Kaputcha "And you second wish?" - that's really pretty, I love the colours. Totte "Corporate Goblin Lawyers" - wow, lots going on there! I wondered what had happened to the man's knees at first, till I realised he was the Bot! Ken OBanion "An American Family" - nice one, I like the expressions too.: Mum so resigned-looking, Dad (?) trying not to laugh... JK0011 "I hate homework" - they look really fed up! gopherus "3 Coins in the Fountain" - What a crazy gang! I love the steampunk girl's outfit texture. Luci45 "The Undertaker's Mountain Undertaking" - very dark and very funny!
Well, half of it makes sense. That's something, I suppose....
What can I say, something just clicked...! (And gentlemen, read your Jane Austen - you never know when it'll come in very handy ;-) )
Also used:
Troy for Michael 4 (Head Morph and Texture)
Christopher Textures for M4 Regency
GQ Event Hair
Andy Hair (I do seem to be partial to the Andy hair, don't I?)
Heart of the Matter
Woodland Realms Playset 1
Coco for V4 (Head Morph and Texture)
Lisa's Botanicals - Briar Rose (with Blood and Pitch texture)
92 M4 Hero Pack
97 M3 base
131 Playground Set 1 poses
132 Playground Set 2
I had an idea hit me after I finished my last entry. While these picks don't totally work for that idea, they are close enough for a variation. So let's see if I can do it.
Here is my second draw:
Zenya
Old Village Wishing Well
Old West Undertakers Interior
Mini Sub Triton
It's interesting that wells and undertakers are popping up in multiple people's random results. I hadn't used this well before, even though it is in my runtime. Turn's out it is a very nice model. I couldn't help but modify it a bit with Pimp my Prop, which I just got recently.
Also used:
V4 and Genesis
Gregoria Hair
Jade hair
50's Everyday skirt, blouse, shoes
UR Trails (yes, I use this a lot)
Ground from The Barn
Mil Horse Unicorn and Unicorn Foal
Cheyenne for V4 on doll
Blanket from Reflections Furniture
Red Truck Bizon
The Fabricator
Pimp my Prop
Photoshop
Ron's Sampler spider web
Edit: I showed this to my husband, and he didn't get it, so maybe some words of explanation are needed. (But I bet RRRR addicts get it without explanation.)
Toddler Little Vicky left her toys behind, climbed the crates and fell into the well. Little Vicky's mom thinks she is a goner, when the long haired blonde drives up in her red truck, ready to enter the well in her submarine to rescue Little Vicky.
Tag: barbult #2
Title: Don't cry; I'll save Little Vicky!
@Barbult I got the kid and the toys and the well. Didn t think that it was very unusual for anyone
to be carrying a submersible in the back of her pickup. Most people here are hauling quads and motorboats.
Probably just on her way back from a weekend studying squid off Catalina when she got the call.
So many great renders! @MelanieL Thanks for your comments. I like the color and the story in your Daylight Robbery.
And that horse does have a sneaky determined look to it @Totte Still laughing at those Corporate Goblin Lawyers. Has the flavor of a scene from Dark City
92 M4 Hero Pack
97 M3 base
131 Playground Set 1 poses
132 Playground Set 2
I had an idea hit me after I finished my last entry. While these picks don't totally work for that idea, they are close enough for a variation. So let's see if I can do it.
Well there was just too much detail for my other idea. So I went this way instead.
Tag: Zawarkal#02
|:| Roster Screwup |:|
M4 Hero: "Hey, what are you doing here?"
M3 Hero, scratching his head: "I thought it was my turn to patrol the park."
All the while our heroes are completely amiss of the "fowl" play taking place behind them.
92 M4 Hero Pack
97 M3 Base
131 Playground Set 1 Poses
132 Playground Set 2
also used:
M4 unicornst Nicholas and uzlite hero hair
M3 morphing clothes boots, unicornst Seth and M3 hooded cloak
Genesis Magus boots, leggings & shoes; Dunn dress and jacket; Aldora hair
Sixus1 terror bird
trekkiegrrrl blanket, engelchenasti pram & JR rattle
the Kids 4 with moonfly's skin basics; k4 hair fits; sanbie's zappy wear; alymac's zw textures; sickleyield's jazz pants, teeny tee & teeny shoes; sandeni creation's gothicgyrl dress; anat's k4 Clara; Daz Aiko3 hair, Aprilysh Caleb Hair, M4 short dreads hair & Mon Chevalier hair
Playground Set 1
Fobers world dome
riveda's leather shaders
Luci45: Zawarkal# 01 I love it!!!! It is so bizzare! Great poses and figures. I especially love Michael on the Herbeast with his hands up.
