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SOLVED - What's The UGLIEST Hair for Female Characters

FauvistFauvist Posts: 2,089
edited October 12 in The Commons

I'm trying to create a female villian and I need the most ugly 3D hair model that anyone's aware of.  Ugly hair that will make an ugly character uglier.

Thanks!

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  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,053

    It depends on what you mean by ugly.  In the iray era there have been a number of hairstyles that are designed for monster and creatures that supposed to be repulsive, and then there are some where you just go... would anyone really wear go outside with their hair like that?  Of the former, I'd nominate Prae's Nightmare Hair for Genesis 3 Female(s) and Male(s) | Daz 3D  Of the latter... well there are a lot of them, but even though it's pre-iray, I'd probably go with the just really odd Elements Hair for Genesis | Daz 3D  IIRC, I've only used it once in a final render in all the years since I got it as a freebie, but for an image of a female ogre taking a bubble bath it was dead-on perfect.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,053
    edited October 10

    Well, with that more refined definition in mind... look what showed up in the store today:- Sheila Sleek Hair for Genesis 9 and 8 | Daz 3D  I mean, seriously, all I can think of is that if someone were to run with that hairstyle, it would look like a large spider trying to eat the top of her head.  

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,241
    Cybersox said:

    Well, with that more refined definition in mind... look what showed up in the store today:- Sheila Sleek Hair for Genesis 9 and 8 | Daz 3D  I mean, seriously, all I can think of is that if someone were to run with that hairstyle, it would look like a large spider trying to eat the top of her head.  

    I think that fits the bill.
  • MimicMollyMimicMolly Posts: 2,193
    I was going to suggest trying to create something with strand based hair (SBH). So whatever failed attempts you have, would work and be unique. But then, it's a matter of saving it to reuse.
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,206
    edited October 10

    I don't think ugly hair is gendered

    the ugliest would be full of nits, greasy, tangled and likely long but balding on top

    (nothing wrong with balding but you grow a big bushy beard not a comb over if you want to compensate)

    I sadly have a growing bald patch on one side and cannot really go the beard route being female blush so hats it is

    nits

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  • OrangeFalconOrangeFalcon Posts: 178

    Ugly is as objective as beautiful.  Grab a style you don't like that has shaping options to make it look the way you want it.

  • FauvistFauvist Posts: 2,089

    Cybersox said:

    Well, with that more refined definition in mind... look what showed up in the store today:- Sheila Sleek Hair for Genesis 9 and 8 | Daz 3D  I mean, seriously, all I can think of is that if someone were to run with that hairstyle, it would look like a large spider trying to eat the top of her head.  

    LOL!  You're right, that's absurd. That's a possibility.  Thank you! 

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,114

    Fauvist said:

    Cybersox said:

    Well, with that more refined definition in mind... look what showed up in the store today:- Sheila Sleek Hair for Genesis 9 and 8 | Daz 3D  I mean, seriously, all I can think of is that if someone were to run with that hairstyle, it would look like a large spider trying to eat the top of her head.  

    LOL!  You're right, that's absurd. That's a possibility.  Thank you! 

    I had to look at that hair and immediately thought of a parent doing that to a poor kid for photo day at school. I sit around Target too often and see some awful styles folks use. 

    I agree with Cybersox's suggestion of  Prae's Nightmare Hair for Genesis 3 Female(s) and Male(s) | Daz 3D. While I couldn't remember the name, I have it and it immediately came to mind when I read your question. I have used it for ill (cancer treatments), aged, or freaky folks of various states. It is a very reliable hair product.

  • columbinecolumbine Posts: 453

    Toulouse. Worst haircut ever, and it has the advantage of being available for G2/3/8 for free. Because no one would ever pay good money for it.

    (I follow an artist who does rendered comics like I do, but tends to stick with only resources they can get for free or very cheap, because they don't have any money. This means a disproportionate number of their women wear Toulouse hair. I wish there were a way to buy items as a gift for someone else so I could send them a different hairstyle to use.)

  • alienareaalienarea Posts: 526

    columbine said:

    Toulouse. Worst haircut ever, and it has the advantage of being available for G2/3/8 for free. Because no one would ever pay good money for it.

    (I follow an artist who does rendered comics like I do, but tends to stick with only resources they can get for free or very cheap, because they don't have any money. This means a disproportionate number of their women wear Toulouse hair. I wish there were a way to buy items as a gift for someone else so I could send them a different hairstyle to use.)

    +1

    Toulouse is to lose.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,053
    edited October 11

    columbine said:

    Toulouse. Worst haircut ever, and it has the advantage of being available for G2/3/8 for free. Because no one would ever pay good money for it.

    (I follow an artist who does rendered comics like I do, but tends to stick with only resources they can get for free or very cheap, because they don't have any money. This means a disproportionate number of their women wear Toulouse hair. I wish there were a way to buy items as a gift for someone else so I could send them a different hairstyle to use.)

    That seems unfairly harsh... it's just a very basic short haircut, something that a lot of women would have just because they don't have time or inclination to maintain something fancier.  It's at worst a "meh", whereas "ugly" hair should be something that makes you gasp when you see it and then leaves you unable to look away in fear it might attack while your eyes are averted.  :)     

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  • columbinecolumbine Posts: 453

    Cybersox said:

    columbine said:

    Toulouse. Worst haircut ever, and it has the advantage of being available for G2/3/8 for free. Because no one would ever pay good money for it.

