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  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670
    edited December 1969

    who has armpit hair? Dulce? I never noticed it in the promotional renders.

    Novica, did you upload a render of MyLin? If you did upload a render then I did not see it.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,106
    edited December 1969

    Novica said:

    The character is Dulce, but her eyes aren't. I could not get the pupils black, they stayed white even when changing the diffuse and specular to black, and I think ambient already was black.

    I have run into the white pupil problem before (especially when using AoA lights). I found the problem was caused by the Specular Strength. Even though the Specular Active is turned off, the Strength will still affect the shine. Moving the slider to zero takes care of the problem.
    This is the natural way that many pupils are set up out of the box (for example, this is V5).
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    starionwolf said:
    who has armpit hair? Dulce? I never noticed it in the promotional renders.

    Novica, did you upload a render of MyLin? If you did upload a render then I did not see it.

    It's just MyLin's eyes. :) The character and skin is Dulce.

    I'll go back and put in Dulce's eyes and try that. Thanks for the tip.
    It's going to be 107 heat index here today, so I worked outside from 5am to 9am and ran some errands, will be headed back out and then to get some sleep. So it may be tonight before Dulce's eyes get tested. But I will.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,651
    edited December 1969

    Ah, it may be just the way it looked on my smaller screen. Did look like Dulce had some natural hair in her armpits. But may be just a painted on shadow? Or a shadow. =-)

    Not that natural hair is a problem for me. Would like to see more natural looking characters- especially eyebrows.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,106
    edited December 1969

    Invited Guest Contributor

    Just a quick look at some new clothing sets:
    Mec4D The Spartan for Genesis 2 Male(s)
    http://www.daz3d.com/new-releases/mec4d-the-spartan-for-genesis-2-male-s
    Mec4D Hercules for Genesis 2 Male(s)
    http://www.daz3d.com/new-releases/mec4d-hercules-for-genesis-2-male-s

    These are beautifully done, as I have come to expect from Mec4D. The Hercules set is free with the purchase of The Spartan (or Mec4D Hoplite Soldier for Genesis 2 Male(s) which I haven’t yet purchased).
    One word of information, the beard seen in the Promo shots for all three of these sets is included only with The Spartan set.

    I used Gianni 6
    http://www.daz3d.com/gianni-6
    as the model here, also veins courtesy of Maximum Vasculum by RawArt
    http://www.daz3d.com/maximum-vasculum

    John

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  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670
    edited June 2014

    Yeah, some ladies have weird looking eyebrows and eye lashes.

    Thanks for showing renders of Sparten Tjohn. I like the helmet and shield

    Post sent from tablet explains why my grammar is bad. Lol

    Edit: I minally saw Novivca's comment about MyLin's eyes on Dulcie's texture. Guess I read too fasst

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,651
    edited December 1969

    @TJohn:

    Thanks for showing us that. I've been thinking about getting these, as the free character and beard/hair are great. I admit though I do not do renders from this period that often so I am not sure how I would use these.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    Well, actually, can do it now while I'm grabbing a bite to eat. I changed to Dulce's eyes for all these, with the specular turned off. Worked :)

    Before I forget, you might want to turn up the glossy on the lips so they don't shine so much-all these are with glossy at

    The other thing, Dulce has that distinct cutoff between tan/dark skin and white palms, so you'll have to be careful with the lighting and the hand placement. I'll do a render and show you.

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    tjohn, he looks really good! I can just see all the women getting that outfit and changing their desktop images to Gianni and Spartan, lol!

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,106
    edited December 1969

    SereneNight said:
    @TJohn:

    Thanks for showing us that. I've been thinking about getting these, as the free character and beard/hair are great. I admit though I do not do renders from this period that often so I am not sure how I would use these.


    Actually these are clothing and hair/beard items, no characters are included.
  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670
    edited December 1969

    Interesting to see Dulcie with white palms.ni'll look at her palms later.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,106
    edited December 1969

    By the way, the beard that comes with the Spartan outfit has a long/short morph (Groom).
    I think that the difference of palm color on Dulce might be more representative of a tan than ethnicity (I don't tan on my palms).

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,651
    edited December 1969

    I like the beard and curly hair. how does it look close up?

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited June 2014

    tjohn said:
    By the way, the beard that comes with the Spartan outfit has a long/short morph (Groom).
    I think that the difference of palm color on Dulce might be more representative of a tan than ethnicity (I don't tan on my palms).