MelanieL: Zawarkal “The Merry Go Round of Life” - that’s very imaginative! I was watching TV earlier and the signal kept dropping - now I know why (I thought it was just the heavy cloud cover tonight)!
Thank you for your comments Luci45 and MelanieL. You both brought a smile to my face.
There are definitely some great renders showing up. A couple of them bring up memories of younger days... especially Girls' Night Out. I found myself zooming in for a closeup, lol. Girls, what girls, did anybody see any girls around here?!?
And now, for my penultimate draw (i.e., next-to-last, or Number 6, if you're counting)....
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
1736 - Moody for Dark Moods
Okay, now they're just messin' with me...!
"Houston, we have a problem...."
There is something screwy with my Moody for Dark Moods textures - every attempt to render produces weird yellowish artifacts. I've adjusted the material settings (turning off ambient, changing the diffuse from a light gray (the default) to pure white, reducing the specular value (and changing the specular color), and a few other tweaks), the lighting (from deleting all lights and adding them back, one at a time, to altering colors, intensity and angle). Nothing works; the intensity of the effect changes, but it never disappears altogether. And it looks simply dreadful - like she got into a food-fight and lost to the guy wielding the mustard bottle!
I'll reset the download, perchance to get an updated (corrected?) copy, but in the meantime, I'm going to pull a replacement item; here goes....
So that makes pull #6:
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
And the replacement....
1382 - Classic Rolled Hair for Genesis
Okay. Doesn't suck. Much.
UPDATE: Here's an example of what I'm talking about. (And I hope I'm not giving away the plot! ;-P ) If anyone has any explanations or solutions, I'd love to hear them!
@Barbult I got the kid and the toys and the well. Didn t think that it was very unusual for anyone
to be carrying a submersible in the back of her pickup. Most people here are hauling quads and motorboats.
Probably just on her way back from a weekend studying squid off Catalina when she got the call.
gopherus, I wish I had been that clever, to add that to my posting. I'm sure that is really exactly how it happened. See, I know you guys didn't need any extra hints.
My latest pull:
Old West Bath House
NeverTime
Light the Way
Hmmm, I'm only at number three and Ken has posted his penultimate already. Maybe I need a few martinis... :lol:
Just to be clear, Luci, that last image was not an entry. It was an example of the WTF-ness that I've been experiencing with the Moody textures, and which impelled me to make a replacement draw.
I have yet to post my 'penultimate' (God, I so love that word!) entry. (In fact, I'm still jacking with the lighting!)
And now, for my penultimate draw (i.e., next-to-last, or Number 6, if you're counting)....
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
1736 - Moody for Dark Moods
Okay, now they're just messin' with me...!
"Houston, we have a problem...."
There is something screwy with my Moody for Dark Moods textures - every attempt to render produces weird yellowish artifacts. I've adjusted the material settings (turning off ambient, changing the diffuse from a light gray (the default) to pure white, reducing the specular value (and changing the specular color), and a few other tweaks), the lighting (from deleting all lights and adding them back, one at a time, to altering colors, intensity and angle). Nothing works; the intensity of the effect changes, but it never disappears altogether. And it looks simply dreadful - like she got into a food-fight and lost to the guy wielding the mustard bottle!
I'll reset the download, perchance to get an updated (corrected?) copy, but in the meantime, I'm going to pull a replacement item; here goes....
So that makes pull #6:
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
And the replacement....
1382 - Classic Rolled Hair for Genesis
Okay. Doesn't suck. Much.
UPDATE: Here's an example of what I'm talking about. (And I hope I'm not giving away the plot! ;-P ) If anyone has any explanations or solutions, I'd love to hear them!
Ken, I work in DS 4.5. I noticed a similar thing with Moody for Dark Moods. If you look at the surfaces, you will see that the reflection color has a yellow cast to it and the reflection is 100%. If you change the reflection color to a neutral gray and reduce the reflection percent considerably (I went down to 25%), you can greatly reduce or remove those mustard patches. It might also depend on what you actually have in your scene to be reflected in the coat material. In my case, I only had a backdrop, not a surrounding skydome, so I'm not sure what it thought it was reflecting.
