Recommendations for Genesis 8 males that have a realistic "rugged action hero" look
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Hi all, I'm looking for recommendations for Genesis 8 males that look like they could be the lead character in an action-thriller film/book cover/AAA game. Preferably somewhat rugged/grizzled looking, strong and capable. The model's face needs to be reasonably realistic looking as I'll mostly be taking face closeup renders. Any recommendations are much appreciated, thank you!
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Have a look at Elios 8, Orrin HD and Vladimir 8 . Those are some rough, tough-looking hombres!
Cheers,
Olo
Elios at work:
Here are some tips from my collection:
https://www.daz3d.com/trajan-hd-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/dark-guard-character-hd-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/leland-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/grundvor-for-scar-8
https://www.daz3d.com/vladimir-8
https://www.daz3d.com/ryker-hd-for-vladimir-8
https://www.daz3d.com/sten-hd-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/hugren-hd-for-scar-8
https://www.daz3d.com/ry-frederic-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/underbelly-8
I had some more in mind, but they were made by Marcius and are no longer available in the store, which is a pity.
Try Ferris HD for Genesis 8.1 Male | Daz 3D and morph a bit to your taste.
I like Dain for a military/spy/mercenary type guy.
https://www.daz3d.com/dain-8
Here are a couple of head portrait renders I did using Dain when I first started using DAZ Studio a couple of years ago (early 2020.)
Lee
Ronen is my fav, love his skin details https://www.daz3d.com/ronen-character-hair-and-briefs-for-genesis-8-male
I also used shape splitter to split his face from his body so I could mix his body in the gene pool and use different faces, works great https://www.daz3d.com/shape-splitter
Are there any that don't fit that description?
I kid... but seriously, there are a lot. Just some:
https://www.daz3d.com/vince-hd-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/skalde-hd-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/niko-8
https://www.daz3d.com/kjaer-8
https://www.daz3d.com/kwan-8
https://www.daz3d.com/scar-8
https://www.daz3d.com/daniel-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/dain-8
https://www.daz3d.com/vladimir-8
https://www.daz3d.com/novak-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/alex-capital-81
https://www.daz3d.com/sten-hd-for-genesis-8-male
https://www.daz3d.com/eli-hd-for-holt-8
https://www.daz3d.com/holt-8
https://www.daz3d.com/hugren-hd-for-scar-8
Christian
I like Dark Guard HD, but he's not only rugged but also aged action man.
And let's not forget Dasan:
https://www.daz3d.com/dasan-8
He may not be buff, but he's got a rugged, wonderfully weathered "Don't mess with me" countenance.
One other thing... if you have one oft the character converters from either Zev0 or Riversoft Arts, one previous generation Genesis male worth looking into would be Ivan 7. It might be a hassle (you'd need one of the UV converters as well), but if you like the look of him, he might be worth the effort.
I'm a big fan of https://www.daz3d.com/edward-8
I like these.
Wow. All these suggestions yet haven't seen Wolfgang mentioned.
https://www.daz3d.com/wolfgang-81
Nix 8's facial geometry is a lot like Chris Pine / Brad Pitt / James Marsden (so, Hollywood-type leading man), and you can experiment with more rugged-looking skins (such as Dain, Holt, Vladimir, Christian, Juan Carlos---since Nix is a babyface skin with no stubble) to see what you prefer.
I generally don't have male characters in my images, but Scar 8 fitted my requirement for a jack of all trades: fighter, builder, cave man, besotted boyfriend, thug, rugged leader, warrior, mysogynist oaf, hard as nails mobster. Fits all those roles quite well.
missing https://www.daz3d.com/ashan-8 in the collection
Check out Phoenix1966 over at rendio
Thanks for the awesome suggestions everyone! After checking all of them out I picked up Dain, I think his design is a great combination of heroic with personality, and the beard options are great for dialing in grizzle as required. Very happy with the purchase, and I've added several of the other suggestions to my wishlist for when I need more. Thanks again! <3