Aiko 7

SnowSultan · July 2016

I've never seen Hatsune Miku with hair like the Waterfall Tails. The green hair promo may remind us of Miku, but the style is very different.

XtraDimensional · July 2016

Here are some more 50-50 mixes. Eva7, Girl 7, Gia 7, Karen 7, Kalea 7, & Olympia 7

KA1 · July 2016

Have to admit, not incredibly impressed with the base Aiko 7 character, impressed with the Pro bundles content as a whole though and @OziChick Lolita and Sakura alone make the base character worth me having!

XtraDimensional · July 2016

Here are the last three: Arabella, Bethany, & Izabella

(At least, I think that's all of them. If I've forgotten anyone, please let me know!)

Dkgoose · July 2016

I don't get why Daz wouldn't just name whatever male model they are working on Hiro, after all it's just a name and it skipped a generation, I'm sure since how all the characters look completely different it shouldn't be an issue, I mean they released the guy 7 and he looks absolutely nothing like the guy 4 even though he was created by a vendor not Daz, but considering it's just the name, Daz could easily make all the Hiro fans happy that way and still get their new male out, love the new Aiko too

Cybersox · July 2016

First render with Aiko 7. There's definitiitely a lot of potential for this one, though I have to say that, if she reminds me of any previous figure, it's Terai Yuki rather than one of the previous Aikos.

nicstt · July 2016

Just managed to get this together. Love the outfit (although not the shoes.) Then again I hate heals.

I dialed down the Aiko morph, and reduced the eye size in addition as I just don't like the large eyes.

Pippen · July 2016

ghosty12 said:

AnotherUserName said:

I like her better than Aiko 6. I can say that for certain.

I would say the other way around as I see Aiko 6 was the last of the Aiko series that had that certain charm.. Aiko 7 seems to have lost that Anime look that Aiko was known for.. Infact if you look at Aiko's 3 4,5 and 6 Aiko 7 looks nothing like them now..

RCDeschene said:

Okay, time to point-out the obvious... The Razor-Cut Bob and Waterfall Tails Stylized Hairs are clear references to Biosock Infinite's Elisabeth and Vocaloid's Hatsune Miku.

Also, who else is noticing that all her content is now 100% J-Pop as opposed to anything traditionally Japanese? Hell, she's not even referred to as anything "Anime" in her description anymore. Aiko has officially become her own niche and everything specifically Anime/Manga is now Keiko's territory...

Yeah I would say that Keiko is the new Aiko when it comes to Anime/Manga characters, since Aiko 7 looks nothing like her forebears, to me she has lost all that made Aiko, Aiko..

I completely agree. I bought all the other Aiko generation bundles. I've been waiting for Aiko 7 and all I have to say is....What the hell happen to Aiko?? I'm very disappointed and wont be buying. Thanks for ruining my favorite character.

Toyen · July 2016

Nice renders guys! Wow, Aiko really is beautiful! 100% better looking than Aiko 6!

I must say Daz is really doing a good job with Genesis 3 figures : )

Mendoman · July 2016

Hmmm, I'm kinda sad and happy at the same time. I was really waiting for Aiko 7, and was saving some money to get her as soon she's released. I even had to skip Ivan 7, and that guy really rocks, but now I'm not so sure I like her. Her body is nice and skin looks really good, but her face looks just...I don't know? She's not a cartoon character nor a real character, but something in between. To be honest, she looks much better in this thread's user renders than in those promo renders, but I'm still kinda sitting on the fence. Maybe combining Natsuko's face and Aiko's body would create a better hentai/manga character, but how Natsuko would look with Aiko's skin, and how well you can dial spin Aiko's face to something new...oh well, maybe later. Well, so I was sad that she was not what I was expecting, but at the same time I'm really glad I saved some money so I can finally buy Ivan and his brand new HD Add-on. Yay! He looks super!

kfox65 · July 2016

Can somebody post a pic of the Lieutenant Synergy outfit without the jacket? I'm really on the fence about this pack, but that might make the difference for me. Thanks!

FSMCDesigns · July 2016

nicstt said:

Just managed to get this together. Love the outfit (although not the shoes.) Then again I hate heals.

I dialed down the Aiko morph, and reduced the eye size in addition as I just don't like the large eyes.

I like the face with the eyes smaller, nice job. Any chance of another image without that hair, or less hair to see the face more.

jakku · July 2016

Aiko 7 is absolutely fantastic, I really like the fact that she is in between, can make her go both ways easily and with great results :)

The texture is so great! I just wish there would be just 1 normal everyday style make up option to make the textures even more versatile. This texture is so good that it deserves to be used alot :)

I am kind of hoping for a make up product made for Aiko 7, scifi, fantasy, anime, animal makeup like cute bunny, cat, scary make up, real world make up and so on

The bundles are great too, everyone involved did a fantastic job with this release!

Thanks!

Happy customer :D

pc2014 · July 2016

Pippen said:

ghosty12 said:

AnotherUserName said:

I like her better than Aiko 6. I can say that for certain.

