Yasuke
UE5 head turntable
UE5 body turntable armour set 1
UE5 body turntable armour set 2
Zbrush head turntable
Zbrush boddy turntable set 1
Zbrush boddy turntable set 2
Zbrush weapons
Weapons wireframe
Weapons UE5 shaded view
Wireframes
Marvellous Designer clothes
Substance Painter texture and UV layout
This real-time character was designed to re-imagine what Yasuke could have looked like in feudal Japan. Yasuke was the first foreign-born samurai and served as retainer to Oda Nobunaga. The idea here was to bring both cultures together, melding some African designs with Japanese designs.
The modeling was done primarily in Maya and the sculpting was done in Zbrush. Retopology was done using a mix of Maya’s quad draw and Topogun 3. Marmoset Toolbag was used to baked the maps, which were then brought into Substance Painter, for texturing.
The dreadlocks were made using hair cards. Xgen was used to generate the curves/tubes, which were then used to bake the hair textures in XNormal.
