[Soap DX]

Here are 3 Duke Designs, talk about what you like, what you hate, and what you wish there was.

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[KaijuTurtle]

3D Realms version is unquestionably the best in my mind, although if i were to change anything about it, i'd give him the belt buckle off the Gearbox design.

I don't know what the hell is going on with the Interceptor design. It looks like it's based more on the 90s Duke Nukem action figure than any of his previous game appearances. His arms are too long and it's very unsettling. Reminds me of Lanky Kong.

[MusicallyInspired]

3DR for sure. But both it and 3DR are better than douchey there in the middle.

[LkMax]

That's easy, 3DR is the best and Interceptor model, as usual, looks like shit and totally disproportionate (sorry if some Interceptor guy read it, it's the truth).

[Tea Monster]

I like the Gearbox version. I don't like the idea of Duke being an old man. It may have been interesting if it was played to a bit, but it wasn't so I don't see the point of having him be semi-geriatric. I think the Gearbox one is the one with the most attitude, which fits the character as it should have been written. Look at the SS3 Duke Mod. Douche Nukem sucked, but that was in the writing and the gameplay. I maintain that the one thing that DNF got right was creature and character design. There are some duds, but the Octabrains especially are amazing.

What is happening on the right? Seriously? Looks more like he's been pumping pies rather than iron.

[DukeNukem64]

I am laughing so hard. What is wrong with the proportions on the interceptor model? Look as his damn head!
However I like the idea that his legs are not skinny as in Gearbox's model. Is this 100% Interceptors model? That looks so bad that it hurts. For me, the Gearbox is the prettiest.

[xMobilemux]

3DR's version for sure, everything from the muscle build, face, jaw, hair style and upper body attire is spot on, the only cons on the 3DR Duke would be the jeans, belt buckle and boots in which the Gearbox Duke has it better.

The Interceptor Duke looks like he ate Jim Sterling and what is with the pale skin? This is Duke we're talking about, he'd be tanning in the sun with big titted bikini babes all day on his breaks, he'd get some sun for sure.
Though the combat boots look cool.

I also noticed you used the background I made a while ago:

[Tea Monster]

What is the interceptor one from?

[Ronin]

3DR head, Shovelware body, 3DR belt buckle.

3DR legs look too dad like with the dad jeans and he has retard sized muscles, Shovelwares head looks douchey, Interceptors everything is wrong, Duke is not supposed to has the same body proportions as Battlelord.

[Never Forgotten]

3DR's is the best, of course, it has the perfect look for what DNF was supposed to be, an older and classic Duke. The one by Gearbox just isn't Duke, his muscles are too small, and his look is too modern. Interceptor's isn't horrible, it's just his arms are way too long, and he's way too pale, also his gear is too steampunk-ish, not Duke enough.

[NUKEMDAVE]

Don't take the sunglasses off of the Interceptor model, whatever you do.

I have issues with all three models. The faces of all three of them could be way better, but the 3DR model has the best torso. The Gearbox model has the best legs and feet.

[MrBlackCat]

The Interceptor model is probably visually optimized for isometric view...

MrBlackCat

[Soap DX]

First of all, all textures are only as good as the Exporter of the models. I've seen 2 people export 1 model and some area clearly nicer.
Yes The Interceptor one is Pale, but it's possibly off. For the proportions I didn't change them, I hope the exporter didn't either.
Also the first picture has some orange lighting due to the explosion

I've added 2 new pictures in the spoilers.

From what I understand the interceptor model comes from the Bombshell game. As Mr Black Cat says it's possible he was made that way for Isometric view, maybe shorter arms look too short from the top. It's also possibly it was a work in progress model due the game had to be stopped.

Yes Wesker it's your image, I hope you don't mind I made the image in a rush before work, I wanted to get the conversation going. It's not intended as art, it's intended for analysis and comparison.

My Opinion on the models;
Love what people have to say, personally I've always loved the 3D realms model, I feel his build is perfect. It feels like he could crush heads with those muscles. I'm not crazy about his hair, but his facial structure is nice. his lower half is nothing special. Gearbox and Interceptors lower halfs are nicer. I actually like the intercepter's buckle and back strap better. Interceptor's build looks like a GIJOE toy, way to crazy. But I do like the idea of scars and the messed up eye.

I don't mind gearbox duke, I've liked him since the get go. And it's the writing that makes him duchy, he would have said the same things with the previous skin. (lucky for us he didn't)

I added both Bombshell's for a bonus if people want a side by side comparison.

[Steve 64]

xMobilemux, on 04 February 2016 - 12:33 PM, said:

3DR's version for sure, everything from the muscle build, face, jaw, hair style and upper body attire is spot on, the only cons on the 3DR Duke would be the jeans, belt buckle and boots in which the Gearbox Duke has it better.

The Interceptor Duke looks like he ate Jim Sterling and what is with the pale skin? This is Duke we're talking about, he'd be tanning in the sun with big titted bikini babes all day on his breaks, he'd get some sun for sure.
Though the combat boots look cool.

