Homm3 Hero Portrait Remaster: Elementalists

Original Heroes of Might and Magic 3 hero portraits remastered using Stable Diffusion with DreamShaper checkpoint, img2img pipeline and 2-3 hours of manual work per portrait with Affinity Photo.
Get the full-resolution images and game-ready files in here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UOknolSHMciw9T8yaVurQtVvb3OjEuJl
Thanks for watching!

[@BlackCrossCrusader]

These are getting much better, when they're remastered it's as though a fog lifts and their features become more clear for the viewer. None of their personality from the original art seems to be diminished, only enhanced. Very well done!

[@SirVesanus]

Luna not looking like Nicolas Cage anymore is a big step up 👍

[@Andreonfxv]

🤣

[@fionawashere1086]

3:07 I just realized the original Aenain looks like Paul Romero! An easter-egg?

[@gegart01]

3:10 Sir Paul Romero

[@nickbud4439]

Не, Грег Фултон, геймдизайнер игры в одном из интервью подтвердил использование внешности/имени разработчиков касаемо только 4-х героев: Мюллих, Интеус, Кристиан, Луна. Ромеро видимо случайно похожим оказался ))

[@lucagiovanninieddu2603]

Fun fact GELARE means TO FREEZE in italian 😮😊

[@przemyslawwasowski7450]

It's actually from latin as some others like monere, lacus, ignis-sa... if I remember correctly, rest are german or old germanic. Although I understand the confusion as big amount of italian comes from latin.

[@lawfulchaotic8755]

thank you for all those inspiration works

[@phamnhat2925]

It's like a beauty magazine

[@wojciechkurek6593]

They are all perfect

[@Philosophocat]

Круто! ✊🏻🚩

[@usecactus]

The only critic is - shouldn't Brissa have complete black eyes?

[@Stepanov_Kirill]

Была же симпотная Луна уже до этого!!!!!

[@pashachert1512]

Интеус = Стас Михайлов)

[@Alex_Sania]

Grindan looking like Jack Nicholson 😂

[@rianvoogt4701]

real good

[@ГлебХабаров-ж7о]

2:20 Demoted from MILFs. Nontheless, great job)

[@jamaluddinkhalifa8371]

Labetha, Gelare, Inteus are great. There's no fixing Luna lol. or Grindan i guess. he looks more stoned to me in the remaster than in the original. Brissa, oof! nice. Aenain is very good.

[@kaminsky_psychologist]

Вы что с Луной сделали?😐 Был нормальный трансгендер, а теперь вообще тёлка. Вы что там, трансофобы?

[@LeedsThePlanet]

АХахаа. 😅 А я уж обрадовался, что наконец-то на мышку не походит, а тут такое. 🤣

[@LiquidValor]

Inteus is based on a reference photo of George Almond, the Chief Concept Artist at New World Computing. I found the photo and remastered the portrait following the original reference photo as foundation rather than the ingame portrait, hence the different look. Search "george almond artstation" for some interesting homm3/4 concept art.

[@Excvositorum]

Явно учтена критика прошлых видео. Сложно докопаться теперь. Особенно хорошо, по-традиции, получились синие лысые герои. :)

[@borisbritv4]

Согласен. В этот раз все персонажи остались самими собой. Хорошая работа

[@danilivanich6413]

Особенно тот , который похож на Пола Ромеро

[@NTA257]

will you be doing any heroes from the HotA mod at any point? these are amazing btw 😁

[@LiquidValor]

I haven't yet made any decisions regarding HotA

[@NaughtyNina1240]

Hello, this is Luna from the I.T. department, I heard your company computers have issues with Firewall? Don't worry - I'm on my way to help. You can trust me, I'm a specialist when it comes to Firewalls.

[@nem__tren1132]

I didn't think Grindan could get any better. But HE BECAME. Thank you very much.

[@theblocksays]

He looks more like a highwayman than a proper spellcaster.

[@АндрейМилошевич]

Sir, you’re a God! What are you doing with me, now I fall in love on Ciela and Brissa 😍

[@kesasika]

These came out really well. The age of the characters and their personalities seem to be intact.

[@ЭльфридаЭлениэльЦиэль]

Любимая игра и героиня - Циэль Джелар похож на Джона Траволту 🤣😁💓 Анаин - прям джинн из алладина Лабета и Луна тоже красотки получились!

[@danilivanich6413]

Анайн - скорее Пол Ромеро, композитор Героев

[@mikaeusbznd744]

So good

[@fajnymat1911]

hmm there's something strange about remastered Luna's face but everyone else looks great especially Labetha she is gorgeous. keep up the good work mate!

[@mikaeusbznd744]

I see uniqueness. Not being the generic ‘perfect’ face we’ve come to expect nowadays only adds to their personality.

[@fajnymat1911]

@@mikaeusbznd744 Yes absolutely. I don't mind it being a bit different, just like all those people who write comments complaining about every little detail. I guess I just imagined Luna's face differently, but I'm not saying it's bad

[@Ephryad]

да , луна на себя не похожа

[@Agregard]

Мадамы из Героев вставай, вливайся за Русских , знаешь как, прикоснешься к Героям, а обратно в этот мир очучаешься

[@ron-95]

cant wait Heroes of Might and Magic III - Realistic Edition

[@shkidrepublic7760]

Луна наконец то стала похожа на девушку

[@kno6ndg7]

I have watched whole lot of them. You posess godd skills.

