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With my PC coupon and a small amount of store credit I had, I was able to get the base Olympia 8 for only $8.80 so picked her up. I'm ...not impressed, to say the slightest.
I did comparison renders. Same lights. Same clothing. Same hair. Same pose. Translucency Medium on both. Stopped both renders early as it was just a test, so there is a lot of grain naturally as they didn't complete. But boy. Olympia 8 looks like Victoria 3 next to Olympia 7. Plus due to the error with the eyebrows, she has two massive black slugs on her face. I'm sitting here deciding whether to return her. I'm fairly convinced I will. The difference is incredible, and not in a good way.
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Na, that's just the lighting making dark shadows in her eyes making it look like she has deepset eyes so it's most lighting similarities and 3D DAZ render similarities. Paintings by the same painter in the same lighting will reveal such similarities too.
I'm not seeing much to compel me to buy, either. She's not bad...just not a must buy for me. The outfits in the Pro Bundle all seem very similar to other outfits that I already own. And, the hair isn't really grabbing my attention. I also thought she looked like V8 with a weight morph added. If I do pick her up, it will probably be to get the O7 and O6 stuff. I still don't have the Tears of the Gods outfit or some of the earlier hair.
Mine works...Make sure you have the update loaded.
Really? That's generally considered a nono, so I can't imagine DAZ has done that on a main character. Can't you just dial the head to zero?
I agree. I'm amazed at how many figures get released with blah promo art. We need to see something showing off the great potential of the new generation, not just sort of bland versions of the previous generation promos. G8F comes with a really nice texture and skin shader...especially if you combine it with NGS2. So, I know that a lot more could be done for the promos.
Personally, I think a good basis for Olympia 8 would be Lucy Lawless of Xena fame...(Zena?). She did well with the buxom, goddess look and the Roman aristocrat look as a proud, middle aged woman. I think O7 did a much better job of this.
I also think that it's strange that with all of the morphs available, that we really even need more "base" characters than G8F. I mean, characters, yes....but, I think the only reason that these others are considered to be a base character is because they are Daz Originals. It seems silly to me to have a character that uses one of these as a prerequisite. I mean, all characters are just morphs added to G8F - not brand new base meshes, no matter how many additional morph targets are used. The two steps of using a premade character and adding morphs to create an additional spinoff character, just seems to me like a way to sell another mesh. Otherwise, what's the point of it? Why should I have to buy V7 or any other "base" figure to get a character? The PA could just as simply start with the G8F as the base and not need any interim morph. If it is because creating from an existing character morph is easier, than the spinoff characters should cost half as much as a G8F based figure..
Just my 2 cents...
I actually think that O-8 looks better. More natural hand movement. Better fleshiness on the arms, more natural eyebrows and more realistic curves. The skin and makeup option can easily be altered, but the base shape looks a lot better to me.
I'm not trying to convince you, but I just think she looks better shape-wise than her previous incarnation.
agreed...makes her look much more interesting....Although, I still think she looks like V7's chubby sister.
Yes again... So I had discovered that a lot of women I know, some cousins, friends, coworkers, students (mostly the euro descendants) are men or like men because they don't have the appropriated and approved "features".
Thank you! :)
The render is quite nice! I'll see about finding the Gold Room and Cave Room. :)
Victoria 8 does have separate morphs, I'm not sure why they said that there isn't:
not sure I see the issue, some women have masculine features (looking more like a man), some men have feminine features (looking more like a woman).
i am not a fan of any of the Olympia figures, but I do admit this one doesn't seem as stocky or big boned as the previous version
Probably because the eyebrows are in the V8 package. G8F only has the eyelashes.
Which is a mistake from the marketing standpoint. Ideally two different bases could do with two different-shaped eybrow packages.
The balance between masculine and feminine traits can vary a lot in individuals of both sexes, and there are natural reasons for that. And likewise everyone have their own personal preferences when it comes to what they find attractive or not. Don't think we can do much about it other than accepting each other's preferences. Since we vary so much in many different ways it wouldn't be a good idea anyway if we all had the same ideals or preferences.
seeing the orange banner now extra 15% off already have her but I did get a huge discount I think when I got her was $66+ in checkout was $56+ so I'm pretty happy about that had all the free bonuses already except for 7 pro but even if I had had that too that extra 10 off bonus but adding pro7 too very happy
I think you'll like her you know she may make a good starting point for a G8 version of Lady Death
yeah always negative now days in everything just look at anything on facebook even a cute and funny aniaml pic or video enrages people
some say O looks too manly maybe some she looks like a tough lady but there are plenty in rl do but same time there are a few promo renders that make her look softer and others that make her look like an average don't wanna say plain but as someone that doesn't stand out as for some saying looking like Vicky well looking at the different shots I think even in the base promos some are featuring showing what she looks like with Vicky skin or part of her dialed in but not saying it like others promos have when they've displayed other characters shapes dialed combined or skin textures used
hahah She WOULD make a nice base for Lady Death! :) I'm still working on trying to find a couple of really good white-haired hair shaders.
She's pretty much perfect for Lady Death. I'm definitely looking forward to getting her!
I like that texture on the bikini she is wearing in the sales page looked in store looks like it is an unreleased product someone's put in a bit of effort in the design texture always like more lingerie and bathing suites but be nice for new styles and looks/textures/patterns for a variety same with everything really
There's a product called IrayPair Hair Shaders by OOT over at the other store and I find that it works on any hair, old or new, as well as on brows and eyelashes (I admit to using them on almost every hair prop now). The expansion colors for it have a lovely white shade that you might take a look at.
was wondering on your progress wouldn't mind doing a version too mentioned before did Purgatori and the owner creator loves fanart love to do Evil Ernie. Haven't done a Vampirella for ages either yeah different company but was crossovers Vampi took on LD and P teamed up with LD. Actually Olympia here would work as Vampi too been a few different sizes builds of her over the years depending on the artist. Body shape wise she may also be good with some morphing in some areas for a Bettie Page type character model you know the curvey models of the 40s-50's and some later ones 80s mostly British ones they were more curvey
I was a bit on the fence from the promo images, but since I didn't have the earlier versions (took a hiatus for a couple of years), the pro-bundle was too good a deal to pass up. Liked her a lot more once I played with her.
Here's a quick one I tossed together, no postwork.
Ah cool I'll check it out, thank you! :)
Lovely avatar by the way. :)
That's the Cruise Bikini by lilflame.
I'll keep my opinions to myself, 'cause it doesn't matter in the least which ones I like or don't like.
(but I will say, I only really like one of these)
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I'm going to be testing the Pro-Studio lights on Olympia, but here's the default lights, since everyone has those. It's a Mitchell filter, not Gaussian.
Very large render, click to enlarge. (1058 x 1500 px)
I got the pro bundle and really like Sharah. She has the best face of the G8 line so far.
The clothing is meh, for example the barbarian outfit is one piece for top and skirt and what's the point of the desert watcher?
I would really appreciate an official DAZ statement on eyebrow strategy.
Since Victoria 8 and Olympia 8 come with eyebrow props I won't buy characters for them without a no brow option.
This is 14L from the Pro-Studio lights. Full size, doesn't enlarge.
Lovely! I like the lighting in this one!
What hair is used in that promo image?