Zoe 2.0 - Work in Progress shots (Patreon)

As promised, here are a couple more WIPs of Zoe's makeover, fresh out of Maya! As you've probably guessed from the recent teaser, this is a full makeover of the model that merely used the old version of her as a base. Her shape, topology and UVs have been completely remade. This includes body physique, hands, feet, and tail as well, mouth and teeth also included.

With the new model being so different from the old one I'm starting to consider to keeping the old one around and making Zoe 2.0 a completely new character. I remember joking about introducing her as Zoe's sister and calling her Chloé, and the more I think about it, the more I'm actually liking the idea. OG Zoe would of course still need a bit of an update, which likely wouldn't be as dramatic as the difference between these two models right now.

It never actually occurred to me how big old Zoe's head originally was, until I've looked at this comparison here. Note that Zoe 2.0 will likely increase in thickness a little once fur is applied. Cid made sure to take it into account when modelling her head especially, which should allow me to go a little crazier with her coat.

I'm aware that she's currently still a little lean in terms of body physique. Note that this is fully intended, as I'm planning to add a deformer to her that lets me morph between her lean self, and a slightly thicker version. The base of course had to be a little leaner for that, as it seemed easier to increase the thickness of the character, than to go the other way around.

Cid made sure to completely redo her clothes as well! Her new jeans are probably the biggest upgrade, which comes with some really nice stitching and 8K textures. Her top has also been remade, rocking more of an underboob aesthetic, which was actually the original idea for her. I might show some more of that in a future post, including her remodeled maw and teeth as well. I only got the model from Cid a few days ago and have only recently started modifying her.

Also, yes! She's got some proper feetsies with pawpads now! :D