Carmen's Random Stuff

carmenara · July 2017

Hi! I picked up Daz a few weeks ago on the 2nd of July, after seeing some fun boxing scenes on DeviantArt. I didn't much go for that theme though - I started rendering my RPG characters in 3D. Learning basic settings for iRay was simple enough and at random I somehow got this result:

Daughter of the Wind
An Arabian Fantasy / Battletech character.

Later on I picked up a custom character morph from @divamakeup and liked the realistic proportions of Karli.

Karli in the Garden

Karli in the Garden by carmenara

And a little test render.

Karli by divamakeup

Here's another Battletech original character made for Sunsetwillowtree on Deviantart, which is much less outlandish than mine. She is a Periphery Pirate and looks badass enough to be the part.

Lana Smith - Battletech OC by carmenara

Finally, having poked around enough with getting lighting somewhat working, I remade my first piece into The Other Marik Gunfighter after seeing a very interesting mech pose on a Battletech forum fanfic thread.

The Marik Gunfighter by Carmenara

Maybe you'd like some background on my outlandish style and so without further ado...

Temporary Title: The Other Marik Gunfighter

Background:

Carmen had a violent and tumultous upbringing on her homeworld of Alula Australis where her family was responsible for a modest but significant percentage of the world's agricultural exports. She was raised a rancher and fared poorly at it. She tells openly about being the victim of various targeted crimes for her religious beliefs until 'rescued' with the favor of a well to do relative who enrolled her into Princefield Military Academy's Aerofighter Program where in the second year she decided to switch to the MechWarrior track for undocumented reasons despite being naturally gifted for the then-experimental concept of electronics warfare and electronics intelligence; she offers a 'Mech unit the capability of passively observing enemy electronics emissions and calculating firing solutions for indirect fire with target motion analysis equations; a technique traditionally associated with maritime and space combat.

Prevailing in the MechWarrior Program against nearly-impossible odds she graduated and enlisted in the FWLM where she was deployed to Les Halles on the Capellan border for several years before seeking her own fortune as a freelance mercenary on Galatea where she markets her 'Mech and herself as The Lady Feuerschwinge, a rare HER-2M variant that she refuses to explain how she obtained.

She does not currently have a piloting assignment but avails herself in the darker areas of town for personal contracts; wetwork and social escort duties do pass the time and keep the bills settled until such time potential employers overlooked her poor 'Mech Gunnery score...

3Diva · July 2017

Awesome! You're creating some really lovely images already! It's hard to believe you've only been using Daz for 2 or 3 weeks!

Worlds_Edge · July 2017

Wow, really great work and as Diva says, it's hard to believe how quickly you picked this up! I particularly love your pirate character.

carmenara · July 2017

Thanks for the kind compliments!

Here's another piece for another Battletech player / fan-writer. I made a digital likeness of his character from a 2D image. The scene is a work in progress and would have some background detail (pedestrians) but it would take about a couple days to render to final quality for both the foreground and background. I will composite the two completed images together for the final piece next weekend.

"Alex Steele - Capellan District"

Battletech OC - Alex Steele - Capellan District by Carmenara