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Yes, I were also surprised, how items discussed here appeared on first places in "What's Hot" part of the store.
Maybe the algorithm takes into account how many time the product page is displayed, and discussions would cause people to go see what it's about.
I was coming here to mention the Roman in the Aztec Ruins myself. Does anyone ever do basic research? Now to look at the guns.
Not a handgun, but a hand canon, yes, that is possible. The Aztec thing, I stay away from things like that. There are a lot of free items on the internet, from certain historical periods, and I use mostly those to create my own environment. It's more accurate, and I like creating my own stuff.
Hmm, okay I had to look up early guns. https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-first-gun.htm so maybe those are okay if Marco Polo brought back the blueprints. Or someone paid attention to the Ottoman Turks.
Thank you, @Tarantanamir and @memcneil70. Yes, I think that firearms, along with many other Chinese inventions, were brought to Europe by Marco Polo in the 13th century. But I didn't think that handguns existed in Europe, including Turkey, so early on. Thanks for the link, memcneil70!
While technically within the range of what's academically considered to be the mediaeval period, the term "mediaeval" is extremely broad to the point of being unhelpful - it covers roughly a thousand years between 500 and 1500, and a vast range of culture and technology. (You might broadly understand the English of the late Middle Ages as if it were a thick dialect, but the English of the Early Middle Ages would be nearly impenetrable).
Even then, it's often widely misused for a wider range than even that - I would say that in common usage, the term might cover a good two or three centuries wider in each direction.
I would prefer to think of the adoption of early firearms in European history as part of the Renaissance, rather than part of the Middle Ages, simply because it's a much more specific descriptor.
I'm stealing this :)
My must buy of today is https://www.daz3d.com/shattered-ii-toughened-glass-props-and-shaders mainly because it has a shattered windscreen and side window! Woot! Now I can do accurate depictions of driving on NZ roads
Does it have a way for the cracks to grow in an animation? Would be great for action movie shots where a window cracks and then fails completely.
When we traveled to NZ (from the US), we rented a car. Unfortunately, my husband caused an accident at a roundabout, in a construction zone, 5 minutes after we picked up the car. Roundabouts are bad enough, but when driving on the "wrong" side of the road, surrounded by traffic cones and deviated lanes, it became an untenable situation for him. Fortunately nobody was hurt, damage was small, and we only had to pay $250 deductible, because he was smart enough to have purchased the insurance. We still arrived at out destination in time and took a small plane flight around White Mountain in January 2020, less than 2 months after it erupted. The destroyed helicopter on the ground was visible from the plane. It was a sobering experience.
Yeah, at this point I think Medieval is used for anything between the stone age and Victorian, mostly because Victorian has been earmarked for Steampunk.
@Mat_Castle That comc is fantastic and now lives on my hard drive
I drove 5000 km in New Zealand on the "wrong" side of the road and actually did pretty good. But one time at a roundabout in Queensland, when all I had to do was do a sharp turn left and I'd be in the lane I wanted, I did the US thing of going right. As I circled around, I started thinking to myself it seemed a long way around and as I approached the lane I started from, I suddenly realized I had gone the wrong way. Fortunately it was early morning and no other cars were about. Later that day I saw in the local paper an article complaining about tourists driving the wrong way around roundabouts. Oops! Lesson learned.
so it's you lot I roll my eyes at on Dashcans Australia
NZ roads and drivers are pretty bad...the roads here up north have potholes that can be seen from space ;) and are a trap for unwary tourists. We were driving to the beach one day and came across a pair of English girls, just hours off the plane, and off the road. They had sailed off the tarseal going 100ks onto the gravel, panicked, overcorrected and ended up in the scrub. We hauled them out and they headed back to the sealed road planning to amend their itinerary to exclude gravel for the rest of their trip. Poor loves, NZ was not like they expected back home!
It's always campervans over here, my god they are a menace. I watched one come round a blind corner on the wrong side and me and my mate were screaming at them from the side of the road but they sailed blissfully, ignorantly on. We didn't hear a bang so they got away with it that time.
