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Demon Wings Question (solved)

BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
edited February 2016 in The Commons

I'm pondering to buy the Demon Wings http://www.daz3d.com/universal-demon-wings-for-genesis-2-male-s-and-genesis-2-female-s but the promo pics show more or less just one pose.

Are the wings bendable in and way, or fold up nicely, or are these more like butterfly wings in regards to movability/flexibility?

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  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116

    There are videos on the product page where the morphs and such can be previewed.

  • Hiro ProtagonistHiro Protagonist Posts: 699

    The first Youtube video on that page demonstrates all the movement morphs. At about 4:10 you can see the fold up option. They look quite comprehensive to me, and a lot more than butterfly wings would do. I think I'll probably get these.

  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112
    edited February 2016

    Come on guys you should have a bit more faith in me than that, I would never do cardboard cutout wings.

    All the work is done for you flap up/down front/back TwistFront/Back fold.

    Two dial set one in the shapes tab for flapping and folding and in the posing tab to help with fitting and scaling if needs.

     

    Utube video here

     

     

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  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    edited February 2016

    Thanks. smiley

    The Youtube vid doesn't work for me due to restrictions in the intranetwork I'm currently using, so I didn't it see that.

    Into the cart this goes, then. yes

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  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112
    edited February 2016

    OH yes the intranet blocks I remember that from my old company days, and they were a real pain in the you know what.

    Cheers

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  • TesseractSpaceTesseractSpace Posts: 1,582

    I think the Up-Down could probably be called Spread/Fold since that seems to what it does, with the Fold morph retitled Fold Back, to make them clearer about what motion is occuring. :)  Awesome looking set, will have to get it when I can.

  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112
    edited February 2016
    TesseractSpace said:

    I think the Up-Down could probably be called Spread/Fold since that seems to what it does, with the Fold morph retitled Fold Back, to make them clearer about what motion is occuring. :)  Awesome looking set, will have to get it when I can.

    Yes I agree with you there, it was a last minute inclusion, after I did the fold dial and thought people could use it. Thanks for the feedback !!!

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  • TesseractSpaceTesseractSpace Posts: 1,582
    Midnight_stories said:
    TesseractSpace said:

    I think the Up-Down could probably be called Spread/Fold since that seems to what it does, with the Fold morph retitled Fold Back, to make them clearer about what motion is occuring. :)  Awesome looking set, will have to get it when I can.

    Yes I agree with you there, it was a last minute inclusion, after I did the fold dial and thought people could use it. Thanks for the feedback !!!

    I'm already thinking of tricks to do with it, as I have a character that would make such wings out of tattered shadows, so two sets with one scaled slightly larger over the other and a dark wispy almost foglike texture applied and the normal sized one with the most tattered transmap... Hmm, could almost do something similar to make the burning wing textures look like they've got bits of flame coming off them.  Oh yes, they'll be fun when I can afford them. 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,758

    Are the movements morphs or are they controllers for bones that can also be posed individually?

  • Hiro ProtagonistHiro Protagonist Posts: 699

    Well I've gone from "probably" going to buy this product to actually buying it. I've got a few wings products and I think this has got the best morph options ever, not to mention all the material options. Can't wait to use it in a proper render devil

  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112
    TesseractSpace said:
    Midnight_stories said:
    TesseractSpace said:

    I think the Up-Down could probably be called Spread/Fold since that seems to what it does, with the Fold morph retitled Fold Back, to make them clearer about what motion is occuring. :)  Awesome looking set, will have to get it when I can.

    Yes I agree with you there, it was a last minute inclusion, after I did the fold dial and thought people could use it. Thanks for the feedback !!!

    I'm already thinking of tricks to do with it, as I have a character that would make such wings out of tattered shadows, so two sets with one scaled slightly larger over the other and a dark wispy almost foglike texture applied and the normal sized one with the most tattered transmap... Hmm, could almost do something similar to make the burning wing textures look like they've got bits of flame coming off them.  Oh yes, they'll be fun when I can afford them. 

    Yes I debated if I should just have a one sided wings or not, I modeled it all in Zbrush. I had the idea of mixing the front and back layers to get different effects with transparency maps. Plus I hadn't done Iray transparency before and wasn't sure if I need a gloss map to match them, it turned out you only need the transparency map, as it over rides all other properties. So if you want to make them transparent use the "Hide Back" preset in the edges folder. Another fun thing you can try is making maps for the Emission Color and crank up the Luminance and make them into a light.

  • TesseractSpaceTesseractSpace Posts: 1,582
    Midnight_stories said:
    TesseractSpace said:
    Midnight_stories said:
    TesseractSpace said:

    I think the Up-Down could probably be called Spread/Fold since that seems to what it does, with the Fold morph retitled Fold Back, to make them clearer about what motion is occuring. :)  Awesome looking set, will have to get it when I can.

    Yes I agree with you there, it was a last minute inclusion, after I did the fold dial and thought people could use it. Thanks for the feedback !!!

    I'm already thinking of tricks to do with it, as I have a character that would make such wings out of tattered shadows, so two sets with one scaled slightly larger over the other and a dark wispy almost foglike texture applied and the normal sized one with the most tattered transmap... Hmm, could almost do something similar to make the burning wing textures look like they've got bits of flame coming off them.  Oh yes, they'll be fun when I can afford them. 

    Yes I debated if I should just have a one sided wings or not, I modeled it all in Zbrush. I had the idea of mixing the front and back layers to get different effects with transparency maps. Plus I hadn't done Iray transparency before and wasn't sure if I need a gloss map to match them, it turned out you only need the transparency map, as it over rides all other properties. So if you want to make them transparent use the "Hide Back" preset in the edges folder. Another fun thing you can try is making maps for the Emission Color and crank up the Luminance and make them into a light.

    Oh yes, was already planning that. Imagine a figure with the wings flapped forward around him, lit only by the burning glow of his wings, (and maybe a dim ambient light to keep it from being too dark.)

  • Midnight_storiesMidnight_stories Posts: 4,112

    I think there some glow maps in the expansion pack don't quote me on that.

    here's one of the early experiments.

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  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,899

    Most impressive!

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