How to make extremely muscular body builder characters

lightsleep

Hi, I'm looking to make ultra muscular body builder type characters (both male & female) and feel like whenever I use the parameters native to Daz, even with limits turned off, it looks weird. Like distorted and big, not exactly the type of muscle I'm looking for (1st screenshot below shows it). I'm looking for a way to make something like the 2nd photo (womn laying down): extreme muscular body. Is this something achievable in Daz? I've seen a few of the assets in the store but unsure if they'd work. Maybe this: https://www.daz3d.com/auto-muscle-enhancer-hd-for-genesis-8-males while using the new parameters but with limits off? Even if so, what could I do for female bodies? Thank you !

leemoon_c43b45a114

I'm a big fan of the Auto Muscle Enhancer for Genesis 8 Males.  Note that Auto Muscle Enhancer requires the purchase of Auto Shape Enhancer to work.  For my needs, these 2 products are well worth every penny.  I use them on all my characters at various strength levels.

As of now, it doesn't have a Genesis 8 Female version, though some ingenious folks have come up with some creative solutions for that.

There's a forum thread on Auto Muscle Enhancer with lots of renders showcasing what others have been doing with it:  https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/389081/auto-muscle-enhancer-hd-commercial

For the hyper muscular physique you're looking for, take a look at SimonWM's Swole line of products.  He has a male and female version of Swole that might be close to what you're looking for.  On the male version of Swole, Fibo is the most massively muscular character.  So check Fibo out for sure.

While I've been working on a character tonight (that uses Auto Muscle Enhancer), I dialed in Fibo to see what would happen.  If I get a chance to post a render here, I'll be happy to do that, if you're interested, lightsleep.

Lee

leemoon_c43b45a114

Lightsleep, here are a couple of quick test renders I came up with.

I forgot to mention Mechaser's Colossus figure in my previous post.

The first is the character I was working on BEFORE adding Fibo and Colossus.  He uses Auto Muscle Enhancer and a slew of other shaping morphs, so note that he's the base I'm working with to apply Fibo and Colossus.

The second one is Fibo dialed in at 35% and Colossus dialed in at 50%.  In both cases, I have Auto Muscle Enhancer Body dialed in at 25%, Auto Shape Enhancer all dialed in at 100%, and Auto Muscle Enhancer Veins dialed in at 100% (on the 2nd image.)

Since I'm not using any of the products dialed up to 100%, there's still room for additional muscularity, but thought this demonstrated a balance of posing with extreme musculature.  You'd likely want to experiment with dialing things up a bit more to create the look you're after.

I hope this helps some.  

Lee

 

NuBoo2u2

These products work rather well for this:

https://www.daz3d.com/swole-for-genesis-8-male

https://www.daz3d.com/ms-swole-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/musculature-hd-morphs-bundle-for-genesis-8

https://www.daz3d.com/muscularity-morphs-for-genesis-8-males

https://www.daz3d.com/muscularity-morphs-for-genesis-8-female-s

Only some minor (to me) differences in what they do, and how they look. I like all of them. It is kind of difficult trying to do with only the default morphs.

lightsleep

leemoon_c43b45a114 said:

Lightsleep, here are a couple of quick test renders I came up with.

I forgot to mention Mechaser's Colossus figure in my previous post.

The first is the character I was working on BEFORE adding Fibo and Colossus.  He uses Auto Muscle Enhancer and a slew of other shaping morphs, so note that he's the base I'm working with to apply Fibo and Colossus.

The second one is Fibo dialed in at 35% and Colossus dialed in at 50%.  In both cases, I have Auto Muscle Enhancer Body dialed in at 25%, Auto Shape Enhancer all dialed in at 100%, and Auto Muscle Enhancer Veins dialed in at 100% (on the 2nd image.)

Since I'm not using any of the products dialed up to 100%, there's still room for additional muscularity, but thought this demonstrated a balance of posing with extreme musculature.  You'd likely want to experiment with dialing things up a bit more to create the look you're after.

I hope this helps some.  

Lee

 

Thank you so much Leemoon, I will try this. I hope I'll be able to add more / new muscles on top of existing muscles, rather than just enlarging the current muscles.