What is some of your favourite content for male characters?
Hylas
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Inspired by this other thread about how there's not enough male content... be that as it may, let's look at the male content we do have and highlight some of our favourite products! What male content do you use all the time, what male content do you find to be particularly well made/creative/practical/essential?
I'll start:
SWOLE for G8: dial it all the way up for some 'roided-out freaks, or just dial in a little bit to give your man a slight beef-up. I like exagerated muscular builds, so this is great. As a bonus you get a skin with a normal and a shiny setting, a geoshell buzz cut, and a geoshell five o'clock shadow.
Jepe's Bodyhair Project 78: Looks better than any other body hair product I've seen and renders fast to boot. Easy to use and easy to further adapt in photoshop. Has armpit hair! Is compatible with a certain 3rd party add-on that rhymes with Ricktator.
Toon Hero for G8: Not only do we finally have a Toon Hunk for G8 (that doesn't require Dwayne), he's also more gorgous that all the previous Toon Hunks that I know of. Love him!
Touchdown Star: Love this set! Too bad it's a M4 product that doesn't convert to G8 quite as well as I'd like to - those shoulder pads! - but I still love it.
Some other sets I like (yes, I like them male cliches archetypes): Naval Uniform for G2M, Desperado for G3M, Construction Worker for G2M/G3M
Tell us all about your favourite male content!
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From Renderosity: Redz Oh My Body Hair, all the male clothes DZheng makes
From Here
Clothes:
Characters:
Extras:
And this is just the main things that I find myself coming back to constantly. Because the clothes are well made and detailed and look fantastic. And the characters have a ton of options that can be interchanged. And of course every man needs body hair.
Virtual Reality Suit - conforms nicely to G8M too and the ladies as well.
Radioactive - one of the best made outifts for the males of any generation.
Warrior Wet hair for G3M
Short Wet hair for G8M and G8F
Agent hair for G3M and G3F
Any version of the fibermesh beards
Bold Brows for G8M
SP hair 004 for G3M and G8M
Any of Shimuzu's poses for any generation of male
Ollie 8
Christian 8
Edward 8
Michael 6
David 5
Any outfit by Luthbel for the males of any generation, even with their lack of morphs ;)
MRL Buzzcut Hair
From "elsewhere":
Slide3D Military Boots for G3M
V for DMC5 for G8M
Vergil for DMC5 for G8M
Oh My Body Hair by Redz
Freebies:
Really Short Hair by Laticis (Deviantart) for G2M - an addon for Real Short Hair for Genesis 2 Males
NOT an exhaustive list ;)
Laurie
Male-m3dia's anatomical morphs
If there's anything I use with any consistency, it would be those. I can fake armpit hair when I need to with other products, like freebie groin-area hair parented to the upper chest region.
Outfits? Any armors/future clothing that have Male/Female equivalents.
midnight_stories is really good for that.
herschel hoffmeyer's various tactical/armored stuff, even if different, have a consistent theme between male/female.
dariofish's Wraith Suit, also, I got some mileage out of.
Definitely a few more, but it's not at all consistent by any means. I just wish that, when there is a non-skimpywear uniform, that both male and female uniforms are provided.
Male figures... I'll just pick by generation.
Genesis 2? Favorite was Darius 6. Behind that, Jepe's Nathan.
Genesis 3? Ivan 7 and Kimo 7.
Genesis 8? Edward 8 and Ollie 8.
Any number of things, but I use Sickleyield's Doomed Poet for G1 for all kinds of stuff.
https://www.daz3d.com/ryan-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8 - It's my go-to hair, Out of Touch made it very versatile with all the different styling and cap morphs. I'd love a couple of other short styles like this from them.
All of Jepe's male characters and skins. They hold up well in IRAY.
Cayman Studios Legacy UV sets to make the previous generations skins work with G3M and G8M. I've been buying content for almost 16 years and having these allows me to use skins like Jepe's, which is great since he doesn't do them anymore.
https://www.daz3d.com/urban-survivors-for-genesis-3-male-s-and-female-s & https://www.daz3d.com/urban-survivors-hd-for-genesis-2-female-s-and-male-s - fantastic quality and realistic details. Pieces are great separately or as a whole outfit as packaged.
https://www.daz3d.com/andre-for-genesis-3-and-8-male a handsome character with beautiful skin
Here are some of the things I tend to use often
Clothes:
Characters:
Hair:
Other:
4 generations of VR Suit.
Love
:)
Laurie
Being a fan of everyday contemperary,
Shout out tp ih-kang for some good stuff.
The textures tend to be quite modest, but the models and rigging are top notch.
https://www.daz3d.com/ih-kang
Edward-based dude in Hydron Armor in the one image.
