if Heroes 3 characters were drawn in 2024

What would happen if pictures of HoMM3 characters were drawn in 2024? Stable Diffusion 1.5 was used to create the pictures
Some examples turned out better, some worse. It was especially difficult to reproduce non-existent races like elves or dwarves, but the most difficult character to redraw was Drake.

[@KingOfMadCows]

The original Sir Mullich portrait is a picture of a real person, David Mullich. He was project manager of Heroes 3 and he dressed up to play an NPC for Might and Magic 6 so they just used a picture of him from M&M6 for Sir Mullich.

[@glaucioreis]

Thank you! I always had the impression that he was a real person, but never bothered to find out. The hat always looked weird to me (in a medieval Fantasy setting).

[@Pocvocem]

AFAIK, Aenain is painted from Paul Romero

[@siejac7894]

everybody is too sweet.

[@densam7709]

I'd say everybody is the same person

[@ivankuzin8388]

Everybody is younger now :D Like in the original most look in their 40's, now they are teens )))

[@koleso1v]

While I appreciate the artwork, many characters are drawn wrong. I mean both the emotions and facial features are completely off. For example, Catherine is a mature woman of power, not a young girl. Tamika is a merciless dread knight, not a "miss black beauty" contest winner. Luna is an experienced fire magician, not a cheerleader girl from local high school.

[@artyomarty391]

spot on

[@glaucioreis]

All the personality of A.I "art" (or lack thereof). Everyone is young(er) and beautiful.

[@poifish7442]

It's just AI art, not actual, fresh renditions of the characters. Only natural they're lacking any and all personality, intent or creative specificity

[@jeejmfhz3875]

All girls look alike.

[@truckersforfreedom4535]

you are right and in general the characters most of them are too young and too beatiful, AI doesnt capture it

[@parabalani]

0:58 Octavia is missing her fangs

[@mtwice4586]

This is awesome!! I saw this on the HOMM3 Facebook group so I immediately came to the KZbin channel. Amazing work.

[@DawnstarArtist]

its just an AI

[@mtwice4586]

@@DawnstarArtist I'm not too tech-savy, so things like this impress me, hahaha.

[@novasoul99]

So basically take portaits that show character and soul and turn them into some childish gag

[@KallenSC]

Christian, Sir Mullich, Jenova, Ufretin, Fafner, Catherine, Octavia, Sandro, Adrienne, Gerwulf looks good!

[@Eye_Exist]

just now I realized those are Arlach''s nostrils and not his eyes, lmao. Incredible version of the best combat theme in the game.

[@mehenra485]

Would be cool to get a proper HD Version with graphics like this.

[@FilthEffect]

Just download the HD mod. The original art style holds up very well on higher resolutions. I play HOMM3 at 4k on a 40inch TV. Looks amazing.

[@mehenra485]

@@FilthEffect Jeah I like the HD Mod, it's just that this game deserves much more attention, and a version where also things like hero portraits are overhauled but kept in the spirit of the original intrigues me. Don't get me wrong, I agree with you that the graphics still hold up very well. Haha, the settings you describe are hard to comprehend.

[@BA0777]

Shiva, Jenova, Mephala, Luna, Adrienne 😍❤

[@d.f.7397]

Not bad for an AI!

[@user-pv2ur8zz7h]

Блин хочу сохранить эти шедевры в свою коллекцию :(

[@bornastipic1770]

Lord Haart looks like Henry Cavill

[@morygeg]

Everybody looks like Henry Cavill

[@workbrothers91]

Soundtrack?

[@dujikasda2451]

I dream one day in homm3 every aspect of 2d graphics is going to get upgraded. And not in 3D just better 2D like in video.

[@Vytautas1430]

Will you draw Cove and Factory Heroes??

[@Glabrex]

Drawn? More like ai generated

[@mikaeusbznd744]

Gerwulf is way too hot I cant deal with it.

[@mikaeusbznd744]

Correct, all females are generic young pretty woman, at least males have some variety and personality

[@3dhYT]

Please make new portraits for the 1987 game Dungeon Master. It was released on PC DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

[@mohdluqman4681]

Mutare has the coolest haircut ever.beat me to that

[@sibedir]

2:15 Scorpion, it's you? )))

[@mateuszs72]

Good lord that Mephala ;O

[@rafatepinski624]

Fantastic work

[@fredrikidstrom4120]

THATS AWESOME

[@nythmair]

Great job! I like the new portraits :-) By the way - this music arrangement is amazing! Do you know who made it?

[@e.vasileva5891]

Great work! Link for the cover of the music?

[@patrykdabrowski8738]

Just type heroes III battle music cover and first video ;P kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZmymZ6wftOKbtUsi=3_k_PdPSu6RcpkuE

[@spspiano468]

it is on youtube easy to find

[@e.vasileva5891]

@@spspiano468 Well, I do not know how to search it. If you have it, would you mind sharing it?

[@spspiano468]

@@e.vasileva5891 heroes 3 combat by drante

[@epicnerull]

Yes, Sandro! XD

[@jwesterback]

what is this remix? i want it the song

[@nythmair]

Same!

