Top 10 Heroforge Tips

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @Derfholm
    @Derfholm  Год назад +58

    For y'all who have followed me for over a year a lot of these tricks probably won't be new, but at a certain point I had no choice but to compile them in a more up to date video
    Now it'd be really unfortunate if Face Customizer comes out on thursday............................................................

    • @oldmanwolffe5248
      @oldmanwolffe5248 Год назад +2

      That would be unfortunate

    • @TheGraveKnight
      @TheGraveKnight Год назад +2

      Eh I feel like we still got a good few months until that comes out

    • @deathkorpscommissar8516
      @deathkorpscommissar8516 Год назад +1

      I will say as someone who has used HF for 4-5 years, that will be the update that throws me off the most.

    • @kirkkerman
      @kirkkerman Год назад

      @@TheGraveKnight Given that they released a sneek peek image last week, I'd say only a couple of weeks likely, though of course it could be longer

    • @StillUseless1939
      @StillUseless1939 Год назад

      Little did he know, we'd have to wait over 2 months.

  • @Keechak
    @Keechak Год назад +94

    Hero forge: "We can't get hair designs to stack because it will cause clipping"
    Derf: Then literally uses clipping to get the hair to look the way they want

  • @panpan3303
    @panpan3303 9 месяцев назад +13

    Ok, so the reason why the default model looks like a child is because they are in something called Heroic Scale. It is a style in which the characters have exaggerated head, legs, and hands. You can see it a lot on games workshop models, especially imperial guard. It's purpose is not only to make models sturdier, but it also is a lot easier to paint and a lot more readable when looking at a model from across a table.

  • @KrahzduulTheObliterator
    @KrahzduulTheObliterator Год назад +25

    My best tip: Colours look _vastly_ better when you shift another layer into another tone. For example: Plain green fabric does not look as good as green fabric with a blueish low tone and a yellowish high tone. Just making low and high tones a darker or lighter version of the base colour doesn't necesarilly give a whole lot of depth.

  • @microwavedpeas1868
    @microwavedpeas1868 Год назад +25

    Started watching these videos only a few days ago and I've been able to make some really great minis because of you. Character's I thought I couldn't make now look better than I imagined

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +5

      Thank you :D Love to hear it

  • @bobjeezorham7658
    @bobjeezorham7658 Год назад +17

    This is really interesting. I've always just been a really casual Hero Forge user, haven't even actually made a figure I'd buy. Was not quite satisfied with how the default humans look and I had no idea you can customize it to this degree, yours look so much better than just going with default options.

  • @masterofdimensions7928
    @masterofdimensions7928 8 месяцев назад +4

    4:26 ok, for like a split second, it looked like the guy was flipping me the bird, and I laughed for a good minute.

  • @Mr.G7777
    @Mr.G7777 Год назад +5

    More tips, more improvements. Thank you very much

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      Don't pretend you haven't heard me give these tips 15 million times by now G

    • @Mr.G7777
      @Mr.G7777 Год назад

      @@Derfholm I'm just doing my part, sir O7

  • @telly-phone
    @telly-phone 4 месяца назад +1

    the hair-horn tip is soooo good 🙏

  • @DJmon0Chrome
    @DJmon0Chrome Год назад +6

    hey dude, i found your channel a few days ago and it really opened my eyes to better ways to create figures. my friends have asked me to redesign a few of their characters bc of it, so thank you, and if you can keep posting! i love your content

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +2

      Thankyouthankyou! And of course, I don't have any plans on stopping

    • @DJmon0Chrome
      @DJmon0Chrome Год назад

      @@Derfholm :D

  • @codybarnes1531
    @codybarnes1531 Год назад +4

    Man I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. It might just be a small thing but, I never would have thought about "Hamhunching" (double layering a stout over a stumpy model) to get that Dwarf look. 👍

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +2

      Hahah yeah it works for a lot of different proportion mixes, one of the best advanced tricks out there, but very annoying to fiddle with

    • @codybarnes1531
      @codybarnes1531 Год назад +1

      @@Derfholm yeah I get that. If you want anything that looks half way good you are gonna have to fiddle with. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Jenna_Talia
    @Jenna_Talia 8 месяцев назад +3

    I've got a tip for anthro characters, especially felines: When using vertically slit eyes, it's a good idea to increase the pupil size to make them look dilated, or at the very least, fill the visible retina rather than looking like botched witcher eyes. I wish we had options for dilating/contracting pupils to make a character look ferocious/adorable, but for now pupil size works. On the same topic, slightly adjust the horizontal position of each eyeball so they look slightly crossed. When characters are looking at something in front of them, their eyes won't stare directly forward (a.k.a a thousand yard stare.) Usually I adjust it by about .5 on each eyeball.
    Also, max out roughness on fur, or at least increase it, you don't want a coat of fur to look greasy and reflective which it will with the default 50%.

