Floyd 8

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  • j cadej cade Posts: 2,310
    Oso3D said:

    Nah, I just added some medium low saturation brown to the base color, a lighter low saturation brown to translucency, dropped translucency from .9 to .5, and reduced bump to 1.5.

    The thing about high translucency skin is that it tends to lose detail, so a lot of skins try to balance that with high bump. I'm not sure high translucency really makes sense for skin (though sometimes it looks AMAZING), but darker skin makes a stronger argument for lowering it. So... there.

    I also moved the transmitted color a few nudges toward yellow; there are a wide variety of subtle underlying color tones to black skin, from blue to gray to yellow to brick and ruddy red, depending on a lot of factors and ethnicity.

     

    Theoretically you could set up skin with 100% translucency that worked and didn't darken anything or get undetailed. Theoretically this would be more physically accurate. That said translucency and sss are super finicky in iray so actually getting it to work is very questionable

     

    (the general method is low sss scale, but to get it to work right you want to use chromatic sss and fiddling with the settings tends to inexplicably turn the figure bright green or see through. I have my suspicions for why this happens but thats a whole other long spiel)

  • IchibanIchiban Posts: 113
    edited May 2018

    He likes the shower cap! Thank you!

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  • xmasrosexmasrose Posts: 1,409

    Thanks Ichiban wink

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,575

    Since a shower cap is used to prevent an expensive hairdo from getting wet, why does an old man with almost no hair need one? 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,198
    Havos said:

    Since a shower cap is used to prevent an expensive hairdo from getting wet, why does an old man with almost no hair need one? 

    Maybe he refuses to acknowledge his current hair situation.

  • sapatsapat Posts: 1,735
    Havos said:

    Since a shower cap is used to prevent an expensive hairdo from getting wet, why does an old man with almost no hair need one? 

    Maybe he's using a deep conditioner and he wears the shower cap so his head gets warm and steamy to help the process.cheeky

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    Oso3D said:

    I wasn't quite happy with the previous versions because I was using Darius, and the skin is too youthful. So I experimented with modifying Floyd 8's skin, and was happy with the result.

    (Granted, you can't see hands or feet, so that helps)

     

    You might also try Darius 7's skin if you have it as it seems to me to be of an older man as compared to Darius 8.

    Laurie

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970
    edited May 2018
    Oso3D said:

    The problem is, of course, hands and feet. While not all black people have lighter palms/soles, many/most of them do, so...

    If it had come to that, I might experiment with mixing Darius and Floyd, maybe using diffuse overlay.

     

    That's something I'm working on for my next skin shader product - the ability to add lighter hands and feet soles to G8M, G8F, G3M, and G3F. 

    Here's a Darius 8 and Floyd 8 mix with Floyd's mats darkened with Altern8 and a couple manual tweaks - it shows the lighter palms part I'm working on. 

    It's a WIP and I'm still tweaking it, but I think it will help to give the skins more use for a wider variety of characters.

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  • sapatsapat Posts: 1,735
    Oso3D said:

    The problem is, of course, hands and feet. While not all black people have lighter palms/soles, many/most of them do, so...

    If it had come to that, I might experiment with mixing Darius and Floyd, maybe using diffuse overlay.

     

    That's something I'm working on for my next skin shader product - the ability to add lighter hands and feet soles to G8M, G8F, G3M, and G3F. 

    Here's a Darius 8 and Floyd 8 mix with Floyd's mats darkened with Altern8 and a couple manual tweaks - it shows the lighter palms part I'm working on. 

    It's a WIP and I'm still tweaking it, but I think it will help to give the skins more use for a wider variety of characters.

    That's a nice start.  Can't wait to see more!

  • Muon QuarkMuon Quark Posts: 567

    Confused about the discounts...  I used my plat club coupon to get an extra 6 off and that was good.  Then when I put in the 3 free bundles, it went back up 6.  I was assuming the price would stay the same.  Did I do something wrong do you think?

    Thanks.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited May 2018

    Confused about the discounts...  I used my plat club coupon to get an extra 6 off and that was good.  Then when I put in the 3 free bundles, it went back up 6.  I was assuming the price would stay the same.  Did I do something wrong do you think?

    Thanks.

    You can't use a coupon when there are free items in the cart.

    Laurie

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  • luci45luci45 Posts: 2,885
    edited May 2018
    Byrdie said:
    sapat said:

    Anyone else not getting the discount?  I have a banner that says I get 20% off since I'm a supporter of the G8 product line.  So I put Floyd 8 Pro in the cart with 1 of the addon packs  (textures for the Leif Viking outfit), then went and put my free bundle in the cart.  Is it because I dumped my PC memebership when it expired a couple weeks ago?  Is that why the Floyd Pro back is still almost $80 in my cart?  And I have absolutely no discount for me on the Lief Viking textures.

    Just because of no PC memebership now?

     

    Byrdie said:

    PC Member here and owner of two G8M Pro bundles but no banner at all for me. Checked my messages for special offers, no joy there either. Maybe I haven't bought enough lately. Either that or their "Who Gets A Discount?" system is broken.  sad

    I opened a ticket to ask about this since I own three Pro Bundles and have had 20% off offers for Olie, Mika and Edie. Jamie in sales replied that I had to own four Pro Bundles to get the discount on Floyd. So I just bought the base figure. Great model and great skin!

     

     

     

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  • Muon QuarkMuon Quark Posts: 567
    AllenArt said:

    Confused about the discounts...  I used my plat club coupon to get an extra 6 off and that was good.  Then when I put in the 3 free bundles, it went back up 6.  I was assuming the price would stay the same.  Did I do something wrong do you think?

    Thanks.

    You can't use a coupon when there are free items in the cart.

