Holt 8: The West Gone Wild / Weird

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  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459
    Drip said:

    The Weird West bundle more or less requires Holt, and thus the Wild West bundle. That said, I really like Holt and its characters. Most of them have what I consider regular shapes, instead of the way too common way too buff characters (with only two or three notable exceptions). The faces are pieces of art as well, each distinct in its own way, but still believable.

    Hairs look fairly usable as well.
    As for the clothes, well, Wild West isn't really my thing, so I didn't investigate those very thoroughly, but I'm sure I will find some kitbashable odds and ends with them.

    3 purple banners bring down the prices to $34.57 and $34.56 respectively, which doesn't seem too bad.

    Just to clarify, the Old Jeb character doesn't require the Holt 8 base. Holt is listed as a required character, but that is an error.

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,046

    Not the only weird west monster!

     

    https://www.daz3d.com/raven-mocker-hd-for-genesis-8-male

  • Noah LGPNoah LGP Posts: 2,617
    edited August 2020
    Oso3D said:

    Not the only weird west monster!

     

    https://www.daz3d.com/raven-mocker-hd-for-genesis-8-male

     

    Added to my wishlist wink

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  • empty said:

    I just noticed that the CDI Poses for Genesis 8 Male and Holt 8 in the Wild West Bundle doesn't use Western Guns on offer in the Weird West Bundle, but rather Old West Firearms Vol 2. No real biggie, I guess, but it does just add another expense. 

    Glad I picked up the male poses during the Honni sale.
  • Ha! Yes, Raven Mocker is on my wishlist.

    Wasn't sure I'd have a use for him before, but now that I'm actually getting into the Western theme, I definitely do have a use for him.

  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,903
    Carola O said:
    vwrangler said:
    Carola O said:

    At the very least they could have made iray textures/upgrades for the horse saddle, considering it is so old it isn't iray. 

    On the whole I like Holt, I do like some of the stuff in both the bundles, though I will have to think about it a little. Perhaps wait until the HD add on does become free with the two bundles.

    According to the wee tiny asterisk print on the sale page, both the store credit and Holt HD Addon will be credited to your account tomorrow. The store credit statement and the "Holt 8 Add-on FREE" statement each have an asterisk, but there's only one asterisk statement under them, so it has to apply to both. (They could have made life easier for us and them with a touch more clarity in the statement -- "Both store credit and the HoltHD Add-on will be credited to your account tomorrow" would be clearer and not much longer, but then, if they stated these things more clearly, they wouldn't be Daz.)

    You think that's what they meant? You are likely right, though it seems odd. I'm not overly fussed about the hd add on so it's not a deal breaker for me, still need to think about wether I can afford both bundles (or rather want both bundles bad enough to live on noodles until next payment lol) however so things can change I suppose :)

     

    smoke14 said:

    But it does also say  Items must be in cart simultaneously for discount to apply.

    Overall pretty confusing. All the previous HD add-on I got free had to be in the cart & were then discounted there.

    Clarity appears to have arrived. I left the Holt HD Add-on in the cart overnight with the two bundles. Last night, it was at full sale price; this morning it's free in the cart.

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823

    I ended up buying only Holt himself and Eli, but now when I went to install him (via Daz Connect/smart content tab only) Holt is simply unusuable (see screenshot) I'm about to write a ticket too, but figure I should check if anyone else also have this problem?

    Oh and I should add, I have tried to uninstall and re-install Holt, but that didn't work

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  • mal3Imagerymal3Imagery Posts: 713
    edited August 2020

    Holt,

    The City Gone Wild

    He decided to leave the West life and moved to the City :)

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  • JeniMorrisJeniMorris Posts: 147

    Oh I can't wait!

    Holt,

    The City Gone Wild

    He decided to leave the West life and moved to the City :)

     

  • Eli is a real bro's bro.

    Having ducked up hair helps make the period, I think.

  • HylasHylas Posts: 5,073

    Holt's skin looks really good, I might get him for that alone.

    I'm a little lukewarm on his sculpt... I mean, he's fine, just not a stunner.

    He reminds me of Owen 8 somehow. Comparing them side by side, they don't actually look all that similar... but still, somehow Holt's face keeps making me think of Owen.

    Eli looks really interesting as well!