  • @archamedies616
    @archamedies616 Год назад

    never did i expect to see someone using heroforge to make stills that's incredibly creative

  • @scurgle
    @scurgle Год назад +1

    I just binged all the tip videos last night! Haha.That's okay. I'm happy to watch more :D

  • @CyrildeValry
    @CyrildeValry 3 месяца назад

    I don’t even have the software but still think that your video is amazing.

  • @Snappybiscuits
    @Snappybiscuits Год назад +2

    So when the hell is heroforge gonna hire you onto their team. The biggest asset to advancing their site right here lady's and gentlemen!

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад

      Hahaha one can dream

  • @keithdornan6792
    @keithdornan6792 Год назад +1

    Just found your channel this week and loving it. Thanks for the content. Your insights are awesome

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      Thankyouthankyou :D

  • @ChronictheLedgehogReal
    @ChronictheLedgehogReal Год назад +3

    yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we have more tips

  • @tvnothere5408
    @tvnothere5408 Год назад +2

    Ayo 69th video lets goooo
    Plus, this is a pretty helpful tips for those who are new to HF tho

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      WE DON'T MENTION THAT FIRST PART
      But ye that was very much the point. I know most of my viewers will already know these tricks, but I had to eventually compile them for the broader and newer audience's sake

  • @kadan8457
    @kadan8457 Год назад +3

    After watching this, I feel so stupid about what I’ve made so far

  • @wolf1066
    @wolf1066 7 месяцев назад +1

    One of my friends told me that the thing he didn't like about HeroForge is that the characters all look a bit "cartoony" - oversized heads, hands, features etc. The tips in this video get rid of most of those problems. And kitbashing's going to fix the hands. Many thanks for compiling this quick guide vastly improving the models.

  • @joaovitorpereira6384
    @joaovitorpereira6384 Год назад +1

    thanks man! this video helped me a lot! sometimes i had the feeling that something was off, but i couldn't tell what it was

  • @holycrusader9158
    @holycrusader9158 Год назад +3

    pog more tips
    edit: Sky castle item search engine update when??

  • @Philtopy
    @Philtopy Год назад +69

    its so amazing how incredibly horrible the og heroforge tool is but how much you can make from it by cheating the system

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +6

      lmao yeah 100%

    • @cccormac4963
      @cccormac4963 Год назад +2

      The og system isn't horrible, so don't even lie.

    • @Philtopy
      @Philtopy Год назад +6

      @@cccormac4963 when the guy whos literal influencer job it is to work with this tool day in day out says to you that its horrible, then it is. Your needs are just so basic that you dont notice.

  • @Random_Traveler_
    @Random_Traveler_ Год назад +3

    Yoooo~ I didn't know about the horn-to-hair one! That's a pretty neat trick

  • @lycanthropej
    @lycanthropej Год назад +4

    I really love you work and have been playing around with building a mini for an upcoming diorama I would like to commission. Wow, there is a lot to learn! Do you do any commission work?

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      Thank you! And, yes, I plan on potentially opening commissions quite soon! Just needing to figure out sheets and categories etc

    • @lycanthropej
      @lycanthropej Год назад

      @@Derfholm That sounds great. I love to talk to you about a commission if and when you get up and running.

  • @secondbreakfast3802
    @secondbreakfast3802 Год назад

    Another great video! You should make a video for booth lighting.

  • @MadstoneAdventures
    @MadstoneAdventures Год назад +2

    Great summary. Do you have a video on your stumpy LotR dwarf on how you made it. That looked interesting.

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +2

      I do not, no, that one in the video was just an experiment. I will likely make a more proper build on it soon enough

    • @MadstoneAdventures
      @MadstoneAdventures Год назад +1

      @@Derfholm Also, how did you do the floating head above the bases where you suggested creating different types of bases? Now that I am pro, I would like to do this so I do not have to keep making new bases all the time.

