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I'd have to say may favorite pieces of "Skimpwear", if you want to call them that (I think of them as typical "Country-girl" style), are the free V4 Tied top from Share CG.com, and the JeanZ for V4 (Daisy Dukes setting). They look great on cute little Tomboy's Tommie's Li'l Tonka The tied top could really use some pockets though.
my fave is the strappy outfits. for M4 too.
Make it for Genesis1 and it won't matter -- people can use it on whatever gender they like. 8D
You raise an extremely valid point.
My fantasy goto skimpwear as of lately has been http://www.daz3d.com/lorella-fantasy-outfit though I still like http://www.daz3d.com/martian-princess-base, http://www.daz3d.com/classic-fantasy-warrior-princess, and http://www.daz3d.com/angeluz-fantasy-armor.
For males I love this http://www.daz3d.com/dark-paladins-for-the-freak and this http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sf-unearthly-realms-necromancer/95598.
Who'd have thought this would be a topic one would have to necro? LOL
Anyway, can't recall if anyone mentioned this, but I finally got this one this summer:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/exnems-spike-n-chain-for-v4-a4-g4-elite-gnd/78997
I'm now thinking hard of a way to actually use it in a render, but it's just so cool I finally gave in to that buying urge XD
I like a black string bikini.
It's all the rage under the sea in the most fashionable shrimpwear shops.
Nothing makes a crustacean more attractive than bikiniwear!
I know this is an old thread, but really, does this ever get old? :D
LOL Thats hawt!!!!
Forgive me but I just don't get the medieval/magical fantasy skimpwear thing. Why would a warrior queen dress in a bikini (armoured or otherwise) to go into battle?
For me, OOT is my go-to recently if I need anything skimpy. Rendo seems to have more choice in "real world" small garments but some of them don't quite make it for quality and versatility reasons.
Nope, if your going to be in battle, skimpwear just doesn't cut it. :) I did just do my 1st barbarian skimpwear render though, no fighting, just hanging out, and it does wonders for driving traffic to your website. :D
BTW just googled teh OOt armor -fantastic! Thanks for the tip!
This is missing the point. Or rather, it's the wrong starting point. The starting point is "I want to look at people wearing little clothing." From there it goes to "I'm going to put little clothing on them and explain why they chose to do that afterwards, or preferably not at all." That's how you get handwave explanations like "the armor is magical" or "its purpose is to distract/offend the enemy." Armor remains popular even when it's skimpy because it looks cool. In fact, "it looks cool" is literally the only thing that matters when you're trying to sell a 3d product once a basic level of function is achieved.
I just blame Boris Vallejo ;-)
Im gonna try not to get into a huge debate over the relevancy of sexy armor. Esp when I make it, and it sells double that of anything else. Honestly, that tells me all I need to hear.
But I do have to say that its silly to argue about protection when it comes to 3D polygonal figures. The thing is, no one is going to die... its not real life.
But if you want to argue the validity of female armor.... lets get it right. A: true female armor is kinna ugly (my personal opinion) And B: There would be little to no females wearing it, period. War was a man's gig back then... women tended to the houses, the rugrats, and were generally dissed and dismissed as the weaker species. So one running around fighting battles was something rare, if ever heard of.
Like SY said... its about how pretty it looks. Thats all.
And that's also why I leave making any kind of armor to other people. Because regardless of how skimpy it still has to be pretty and detailed in a way real armors never have been. I love having that in my scenes, covering or non-covering (I have your last set and all Arki's recent goodies, adore it all), but I sure as heck can't make it, lol.
Yeah, I personally like the evolution armor has taken. Its way more interesting to look at. Ive never been into the more accurate medieval type armor (thats just me, tho... doesnt make it wrong. Just like preferring scant stuff isnt wrong, either) Its a preference, really... there's plenty of room for both. But these arguments always remind me of having arguments over which app is better. In the end, it doesnt actually matter... choose whichever gets you where you are wanting to go.
And ty for the compliment! Though, I am quite sure you could do it.
Me, I love making armor... its my fave clothing to do.
