Custom imaginary manager pictures right here

Basically I made these for my own use, but maybe someone else might also be interested. Mugshots of imaginary managers in style similar to regens' face pics. They are .png -files with transparent background.

Arrigo de Feudis

Harley Ramsden

Karsten Schmeisser

Liam Stewart

Rogelio Castro Franco

What do you think - is there a demand for this kind of thing? I could make some more...

A few new ones.

Giulio Guarnieri

James Pepper

Geneviève Lefebvre

Any asian faces? I am from asia. Hope you can do a few for me.

And how do you get it to work?

Sure I can make Asian faces aswell, but do you mean East Asian, Central Asian, Indian, Arabian or what type exactly?

If you want to see the picture in your manager profile, you can choose to use it when you are adding a new manager. If you have already started a game, a picture can be attached to any profile the same way it is with normal facepacks.

Just ask if you need any further assistance.

These are brilliant mate. Very original idea for manager pictures.

Giulio Guarnieri

Looks like the guy from The Sopranos.

if u dnt mind me asking how do u make these?

Excellent idea, duccio.

They're lookin' really good.

Originally posted by duccio:

Sure I can make Asian faces aswell, but do you mean East Asian, Central Asian, Indian, Arabian or what type exactly?

If you want to see the picture in your manager profile, you can choose to use it when you are adding a new manager. If you have already started a game, a picture can be attached to any profile the same way it is with normal facepacks.

Just ask if you need any further assistance.

East asian. I am a chinese, i would prefer to have a pair of sunglasses and a little beard like james pepper.

Can I set one of these after i have started my game they are wicked.

I like these but am I just stating the obvious when I say arnt most of these originated from real players or managers because im sure I can see them through the face like schmeisser looks to much like peter schmiechel

Originally posted by Frankie 7:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Giulio Guarnieri

Looks like the guy from The Sopranos. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Quite a coincidence!

Originally posted by joje4:

I like these but am I just stating the obvious when I say arnt most of these originated from real players or managers because im sure I can see them through the face like schmeisser looks to much like peter schmiechel

I tried to make Schmeisser look more like Schmeichel, but didn't think I quite succeed... so you are indeed correct. However, there is no problem creating faces that don't look like anyone particular.

Originally posted by clarky8540:

if u dnt mind me asking how do u make these?

I created the faces with Singular Inversions' FaceGen Modeller. (Download free version here.) Then removed the Singular Iversions' logo from te mugs' foreheads (free modeller) and added hairs, beards and specs in Paint Shop Pro.

Originally posted by vasilli07:

East asian. I am a chinese, i would prefer to have a pair of sunglasses and a little beard like james pepper.

I'll see what I can do.

Originally posted by AcidBurn:

Can I set one of these after i have started my game they are wicked.

Yes you can. If you have any facepacks, take one config.xml from there and edit accordingly. Or use the one below.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- dont preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- logo mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<!-- Auto generated by fmXML -->

<record from="filename" to="graphics/pictures/person/idnumber/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

</pre>

Replace filename with the name of the manager picture without its extention (.png) and idnumber with the id of the person you want to attach the picture to. You can find the id by clicking preferences -> display & sound -> show unique ids -> confirm and then browsing to the person's profile.

Move the pic and save the config.xml to for example:

My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\Graphics\Managers

Create the graphics and managers folders if needed. Then click preferences -> display & sound and untick use skincache and select always reload skin on confirm -> confirm. The picture should now be visible in the game. Skin and cache settings can now be restored if you want.

Originally posted by vasilli07:

East asian. I am a chinese, i would prefer to have a pair of sunglasses and a little beard like james pepper.

I made one. Looks silly like the rest of them.

Xu Gang

Also changed the size of all pics to a more standard 180px x 180px. The earlier slightly larger format caused overlapping in some cases.

What I forgot to say, and should have mentioned already in the first post, is that there is a thumbnail gallery of all the faces I have/will create(d) at my FM Photobucket:

http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg300/duccio_fm/

Originally posted by duccio:

I made one. Looks silly like the rest of them.

Xu Gang

Also changed the size of all pics to a more standard 180px x 180px. The earlier slightly larger format caused overlapping in some cases.

Thanks for the picture. But the beard seems too much. Is it possible to change it into stubble like Jose Mourinho?

Thanks again!

Nice one, I'll be using Liam Stewart as my profile picture

Originally posted by vasilli07:

Thanks for the picture. But the beard seems too much. Is it possible to change it into stubble like Jose Mourinho?

Thanks again!

Well, that beard in the pic is a true fashion statement. A bit heavy maybe.

Xu Gang without a proper beard

Originally posted by dafuge:

Nice one, I'll be using Liam Stewart as my profile picture

I used the same one when I was managing Chelmsford and posted in the dafuge challenge thread. I quit that save when the full patch came out though.

Thanks again, mate!

Bello Battafarano

Haywood Murdoch

Haywood Murdoch - "team talk"

Oiva Soikkeli

How do you make these, what program do you need?