  • @BrainBowI
    @BrainBowI Год назад

    Omg please-please-PLEAASE make a new coloring video! If you can even make similar dummy models as your old one that would literally be great good sir!!

  • @TheDragonshunter
    @TheDragonshunter Год назад +3

    I've always wonder if a layerd model 3D prints well

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +2

      as far as I know they print just fine!

    • @radwolf76
      @radwolf76 Год назад +2

      I've bought myself five 3D color prints so far. Three of them used stacked arms. My most recent was a layered double model. They all came out great.

  • @mr.voidout4739
    @mr.voidout4739 Год назад +1

    I've come to realize the ol' if there's a will there's a way with HF. I made a character that needed a long headband, so I manipulated horns and colored em cloth! Using them as hair though would've taken me months more to figure out on my own, so thanks!

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад

      Creative solution, love to see it

  • @gettar82
    @gettar82 Год назад +2

    I didn't imagine double-modelling was a divisive topic in the HF community…

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад

      For the usual nerds I think it's very common these days, but from my experience, there's a big silent majority of people who despise its existence

    • @gettar82
      @gettar82 Год назад +1

      @@Derfholm well, I started forging seriously when it was already a thing, and then I was eager to try it at its non-pro release. Obviously it would be nice ti have all the layering available on one mini, but that could be said about anything.
      Maybe I'm just an usual nerd😁

  • @tiph3802
    @tiph3802 Год назад

    My jaw dropped. 413 likes on this?! Criminal. I'll be sharing this around for sure.

  • @PhoutianPhill
    @PhoutianPhill Год назад +1

    What do you do for a Centaur?
    They won't let you duplicate a centaur figure for some of your techniques.

  • @gettar82
    @gettar82 Год назад

    “Default sucks” - _Derf, 2023_
    Also I relate to the angry/frustrated camera shaking :D

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад

      dfghdfghfdghfdghdfghsdfhsdf

  • @zumratkz8374
    @zumratkz8374 Год назад +1

    have you ever remade the model from your first video with the skills you know now?

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +2

      I have not, no! I just might make a video on that, pretty cool idea

  • @mirzabiscevic4444
    @mirzabiscevic4444 Год назад

    thx man, now im never truly happy/finished with a mini :D

  • @Mourndarkv
    @Mourndarkv Год назад

    I appreciate this tutorial. I didn't even know half of these tricks. Do you have a Hero Forge tag?

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      Elaborate on what you mean by a 'Hero Forge tag'

    • @Mourndarkv
      @Mourndarkv Год назад +1

      @@Derfholm in the Heroes Beta Community section.
      By the way just your top 10 tips has changed my designing. I print mini's all of the time. Great tips!

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      @@Mourndarkv I'm glad to have been of help!
      I do have a tag, I think it's just 'Derff' or something like that- but I never post minis to the community library. Granted, a lot of other people post my models there all the time, but I prefer to give links out to my stuff more exclusively here at the YT channel

    • @Mourndarkv
      @Mourndarkv Год назад

      Okay awesome. Thanks for the content.

  • @seaofsalt3505
    @seaofsalt3505 Год назад +1

    I like the default proportions, and I know that's controversial, but sue me.

  • @pinguimgeladu2347
    @pinguimgeladu2347 Год назад +1

    Please make an tutorial in inspiration and etc...

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +2

      Will see about that!

  • @JuanHernandez-p09dha
    @JuanHernandez-p09dha Год назад +1

    At the very beginning of tip #2, how did you turn those spheres invisible? I’ve been using HeroForge for a couple years now but I haven’t ever been able to figure it out or even what to look up to find that information. And I’m sorry if this is common sense info

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +2

      It's a small glitch wherein if you put an object that can be twisted in a hand, you;
      Twist the object in posing
      Press the trashcan icon on the object you just posed to reset the posing
      Then Ctrl-Z (undo)
      It will disappear but the hand posing around the nonexistent item remains

  • @fleetcenturion
    @fleetcenturion Год назад +1

    Do you have tutorials about how some people exploit to make their characters do things like float in the air, or have an extra become tiny?