Not an RRRR entry
Thanks for you comments Ken OBanion, MelanieL, Lucy45 & gopherus
MelanieL: Tea Break: That's a lovely image, very relaxing.
Daylight Robbery: Very nice render, and cool story!
Ken OBanion: You Are Cordially Invited For… Dinner!: Got a feeling they are the dinner, greet piece.
Oh. So It’s Going To Be One Of Those Mornings, Is It?: Very cool, and weird!
Girls’ Night Out: A great bunch, like a friday night snapshot!
sedor:
Anime Soldier: very sedorish, rate render as always!
An American Family: Another "reality TV render", you in a realistic period now Ken ;-)
Assignation Behind the Garden: A great render Ken!
barbult: Unicorn Ring Toss: So much happening here and a lovely weird render!
Don’t cry; I’ll save Little Vicky!: Great story and render!
Luci45: NeverWork (The Lazy Worker): Haha, maybe antfarm should make a neverwork, bur he said he dropped the series for a while, so it is his neverwork. Great work!
The Undertakers’ Mountain Undertaking: Thats a cool render, and utterly weird ;-)
Zawarkal: The Merry Go Round of Life: Utterly weird, very cool and nutty!
Roster Screwup: Haha, never trust heroes to think ;-)
gopherus: Gifts of the Magi: Haha! Smack him Vicky!
3 Coins in the Fountain: Lot's of people, cool idea!
Sasje: The echo well: Anyone down there..ere...ere...ere...ere..ere, great one!
”The salesman”: Great render and idea, and the guy looks like a clone of the guy who has been cutting my hair for the last 15 years or so.
Kaputcha: And your second wish..?: Haha, do we dare imagine the picture of her second wish?
JK0011: I hate homework!: Cool idea!
Waiting for Life: Very good render!!
Another Noise Complaint: Interesting render, cool idea!
And Ken, I've seen weird things in some materials before, sometimes the items really need their own supplied lighting to render OK, which is pretty lame.
Well, live and learn! I looked at the reflection settings, but obviously I wasn't looking closely enough! (It never occurred to me that the material would be reflective in the first place! Those textures looked rather 'denim-y' to me!)
And, in point of fact, there was an awful lot to reflect - lots and lots of 'candlelight', to be exact!
Thank you! Now I have to decide whether to revert back to my original pull, or keep plugging with that silly-ass-looking hair!)
Well, live and learn! I looked at the reflection settings, but obviously I wasn't looking closely enough! (It never occurred to me that the material would be reflective in the first place! Those textures looked rather 'denim-y' to me!)
And, in point of fact, there was an awful lot to reflect - lots and lots of 'candlelight', to be exact!
Thank you! Now I have to decide whether to revert back to my original pull, or keep plugging with that silly-ass-looking hair!)
After my post, I kept playing with the Moody clothes in different lighting. I ended up happiest with the fabric portions reflection down around 5% and specularity around 50%. Eliminating reflection entirely would probably work, too. I left the metallic items (buckles, etc) reflection alone. They had reflection maps, so they did not reflect the colors of the surrounding area.As delivered, these materials do not render anything like the promo images. For me, even the basic Dark Moods DS materials are screwy.
Well, that's torn it ... my new PC blew up yesterday morning (well, not literally, but it went "pop" and is now dead - guess it must have had a faulty component) and it's back with its maker for repair. So while I'm deciding whether to wait for its return or go back to the laptop for attempt number 3, I thought I'd take a tour round the recent entries:
Ken "Assignation Behind the Garden" - well, that's an unusual style for you! Ashamed to say I've never read beyond chapter 2 of any Austen (though seen a few films and TV versions) so not sure of the reference, but it's very nicely done. barbult "Don't cry..." - yep, got it! You have some nice details in there too. Sasje "The Salesman" - another nice render (and plenty of detail there too) Zawarkal "Roster Screwup" - typical supermen! Wonderwoman wouldn't have taken her eye off the ball like that. JK0011 "Waiting for Life" - that's pretty - lovely tone to it. and "Another Noise Complaint" - quite surreal, and nicely rendered.
And thanks to gopherus and Totte for your comments.
I'll reset the download, perchance to get an updated (corrected?) copy, but in the meantime, I'm going to pull a replacement item; here goes....
So that makes pull #6:
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
And the replacement....
1382 - Classic Rolled Hair for Genesis
Okay. Doesn't suck. Much.
