[Catwa (Victor) Head Issues - Cheeks/Dimples Clipping?]

6 minutes ago, Skell Dagger said:

You're asking a Catwa CSR to recommend a different brand of head here! That said, if you really do want to get a very thin and angular face like you're trying to achieve there (which reminds me a bit of Hayden Aragon/Hot Doge, the creator behind the Hotdog brand), then Victor is probably the best Catwa option you might have achieved it with, since the chin on Victor is the most receptive to that kind of shaping. The issue you're coming up against appears to be pulling the chin too thin and pointed while at the same time bringing the jawline in toward the neck. I'm not inworld to check what other sliders you could try, but possibly elongating the head ('stretch' head sliders) might give the illusion of a thinner face, although you may then run into issues with the fit of some rigged hairstyles.

Your other option is to try this head. It's intended to work best with this (emaciated) body, so I have no idea how it fits against other mesh bodies on the market (one review appears to suggest that it works well with Belleza Jake), but it's probably the closest you'll come to the look you appear to be aiming for. Since both the head and body are fully modifiable you can edit them manually to be Bakes on Mesh compatible and use a BoM skin. I would strongly suggest trying demos of both that head and any potential BoM skins you might use on it, though, since I'm not sure what kind of UV mapping the head uses.

I can't say I knew you were a Catwa CSR haha, but thanks regardless. 

And yes I have seen that head before and quite frankly it's not what I need. Very old man looking and too cartoonish/sickly. I was aiming for more of youthful and androgynous appearance that didn't use anime-centric components. (Sorry, I'm a bit picky if you couldn't already tell.)

I will definitely try what you suggested and play around some more. It's a minor issue that affects my OCD more than anything else. I'm just frustrated that there seems to be little diversity when it comes to male faces in SL as compared to females. Not everyone want's to look like a chiseled Calvin Klein model with a Bruce Campbell jawline, but I guess that's what is considered most attractive to the majority of the population so I have to accept it haha. 

[Catwa (Victor) Head Issues - Cheeks/Dimples Clipping?]

29 minutes ago, Alwin Alcott said:

most likely this head isn't suited for the thing you want.
putting the sliders to certain levels simply don't improve the look and make it bad.

 

17 minutes ago, Skell Dagger said:

You've "broken" the mesh. While it's possible to move each of those individual sliders to those extents, the combination of them that you have going on there is simply too much for the rigging.

Thanks, I feared that was the case. What would plan B be at this point? When buying the parts I had already narrowed down my options for heads with slim faces. Is there a better option on the market I missed? 

[Catwa (Victor) Head Issues - Cheeks/Dimples Clipping?]

Hi there! 

I've been working on a male avi of mine using the Catwa Victor head. My goal is a more angular/thin framed face and have been relentlessly fiddling with sliders to get it to my desired state. I'm getting general looks that work for me just fine, but the Catwa head seems to fighting back at the seams. I constantly keep getting cheeks/dimples that seem to clip out super unnaturally. (Pics attached)

Does anyone know how I can smoothen these out? I've tried adjusting all the sliders but in any case that one appears to work, I would have to expand said facial feature way beyond my desired look. Additionally, I have searched for head shapes on the marketplace, but any I find for Catwa Victor are completely deformed from what was shown in the pictures or just simply not something I like. I would really appreciate any advice or even a link to a head shape that is similar. 

Thanks!

 

 

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