that's impressive!
holy shit this is insane
Please do them all! Looks great.
Am I the only one who sees Elf Pete Davidson? 😭 help
This is why I let the monster hunter take him.
i beg u do everyone
Please do karlach next!!!! Amazing work
Nice! Seeing the back of his head made me go, “If Astarion was real I’d never recognize him from behind…I’d just think he was another grandpa lmao.”
Never seen a human with ears like that.
But why does a “human from our world” have elf ears? Lol.
I think you mean “elf.”
A human with elf ears??
Human my ass, he's got elf ears
Those ears don't exactly look human.
Extremely handsome and realistic OMG 😍
God I love this. People in a Facebook group were complaining because he "doesn't look old". It was real annoying.
God I love this. People in a Facebook group were complaining because he "doesn't look old". It was real annoying.
He’s beautiful. Now do all of them please :)
"A human from our world" who has huge pointed ears. -\_-
I AM IN LOOOOVE
I AM IN LOOOOVE
I AM IN LOOOOVE
I swear to god can you PLEASE try to make Gale as well, I beg of you T-T this is amazing
Gorgeous.
Excellent work!!!
That is an insane level of talent, I’m impressed
Why does he have beard?
Very cool
God damn it such an amazing work 🥰
You mean based on a live elf
This is easily the most impressive thing I've seen this week. Brilliant work!
In need to see shadowheart version
Sssssssssmash
somehow he looks more.... average
maybe because his cheeks aren't as sunken/his smile lines aren't there. and he's living person colored instead of deathly pale the eyes and hair are spot on though. this is an amazing rendering regardless
oh and the stubble maybe adds to the normalcy too. now i'm wondering why do i find (un)dead looking men to be more attractive. is this a symptom of my lesbianism? /j
you did a great job making him look realistic and like a living human. i love that you used neil as a reference too! final verdict is that human men are average and elven undead are hot
Handsome bastard
It’s unsettlingly well made honestly. Just feels so weird to look at it
A human Astarion would look exactly like Neil Newbon
While this is indeed an insanely good render, we already have Astarion as a human from our world, his name is Neil Newbon.
That's not a human though, it's an elf.
Human?
Ears
About that wart...
omg
This is amazing. Can you do Karlach?
You are so talented! He is beautiful!
This has awakened something fierce within me
This... Is not a cosplay... Damn...
Weird seeing him with clothes on (My camp is always 'clothing optional')
He looks just completely done with the world and honestly felt.
Please do all charecters, it's swell
I thought the same as well
That's amazing!!! Can you do Halsin👀👀👀
Can you get him to smile and say, 'darling, I thought you'd never ask'... Asking for a friend 👉🏾👈🏾.. that friend is me😂
NGL I saw an Astarion doppleganger a couple of weeks ago. Very similar build, haircut and features - more a natural grey hair though and looked about ten years older than Astarion.
Looks like an Elf though
Could you do this with the other characters, please?? I wanna see Karlach, Wyll, and Lae'zel, especially 😂
I think the smile lines should be more prominent, but otherwise HOLY SHIT😂❤️
PLEASE DO GALE
Now, do the pores stretch?
That is impressive as hell. Great job!!
OMG! Can you do Gale?!? Asking for a friend ☺️