The older generation: Victoria 2/3, Michael 2/3 and their children renders

richardandtracy · March 2023

I confess that I am not a lover of video for learning how to do things. I find it almost impossible to progress beyond opening Blender because the only tutorials are video. I am, it appears, partially high tone deaf, am not used to many different accents/dialects of English and find most commentaries to videos either 'next to' or 'totally and utterly' useless. And most video narrators have no idea of what I find difficult, so don't give it attention. OTH, a written, step by step set of instructions needs no comprehension, no dialect or accent problem and it doesn't matter if I'm stone deaf. So, I like writing. It's efficient in terms of both bytes and time and has worked for millennia, so it's got something going for it. Regards, Richard.

Ethin · March 2023

lol Sounds like my videos are a perfect fit, they have no commentary what so ever, of course that 'cause I don't have a mic.

I'm not so good at writing stuff, it can take me forever just to compose a simple paragraph. Like the 3 to 4 hours it took me the other day to describe my processes for fitting non A3 clothes to A3.

Which is why videos seemed like a good idea, but I get it, there not the best fit for everyone.

richardandtracy · March 2023

Just remembered another image I have done with Willow Creek & GV3. Camera angle carefully chosen to avoid any visible joint issues. Uses Linday's Side Layered Messy Hair for the hair. That was interesting trying to get it to parent it, but it worked in the end.

Regards,

Richard

Ethin · March 2023

richardandtracy · March 2023

A couple of beauties stopping to do some window shopping on their way to the restaurant one quiet weekday evening... GND2 and GV3 with modern shaders and G8F/G3F hair.

Hope you like. Assets used: Karanta's Mini Dress with sandals for GND2 over at Rendo. The two handbags are freebies from Wilmap (thank you so much, they're so useful) and the background is an HDRI from Polyhaven. GV3's dress is the one supplied in the base set with a texture from the Glamorous resorts collection and given a DAZ Uber shader makeover. The hair is G8F Robin Hair (GV3) and G3F Galene Hair (GND2) parented to the head, so being used as a conformal hair. If I keep doing this, I think I'm going to write a script that can transfer the V3 pose to the hair to make it behave as if it's rigged to move with the character.

Now, it's always said these older characters render fast. I can confirm that with modern shaders and G3F/G8F hair, they do NOT render any faster than G8F characters. And why would they? If using the same technology for the shader to make them look good, a 20 year old facet will render as slowly as a 6 month old facet.

I don't often feel as pleased about the poses as I do with this image. GV3's pose is one I did for G8F and then used my G8F to GV3 pose transfer script. The GND2 pose is one I'm going to convert to G8F and eventually offer as a freebie.

Regards,

Richard

Ethin · March 2023

Nice! Just 'cause she's old doesn't mean she can't be gorgeous.

richardandtracy · March 2023

Agreed. I am regularly amazed that these two characters seem so distinctive and well sculpted even now, and that there's nothing quite there to replace them. Regards, Richard.

richardandtracy · May 2023

Look! The fish are rising!!!

GND2 with G8F looking over the river in an UltraScenery Britain scene.

GND2's pose origin is actually a bit complicated. It was a Musketeer V3 pose dating 2003?, which I moved to GV3 in 2005. Then I created it anew on G8F in 2020, and finally completed the circle by script pose transfer from G8F to the V3 morph that is GND2... Seems crazy, really.

Regards,

Richard

richardandtracy · July 2023

The weather has been lovely today. Just the sort of day when you need to cool off in a stream if you can.

The character's leaping off the bridge into the river are Blackhearted's GND2 and Jim Burton's Glamorous Vickie 3. Both are Victoria 3 based characters. The landscape is from UltraScenery, two landscapes duplicated next to each other to give a depth of countryside and the plant generation was masked to prevent grass growing up through the Rotunda steps. The way I got the area to mask was to take a top view & trace the rotunda step shapes as a monochrome mask image. Much more efficient than my previous attempts at calculating where it all was.