A selling point for me, when it comes to futuristic guy armor/military outfits, is whether or not girls get the same. Hydron has its G8F version.
I'll buy anything for the girl side, but having military stuff that matches between the genders is important to me.
Ha! Speaking of Dogz, I'm glad the School outfits have both male and female versions as well.
That bumps it up in buying priority for me when it comes to uniforms! (Male uniforms without female counterparts = no deal.)
Oh, Kayleyss' Witcher figures are great. A lot of detail. Gwenbleiz for the guys.
Hey! New idea for CDPR game! LOL
(Hmmm... Triss Merigold in schoolgirl outfit...)
Wow. I like the wrinkles that give it a realistic look. I'm assuming it is the Virtual Reality Suite for Genesis 3 Male. I might keep an eye on this item and buy when it gets on special. Thtanks for sharing.
4 generations of VR Suit.
Love
:)
Laurie
Yep, that's the one. Probably gets more use than any other clothing in my library. LOL I've had it on pretty extreme morphs like Josh Crockett's Graylien from Yurditigal and The Exile for G3M from here and it holds up really well. Like I said previously, it conforms well to the ladies too, tho the wrinkles look a little odd in places, namely over the breasts ;).
Laurie
Seconded. I have a bunch of ih-kang's stuff, and it's great.
I have to be honest, even as someone who primarily renders women, good male content can be very welcome.
There's some things I've manually transferred from G3M to G8F (preserving the rigging rather than relying on auto-fit) because sometimes you do want a witch hunter outfit that's not corsets and cleavage, or a suit of armour that doesn't come with a mini-skirt.
I have on occasion had to do renders where I've had to morph the men from women or vice versa in order to get matching uniforms for both (seeing as Auto-fit can mess up rigging on a lot of things, and doing a permanent transfer takes time and effort)
Morphs:
https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-8-male-head-morphs
https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-8-male-body-morphs
https://www.daz3d.com/vascularity-hd-for-genesis-8-female-and-male
https://www.daz3d.com/200-plus-head-and-face-morphs-bundle-for-genesis-8-female-s-and-male-s
https://www.daz3d.com/200-plus-head-and-face-morphs-for-genesis-8-male-s
https://www.daz3d.com/fit-control-for-genesis-8-males
Hair:
https://www.daz3d.com/elan-hair-for-genesis-8-male-s-and-female-s
https://www.daz3d.com/shaved-side-dread-for-genesis-3-and-8
https://www.daz3d.com/morley-hair-for-genesis-3-8-male-s
https://www.daz3d.com/lashes-utilities-for-genesis-2-3-and-8
Clothes:
https://www.daz3d.com/vinnuth-kriegor-battle-mega-armor-for-genesis-8-male-s
https://www.daz3d.com/axoran-demonic-armor-regalia-for-genesis-8-males
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-jasper-black-for-genesis-8-males
https://www.daz3d.com/dark-whisper-for-genesis-3-males
Characters:
https://www.daz3d.com/eibhear-for-vladimir-8
https://www.daz3d.com/ryker-hd-for-vladimir-8
https://www.daz3d.com/rex-for-genesis-8-male
Things I don't have yet but are high on my wishlist:
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-ssr-art-drape-robe-for-genesis-3-and-8
https://www.daz3d.com/bold-brows-fibermesh-for-genesis-8-males
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-dragonlord-outfit-for-genesis-8-males
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-gothic-prince-outfit-for-genesis-8-males
https://www.daz3d.com/darius-8-pro-bundle
https://www.daz3d.com/demon-master-outfit-for-genesis-8-male-s
https://www.daz3d.com/hfs-ultimate-shapes-bundle
https://www.daz3d.com/suneko-outfit-for-genesis-3-males
https://www.daz3d.com/ajax-hair-bundle-for-genesis-3
https://www.daz3d.com/edward-8-pro-bundle
Clothes:
Jasper Black: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-jasper-black-for-genesis-8-males
High Neck Sweatshirt: https://www.daz3d.com/high-neck-sweatshirt-outfit-for-genesis-8-male-s
Cool Style: https://www.daz3d.com/cool-style-outfit-for-genesis-8-male-s
Millennial Business Casual: https://www.daz3d.com/millennial-business-casual-outfit-for-genesis-3-male-s
Urban Survivors: https://www.daz3d.com/urban-survivors-for-genesis-3-male-s-and-female-s
Streetwear Mens Sneakers: https://www.daz3d.com/streetwear-mens-sneakers-for-genesis
Hardcore: https://www.daz3d.com/hardcore-m4 with the Hardcore Textures: https://www.daz3d.com/hardcore-textures
Major Cache: https://www.daz3d.com/major-cache-for-michael-4
Characters:
Fergal: https://www.daz3d.com/fergal-hd-for-landon-8
Novak: https://www.daz3d.com/novak-for-genesis-8-male
Luca: https://www.daz3d.com/luca-for-genesis-8-male
Brandon: https://www.daz3d.com/brandon-for-toon-dwayne-8
Edward 8: https://www.daz3d.com/edward-8
Lee 8: https://www.daz3d.com/lee-8
Ollie 8: https://www.daz3d.com/ollie-8
Floyd 8: https://www.daz3d.com/floyd-8
Owen 8: https://www.daz3d.com/owen-8
Marc: https://www.daz3d.com/marc-for-michael-8
Elijah 7: https://www.daz3d.com/elijah-7
Darius 7: https://www.daz3d.com/darius-7
Lee 6: https://www.daz3d.com/lee-6
And my all time favorite, Michael 6: https://www.daz3d.com/michael-6
Accessories: https://www.daz3d.com/unisex-jewelry-for-genesis-8-males--females
Hair:
Variety Facial Hair: https://www.daz3d.com/variety-facial-hair-for-genesis-8-males
Young Blood: https://www.daz3d.com/youngblood-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8
Pretty much anything by RedzStudio.