    If you look at her ring finger though, the tan line goes underneath the finger on the last joints but is white closer to the palm. Just seems a bit inconsistent. :)

    Edit; also the pinky finger, the underside of the tip (first joint) appears to be tan, whereas closer to the palm again isn't. I just plan on manipulating her so it's not ever a problem with the viewer.

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,106
    edited December 1969

    SereneNight said:
    I like the beard and curly hair. how does it look close up?

    You can turn the opacity to zero on the band to get rid of it.
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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,651
    edited December 1969

    Wow! Those look good TJohn. I like the curly hair and beard. Thanks for rendering. Those look like Useful items to have! =-)

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited June 2014

    Giselle 6 (DAZ3D)
    Iridessa (DAZ3D / Countess / Silver)
    Spriteling For Giselle 6 (DAZ3D / Mada / Sarsa)
    Thalia Hair (DAZ3D)

    http://www.daz3d.com/giselle-6
    http://www.daz3d.com/iridessa
    http://www.daz3d.com/spriteling-for-giselle-6
    http://www.daz3d.com/thalia-hair

    Here's Iridessa out of the box- I like her with Thalia Hair (but as you know, I love that hair- it's the same hair my character Oceana uses in the SeaNautica Chronicles.) Background is from elsewhere. I'll be playing with a lot of those, expect to see quite a variety :)

    EDIT: I added the pupils to the eyes and put in the white dotted highlights. Added a bit of blue to the wings to match her dress. All the lights were a medium grayish blue.

    Very large render, click to enlarge, click again.

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  • SasjeSasje Posts: 835
    edited December 1969

    Used:
    - DAZ Dragon 3 http://www.daz3d.com/daz-dragon-3
    - OOT Styles for Rogue Sci-Fi Outfit http://www.daz3d.com/oot-styles-for-rogue-sci-fi-outfit
    - Rogue Sci-Fi Suit For V6 http://www.daz3d.com/rogue-sci-fi-suit-for-v6
    - Dragon Trainers Toolbox http://www.daz3d.com/dragon-trainers-toolbox
    For the dragon I used the Hatchling and scale the dragon to what I wanted :-)

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    Adorable! I had to look up what the Trainer's Toolbox was (turns out I have it, lol) and that's an interesting product. I love the look on the dragon's face- like it has its mouth open, purring if it could.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,651
    edited December 1969

    @Novica: Cool fairy. She's great. Like what you did with the eyes.

    @Sasje: Cute! Really like the girl and her dragon. She looks very realistic.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    thanks- as you know, I'm not big into fairies/that type of face. I did the render "out of the box" but there would be some things I would definitely tweak. (the lips, for starters. I hate a lot of poof right above the top lip.) While I ran an errand to Walmart, I added a second render, more of a closeup.

    So SereneNight, how's Sarge doing? :) I think he'd pass on a date with my fairie, not his type.

  • SasjeSasje Posts: 835
    edited December 1969

    Thank you Novica and SereneNight :-)

  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670
    edited June 2014

    Hey, my tablet find post the comment that I made earlier. I said that I saved my money and bought Olympia instead of giselle .

    Edit: I'm not a big fan of thin fairy type characters either

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited June 2014

    I think fairies could eventually grow on me, or I might be in the mood to do them at particular times. I guess it just depends on what the fairies look like. The teeny tiny mouths with botox lips aren't my thing though.

    Isla Character And Hair (Valea)
    Winter Angel Hair (Valea)
    Shirt For V5 (Hongyu)
    http://www.daz3d.com/isla-character-and-hair
    http://www.daz3d.com/winter-angel-hair
    http://www.daz3d.com/shirt-for-v5

    So, what's in your Valea runtime? I'll do a character and a hair.
    Isla is for both V4 and Genesis. I would definitely thicken the eyebrows if using her for something other than here.
    Note Winter Angel Hair has delightful sparkles. There's blue, pink, purple, white.

    I left the shirt open, it has WONDERFUL morphs. It has both left and right pulls, to open, close, up and down, etc. You can make this even less sexy if you choose- or a LOT more! Very reasonably priced for so many morphs. Shown with Totally Bazaar / Fabricator patterns.

    EDIT: Added the info about the shirt. Anyone have anything else by Hongyu?

