Jonathan 8

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  • BamboozlerBamboozler Posts: 249
    edited March 2020

    So squinty.

     

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  • lilweeplilweep Posts: 2,746

    Gordon looks quite similar to Ryker.  The chest hair that comes with Gordon looks quite nice.  It's hard to tell from promos if it is fibermesh, sbh, or texture

  • SevrinSevrin Posts: 6,313
    lilweep said:

    Gordon looks quite similar to Ryker.  The chest hair that comes with Gordon looks quite nice.  It's hard to tell from promos if it is fibermesh, sbh, or texture

    This astounding male character comes with six eye colors, and his fibermesh brows, facial hair, mustache, and chest come with four color options

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,774
    daveso said:

    i might just buy the HD add and save some bucks. I use them on my own churned characters and it works just fine. 

    can you do that without the character?

    I was contemplating buying it myself as extra 70% off

    i do it all the time..it may not be exact exact, but you really cannot tell. sometimes they change the shape though .. not sure why, but for sure adds details. see the 2 renders. 
    the 1st is G8 male default and the second with Edward 8 HD added. 

    g8 default.jpg
    1300 x 1040 - 364K
    g8 with edward 8 hd.jpg
    1300 x 1040 - 362K
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,063
    daveso said:
    daveso said:

    i might just buy the HD add and save some bucks. I use them on my own churned characters and it works just fine. 

    can you do that without the character?

    I was contemplating buying it myself as extra 70% off

    i do it all the time..it may not be exact exact, but you really cannot tell. sometimes they change the shape though .. not sure why, but for sure adds details. see the 2 renders. 
    the 1st is G8 male default and the second with Edward 8 HD added. 

    but the question is do you own Edward as well?  as just not using his slider doesn't mean it's not dependent on having it.

  • UnseenUnseen Posts: 757
    edited March 2020

     pmHe looks cool! I hope there is a good deal to go along with the 20 percent off banner I got. Very coo!

    Says for a limited time.  I prefer end dates.  Anyone have a clue how long Jonathan might hang around??

    If it is the same as with Nida 8 then the coupon should expire on Saturday March 7 at 11:59:59 pm.

    Post edited by Unseen on
  • alex86firealex86fire Posts: 1,130

    I don't see why you would need the base character in order to apply the HD morph on another character.

    They are independent morphs.

    This way you can add interesting details in combination with the normal map of your other character.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843

    I don't see why you would need the base character in order to apply the HD morph on another character.

    They are independent morphs.

    This way you can add interesting details in combination with the normal map of your other character.

    You don't need it as the HD morph will work on any character, BUT sometimes there are specific details that are in the HD morph that will look off with a different skin

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,774
    daveso said:
    daveso said:

    i might just buy the HD add and save some bucks. I use them on my own churned characters and it works just fine. 

    can you do that without the character?

    I was contemplating buying it myself as extra 70% off

    i do it all the time..it may not be exact exact, but you really cannot tell. sometimes they change the shape though .. not sure why, but for sure adds details. see the 2 renders. 
    the 1st is G8 male default and the second with Edward 8 HD added. 

    but the question is do you own Edward as well?  as just not using his slider doesn't mean it's not dependent on having it.

    i do, but i use them independent a lot

  • OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548
    edited March 2020

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    Post edited by Odaa on
  • Odaa said:

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    I really have to disagree here.  I do not think anyone in the Daz universe looks like Henry Cavill.  I wish!!!

  • OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548
    Odaa said:

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    I really have to disagree here.  I do not think anyone in the Daz universe looks like Henry Cavill.  I wish!!!

    The profile promos on Gordon kind of look like Cavill to me.

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,297

    I am almost afraid to post a render, but I am going ahead. Here is the one character that I almost didn't buy, Nicholas. The promo pictures just turned me off. I kept going back to them and decided to take a chance. I am glad I did. I don't think he is someone who runs around with a wide smile, he is a serious guy. The eyes are deeply sunk into his face. The outfit was okay, except for the pants which was missing the one morph I could have used, adjust all or adjust thighs. It looks like the inner seam is splitting on the left leg. The hair had to be expanded for his head, a lot. 

    Nicholas HD for Jonathan 8.png
    1600 x 2589 - 6M
  • SevrinSevrin Posts: 6,313
    Odaa said:
    Odaa said:

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    I really have to disagree here.  I do not think anyone in the Daz universe looks like Henry Cavill.  I wish!!!

    The profile promos on Gordon kind of look like Cavill to me.

    That's what I thought too.

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,774

    i need to get out mroe. i dont know anyone everyone compares daz characters to. they all just look like daz characters to me, and many look like brothers and sisters. 

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,599

    Half or more of the copy on the pro bundle spells his name "Johnathan".