  • ALLIEKATBLUEALLIEKATBLUE Posts: 2,977

    Under $40 for both bundles and free HD Holt with purple banners and store credit. Not a bad deal. Waiting for everything to settle down before I push the button

  • LindseyLindsey Posts: 2,001
    edited August 2020
    Carola O said:

    I ended up buying only Holt himself and Eli, but now when I went to install him (via Daz Connect/smart content tab only) Holt is simply unusuable (see screenshot) I'm about to write a ticket too, but figure I should check if anyone else also have this problem?

    Oh and I should add, I have tried to uninstall and re-install Holt, but that didn't work

    Just ignore the files in "Lost and Found".  Somebody messed up and those are files from the Data folder and shouldn't be displaying (this wasn't the only product doing this).  The files in the Figures and Materials categories should appear as normal of you click on them.

    Edit:  If you click on the Figures and/or Materials and those files don't work either, then you many want to file a problem ticket.  When I was installing early this morning and initially ran into this issue, I do my work-around and download the DIM installer and overwrite the files in the data/cloud folder not realizing those were files from the normally hidden Data folder.  The files in the Figures and Materials folders may or many not have been working before I did my work-around.

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  • EllessarrEllessarr Posts: 1,395
    JoeQuick said:

    Regarding Ceremony (the monster), the theme was "Weird West".  Jonah Hex, Cowboys Vs Aliens, Wild Wild West...

    I guess I was just the only PA who leaned into the "weird" side of things.

    Suppose some promo renders incorporating the creature into a supernatural western scene may have better sold the connection.

    yeah i feel that was the issue when you look at the "promo images" overal or the main page sales, just sell it as a "regular western" with at best some steampunk material, your monster looks a lot "random" in the "whole picture", i'm not saying which the creature is bad or something like that, just as you told the "promotional images don't proper sold it as "part of the bundles", making it's really looking "weird and random" and not proper part of the "stufffs", again the creature itself look's cool and maybe i would buy it if i needed a monster" it's just the way things were presented make it don't feel like part of the stuffs, the "daz promotion" stuffs must make a proper work and maybe also PA artists when selected for a "new promo" would be good to have some "talk between to make sure they stuffs work well together like having proper renders images to make "sense".

     

    well good work in general with the monster the only issue was really a poor management of how to proper sell the theme of the packs.

  • TimbalesTimbales Posts: 2,366
    The character looks good, but the Brawler and Sunset clothes are predictably disappointing in their lack of details.
  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,333

    I like both bundles but will only eventually wind up someday buying in order of preference: Banker's Outfit, Banker's Outfit Textures, Western Accessories, Western Guns, Fire Warden. Of course the cost of all those seperately means I'd probably just buy the Weird West Bundle & the Western Guns instead.

  • JeniMorrisJeniMorris Posts: 147

    Oh this is cool! 

    Eli is a real bro's bro.

    Having ducked up hair helps make the period, I think.

     

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,317

    There appear to be bits missing.  I purchased both bundles, but have:

    No Sunset Rider outfit
    No Western Brawler outfit
    No Banker's outfit
    No Wild West accessories

    No Holt HD add on

    I also bought both bundles and had to work before I could look at them in Daz Studio. I have all of those items, but no thumbnails at all for them. And eleven products ended up in Lost and Found in Smart Content.

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823
    Lindsey said:
    Carola O said:

    I ended up buying only Holt himself and Eli, but now when I went to install him (via Daz Connect/smart content tab only) Holt is simply unusuable (see screenshot) I'm about to write a ticket too, but figure I should check if anyone else also have this problem?

    Oh and I should add, I have tried to uninstall and re-install Holt, but that didn't work

    Just ignore the files in "Lost and Found".  Somebody messed up and those are files from the Data folder and shouldn't be displaying (this wasn't the only product doing this).  The files in the Figures and Materials categories should appear as normal of you click on them.

    Edit:  If you click on the Figures and/or Materials and those files don't work either, then you many want to file a problem ticket.  When I was installing early this morning and initially ran into this issue, I do my work-around and download the DIM installer and overwrite the files in the data/cloud folder not realizing those were files from the normally hidden Data folder.  The files in the Figures and Materials folders may or many not have been working before I did my work-around.

    Yeah, none of the files work at all. I already sent a ticket now I just have to wait for it to be fixed :)

  • These didn’t make it into the store promos but I wanted to show you guys the amazing detail Emrys put into his sculpting!

