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  • Heeding Lyoness's call, I went and made a pretty picture starring her Shadow Kin. Very lovely extensive set. (The cute dragon is OSO Pixie Dragon.) heart

  • mdingmding Posts: 1,764

    @SapphireBlue: What a lovely render!

  • mding said:

    @SapphireBlue: What a lovely render!

    yes heart it is 

  • LyonessLyoness Posts: 1,640

    SapphireBlue said:

    Heeding Lyoness's call, I went and made a pretty picture starring her Shadow Kin. Very lovely extensive set. (The cute dragon is OSO Pixie Dragon.) heart

    oh so lovely. I'm glad you had fun!!

  • tsroemitsroemi Posts: 3,536

    Lorraine said:

    tsroemi said:

    I just need to put this out here because it's eating me up inside right now: I love Linday's hairs, but their promos have always been borderline p@rnographic, and with the latest product ( https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-classic-loose-curls-long-hair-for-genesis-9-8-and-81-female), the're moving even beyond that. The character looks so cartoonishly over-sexualized, botoxed and plain dumb that I feel personally insulted as a woman. I'm deleting their stuff from my WL for now, there needs to be a line somewhere. 

    Aside from the motif, I really can't even guess what the hair would look like on a normal character. Where's the sense in that? No seriously, this screw needs to be rewound a few notches. And it's not just Linday (Linday is just the one where it hurts cause I like their stuff so).

    Did that after the Mediterrean Boat and Poses dropped. Made me puke. Not an attitude toward women I wish to encourage.

    yes

    I was on the brink when that dropped. Usually, I would have purchased the boat right away cause it was so wellmade and I do love boats, but since it was coupled with these hideous poses, I stuffed it into the back of my WL  so to speak, for when it would be extremely discounted. Should have read the signs better, like you did. Even a single cent is too much encouragement here. 

  • joannajoanna Posts: 2,492

    Lorraine said:

    tsroemi said:

    I just need to put this out here because it's eating me up inside right now: I love Linday's hairs, but their promos have always been borderline p@rnographic, and with the latest product ( https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-classic-loose-curls-long-hair-for-genesis-9-8-and-81-female), the're moving even beyond that. The character looks so cartoonishly over-sexualized, botoxed and plain dumb that I feel personally insulted as a woman. I'm deleting their stuff from my WL for now, there needs to be a line somewhere. 

    Aside from the motif, I really can't even guess what the hair would look like on a normal character. Where's the sense in that? No seriously, this screw needs to be rewound a few notches. And it's not just Linday (Linday is just the one where it hurts cause I like their stuff so).

    Did that after the Mediterrean Boat and Poses dropped. Made me puke. Not an attitude toward women I wish to encourage.

    Yeah, I can't look at their promos too, even though the products are excellent, and in the end, I always put something else in the cart.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,684
    edited December 2025

    would they be less confronting if man and woman instead of same sex?

    because honestly I don't see anything else different to other pose sets

    I am personally not interested in pose sets myself and they don't worry me at all

    yes the characters look like they have had lots of work done, that I agree

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  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,570
    edited December 2025

    I don't want to jump on a bandwagon, but have to say I've been buying their hair despite the promo images, rather than because of them. And the clothing, I feel, does not remotely suit my less than curvy favourite character.

    Linday are not the only ones. I did rather feel the 'IQ = Off' switch had been flicked with this P3Design promo:

    Regards,

    Richard.

     

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  • Not VictoriaNot Victoria Posts: 123
    edited December 2025

    Once you get used to the general oversexualization everywhere, Lindsay’s style reads more like an "always covergirl" approach in their promos. It reflects the same exaggerated realism found in games like GTA and isn’t meant to be interpreted literally, It largely depends on what the viewer sees.

    I genuinely appreciate the lighting, the angles, and the environmental work in their promos, everything comes together like a professional photoshoot built purely to showcase a 3D product..

    What I find far less appealing are the “lingerie on mannequin number 4000” promos: flat studio lighting, minimal effort, and nothing more.

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  • TimbalesTimbales Posts: 2,433
    I'm turned off by the marketing of products for Genesis 9 that are ostensibly something gender neutral and don't feature any male characters, or at least the base neutral shape, in the neutral product shots. I won't name them, but it's more often the case then not.
  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,478

    Timbales said:

    I'm turned off by the marketing of products for Genesis 9 that are ostensibly something gender neutral and don't feature any male characters, or at least the base neutral shape, in the neutral product shots. I won't name them, but it's more often the case then not.

    Conversely, I adore the ones that show me how "traditionally female" stuff looks on a guy! ChangelingChick always has makeup options for her gents, for example, and I respect that SO HARD. I don't wear makeup myself, but I fully support that anyone ought to be able to!

    And if a masc-bodied individual wants in on that evening gown, they should absolutely own the heck out of it!

