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  • blutobluto Posts: 842
    edited January 2013

    this just up . space chicks for v4.2

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/67101/browse/11/Poser/space-chicks-for-v4.2

    cool thing is that the morphs work on m4 as well !!


    let me know if there is a problem with them and please post some renders

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  • MattymanxMattymanx Posts: 6,949
    edited December 1969

    PDSmith said:
    the problem I'm finding is I can subdivide the mesh once in zbrush if I'm useing genesis but not at all if v4. In V4's case as you saw the ridges are soft as you said. for genesis the problem is I'm extremely limited with outfits. auto fit and the smoothing modifier as ineffective for armour and outfit selections.

    The era is post-TNG and cross breeding klingon's and humans in the Empire is pretty much the same as saying you're a Vulcan...death sentence.

    ideas anyone?

    -Paul


    Can you paint a displacement map or normal map in ZBrush instead? Or even do a combination of Inj Morph + Displacement (or normal map)

  • DemonslayerDemonslayer Posts: 125
    edited January 2013

    Thalek said:
    Redfern said:
    Demonslayer said:
    Okay, I'll do that soon. Right now, I have the male suit in the T position. Helmet, attachments, hose connectors, etc. are on there, and colored correctly. It's still in 3ds Max right now.

    Don't leave us "hanging" like this. At least post a "clay" render of the native .MAX data.

    Thalek is probably our best expert on the Tholian EVA suits. I'm sure he's bursting at the seams to view it as well. I know I am!

    Sincerely,

    Bill

    I won't call myself an expert, but I did own a lovely replica made by Andy Monsen and Roberta Brubaker. I can't recall if I've posted that image here or not.

    Yeah, "bursting at the seams" is how I feel right now, and let me tell you, it's not something you want to have happen while wearing an environmental suit! [grin]

    Okay, here's a sneak peek: http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/Raymar3d/tempTOSSpacesuit/SpaceSuit_Revised.jpg

    The suit is the M3 Bodysuit, the boots and gloves are modified versions of the Apollo Spacesuit for M3. I exported the V4 catsuit and the M3 suit again with wrinkles added so the suit would look more realistic. But the actual parts are going to be separate so that they can be used on any suit you want to use them on. The big problem with this is the hoses on the outfit as they cross joint lines. In 3ds Max, I'm just going to add a biped to it and animate it there, but I want to make this available to the community so we can all use it. -- Ken :)

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  • ThalekThalek Posts: 318
    edited January 2013

    That's pretty damned good!

    I was thinking of putting the hoses on the chest plate and making them posable, myself, like an octopus's tentacles, if making them part of the suit didn't work.

    I don't think you'll be able to distribute it if it contains parts of other costumes, though.

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  • DemonslayerDemonslayer Posts: 125
    edited December 1969

    Yeah, I will only distribute the original stuff, not the stuff I'm using for reference. But if it can be posed/linked/fitted to the figure, it should work. I'm able to do it with my eyes closed (almost) in 3ds Max, but Poser/Daz... not sure yet. I have the utility to fit/conform but haven't tried it out yet. -- Ken

  • ThalekThalek Posts: 318
    edited December 1969

    What utility is that? I know that Phil Cooke's Obj2Cr2 can make conforming clothing from object files.

  • RedfernRedfern Posts: 1,617
    edited December 1969

    :bug: :bug: :bug:

    What we need is the emoticon that drops its jaw several times the height if its head as that one more appropriately describes my reaction at this moment.

    That is %^&* cool!!! That really captures the essence of the Minor/Theiss design! I certainly wish you well on the rigging issues, but if it doesn't pan out, I'd gladly accept a static prop of the helmet and shoulder yoke elements without the extended hose pieces. One can always explain it as a variant design.

    Sincerely,

    Bill

  • DemonslayerDemonslayer Posts: 125
    edited December 1969

    Redfern said:
    :bug: :bug: :bug:

    What we need is the emoticon that drops its jaw several times the height if its head as that one more appropriately describes my reaction at this moment.