Well, this one was definitely a learning experience! It was also, without doubt, the most probably unnecessarily complicated lighting setup I have ever attempted!
Also used:
DMR Lynette's Dark Rites
Strike Long Hair
Alchemy II (Texture and pose)
Sports Time for Genesis
Cute3D High-Tops for Genesis
Dark Moods for Genesis
Victoria 3
V3 Summer Fashion
Victoria 4 (x2)
Crazy Nights for V4
Dark Rose for V4
Coco Hair
Felicity Hair
WorldBase XTreme
Versatile Terrain 2
Along with: UberEnvironment, 1 infinite light, 3 spotlights, and 11 point lights! (Like I said, probably unnecessarily complicated, but the candles were essential to the story....)
I just hope this manages to skate under the TOS radar...!
Title: After Clarissa's Turn at Hosting, the Neighborhood Ladies' Weekly Garden Party Would Never Be the Same!
Clarissa: "First we all have to get naked!"
Ladies (in unison, and in harmony): "Ex-CRETE ME!!??"
Heather (Blonde V3): "F*** this! I'm outta here!"
Comments
And so to pull 3:
897 = Natural Curls
472 = Sombre Raven M4
874 = Liz Character and Hair
452 = Dark Rites Bundle (DMR Lynette / DMR Lynettes Dark Nights / DMR Lynettes Dark Rites)
Lots more being added, I see:
Kaputcha "And you second wish?" - that's really pretty, I love the colours.
Totte "Corporate Goblin Lawyers" - wow, lots going on there! I wondered what had happened to the man's knees at first, till I realised he was the Bot!
Ken OBanion "An American Family" - nice one, I like the expressions too.: Mum so resigned-looking, Dad (?) trying not to laugh...
JK0011 "I hate homework" - they look really fed up!
gopherus "3 Coins in the Fountain" - What a crazy gang! I love the steampunk girl's outfit texture.
Luci45 "The Undertaker's Mountain Undertaking" - very dark and very funny!
What can I say, something just clicked...! (And gentlemen, read your Jane Austen - you never know when it'll come in very handy ;-) )
Also used:
Troy for Michael 4 (Head Morph and Texture)
Christopher Textures for M4 Regency
GQ Event Hair
Andy Hair (I do seem to be partial to the Andy hair, don't I?)
Heart of the Matter
Woodland Realms Playset 1
Coco for V4 (Head Morph and Texture)
Lisa's Botanicals - Briar Rose (with Blood and Pitch texture)
Title: Assignation Behind the Garden
TAG: obanion#05
And now, for my penultimate draw (i.e., next-to-last, or Number 6, if you're counting)....
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
1736 - Moody for Dark Moods
Okay, now they're just messin' with me...!
okay found time for pull #2
92 M4 Hero Pack
97 M3 base
131 Playground Set 1 poses
132 Playground Set 2
I had an idea hit me after I finished my last entry. While these picks don't totally work for that idea, they are close enough for a variation. So let's see if I can do it.
It's interesting that wells and undertakers are popping up in multiple people's random results. I hadn't used this well before, even though it is in my runtime. Turn's out it is a very nice model. I couldn't help but modify it a bit with Pimp my Prop, which I just got recently.
Also used:
V4 and Genesis
Gregoria Hair
Jade hair
50's Everyday skirt, blouse, shoes
UR Trails (yes, I use this a lot)
Ground from The Barn
Mil Horse Unicorn and Unicorn Foal
Cheyenne for V4 on doll
Blanket from Reflections Furniture
Red Truck Bizon
The Fabricator
Pimp my Prop
Photoshop
Ron's Sampler spider web
Edit: I showed this to my husband, and he didn't get it, so maybe some words of explanation are needed. (But I bet RRRR addicts get it without explanation.)
Toddler Little Vicky left her toys behind, climbed the crates and fell into the well. Little Vicky's mom thinks she is a goner, when the long haired blonde drives up in her red truck, ready to enter the well in her submarine to rescue Little Vicky.
Tag: barbult #2
Title: Don't cry; I'll save Little Vicky!
My first draw for this round:
Hiro Hair
His N Her Mirrors
Dashing Through the Snow
FREAK 4 Rules
Not quite sure what this is going to be ...
@Barbult I got the kid and the toys and the well. Didn t think that it was very unusual for anyone
to be carrying a submersible in the back of her pickup. Most people here are hauling quads and motorboats.
