Thanks guys. I think I've nailed down why my shots look so much more flat than the rest here: it's a combination of shadow depth and specularity settings, which add more depth to what I see here. Other than that, I'm stumped. :/
As promised, Viglad's story:
So, that's it with the picture vomit for a while
Sorry for breaking your browsers!
Oh, I also wrote some text to go along with some of the shots of Viglad and Lydia. If you'd like, you can start reading here. I've put in a bit of navigation, so you can find all the entries for the ongoing story, if you like that sort of thing.
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