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  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    maikdecker said:

    Great looking character, but the name makes me want to be sure she always has enough to eat. devil

    That one you're gonna have to explain to me. 

  • cherpenbeckcherpenbeck Posts: 1,416

    Sahel is that zone in northern Africa where time and again people die of hunger.

     

    BTW, THAT's a character I buy at first day.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,948
    edited February 2018
    cherpenbeck said:

    Sahel is that zone in northern Africa where time and again people die of hunger.

     

    BTW, THAT's a character I buy at first day.

    I had problems readin the Terry Brooks novel where one of the characters ws called Eritrea. Accidental coincidences again.

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    cherpenbeck said:

    Sahel is that zone in northern Africa where time and again people die of hunger.

     

    BTW, THAT's a character I buy at first day.

    Oh I see. Googling some, it's the transition to the Sahara desert? I think arrived at the name as a variation of Sahelia. I always try to choose very short names, purely for practical reasons. I have to enter the name about a million times during development as Daz Studio doesn't remember the last product name when saving morphs. So I blame Daz, any name complaints please open a support ticket wink

  • riftwitchriftwitch Posts: 1,439
    bluejaunte said:
    sapat said:

    Is it just me, or does her full on smile look exactly like Jessica Alba?  It's very cute, but she's the first thing that popped into my head.

    There I was, thinking I had no coincidental likeness this time. You're right though, looking at some Jessica Alba smile images, I can see what you mean. She has a pretty similar wide infectous smile like that and the face isn't too far off either.

    I didn' catch the Jessica Alba resemblance until somebody pointed it out, but in most of the promos, her fac3 reminds me of Miley Cyrus. This is an outstanding-looking figure. Great work!
  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,198
    bluejaunte said:
    cherpenbeck said:

    Sahel is that zone in northern Africa where time and again people die of hunger.

     

    BTW, THAT's a character I buy at first day.

    Oh I see. Googling some, it's the transition to the Sahara desert? I think arrived at the name as a variation of Sahelia. I always try to choose very short names, purely for practical reasons. I have to enter the name about a million times during development as Daz Studio doesn't remember the last product name when saving morphs. So I blame Daz, any name complaints please open a support ticket wink

    Well, according to Google, Sahelia is an area of Eritrea. So, that name would reference the same general area. I guess by now it is getting nearly impossible to think up a new character name that is unique and still pronounceable.

  • JUJUJUJU Posts: 1,132
    riftwitch said:
    bluejaunte said:
    sapat said:

    Is it just me, or does her full on smile look exactly like Jessica Alba?  It's very cute, but she's the first thing that popped into my head.

    There I was, thinking I had no coincidental likeness this time. You're right though, looking at some Jessica Alba smile images, I can see what you mean. She has a pretty similar wide infectous smile like that and the face isn't too far off either.

     

    I didn' catch the Jessica Alba resemblance until somebody pointed it out, but in most of the promos, her fac3 reminds me of Miley Cyrus. This is an outstanding-looking figure. Great work!

    I also see the smile of Miley Cyrus here ;)

    I am in love

     

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  • Erock3DErock3D Posts: 52

    More than happy with my purchases!  Love the smile!

    (The only postwork is an image size reduction.)

     

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  • sapatsapat Posts: 1,735
    bluejaunte said:
    sapat said:

    Is it just me, or does her full on smile look exactly like Jessica Alba?  It's very cute, but she's the first thing that popped into my head.

    There I was, thinking I had no coincidental likeness this time. You're right though, looking at some Jessica Alba smile images, I can see what you mean. She has a pretty similar wide infectous smile like that and the face isn't too far off either.

    It's def not a bad thing.  She's completely adorable and the smile is genuine.

  • CrimsonMagicCrimsonMagic Posts: 129

    Beautiful character but I think it causes a lot of warnings in the DS log  (DS 4.10.0.123 beta 64-bit, Win10).

    2018-02-01 23:59:01.861 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/BJ Sahel/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyelashes MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.012 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    ...

    ...

    2018-02-01 23:59:03.229 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.229 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.347 File loaded in 0 min 0.3 sec.
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.350 Loaded file: Sahel Eyebrows.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.369 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy/BJ Sahel Eyebrows/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.371 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.733 File loaded in 2 min 15.4 sec.

  • Erock3DErock3D Posts: 52
    CrimsonMagic said:
     

    2018-02-01 23:59:03.369 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy/BJ Sahel Eyebrows/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.371 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.733 File loaded in 2 min 15.4 sec.