Probably just on her way back from a weekend studying squid off Catalina when she got the call.
So many great renders!
@MelanieL Thanks for your comments. I like the color and the story in your Daylight Robbery.
And that horse does have a sneaky determined look to it
@Totte Still laughing at those Corporate Goblin Lawyers. Has the flavor of a scene from Dark City
Thank you MelanieL
TAG:Sasje#2
Title: ”The salesman”
RRRR:
- Light The Way
- Dust Bowl Clunkers
- Axes of Power
- Anime Uniforms
For the rest:
- Aiko 3
- M4 + clothes
- Mill Cat
- Pickup Truck 1930
- A Quiet Street
Girl: what do you ask for this ax ?
Man: do you not prefer this lamp?
Girl: no thank you, I just wanted to know what this ax costs
Well there was just too much detail for my other idea. So I went this way instead.
Tag: Zawarkal#02
|:| Roster Screwup |:|
M4 Hero: "Hey, what are you doing here?"
M3 Hero, scratching his head: "I thought it was my turn to patrol the park."
All the while our heroes are completely amiss of the "fowl" play taking place behind them.
92 M4 Hero Pack
97 M3 Base
131 Playground Set 1 Poses
132 Playground Set 2
also used:
M4 unicornst Nicholas and uzlite hero hair
M3 morphing clothes boots, unicornst Seth and M3 hooded cloak
Genesis Magus boots, leggings & shoes; Dunn dress and jacket; Aldora hair
Sixus1 terror bird
trekkiegrrrl blanket, engelchenasti pram & JR rattle
the Kids 4 with moonfly's skin basics; k4 hair fits; sanbie's zappy wear; alymac's zw textures; sickleyield's jazz pants, teeny tee & teeny shoes; sandeni creation's gothicgyrl dress; anat's k4 Clara; Daz Aiko3 hair, Aprilysh Caleb Hair, M4 short dreads hair & Mon Chevalier hair
Playground Set 1
Fobers world dome
riveda's leather shaders
Luci45: Zawarkal# 01 I love it!!!! It is so bizzare! Great poses and figures. I especially love Michael on the Herbeast with his hands up.
MelanieL: Zawarkal “The Merry Go Round of Life” - that’s very imaginative! I was watching TV earlier and the signal kept dropping - now I know why (I thought it was just the heavy cloud cover tonight)!
Thank you for your comments Luci45 and MelanieL. You both brought a smile to my face.
There are definitely some great renders showing up. A couple of them bring up memories of younger days... especially Girls' Night Out. I found myself zooming in for a closeup, lol. Girls, what girls, did anybody see any girls around here?!?
Well here is my second pull....
Tears Hair for Genesis
Fairytale Bassinet
deWinter Textures
Lisa's Botanicals- Hosta
Also Used:
Vase from Merlin's Secret Cloister
NoAi Post
NoAi Wall
NoAi Ground
Outerwall-L (from the dragon slayer scene)
Tag: JK0011 #2
Title: Waiting for Life
"Houston, we have a problem...."
There is something screwy with my Moody for Dark Moods textures - every attempt to render produces weird yellowish artifacts. I've adjusted the material settings (turning off ambient, changing the diffuse from a light gray (the default) to pure white, reducing the specular value (and changing the specular color), and a few other tweaks), the lighting (from deleting all lights and adding them back, one at a time, to altering colors, intensity and angle). Nothing works; the intensity of the effect changes, but it never disappears altogether. And it looks simply dreadful - like she got into a food-fight and lost to the guy wielding the mustard bottle!
I'll reset the download, perchance to get an updated (corrected?) copy, but in the meantime, I'm going to pull a replacement item; here goes....
So that makes pull #6:
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
And the replacement....
1382 - Classic Rolled Hair for Genesis
Okay. Doesn't suck. Much.
UPDATE: Here's an example of what I'm talking about. (And I hope I'm not giving away the plot! ;-P ) If anyone has any explanations or solutions, I'd love to hear them!
My latest pull:
Old West Bath House
NeverTime
Light the Way
Hmmm, I'm only at number three and Ken has posted his penultimate already. Maybe I need a few martinis... :lol:
Hmmmm, maybe you already had too many! :lol: You only listed 3 items.
gopherus, I wish I had been that clever, to add that to my posting. I'm sure that is really exactly how it happened. See, I know you guys didn't need any extra hints.