I also noticed you used the background I made a while ago:

that is a badass Duke Nukem Pic

[Marphy Black]

Compared to the previously seen pictures of the Interceptor Duke model in the court documents, something is certainly off with the way its rendered in the above comparison. Although the screens in the document look a bit vertically stretched, the body proportions don't look lanky.

[MusicallyInspired]

I forgot how stupid the old Bombshell looked.

[Fox]

The 3DRealms' model is the best one since it looks more like Duke should. About Interceptor's model, in 2010s there is no excuse to get the wrong proportions for a human body.

[duke64nukem]

The Gearbox Duke is unfortunately the best imo. Duke looks like serious sam in the 3D realms version and the see through shades are ugly. The Gearbox Duke just needs the color of his shirt to be more like the other two other then that its pretty spot on.

[Steve 64]

3DRealms Duke Best
GearBox Duke Decent
interceptor Kind of fat

[MusicallyInspired]

Don't like anything about Gearbox Duke. Except maybe the general build. I don't like 3DR's hair or sunglasses, but everything else is spot on. Interceptor has the classic Raybans which Duke should always have. Other than that, his whole physique is way off. Head too bulky, arms and torso too long, too much build. But he doesn't look like a douche, anyway.

I also don't believe that 3DR's Duke is an "old man". I don't know, I just really dislike Gearbox Duke's facial structure and preppy spiked hair (as opposed to the more "80's sarge" crew cut he should have). I also don't like the black trim on the shirt. Makes it look like some kind of weird Duke uniform or a quality expensive shirt of some kind instead of just the regular old red wife-beater that it should be.

[Komenja]

3DR Duke will always be my favorite since...well, it's plain ol' Duke. Blue jeans, red tank top, bullet suspenders, and golden belt buckle. Simple but striking. This was the design that introduced the black biker gloves, and they fit perfectly with Duke's classic attire. Though I do have to dock points for not having the classic Raybans, and for the glasses being see-through.

Gearbox Duke is pretty much the same, though he seems toned-down and modernized. He's smoother and has more of a sports-store regular thing going on instead of looking like an 80's action hero. I do like the red-half on the gloves, though the silver/grey belt buckle and grenades I certainly don't. Go gold or go home, dude. My least favorite Duke, honestly.

Interceptor Duke looks like if Image Comics got the rights to do a Duke Nukem comic in the mid 90's not long after Duke 3D came out. As a fan of Spawn and Savage Dragon, and given how over the top Duke and his games are, I don't really mind the crazy proportions. But that dude needs a tan, ASAP. And give him one of those holsters for each leg as opposed to having one on the opposite arm, it just looks unbalanced.

[NUKEMDAVE]

In my opinion, they nailed Duke's facial expression perfectly at this moment in the DNF 2007 teaser trailer. If only his hair was better here, and maybe if the sunglasses were shaped more like the ones he wears in the Zero Hour cover art.

[HulkNukem]

The Gearbox one is the best.
The 3DR one looks like a low res create a sim with decals copy and pasted randomly on the gloves.
Throw some of the colors from the 3DR and Interceptor model onto the Gearbox one, and I'd darn say itd be perfect

[Steve 64]

If im not mistaken the gearbox model in DNF was put there cause of the 3DRealms Duke Model being like corrupted, Think Randy Pitchford said it in one of the twitter messages not really such but I know I saw it somewheres.

[OpenMaw]

Demon Duke, on 05 February 2016 - 09:02 PM, said:

If im not mistaken the gearbox model in DNF was put there cause of the 3DRealms Duke Model being like corrupted, Think Randy Pitchford said it in one of the twitter messages not really such but I know I saw it somewheres.

He's... full of shit. As always.

They redesigned Duke because they wanted to make DNF a semi-soft reboot in the attempt to appeal to a younger crowd/newer generation.


I've got nothing against the interceptor Duke except that the proportions are questionable. I'm all for roughing Duke up as I think it makes him a little more compelling and saltens up his anger.

The 3D Realms Duke is pretty fucking awesome. The hair causes issues, mostly in the way it's been put together. The Gearbox Duke is a much cleaner design in terms of the way it's technically designed, and from that stand point it's probably the best of the three from a technical standpoint.

Creatively though I think the 3D Realms Duke is just the truest to form. He's big, he's badass, and he's not "dressing up." He's just himself.

Though my personal favorite will be the one I actually paid for. (Thanks to TeaMonster for his awesome work.)

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[Steve 64]

I'm full of shit?

[OpenMaw]

Demon Duke, on 16 February 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

I'm full of shit?

Randy Pitchford is full of shit.

[Steve 64]

Oh thought you were calling me full of shit sorry my bad

[MusicallyInspired]

I would have been ok with it if they would have at least kept the crew cut.

[Doom64hunter]

3DRealms Duke looks like a librarian. Give him better sunglasses and it's definitely the best out of the three.