    That is %^&* cool!!! That really captures the essence of the Minor/Theiss design! I certainly wish you well on the rigging issues, but if it doesn't pan out, I'd gladly accept a static prop of the helmet and shoulder yoke elements without the extended hose pieces. One can always explain it as a variant design.

    Sincerely,

    Bill

    Another alternative might be textures and displacement maps. That was what I had been considering for a long time.

    Thanks for the praise! :)

    As for the utility I have and haven't figured out yet, this is it: Content Creator Toolkit (CCT) http://www.daz3d.com/software/plugins-utilities/content-creator-toolkit-cct Anyone any good with it yet? -- Ken

  • DemonslayerDemonslayer Posts: 125
    edited January 2013

    Okay, I have a fit for V4 also! :)

    http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/Raymar3d/tempTOSSpacesuit/Wrinkled_WOMENsVersion_001.jpg

    http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/Raymar3d/tempTOSSpacesuit/Wrinkled_Mens_Spacesuit_Final_with_simple_head.jpg

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  • PtropePtrope Posts: 682
    edited December 1969

    Looking GREAT, Demonslayer! I sure hope you plan to share these - I'll come up with SOMETHING just so I can use them :D.

  • PtropePtrope Posts: 682
    edited December 1969

    Thalek said:
    I speculate that parenting one prop to another will drag both into the setup room, but I haven't tried it yet.

    Good tip, sir. I'll try that tomorrow, if time permits.

    Yup, group the objects. Although, honestly, I tried it as a test yesterday and didn't get the same sort of results as I got with the Medusan, so I think I'm missing a step somewhere, or went somewhere I shouldn't.

    The other alternative is to simply make the circlet in two parts, the same way I described, parent the opening part to the stationary part, parent the stationary part to the figure's neck, and then save the grouped parts as a single prop after setting the origin of the moving part where you want it to hinge (this is how I originally created the Medusan for distribution). You can edit the PP2 file so that all of the translation settings are hidden for the opening part, so the user doesn't accidentally dial it away from its position - just leave the one rotation dial (probably "Y Rotate") as "hidden 0" in the PP2, and rename the dial to "Open."

    I'll try to do a couple more tests on the other technique - I know I've done it, but clearly I didn't write down the steps ;).

  • wolfgang_1wolfgang_1 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    bluto said:
    this just up . space chicks for v4.2

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/67101/browse/11/Poser/space-chicks-for-v4.2

    cool thing is that the morphs work on m4 as well !!


    let me know if there is a problem with them and please post some renders


    Thanks for the morps, but there is a little problem:
    The andorian files are missing

    Here is a render for you

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  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    The crew, well, main ones, anyhow, of the new refurbished Stargazer of my planned comic.

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  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    Two more. :)

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  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    wolfgang_1 said:
    bluto said:
    this just up . space chicks for v4.2

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/67101/browse/11/Poser/space-chicks-for-v4.2

    cool thing is that the morphs work on m4 as well !!


    let me know if there is a problem with them and please post some renders


    Thanks for the morps, but there is a little problem:
    The andorian files are missing

    Here is a render for you

    wolfgang this is great! Where'd you get that hall?

  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    TheCastellan said:
    Two more. :)

    Finally got it out of the spacedock, huh? :-)

    Looks good.

  • RedfernRedfern Posts: 1,617
    edited December 1969

    mdbruffy said:
    Wolfgang this is great! Where'd you get that hall?

    I'm betting it's a screen capture from Star Trek Online.