Just to be clear, Luci, that last image was not an entry. It was an example of the WTF-ness that I've been experiencing with the Moody textures, and which impelled me to make a replacement draw.
I have yet to post my 'penultimate' (God, I so love that word!) entry. (In fact, I'm still jacking with the lighting!)
And Barbult is right; I only see three.... ;-)
Thanks MelanieL for the kind words.
Now my Third Pull
Lisa's Botanicals A Curious Proliferation
H4 Hovertank
Barn Yard
Air Bike
Also Used
Micheal 5
Journeyer Scout
Daz Horse 2
Tag JK0011 # 3
Title: Another Noise Complaint
M5: "Seriously it's just the horse how can they complain about the noise, again!?"
"Houston, we have a problem...."
There is something screwy with my Moody for Dark Moods textures - every attempt to render produces weird yellowish artifacts. I've adjusted the material settings (turning off ambient, changing the diffuse from a light gray (the default) to pure white, reducing the specular value (and changing the specular color), and a few other tweaks), the lighting (from deleting all lights and adding them back, one at a time, to altering colors, intensity and angle). Nothing works; the intensity of the effect changes, but it never disappears altogether. And it looks simply dreadful - like she got into a food-fight and lost to the guy wielding the mustard bottle!
I'll reset the download, perchance to get an updated (corrected?) copy, but in the meantime, I'm going to pull a replacement item; here goes....
So that makes pull #6:
1553 - V4 Wizard Robe
1368 - Great Room Breakfast Nook Poses
1238 - Garden Pavilion
And the replacement....
1382 - Classic Rolled Hair for Genesis
Okay. Doesn't suck. Much.
UPDATE: Here's an example of what I'm talking about. (And I hope I'm not giving away the plot! ;-P ) If anyone has any explanations or solutions, I'd love to hear them!
Ken, I work in DS 4.5. I noticed a similar thing with Moody for Dark Moods. If you look at the surfaces, you will see that the reflection color has a yellow cast to it and the reflection is 100%. If you change the reflection color to a neutral gray and reduce the reflection percent considerably (I went down to 25%), you can greatly reduce or remove those mustard patches. It might also depend on what you actually have in your scene to be reflected in the coat material. In my case, I only had a backdrop, not a surrounding skydome, so I'm not sure what it thought it was reflecting.
Not an RRRR entry
Hmmmm, maybe you already had too many! :lol: You only listed 3 items.
Oh, you read that? Oh, and Ken too... Some of us are alert. :lol: OK, OK, the fourth item is Dream Home - the Study
The "WTF-ness?" I'll have to remember that! Kind of describes my pulls so far (or my response to them.)
Thanks for you comments Ken OBanion, MelanieL, Lucy45 & gopherus
MelanieL:
Tea Break: That's a lovely image, very relaxing.
Daylight Robbery: Very nice render, and cool story!
Ken OBanion:
You Are Cordially Invited For… Dinner!: Got a feeling they are the dinner, greet piece.
Oh. So It’s Going To Be One Of Those Mornings, Is It?: Very cool, and weird!
Girls’ Night Out: A great bunch, like a friday night snapshot!
sedor:
Anime Soldier: very sedorish, rate render as always!
An American Family: Another "reality TV render", you in a realistic period now Ken ;-)
Assignation Behind the Garden: A great render Ken!
barbult:
Unicorn Ring Toss: So much happening here and a lovely weird render!
Don’t cry; I’ll save Little Vicky!: Great story and render!
Luci45:
NeverWork (The Lazy Worker): Haha, maybe antfarm should make a neverwork, bur he said he dropped the series for a while, so it is his neverwork. Great work!
The Undertakers’ Mountain Undertaking: Thats a cool render, and utterly weird ;-)
Zawarkal:
The Merry Go Round of Life: Utterly weird, very cool and nutty!
Roster Screwup: Haha, never trust heroes to think ;-)
gopherus:
Gifts of the Magi: Haha! Smack him Vicky!
3 Coins in the Fountain: Lot's of people, cool idea!
Sasje:
The echo well: Anyone down there..ere...ere...ere...ere..ere, great one!
”The salesman”: Great render and idea, and the guy looks like a clone of the guy who has been cutting my hair for the last 15 years or so.
Kaputcha:
And your second wish..?: Haha, do we dare imagine the picture of her second wish?
JK0011:
I hate homework!: Cool idea!
Waiting for Life: Very good render!!