     

    Yeah, I had to seperately load the material for the eyelashes as they don't pre-load with the character.  There is no warning though, and I didn't look into the logs myself.

  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    CrimsonMagic said:

    Beautiful character but I think it causes a lot of warnings in the DS log  (DS 4.10.0.123 beta 64-bit, Win10).

    2018-02-01 23:59:01.861 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/BJ Sahel/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyelashes MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.012 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    ...

    ...

    2018-02-01 23:59:03.229 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.229 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.347 File loaded in 0 min 0.3 sec.
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.350 Loaded file: Sahel Eyebrows.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.369 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy/BJ Sahel Eyebrows/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.371 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.733 File loaded in 2 min 15.4 sec.

    That's weird, there seems to be a mixup in folders. Did it install to /People/Anatomy instead of /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy? If so move that folder over as a quick fix. I'll have it checked out.

  • AllegraAllegra Posts: 405

    Gorgeous character and I  love the smile, for some reason she reminds me of Nicole Richie.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970

    Thank you for posting renders! I'm enjoying them! :) Please keep 'em coming. yes

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    hysteric77 said:
    CrimsonMagic said:
     

    2018-02-01 23:59:03.369 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy/BJ Sahel Eyebrows/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.371 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.733 File loaded in 2 min 15.4 sec.

     

    Yeah, I had to seperately load the material for the eyelashes as they don't pre-load with the character.  There is no warning though, and I didn't look into the logs myself.

    Same here, had to manually apply them also. Also is there a reason why there are no seperate head and body installs, just the full character?

  • CrimsonMagicCrimsonMagic Posts: 129
    bluejaunte said:

    That's weird, there seems to be a mixup in folders. Did it install to /People/Anatomy instead of /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy? If so move that folder over as a quick fix. I'll have it checked out.

    Hm, that fixed one issue but there seems to be another one with the eyelashes ...

    2018-02-02 01:29:36.100 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/BJ Sahel/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyelashes MAT.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    ...

    ...

    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.366 File loaded in 0 min 0.2 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.366 Loaded file: Sahel Eyebrows.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.632 Loaded Morph Deltas in 0 min 0.0 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.632 Loaded file: SahelHDLv2_proj.dsf
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.454 File loaded in 0 min 0.0 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.455 Loaded file: !Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.457 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.630 File loaded in 2 min 11.5 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:39.429 Loaded file: bj sahel.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:44.652 Loaded image Sahel_diffuse_1003.png
     

  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    FSMCDesigns said:
    hysteric77 said:
    CrimsonMagic said:
     

    2018-02-01 23:59:03.369 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy/BJ Sahel Eyebrows/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.371 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.733 File loaded in 2 min 15.4 sec.

     

    Yeah, I had to seperately load the material for the eyelashes as they don't pre-load with the character.  There is no warning though, and I didn't look into the logs myself.

    Same here, had to manually apply them also. Also is there a reason why there are no seperate head and body installs, just the full character?

    Strange, mine loads with materials on eyebrows through smart content, even though it does seem there's a folder mix up. I'm sure we'll figure it out soon. As for head on body, that's entirely on me. With production time sky-high already, I thought that may be at least one little compromise I could do to save a bit of time. And maybe a little artistic arrogance mixed in, you know like head and body going together?

    Anyway... if it's unacceptable I'm sure you guys will let me know. smiley

  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    edited February 2018
    CrimsonMagic said:
    bluejaunte said:

    That's weird, there seems to be a mixup in folders. Did it install to /People/Anatomy instead of /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy? If so move that folder over as a quick fix. I'll have it checked out.

    Hm, that fixed one issue but there seems to be another one with the eyelashes ...

    2018-02-02 01:29:36.100 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/BJ Sahel/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyelashes MAT.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.076 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    ...

    ...

    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected numeric member: version
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.261 JSON interpreter warning: Unexpected string member: type
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.366 File loaded in 0 min 0.2 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.366 Loaded file: Sahel Eyebrows.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.632 Loaded Morph Deltas in 0 min 0.0 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:37.632 Loaded file: SahelHDLv2_proj.dsf
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.454 File loaded in 0 min 0.0 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.455 Loaded file: !Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.457 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-02 01:29:38.630 File loaded in 2 min 11.5 sec.
    2018-02-02 01:29:39.429 Loaded file: bj sahel.duf
    2018-02-02 01:29:44.652 Loaded image Sahel_diffuse_1003.png
     

    I see what happened there. They renamed the material preset but the character preset script that is responsible for loading the material wasn't updated. If you wanna fix this yourself, open 

    \People\Genesis 8 Female\Characters\BJ Sahel.duf

    in a text editor, scroll to the very end and change the line

    "PresetFile" : "/People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/BJ Sahel/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyelashes MAT.duf",

    and change it to 

    "PresetFile" : "/People/Genesis 8 Female/Characters/BJ Sahel/Iray Materials/Sahel Eyelashes !MAT.duf",

    Or better just wait for the fixes to be deployed. Sorry for the trouble.

