ISO: WWII gear, DS2/3 compatible
I recently got an awesome idea for an animation or a sequential-art thingie, but it takes place during WWII.
What I have and can use:
-ah3d's WWII GI uniform and gear for M4
-an appropriate M4 dialspun morph for the main character
-Chris Schell's free US light tank (don't remember if it's a Wolverine TD, which is what I need, but I guess it's close enough).
-Fober's The Hills
-Mairy's Winter Tree
-Valandar's military radio/field telephone
-Chris Schell's free debris/explosions
-A relative who's good at voices and might be willing to read the script for me
-a lead on free sound effects
-a basic understanding of timeline and puppeteer animation in DS
What I think I need:
-A Jagdpanzer lookalike. I would mostly need it for distant shots, so a low-poly version or something that only vaguely had the silhouette would work.
-Some way to represent groups of three or four Axis soldiers without taxing my computer too badly. A free or low-cost German uniform for Michael 2 or Michael 3 would be ideal, but a WWII-themed Lorenzo Lorez would work too I think.
-advice on a fast-rendering "Hollywood Darkness" light setup
-Advice on software to stitch the frames back together into a movie.
-advice on sound mixing software/software to add sound to animation
-free/cheap puppeteer presets for walking, running, climbing for Michael 2/3/4
-Enough free time to write the script, story board it, get the dialogue recorded, figure out mimic, set everything up and render it out, and assemble it.
Any advice would be welcome. I've played a little bit with timeline animation for the lulz and for dynamic draping, and had to learn the basics of puppeteer based animation to set up an animated drape in DS4. The runtime stuff I asked for leads on would be handy in still images too, so I would probably find a use for them regardless of whether this project got off the ground.
Comments
ow, you need a lot of stuff...
Here is the Panzerjager
http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/Products/1026-panzerjager-ib-for-poser.aspx
Here is a German commander outfit (free)
http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/Products/957-wwii-german-tank-commander-uniform-m3-for-poser.aspx
Here are some low poly soldiers. You have to keep these way in the back!
http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/Products/240-soldierlwr_02-for-poser.aspx
there are also add on packs
Hope this helps
Great pack of lowpoly germans with expansion too
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/vogel-einz-package/50864
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/vogel-zwei-package-for-poser-4-01-and-up-/53950
Totte and tsarist: thank you both! Those are great finds.
Does anyone know if the movie got made?
Life got kind of hairy not long after I submitted the iSO list...I haven't given up on this project, but most of what I've done on it so far is animation tests. Need to get back to work on it though.