Ancient Egypt seems to be hot in 3D these days, so I thought a survey of the best-looking items might be in order. It can work for everything from heroic fantasy adventure through to Bible stories, from Age of Empires cityscapes to Fifth Element -style ‘ancient astronauts’ sci-fi.
Characters, hair, costumes:
Egyptian Outfit and bundle for Genesis 3…
Bast: Goddess of Cats for V4, including clothing and the Bast Hair for which there are Colours for Bast Hair and Queen Nile Bast materials. Bast also has Egypt poses for V4. Bast is also available as a bundle for Genesis 3 Female…
MDD Sakkara for V4.2 from quality character designer MDD…
If you need lower-resolution extras, perhaps to to play a small part in a vast resource-intensive scene, they might be provided by Rulers of Egypt for the now-ancient V2/M2, and note that they also have a Egyptian Couture-Lapis textures makeover…
Military:
There are a variety of authentic military figures and chariots for M4, and Egyptian Chariot. There are also a variety of foot soldier uniforms floating around the stores.
Armour expert Xurge also has a fantasy-ish Pharaoh Outfit for M3…
Props:
RDNA Egyptine Peacock Feather Fans…
Temples and Statues:
Ruins Of Egypt by Stonemason…
Hypostyle Hall imagines how an Egyptian hall might have looked in its freshly-painted heyday…
Ra’s Palace for DAZ Studio by Dreamlight, plus a Dreamlight light set…
Egyptian Pyramid with entrance, and there’s also a free Sphinx in OBJ…
Also have a look at Temple of the Nile and Egyptian Fantasy.
Egyptian Statues for Poser…
Treasures of Egypt pack and Treasures of Egypt 2 and Ancient Egyptian musical instruments, all perfect for filling the Ancient Tomb and its lower Forgotten Tombs.
Joe Kurz has a a variety of free Poser temples and columns in the Ancient Egyptian style.
River transportation:
Papyrus Boats for the Nile.
There’s also the Ancient Egyptian Canal Boat.
Meshbox have a Ancient Egyptian River Dock and Boatmaker which might provide a mooring place for boats, around which one might plant Predatron’s Reeds and Rushes…
Predatron also has Palm Trees.
Semi-toon:
I wasn’t going to venture into the semi-toon area on this theme, but Furries’ Furs – Bast and Anubis are too nice to ignore. They have a ridiculous amount of dependencies, though. They seem to require that you have Furries for Melody / Furries for Micah, which in turn require Melody for A3 which requires Aiko 3, and Micah for Hiro 3 which requires Hiro 3. Phew! Thankfully, apart from the base characters, they’re all low-cost.
There’s also a Toon Egypt semi-toon 3D scene to pose them in.
Fantasy:
If you were to go a bit Conan / The Mummy Returns / Fifth Element with the Egyptian theme, then Queen Cobra HD and Nefertina HD might be useful…
For fantasy males, perhaps Shades of Atlantis: Anunnaki for M4 and Genesis 2 Male Anubis Armor for Anubis…
We seem to be currently missing a Ra-Horus figure — the sun-god, head of a bird — from the Poser/DAZ line-up…
Animals:
You may be needing high quality Scorpions and Large Snakes.
And a Nile Crocodile or three, of course. There’s a freebie Crocodile Pit Extension for The King’s Pass building…
A Scarab Beetle comes free with Poser, so many people will have one in their runtimes.
And finally, no Egyptian scene is complete without some suitable kitties for your characters to worship. Bast Cat for the Millennium Cat seems the most elegant kitty to fit the role…
That’s it!
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