Could not find a good image of Lovok, the Romulan Changeling from DS9.

My suggestion for the Dominion is to clone the photos the way the Vorta are cloned and Jem'Hadar are hatched. For example we find more photos of Weyoun and number them. My Weyoun above is called "Weyoun One" and this could be Weyoun Two.

We could also use 3D programs to expand the selection of Changelings.

We could also use Changelings looking like other major races as when they replace characters seen in DS9.

Not really good ideas IMO.
Neither cloning photos left and right (what's the point really?), nor using images for replaced characters (which might be confusing). I'd KISS.

(re the latter, the pic we have for the Malurians [which won't be in the game, so I'll just remove it], it's actually the malurian guy in disguise as an Akaali, which is silly)

Since changlings can look like anyone else, it makes sense to use other characters from other races as the agents. There wouldn't be confusion because you would know you are playing as the Dominion. The agent would just have a Founder name. In fact, that could be part of the interest in playing as the Dominion - you need to assign the agent that looks Klingon (he is good at taking on Klingon features), to the Klingons etc. That agent would be the most effective there. You could assign another (They are changlings after all) but they might not be as good at escaping detection.

Just a thought.

How do you suggest we deal with the limited number of Dominion agents? That is the point, the issue, we are trying to deal with. If Mike has a way to code for fewer agents in that race we are good. If not we have to find a way to make more than we have so far.

Since changlings can look like anyone else, it makes sense to use other characters from other races as the agents.

There wouldn't be confusion because you would know you are playing as the Dominion.

The agent would just have a Founder name.

In fact, that could be part of the interest in playing as the Dominion - you need to assign the agent that looks Klingon (he is good at taking on Klingon features), to the Klingons etc. That agent would be the most effective there. You could assign another (They are changlings after all) but they might not be as good at escaping detection.

If you read the first page of this thread, one of my posts quotes, among other things, the max number of active agents per empire. It's currently set at 8. Not that the games is actually enforcing it already, but provisions have already been made.

Should the Federation have only human agents then? I mean it's a bit funny having other races as agents before you even discover them and specially of they aren't on the map.

That looks like a good start Blaze.

The ears will need more depth to them and the chin points and extends too far out. That should be easy to fix. These human models are really complex. I think making a sphere for the eyeballs will help as well.

If you do it high poly enough you should be able to paint the texture right onto the model in blender. That may still not prove to be high enough resolution enough for our needs. If that is the case there are some tutorials I recall on unwrapping the head for texture mapping. You start with a vertical seam in the back. By mapping a high res image you can put in things like photo real eyes, skin and lips. Mapping a sphere for the eyeballs will be easier than the rest of the face.

Below is an image of a model available on blender swap. It appears rather photo real. That is where we are trying to go with this as images we already have are photos of real actors from Star Trek.
The model is found here at blenderswap:
http://www.blendswap.com/
More human models here:
http://artist-3d.com/free_3d_models/02anatomy_design.php

Here is an intro to mapping textures:
http://cgcookie.com/blender/2011/01/21/intro_uvmapping/

This looks like a good human head tutorial here, start to finish:
http://cgcookie.com/blender/series/creating-a-realistic-head/
here is one on projection painting
http://software-tips.wonderhowto.com/how-to/texture-head-with-projection-painting-blender-377647/

The changelings in the more base state, like Odo, do have those simplified ears, nose and lips. That should make it easier than say trying
to look as good as a photo of Captain Picard. The background might be the Great Link on the Dominion home world.

Great start!

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BTW, I've added a bunch more agent pics, mostly Jem'Hadar and a couple Vorta, and a few other. We have plenty of Dominion agents now.