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More notices for anyone who hasn't seen them yet:

ITEM!
Got an idea for an image but need a good cave system? You might do well by checking out this new set available at DAZ. Good for those spooky underground missions!

BTW, just as an FYI to everyone in case you haven't seen it yet...

Over at Renderosity, there's a neat Bank Vault set that would be perfect for anyone's renders of Safeguard missions. It looks pretty cool. All you'll need are some well-dressed Family members to frighten the tellers and you'll be all set!

DarkJedi -
Do you save your parented props once you've placed them on your figure? That would save lots of time next time you have to use those props... but I'm sure you're doing that already.

NoirShadow -
Poser can use 3DS, DXF and OBJ formats,and a couple more besides! Poser can even read LWO formats files, so you might not have to translate depending on how you build your files!

I'm not that smart, but philc has put out a utility that's supposed to help. It's located here: http://istore.mikrotec.com/philc/index1....dvid=2143420604

For props, I usually just parent them and save them as parented props. Sometimes I'll check the "Inherit bends of parent" option to simulate conformity.

One thing I've noticed tho is that sometimes it's better to keep stuff like shoulder pads and armor as props so that they still look like armor. Otherwise if you make conformable clothing out of them they tend to bend funny and lose their original shape.

One thing I've seen people do for simulating conforming clothing is to take, say, shoulder pads and then parent them to the Blank figure corresponding to the figure you're working with. For example, parent the shoulder pads to the Blank M3 figure to work with M3. This may only work with the DAZ figures since I only see Blank DAZ figures in my folder. I'm not sure if the G2 figures offer blank figures.

I hope some of my long meandering blabber is some help...

I've got Rikti Swords available. These are based on the new designs. My question concerns hosting files. Does anyone know of a good place to host these files or should I just resort to my old website?

It's been a while, but here's one of my own characters, Zul'djinn . I think I might make another image with a tighter focus on him, but I'll leave it alone for now.

Thanks, Konoko.
Does anyone know if there's a topic somewhere relating anyone's experiences as a group of one? I have visions of my main in a secret lab/headquarters. A kind of Basement of Solitude or something...

I have a question: is it possible for a single character to have a base? If so, are there any drawbacks or things I should be aware of? Thanks!

It turns out that maybe we won't get Rikti Swords in Issue 11. Or am I mistaken?

But that doesn't stop the renders from happening! This time I rendered the Rikti Sword in Carrara to get the glow effects from the game.

I promise to post the 3D files soon for interested parties. I'm just caught up in a freelance project that eats up a lot of my free time.

Well, the Carrara update is out! Time for me to get to work!

Well, I've downloaded the trial and I'm gonna have a look-see. I'll probably stick with Carrara, but I'd still like to check Vue out.

That's one thing Carrara can offer you... some atmospherics to give images some depth. It'll also be easier to jump in to if you're already familiar with DAZ Studio.

Sorry, I guess my grammar's slipping in my old age...

I prefer using DAZ Studio over Poser. Poser's a bit slow for me, especially with two different Runtime folders.

But I'd consider using Poser again if I make the jump to Vue...

Is it true that Vue Infinite (or even the other versions) will read Poser's MAT files and come up with Vue equivalents?

Are there any drawbacks to using Vue with Poser figures? I used to use Lightwave but I hated redoing all of my textures whenever I'd bring in a Poser figure. I like using Carrara with Poser but I'm always interested in improving my images and workflow. That's why I prefer DAZ Studio to Poser.

I'm waiting for the Carrara 6 bugs to be ironed out... I've got a bunch of characters set up in DAZ Studio I want to be able to bring over to Carrara...

Well, here's my first version of the new Rikti sword. Or is it the Rikti Axe?

Anyway, I'm still testing it but here's a sample !

Well, I hit my first snag... Those darn Rikti won't stand still long enough for me to take a picture of their swords. They insist on smacking my character with them!

So if anyone has any good Rikti sword images, please post them here.

Thanks!

I'd like to set up this thread so 3D artists (like I pretend to be) can post links to various props for use in 3D/Poser images.

The recent announcement of Issue 11 and the various new weapons characters will now be able to use has moved me to create some Rikti swords. They ought to be showing up soon. I'm pretty psyched about this, and about finally being able to share some useful props.

Meanwhile, if you have any props you'd like to share, please post the links here.

Also, if there are any props you'd like to see, please post images and maybe the list of share-able props will continue to grow!

Don't tempt me... A giant fish might be easier!

Feathers?!? I thought it was a torn and tattered cape. I think I could do torn and tattered, but feathers might be more tricky. I'll keep on it!

I'm bumping this thread by posting a preliminary image of thehyperone's character, Fallen Skye . This one's a WIP since I'm missing the torn cape look, and I might work on the boots to get them closer to the original look. But here it is for now...

Now you need to attach it to a 3D version of The Imperial!

You might be wrong... I just want to see more cool art!

Bump!