DECEPTION SHAO KAHN

Mortal Kombat Deception was released in 2004 and features many fan-favorite characters and costumes, and Deception Shao Kahn is very high on that list, and my personal favorite for this iconic character. I was asked to help create and updated version of the character for Mortal Kombat 1. The main challenge here was to keep the look of the original 2004 character which was more human vs the look of the current Mortal Kombat 1 Shao Kahn, which is more of a lizard-man. I solved this by creating a new body sculpt, styled after that of a pro wrestler or body builder of the 80s, and baked and textured that model to the existing lizard-man mesh (which had to remain the same).