We have this one. Better known as the Magic Roundabout, and yes each of those small circles is a roundabout as well as the whole thing.
I know that. I lived nearby for 8 months, although for 35 years ago.
They put roundabouts on either side of the fire station near my parents' house. Because clearly the most sensible thing to do to an emergency vehicle, which has the right of way, is to make it slow down.
The new release 'FN Susan'. Are those neck tendons normal? The front ones 'maybe' but the others look way too pronounced to me. No worries, I can just dial down the neck tendons morph, .. oh there isn't one. Ok well I can edit the morph more to my liking .... oh it's HD so I can't. Oh well, if I ever need a female character that can lift cwt sacks of coal with her head I know right where to come.
Well, I do know that there used to be a castle with 7 meter (23 feet) thick walls in my hometown, the order of building it was given around 1400 AD, and the reason was that cannons became more common in sieges. Early cannons had a very short range, but were still devestating enough to destroy regular castle walls. It took almost 200 years before the star shaped bastion forts got invented, so for a long while, that castle was considered the best possible defense. The castle was sadly demolished in the 18th century, so I never got to see it with my own eyes, only part of the foundations when they were excavated in the eighties. Bricks were actually a hot commodity when the castle was demolished, many were re-used to build houses locally, but many were also sold to other towns for whatever they wanted to build. If you ever wonder why Amsterdam has moats but doesn't have citywalls: the same happened there, citywalls were demolished, the bricks were sold to other cities to cover some debts.
that does look freaky but maybe was inspired by a person, usually would expect more of their tendons to pop though if that's their physique
Googled and wish I hadn't
I've long been inclined to complain about the silliest inaccuracies in models. But ... the Middle Ages folk were themselves some of the wildest Crusaders-in-tanks writers and illustrators. They easily rivalled Hollywood for historical inaccuracy. They had some old stories, mostly passed through Latin regardless of origin, but they mostly had no access to illustrations or archaeology, and mostly had no idea how the earlier events and peoples would really have appeared. Maybe they'd have been pleased to incorporate the costumes of earlier ages if they'd had any idea about them -- but they seldom did.
They're responsible for depicting 4th-5th century Brythonic Celtic warriors Arthur and Gawain in the plate armor of the High Middle Ages, and making war on destriers in the manner of the joust. So in the Nibelungenlied the tragedy of Siegfried and Brunhild, Germanic tribesfolk from the 5th century Continent, partly take place at a High Middle Ages court. Hector of Troy and King David, two of the Nine Worthies, were both be depicted in then-contemporary medieval arms and armor.
So if I make a historically accurate replica of Sir Thomas Malory's idea of what was happening at King Arthur's court, it'll still be Crusaders in tanks.
...well they did have the Holy Hand grenade of Antioch and used coconut halves for horses
we spend a lot of time in the Carrara forum discussing and Stezza modeling such stuff
The dForce SU Fashion Trench Coat for Genesis 9, 8.1, and 8 Female looks nice on its own, but does someone know if it's easy to put it over clothes like pants and skirts ?
It looks rather tight, so default I would say no.
It has an expand all morph that might help. Else/and you can add a puch modifier and adjust as needed. Or last resort use mesh grabber it there is problem areas.
You might simulate the inner clothes first with a contraction/expansion of ~90-95 so the clothing will sit tighter.
@Elor, consider outfits that are near skin like:
https://www.daz3d.com/cgi-elementals-basic-sweater-leggings-for-genesis-8-8-1f-and-genesis-9
https://www.daz3d.com/sexy-skinz--bodysuits-vol-ii-for-genesis-9
https://www.daz3d.com/sexy-skinz--jeans-and-things-for-genesis-9
This is a quickie list and even then I was interrupted by the cloudfare error.
This is so amazing
I am speechless.
Not just some great environment, but rather an inspiering tool set for being creative.
The kind of content, I love to see.
https://www.daz3d.com/hill-side-villa-bundle