Originally posted by JamboSteven:

How do you make these, what program do you need?

To create these faces, I have used FaceGen Modeller and Paint Shop Pro.

good idea

nice work

can u make one of me if i post a headshot ?

Originally posted by kaNovi:

can u make one of me if i post a headshot ?

I can try, but I cannot guarantee the end result will look exactly like you. Do you really want your "face" to end up in the rogues gallery I have at Photobucket?

Follow the PhotoFit image guidelines to snap/choose a suitable picture.

That's pretty cool. How did you manage to add hair to the face though? Is there any way of copying and pasting the files in the Facegen folder in FM?

I'm determined to create me!

I've attached hairs from the game's facegen folder to the heads in Paint Shop Pro. I've cut some hairs - and beards and glasses especially - off of pics I've found on the net. I guess I should look if I could find some neat hats aswell...

Just had a shot at making my own...

<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/nbarton/?action=view&current=manager1.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/nbarton/manager1.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

and I was wondering whether there are any specific dimension to stick to.

BTW, I think it looks oddly like Michael Owen, what do you think?

I started using FaceGen Modeller recently and basically use it to model faces as a 'holder' - a generated face to use in the game until or if I get a proper photo of the player to use.

Sometimes I model them from a real player but mostly use just any picture so the game doesn't get over populated with 'Wayne Rooneys' for example.

Beats seeing that silhouette/blank space all the time.

Originally posted by lfcfannic:

Just had a shot at making my own...

<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/nbarton/?action=view&current=manager1.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/nbarton/manager1.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

and I was wondering whether there are any specific dimension to stick to.

BTW, I think it looks oddly like Michael Owen, what do you think?

Hey tha'ts quite good. I think the jawline does look a little like Owen's. That hair and stubble also may be "Owenish".

When I've created faces, I've tried to not rezise the hair (when its from the game's facegen folder) much so it wouldn't become fuzzy - ie I've made the face smaller before adding hair. In facepacks the pictures are generally 180px x 180px. The same dimentions that are used in the game's facegen hair pictures. I'm not sure if manager pictures within the game are ever displyed in quite that large size though. In any case, if larger than 180px x 180px image is attached to a player profile, it will cause the image not to be displayed fully as it will overlap (using the standard skin). In human manager profile the pic will resize automatically though.

Originally posted by duccio:

Originally posted by lfcfannic:

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Hey tha'ts quite good. I think the jawline does look a little like Owen's. That hair and stubble also may be "Owenish".

When I've created faces, I've tried to not rezise the hair (when its from the game's facegen folder) much so it wouldn't become fuzzy - ie I've made the face smaller before adding hair. In facepacks the pictures are generally 180px x 180px. The same dimentions that are used in the game's facegen hair pictures. I'm not sure if manager pictures within the game are ever displyed in quite that large size though. In any case, if larger than 180px x 180px image is attached to a player profile, it will cause the image not to be displayed fully as it will overlap (using the standard skin). In human manager profile the pic will resize automatically though.

Yeah, I see what you mean...I think I ended up making the hair bigger as I couldn't scale the manager's face on paint.NET to fit into the hair, but I think I may try again because now I see it, I want to fix it even more.

And thanks for the bit about sizes, I'll have to remember that for later!

Originally posted by duccio:

Geneviève Lefebvre

Fantastic work duccio

Is it rude to ask for a request?

If you are ok with me asking I would love a male version of Genevieve with light brown hair, a bit of stubble and no lip stick!

If not tell me to sod off I will not get offended

Originally posted by Aario:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by duccio:

Geneviève Lefebvre

Fantastic work duccio

Is it rude to ask for a request?

If you are ok with me asking I would love a male version of Genevieve with light brown hair, a bit of stubble and no lip stick!

If not tell me to sod off I will not get offended </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm happy people seem to like the faces.

No it's not rude to make requests. I made a male version of Genèvieve - the face is basically the same with slight modifications to make it more masculine, but it does actually look quite different. With short (or medium really) hair aswell.

Gillaume Lefebvre

Originally posted by duccio:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Aario:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by duccio:

Geneviève Lefebvre

Fantastic work duccio

Is it rude to ask for a request?

If you are ok with me asking I would love a male version of Genevieve with light brown hair, a bit of stubble and no lip stick!

If not tell me to sod off I will not get offended </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm happy people seem to like the faces.

No it's not rude to make requests. I made a male version of Genèvieve - the face is basically the same with slight modifications to make it more masculine, but it does actually look quite different. With short (or medium really) hair aswell.

Gillaume Lefebvre </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks for the quick reply mate

Sorry to be really annoying but would it be possible to get a male version with that brown hair colour but in the original long style? And possibly a stubbley beard?

Thanks again

Originally posted by Aario:

Thanks for the quick reply mate

Sorry to be really annoying but would it be possible to get a male version with that brown hair colour but in the original long style? And possibly a stubbley beard?

