The title of the thread is a reference to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (which served as basis for the well-known movie Blade Runner). I loved the Blade Runner movies but haven't read the book yet (it's on my long list of the things that I want to do...).
So I really liked that the Fallout 4 developers centered the main quest around similar beings, the Synths.
My first Fallout 4 character, Sam, didn't started as a Synth. He was an ordinary human. This changed a lot later.
Before I show you the images of his current look, I summerize how Sam evolved in the last couple of years.
I will list the main phases and present a small selection of pictures only in this post:
Human phase:
If you want to know what adventures I experieced with the human Sam, I wrote two articles on my website
:
The beginning
Brotherhood of Steel and Institute
In March 2020, I decided to turn him into Synth but not a normal one. I discovered iSynth on Nexus Mods.
iSynth/Synth Swap phase:
Then I played around with various styles and edited some of them in the course of time.
I modified the textures in Gimp/Photoshop
and recombined the body meshes of iSynth and the augmentations of Synth Swap in Outfit Studio/Blender).
IKAROS-Androids/Project Apollo Androids Playable Race phase:
Nano Suit phase:
I replaced his body mesh with a Nano Suit with the help of Unique Player and Followers REDUX.
iSynth 1980 AIO Archive File phase:
(first file in the Updated Files section of the download section of the iSynth mod)
Robot phase aka Synth Swap/Revenge of Brain phase:
Institute Samurai phase:
(personal unreleased mashup using the breast plate and the coat from Look At Me – Institute Edition)
Katana: AE-86 Seiryuu Beam Katana
Third eye: Cyber Tattoo and Third Eye
You can find all pictures of the previous phases including the phases I left out
here. Most of the mods I mentioned earlier are available on Nexus Mods.
"Project Apollo Androids Playable Race" got deleted from the Nexus. There still some traces left that the mod existed like a
thread on a Russian site. The mod author of Project Apollo concentrated on the Fallout New Vegas version of the mod which he
released in May 2022 (why I haven't downloaded this version yet?!... done).
"IKAROS-Androids" can be found on TrohpiHunter's website (no link due to adult content).
2023
Robot phase - the second:
The mods I used for the mashup:
IW - Synaptic
Synth Regeneration: it's available on
Kelcken's Discord (Section 3 Stumping Grounds, under "Releases")
Mark V(B) Armory
The skull thingies are part of the Synth Swap mod
The title of the thread is a reference to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (which served as basis for the well-known movie Blade Runner). I loved the Blade Runner movies but haven't read the book yet (it's on my long list of the things that I want to do...).
So I really liked that the Fallout 4 developers centered the main quest around similar beings, the Synths.
My first Fallout 4 character, Sam, didn't started as a Synth. He was an ordinary human. This changed a lot later.
Before I show you the images of his current look, I summerize how Sam evolved in the last couple of years.
I will list the main phases and present a small selection of pictures only in this post:
[spoiler title=2019]Human phase:
[imgc=1000]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEUAe0rzgqxwwVqieDeNm-tA8Gh-GtfEERYKj-3zQZwqtTk8pzrD35IOD22oHHWQ2rAdL-JWnE0x4kxoyZVaWOexwVx5eT23MkcpmvIIUEpZVR7qtOCmt2e7lJrkc-htLgDfxExkixZihBXh1pPtOKDc=w1920-h1080-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
If you want to know what adventures I experieced with the human Sam, I wrote two articles on my website ;-):
[url=https://selenesshadowrealm.com/f4-the-beginning/]The beginning[/url]
[url=https://selenesshadowrealm.com/f4-bos-and-institute/]Brotherhood of Steel and Institute[/url][/spoiler]
[spoiler title=2020]In March 2020, I decided to turn him into Synth but not a normal one. I discovered iSynth on Nexus Mods.
[imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEXWaKCUc7PwbDr_ZhVxJ9om6I74Vn1G90GMcxeXE6xidaiBT5KFLb7oHvG-xSknWwJZu4Y2aWcwO5ToYizNH-hKXZw6fLoaUI6roHkk4-1CDxhCrJSVW2XFMTzDJ5_eAAsrjDb2wHwEs6vzzo8BL-S7=w1920-h1080-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
iSynth/Synth Swap phase:
Then I played around with various styles and edited some of them in the course of time.
I modified the textures in Gimp/Photoshop
[imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEX22BdUlYVLgzcuzeEeJKp5R-BAbvckv6ohek8qkLAfPw5Ip4747cVcYiIYjBJU7d6W_9q2muyfeQbyvmcuD-YDIvmrf7LS1gtjmOLBfTozq3eVVOHUR69vXCpz0AwA4wVrBuNlV-w4Li0xVxxpvXE1=w1920-h1080-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
and recombined the body meshes of iSynth and the augmentations of Synth Swap in Outfit Studio/Blender).
[imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEVk6jc1sTvEfEsCvPZgJqKXTOzguC_gZXQHwk_9hN1CWyo2Zxi2Gxxt3FApnBYeGoQ0Rn4kBw3EW6I0omI4O4vnxS-2B99EXl1yf3qIATznj9e0wRHSPZDil_yjR2dUGPcbUG7WUcgAv4zykLVb_I95=w1920-h1080-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
IKAROS-Androids/Project Apollo Androids Playable Race phase:
[imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEUGt7_97Po9LppMLFXqEQnGrcKukpBRoW6NOxpF7m9gmR_Q0FZkW0DahzF_SiY_dgKFHI4OBKPyL4pRHkig9l0Ys9-4QKOcipLNgq5HFaT7ovwWPn0UlVf-_PZIlyc7F_w6pawW_8vUmNy0Eec2fp1B=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc] [imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEXv6gTreaPpq9P9oLMsQE5tvqs39ybJUgADSqCFVey1K_U7L9J5FEoXW9DG4Ra4FCPYbNYcPlnbd18gLKX-inp4v9Uwlv6aF1KuW-XlxmCxUYEtwDxgZF4EjtyZsfWAO9HepvsuNDG7hHIuTBSJ7lXa=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
[/spoiler]
[spoiler title=2021]Nano Suit phase:
I replaced his body mesh with a Nano Suit with the help of Unique Player and Followers REDUX.
[imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEXuYZNn7LEYyVmTncmSjcT_8cvDjkxkPo6pF2JsGv1pgp6WYQS3CgXyiJbCZFedwq--1JHH5bar8tu5W9RB8j1c_GBIEBQXDSvSq6nQuBmK7JZJpvNfeJCGrBUPlg9ikLiWlDN5ATbtHwpwClYBVL36=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
iSynth 1980 AIO Archive File phase:
(first file in the Updated Files section of the download section of the iSynth mod)
[imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEX2uwxyba7qr2L-fvbsUmALkz0FNywqQsBcSJfuZONro5suFeUDjP0woay9dPCBBLDshI8u-4I2wsyEVTGt4s8BAAKc0-TUTgBUYIBa8nh01-f-IHpEPzLCY9lWqaIg9vJ_l3TMHFxLWnD3DmWLcFIU=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
Robot phase aka Synth Swap/Revenge of Brain phase:
[imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEWuXKTEOz4rwf2i5VqkueisjP-QETknM0f_amc7Kh5jXnXETIG6ysE_yXtL3DPgNICkRD99KN1WfYJNSMRc_RcdxmHax2kJGXjk0LfM-oEmuxLypyUw5FSadBvob5NWaEoHt5CBe90PEQPmurnzuoXr=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc] [imgc=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEV4134QlLZNIoCC_FPJ2TDaBJLwyseSDlMzzqRcZOy-keHXrMXVWepqXdqLOwr6lgjkSRENnnlzf0yLGJOlJtVBnhHWJ81sfjnTMsKX0QGu-N2zya9vo52UNEqd9u07qpA8NKKwatheuGLMfLCNlvtM=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
Institute Samurai phase:
(personal unreleased mashup using the breast plate and the coat from Look At Me – Institute Edition)
[imgc=1000]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEVrcZQk9HqrKc3IT2XPA4Z4ky-mI35VTKd6oaf_AqOYgLfN5406t6SQTa0gYtOnKRm0350R0IUBjwnr5y2766gHxiWCwnH6VA2-KisbfnAGqJcxB7M0H2hWnE_Rvll0BvBVtDUYE52Rxnx1h8hTNPH6=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
Katana: AE-86 Seiryuu Beam Katana
Third eye: Cyber Tattoo and Third Eye
[/spoiler]
You can find all pictures of the previous phases including the phases I left out [url=https://selenesshadowrealm.com/f4-sams-synth-evolution/]here[/url]. Most of the mods I mentioned earlier are available on Nexus Mods.
"Project Apollo Androids Playable Race" got deleted from the Nexus. There still some traces left that the mod existed like a [url=https://gamesource.org/topic/5126-project-apollo-androids-playable-race-beta-v1/]thread on a Russian site[/url]. The mod author of Project Apollo concentrated on the Fallout New Vegas version of the mod which he [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/75793]released[/url] in May 2022 (why I haven't downloaded this version yet?!... done).
"IKAROS-Androids" can be found on TrohpiHunter's website (no link due to adult content).
[size=130]2023[/size]
Robot phase - the second:
[imgc=1000]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEXIBjF26CSQUCuiF07NLKEoFk2PYs9xz06Trfjo5q7KYYqg3_qaD9vnMyV_FQFvaCAeBs1HZPxs2L_TzZvTyLM_RxKS37vLEYxc-UoPLctgoX9z34s_LngPcR62lrf_GeePBbHyaDLkC9noBBQuiKlD=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
[imgc=1000]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEURfXYJlHxg-_X5jG-a48DSal8FN2NNi-xWG6qO47gklMUCL8YR95Vap1zrizIeu1a7wyLRDHyYyH_T0H1mqeZ8lsDF3Vz_Eq2Ea-LjjkxsJnc3pbYwFNIvhjiwq_KK5aWrK-5CUrpQv1hsONgqHzRh=w2317-h1303-no?authuser=1[/imgc]
The mods I used for the mashup:
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/55231]IW - Synaptic[/url]
Synth Regeneration: it's available on [url=https://discord.gg/dZQMHAD]Kelcken's Discord[/url] (Section 3 Stumping Grounds, under "Releases")
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/40370]Mark V(B) Armory[/url]
The skull thingies are part of the Synth Swap mod :sn-37: