Render your buys! Use buys from the current month and the previous month of sales

Elor

joanna said:

Thanks for that. I just saw some other dForce thread ressurected as well with what looks like in-depth tutorials, so I'll definitely have to do some learning in the future. It seems like a powerful utility, and while Archmage makes it easier to use, I'm still missing a lot :)

RGcincy's thread is great to read 

joanna said:

 Gallery image here.

It looks very nice: the contrast between the blue skin and the yellow/orange portal make the character 'pop out' (not sure it's the correct term) of the picture.

memcneil70 said:

The end result looks nice :)

Elor

#4news:

• Woods Modules
• dForce Siren of Snakes Outfit for Genesis 9 and its texture pack.
• FK Manicure Muse Morphs and Materials for Genesis 9 MR Bundle.
• Hands Dial-up for Genesis 9, a quick-grab from last week.

A couple of other items were used for the first time, but most were sitting in my library for a long time.

It started with the free 'Maid from Mars' poses and as I have spent some time reading Percy Jackson's books recently, my mind jumped from Mars to Ares, and from Ares to Olympia, so she was picked first. I thought about using the Classic Barbarian himself instead of Ivar 9, but as far as I can see, his height is the standard Genesis 9 height and I'm not sure it would have worked with Olympia 9 who's height is close to G8F height, so I ended with Ivar 9.

I also wanted to check how Wood Modules would look and they felt like the perfect foreground to go along the Island Castle (which was a bi-weekly freebie a couple of month ago I think) to create a 'they are walking at the shore of a lake with a castle in the middle' scene.

I tested various outfits for Olympia, and ended with the Siren of Snakes outfit because on top of looking very nice (as the other ones I tested though) its skirt is also hidding that the whole pose feels unbalanced by hiding her legs (they are still nicely done poses which feel faithful to the original painting by Frazetta) and once chosen, I went all in with gold makeup and nail polish 

Not a new item, but a fair warning regarding the barbarian outfit worn by Ivar: most of the items were loaded with viewport SubD set to 4, which is not useful, so beware if you're using it, it could be a good idea to check every item and lower the viewport SubD level to 1 or 2 while keeping, if you have enough VRAM, render SubD at 4.

I don't know what they are both looking at: I tried various things, but didn't find a creature and a framing of the scene that felt right, so it could be a dragon a saber tooth, or worse, the Monthy Pythons' rabbit.

I forgot to list it, but Face To Face Autopose Arms For Genesis 9 was useful to get Olympia's hand close to Ivar's shoulder before finetuning her pose.

All items bought from Daz sould be linked at the gallery, Together:

richardandtracy

I got CJ Cassia (G8F) and G8F Fairy outfit for Karyssa 8. Obviously, fairies that have dragonfly wings will fly and cavort over water... USC2 and USXT landscape.

 

Regards,

Richard 

Elor

richardandtracy said:

I got CJ Cassia (G8F) and G8F Fairy outfit for Karyssa 8. Obviously, fairies that have dragonfly wings will fly and cavort over water... USC2 and USXT landscape.

Quoting an expert, 'it's not flying, it's falling with style' 

Now the big question: how easy it is to swim with dragonfly wings soaked with water?

richardandtracy

Hmm. That might be a fun one to investigate. Not sure I have any applicable content that would fall within the remit of the thread though. Oh maybe.. as Cassia & the clothing did, it should do again provided I take less than 7 weeks. I will think on it. Regards, Richard.

Elor

At worse, there is always the possibility to share the result of your investigation in the other thread, Render your buys! ALL TIME Challenges :)

Matt_Castle

As a simple equation of body mass, succubi should not try to keep up with centaurs at the pub.

I decided to catastrophically abuse Collection of High Heels for Genesis 9 for the Daz+ Inspiration Contest. And I wasn't content with limiting it to one set, they were all getting misused.
Most (but not all) other assets are listed on the Gallery Page.

acb

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FJM1977

A render I made a few days ago, I actually bought something because I needed it for this render:

 

Kathryn "Kitty" Rau in "Kitty Won't Go Back"

 

barbult

memcneil70 said:

This started out as a render of Mateo 9 Mountain Man HD from my purchase in Dec 2024 (I am that far behind), but I have used products bought before and just recently to put this render together.

Because he is on the hefty side, I ran into some challenges. By the time I was done I found I actually cared for him more that Mateo 9 HD.