I would say the other way around as I see Aiko 6 was the last of the Aiko series that had that certain charm.. Aiko 7 seems to have lost that Anime look that Aiko was known for.. Infact if you look at Aiko's 3 4,5 and 6 Aiko 7 looks nothing like them now..

RCDeschene said:

Okay, time to point-out the obvious... The Razor-Cut Bob and Waterfall Tails Stylized Hairs are clear references to Biosock Infinite's Elisabeth and Vocaloid's Hatsune Miku.

Also, who else is noticing that all her content is now 100% J-Pop as opposed to anything traditionally Japanese? Hell, she's not even referred to as anything "Anime" in her description anymore. Aiko has officially become her own niche and everything specifically Anime/Manga is now Keiko's territory...

Yeah I would say that Keiko is the new Aiko when it comes to Anime/Manga characters, since Aiko 7 looks nothing like her forebears, to me she has lost all that made Aiko, Aiko..

I completely agree. I bought all the other Aiko generation bundles. I've been waiting for Aiko 7 and all I have to say is....What the hell happen to Aiko?? I'm very disappointed and wont be buying. Thanks for ruining my favorite character.

I have to agree. The iconic characters are looking less and less iconic and leaning more toward realistic these days. Aiko used to have that cool Japanese anime feel to it. Now she reminds me of the earlier Victorias. I remember using Victoria 4 and thinking man... this 3D stuff rocks, but the characters are just a wee to unrealistic to substitute for a photo of a real person. Now Aiko has that look. Wherease before, she was definitely a cartoon. You didn't have to try to fake her as real, because she wasn't meant to be real.

lx_2807502 · July 2016

kfox65 said:

Can somebody post a pic of the Lieutenant Synergy outfit without the jacket? I'm really on the fence about this pack, but that might make the difference for me. Thanks!

You can also have the jacket on but make the dangling tails thing invisible via material zones, which made it nice for me (didn't like that part.)

RCDeschene said:

Wait, STAR 7!? Where did you here this? O_o

Waterfall tails hair.

(See images for relevant stuffs)

lx_2807502 · July 2016

RCDeschene said:

lx said:

RCDeschene said:

Okay, time to point-out the obvious... The Razor-Cut Bob and Waterfall Tails Stylized Hairs are clear references to Biosock Infinite's Elisabeth and Vocaloid's Hatsune Miku.

Also, who else is noticing that all her content is now 100% J-Pop as opposed to anything traditionally Japanese? Hell, she's not even referred to as anything "Anime" in her description anymore. Aiko has officially become her own niche and everything specifically Anime/Manga is now Keiko's territory...

They might be, but the waterfall tails hair looks nothing like Miku to me and the razor cut bob could just as easily be inspired by ghost in the shell (which Aiko trends really heavily towards these days) or any of a billion other characters with that sort of short hair. Trying to make Elisabeth or Miku with Aiko 7 would break my brain - I like her as she is, but she's about a billion miles from cute anime.

The outfits just look standard scifi/cyberpunk to me (apart from the EGL one which also is not J-Pop.)

I do like Aiko 7 (and more than 6 who felt really lost as to what she was trying to be) but she's very different from old Aiko, and certainly not toon/anime. She makes me think more cyborg - lots of realistic detail, yet also not quite real human. Kinda like this sort of style. Still hoping for a cute anime girl with proper anime style outfits but it's starting to feel like Daz isn't the place to deliver for that.

I'm really not really seeing a significant air of GITS with her. Even that face render you provided only makes look more like Elisabeth:

Also, it goes without saying that the promotional color of that Waterfall hair given it's pigtail style, is without a doubt a nod to Miku. After all, Miku's personified character is 3D and more tied to interactive media like apps (MikuMikuDance) and games (Project Diva) than anything traditionally 2D. So, it's quite appropriate that Aiko, a 3D J-Pop character herself, would be associated with her.

Okay yeah she really looks like the Elisabeth image there. Now that I'm a bit more familiar with the characters, it's not so much Aiko that makes me think of GiTS, but Natsuko (thinking GiTS:SAC era CG, since Matoko has changed quite a bit over time.)

I guess I could see Aiko as someone trying to cosplay as Hatsune Miku, but the body type and style is so fundamentally different that I would never imagine it as actually her. You'd be much better off using Star (whose sailor moon hair is probably a better fit for the hair, too.)

I think having a range of j-pop outfits would have been really fun, but aside from the gothic lolita outfit, none of them scream "Eastern" to me at all. They're just standard sci fi outfits that could be used anywhere (which is fine too.)

outrider42 · July 2016

Mendoman said:

Hmmm, I'm kinda sad and happy at the same time. I was really waiting for Aiko 7, and was saving some money to get her as soon she's released. I even had to skip Ivan 7, and that guy really rocks, but now I'm not so sure I like her. Her body is nice and skin looks really good, but her face looks just...I don't know? She's not a cartoon character nor a real character, but something in between. To be honest, she looks much better in this thread's user renders than in those promo renders, but I'm still kinda sitting on the fence. Maybe combining Natsuko's face and Aiko's body would create a better hentai/manga character, but how Natsuko would look with Aiko's skin, and how well you can dial spin Aiko's face to something new...oh well, maybe later. Well, so I was sad that she was not what I was expecting, but at the same time I'm really glad I saved some money so I can finally buy Ivan and his brand new HD Add-on. Yay! He looks super!

