[Darius]

Currently characters in Blue Planet exist as lines of text and pictures inside the heads of imaginative players. Some characters even have voices! For some, this is enough. For the rest, a character doesn't really come to life unless you can see them!

I was pretty impressed with the EVE Online character generator and threw together some character portraits.

Note these are not canon. The limitations of the character generator may mean some characters would be closer to, for example, Sara's renders in Poser or hand-drawn dev concept art.


First up, the Wargods.


Olefumi



Ng'Mei



Simms





And now the admirals!

Byrne


Netreba


Calder


Steele





And now the Age of Aquarius triumvirate.

Sam



Corey



Taylor






And as a bonus, Kassim

[Scotty]

I really like how Byrne turned out.  Steele, I'm torn between liking the goatee he has now and wanting to see what he'd be like with a real mustache/goatee combo.  Very studiously kept, of course.  Think Kane from Command and Conquer.

[Rodo]

Steele is a no go, it needs to be meaner!

[Dragon]

He looks like Samuel L. Jackson. How's that not mean enough?

[SpardaSon21]

He's not magnificent enough right now to be a Magnificent Bastard.  He's got the bastard part down pat, but he isn't glorious enough.  I want to see him with an awesome set of facial hair like Kane has, as Scotty said.

[qwadtep]

Obviously the picture was taken out of uniform. Steele wears a pirate hat when he's on the bridge.

[Dragon]

And eyepatch, don't forget an eyepatch.

[FSW]

Thanks for posting the portraits, Darius. The admirals appear far younger than their rank would suggest, but then again, it's the future. Calder looks exactly how I imagined him.

[Drogoth]

Something about Byrne throws me off. The lips or the orange eyes. One or both.

As for Steele.. I dunno. I concur with the more facial hair comment. Actual hair as well?

The basic impression I got of Steele reminded me forcibly of Ivan Antonov from the Starfire (David Weber & Steve White) series, albeit not Russian.. this picture lacks Antonov's badassery.

Has anyone else who read the series gotten that impression?

That being said, well done.

[Scotty]

Having read the series, I can say that I definitely didn't make that connection.  And even now that you've brought up the connection, I still don't see it.  I always saw him as a cross between Kane, the Operative, and Samuel L. Jackson.

[Spoon]

I for one approve of steele

[Trivial Psychic]

I agree that Steele doesn't look old enough, and should probably have a scar somewhere.  Skin-color aside, I'd always pictured him looking more like Michael Ironside, though perhaps when he was somewhat younger than he appears to day.  Simms could use perhaps a couple of years and improved realism for her hair... needs to be dirtier or perhaps a faded brown.

Are you gonna add Al Fadil?

[Klaustrophobia]

i envisioned Steele as somewhat similar to Bosch

[Aesaar]

I'm going to agree on the comments about Steele not looking right.  The others are pretty much spot on, though.

[Hellstryker]

Can we see the War God Karuna captains? Sorensen, etc.

[Rodo]

Yes, he needs a few scars and a not-so OMFG shinny skin. As it stands now it looks more likely for him to kiss me to death rather than kick me to it.

[qwadtep]

Taking another look:

-Byrne's eyes are way too bright. Kind of creepy. Would want to transfer off the Solaris ASAP.

-Conversely, Calder looks a bit dull. I kind of had him pictured as the type whose piercing gaze and militaristic bearing remind you that he could kick your ass twenty different ways in an instant despite his showing age.

I agree that Steele doesn't look old enough, and should probably have a scar somewhere.

You know what I think would look great on Steele? An cybernetic eye. Not a bulky Borg-esque thing, but a prosthetic implant that you don't notice at a glance but that is really disconcerting to have focus in on you.

[Black Wolf]

Byrne looks like he has a Goauld in him.

[crizza]

The hair looks of...on all pics...

[General Battuta]

Some of this feedback would probably be more useful for the EVE Online character generator team than for us.