Thanks again

Do you mean the same long puffy (I originally edited it to be larger and somehow more feminine ) hair style as in the Genèvieve picture, or the one used by the game itself? And do you mean an actual beard or just a darker jaw, as there is some stubble already (though it may look like a mere shadow)?

Originally posted by duccio:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Aario:

Thanks for the quick reply mate

Sorry to be really annoying but would it be possible to get a male version with that brown hair colour but in the original long style? And possibly a stubbley beard?

Thanks again

Do you mean the same long puffy (I originally edited it to be larger and somehow more feminine ) hair style as in the Genèvieve picture, or the one used by the game itself? And do you mean an actual beard or just a darker jaw, as there is some stubble already (though it may look like a mere shadow)? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Um - I guess the original game version should be cool - just want the shoulder length - as for the facial hair lets try a beard if thats cool.

Thanks again mate

Ok I gave it another go.

Gillaume Lefebvre with long hair & beard

i have a request duccio

could i have someone made that has brown, styled hair about mediam length. And his face with normal mouth, nose and ears and with brown eyes.

Thank you if you can

Originally posted by duccio:

Ok I gave it another go.

Gillaume Lefebvre with long hair & beard

Fantastic!

Thanks so much for this

KUTGW

Please make African ones... please....?

Originally posted by westhamrob:

i have a request duccio

could i have someone made that has brown, styled hair about mediam length. And his face with normal mouth, nose and ears and with brown eyes.

Thank you if you can

I made some that are about what you requested. Or did you have something different in mind?

Edgar Grigoryan

Mario Berger

Originally posted by Suma:

Please make African ones... please....?

I just happened to make one.

Obinna Eze

And here is an older slightly grumpy manager with high blood pressure.

Fergus Alexander

I wonder if in future versions of fm facegen could be used to do something like this. you make your own face and it ages you etc.

Can you do an Egyptian/Arab one? Please?

Originally posted by Giantplaything:

I wonder if in future versions of fm facegen could be used to do something like this. you make your own face and it ages you etc.

Maybe there could be a button in the manager wizard to generate a face according to age and nationality along with some other characteristics? Ofcourse with possibility to click it multiple times to get the kind of face one wants.

Originally posted by ahmed.sg:

Can you do an Egyptian/Arab one? Please?

OK

quote:

Originally posted by westhamrob:

i have a request duccio

could i have someone made that has brown, styled hair about mediam length. And his face with normal mouth, nose and ears and with brown eyes.

Thank you if you can

I made some that are about what you requested. Or did you have something different in mind?

Edgar Grigoryan

Mario Berger

short, styled hair then please

Originally posted by duccio:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Giantplaything:

I wonder if in future versions of fm facegen could be used to do something like this. you make your own face and it ages you etc.

Maybe there could be a button in the manager wizard to generate a face according to age and nationality along with some other characteristics? Ofcourse with possibility to click it multiple times to get the kind of face one wants. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not knowing anything about how technically difficult this would be (but assuming most of it is altrady there with facegen) I think this would be a fantastic idea.

amazing work duccio!!

I especially like the Gillaume Lefebvre one..

Please when ur avaliable can u make one for me?

I would like one somewhat mostly like the Gillaume Lefebvre (the first male one), but without the stubble and with slightly spikier and darker hair.

Thanks alot and KUTGW!!

Originally posted by ahmed.sg:

Can you do an Egyptian/Arab one? Please?

Here is one.

Gamal Saad

Originally posted by Aario:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by duccio:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Giantplaything:

I wonder if in future versions of fm facegen could be used to do something like this. you make your own face and it ages you etc.

Maybe there could be a button in the manager wizard to generate a face according to age and nationality along with some other characteristics? Ofcourse with possibility to click it multiple times to get the kind of face one wants. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not knowing anything about how technically difficult this would be (but assuming most of it is altrady there with facegen) I think this would be a fantastic idea. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I know nothing about how it could be implemented into the game, but at least the functionality I described sounds quite straightforward since the game would only have to generate another face. Currently, when in high/low morale, player faces are happy/sad. Would be great if other expressions were added - for example manager face could be angry after you have disciplined someone or made a fiery team talk. In FaceGen Modeller there are many sliders to adjust facial expressions.

Originally posted by westhamrob:

short, styled hair then please

You are being a bit vague. Is the one below (Gillaume Lefebvre) good?

Originally posted by Haowan:

I would like one somewhat mostly like the Gillaume Lefebvre (the first male one), but without the stubble and with slightly spikier and darker hair.

Thanks alot and KUTGW!!

Something like this one?

Gillaume Lefebvre with sort of spiky hair and clear jaw

Somewhat funky black guy.

Kendall James

quote:

Originally posted by westhamrob:

short, styled hair then please

You are being a bit vague. Is the one below (Gillaume Lefebvre) good?

YEP that'll do cheers, btw i was adding to my descroption earlier

What program did you use to make those pictures? Thank you. =)