    He put a TON of HD details into Eli

     

    Yep, and there's the HD I'll use with Base Holt, lol. Can really see why the DO one is free with those images, as well as why they didn't get included. Is that HD envy? I could tell he had a good level of HD included. I still don't understand why normal PAs can include such superior HD levels than the $40 Daz ones. If you bought a Base character and the HD add on you could get a handfull of PA characters that far outshine the one you base character you bought. I use Aurore's HD in almost every female character I do, and at full price she's less that just a half priced HD addon

  • JoeQuick said:

    Regarding Ceremony (the monster), the theme was "Weird West".  Jonah Hex, Cowboys Vs Aliens, Wild Wild West...

    I guess I was just the only PA who leaned into the "weird" side of things.

    Suppose some promo renders incorporating the creature into a supernatural western scene may have better sold the connection.

    I really like your monster! And I'm glad he's there! I think people are grumbling more because there wasn't enough "wierd" in the bundle. If there was he wouldn't have caught so much flak I think. Could be just me though, I like mosters.

  • Sigh...

    I give up.  I'm giving up this 3D stuff and going back to my crayons. 

    Does anyone know why Holt 8 is wearing a pink romper suit?

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  • brimstoneomegabrimstoneomega Posts: 343
    edited August 2020

    Sigh...

    I give up.  I'm giving up this 3D stuff and going back to my crayons. 

    Does anyone know why Holt 8 is wearing a pink romper suit?

    That reminds me of my days of modding Skyrim. Everyone wearing purple. No torso texture would be my guess, at least, that's the Skyrim answer. Why, Daz, won't you let us play with our new toys? 

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  • JeniMorrisJeniMorris Posts: 147

     Well to be fair DAZ just wnated me to put longer shorts on him and I ran out of time to redo the renders so he didn't look like he was wearing underwear LOL. Thank you for the nice words!

    These didn’t make it into the store promos but I wanted to show you guys the amazing detail Emrys put into his sculpting!

    He put a TON of HD details into Eli

     

    Yep, and there's the HD I'll use with Base Holt, lol. Can really see why the DO one is free with those images, as well as why they didn't get included. Is that HD envy? I could tell he had a good level of HD included. I still don't understand why normal PAs can include such superior HD levels than the $40 Daz ones. If you bought a Base character and the HD add on you could get a handfull of PA characters that far outshine the one you base character you bought. I use Aurore's HD in almost every female character I do, and at full price she's less that just a half priced HD addon

     

  • What annoys me is that there is no new location in these bundles, so all these folks will probably end up here

    https://www.daz3d.com/the-streets-of-the-wild-west

    which is a fantastic asset, but already overused.

     

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,317
    edited August 2020

    Okay, so already struck out, I used the aforementioned streets of the wild west, I could have gone with PC+ western buildings instead but I just don't use this environment that much. I have to thank CDI for including the source for the rocking chair in the list of items used. So very kind and helpful. I found Old Jeb by RedzStudio to be excellent, love his hair options. So I covered his head with a hat so you can't see it, but it is so perfect. 

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  • DamselDamsel Posts: 385

    Grrr,

    Holt HD Add on, DForce Western Brawler Textures, DForce Western Brawler Outfil, Sunset Rider and its textuer, Banker Outfit and its textures, and Sawyer for Holt downloads as empty files in Smart Content. This happens with darn near every bundle. I have to uninstall and then install it with DIM.

    Also, I got the entire package of weird/wild west, and I only got $10 in store credits. So I'm off to file a ticket.

    So be aware.

     

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,911
    edited August 2020
    Damsel said:

     

    Also, I got the entire package of weird/wild west, and I only got $10 in store credits. So I'm off to file a ticket.

    So be aware.

    Hmm, I bought both bundles togerther but I haven't gotten any credit yet. However, I wasn't expecting any credit yet because according to the ad it won't be credited until tomorrow.

    Are you sure the $10 credit you are seeing is because of your purchase of the two bundles? If so, did you purchase both bundles in the same order?

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  • Am I missing something here? If you buy either bundle you get Holt HD for free, But I don't see Holt listed in the wierd west bundle. So why offer an HD model if you don't get the supporting model in the bundle?

  • Am I missing something here? If you buy either bundle you get Holt HD for free, But I don't see Holt listed in the wierd west bundle. So why offer an HD model if you don't get the supporting model in the bundle?

    Perhaps for people who want the character and buy it stand-alone plus the second bundle.

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