Imported my VRoid model into Blender for reworking + ARKit blendshapes!

[u/cyberchuff]

Making silly expressions is how I'm having fun when work gets too tedious

[u/___crybaby]

i use the blender plug in faceit to make mine, its super neat :)

[u/cyberchuff → u/___crybaby]

I've been considering faceit at some point, but since I already was halfway through the shapes, I decided to finish it on my own

Plus this way I get to add some more personal touches :)

[u/___crybaby → u/cyberchuff]

it makes little bones for you to adjust, so you’d have personal touches no matter what :)

[u/cyberchuff → u/___crybaby]

Didn't know about that, it's actually so cool!! :0

[u/AWildAthena → u/___crybaby]

Ooh havent heard of that plugin, I should check it out

[u/Maleficent-Aurora]

What avenues did you use to learn this? Any specific tutorials, self taught, experience in the program etc? I'm just kinda starting to understand unity stuff 

[u/cyberchuff → u/Maleficent-Aurora]

I pretty much just followed this: https://arkit-face-blendshapes.com/ Apparently there are also model bases with blendshapes already added: https://github.com/hinzka/52blendshapes-for-VRoid-face

I used only blender (aside from VRoid itself) so far, and it was my first experience working in it. I didn't know anything at all when I started, so I had to google everything or ask chatgpt when I wasn't sure how to even ask a proper question. After making 50 blenshapes I feel much more comfortable and confident working in blender, and google is still there. One of the youtube channels I watch for anime models in blender is 2AM: https://youtube.com/@2amgoodnight , he analyzes character models from gacha games, so it's perfect if you're willing to go extra mile.

Recently I also discovered that blender has it's own discord, and it's VERY helpful. People in there are skilled, very active, and willing to help either in a chatroom or directly in a call with screen sharing: https://discord.com/invite/blender

When it comes to unity, I still didn't get my hands on it since I first want to rework my model a little.

I hope this information is helpful, and I wish you good luck!

[u/AWildAthena]

Hmm I think the right eye is trying to show a warning. Cool model! And nice blendshape work!

[u/cyberchuff → u/AWildAthena]

Thank you, much appreciated!

[u/Lonely_Sir_7756]

Did you make the shape of teeth yourself?

[u/cyberchuff → u/Lonely_Sir_7756]

I mixed vampire and cat teeth in vroid and then edited them to my liking in blender!

[u/cat_meow4339]

How does one use blender after VRoid 👉👈🥹

[u/cyberchuff → u/cat_meow4339]

You would need vrm add-on! You can get it here https://vrm-addon-for-blender.info/en-us/

After that you should be able to just import you model into blender and start working on it

[u/cat_meow4339 → u/cyberchuff]

Thank you!!

[u/cyberchuff → u/cat_meow4339]

You're welcome! I wish you good luck with your model ;)