SereneNight's Sci-Fi Fun Thread 2

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    Thank you! I'm glad you noticed. I love  pulp covers and have a book that feature's their art. In many ways Owen and Boyd embody the spirit of  pulp adventure.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    Here's Boyd in his green St. Patrick's briefs. I used fit control on the briefs for women  ( I think in the previous page) that were too high earlier. I think the adjustments really worked. I was able to lower the waist and push the underwear  out a touch. There is a slightly more risque version on my Deviant Art account.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    I have have had this weight scale in my runtime forever, so it was time to put it to use. I used the https://www.daz3d.com/military-camp-infirmary also for this one.

    Yeah, I know, why is military of the future is using one of these old fashioned scales? I have no idea. But, in absence of a futuristic one, we will enlist this one. 

    I imagine, Owen's making good headway on gaining his weight back but he's needs to reduce his emaciation dial before this doctor is satisfied with his progress.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    I have have had this weight scale in my runtime forever, so it was time to put it to use. I used the https://www.daz3d.com/military-camp-infirmary also for this one.

    Yeah, I know, why is military of the future using one of these old fashioned scales? I have no idea. But, in absence of a futuristic one, we will enlist this one. 

    I imagine, Owen's making good headway on gaining his weight back but he's needs to reduce his emaciation dial before this doctor is satisfied with his progress.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    I think Boyd is more interesting on the scales this time. So I redid that last one.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    The challenge for this one was to illustrate a character reading a book. Both Owen and Boyd read. But Boyd prefers reading chips inserted in his brain. Owen likes physical books. Sadly for owen, Boyd is proving too much of a distraction so he may not get to finish his exciting copy of  "What the dogs taught me."

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    Owen and Boyd with the new Lee Altern8 shaders applied.

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  • Worlds_EdgeWorlds_Edge Posts: 2,152

    Yeah, it might be challenging to get any reading done under those circumstances, lol  Great renders as always.

  • WinterMoonWinterMoon Posts: 1,963

    Good to see Owen's feeling better, even if Boyd is actively hampering his literary studies. x)

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    Yeah, it might be challenging to get any reading done under those circumstances, lol  Great renders as always.

    yeah. Boyd is very hard to ignore. 

     

    TigerAnne said:

    Good to see Owen's feeling better, even if Boyd is actively hampering his literary studies. x)

    It is only fair, Owen has hampered boyd’s Ability to concentrate for at least 5 years now. =-)

  • WinterMoonWinterMoon Posts: 1,963

    It is only fair, Owen has hampered boyd’s Ability to concentrate for at least 5 years now. =-)

    They're too sexy for their own good. surprise

     

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    TigerAnne said:

    It is only fair, Owen has hampered boyd’s Ability to concentrate for at least 5 years now. =-)

    They're too sexy for their own good. surprise

     

    Aww... Thanks. =-)

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    I wanted to do a scene where Boyd invites Owen and Grandpa Silas to meet his family at his family's home. 

    I haven't fleshed out Boyd's family life too much and it is in the process of revision to make it somewhat... Less complicated. We do know that he has 3 older half brothers and two younger siblings. Possible from his father's previous marriage We also know that his family is weatlhy and that his grandparents are quite snobby which is why Boyd has been reluctant to take Owen home with him and expose Owen to their obnoxious behavior.   His eldest brother, Tate. Disappeared. 

    Boyd describes his childhood as lonely, so it is likely that he was schooled at home due to his illness. 

    I think Boyd is quite close to his mother/foster mother, as they have a lot in common. Boyd secretly fears he will become controlling and hardcore like his father.

    i had some trouble finding sophisticated part clothing that scream wealthy. This about all I could dredge up.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    For those of you curious what Auto Shape enhancer does, here, I have done a before and after image of Boyd using the shaping tools. It is easier to see if you flip back and forth between the two pics.

    https://www.daz3d.com/auto-shape-enhancer-for-genesis-8-male

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    After Auto Shap Enhancer

    Pointing out the details

     

     

     

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131

    Could of used a Auto-Enhancer that did the opposite more I think - ever so subtlely softening and slightly pudging up G8F & G8M in the right places.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    It seems designed to improve the bends. The sharpening look is a side effect I think. It really does a nice job on the shoulders and arm.You'd have to try it on a softer character and see how it looks.... It might look just as nice. The promo figure is fairly slender. So it shows a subtle change.