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,328

    I am almost afraid to post a render, but I am going ahead. Here is the one character that I almost didn't buy, Nicholas. The promo pictures just turned me off. I kept going back to them and decided to take a chance. I am glad I did. I don't think he is someone who runs around with a wide smile, he is a serious guy. The eyes are deeply sunk into his face. The outfit was okay, except for the pants which was missing the one morph I could have used, adjust all or adjust thighs. It looks like the inner seam is splitting on the left leg. The hair had to be expanded for his head, a lot. 

    Well, he does look better there, I must admit. But he's in shadow, and those offputting promos (I had to search for a less abrasive adjective) are still too scary for me to disregard. If not for the PC+ free item glitch, I'd use a coupon for him. If, perhaps, you could be bothered to render him in CU, I could justify the extra $6.

  • watchdog79watchdog79 Posts: 1,026

    I am almost afraid to post a render, but I am going ahead. Here is the one character that I almost didn't buy, Nicholas. The promo pictures just turned me off. I kept going back to them and decided to take a chance. I am glad I did. I don't think he is someone who runs around with a wide smile, he is a serious guy. The eyes are deeply sunk into his face. The outfit was okay, except for the pants which was missing the one morph I could have used, adjust all or adjust thighs. It looks like the inner seam is splitting on the left leg. The hair had to be expanded for his head, a lot. 

    Oh, nice, a render with a hand pose without the finger on the trigger unless actually shooting. Finally, a character who knows at least some basics of safe firearm manipulation. Yay!yes

  • ChadCryptoChadCrypto Posts: 596
    edited March 2020
    daveso said:

    i need to get out mroe. i dont know anyone everyone compares daz characters to. they all just look like daz characters to me, and many look like brothers and sisters. 

    There are a couple in the G8 that have some likeness to real people.  CJ 8 is clearly inspired by Oliva Wild, and Owen8 has some Tom Hardy and Adam Driver in him.

    Post edited by ChadCrypto on
  • ChadCryptoChadCrypto Posts: 596
    Odaa said:
    Odaa said:

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    I really have to disagree here.  I do not think anyone in the Daz universe looks like Henry Cavill.  I wish!!!

    The profile promos on Gordon kind of look like Cavill to me.

    I agree, I can totally see it.

  • alex86firealex86fire Posts: 1,130

    I am almost afraid to post a render, but I am going ahead. Here is the one character that I almost didn't buy, Nicholas. The promo pictures just turned me off. I kept going back to them and decided to take a chance. I am glad I did. I don't think he is someone who runs around with a wide smile, he is a serious guy. The eyes are deeply sunk into his face. The outfit was okay, except for the pants which was missing the one morph I could have used, adjust all or adjust thighs. It looks like the inner seam is splitting on the left leg. The hair had to be expanded for his head, a lot. 

    Very nice render.

    The pants don't look too good though. Not because of the seam. Because of the shape. It makes the fabric seem softer than it should be.

    I feel the same is true for the jacket, but it looks kind of ok even if too soft.

    Nicholas looks like a classic bad guy to me but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

    The world is not made only of handsome people.

    Regarding the similarity to Cavill. I saw it at first as well. But it's very little and only if you're squinting a little :).

  • lilweeplilweep Posts: 2,746
    Sevrin said:
    lilweep said:

    Gordon looks quite similar to Ryker.  The chest hair that comes with Gordon looks quite nice.  It's hard to tell from promos if it is fibermesh, sbh, or texture

    This astounding male character comes with six eye colors, and his fibermesh brows, facial hair, mustache, and chest come with four color options

    oh

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,297
    edited March 2020

    @xyer0 "If, perhaps, you could be bothered to render him in CU, I could justify the extra $6." 

    I am not sure what 'CU' is. If you can explain I will try, but will need to set the character up again. I didn't save as a scene file. Or is it 'Close-up?'

    @watchdog79 Thank you. I took the time to adjust the right index finger. The pose puts it just off the trigger, ready to go. If I hadn't, I think all my M-16 trainers in the military would come back and yell at me like drill instructors.

    @alex86fire Thanks. Other than expanding where poke through happened, I tried to allow the outfit speak for itself. It is not dForce, so the sliders are it. I do have a shader pack of men's suit fabric but it is from the 50s era. Seriously need some up-to-date men's business shaders. 

    Mary

    @xyer0 Was that what you wanted?

    Nicholas HD for Jonathan 8 CU.png
    1200 x 1440 - 1M
    Post edited by memcneil70 on
  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,328

     

    @xyer0 "If, perhaps, you could be bothered to render him in CU, I could justify the extra $6." 

    I am not sure what 'CU' is. If you can explain I will try, but will need to set the character up again. I didn't save as a scene file. Or is it 'Close-up?'

    @watchdog79 Thank you. I took the time to adjust the right index finger. The pose puts it just off the trigger, ready to go. If I hadn't, I think all my M-16 trainers in the military would come back and yell at me like drill instructors.