[@trassage]

I have been binge watching a lot of these videon on your channel, and this batch is by far the most accurate. Luna

[@randomyoshi]

Labetha- Good thing she doesn't look wall-eyed anymore. I like the details on her hair and her earrings. Gelare- He has more wrinkles on his forehead but less wrinkles on his face cheeks and neck. Grindan- This looks pretty nice. Luna- Remastered portrait definitely looks better. Luna looks half-asleep in the original. Inteus- He looks angry in the original and happy in the remaster. I guess it's because you used George Almond's photo for reference instead of his original portrait. Ciele- Very good remaster. Brissa- Another good remaster. Brissa looks like she's staring down at something in the original, while Brissa looks like she's staring at something behind the viewer in the remaster. Aenain- I like how detailed his face is, especially his facial hairs.

[@rkarcade7417]

Whole my life thought Gelare had mustache lol

[@AlexandrosV88]

Very, very cool! I think my only nitpick would be that these AI results tend to pretty up everyone even when they shouldn't be made so pretty. Feels like the intention of the original artists gets washed away a bit in the process.

[@Путинхуйло-р4ю]

What a music. This is really magic!

[@Vunvel1]

Луна страшнАя, на мой вкус. После обработки такой и осталось, это справедливо конечно, но видел фанфики где из неё симпотяшка получалась.

[@ПарГелий]

Гриндан пока лучшее что было в этих преображениях! Каждая деталь на своем месте и характер взгляда остался тот же!

[@KingOfMadCows]

It's funny how none of the Elementalists are Elementals. I guess Brissa and Aenain are kind of close since they're genies.

[@TheNoybusiness]

I think Inteus's eyebrows were meant to be more prominent.

[@gustavomolinari7522]

Amazing! Brissa is 100% Slavic.

[@anonimousanon]

возможна ли модификация третьих героев HD такими картинками героев?

[@SlavaRossiiPobedaZaNami]

Conflux хуже всех вписывается в игру, гавно

[@Kujamon]

I thought Luna was a guy 😂

[@LeafGreen906]

grindan kinda looks like paul wall

[@Balzasus]

Labetha looks like Monica Bellucci.

[@АртурАлександрович-э6р]

У первой девушки, очевидно, меланома. Ей стоит обратиться к дерматологу

[@АртурАлександрович-э6р]

У третьего мужчины тоже. Боже, огненные элементали явно излучают слишком много ультрафиолета

[@SonofSkyrim01]

Ciele just WOW! 😘

[@stefenlong]

bro, great jobs! Brissa looked like a pig in-game, but now very distinct in video. Is there any way we can accommodate these images into the HotA mod for actual playing enjoyment?

[@Pandalka]

the faces in HOMM are so interesting and have very unique features

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

colorful?

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

picturesque?

[@i_am_ergo]

The model definitely misunderstood Brissa's eyes. But everything else is just chef's kiss. Bravo!

[@yooaralover]

so is luna male or female?

[@Bojanmistrz]

She is female but it's a meme she look in game like Nicolas Cage

[@KutaphoneX]

You are skilled man :) I subscribe to your channel :)

[@nikolayz.7141]

гриня пес отличный вышел

[@elGREENdeGOR]

HoMM 4?

[@South_Wall]

We don't do that here

[@leontalbuquerque8281]

1:57 lowkey looks like Magnus Carlsen with a goatee and I'm in for it

[@nickbud4439]

Не, это художник Джордж Олмонд, нарисовавший в своё время оригинальные портреты всех героев к игре. Он кстати и актёр по совместительству.

[@leontalbuquerque8281]

@@nickbud4439 ctz parça bora cada um meter sua língua nativa aleatoriamente na internet, vai dar boa sim confia

[@nickbud4439]

@@leontalbuquerque8281 There is a built-in auto-translation here, right?

[@PooSheet-sl7zi]

Faces are too realistic, looks like a cheap heavy photo edit with added some little artistic details that not composed with picture. Reflect light colors is loosed. Piece of ai art can't replace artistic masterpiece and manual work, imagination and much more. Ai only can randomly combine millions of pictures in one in just a seconds without rethinking of it with art style and free mind.

[@ivankuzin8388]

I think this one actually only uses AI for initial upscale? At least it is SO much better than similar pure-AI shit here on KZbin, that it must have involved at least some manual work.

[@PooSheet-sl7zi]

Also background need to be blurred like focus lens blur to get rid of cheapness look.

[@adrianjezierski162]

the author has the video where he shows how he edits these photos. I encourage you to explore his channel a bit more before throwing sh*t at him.

[@PooSheet-sl7zi]

I don't try to underestimate author work piece but says that need to do more for close look a like original work, and that faces are different than original.

[@williwacker2774]

@@PooSheet-sl7zi In order to be better they need to be different, Captain Obvious.

[@fkuba91]

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