It’s the start of the month, and here’s my pick of what was new in September for DAZ Studio and Poser…
Science fiction:
Overkill HD for Genesis 8 Male.
Ceremony HD for Genesis 8 Male, an alien creature who might benefit from a space-suit exo-skeleton. A less photoreal and more stylised alien is the new Amphen, an alien standalone for DAZ Studio.
FA FireBlade MEEV, exploration vehicle for Poser. Also has free Agency textures (NASA etc).
An Easy Snap Space Habitat for near-future space stations.
A Sci-fi Hospital for DAZ Studio.
The free Retro Sci-Fi Hover Car.
Steampunk:
The Streets of Steampunk by Stonemason.
Bastien Curly Hair and Beard for Genesis 8 Male.
dForce Lighthouse Keeper for Genesis 8 Male.
Some of the Weird West items on DAZ this month could work for steampunk.
Figures:
Dhani for L’Homme, a character makeover for the L’Homme male figure that ships with Poser 11 and 12.
Toon:
The free 4 Little Robots set.
Eyeballs for Sakura and Genesis 8.
The free Better Fur Bump Maps For Melody & Micah.
The free Headphones 2, semi-toon headphones.
Storybook:
Straw-hat-with Hair for DAZ Studio.
Just PreSchoolers Pose 04 for G3 and G8.
dforce Blanket 3, free for DAZ Studio, and an Airbed for DAZ Studio and Poser.
A free Toy sit-on plane in .3DS format.
Historical:
MS20 Country Store for Vue and OBJ. And the new Seb HD for Genesis 8 Male and Old Jeb HD for Genesis 8 Male to manage the store.
A free classic American River Steamer paddleboat. There has been a host of very fine looking Wild West items on the DAZ Store this month.
A Celtic Crannog on Lough Ea, a fortified lake-town.
Egyptian Chariot Warfare for Daz Horse 2. There’s also been a host of Ancient Egypt items on the DAZ Store, including some mummies.
Vintage Film Props and Shutterbug Pose Collection for Genesis 8 Female.
A grim communist city set for Blender, from LightArchitect.
Landscape:
Olive Grove – Ancient Olive Trees and Mediterranean Shrubs Vol. 1.
The free Skull Cave & Expansion
Mountain Pathways kit by ShaaraMuse3D.
Photo Plants: Bamboo World by ShaaraMuse3D.
Corals 2 for Unity. The maker also has a nice line in other semi-toon asset packs.
Raffy Raffy has gone from CGTrader, which is a pity, as he was really the only reason to buy from them. A limited range of his Vue work is still available on the ArtStation Store and CubeBrush.
Animals:
Tetracovine Original Creature with Fur and Accessories for DAZ Studio, from Sixus1. Very nice.
Mouse by AM with LAMH presets, a Hollywood-quality photoreal mouse.
African Elephant Updated, “a reworked version of the African Elephant for Poser, in HD for DAZ Studio.” Appears to require the original African Elephant.
Scripts and utilities:
Face Mojo – Facial MoCap Retargeting for Genesis 3 and 8. Supports facial motion-capture from the iPhone X, iPhone 11, or iPad Pro series 3.
Automatic OBJ Exporter. A free streamlined way to get a posed and dressed figure in the Genesis range over to Poser for use with the Comic Book mode, with speedy poly-reduction along the way. Requires the $50 Atangeo Balancer.
Genesis 8 Clones for Genesis. Fit G8 stuff to the original Genesis figure.
A free Avatar GF8 With Bones for Marvelous Designer.
Tutorials and learning:
Vital Tips in Getting Started with DAZ Studio and Managing DAZ Studio Content.
ZBrush Sculpting Project for ZBrush, ZBrush Core and ZBrush Mini.
And finally, the Smith Micro Forums complete in keyword-searchable form, and a partial Runtime DNA forums archive too. Vast stores of community knowledge, especially for Poser.
That’s it for the picks, more next month!