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  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    I do believe all of the Boyd/Owen couple renders have gotten an itch going in the back of my mind to do a few myself. I always enjoy seeing how you have those two interact.  

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    I would love to see them Darwin! I love male couples art.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    I think this shows a bit better how much improved the  shoulder bend and elbow ooks. I find I don't like the neck bend as much at full strength and will dial that out a bit next time. 

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131

    I wanted to do a scene where Boyd invites Owen and Grandpa Silas to meet his family at his family's home. 

    I haven't fleshed out Boyd's family life too much and it is in the process of revision to make it somewhat... Less complicated. We do know that he has 3 older half brothers and two younger siblings. Possible from his father's previous marriage We also know that his family is weatlhy and that his grandparents are quite snobby which is why Boyd has been reluctant to take Owen home with him and expose Owen to their obnoxious behavior.   His eldest brother, Tate. Disappeared. 

    Boyd describes his childhood as lonely, so it is likely that he was schooled at home due to his illness. 

    I think Boyd is quite close to his mother/foster mother, as they have a lot in common. Boyd secretly fears he will become controlling and hardcore like his father.

    i had some trouble finding sophisticated part clothing that scream wealthy. This about all I could dredge up.

    Wow, I missed that one the other day. It is my new favorite of your renders.

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131

    I think this shows a bit better how much improved the  shoulder bend and elbow ooks. I find I don't like the neck bend as much at full strength and will dial that out a bit next time. 

    I'm not so sure if it's an improvement or not. LOL, my body is too soft to validate in the mirror and that's an unusual pose for a non-bodybuilder to be in and the camera angles for bodybuilders are usually not from that angle.

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    I would love to see them Darwin! I love male couples art.

    Hm.  :) Then I shall see about the first "set" and hope it works!

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

     It was tough to decide whether it was just 'different' or "better" I settled on better. The muscles of the arm are where it is particularly noticable to me. Of course like everything it is a matter of opinion. =-)

    I think this shows a bit better how much improved the  shoulder bend and elbow ooks. I find I don't like the neck bend as much at full strength and will dial that out a bit next time. 

    I'm not so sure if it's an improvement or not. LOL, my body is too soft to validate in the mirror and that's an unusual pose for a non-bodybuilder to be in and the camera angles for bodybuilders are usually not from that angle.

     

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    I would love to see them Darwin! I love male couples art.

    Hm.  :) Then I shall see about the first "set" and hope it works!

    Ooh, I'm very excited to hear it.

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    I would love to see them Darwin! I love male couples art.

    Hm.  :) Then I shall see about the first "set" and hope it works!

    Ooh, I'm very excited to hear it.

    Hee.  Let's hope what I have in mind works. ;) 

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    I'm sure everyone here can't wait to see what you have in mind. =-)

  • ButchButch Posts: 798

    For those of you curious what Auto Shape enhancer does, here, I have done a before and after image of Boyd using the shaping tools. It is easier to see if you flip back and forth between the two pics.

    https://www.daz3d.com/auto-shape-enhancer-for-genesis-8-male

    ORIGINAL

    After Auto Shap Enhancer

    Pointing out the details

     

     

     

    I picked it up the other day, but only tried it out this afternoon.  It gives some interesting results and is heading in the right direction.  I'm happy with it and, with the correct dial adjustments, I think it'll work quite well.     

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648
    edited March 2019

    I dredged my wardrobe for possible tennis clothing. It was hard to find shoes with white bottoms!  But since I bought the playground HDRI I had told myself I needed to use them. Boyd is not yuppie enough so we will likely have to look deeper in my wardrobe for appropriate tennis wear. 

    The tennis racket and ball is Victoria's. Men aren't allowed to play tennis in Dazlandia. sad

    There aren't any tennis poses, so I will be making some eventually I gather. cheeky

    As far as Tennis goes, neither of the guys play, but Owen may have learned in High School since he's a bit of a jock. Both guys like doing things they have never done. So tennis lessons together seems like a fun thing to do.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,648

    Has anyone considered categorizing by wardrobe type. It occured to me, while I was hunting through my wardrobe of men's thing that it would be nice to have shoes all in one locale. And it made me wonder if there would be some value to doing that for the same generation to make things easier to find.

    I also for example am certain I have at least 7 mens watches, but they are parts of sets, and I'm just not sure where they are when I need them.

    Anyway, kinda thinking of doing that. It might be a useful experiment.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,961

    Items should be categorised by type under Wardrobe.

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