    Sincerely,

    Bill

  • wolfgang_1wolfgang_1 Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    mdbruffy said:
    wolfgang_1 said:
    bluto said:
    this just up . space chicks for v4.2

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/67101/browse/11/Poser/space-chicks-for-v4.2

    cool thing is that the morphs work on m4 as well !!


    let me know if there is a problem with them and please post some renders


    Thanks for the morps, but there is a little problem:
    The andorian files are missing

    Here is a render for you

    wolfgang this is great! Where'd you get that hall?
    Just a backgroundpicture found in the web. I think its from Startrek online

  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    wolfgang_1 said:
    mdbruffy said:
    wolfgang_1 said:
    bluto said:
    this just up . space chicks for v4.2

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/67101/browse/11/Poser/space-chicks-for-v4.2

    cool thing is that the morphs work on m4 as well !!


    let me know if there is a problem with them and please post some renders


    Thanks for the morps, but there is a little problem:
    The andorian files are missing

    Here is a render for you

    wolfgang this is great! Where'd you get that hall?
    Just a backgroundpicture found in the web. I think its from Startrek online

    Just wondered. Looked like it would have been a good match for Rduda's Great Hall and Bluto's city buildings.

  • blutobluto Posts: 842
    edited December 1969

    wolfgang_1 said:
    bluto said:
    this just up . space chicks for v4.2

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/67101/browse/11/Poser/space-chicks-for-v4.2

    cool thing is that the morphs work on m4 as well !!


    let me know if there is a problem with them and please post some renders


    Thanks for the morps, but there is a little problem:
    The andorian files are missing

    Here is a render for you

    yea i seem to have gotten a little ahead of my self . working on the fix for them now . if all goes well the fix will include founders jem'hadar vorta and tellerites as well as the andorians

  • MotoTsumeMotoTsume Posts: 520
    edited December 1969

    That is the Klingon Training Hall from Star Trek Online

  • ThalekThalek Posts: 318
    edited December 1969

    Couple of images of the suit replica that Andy and Roberta made for me so many years ago.

    http://www.costume.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=72105

    http://users.keyway.net/~thalek/Tholian.html

  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited January 2013

    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Two more. :)

    Finally got it out of the spacedock, huh? :-)

    Looks good.

    The Stargazer or Vanda?

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  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    TheCastellan said:
    mdbruffy said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Two more. :)

    Finally got it out of the spacedock, huh? :-)

    Looks good.

    The Stargazer or Vanda?

    LOL!!! :lol:

  • rdudarduda Posts: 579
    edited December 1969

    If you haven't been by my project room , you may not have known I've started a voyager sick bay, so here is the latest so far:

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  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    Rduda said:
    If you haven't been by my project room , you may not have known I've started a voyager sick bay, so here is the latest so far:

    You've been a busy boy! Looks good!!

  • PDSmithPDSmith Posts: 712
    edited January 2013

    All renders are done and now to start the word balloons.

    i should have it done by next weekend.

    Next issue will take some work. I put my foot in my mouth. The entire book will be rendered in Lux via the Reality plugin fof DAZ.

    For you Poser users. Reality3 will be coming out in the near future for Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012 .

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  • PDSmithPDSmith Posts: 712
    edited December 1969

    Rduda said:
    If you haven't been by my project room , you may not have known I've started a voyager sick bay, so here is the latest so far:

    Dude that looks fantastic!

  • mdbruffymdbruffy Posts: 2,345
    edited December 1969

    PDSmith said:
    All renders are done and now to start the word balloons.

    i should have it done by next weekend.

    Next issue will take some work. I put my foot in my mouth. The entire book will be rendered in Lux via the Reality plugin fof DAZ.

    For you Poser users. Reality3 will be coming out in the near future for Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012 .


    Show off! :)

    I've still got 77 pages plus the credits....

  • ThalekThalek Posts: 318
    edited December 1969

    Rduda said:
    If you haven't been by my project room , you may not have known I've started a voyager sick bay, so here is the latest so far:

    My keycard stopped working, so I can't get in.

    Man, that is beautiful!

    As a guy who spent more than seven years playing a doctor, I have a certain affinity for Sickbay aboard any ship.

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