  • MissLeahMissLeah Posts: 234

    SilverGirl said:

    Timbales said:

    I'm turned off by the marketing of products for Genesis 9 that are ostensibly something gender neutral and don't feature any male characters, or at least the base neutral shape, in the neutral product shots. I won't name them, but it's more often the case then not.

    Conversely, I adore the ones that show me how "traditionally female" stuff looks on a guy! ChangelingChick always has makeup options for her gents, for example, and I respect that SO HARD. I don't wear makeup myself, but I fully support that anyone ought to be able to!

    And if a masc-bodied individual wants in on that evening gown, they should absolutely own the heck out of it!

    laugh 1000% agree, SilverGirl! Some of the PAs, like ChangelingChick, are so generously accommodating to those of us who want products which can be used for any gender. The ability to use any G9 product on any G9 character is the primary reason why I ported my regular characters over from G8. Many 'female' clothing items can be worn on a male body and look great, and I appreciate being able to do that with minimal distortion. And yeah, sometimes my boys want to wear a little makeup. Or my girls want to wear traditionally 'male' clothing. I love having those options. heart

  • TimbalesTimbales Posts: 2,433

    Timbales said:

    I'm turned off by the marketing of products for Genesis 9 that are ostensibly something gender neutral and don't feature any male characters, or at least the base neutral shape, in the neutral product shots. I won't name them, but it's more often the case then not.

    Conversely, I adore the ones that show me how "traditionally female" stuff looks on a guy! ChangelingChick always has makeup options for her gents, for example, and I respect that SO HARD. I don't wear makeup myself, but I fully support that anyone ought to be able to!

    And if a masc-bodied individual wants in on that evening gown, they should absolutely own the heck out of it!

    That doesn't have anything to do with my post, and feels like you're minimizing my comment. But I'm glad you're able to see makeup on characters.
  • MissLeahMissLeah Posts: 234

    I agree with you too, Timbales. That's a peeve of mine too. We already get so much overtly female content that when something comes along which is advertised as being gender neutral, I want to see it modeled on a neutral base or both a male and female body, so I can assess if it's something I can use. More often than not, I need to use my imagination for that assessment. laugh

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,478

    Timbales said:

    SilverGirl said:

    Timbales said:

    I'm turned off by the marketing of products for Genesis 9 that are ostensibly something gender neutral and don't feature any male characters, or at least the base neutral shape, in the neutral product shots. I won't name them, but it's more often the case then not.

    Conversely, I adore the ones that show me how "traditionally female" stuff looks on a guy! ChangelingChick always has makeup options for her gents, for example, and I respect that SO HARD. I don't wear makeup myself, but I fully support that anyone ought to be able to!

    And if a masc-bodied individual wants in on that evening gown, they should absolutely own the heck out of it!

    That doesn't have anything to do with my post, and feels like you're minimizing my comment. But I'm glad you're able to see makeup on characters.

    I'm sorry if you felt the comment was minimizing or not relevant -- that wasn't my intent. I agree with your point, my comment was more of an "but there are some who do it, and I wish others would be more like them" add-on. Apparently that was more apparent in my head than on the screen.

  • ArtAngelArtAngel Posts: 2,086

    richardandtracy said:

    I don't want to jump on a bandwagon, but have to say I've been buying their hair despite the promo images, rather than because of them. And the clothing, I feel, does not remotely suit my less than curvy favourite character.

    Linday are not the only ones. I did rather feel the 'IQ = Off' switch had been flicked with this P3Design promo:

    Regards,

    Richard.

     

    I'll jump on. I used to buy before it got so raunchy. Now I do not wish list either.
  • ArtAngelArtAngel Posts: 2,086

    Glad to see artists like JeffersonAF http://My Log Cabin Winter Add-on making seasonal versions of their products. Yesterday I spent hours making snow on every nook and cranny of a different product. So this Add-on is a slam dunk for me. Need something winterish like the Redroof Hamlet. Has anyone purchased it, https://www.daz3d.com/redroof-hamlet, and if so are the houses unique from one another. The description offers 4 houses but to me they all look like duplicates or instances. 

  • tsroemitsroemi Posts: 3,536

    Timbales said:

    I'm turned off by the marketing of products for Genesis 9 that are ostensibly something gender neutral and don't feature any male characters, or at least the base neutral shape, in the neutral product shots. I won't name them, but it's more often the case then not.

    This makes me so angry! What was the sense in the gender-neutral base at all if PAs keep ignoring it? Autofitting often doesn't do a good job between genders.

    But there's a small trick, someone told me in another thread that some vendors just don't list all the morphs in the promo description and will have masculine base at least, even if it's not stated. I think the discussion was about either Aeon Soul or OOT or Sue Yee, someone like this. So you can always check the readme!

