Water Genasi Player Heads
3 Female 3 Male Game Models

Project: Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher: Atari

I am not really a huge D&D fan, but as I began to read more and more about the elemental races in D&D called the Genasi, it really peaked my creative interest.

The Water Genasi were to have a very slick, aerodynamic flow to their faces to give the appearance if they were indeed underwater they would be very fast. Their skin is almost entirely smooth, with small, coarse eyebrows appearing as the only facial hair. Their ears are very small and tapered closely to their heads to help with their underwater dynamic feel.

Differences appear in the females with their skin. We decided to give it a very wet and drip soaked appearance. Their eyes are very jelly-like in appearance with small pupils barely visible.

The Males skin was decorated with shiny, glowing scales in place of facial hair. Their eyes are very amphibian like with small slits for pupils.

Since our game engine did not support live reflections (plus the hit on memory that would require), I decided it would be best to bake some into their base diffuse textures to further elude to their sleek and shininess.