A little sum-up for crushing that EoB-III character portrait ugliness. It is done! ^^
Due to help from dim568 who kindly made a working .bmp/.bin converter
I repacked all portraits which I repainted after EoB-1 originals. They all work in EoB-III,
perfectly. This is version 7 already.
Out of the original 26 male portraits and 18 female I restored 15 and 12, respectively.
Two thirds of it. Big job. But rewarding.
Now EoB-III has portraits "like in EoB-1". But in EoB-III colors:
![2CdR396.png](https://i.imgur.com/2CdR396.png)
For 20+ years it's the first time the ugliness is banished from EoB-3.
Forever. ^__^
7 Samples:
Green Girl
EoB-1
![S7NE1uC.png](https://i.imgur.com/S7NE1uC.png)
spoiled EoB-III
![AOcx42b.png](https://i.imgur.com/AOcx42b.png)
(alien HUGE ugly face, huge nose, "slit" eyes, primitive veil folds.)
my restoration in EoB-III colors:
![Jr9tauf.png](https://i.imgur.com/Jr9tauf.png)
Golden Girl
EoB-1
![nWHLnxx.png](https://i.imgur.com/nWHLnxx.png)
spoiled EoB-III
![Ky74f4W.png](https://i.imgur.com/Ky74f4W.png)
(black eyes, wrong expression, idiotic criss-cross armor added,
2 pixel remains of pink shoulder from EoB-1 version ^^)
my restoration:
![DRQn2YN.png](https://i.imgur.com/DRQn2YN.png)
Paladin
EoB-1
![nfmuxz7.png](https://i.imgur.com/nfmuxz7.png)
spoiled EoB-III
![hAUucvb.png](https://i.imgur.com/hAUucvb.png)
(swallen, darkened unkind face)
my restoration:
![8Cglq0O.png](https://i.imgur.com/8Cglq0O.png)
Dark Girl
EoB-1
![w1ExXkx.png](https://i.imgur.com/w1ExXkx.png)
spoiled EoB-III
![DeS1www.png](https://i.imgur.com/DeS1www.png)
("slit" eyes, one disappeared, weird triangle shoulder, too tall)
my restoration:
![6LlF1Hv.png](https://i.imgur.com/6LlF1Hv.png)
Anya
EoB-1
![d4XX9KW.png](https://i.imgur.com/d4XX9KW.png)
spoiled EoB-III
![71XE8J9.png](https://i.imgur.com/71XE8J9.png)
(hair too short, hair lifeless, hair tied with baubles instead of one
steel ring; neck is puny, shoulder is puny, body is too small vs. head;
"slit" eyes again, mouth too big, eyebrows are pink and unseen;
wrong dull armor on small body. ALL wrong with this picture!)
my restoration:
![wnk964S.png](https://i.imgur.com/wnk964S.png)
Brown mage
EoB-1
![rdR8kMk.png](https://i.imgur.com/rdR8kMk.png)
spoiled EoB-III
![uuZ8hWH.png](https://i.imgur.com/uuZ8hWH.png)
("slit" eyes again, ultra-fat, red(!) face, poor centering of image)
my restoration:
![IkSpQky.png](https://i.imgur.com/IkSpQky.png)
Violet Girl
EoB-1
![xl0xeMj.png](https://i.imgur.com/xl0xeMj.png)
spoiled EoB-III
![CgxQ1rS.png](https://i.imgur.com/CgxQ1rS.png)
(bOObs moved into the frame are ugly, arm added and manly-thick,
dim eyes, ugly face/mouth, no violet halo, remains of halo in the corner.)
my restoration:
![YQXQpFZ.png](https://i.imgur.com/YQXQpFZ.png)
Restored.
Crocodiles and MK Reptiles in green priestess disguise are gone. Many more errors in double dozen+ portraits are corrected.
The download post it here, patched EYE.RES ver 7_27 game resource file plus separate portraits:
https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/eye-of … -4#post-1683705
At last we are free from the curse of good EoB-1/2 portraits changing into that trash in EoB-III.
Whoever did that worthless work on EoB-3 art, his bad job is undone.
Ugliness is removed and cuteness is installed in its place. ^^
Congratulations. ^^
Perfection is the key. Fatality is the key. (c)