SereneNight’s Sci-Fi Fun Thread 3

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    So, picked up Twizted Fantasy Markings. I think some of these are very cool. So Noor gets to try them. I did put some on Evandras, but he looked like a guitarist from Kiss. 

    Noor's hair is Elysa Hair which I think looks pretty cool on elves.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    So the Reptilian Skins for Genesis 8.1 Female work just fine on Genesis 8.1 male with the UV swap.  I particularly like the eyes. I turned off the scale displacement, as I only like a little scale. 

     

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131
    edited June 2022

    Neat product. I don't pay close attention to the store front anymore since prices went over the top and the typical everyday sales are just in reality full priced so I completely missed that one and the price ain't bad either.

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  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,889

    Serene Night said:

    So the Reptilian Skins for Genesis 8.1 Female work just fine on Genesis 8.1 male with the UV swap.  I particularly like the eyes. I turned off the scale displacement, as I only like a little scale. 

     

    I saw this and wound up picking up the male version, which has identical texture sets to the female. 

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    I didn't realize there was a male version? Where is it?

  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,084

    Happy you liked the skins. Indeed, reptilian is the female version for this product: https://www.daz3d.com/alternate-textures-for-oso-newt-and-genesis-81-males.

    The skins are very similar (as they are meant to be) with some differences in the details. You can see those differences in the comparative renders (last promos of Reptilian Skins) where the guys wear the male version and the females wear the female version. Example:

    Nonetheless, the female version has textures for both genital options in case someone were to use UV swap to use the skins on the males.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    Oh, awesome! I love this. Thanks for letting me know about that. I guess the different name kind of threw me off. 

  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,084

    Serene Night said:

    Oh, awesome! I love this. Thanks for letting me know about that. I guess the different name kind of threw me off. 

    Yeah, that became a problem once we wanted to do the female version of the skins, since calling it Newt for the females would've made people expect the Newt shape for the females as well. So we went for a different name. Keep in mind that the male version doesn't have gen mats (Reptilian Skins is the first product we've done with gen mats followed by https://www.daz3d.com/alternate-textures-for-storybook-frog-and-genesis-81-male << which also includes "human" versions of the skins with their gen mats).

    BTW, your guys are always gorgeous! :)

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    Ooh, I like the look of the storybook frog set. That's in my cart right now. I will probably use my coupon on it if it's eligible. 

    I really can always use unusual skins for the star-trek type aliens I like. 

  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,084

    Ooh, I like the look of the storybook frog set. That's in my cart right now. I will probably use my coupon on it if it's eligible. 

    I really can always use unusual skins for the star-trek type aliens I like. 

    I really enjoy working on skins and we do plan to continue creating more unusual/fantasy skins in the future, since they are doing quite well. We just need to finish some projects we have waiting to be finished.
  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    Wohoo! Excellent, I appreciate that. I really enjoy making aliens, and having unique skins really helps! 

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    Just messing around with more of the cool skins. Just wanted to point out that they are rather sexy from the back as well. 

     

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  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,084

    Glad you're having fun, Serene. BTW, Bullwarg's Alternate Skins also works on human characters quite well. I discovered it thanks to a user who thought to apply it to a human character back when they released it. Since they are a DO they are often heavily discounted. I recommend using another character's maps and just swapping the diffuse for Bullwarg's Alternate Skin's diffuse maps. Or, if you want a richer color, swap the translucency as well. I did some experiments and added them to my gallery to show how that looks like:

     

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,201

    Has anyone tried the https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-pitt-bull-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-males

    It says there are some "morphs for the hair and the hair cap," but most of it looks like it moves using dForce. I find that too time consuming for my computer, so I'm asking how well does it work with the included morphs? Has anyone bought it and experimented?

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    inquire said:

    Has anyone tried the https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-pitt-bull-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-males

    It says there are some "morphs for the hair and the hair cap," but most of it looks like it moves using dForce. I find that too time consuming for my computer, so I'm asking how well does it work with the included morphs? Has anyone bought it and experimented?

    I bought it. It was a good price so I will check it out later tonight to see how it looks.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    FenixPhoenix said:

    Glad you're having fun, Serene. BTW, Bullwarg's Alternate Skins also works on human characters quite well. I discovered it thanks to a user who thought to apply it to a human character back when they released it. Since they are a DO they are often heavily discounted. I recommend using another character's maps and just swapping the diffuse for Bullwarg's Alternate Skin's diffuse maps. Or, if you want a richer color, swap the translucency as well. I did some experiments and added them to my gallery to show how that looks like:


     

     

    that looks really great! Sold! I have snapped it up. smiley

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,201

    Serene Night said:

    inquire said:

    Has anyone tried the https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-pitt-bull-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-males

    It says there are some "morphs for the hair and the hair cap," but most of it looks like it moves using dForce. I find that too time consuming for my computer, so I'm asking how well does it work with the included morphs? Has anyone bought it and experimented?