    Post edited by bluejaunte on
  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    bluejaunte said:
    FSMCDesigns said:
    hysteric77 said:
    CrimsonMagic said:
     

    2018-02-01 23:59:03.369 DEBUG: Could not locate preset file: /People/Genesis 8 Female/Anatomy/BJ Sahel Eyebrows/Iray Materials/!Sahel Eyebrows MAT.duf
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.371 Finished Loading Character Addons
    2018-02-01 23:59:03.733 File loaded in 2 min 15.4 sec.

     

    Yeah, I had to seperately load the material for the eyelashes as they don't pre-load with the character.  There is no warning though, and I didn't look into the logs myself.

    Same here, had to manually apply them also. Also is there a reason why there are no seperate head and body installs, just the full character?

    Strange, mine loads with materials on eyebrows through smart content, even though it does seem there's a folder mix up. I'm sure we'll figure it out soon. As for head on body, that's entirely on me. With production time sky-high already, I thought that may be at least one little compromise I could do to save a bit of time. And maybe a little artistic arrogance mixed in, you know like head and body going together?

    Anyway... if it's unacceptable I'm sure you guys will let me know. smiley

    Its the eyelashes on mine, not eyebrows and I never use smart content, so don't know if that has anything to do with it.

    As for the head/body issue, that is a huge roadblock in me purchasing Rawart characters since he does it that way most of the time. I never use a character preset at 100%, opting to mix and match and create my own characters. The head morph and the textures are what got me to purchase Sahel, so it is a bit dissapointing that I can't use just the head morph.

  • The DiigitalsThe Diigitals Posts: 380
    bluejaunte said:
    drzap said:

    In the realm of Daz3D figures, there is a line between photorealistic style characters and more stylized ones, each with its large base of supporters.  In the photorealistic camp, the PA bluejaunte has again shown us that Genesis has not yet reached its peak when it comes to affordable, realistic 3D models.  Proving that his outstanding Lyra figure was not a fluke, he has given us Sahel HD, vaulting his small stable of figures to the elite status only very select producers have reached.  What separates his figures from the crowd are the realistic skins and body measurements.  While most PA's are focusing on unrealistic and fantastic body curves that are unattainable for real women but are fantasized by many men, bluejaunte focuses on the curves and imperfections of a real woman with physically plausible morphs and body proportions.  For this reason, it is this reviewer's opinion that Sahel represents the state-of-the-art in realistic humans in Daz3D's lineup.  What's also noteworthy is the abundance of extras that are available with the product.  Features like teeth, skin, LOD,and special smile and feet presets are a welcome addition and make this offer not only a complete package, but also a genuinely great deal.  Let's hope bluejaunte continues to push the limits of realism in Daz figures as well as offer more culturally diverse characters in his future endeavors.  Realimeter: 5.0!

    Wow, thanks so much for this. Means a lot blush

    I will say my next character is in the works and will be a bit more curvy. But not in an unrealistic way. Also an interesting aspect I remember Karuki mention at some point, which is that with these CG figures we do have the potential to redefine beauty and do stuff that real people cannot hope to achieve. So that's kinda the opposite argument which also appeals to me so who knows, maybe I'll try that sometime and create something deliberately phantastical. Don't shoot me if I do!

    Ayyye! You remebered!! Can't wait to pick mine up... oh what the hell.. I'll go buy right now!!!!

  • GreymomGreymom Posts: 1,139

    Well, I had resolved not to get any more G8 stuff until I got caught up with hardware-building and did some of the projects I have for G2 and G3...

    Then Throne and Bluejaunt come out with these amazing characters....never mind  : )

  • The DiigitalsThe Diigitals Posts: 380

    OMG I LOVE her makeup!! Please can you release some kind of makeup pack it's so hard to find good makeup!

  • missuskissesmissuskisses Posts: 918
    edited February 2018
    Divamakeup said:
    missuskisses said:

    Hi Diva, since you got her already, are you able to confirm that Sahel comes with fibermesh eyebrows? Description says yes, but included materials listing doesn't mention it. Thanks very much!