Regards,

Richard

Ethin · July 2023

Re-did an old image using some new tricks and content.

krickerd · July 2023

richardandtracy · July 2023

@krickerd, if you get the image address on the DA site, you can then enter that image address into the image box address & don't need to use the dodgy forum upload to get an image to the forum.

So, I hope you don't mind, I've done that with your image so it can be seen in the thread:

The M2 joint problems are not an issue at all with a character that's falling apart.. I don't think I've seen many, if any, better images with M2 in them. Love the lighting & decay.

Regards,

Richard

DollyGirl · July 2023

V3 goes Bond. A bunch of Digital Meanderings freebies

richardandtracy · July 2023

V3 still has potential, and to be honest I'm not sure if I'm good enough to invent poses & stories that explore it fully. Don't think that's a problem you have.

Can I ask, were they recent downloads, @DollyGirl ? I've had a quick look in the usual areas for Digital Meanderings (PoserDazFreebies, Rendo & ShareCG), and didn't turn anything up - which may be more of a reflection on my search skills rather than anything else! That bike looks as if it has a fair bit of potential regardless of character generation.

Regards,

Richard.

DollyGirl · July 2023

These my friend are available on the Wayback Machine. I think everything but the texture, pose and the hair (which are not Digital Meanderings content) are included in the below list. The list has more items then what I used. Merry Christmas. Texture and pose is from Kirisute (No longer available) and the hair is Short Hair Evolution from Kozaburo.

richardandtracy · July 2023

Christmas indeed.

I do think the bike is good. I still miss the DAZ freebie space bike I lost with a machine HDD failure:

Imaginations seemed to be wilder and less trammelled in the early Poser days. That was P4 doing the render.

Regards,

Richard

DollyGirl · July 2023

V2 Roxanne Character

DollyGirl · July 2023

Victoria 3 with some of V2's clothing rendered with 3Delight

Ethin · July 2023

DollyGirl · August 2023

Michael 3 render. As an aside note the M4 coat that is currently free here at DAZ also fits this guy as well. Just in case you have a need for a leather jacket.

richardandtracy · August 2023

I'm still amazed at how V3/M3 can look these days. Fantastic work DollyGirl.

Regards,

Richard

WendyLuvsCatz · August 2023

V3 and M3 Filament animation

wearing a G8 hood converted to a prop

DollyGirl · August 2023

Victoria 2 rendered in iRay. I used the geo-shell to make her suit. Such a nice feature.

Ethin · August 2023

Aiko 3, she's still a real knock out.

richardandtracy · August 2023

Sorry, made me think of 'I want a crocodile sandwich & make it snappy', so the chef goes out and gets her croc.

Regards,

Richard

DollyGirl · September 2023

Glorious Pink, Victoria 2 and the Eastern Dragon

Crios · September 2023

Awesome renders all

DollyGirl · September 2023

Victoria 2, 3Delight render, The Enchanted Forest by StoneMason, Cave Dresses and Tunics for Poser by Chris Cox,
Roxanne by CDI, Wings by AprilYSH, Prae CrewCut Hair by Prae,
A Bevy of Butterflies by Rebel3d, RDNA Monster Parts 1 by Traveler,
Aliana Mappak by DAZ 3D, Hair Spray Hair for Biscuits Fashion by Biscuits

richardandtracy · September 2023

Just a little use of V3 vintage stuff in a modern render.

The Gazebo is from the High Fantasy Bundle, as are the swords. I already had Jim Burton's Glamorous Vickie, but bought her again alongside Ingenue Vickie (the short one) in a bundle today. Been wanting IV for a couple of years, but she's been withdrawn as a standalone product and only available in a GV3/IV/clothing bundle. I also got the GV3/IV/V3 Cheongsam that I've had my eye on forever in todays sale. Then, the background is UltraScenery with the latest Stone Bridge from Howie Farkes. GV3's hair is the now unavailable 'Las Vagas Hair', and IV's hair is Koz Long hair revived from the links on PoserDazFreebies (Thanks DollyGirl for all your updates on the page).

Hope you like, coz I do.

Richard.

DollyGirl · September 2023

Your welcome Richard and I like too. I like this time of year. We see the lovely turning of the leaves.

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