I think the problem some are having is that she is swimming in the uncanny valley a bit too much. Her skin looks more real, but because the morph is less exaggerated compared to her past versions, it ends up looking weird. It's like the life like Super Mario somebody did once...kind of disturbing. (Look it up.)

Aiko should be all anime. I'd even suggest she should have some more cartoonish skin to complete her look, let the spin off characters go realistic if they want. All of the Daz G3 releases, except Girl 7, have more realistic skin. Realistic skin doesn't make sense for nearly every character. And if people want more real morphs, they can simply dial down the base morph. As it is, you need to add something like Girl 7, or maybe Izabelle 7, to get that anime look. The Lolita character looks more Aiko than Aiko does...

Anyway, now that GenX has updated, one can just try converting Aiko 6. Actually, has anyone done this? How does she look? I'd really like to see Aiko 6 converted to G3 next to Aiko 7, with both characters using the same skin, especially Aiko 7's skin.

I hope this doesn't offend anyone, but Aiko 7's promo pics are not inspiring. Just looking at those does nothing for me. Nothing at all. Its like they can't make up their mind which direction to take her, like the character herself, and the result suffers. As has happened for recent releases, there are pics in this thread that are FAR more interesting. Daz better hope everyone who is interested in Aiko 7 and is on the fence somehow finds this thread...

Wonderland · July 2016

Hanabi said:

Here are the first 3. 50-50 mix of A7 with V7, Teen Josie 7, and Rune 7

Oh, thanks. I think she looks much better as a mix....

kfox65 · July 2016

Thanks much Ix!

XtraDimensional · July 2016

This just finished cooking

Will do a side-by-side of A6 & A7 on Genesis 3. Just a moment.

Mattymanx · July 2016

Hanabi said:

This just finished cooking

Will do a side-by-side of A6 & A7 on Genesis 3. Just a moment.

That looks good!

XtraDimensional · July 2016

Here is that side-by-side. A6 is on the left, A7 on the right. Both use A7 skin.

bryanll1 · July 2016

lx said:

I was thinking of getting CyberFit and Sakura with the Pro Bundle, but it doesn't seem to include anatomical elements, and I'm not a fan of incomplete textures.

I guess I'll have to go with FaceIt and CyberFit too - Aiko's skin looks amazing but I still think her face is a bit weird.

I thought just the opposite. I like the face, but the skin looks a lityle greyish.

bryanll1 · July 2016

bryanll1 said:

lx said:

I was thinking of getting CyberFit and Sakura with the Pro Bundle, but it doesn't seem to include anatomical elements, and I'm not a fan of incomplete textures.

I guess I'll have to go with FaceIt and CyberFit too - Aiko's skin looks amazing but I still think her face is a bit weird.

I thought just the opposite. I like the face, but the skin looks a little greyish.

lx_2807502 · July 2016

Hanabi said:

Here is that side-by-side. A6 is on the left, A7 on the right. Both use A7 skin.

Hm I can see noticeable details missing from G3F that G2F had, but in this case I think it suits Aiko.

Thanks for all your comparison renders!

XtraDimensional · July 2016

lx said:

Hanabi said:

Here is that side-by-side. A6 is on the left, A7 on the right. Both use A7 skin.

Hm I can see noticeable details missing from G3F that G2F had, but in this case I think it suits Aiko.

Thanks for all your comparison renders!

Not a problem! I've got to justify owning all these character morphs somehow, right? lol

Ghosty12 · July 2016

At the current rate I have bypassed most of the Genesis 3 line as have had no real need (only bought the base morphs and V7 PP when it was super cheap), and well I have most of the Genesis 2 base characters and have hardly used them.. So with that will see what comes with Genesis 4 in 2017 and Aiko 8 in 2018 if going by product life cycles of each generation..

But in all while Aiko 7 does look good it just does not pique my fancy as she has lost most of what made her special..

bryanll1 · July 2016

I saw the idea of 50/50 mixing the Aiko7 withbother characters and gave one a shot. Here is a slightly tweaked 50/50 Aiko7/Girl7 that I just rendered.

j cade · July 2016

Here's my expiriments with A7 rendered in Iray and tonemapped in PS with the lines rendered in blender and then composited. Blender does really nice toon lines. I could probably do smething toonier fully rendering in blender, but that takes more setup

the other image is the straight Iray render, no blender no postwork etc. which is still pretty toony looking IMO

mambanegra · July 2016

j cade said:

Here's my expiriments with A7 rendered in Iray and tonemapped in PS with the lines rendered in blender and then composited. Blender does really nice toon lines. I could probably do smething toonier fully rendering in blender, but that takes more setup

the other image is the straight Iray render, no blender no postwork etc. which is still pretty toony looking IMO

I like the softness of the texture beneath those lines. It works together very well.

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