Another Noise Complaint: Interesting render, cool idea!
And Ken, I've seen weird things in some materials before, sometimes the items really need their own supplied lighting to render OK, which is pretty lame.
barbult -
Well, live and learn! I looked at the reflection settings, but obviously I wasn't looking closely enough! (It never occurred to me that the material would be reflective in the first place! Those textures looked rather 'denim-y' to me!)
And, in point of fact, there was an awful lot to reflect - lots and lots of 'candlelight', to be exact!
Thank you! Now I have to decide whether to revert back to my original pull, or keep plugging with that silly-ass-looking hair!)
After my post, I kept playing with the Moody clothes in different lighting. I ended up happiest with the fabric portions reflection down around 5% and specularity around 50%. Eliminating reflection entirely would probably work, too. I left the metallic items (buckles, etc) reflection alone. They had reflection maps, so they did not reflect the colors of the surrounding area.As delivered, these materials do not render anything like the promo images. For me, even the basic Dark Moods DS materials are screwy.
Well, that's torn it ... my new PC blew up yesterday morning (well, not literally, but it went "pop" and is now dead - guess it must have had a faulty component) and it's back with its maker for repair. So while I'm deciding whether to wait for its return or go back to the laptop for attempt number 3, I thought I'd take a tour round the recent entries:
Ken "Assignation Behind the Garden" - well, that's an unusual style for you! Ashamed to say I've never read beyond chapter 2 of any Austen (though seen a few films and TV versions) so not sure of the reference, but it's very nicely done.
barbult "Don't cry..." - yep, got it! You have some nice details in there too.
Sasje "The Salesman" - another nice render (and plenty of detail there too)
Zawarkal "Roster Screwup" - typical supermen! Wonderwoman wouldn't have taken her eye off the ball like that.
JK0011 "Waiting for Life" - that's pretty - lovely tone to it.
and "Another Noise Complaint" - quite surreal, and nicely rendered.
And thanks to gopherus and Totte for your comments.
TAG: Winterlace #1: The Holdup
Zoinks the half giant was not quite satisfied with last year's present ...
Items drawn:
Hiro Hair (which the Freak is wearing)
His N Her Mirrors
Dashing Through the Snow
FREAK 4 Rules
Millenium Horse
Vintage Sleigh
Magus for M4
Long beard for M4
Denver Hair
Rolling plains
Santa Sack
Spartan briefs
Hercules cape
Time for my second pull:
Genesis Hair (well yes, has nothing to do with Genesis, this is a hair available at Rendo)
Never Dry
Imelda
The Wraith
I noticed during the RRRRs that I really shop most times here at DAZ... :)
And my next draw is:
Dynamic Peasant Clothing for M4
Jepes Jewels And Tears for V4
Tequila Hair
Deadly Beauty
I had to redraw two times - The elite M4 manly parts came up two times in a row ...
Well, this one was definitely a learning experience! It was also, without doubt, the most probably unnecessarily complicated lighting setup I have ever attempted!
Also used:
DMR Lynette's Dark Rites
Strike Long Hair
Alchemy II (Texture and pose)
Sports Time for Genesis
Cute3D High-Tops for Genesis
Dark Moods for Genesis
Victoria 3
V3 Summer Fashion
Victoria 4 (x2)
Crazy Nights for V4
Dark Rose for V4
Coco Hair
Felicity Hair
WorldBase XTreme
Versatile Terrain 2
Along with: UberEnvironment, 1 infinite light, 3 spotlights, and 11 point lights! (Like I said, probably unnecessarily complicated, but the candles were essential to the story....)
I just hope this manages to skate under the TOS radar...!
Title: After Clarissa's Turn at Hosting, the Neighborhood Ladies' Weekly Garden Party Would Never Be the Same!
Clarissa: "First we all have to get naked!"
Ladies (in unison, and in harmony): "Ex-CRETE ME!!??"
Heather (Blonde V3): "F*** this! I'm outta here!"
TAG: obanion#06
Ahhhhh crap, not looking forward to this one...
Randoms:
Anime Starfighter
Queen Anne Parlor Furniture Part 1
Vandra Styles
Gorilla for Genesis
Oh dearie me!
TAG:Totte#3
Also Used:
Genesis + Wicked Wear Seville
V4 + Aged V4 + V4 MFD + Meg Hair
It's Dance (Poses)
Village Bedroom
Eternal Dance
The cursed boots of dancing never stops.....