The portraits are ugly

Zoltan · 09-14-2002, 10:14 AM

The portraits are ugly I cant find a good bard and human rogue. blonde cleric is nice. brown cloaked mage too. also the knight. and the dwarf. the rest males are all stupid. I miss bg2 portraits. there's no portraits directory in IWD2?? I cant find. where to download good portraits thanks help

DraconisRex · 09-14-2002, 11:43 AM

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vesselle · 09-14-2002, 01:41 PM

btw, there is a portraits gallery! how else would we be able to see them ingame if they didn't reside somewhere?

look for a folder designated as "characters"....

V***V

Phalanx · 09-14-2002, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by Zoltan:
there's no portraits directory in IWD2?? I cant find. where to download good portraits thanks help

If you make a folder in your main IWD directory called portraits it works just fine. IIRC none of the IE games had a portraits folder by default, you always had to create it. Keep in mind the portraits are a different size in IWD II, so your BG, IWD1 portraits won't work

Alaric · 09-14-2002, 03:02 PM

Here is a list of portrait sites that I have found -

http://avala.yubc.net/~ntodorovic/iwd2/
http://www.geocities.com/tentamus/page_1.html

By the way I wouldn't say that the portraits were ugly. In my case, they just did not fit my preseption of what my character(s) would look like.

[ 09-14-2002, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: Alaric ]

SpiritWarrior · 09-14-2002, 11:16 PM

Dude I think the portraits are great!!

The thing about all the IWD portraits is that they're all much more deeper pieces of art than those used in BG. Yes some are taken from proportionally larger images but (I think) they work very well.
Compared to the very nice but simplistic and often 'cartoonish' ones of Baldurs Gate these, are a welcome change. They suggest a background, a history to your character and usually the image alone is enuf for me to generate the full Player - stats and all. The images themselves are very medieval/renaissance in style, some are really beautiful and some are almost kinda scary which is great if that's the character your looking for.
Basically 'Long live the IWD portraits!!'

Zoltan · 09-15-2002, 06:41 AM

as I said above, there's only 3 appropriate portraits for me. the rest is, not my style.. there isnt any ranger as I want. no rogue as I want I'll take a look to these sites thank you

09-14-2002, 10:14 AM	#1
Zoltan Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 17, 2001 Location: Waterdeep Age: 43 Posts: 1,222	The portraits are ugly I cant find a good bard and human rogue. blonde cleric is nice. brown cloaked mage too. also the knight. and the dwarf. the rest males are all stupid. I miss bg2 portraits. there's no portraits directory in IWD2?? I cant find. where to download good portraits thanks help __________________ I can feel the touch of wind on my face. Strong wind was slapping my face. I can feel the ground shake. The sky roars with vengeance and fury. From the shadows, I heard the Archmage's words:"İbne Fenner!" And then..I can't remember the rest..

09-14-2002, 11:43 AM	#2
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09-14-2002, 01:41 PM	#3
vesselle Hathor Join Date: April 6, 2001 Location: the desert Posts: 2,296	btw, there is a portraits gallery! how else would we be able to see them ingame if they didn't reside somewhere? look for a folder designated as "characters".... V***V __________________ my best friend is a junkie. what does your best friend do?

09-14-2002, 11:16 PM	#6
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Dude I think the portraits are great!! The thing about all the IWD portraits is that they're all much more deeper pieces of art than those used in BG. Yes some are taken from proportionally larger images but (I think) they work very well. Compared to the very nice but simplistic and often 'cartoonish' ones of Baldurs Gate these, are a welcome change. They suggest a background, a history to your character and usually the image alone is enuf for me to generate the full Player - stats and all. The images themselves are very medieval/renaissance in style, some are really beautiful and some are almost kinda scary which is great if that's the character your looking for. Basically 'Long live the IWD portraits!!' __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...

09-15-2002, 06:41 AM	#7
Zoltan Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 17, 2001 Location: Waterdeep Age: 43 Posts: 1,222	as I said above, there's only 3 appropriate portraits for me. the rest is, not my style.. there isnt any ranger as I want. no rogue as I want I'll take a look to these sites thank you __________________ I can feel the touch of wind on my face. Strong wind was slapping my face. I can feel the ground shake. The sky roars with vengeance and fury. From the shadows, I heard the Archmage's words:"İbne Fenner!" And then..I can't remember the rest..

09-14-2002, 03:02 PM	#5
Alaric Manshoon Join Date: June 24, 2001 Location: Woodland Hills, CA, USA Posts: 227	Here is a list of portrait sites that I have found - http://avala.yubc.net/~ntodorovic/iwd2/ http://www.geocities.com/tentamus/page_1.html By the way I wouldn't say that the portraits were ugly. In my case, they just did not fit my preseption of what my character(s) would look like. [ 09-14-2002, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: Alaric ]

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