The well-known 3D environment/scene maker Stonemason has started a new series for DAZ Studio or Poser. “Worlds Of Fantasy : Medieval House” is the first, available now on the DAZ Store…
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New Echu standalone character, from Dinoraul
High-quality dinosaur designer Dinonaul has moved into Nursoda terrority, with this new “Where the Wild Things Are” standalone toon monster for Poser, called Echu…
Madam Shapoklyak
A very cool new standalone character for DAZ Studio and Poser, recently released: Madam Shapoklyak. She’s by the same 3D artist who recently released the semi-toon standalone Sherlock Holmes and Watson figures. She looks like she could also work well with Doctor Pitterbill.
Cargobots and Containers
A fine-looking new set of sci-fi cargo containers, just arrived at Renderosity. Some of the best I’ve seen for DAZ Studio or Poser, and very suitable for everything from a superhero team’s “supercar garage” scene, to a thriller-style espionage scene…
3D content survey: recreating Syd Mead’s vision in DAZ and Poser
Syd Mead is a major science-fiction artist, famous for his vehicle designs and futurological visions from the 1960s and 1970s, and also for his work on numerous famous movies. His alluring visions of a prosperous and immaculately-designed future Earth are still very influential today — as evidenced by the kind of prize money ($35k) put up for the recent Images of future transport: in the style of Syd Mead competition.
You may not have the draftsmanship skills of a Syd Mead, but — with a little help from Photoshop and DAZ — could you nevertheless create a Syd Mead -like CG artwork?
Well, perhaps. Syd doesn’t yet have his own line of branded DAZ Studio or Poser models. But until then, here’s my new survey of DAZ and Poser content, in which I dig out the best of the most Mead-like items…
CS City might provide a suitable background or two for vehicles and heavy-lifters…
Some of the Dystopia City Blocks buildings might also come in handy, and the first two packs of blocks are free.
The amazing Mars Vehicle is perhaps the most Mead like I’ve found…
Dystopian Aircar Aeronica V18…
Some of the Flying Cars set could also serve very well in a Mead-like scene, although sadly they’re for Bryce…
The Pacificator is also a good choice if you like the more Tron like models by Mead…
If you prefer flying motorcycles over cars, the J-Scooter 2 might suit…
Need figures for your artwork? The Bot Armor (id 8101) is for Victoria 4.2 Morphs++, and (apart from the high heels) has a pleasingly Mead-like retro-future look…
The JICC 3000 looks like he might just be a bot that belongs in a Mead painting…
If you have to get a curvaceous girl into your artwork, then 110.1 may be the one to have…
A couple of the heavy-lifter items in the Psi City Sector 2: Jat Cargo Set pack look like they might belong in the background of a Mead painting…
The Cargo 2 also looks like it has potential as a cargo-port craft…
The Gargola 901 could also serve as a heavy sky-tug for a sci-fi cargo yard…
A good heavy vehicle might be the Sci-Fi Truck – Heavy Duty…
… or the Ursus hovertruck…
By combining the wheels from the Storm Buggy with “Dino Truck” and removing the ‘dino inspection platform’, and flipping the whole thing around, you could get a fairly Mead-like heavy vehicle…
The Super Lorry is a 3DS model that looks like something from Mead’s famous U.S. Steel paintings of the 1960s…
For Moon scenes, there’s a cool Moon Rover…
And a free Survey Seeder for Google SketchUp. (Also converted for iClone).
Some of the Retro-Futuristic Furniture set could be retextured for less grime…
Finally, the GIS Orion interior has Mead-like tables and chairs…
You could also look at prop and vehicle models extracted from the Mass Effect videogames series. I’ve only played the first in the series, but I remember that the game takes some of its art design inspiration from Mead.
That’s it. Enjoy!
Posermocap Swordplay preview video
Poser Mocap has just released this promo video for their forthcoming Posermocap Swordplay Construction Kit Volume 1, featuring synchronised dual swordplay animations…
DAZ 3D Bridge for Photoshop updates, and still free
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I’m very pleased to see that the DAZ 3D Bridge for Photoshop has now been updated to work with DAZ Studio 4, and with the versions of Photoshop Extended that are higher than CS3. The 3D Bridge software connects DAZ Studio directly to Photoshop, and this updated version is currently still free! Go grab the new version now, before DAZ decides to slap a price on it!
How to port iClone animations to characters in DAZ Studio
Two new video tutorials on taking iClone character animations and applying them to a character in DAZ Studio, using 3DXchange 5’s Pro Pipeline version…
Steampunk Airship
Lovely new Steampunk Airship, for DAZ Studio or Poser…
Apteromata Flight returns
I’m pleased to see that the superb steampunk costume Apteromata Flight for Poser has been newly put up for sale at Runtime DNA. There were a few months where it wasn’t for sale anywhere, and it would have been a great pity to have seen it vanish. Runtime DNA also has all the MAT retexturing packs, Atropos, XP, and Finery.