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,106
    edited December 1969

    Novica said:

    EDIT: Added the info about the shirt. Anyone have anything else by Hongyu?

    I have the V5 Bikini and the Shirt.
  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670
    edited December 1969

    I have the SchoolGirl 2 outfit for V3. I want the corset and other lingerie.

  • Tramp GraphicsTramp Graphics Posts: 2,411
    edited December 1969

    Novica said:
    I think fairies could eventually grow on me, or I might be in the mood to do them at particular times. I guess it just depends on what the fairies look like. The teeny tiny mouths with botox lips aren't my thing though.

    Isla Character And Hair (Valea)
    Winter Angel Hair (Valea)
    Shirt For V5 (Hongyu)
    http://www.daz3d.com/isla-character-and-hair
    http://www.daz3d.com/winter-angel-hair
    http://www.daz3d.com/shirt-for-v5

    So, what's in your Valea runtime? I'll do a character and a hair.
    Isla is for both V4 and Genesis. I would definitely thicken the eyebrows if using her for something other than here.
    Note Winter Angel Hair has delightful sparkles. There's blue, pink, purple, white.

    I left the shirt open, it has WONDERFUL morphs. It has both left and right pulls, to open, close, up and down, etc. You can make this even less sexy if you choose- or a LOT more! Very reasonably priced for so many morphs. Shown with Totally Bazaar / Fabricator patterns.

    EDIT: Added the info about the shirt. Anyone have anything else by Hongyu?

    I have the Cowgirl Outfit for A4
  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    I noticed this as part of the shirt description-
    "Pant Fit Morphs have also been included for the pants from Hongyu's Cowgirl series of clothing but the morphs will work with other pants as well. All you need to do is mix and match the morphs as needed!"

    So my shirt and the pants from the Cowgirl series complement each other. Interesting.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited June 2014

    Nishta (XP Pointblank)
    Love Me Hair for Genesis (DAZ 3D / Goldtassel)
    Liquid Halo On Sky 16 For Genesis (DAZ 3D xenic101 Uzilite)
    Pirate For Genesis and Genesis 2 Male(s) (DAZ 3D / Ravenhair)

    http://www.daz3d.com/nishta
    http://www.daz3d.com/love-me-hair-for-genesis
    http://www.daz3d.com/liquid-halo-on-sky-16-for-genesis
    http://www.daz3d.com/pirate-for-genesis-and-genesis-2-males

    I don't care for the thin eyebrows on Isla or Nishta, but I didn't do any postwork on them so you could see them out of the box. I guess it's easier to postwork and add them, rather than postwork and take them out if they are normal/bushy. Nishta has very dark skin and depending on the lighting, the default skin can have a variety of ethnic looks.

    Smoothing was upped from 2 to 6 on the hair. Too many stiff bends otherwise to suit my preferences.

    Now, the Liquid Halo outfit- here it is kit-bashed with the Genesis Pirate.

    BTW, if any admin see this- the related products are wrong. It doesn't list Genesis, but it does in the title. Only the G2 Male is listed for Related Products. Anyway, the pirate pants will fit over the Liquid Halo outfit with a little bit of postwork. That makes it a very family friendly sci-fi outfit :) You'll need to fill in the boots just a bit as the pants will come through, but the morphs of the boots take care of most of it. Also, part of the belt will disappear (some blue straps.) I'm sure it will work with other pants too.

    This L.Halo outfit was on sale recently for under $8 and I mentioned I was getting it to kit bash, so thought I'd show you the experiment. Pick up the pants for $1.99 if you're a PC member. (Edit: I like the black pants, they go real well with the dark trim of the short jacket.)

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,651
    edited December 1969

    Novica said:
    tSo SereneNight, how's Sarge doing? :) I think he'd pass on a date with my fairie, not his type.

    LOL. That is funny. I'm not sure what Sarge's dating preferences are. I get the opinion that doesn't happen often and is the subject of intense speculation among st the recruits, at least when Sarge's back is turned!

    As far as what I've torturing him with. I did try tying him up using the ropes prop released by Sickleyield. But it looked a bit stiff. May try again with another character. Sarge doesn't really do the helpless hannah routine unless it is some sort of training exercise. =-)

    Sadly, my DAZ has been a bit slow lately. Not sure if it is me, or the more involved scenes or something.

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