    (I follow an artist who does rendered comics like I do, but tends to stick with only resources they can get for free or very cheap, because they don't have any money. This means a disproportionate number of their women wear Toulouse hair. I wish there were a way to buy items as a gift for someone else so I could send them a different hairstyle to use.)

    That seems unfairly harsh... it's just a very basic short haircut, something that a lot of women would have just because they don't have time or inclination to maintain something fancier.  It's at worst a "meh", whereas "ugly" hair should be something that makes you gasp when you see it and then leaves you unable to look away in fear it might attack while your eyes are averted.  :)     

    Hmm. A fair point.

    How about Bedhead then?

    https://www.daz3d.com/bedhead-hair-for-genesis-3-8-female-s

    (Disclaimer: I actually use Bedhead in renders. A LOT.)

  • FauvistFauvist Posts: 2,089

    columbine said:

    Toulouse. Worst haircut ever, and it has the advantage of being available for G2/3/8 for free. Because no one would ever pay good money for it.

    (I follow an artist who does rendered comics like I do, but tends to stick with only resources they can get for free or very cheap, because they don't have any money. This means a disproportionate number of their women wear Toulouse hair. I wish there were a way to buy items as a gift for someone else so I could send them a different hairstyle to use.)

    I think you can buy them a gift card and send it to them.

  • FauvistFauvist Posts: 2,089
    Hmm. A fair point.

    How about Bedhead then?

    https://www.daz3d.com/bedhead-hair-for-genesis-3-8-female-s

    (Disclaimer: I actually use Bedhead in renders. A LOT.)

    Bedhead looks awful, but in a good way.

  • FauvistFauvist Posts: 2,089

    The ugliest hair style I ever saw in real life was hair that looked like a dead cat hanging down the back of the persons head onto their neck and then back. 

  • FauvistFauvist Posts: 2,089

    My search is over.  I found this: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-galactic-empress-hair-styles-for-genesis-8-females

  • Blando CalrissianBlando Calrissian Posts: 546

    Ouch. I was going to suggest Cool Coils (sure, it's ancient, but even fitted to G9 and mapped for the latest shaders, it would be hideous). But it's hard to top Poofy Glowing Space Hair!

  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,419
    edited October 13

    Blando Calrissian said:

    Ouch. I was going to suggest Cool Coils (sure, it's ancient, but even fitted to G9 and mapped for the latest shaders, it would be hideous). But it's hard to top Poofy Glowing Space Hair!

    This is the problem with the defining "ugly"; I see Cool Coils as just a reiteration of a style known as Bantu knots.  Here is a photo from Rihanna (musical artist, business women, billlionare, style icon) wearing Bantu knots and looking spectacular:

    while my own worst of list would be that choppy, inverted bob with chunky highlights associated with star of the reality TV show John & Kate + 8, Kate Gosselin, or that demented sheepdog haircut that Jennifer Aniston was forced to wear on the tv show, Friends: https://www.today.com/style/jennifer-aniston-reveals-why-she-hated-rachel-cut-t20831 which she described as the uggliest haircut she had ever seen.

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  • caravellecaravelle Posts: 2,456

    My absolute favourites for terrible hairstyles are the ‘outside roll’ (early 60s, late 90s), the beehive hairstyle and ‘Chic Hair’ https://www.daz3d.com/chic-hair-for-genesis-3-females

  • columbinecolumbine Posts: 453

    Fauvist said:

    My search is over.  I found this: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-galactic-empress-hair-styles-for-genesis-8-females

    Oh! I didn't suggest that one because it is not a hairstyle that would ever occur realistically. I use it all the time, but never in "real world" situations. It is A Lot. (Also, your renderer hates it already. Trust me. Allow extra time. I don't know why, it's just like that.)

  • Andrew_CAndrew_C Posts: 105

    Ooh, Bed Head would have been be perfect for that very tomboyish teen I was doing recently. And Chic Hair just screams "I want to speak to the manager!", imagine if Karen got super powers! But yeah, nothing screams evil like Galactic Empress.

  • MasterstrokeMasterstroke Posts: 1,983

    caravelle said:

    My absolute favourites for terrible hairstyles are the ‘outside roll’ (early 60s, late 90s), the beehive hairstyle and ‘Chic Hair’ https://www.daz3d.com/chic-hair-for-genesis-3-females

    I've never liked 80's hairstyles, like 80s Punk, New Wave or New romantic.

  • FauvistFauvist Posts: 2,089

    Masterstroke said:

    caravelle said:

    My absolute favourites for terrible hairstyles are the ‘outside roll’ (early 60s, late 90s), the beehive hairstyle and ‘Chic Hair’ https://www.daz3d.com/chic-hair-for-genesis-3-females

    I've never liked 80's hairstyles, like 80s Punk, New Wave or New romantic.

    But it matched their clothes and makeup. 

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,665
    edited October 16

    Did match the makeup & clothes. Sometimes it wasn't bad...

    Not for everyday use, but not bad at all.

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  • caravellecaravelle Posts: 2,456

    Masterstroke said:

    caravelle said:

    My absolute favourites for terrible hairstyles are the ‘outside roll’ (early 60s, late 90s), the beehive hairstyle and ‘Chic Hair’ https://www.daz3d.com/chic-hair-for-genesis-3-females

    I've never liked 80's hairstyles, like 80s Punk, New Wave or New romantic.

    OMG, yes. The 80's were terrible, too. Not one good hairstyle.

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,114

    Hey! I found a Billy Idol butch haircut (slightly feminized) worked great when wearing a gas mask and full haz mat wear for disaster response situations!

    And it took only a few minutes to dry after a shower.

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