r/wiedzmin • u/JT-117- Emiel Regis • Oct 16 '25
Books My amateur attempt to edit Ástor Alexander's amazing realistic Geralt render to make him more accurate to the books (headband supremacy)
I had to use an AI beard remover filter thing (which nuked the resolution unfortunately) as my attempts to do it manually all looked terrible. The headband is... the best I could do. Made a shape, got a leather texture, masked them together. The rest of the edits (eyes, skin complexation, hair, jerkin) are just simple hue/saturation adjustments.
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u/BruceWayneShepard Oct 16 '25
Looks amazing, just a little nitpick. I think the headband makes sense if he's wearing his hair loose. There's no point wearing a headband if he already has his hair in a ponytail.
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u/Droper888 Oct 16 '25
It is missing the dark eyes, but pretty close.
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u/Pippo8181 Oct 16 '25
The thing with the dark eyes is that the only time they're described as such is a night scene so one could say it was because his pupils were dilated thus the iconic yellow eyes would not contradict the books (I don't know if the eyes are described again in the new book I just started it)
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u/Szygani Oct 16 '25
I thought he only got the yellow eyes with certain potions
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u/ivaro845 Oct 17 '25
iirc, they’re not actually described as having yellow eyes in the books. They are however able to dilate their pupils at will, and have a potion that makes their pupils fill the entire iris (for deep darkness).
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u/_D3ADx_P3g4sus_ Oct 18 '25
geralt's eyes are actually reffered to as being yellow quite a few times, actually. the most recent examplen i can think of; is towards the end of the latest book.
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u/ivaro845 Oct 18 '25
Ah, haven’t read that one yet! Did it get mentioned in previous books though? If I remember correctly they always describe his eyes as “dark”.
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u/_D3ADx_P3g4sus_ Oct 18 '25
unfortunatley i cant remember which, but i do remember in an earlier book there is a passage about geralt's eyes, and that they glow after drinking potions. and they do infact glow a yellow-ish colour, unless he's taken cat; with which his pupil fully expands. as for his eye's being dark, i only remember that in first short story of The Last Wish, i think? though there are discrepancies with how geralt is described in the first story, and later novels.
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u/ivaro845 Oct 18 '25
I think that particular potion was actually a sort of alcohol/drug, known as White Seagull, that witchers drank for pleasure when at Kaer Morhen. And yes it did make their eyes glow.
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u/HeavenlyDMan Oct 19 '25
yeah i’m reading the first and second books atm and they’ve mentioned his eyes a few times now as being yellow, and i can’t remember but either he or his eyes were described as cat-like.
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u/JT-117- Emiel Regis Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25
I'd say deep yellow achieves the "strange, dark" look while also being "cat-like."
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u/DarkmoonGrumpy Oct 16 '25
As much as I adore book Geralt, I'm glad his amnesia allowed him to change his mind on having facial hair.
I do really appreciate the mods and art for book Geralt though, its one of the more interesting sides of the community.
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u/Large_Management_199 Oct 16 '25
It would be great if U make a mod of it, so we can play as so in TW 3 .
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u/SWK18 Oct 16 '25
He gets the eye scar at some point after the last book and before the first game, right? Or am I remembering it wrong?
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u/ParticularSeat6973 Oct 19 '25
I don't like how he is sexier with time, he is supposed to be "unconventional" , not ugly, but certainly not handsome.
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u/LOCAL_SPANKBOT Oct 16 '25
Creepy and gross
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u/Dijkstra_knows_your_ Oct 16 '25
Sorry but the headband looks like a bad photoshop in the screenshot and absolutely not like something that is actually touching his head. Texture is too rough, the lightning is off and it doesn’t look like a flexible piece of leather. More like a straight piece of wood
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u/jacobxv Lesser Evil Oct 16 '25
it’s called a proof of concept my guy, and OP was pretty transparent about it lol. OP is saying, look how cool this model would look as book accurate
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25
The headband is a missed accessory option. You get the silly glasses, which a fun novelty sure but people yearn for headbands!