    (I'll probably get her anyway--love the smile and skin!)

    Girl! Read the post (it's only six sentences long)! lol I don't have her. :P

    But yeah, I'm sure if it's listed that she has fibermesh brows that she has them. 

    Hey Diva: Welp--was too excited, rushed, and sleep-deprived this morning, sorry! Fibermesh brows have been confirmed. 

    Post edited by missuskisses on
  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    Karuki said:

    OMG I LOVE her makeup!! Please can you release some kind of makeup pack it's so hard to find good makeup!

    Oh? Haha thanks. That's strange though, I would have considered this to be a weakness of mine. I feel like Homer inventing the makeup gun which shoots random colors into Marge's face.

  • missuskissesmissuskisses Posts: 918
    bluejaunte said:
    Karuki said:

    OMG I LOVE her makeup!! Please can you release some kind of makeup pack it's so hard to find good makeup!

    Oh? Haha thanks. That's strange though, I would have considered this to be a weakness of mine. I feel like Homer inventing the makeup gun which shoots random colors into Marge's face.

    The subtle metallics are particularly awesome!

  • jardinejardine Posts: 1,215
    edited February 2018
    bluejaunte said:
    As for head on body, that's entirely on me. With production time sky-high already, I thought that may be at least one little compromise I could do to save a bit of time. And maybe a little artistic arrogance mixed in, you know like head and body going together?

    Anyway... if it's unacceptable I'm sure you guys will let me know. smiley

    unacceptable's a stretch i'm not about to make.  :)

    but it is nice to have separate head/body dials for a character morph, in my world.  not least because i don't always want to dial in HD morphs at the same strength for face and body.

    i always wish your foot morphs could be dialed independently, too, honestly.  genesis 8 feet need all the help they can get.  those slug toes...yrrrr. 

    but!  sahel is a gorgeous character.  i'd say that you're bound to stop raising the bar for orignal characters at some point, but i don't really believe that.  :)

    so thanks! 

    j

     

    Post edited by jardine on
  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    jardine said:
    bluejaunte said:
    As for head on body, that's entirely on me. With production time sky-high already, I thought that may be at least one little compromise I could do to save a bit of time. And maybe a little artistic arrogance mixed in, you know like head and body going together?

    Anyway... if it's unacceptable I'm sure you guys will let me know. smiley

    unacceptable's a stretch i'm not about to make.  :)

    but it is nice to have separate head/body dials for a character morph, in my world.  not least because i don't always want to dial in HD morphs at the same strength for face and body.

    i always wish your foot morphs could be dialed independently, too, honestly.  genesis 8 feet need all the help they can get.  those slug toes...yrrrr. 

    but!  sahel is a orgeous character.  i'd say that you're bound to stop raising the bar for orignal characters at some point, but i don't really believe that.  :)

    so thanks! 

    j

     

    They kind of can. Set the foot neutralizing morph to a minus value. smiley

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,555
    bluejaunte said:
    jardine said:
    bluejaunte said:
    As for head on body, that's entirely on me. With production time sky-high already, I thought that may be at least one little compromise I could do to save a bit of time. And maybe a little artistic arrogance mixed in, you know like head and body going together?

    Anyway... if it's unacceptable I'm sure you guys will let me know. smiley

    unacceptable's a stretch i'm not about to make.  :)

    but it is nice to have separate head/body dials for a character morph, in my world.  not least because i don't always want to dial in HD morphs at the same strength for face and body.

    i always wish your foot morphs could be dialed independently, too, honestly.  genesis 8 feet need all the help they can get.  those slug toes...yrrrr. 

    but!  sahel is a orgeous character.  i'd say that you're bound to stop raising the bar for orignal characters at some point, but i don't really believe that.  :)

    so thanks! 

    j

     

    They kind of can. Set the foot neutralizing morph to a minus value. smiley

    I usually just click the eye icon to hide parts works just as well unless of course you have a shoe that shows the toes

  • y3kmany3kman Posts: 825

    Here's a quick and simple render of Sahel.

    bluejaunte, have you considered making a new hair product that matches the quality of your figures' skin mats?

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  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,990
    y3kman said:

    Here's a quick and simple render of Sahel.

    bluejaunte, have you considered making a new hair product that matches the quality of your figures' skin mats?

    Not sure we can do much better there without a real hair solution with proper physics. I fall back to OOT hair a lot. 

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