I've always really liked this outfit.
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-my-guy-jeans-and-shirt-for-genesis-8-male
Starting off with OLD stuff -- Michael 3 -- but I still use these outfits, textures, and morphs from time to time. I haul out M3 pretty much every time I do anything with a dieselpunk theme because Daedalus Sky Mercenary doesn't really convert well to newer generations, but it's a must for those kind of themes (imo of course!)
I'm still very partial to the old Wildenlander outfit for M3 as well.
And another two outfits that I still find I use a lot, whether on M3 or other generations -- they seem to autofit to newer Genesis figures pretty well. At leat I haven't encountered any major issues with Hardcore for M3 (and the M4 version as well) and The Privateer for M3:
There was a long time before any new Egyptian pharaoh clothes came out for newer generations of males, so I did rely on The Pharaoh for M3 and its Pharaohs of the Sun textures a lot until I bought the set for G3 Male. But this one still holds up pretty well, even on one of the exagerated body shapes from Brom M3.
And I really liked Ghost of Macbeth's Rogues for M3. The face morphs had lots of character and it was one of the first textures that came with vein displacement. But what I loved most about it was the dirty fingernail textures! I exported those so I could use them with M4 and now I can use them on several generations of Genesis too.
Digging up old M4 stuff next -- he had a lot more content than M3 ever did -- and then I'll start wandering through my various Genesis libraries. Much goodness!
OH that does look really good!
Shout out for Dogz as well: new TFS outfits would leap into my cart any time, for both M8 & V8.
Some other great ideas here. Found a few (more) things to put on the wish list.
So nice to see all those products listed, some of which I never noticed before. Oh no, I see my wishlist growing...
@mmalbert: Wow, those look really great! I had no idea M3 could look so good!
Some of my favourite male hair:
Ajax Hair: You need some long yet manly locks for your barbarian or Tarzan or what-have-you? This is the one.
Adrian Hair: ... unless you want him to have straight hair. Then you want to go with this one.
Glyn Hair: I know there's a few updates on this particular haircut, but I really like the M4 version and see no reason to get a newer one.
Classic side-part: What it says on the tin. Unisex.
Flat Top: Again, what it says in the tin.
Pure Hair: Punk: Love this mohawk. Unisex.
Shaved side dreads: The file size is obscene, but it looks really good. Unisex.
Short Afro Hair: I actually have the renderosity version, but they're probably more or less the same. This is the best natural afro-hair I know of. Unisex.
And if you're looking for cornrows, there's a really good product over at renderosity!
Thirded on IH-Kang! The clean models and UVs also make them really easy to customize with new fabric shaders. And (as I've noted before) most male clothing is pretty simple design wise; so the utility of it is in the ease that you can change the textures.
The My Guy outfit is amazing! Especially when you start to look at how the rigging and the buttons and everything are setup. Not to mention I think it has one of my favorite denim shaders ever.
M3 is really old and limited in many ways, but with some effort -- and careful posing -- he can still get the job done. :)
More older content, this time for M4. ElorOnceDark made several great outfits for M4, with tons of details and extras and adjustment morphs, etc. Just amazing attention to detail. He doesn't appear to be active any longer, which is too bad, but his outfits convert pretty well to newer generations. I've used them on Genesis, Genesis 2, and Genesis 3 (I don't yet have any conversion utitilies for G8; in fact, only bought my first G8 male outfit yesterday lol! I'm still catching up on Genesis 3 stuff...)