Skip the bunnies…
Free animated “skipping” motion, for the 3D Universe Toon Rabbit…
Look at my Hair?
I found a fine blog run by the UK developer of the Look at my Hair? (LAMH) DAZ Studio 4 plugin. As you might guess, it puts hair on animals, and possibly (I’m guessing) beards on humans…
It’s not quite commercial yet…
“Look at my Hair beta 1.0 is ready and will be dispatched to beta testers next week.”
But it looks like it’s not far off from going in sale. The developer says that…
“The workflow is so simple and immediate that you will feel entertained and blown away by it … Just pose your model as you like, and hair will follow!”
That certainly sounds enticing, but I want feasible render times when using strand hair. But even on that point, there’s hope. Because the developer says…
“curves are highly optimized and render very, very fast and with high quality”
DAZ 4.5 – available now as a free release candidate version
DAZ Studio 4.5 has been released but only as a “release candidate” (i.e.: a nearly-finished beta version)…
This release candidate is available to all customers […] we recommend installing only one of either 4.0.x or 4.5.x on the same machine.
Among the new features that look important are…
* Viewport speed dramatically increased. For many viewport interactions, speed will be 2-5x faster than DAZ Studio 4.0.
* FBX files can now be round-tripped through DAZ Studio, including rigged and animated items in the scene.
* Shader Mixer has significantly improved workflow and documentation.
* New “Ready to Render” scenes have been added as part of the content that installs with 4.5.
By the way, what is wrong with DAZ’s website? All their forum links are broken when accessed via Google, the affiliate banner buttons are all broken, and their Store currently looks like this…
Toon Boy Sam – a 2012 content survey
Sad to say, but I have a feeling that the fabulous Doctor Pitterbill character is going the way of Toon Boy Sam — a limited rush of additional content, and then nothing. It’s a pity when great characters for Poser and DAZ Studio becomes so easily neglected… so I thought I’d do a quick round-up of poor old forgotten Toon Boy Sam and his additional content (I’ve already done one for Pitterbill).
Toon Boy Sam:
He’s from the 3D Universe Toon family, and the main Sam character is available on the DAZ Store.
* Facial emotions and poses:
You’ll find a pack of 40 Emotions for Toon Boy Sam listed at Renderosity (although sadly currently marked “no longer available”). A few additional facial emotions can also be found at KCTC, in their free skateboarding poses pack for Sam. Content Paradise has Joy of Life, a pack of 40 “true-to-life” boy poses for Sam. Those three are the only face/pose collections I can find.
* Clothing:
The main Sam clothing pack is at the DAZ Store under the simple name of “Sam Clothing Pack“, complemented by Elleque’s free Sam’s Easy Wear pack.
The DAZ Store is also still hopefully selling a “Sam Developer Pack” of clothing templates, with redistributable meshes. And Teknology 3D also has a Sam Merchant Resource pack for clothing, which includes DAZ Hexagon files.
The core Sam character package comes with a sort of basic diving wetsuit or sports suit.
KCTC has a variety of free clothes, including a Robin -ish outfit (of Batman and Robin fame) and a Superman -like outfit. They also have shoes, although the high quality 3D Universe Hightop Sneakers may be your go-to pairs of footwear for an everyday Sam.
Character clothing themes for Sam have included…
~ the excellent KCTC’s “Sam Frost” frost sprite;
~ Irishmiss’s jockey and racing car driver;
~ a free beachwear and snorkeling kit;
~ a free ski wear set;
~ a Japanese style RPG adventurer outfit;
~ Winter clothes and MATs for them;
~ a smart junior office boy / weddings set of outfits;
~ an outfit with fantasy sword;
~ the DAZ Store’s “Safari Bundle” (not to be confused with similar animal packs of the same name) by 3djoji, includes a contemporary safari outfit for Sam. Although note that the same outfit is also available separately at DAZ at much less cost as “SamSafariPack“.
~ An old-style round American baseball cap designed for Sam can be had at Treasure Chest.
~ a free set of skateboard safety gear for Sam.
~ a My Hero Sam classic superhero complete with cape…
This last includes a bonus alternative skin texture and three eye colours.
* Clothing conversion:
A $10 Sam licence is available for the free CrossDresser 4.0 clothing conversion software.
* Props:
A traditional soapbox go-cart for Sam. There’s also a free Sam-sized skateboard prop.
* Hair:
Nothing special known, other than the hair that comes with the core character. Although KCTC has a variety of “fit” files for hair types I don’t recognise.
* Toon materials:
No, don’t worry they’re not fiendishly difficult-to-apply shaders like Visual Style Shaders. Toontones is a simple free materials set that makes it easier to do postwork that “toons” Sam renders.
DAZ launch new Genesis superhero suit
DAZ has just launched a cool-looking superhero suit, that’s just as adaptable as the Genesis characters themselves…