    I bought it. It was a good price so I will check it out later tonight to see how it looks.

    Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,421
    edited June 2022

    Here are settings for Pitt Bull cap and hair

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  • chevybabe25chevybabe25 Posts: 1,256
    edited June 2022

    inquire said:

    Has anyone tried the https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-pitt-bull-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-malesIt says there are some "morphs for the hair and the hair cap," but most of it looks like it moves using dForce. I find that too time consuming for my computer, so I'm asking how well does it work with the included morphs? Has anyone bought it and experimented?

    All of my hairs have movement morphs. It works like a traditional hair model (except it is strand- based), and does not need to be simulated unless you want to. :) 

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    inquire said:

    Serene Night said:

    inquire said:

    Has anyone tried the https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-pitt-bull-hair-for-genesis-3-8-and-81-males

    It says there are some "morphs for the hair and the hair cap," but most of it looks like it moves using dForce. I find that too time consuming for my computer, so I'm asking how well does it work with the included morphs? Has anyone bought it and experimented?

    I bought it. It was a good price so I will check it out later tonight to see how it looks.

    Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

    The hair fits, like a regular hair, and you can indeed dforce it, but it also includes some rather nice standard morphs including a rather cool wind option, and a blow back option. There are adjustments for fits for different 'clumps' of the hair.

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,201

    @chevybabe25: @Serene Night: Thanks very much for the information.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    The hair has some pretty natural looking wind morphs. No dForce involved. 

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    So Bitsy gets a picture since that last picture had THAT chihuahua in it. I'm still stuck by how after all this time, the dog morph's legs are still jenky. So strange.

    I replaced the pizza in this box, because the pizza it came with, was super flat and looked like a tortilla. 

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    So more aliens.

    This time I used the Freebie Centaur Mane made by Redz you can get it from Renderosity's Freebie section. It's very nice, and versatile as well. I recommend putting two on, so that it's thicker.  I recolored it. I also added skins from the Alternate Textures for Oso's Newt. 

    The nosering was hard to find. I wanted one with a chain and had to use an old v4 one here. Destiny-Jewels

     

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  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,084
    He looks gorgeous! Excellent combination of blue with pink as well, gives him an exotic look for sure.
  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    Yes, thanks so much! I like the alien skins. Can't wait for more! =-)

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    On the subject of men's content, Eastern Warrior Hair from Rendo looks pretty good. It has a number of morphs, and several different colors. It also has a 'hood morph.' The only issue I can see, is the scalp hairline seems a bit abrupt. Still, I think I can probably kitbash another hairline underneath.

    The character's skin is CC Acacios for Torment. I like the extra skins, and they work well for aliens. 

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited June 2022

    So I picked up the CC Puck for Genesis 8.1 Males  figure and set. It includes some very nice wings, and some morphs such as the ears, and the jewelry. I fell back on the Torment/ CC Elandor figure combination which so far I like the most with elves, but if you want to render fairies this is a great looking set, and it blends well with everything. 

    I used the Fairy Scale IBL Fairy Flower environments for the background.

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  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,201

    I haven't bought it yet. But I notice there's a "disguise" look, so it looks like a regular human, and it seems to come with a variety of skin colors.

    So can the textures just be used on a regular "human" and can you use skin colors so that it would be suitable for a black guy, a light skinned white guy, and deeper skinned white guy? Is it that flexible?

    And how about the Puck bows and the anatomical hair: can you use them on any other G8 guy?

    And there are both male and female anatomical elements for all of the skin colors or seasonal base materials, such as spring, fall, etc. Did I read this correctly?

    If all this is so, this character package does seem to offer a great deal.

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 3,984

    Serene Night said:

    So I picked up the CC Puck for Genesis 8.1 Males  figure and set. It includes some very nice wings, and some morphs such as the ears, and the jewelry. I fell back on the Torment/ CC Elandor figure combination which so far I like the most with elves, but if you want to render fairies this is a great looking set, and it blends well with everything. 

    I used the Fairy Scale IBL Fairy Flower environments for the background.

     ummm dude a mouse trap? you do have wings ya know ......

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