    Laurie

    Can't believe I forgot that.  I'll use the coupon on something else.  Thanks.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,271

    This is such a versatile base and the add-on characters are great as well.  Here's the Monty character and skin with a few extra morphs and a pass through Altern8.

     
  • SummerhorseSummerhorse Posts: 684
    Oso3D said:

    Nah, I just added some medium low saturation brown to the base color, a lighter low saturation brown to translucency, dropped translucency from .9 to .5, and reduced bump to 1.5.

    The thing about high translucency skin is that it tends to lose detail, so a lot of skins try to balance that with high bump. I'm not sure high translucency really makes sense for skin (though sometimes it looks AMAZING), but darker skin makes a stronger argument for lowering it. So... there.

    I also moved the transmitted color a few nudges toward yellow; there are a wide variety of subtle underlying color tones to black skin, from blue to gray to yellow to brick and ruddy red, depending on a lot of factors and ethnicity.

     

    Thanks for the details, will. That skin looks terrific

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,575
    AllenArt said:

    Confused about the discounts...  I used my plat club coupon to get an extra 6 off and that was good.  Then when I put in the 3 free bundles, it went back up 6.  I was assuming the price would stay the same.  Did I do something wrong do you think?

    Thanks.

    You can't use a coupon when there are free items in the cart.

    Laurie

    You can still use it, you just have to submit a ticket to get DAZ to refund the difference. I have done that a few times already, you just need to submit screenshots of your cart before and after the coupon is applied so support can see how much you need to be refunded.

  • FantastArtFantastArt Posts: 371

    Can you tell me what hair is used in the Floyd Promos? The same as for Percy HD for Floyd 8 . I can't find it...

  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,857

    Floyd went out one night to relive some memories, youngsters beware 'cause the ol' man can still rock it :)

    A shoutout to @CynderBlue for having movement morphs in the wizard robe (which I use as his shirt, after I removed the skirt part) and also having those morphs typed out in the included/features list. Big Thank You from me!

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,555

    took me awhile to do my first Floyd had trouble getting setting lighting right as usual and dforcing the outfit didn't like the pose did weird stuff and clashed crashed with others ended up giving pants was showing off his bare legs was going to let him do that but decided to pants him

     

    https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/584481

    Minions Of Floyd

    Minions Of Floyd

  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459

    Can you tell me what hair is used in the Floyd Promos? The same as for Percy HD for Floyd 8 . I can't find it...

    Is it the bald/combover? That comes as an option in https://www.daz3d.com/vintage-male-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-males which is also in the pro bundle. 

  • JOdelJOdel Posts: 6,309
    edited May 2018

    And thank you for that option. That is a wonderful comb-over.

    We needed one.

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  • Muon QuarkMuon Quark Posts: 567

    Motor scooter grandpa....

    Kind of reminds me of the actor who was on Law and Order and played the lawyer, Sam Waterston.

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  • sapatsapat Posts: 1,735
    Redz said:

    Can you tell me what hair is used in the Floyd Promos? The same as for Percy HD for Floyd 8 . I can't find it...

    Is it the bald/combover? That comes as an option in https://www.daz3d.com/vintage-male-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-males which is also in the pro bundle. 

    I thought it might be this one:

    https://www.daz3d.com/miles-hair-for-genesis-3-male-s

    It's in the Ivan Pro Bundle.

  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459
    sapat said:
    Redz said:

    Can you tell me what hair is used in the Floyd Promos? The same as for Percy HD for Floyd 8 . I can't find it...

    Is it the bald/combover? That comes as an option in https://www.daz3d.com/vintage-male-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-males which is also in the pro bundle. 

    I thought it might be this one:

    https://www.daz3d.com/miles-hair-for-genesis-3-male-s

    It's in the Ivan Pro Bundle.

    As I made the Vintage Male Hair, I’m pretty sure it’s the one in the Floyd and Percy promos. 

  • dreamfarmerdreamfarmer Posts: 2,128

    The funny thing about those Floyd-on-the-beach 'pinups' was the actual pinup ladies in bikinis admiring him. I suppose power-fantasy poses for men always gotta have the onscreen lady admirers, just because they're actually targeted at the male viewers, not the real life ladies.

  • sapatsapat Posts: 1,735
    Redz said:
    sapat said:
    Redz said:

    Can you tell me what hair is used in the Floyd Promos? The same as for Percy HD for Floyd 8 . I can't find it...

    Is it the bald/combover? That comes as an option in https://www.daz3d.com/vintage-male-hair-for-genesis-3-and-8-males which is also in the pro bundle. 

    I thought it might be this one:

    https://www.daz3d.com/miles-hair-for-genesis-3-male-s

    It's in the Ivan Pro Bundle.

    As I made the Vintage Male Hair, I’m pretty sure it’s the one in the Floyd and Percy promos. 

    LOL, well if you made it, then you'd know for sure!

  • Actually, that's exactly what I was going for, funny. It wasn't targeted at anyone in particular, just thought it would make the pictures have a bit more character to them with girls fawning over the beer bellied older guy.  Kinda why I opted to have no hair and the shower cap, and briefs instead of swim trunks. It was a joke. That is, if you're even talking about the ones I did... lol

  • VIArtsVIArts Posts: 1,523

    I hope they make granny too.

  • The Blurst of TimesThe Blurst of Times Posts: 2,410
    edited May 2018

    The flesh is weak...

    (Bunches of post-render stuff in GIMP. I've been experimenting with the paint effects because of the Battletech PC game...)

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,722

    The flesh is weak...

    (Bunches of post-render stuff in GIMP. I've been experimenting with the paint effects because of the Battletech PC game...)

    Nice render. He looks very Sami, OK well he reminds me of a Sami.

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