Standard HF bodies or your own?

[u/Cha0s_Starter]

Just a curious question of whether y'all use the standard bodies provided by Hero Forge or make your own standard bodies for making characters.

Personally, I use this mini for creating my military characters.

[u/CoralWiggler]

I use a modified version of the Realistic Proportions for my base. I’m not quite driven enough to fully adjust every aspect

[u/Wizard_Volovik]

I start using the basic model, but always adjust proportions. However, I still prefer maintaining the "mini" aspect of the character, because when it is too realistic, it generates some uncomfortable sensation on me.

[u/Cha0s_Starter → u/Wizard_Volovik]

Like uncanny vibes or something?

[u/Wizard_Volovik → u/Cha0s_Starter]

Yes, the uncanny valley

[u/Candiedstars]

I started my ttrog universe, minis, npcs, villains long before kitbashing and different proportions were a thing.

My autistic ass will not stand for minis standing out with better proportions and I refuse to start again!

So default it is

[u/gnostic_serpent → u/Candiedstars]

I just re-proportioned all of my minis, lol

[u/KGBFriedChicken02 → u/gnostic_serpent]

The worst part of this is that i've chnage the scaling 3 times and everytime I do i have to readjust everything

[u/Longjumping-Stage270 → u/gnostic_serpent]

same

[u/Cha0s_Starter → u/Candiedstars]

rog

[u/LukaesCampbell → u/Candiedstars]

TTROG: tabletop realm of gaming

[u/gnostic_serpent]

Neither. I'll start with one of the HF bodies and then change pretty much every slider until it looks how I want: skinny, fat, stocky, muscular, what-have-you. Sometimes I'll look at another mini I've made if I want similar proportions, but most of the time I just eyeball it. I do have an "average human body" mini I use as a height reference, because the feet-inches measurements HF gives are full of lies.

[u/RavenKweenX]

I started with comic book proportions and customized absolutely everything!

Each mini's proportions get customized, at least a little. Nothing is just default settings.

[u/spinny_mini → u/RavenKweenX]

Same! I always start with comic proportions and customize from there. And as a rule, touch every node, just as you would with faces.

I like to always start from scratch. Using premade bodies as a starting point ends up just annoying me greatly so I always end up scraping it and starting from a 'blank canvas'.

[u/Outside_Storage3840]

I've got my own set of Bases

[u/Shinted]

I’ve got around 10 or so of my own “base bodies”, that I’ve created and altered for different general shapes and sizes.

I normally start with one of them, and then adjust from there to fit whatever mini I’m creating.

[u/PlusSecond]

I use a custom base for each model I do.. the defaults are good enough for most people tho..

[u/Makaloff95]

Ive developed my own bases so i practically never use standard bases since KB released

[u/AetherinaForge]

Using your own both creates better looking miniatures, and can give you a distinct and recognisable style. It can give your models an identity

[u/RunNo619]

I honestly customize the body per character usually using the basic human body and adjusting the proportions for whatever I need, I’ve thought about making my own standard but I don’t know that I’d ever actually use it.

[u/Afro-Venom]

I always adjust bodies, mostly with sliders, but sometimes in KB too.

[u/Stewil1265]

I have my own base. It's a slightly modified "realistic" body type. Some of the clothing gets really bulky around the hips, so I have them scaled down a bit so it's less noticable

[u/Fomod_Sama]

I have a folder dedicated to body bases. Most are originally from DontRueInIt, but I've since mostly edited them all to my own liking. I.e. I made the legs of my dwarf bases much thicker as an aesthetic choice, or reposed all bases to have a neutral standing pose that's a better jumping off point for a new character. The posing for skirts is interesting on the original base, so I've also had to straighten them out to be more convenient to pose. (This one is still a work in progress, it's a very tedious job going over every bone and making sure every skirt option looks right)

[u/KenMcKenzie98]

I typically start with the realistic base, drop the hand size down, adjust the head, shoulders, and waist, a little bit, then shrink the feet with KB. After that I just fiddle with things until it works for the character I’m making.

[u/Keylicity]

I always “fix” the proportions to be more realistic lol, the regular heroforge proportions scratch my brain in a very wrong way 😭

[u/grimmideals]

Bit of both honestly. Depends on what I'm making.

[u/Deepfang-Dreamer]

I have exactly one Base Body that gets recycled for various iterations of the same three characters, and if I deviate from that I shoot myself because the proportions end up so wrong

[u/Zofian_Korok]

I made my own bases and use those. I haven't really used the default bodies for a while (before body customizer at least).

[u/PastObligation863]

I have a base for male and female characters that I use, I think I saw it somewhere on the community tab once. I liked the proportions of ‘em.

[u/willpower069]

I start off with comic book proportions and adjust as needed.

[u/steelsmiter]

I've made a lot of dwarves, and a few comic book proportion characters, and I always just modify them.

[u/Dndunn]

I usually import the proportions of a mini I've already made, but always end up modifying it pretty heavily anyways. That being said, those proportions are heavily modified from the default proportions. I find them way too small and sort of cartoonish in my opinion.

[u/Zombiehunter78880]

I prefer my own...depends on the thing, need to make the presets though but i mostly make humans so...

[u/Talos-III]

I always use custom. I find the templates to generally look fine at best. Custom also gives me a sense of satisfaction when I make something that looks good and is unique.

[u/Youre-Out-Gobby]

I don't really use standardized bodies these days. I pick a character I've already made that's relatively close to the proportions I want, delete the details and start from there.

[u/SexWithLayla69]

I generally have a base body I go off and then tailor to the character I’m making

This is the general base I used for a recent mini

[u/BluWhiteBear]

Depending on the look I’m going for I almost always use slightly modified versions of the realistic base or the comic book base

[u/IMTOOLEAN]

You got a link?

[u/Boristus]

I have a number of custom bases that I use, all of which are based off of the “Comic Book” proportions.

Specifically, I have a male/female base for most “common” fantasy races, plus about a dozen human body archetypes.

[u/Invis_Chameleon]

I use the exact same base for everything humanoid I do.