The Thing in Poser

Digging around in PZDB for aliens and monsters I stumbled on JoeQuick’s ‘The Thing’ morph and materials for Freak 4. Still available, free as ‘Rock Man for F4‘. Though in my runtime it shows as…

Readers will recall I had tried to recreate the famous Fantastic Four comic-book character ‘The Thing’ in DAZ Studio, and had only got so far and it was not very satisfactory.

But in Poser and the Comic Book mode… it’s looking better. The skin is still far from ideal, and probably needs geometry made rather than a photoreal texture. A bodysuit with a geometry ‘crust’ might do it. There are also the ‘short shirtsleeves’ visible in Preview, but not in a render. (Update: Will Shetterly kindly points out the arm fix required).

Here’s a quick real-time Comic Book view in the viewport…

He’s a generation 4, so the three finger M4 Creature Creator morph will work…

This does not give the three squarish fingers + thumb, but is better than a normal hand. The toes are more difficult and the alien two-toes Creature Creator morph doesn’t do it. Freak does come with a Foot Width morph though (needs to be applied), which helps a bit. The neck also needs to be shorter. The Thing basically has no neck to speak of.

So, that’s as good as it gets at present. Poser, Freak 4 and JoeQuick’s morphs. Plenty of superhero poses for Freak 4, too.