[@artyomarty391]

Half of the original ones were much better. These were people, heroes, real. But you made them all into 16 year old beauty princesses. These were merciless leaders who endured a life of hardship, but you made them into seductive teenage models. Anyone who uses social media or instagram 24/7 can make an unrealistically beautiful face: just enlarge the eyes, lessen the nose, smooth the skin, etc. But this removes reality, character. It makes them all the same: just unrealistically attractive Instagram models

[@madmilkgaming6091]

Well, the artificial intelligence that he uses to upscale these portraits use pictures from the internet for reference. It's obvious that the internet is more likely to be filled with beauty princesses, so the ai has no choice (nor will) to reamain close to the originals.

[@nythmair]

Aaaah, there it is, a comment from a pretentious toxic H3 fanatic. Can you just lock yourself in a basement with the one and only H3 and play it and fap to it and worship it and leave everyone else alone?

[@morygeg]

​@@madmilkgaming6091but why it's filled with beauty princesses?

[@marisbury]

@@morygeg because people like it.

[@morygeg]

@@marisbury thanks, captain obvious!

[@Pocvocem]

Luna reminds me Kristin Kreuk

[@fizzbrew]

Everything is just Made younger, more attractive and less harsh. Pretty goofy honestly. Besides its 2024 everyone would just be black and gay. Ask Google ai

[@Evisceratio]

male and female characters look like have the same face

[@sokzpipetki2676]

Awesome. I would like to see Lorelei!

[@DawnstarArtist]

She is kinda weird... you can find her in Reels!

[@zenithquasar9623]

I quite like them! Yes, a lot have lost their characters and roughness a bit but still. It just feels like Hollywood versions of them ahaha!

[@user-yp1ui6yr4i]

Thanks ❤ Can draw characters from town Cove? (Heroes Might and Magic 3 Hota)

[@keepitsimple632]

0:46 Serena

[@mrjoejoecraftpl3093]

Solmyr look identical xD

[@valegenta_]

I always thought it's Octavia's hairs..

[@sibedir]

Кто-нибудь покажите уже, как выглядит Сер Троглодит? )

[@symmetricasymmetric9154]

most females look like teens, men look younger by 10 years but still adults (except Gelu, he is straight up a woman here), Tamika and the efreeti heroes lost their fangs, and then there is Mandor with wore teeths than before (i actually like this and Sandro).

[@ShlaHich]

Это прекрасно !!!

[@jwesterback]

and btw easy subscribe this looks to nice

[@jeweltv7922]

very cool

[@kevanchong4082]

I think the AI rendition for non humans were okay, but for most of the humans, there was something odd about them, people like Ufretin, Ayden and Serena were okay though!

[@synrzymu297]

Dziewczyny z mojego Bastionu są niesamowite.

[@peter_pky]

i want part 2 with Orrin

[@Allkon]

Malekith the cow 😂

[@__TER__]

Круто!) Только вот немного лишнего омультяшили и омолодили многих лет на 10)))

[@Bawrius]

ЛУНА НЕ ПАРЕНЬ?! Серьезно?

[@warchiefzeke2035]

This is so cool. The old ones looked either like nightmare fuel, or were silly looking. Now they are all aestheticlly pleasing

[@a.c.9822]

But it is not certainly good if they are all aesthetically pleasing. Just few in this video got ok better pictures. Many are just different.

[@warchiefzeke2035]

​You're right, some of them were probably meant to be scary/creepy/intimidating looking. Still, for me these new portraits are way better. Modern, sleek, easy on the eyes. If the game was to be remade, the characters would probably look like this.

[@morygeg]

​@@warchiefzeke2035aesthetics apart, they don't have distinctive features anymore and therefore will be hard to distinguish between. Take a look at the WC3 Reforged - sleekness is unfunctional. And, honestly, I don't think it's aesthetical either.

[@mrjoejoecraftpl3093]

Jenova looks too childish, she was more like mommy in my opinion

[@xgl3250]

Mijorney?

[@gillespie2482]

Wait, what?! Luna is a woman?

[@justacatwithghostlygibus9823]

Always has been.

[@parsifal6094]

why all the women heroes look 10 years younger?

[@sellolimp]

Фуу... Из Шивы варварки сделать косплейщицу. Спасибо что оф. ремейка нет. а то все такими были бы.

[@azudevcr]

Mephala!!!

[@DanyloSyrotynskyy]

Ai is good but not perfect

[@xamethx]

Clearly not finished and requires some work. So many things off.

[@Biziut]

What a great images, I love it! Luna finally looks like an actuall female, I always thought it was a guy. xd

[@mmarkusgaming]

I've converted these into a usable assets in game; it is also available on aphrasheroessite

[@dziku2222]

Most lose the soul of the original. I don't like that at all. Couple of those are ok. The problem is that AI generates average generic facial features, not characteristic stuff like heroes of the game usually have.

[@HuyNguyen-jl7go]

Sir Mullich 2024 is a downgrade.

[@novasoul99]

All of them were

[@arthurganteng7851]

Tamika was a woman? Lol

[@justacatwithghostlygibus9823]

Always has been.

[@Argi1000]

So Gelu is gay now? At least Tamika is not fat anymore, good for her. Also they did mommy Shiva dirty, went from a strong barbarian woman to clumsy anime chick. Other women too, all of the seriousness taken from them. Meh.

[@huberttarnowski4980]

This is so bad, it doesnt have the same vibe as the oryginal portraits.