I used:

https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-hnc25-mens-office-outfits-for-genesis-9 - it worked just fine with his figure and simulated like a dream. 

https://www.daz3d.com/m3d-balding-hair-styles-for-genesis-9 - I used about three of the hair pieces and facial hair on him. And then covered his hair up with, https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-mi-everyday-construction-worker-for-genesis-9.

I found I didn't own a phone yet for G9, so I used https://www.daz3d.com/smart-phone-poses-and-prop-for-michael-8. It was fairly easy to move into his left hand and parent it.

The pose is actually a combination of three partial poses from https://www.daz3d.com/the-gentleman-poses.

The set is the newest item https://www.daz3d.com/overgrown-outpost-for-ministry-and-return-to-enchanted-forest which I bought because I love The Ministry.

I added some lights on the character from https://www.daz3d.com/subtle-portrait-lights-and-hdris to bring out Mateo's face more.

The render on my MacMini took over two hours and converged only 25%. 

To all the PAs who created these products, thank you. I enjoyed working with them and the result.

Mary

 

That came out great! 

nemesis10

A quick render of PN Renado with Uncanny Valet's Vadim skin and Angelus Hair, a prop from Borgia hall, and the Legend outfit.

memcneil70

@Elor and @barbult, thank you both very much. It has been a crazy, scary weekend and you both helped perk me up.

 

paulawp (marahzen)

memcneil70 said:

This started out as a render of Mateo 9 Mountain Man HD from my purchase in Dec 2024 (I am that far behind), but I have used products bought before and just recently to put this render together.

Because he is on the hefty side, I ran into some challenges. By the time I was done I found I actually cared for him more that Mateo 9 HD.

I used:

https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-hnc25-mens-office-outfits-for-genesis-9 - it worked just fine with his figure and simulated like a dream. 

https://www.daz3d.com/m3d-balding-hair-styles-for-genesis-9 - I used about three of the hair pieces and facial hair on him. And then covered his hair up with, https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-mi-everyday-construction-worker-for-genesis-9.

I found I didn't own a phone yet for G9, so I used https://www.daz3d.com/smart-phone-poses-and-prop-for-michael-8. It was fairly easy to move into his left hand and parent it.

The pose is actually a combination of three partial poses from https://www.daz3d.com/the-gentleman-poses.

The set is the newest item https://www.daz3d.com/overgrown-outpost-for-ministry-and-return-to-enchanted-forest which I bought because I love The Ministry.

I added some lights on the character from https://www.daz3d.com/subtle-portrait-lights-and-hdris to bring out Mateo's face more.

The render on my MacMini took over two hours and converged only 25%. 

To all the PAs who created these products, thank you. I enjoyed working with them and the result.

Mary

 

I really like this one! The construction, pose and expression are really great. 

Ron Knights

I bought a bunch of great stuff recently. Here's M3D's Chuck, wearing a Homemade Heroes outfit by Cybertenko.

memcneil70

Thank you paulawp (marahzen). I appreciate the compliments I have received for this render. Sometimes it all comes together.

Mary

FJM1977

A render using the recent Zeddicus shape deal:

 

The Delightful Dana Delacruz in "Agent DeDe"

 

 

Hylas

 

Esra/Esra Elder, but I've aged him up. My intention was to make him look early-to-mid 20es.

Also, Agent Jones outfit, boots from the Obsidian outfit, Chasing Summer outfit, plus some stuff I already had

SapphireBlue

Hylas That's some great aging trick! Love the outfit, hair and lighting combo in the second render - he looks like a great story character. 

FJM1977

A render using some of the stuff from the sales and calender:
 

joanna

Really nice heist image, FJM1977! :)

FJM1977

Thank you @Joanna!


It turned out really good, almost store promo quality imo

I used:

TX Allison from the Renderosity freebie calendar (25% body, 100% face etc.)

https://www.daz3d.com/z-delightful-curves-shape-and-pose-mega-set-for-genesis-9 I believe this was one of the holidaz deals. (Dialed to 75%)

Hair: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-megan-straight-hair-for-genesis-9

Pants from https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-rock-on-outfit-for-genesis-8-females one of my Broken Friday sale purchases

Belt from https://www.daz3d.com/bounty-huntress-outfit-for-genesis-8-females

Knife from https://www.daz3d.com/high-tech-scuba-diver-for-genesis-8-female-s

Top from https://www.daz3d.com/x-fashion-sci-soldier-outfit-for-genesis-9

Rope Coil: https://www.daz3d.com/adventure-outfit-for-genesis-8-females

Goggles: https://www.daz3d.com/ajc-dynamic-ski-line-outfit-accessories-for-genesis-8-and-81-females I really like to use these for hi-tech night vision goggles etc.