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +3

      The new tiny glitch is very fresh so I haven't gotten around to making any proper guide on that- and that's assuming they won't immediately patch it. I'm afraid not on that one.
      As for making objects float in the air, I have an older video called something like "Heroforge - Latest News & Updates" where I go over it in the middle of the video!
      As for floating PEOPLE - I'd recommend you just pick up a link with a model that's already floating and go from there. There's plenty of em around. I have one or two of those in almost all of my videos

    • @fleetcenturion
      @fleetcenturion Год назад +1

      @@Derfholm - The point is that I want to learn to do it myself. I can't find anywhere that shows me how, and individual creators never post instructions, and can't be contacted in any way.
      They shouldn't patch it; they need to make it a feature-- especially since they have yet to add an imp familiar to their lineup.

  • @viktorhammering6102
    @viktorhammering6102 Год назад

    The lizard, what episode is that? The one with the snake face? I really wanna use that for my own character!

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/PWHhnmwU-yg/видео.html&ab_channel=Derf
      This one!

  • @JolanXBL
    @JolanXBL Год назад

    WOW Hero Forge has come a long way from when I first found it.

  • @vampireslayera
    @vampireslayera Год назад

    Do you have any tips on how to make a Monkey Character?

  • @kevinr.9733
    @kevinr.9733 Год назад

    As a relative newbie who has made one halfway-decent double-stacked model (and I'm really only using it to add a bit more texture to her hair and make her already tattered pants even more so), it annoys me that they don't just use the same origin point for the two models or at least offset their origin points from the middle by a nice, easy-to-work-with amount. As is, it seems that no matter how close together I get the two models, they're slightly misaligned... and then I move them both two ticks to the right and they're not only still slightly misaligned, but they're slightly misaligned differently from how they were slightly misaligned before.
    (The slight misalignment isn't the issue here; it's the seeming inconsistency. Having that slight misalignment reduces flickering and allows for some neat effects like split-tone dagger blades, especially on something with prominent and oddly-shaped central ridges like the shard dagger and Nature's Fury.)

  • @Alf_Alfgo
    @Alf_Alfgo Год назад +1

    Did someone made a Suck count?

  • @soupermoviecritic8511
    @soupermoviecritic8511 Год назад

    Are you gonna show how to make certain characters?

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад

      Depends! That's a very broad question. Which certain characters are you thinking about?

    • @soupermoviecritic8511
      @soupermoviecritic8511 Год назад

      Anybody from Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, DC Comics, TMNT, Dead or Alive, horror villains, Transformers, Marvel, Tekken, real life people or anybody that’s a recognizable figures. I’m having a hard time trying to make a shaved/buzz cut, any suggestions?

  • @fjalarhenriksson
    @fjalarhenriksson День назад

    how are these tips useful for someone who plans to print?

  • @Tarothteam
    @Tarothteam Год назад

    Hey guys I’m trying to join the discord but I can’t figure out how can you help

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      In the description below the video, the Discord link should send you directly to the server via the Discord app, assuming you've installed it prior!

    • @Tarothteam
      @Tarothteam Год назад +1

      Thank you darf I’m in the discord

    • @Tarothteam
      @Tarothteam Год назад +1

      Derf

  • @Reformedhillbilly369
    @Reformedhillbilly369 Год назад

    Holy crap. I just learned so much.
    Time to waste 5 hours in HeroForge. 😂

  • @Faminijsons
    @Faminijsons 9 месяцев назад

    Er du svensk eller norsk

  • @GoAwayNow-iz3du
    @GoAwayNow-iz3du Год назад +1

    What would be neat is some links to heroic poses that people can use since the default ones are also a bit junky.

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад +1

      I plan on making a posing handout APR video soon enough! Just need to actually streamline and collect all my poses into one place before I do so

  • @necroticskeleton3474
    @necroticskeleton3474 Год назад

    Something I've been trying to do for a while now is try to make an arachne character but I'm still struggling and I was wondering if you had any ideas or tips I might be able to use?? Though I'm fairly limited with what I can do with not having pro and all🥲😅

    • @Derfholm
      @Derfholm  Год назад

      You won't need anything Pro to make an arachnid character, but generally they are indeed quite hard to make. I'd recommend clipping various horns through the face, both for the face-pincers as well as additional eye-stalk horns through the forehead if you want multiple eyes. Then, extra arms and bone-wings can make for really good additional legs & arms

    • @necroticskeleton3474
      @necroticskeleton3474 Год назад

      @@Derfholm the legs are what I'm struggling most though the other tips are good ideas also, so thank you😁😁☺️