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,715
    edited December 2025

    ArtAngel said:

    Glad to see artists like JeffersonAF http://My Log Cabin Winter Add-on making seasonal versions of their products. Yesterday I spent hours making snow on every nook and cranny of a different product. So this Add-on is a slam dunk for me. Need something winterish like the Redroof Hamlet. Has anyone purchased it, https://www.daz3d.com/redroof-hamlet, and if so are the houses unique from one another. The description offers 4 houses but to me they all look like duplicates or instances. 

    Here is what the props look like in Daz Sudio:

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,684
    edited December 2025

    I wishlisted it, I like Clacydarch's stuff but in no hurry

    it tends to be on the heavy side

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  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,715

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I wishlisted it, I like Clacydarch's stuff but in no hurry

    it tends to be on the heavy side

    Reopened D|S and loaded the set, it comes in at 1,620,766 vertices. 20 nodes, no lights, 10 cameras. 

    I gues if someone took what was there and expanded on it, varied the materials, ... that might up the load. But it is less than some of the HD characters I have been testing with hair, clothes and a basic  background set.

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,715
    edited December 2025

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I wishlisted it, I like Clacydarch's stuff but in no hurry

    it tends to be on the heavy side

    Duplicate, but did I respond to the wrong comment? Redroof Hamlet is by bituka3d. Or are they the same?

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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,478

    Really on the fence about https://www.daz3d.com/koo-ikaika-hd-for-genesis-9 -- wonderfully crafted character, love the fact he's Maori, and he has a really kind smile. (I get as stinking tired of all the "bad boy" fellows as I do all the "sex sells" femmes. Such turn-offs.)

    ...but I have so many characters already that I haven't used...

    ...but I do need something to keep my punches up and it's only $1 more than the QGs I was going to get...

    ugh. decisions. 

  • TimbalesTimbales Posts: 2,433
    tsroemi said:

    Timbales said:

    I'm turned off by the marketing of products for Genesis 9 that are ostensibly something gender neutral and don't feature any male characters, or at least the base neutral shape, in the neutral product shots. I won't name them, but it's more often the case then not.

    This makes me so angry! What was the sense in the gender-neutral base at all if PAs keep ignoring it? Autofitting often doesn't do a good job between genders.

    But there's a small trick, someone told me in another thread that some vendors just don't list all the morphs in the promo description and will have masculine base at least, even if it's not stated. I think the discussion was about either Aeon Soul or OOT or Sue Yee, someone like this. So you can always check the readme!

    What's worse is when it's a Daz Original product. They aren't even standing behind their own marketing.
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,684
    edited December 2025

    memcneil70 said:

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I wishlisted it, I like Clacydarch's stuff but in no hurry

    it tends to be on the heavy side

    Duplicate, but did I respond to the wrong comment? Redroof Hamlet is by bituka3d. Or are they the same?

    maybe, it says clacydarch on the product page and since I don't own it, no idea how heavy 

    a couple of other sets zi have are 

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  • AinmAinm Posts: 764

    SilverGirl said:

    Really on the fence about https://www.daz3d.com/koo-ikaika-hd-for-genesis-9 -- wonderfully crafted character, love the fact he's Maori, and he has a really kind smile. (I get as stinking tired of all the "bad boy" fellows as I do all the "sex sells" femmes. Such turn-offs.)

    ...but I have so many characters already that I haven't used...

    ...but I do need something to keep my punches up and it's only $1 more than the QGs I was going to get...

    ugh. decisions. 

    Reward the artists who aren't afraid of real people and even - shock horror - men. IMO cheeky

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,715

    I had my computers down while I cleaned my room, but as I looked at https://www.daz3d.com/alo-cleonike-hair-for-genesis-9-8-and-81-females I want to highlight it to anyone who loves hair products that are NOT dForce and offers Iray and Filatoon versions for G8F, G8.1F and G9, and a headset designed to work with the hair. The last promo shows the facets/quads as 87289 and the headset as 15834 facets. I have had very nice results from Akhelloos' hair products so far.

  • Phoenix1966Phoenix1966 Posts: 1,920

    Has anyone who has purchased Polish's Western Rocky Cabin (https://www.daz3d.com/polish-western-rocky-cabin) tried it yet? The 12th pop-up promo makes the cabin look really rough and I was wondering how it held up in close-ups or if it was better used at a distance.

  • I agree with @memcneil70 about Akhelloos hair. It's superb, and having G8 versions is fantastic. Regards, Richard.
  • Phoenix1966 said:

    Has anyone who has purchased Polish's Western Rocky Cabin (https://www.daz3d.com/polish-western-rocky-cabin) tried it yet? The 12th pop-up promo makes the cabin look really rough and I was wondering how it held up in close-ups or if it was better used at a distance.

    Isn't it merant to be rough? Lots of broken down stuff around it too. I am not sure how to read that image, though - it's in my cart, but I probably won't check out until later in the day.

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