RuDy's Sexy Style 75 for the harness

Gloves are Driving Gloves by Zoro_d on renderosity

Boots from https://www.daz3d.com/nocturne-outfit-for-genesis-9 I opted for the 2.99 over the freebie in this advent calendar case.

https://www.daz3d.com/bank-vault One of my 1.99's punch preservers 

Belly Button ring is Navel Piercings G8F-G9 by Sadrielxv 

Collar is Heart Choker for Genesis 9 by Afrodite-Ohki

SapphireBlue

I did a handful of Dune-inspired renders to accompany a trailer-style soundtrack I produced for a music challenge.

I ended up getting RawArt's Wyrm World for this (though in one scene I used Sixus1 Media's Earth Wyrm) and helpfully found it waiting for me in the Outlet store. I also tried out a very nice P3D Sam as the base for a young Paul. I'm sure I used some other new stuff, but no idea which anymore. I bought plenty last month... 

 

smoke14

Render featuring some recently acquired assets...KOO Javier, MI Masculine Summer Casual Outfit for G9, NG Portrait Studio & NG Portrait Studio--Stool Poses for G9

 

FJM1977

SapphireBlue said:

I did a handful of Dune-inspired renders to accompany a trailer-style soundtrack I produced for a music challenge.

I ended up getting RawArt's Wyrm World for this (though in one scene I used Sixus1 Media's Earth Wyrm) and helpfully found it waiting for me in the Outlet store. I also tried out a very nice P3D Sam as the base for a young Paul. I'm sure I used some other new stuff, but no idea which anymore. I bought plenty last month... 

 

Ooooh neat! from one composer to another, that is a nice track!

SapphireBlue

FJM1977 said:

SapphireBlue said:

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Ooooh neat! from one composer to another, that is a nice track!

 

Thank you so much!  If you have your work online, feel free to share a link. I always enjoy having a listen. 

And if you haven't tried working on your compositions alongside your DAZ adventures, I highly recommend it. They feed off each other and inspire one another and really open up a whole new level of possibilties. 

SilverGirl

This pic is a shout-out to https://www.daz3d.com/wearable-lights-and-cameras-for-genesis-9 -- which is fantastically easy to use. 

One might think "well gosh, what's the point of it with a spotlight obviously in the picture?" -- well, the spotlight caused the broom handle to cast a shadow on her face that made it look like she very badly needed to visit a dentist. Added the wearable lights and BAM, no more issue!

Nothing else in the pic is new.

(No particular story. It's just been a rough few days, so I thought I'd have a little art therapy and give Grace an Elphaba moment, courtesy of the Wicked soundtrack I've been looping on my mp3 player for the last two days. She's a theater nerd, so I figured she wouldn't mind.)

Matt_Castle

Will/Oso remarked on Discord about whether the hole on the back of today's Eve Christmas Bodysuit could be made to make more sense by putting it on a tailed character. And I'd kind of been wondering the same, so I took a shot at it (albeit while retexturing it into a swimsuit).

Gallery Link

I've also attached the custom displacement map I used to give the seams more shape. (I used it with settings of Strength 0.5, Displacement range of -0.5/0.5 and SubD 2).

FJM1977

Kat Strikes:

 

Testing Digital Touch's Melina character, and the Strike Back outfit + Chungdan's Wedge boots, my first G8 render in a while! hair is Side Bob by Linday

 

acb

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paulawp (marahzen)

It's been a long time since I constructed anything resembling a scene. It's probably not wise to even consider how much stuff I have bought in that span of time, which has barely been used.

"Downpour"

https://www.daz3d.com/london-west-end-shops
https://www.daz3d.com/fe-neutral-cool-semi-dry-hair-and-wet-hair-for-genesis-9
https://www.daz3d.com/sy-sweat-kit-genesis-9
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-8-in-1-winter-fashion-wardrobe-collection
CGI Olive Earrings for Genesis 9
https://www.daz3d.com/brz-romantic-rain-single-poses-for-genesis-9

And numerous shaping items that I picked up in yesterday's "top 200 figures" sale, which aren't obvious enough in this render to mention them specifically.