    @alex86fire Thanks. Other than expanding where poke through happened, I tried to allow the outfit speak for itself. It is not dForce, so the sliders are it. I do have a shader pack of men's suit fabric but it is from the 50s era. Seriously need some up-to-date men's business shaders. 

    Mary

    @xyer0 Was that what you wanted?

    @memcneil70 Yes, ma'am, thank you very kindly. That does show him in a better light than the dorkish, toonish promos. You're right. He's a dark personality, not a smiling guy.

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,297

    Cool, I have shut my render computers down for the night. Tomorrow, I will go after the other guys. And hopefully more folks will have a chance to render some as well. 

  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611
    edited March 2020
    Odaa said:

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    I really have to disagree here.  I do not think anyone in the Daz universe looks like Henry Cavill.  I wish!!!

     

    Sevrin said:
    Odaa said:
    Odaa said:

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    I really have to disagree here.  I do not think anyone in the Daz universe looks like Henry Cavill.  I wish!!!

    The profile promos on Gordon kind of look like Cavill to me.

    That's what I thought too.

    I just spent days trying to dial-spin a rendition of Cavill's Geralt and I can say after having almost made my eyes bleed staring at numerous shots of his facial features that Gordon totally has to be inspired by Henry Cavill. Nose. Jaw. Chin. Profile. Yes. 

    And now I might have to buy Jonathan just for that. *sigh*

    Post edited by MelissaGT on
  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,272
    Sevrin said:

    Also "soldat" means "soldier", not "pensioner" or "thug".

    I'm guessing they went with that name since the set looks like a clear nod to what Illya Kuryakin wore in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 2015 film and he was a KGB agent, which was a military service governed by army laws. 

    The Soldats is also the name for the secret worldwide crime organization in the anime/manga series NOIR.  They are the army of the night and all that. :) 

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,272
    edited March 2020

    Another week, another 8 character. I'm glad Genesis 9 hasn't come along yet, but this is starting to get a little silly.

    Why do you feel like it's starting to get silly?

    As someone else stated in another thread this isn't pokemon, got to catch them all.

    If you like it you buy it, if not, you skip it.

    I for one like to have as many options as possible.

    With one caveat, the quality remains high and we don't get another Dain 8 bundle misshap where the clothes aren't usable. I have only 1 outfit installed but can't use it because of the quality and thinking of uninstalling until I have time to fix it or they release a fix for it (sstarting to think it won't happen).

    For me the Jonathan bundle looks great as I am making a VN in the spy world so a lot of what the bundle contains fits for me.

    I'm not really complaining, but it used to be that when we got a numbered official DAZ release, it was a huge and uncommon event. Stephanie, The Freak, David; it was a long time between releases of these classic characters. Now we seemingly get one every two weeks, and while new textures are always welcome, half of the characters look like they could be dial-spun.

    I don't know, I'd just like to see bigger events with these releases and not just a one-day theme. If male and female secret agents and/or a villain were released simultaneously today in an optional bundle along with a hideout or some sort of spy lair, vehicle, etc, I could see it being something to get excited about. Again, this isn't meant to be a complaint, it's just more of a virtual sigh. Another day, another core character.

    Got it.

    I joined in December and since tere have been a lot of releases so for me it's more like business as usual :).

    I would feel weird if a month passed without a pro bundle released.

    The thing is, for us old timers, there was a time when a new Pro Bundle was a much rarer occasion.  There were YEARS between Pro Bundles with the V4 generation and only a handful of big bundles/base characters to begin with.  But with Genesis they started coming more often, with one new base character/pro bundle every month or so.  It ramped up even more with G2 and the number of characters in the line increased significantly, with the most significat additions being ethnic characters and more toon types, and then pace/character count went up yet again with the G3 lineup.  WIth G8, though, DAZ has just gone bonkers and in just two years there have now been more Base characters/Pro Bundles for G8 than for all of the other generations combined. It's just... weird, but clearly that strategy must be working for them.  

    Post edited by Cybersox on
  • bk007dragonbk007dragon Posts: 113
    daveso said:

    i need to get out mroe. i dont know anyone everyone compares daz characters to. they all just look like daz characters to me, and many look like brothers and sisters. 

    There are a couple in the G8 that have some likeness to real people.  CJ 8 is clearly inspired by Oliva Wild, and Owen8 has some Tom Hardy and Adam Driver in him.

    Jonathan gives me a Matt Damon/Jason Borne Vibe.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,272
    Odaa said:

    I'm not opposed to a Hugh Jackman lookalike, just wish he made me think of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Leopold (or even PT Barnum) rather than Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart.

    The other two characters in the pro bundle look like Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, which are not bad things to look like.

    I really have to disagree here.  I do not think anyone in the Daz universe looks like Henry Cavill.  I wish!!!

    Actually, in parts of jJustice League, Henry Cavil was doing a pretty good impression of Michael 1 with that horrid digital mustache remeval..  devil

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