Topic: Castlevania in IMVU

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I play a number of Castlevania characters in a RP on the IMVU service, and I thought I'd share my reinterpretations of the characters with you.

So far I have (reasonably accurate) outfits for:

Renon
Dracula
Young Julius
Carmilla (pre-Dark Lord of the Vampires)
Zobek (Dark Lord form)
Succubus (Lament of Innocence)
Angela
Shanoa
Yoko Belnades

Furthermore, the RP leader is taking pics of all the characters in the RP and gussying them up for use on the RP page, so as those are rolled out, I'll post them here.

But for now, I offer a humble beginning, with Renon (who is a key player in events).

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I have more pics to post. At last! Disclaimer: Julius appears as I imagined he'd look in 2012, with the items I had on hand. He's not perfect, I know.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Probably the character I took the MOST liberties with, here I present Yoko, envisioned with a more Eastern-European name, rather than a decidedly Japanese given name.

Also, I translated her last name as "Vernandes" mostly because neither Belnades or Fernandez is a regionally appropriate name for Sypha's family line. This is the closest approximation I could find.

*expects rep to PLUMMET*

[djrunza]

  WOW! JUst...WOW! What an amazing artworks you have there! What a great job you've done. Lol. By the way, what software are you using to create those awesome characters that you made? I want to try it! ^^

[Lumi Kløvstad]

They are all modeled in the IMVU 3D Chat software (which is like Second Life, only invented first and envisioned as a chat program rather than a true virtual world), using items available for purchase in the avatar catalog.

I do try to adapt the characters faithfully, and if an exact copy isn't possible, I do try to capture the style, personality, and essence of the character as best I can with what I've got.

It takes a lot of money to afford every character I've played (usually $10-$20 per character), and hunting the right items in the catalog for me tends to be SERIOUS BUSINESS. I don't give up until I find what I'm looking for.

I've been a member of the service since 2007, and to date I've played about 55 characters, but only a few of them are actual Castlevania characters, and I'm posting them here.

[Dracul]

Hey i play IMVU and secondlife there is a store in secondlife that sells awesome castlevania stuff.  Its not on the marketplace though.

[VladCT]

Probably the character I took the MOST liberties with, here I present Yoko, envisioned with a more Eastern-European name, rather than a decidedly Japanese given name.

Also, I translated her last name as "Vernandes" mostly because neither Belnades or Fernandez is a regionally appropriate name for Sypha's family line. This is the closest approximation I could find.

*expects rep to PLUMMET*

Is now Yoko's grandma AND the Belnades/Vernandes/Fernandez/Whateverfloatsyourboat who participated in the battle of 1999 -> PROFIT (not literally LOL)
Yeah, the outfit's not exactly period-accurate when turned into a '99 character, but hey, CV wasn't exactly known for period-accurate outfits anyway.
...You have no problem with that, right?