I don't do much in the way of skimpwear, but I do find myself going back to that frilly bikini for G2F when I need something "small" ;).
Laurie
Right!
You can never have to much armor or to many weapons! lol I love teh details in the armor, regardless if it's skimpwear or not. If I want something more realistic I use armor that covers, If I want to drive traffic to my website, I use skimpwear. :
On topic, here are some of my favorite recent skimpy armors for men:
Eagle Guard Armor (arms, pauldrons)
Dragonsbane Barbarian (boots, harness)
DragonHunt Bludgeon (not an armor, but still highly impractical)
The Mazken's tiny skirt is a rip from Elder Scrolls: Oblivion's Shivering Isles expansion (and it is armor for males in that game, albeit it's part of a larger set that looks kind of silly now). I rigged it with Ultra Templates and made a quickie transmap. This is a non-commercial fan render, obviously.
I haven't pulled the trigger on the Damien pro bundle but it sure has some nice upper body/arm goodies. I'm giving it serious consideration. I have Night Guard, too, very cute. Sadly there is a real shortage of loincloths/teeny kilts in the current generation (I've reused the ones I have too many times). If I ever bestir myself to do clothes again it'll probably be something to do with that.
Rubber 2 by BILLY T.
Yeah, I think he needs arms about three times the size he has. He should know better than to shop in the UberBarbarian shop in the mall.
Oh dear, I thought there might be a few comments but I didn't expect a lecture. Do you really think I'm confused between 3D polygonal figures and real life? I actually used the word fantasy - didn't that give you a clue? I'm all for fantasy - that's why I play with 3D polygonal figures too. I just don't get the warrior queen genre. I guess some things have to be at least slightly believeable for me.
Actually, I'd say that a lot of real historical armor was beautifully designed and ornamented, it's just that the majority of the metal pieces that remain have corroded and lost all the paint, bejewelling and other gee-gaws that once adorned them, while armor made of less stable materials like leather, cloth, etc., has mostly crumbled to dust, so the pieces that remain tend to be the more massive and heavily construted items. And even the skimpi-armor does have historical precedent. Classic Greek armor, for example, could be as skimpy as anything in modern fetishwear, as were the armors worn by the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas. Those were all products of culture and environment, of course, but I think the general base of the whole skimpy armor concept as we see it at DAZ really originated with the Romans and the gladiators, where the entire concept was really more about putting on a show than being practical. Which sucked if you were the guy sent out to fight a pack of lions with a Trident and a metal hat, but hey... that's show business.
Like dragons? lol
Yeah, thats the beauty of all this... you dont have to get it
I blame Barbarella! But yes Boris Vellejo too.
you'd have to be pretty big and very strong to use full heavy armour which also means you move slower so wearing less can be an advantage allowing more flexability and speed as well as distraction and very intimidating if it was an 'excited' naked scotsman running at you
still a lot of stuff I'd like to see made kinda suprised haven't seen any of it anywhere to be honest inspired by Boris and Julie, Fastner & Larson, Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 (dark elves/eldar/Chaos females got a long list in sci-fi and fantasy as well as real clothing in lingerie extra including stuff with frills maybe that's hard to make. Am happy with all this reveal morphs offered now there's a few really old ones like to see remade for g3 that were v1 and 2 think saw
Yes, definitely Vallejo and others. Barbarella, Elvira, Wonder Woman, and several others also come to mind (i.e. Raquel Welch in 10 Million Years B.C. - below). I'm drawn to the stere-otypical Vallejo fantasy art, which of course requires skimpwear. But I'v found I also enjoy doing sci-fi, post apocalyptical genre, and even more traditional pin-up type stuff. But I've found that I tend to use the fantasy and sci-fi skimp wear more than the more contemporary items.
Recently, I've use a lot of content created by Aeon Soul. I find it to be extremely versatile and exceptionally well made. I've used Ailisy and the AlphaKini a lot.
Full plate armor wasn't nearly as cumbersome as you'd think. For one, it weighed about as much as (or even less than) what modern soldiers carry around, and it was specifically designed to distribute the weight throughout your body.
Here's a video that demonstrates the flexibility of a full harness.