Wing Commander 1 AI enhanced Characters

eshauber said:
Iceman has always reminded me of the actor Gregory Peck.
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Yes, I see that!

Bandit LOAF said:
Wing Commander II Angel's art description was "Sigourney Weaver mixed with Demi Moore" if that helps anything!
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In WCII Angel's short hair reminds me more of Julie Andrews. WC3 Angel definitely has Weaver vibes

cryptomax said:
Hi everyone!

Long time WC fan from way back...

These aren't created just AI filtering the original, I'm iterating them over and over with photoshop and then using AI to bring them toward photographs as much as possible. All that is to say this isn't a couple prompts and button clicks, I've spent probably more hours than I should have messing with them.

They are not all the way there yet but I thought it would be fun to show you guys since.. well WC fans would be the only one that can appreciate these. And it's defiantly connecting me with my childhood. Those early mornings getting up just so I could play. Fight down those dreaded Kilrathi.... one more time...

I consider these to be a work in progress so don't be too harsh! Definitely more work to be done to make sure the soul of each is captured.

Hunter
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Spirit
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Angel
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Paladin
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I think I would say currently my favorites are Iceman, Angel, and Hunter.
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These images are great! If I may ask, which AI tool did you use?
 
Here's my take on it. Not as true to the original as the other ones shared on this thread.
kingmakeress said:
True! #optimism #HeyGuys
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enigma said:
Here's my take on it. Not as true to the original as the other ones shared on this thread
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Nice interesting take!

kingmakeress said:
Yes, I see that!


In WCII Angel's short hair reminds me more of Julie Andrews. WC3 Angel definitely has Weaver vibes


These images are great! If I may ask, which AI tool did you use?
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I didn't use any one AI platform really, a lot of Magnific but alot of just photoshoping as well. Very often I would endlessly go back and forth between photoshop and make little tweaks to try and get them closer to the pixel source material. Kind of painstaking really.
 
cryptomax said:
I didn't use any one AI platform really, a lot of Magnific but alot of just photoshoping as well. Very often I would endlessly go back and forth between photoshop and make little tweaks to try and get them closer to the pixel source material. Kind of painstaking really.
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Sounds like it, but, given that the results are definitely great, your time is well spent!
 
cryptomax said:
I appreciate that! People hear "AI" and think it means you pressed a button or it took no effort. Certain things are one click to be sure, but not everything is.
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Being a novice AI artist, I know very well what you mean. There is a lot of back and forth, fine tuning, and prompt engineering involved in addition to the manual work on the AI image.
 
Welp... I guess I stand corrected.... so now this is one button push again. That's it's take on Angel. Looks a bit too old yeah? Interesting none the less. She is really looking alot like amanda tapping here.

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I'm impressed by this, honestly.

Could this material in theory be used in the game?

Personally, I like the earlier work better though. They may look less photorealistic, but I value fidelity to the 2D art way more.
 
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cryptomax said:
Hi everyone!

Long time WC fan from way back...

These aren't created just AI filtering the original, I'm iterating them over and over with photoshop and then using AI to bring them toward photographs as much as possible. All that is to say this isn't a couple prompts and button clicks, I've spent probably more hours than I should have messing with them.

They are not all the way there yet but I thought it would be fun to show you guys since.. well WC fans would be the only one that can appreciate these. And it's defiantly connecting me with my childhood. Those early mornings getting up just so I could play. Fight down those dreaded Kilrathi.... one more time...

I consider these to be a work in progress so don't be too harsh! Definitely more work to be done to make sure the soul of each is captured.

Hunter
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Spirit
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IcemanView attachment 13884

Angel
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Paladin
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I think I would say currently my favorites are Iceman, Angel, and Hunter.
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Well since I am new to ChatGPT and Co - I really just got into this world because of a training course I attended - I have been playing around a little. Let me know what you think. All images are based on the ones given here.
 

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kingmakeress said:
Nice work, thanks for sharing it! Iceman, Hunter, and Angel look younger and the gentlemen less aggressive/wild. Spirit is great!
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Thank you :-) I thought that Maverick is in Wing Commander III in his mid-thirties.. Given that the pixel images are from Wing Commander I, which is roughly 10 years before WC3, then Hunter, Spirit, and Angel would be the same age: mid-twenties.
 
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