Anyway, I think Immortal Ronin, WoodGod, and Cyberpunk / Cyberpunk Expansion / Post Apocalyptic textures are still fantastic and worth picking up.
Mixed Immortal Ronin with the cyberarm from Cyberpunk. Elite Lee M4 texure; I use the elite textures a lot on newer generations too.
Dial morph made with Morphs ++, Elite Ethnic set, and Morphus. The elite ethnic morphs for V4 and M4 were great, it's really too bad they were never made for any Genesis figuers. Also too bad the Morphus set is no longer in the store, boo!!. :(
Used M4 Displacement maps as well and Colin Hair for G3M (not that you can see it.)
Tea Time for tough guys! Bounty Hunter M4 texture -- which has some great body scars, though not visible here -- and SAV's Spartacos Short Hair (Renderosity.) I use that hair a lot.
M4 on the left, Gianni 7 on the right. The only issue I run into with converting WoodGod is that the vest is double-sided and can be a little tricky in regards to poke-through with some poses. I did use a tiny bit of push modifier on Gianni.
An old render I did with WoodGod on Hiro 5, with Hitomi...some rudely behaving barbarian fawn kids:
Both wearing the Pabu V4 texture. It's cute!
What you can do with those older figures is quite impressive! Working with those older "3" and "4" line figures can be quite a challenge, but you make them look good. :)
I read a thing a while back about video games and how dreads tend to be really complicated hairstyles to get right, so maybe that's why it's so big? It is a really complex style compared to others I have, that's for sure, but it looks amazing in renders.
@mmalbert , Awesome renders. Those are some great M3 and M4 costumes and those rudely behaving barbarian fawn kids look great!
Thanks, Diva...I often rework textures, as the the really old figures didn't come with specular maps, much less SSS maps. Sometimes there weren't even bump maps way back then. So it takes time to get older generations to look a bit better. FWIW, the first four M3 images use the Sol Elite texture for M4, which I converted with TC2. A little cheating, maybe, but swapping textures around generations is part of the fun.
Thanks Xpiderman! Hiro 5 and Hitomi are still kinda my OTP of toons. I just love their look.
Also agree about IH-Kang's clothes. The first outfit I ever bought by that vendor was at Renderosity and for Genesis -- Basic Suit A, I think it was called. It's not in the store any longer but I still use it a lot. It's probably my favorite suit for guys.
On Elijah 7. It converts well except for that annoying crotch crunch, but I've gotten pretty good at fixing that in postwork when all other fixes fail.
And on the original Genesis, albeit one of my fat-headed art doll morphs. :) I'd just bought the Skullcrusher Ogre and wanted to take it for a test drive, and while I was at it loaded up a couple cute AntFarm figures I hadn't used in a while.
Edited to add: Some of my paragraphs looks highlighted? Not sure why. Hope I didn't break anything...
My top male content, to keep this concise and practical I'm not counting hair or characters, are:
1) DO G3M/G2M Law Enforcement Officer Set
2) DO G3M/G2M Construction Worker Set
3) DO G3M/G2M Firemen Set
4) H&C G3M Police Officer Set
5) DO G3M Tuxedo
6) Slothwerks G2M Naval Uniform
7) And quite a bit more but those are mostly every day suits and casual clothing sets so nothing special although quality is good.
Despite quality problems with poke through & fit, when the clothing fits it is high quality.
I'd love to add the recent Crazy Chef Bundle and the French Cop (Gendarme I think is the word) and some other products but my budget is tight & being spend on hazelnut trees and other such plants for the foreseeable future.
The PA Oskarsson, in particular, seems to have a lot of unique & authentically modeled old style clothing, male & female, I'd like to buy. For modern clothing styles, male & female, the PA IH Kang, has the most products I want.
Real Hairy for Genesis and Genesis 2 always looked cool, but Daz doesnt let you buy them anymore. It was removed from the store last year before i got a chance to purchase it, and there's not really any good alternative beyond making your own with the SBH.
A certain body hair set by Redz for G3M at a certain other site doesn't look bad on G2 or Genesis if you have G3M clones for those figures. I use them a lot ;). You can even get CC's Body Hair for G8M hair over to them if you convert them to G3 first.
Laurie
Wholeheartedly agree about Basic Suit A for Genesis! It has tons of morphs. It fits G3M better than the suits for G2M & G3M. The shoulders can be morphed to look tailored. The folds and creases keep it from looking like SIMSwear, which unfortunately is not the case with some of his newer stuff. Those are some nice renders.