Slightly late, here’s my latest monthly look at the new releases for DAZ Studio and Poser, and some items of interest to Vue users too. New items that caught my eye in February 2018:
Science fiction:
New from quality outfit-maker Aeon Soul, Orbital Merc for Genesis 8 Female.
The fun Prototype-X: Atomica for Genesis 8 Female, with a nice retro look to it. Not sure how often I’d use it, but definitely fun.
Prototype-Six for Genesis 8 Female.
Unusual sci-fi headgear with the KX StarSuit for G8F for DAZ Studio.
Hornet Outfit for Genesis 8 Female, with a cyber-style arm-cannon.
DP1 for the RoboSpider. It’s only a textures makeover, but it’s hi-res and it certainly improves on the old defaults.
Cyborg Generation 8 and its Light and Glow textures.
A new Sci-fi Stasis Pod, plus room and curvy ceiling pipes.
Underwater Bedroom for DAZ Studio. Simple, but nicely curvy. Could probably be adapted to have an outer space rather than an ocean view.
Aqua Striker Units for GF8. Looks like Pamawo is shaping up to be quite an interesting developer, if rather too expensive for me.
Need a sci-fi ocean creature to go with the above? Biomechanical Whale Animated, on Sketchfab store in .OBJ and .FBX formats.
Steampunk and valvepunk:
A well designed SF unit from 1971s.
A detailed retro Mind Control Lab and poses, for DAZ Studio.
A free Leather Hatta.
Fairytale:
Girly for Anceata is a freebie character and clothing and hair, all for Nursoda’s excellent Anceata for Poser. Has a nice Slavic / Finnish look. Although be aware that she’s a huge download of 350Mb! The culprits seem to be 250Mb of Paintshop Pro source files, in files called DressMAP.pspimage and AncPantsMAP.pspimage, which are presumably templates that can be deleted by anyone who doesn’t need them.
Tree And Swing for DAZ Studio. Also a set of matching poses.
Matching the Tree and Swing scene, the girls’ dForce Clothing Set 01 for Genesis 8 Female, from 3D Universe. And Mary Janes shoes.
A high quality Fairy Outfit for Karyssa 8 and Genesis 8 Female and Poses and Expressions. This will likely get a lot of third-party texture makeovers and add-ons, in due course.
Fantasy:
Safia Dynamic for V4 and textures set. Looks useful for the Arabian Nights and Conan/Frazetta sort of fantasy.
SY dForce Roman Clothing Male and Female for DAZ Studio. Adaptable for a variety of mythic settings.
MS18 Grain Mill in OBJ and FBX, and also for Vue 9 and up.
The old mill possibly guarded by the SkeleDog for the new HiveWire Big Dog for Poser.
Fantasy Trees for Daz Studio. Very nicely stylised, though it looks like the leaves are trans-mapped rather than geometry. Thus, the leaves are not likely to toon up nicely in Poser 11’s comic-book mode.
House of Traveler from 1971s for Poser. Very nice, although for ‘fan art’ only — as it’s almost exactly like the Corner Club in Balmora, in the famous videogame Morrowind.
Animals:
A superbly realistic Vampire Bat by AM with Look At My Hair preset.
Also an equally realistic Amazon Tree Frogs and Tadpole also by AM, and an Amphibian Pond scene for it to inhabit.
Rajasaurus DR, a new Dinoraul dinosaur for Poser. Also a new long-necked Giraffatitan.
Worms. Don’t overlook this, thinking “it’s only horror worms”. It also includes an earwig, a fat hawk-moth caterpillar, slugs, and snails. The quality fat caterpillar and snail also put this into the fairytale category.
Landscapes:
Mystic Red Lands for Poser, and accompanying Mediterranean Red Cliffs, with HD textures and modelling. Reminds me a bit of the fiery semi-volcanic uplands in Morrowind. Also likely to be of interest to Vue users.
End of the Tracks for DAZ and Carrara. Lots of potential uses, from Goonies / Stranger Things -style adventure to a complete tropical jungle or arctic makeover.
Fog Camera for DAZ Studio, with simple fog-volume props and presets.
Lastly there’s a free V4 character, Alex for Victoria 4 for Poser. Has the sort of ‘everyday look’ that might suit those making renders for small business and educational/charity clients.
That’s all the picks for February. The Cornucopia store is still down after being hacked, so the list is light on Vue items. More picks next month!