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Favourite Genesis 2 Characters

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  • QuixotryQuixotry Posts: 919

    I always particularly liked Giselle 6 and Ninive 6.

  • XpiderManXpiderMan Posts: 426
    edited July 2019

    Here's Scott 6 using N.G.S. Anagenessis 2 - Revolution for iray rendering.

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  • JamesJABJamesJAB Posts: 1,766

    Well since we are showing off.  Here's Callie 6 with Iray toon shaders applied.

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,270
    edited July 2019
    XpiderMan said:
    Habulin Dati said:

    None really but Gianni 6 is best, though I need to apply skin shaders to make him Iray compatible and close to realism. Without it, he won't look appealing.

    You can use what "The Blurst of Times" suggested and for the other characters you can use "Iray Smart Converter and Advanced Skin Managers for Genesis 2".

    I use that converter all the time, works great. It just makes the eyes look strange sometimes, at least when viewed from certain angles. In that case I just reapply the eyes separately and convert the eye textures using the Iray Uber Base shader instead. You can also just reapply the eyes and let DS apply the Uber shader automatically, if you don't want to alter the shader setttings.

    See below, top picture is the eyes after using the converter, bottom picture is after reapplying the eyes and then using the Iray Uber Base shader instead.


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  • MazhMazh Posts: 499
    edited July 2019

    Genesis 2 Female Base smiley

     

     

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  • SummerhorseSummerhorse Posts: 684

    Michael 6, https://www.daz3d.com/felicity-hd-for-victoria-6, felicity by raiya, and Yanmei, also by raiya

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  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,981

    More showing off, please! I love seeing these legacy characters with Iray! smiley

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,981

    This is one of my favorite renders of Michael 6, it was done by Ildánach: https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/images/751101/

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited July 2019

    OOoo !  Really hard to choose just 1

     these are some animations i have done just click picture to play

     I like Callie 6

    On the other hand Aiko 6 was a main stay for Karate Girl

    Then there is M6

    yes its really hard to choose just 1 character

     

     

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  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,888

    Here is P3D Quinty (with a tough of G8 and Ysabeau), using N.G.S. Anagenessis 2 - Revolution for the Iray skin conversion.

    Gallery Link

    Tiami for Callie 6 with some Girl 6 and a few other morphs. Skin converted to Iray with Anagenesis II.

    Galley Link

  • JamesJABJamesJAB Posts: 1,766

    Here's Callie 6 with the Daz Uber Base applied to her.

  • The Blurst of TimesThe Blurst of Times Posts: 2,410
    edited July 2019

    Another nice one... Marcel! (LOL)
    https://www.daz3d.com/marcel-for-genesis-2-male-s

    (I used Jepe's Nathan for the skin.)

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  • XpiderManXpiderMan Posts: 426

    Thank you for this topic, Trex. You just made me re-discover Genesis 2 figures again! LOL!

  • P A Y A T PP A Y A T P Posts: 1,177
    edited July 2019

    Here's Gianni 6 with iray skin shaders. Clearly inferior to Anagenesis. I lowered the translucency, increased glossy roughness, etc

     

     

     

     

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  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,981
    XpiderMan said:
    Habulin Dati said:

    None really but Gianni 6 is best, though I need to apply skin shaders to make him Iray compatible and close to realism. Without it, he won't look appealing.

    You can use InaneGlory as "The Blurst of Times" suggested and for the other characters you can use "Iray Smart Converter and Advanced Skin Managers for Genesis 2" which I used below, and there's also N.G.S. Anagenessis 2 - Revolution, which I use a lot.

    Wow! Michael 6 looks great here! His realism really stands out, imo!

  • TrexTrex Posts: 37
    edited July 2019

    Thanks for everyone's answers.

    There's some great ones here I never knew about.

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  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,888

    Another just for fun - Ysabeau 6 with a few additional morphs.

    Gallery Link

  • UkyuuUkyuu Posts: 182

    It's a dial-up character. It would be good if there was a "View Per Product" of that tab, as I don't know which product those dials correspond to :/

    But it's all G2, so that makes it a G2 character.

    The skin is Visual Shaders / Dragon Ink. For dragon ink: Dragon ink is normally for A3, but I used Texture Converter 2 to put it on V4 for G2. For Visual Shaders: I have attached the preset (made with the script they give to share on forums).

    For those who have Dragon Ink in V4 format, I made the following maps: Ambient Occlusion, Glossy Map, Specular Map, Normal Map, and Reflection Map. I use them in the render below. Since the height map and the texture files are Dragon Ink's product, I didn't put them in. You can have them here: https://filebin.net/e7rcue5tm43uqg5u/Suplementary_Maps.7z?t=x981yrob

    Have fun :)

     

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  • HylasHylas Posts: 5,229
    Divamakeup said:

    This is one of my favorite renders of Michael 6, it was done by Ildánach: https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/images/751101/

     

    The Blurst of Times said:

    Another nice one... Marcel! (LOL)
    https://www.daz3d.com/marcel-for-genesis-2-male-s

    (I used Jepe's Nathan for the skin.)

    Wow, those are crazy good!

  • sapatsapat Posts: 1,735
    The Blurst of Times said:

    InaneGlory did a bunch of really nice Iray conversions of many of the base model skins. As I recall, they were free a couple Christmases ago... he still has them up on DA:
    https://www.deviantart.com/inaneglory

    They are still there. I just dl them.  Thanks for the link.yes

  • nelsonsmithnelsonsmith Posts: 1,337
    edited July 2019

    FW Cassie for Josie 6 without a doubt!  I wish she were updated for Genesis 8

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  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679
    Taoz said:
    XpiderMan said:
    Habulin Dati said:

    None really but Gianni 6 is best, though I need to apply skin shaders to make him Iray compatible and close to realism. Without it, he won't look appealing.

    You can use what "The Blurst of Times" suggested and for the other characters you can use "Iray Smart Converter and Advanced Skin Managers for Genesis 2".

    I use that converter all the time, works great. It just makes the eyes look strange sometimes, at least when viewed from certain angles. In that case I just reapply the eyes separately and convert the eye textures using the Iray Uber Base shader instead. You can also just reapply the eyes and let DS apply the Uber shader automatically, if you don't want to alter the shader setttings.

    See below, top picture is the eyes after using the converter, bottom picture is after reapplying the eyes and then using the Iray Uber Base shader instead.


    This is caused by the pupil reflecting light. The Iris can do this too with Smart Converter. The fix is to turn the glossy weight on these two surfaces to zero. This way you don't need to apply any other shaders, and its nice and quick. I know people love NGS, but I think Iray Smart Converter is under appreciated.

    And for G2 characters, I think Belle 6 is also much over looked. Her skin is fantastic for young women and it translates great to Iray. I think I used Smart Converter here, plus a few tweaks.

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,270
    outrider42 said:
    Taoz said:
    XpiderMan said:
    Habulin Dati said:

    None really but Gianni 6 is best, though I need to apply skin shaders to make him Iray compatible and close to realism. Without it, he won't look appealing.

    You can use what "The Blurst of Times" suggested and for the other characters you can use "Iray Smart Converter and Advanced Skin Managers for Genesis 2".

    I use that converter all the time, works great. It just makes the eyes look strange sometimes, at least when viewed from certain angles. In that case I just reapply the eyes separately and convert the eye textures using the Iray Uber Base shader instead. You can also just reapply the eyes and let DS apply the Uber shader automatically, if you don't want to alter the shader setttings.

    See below, top picture is the eyes after using the converter, bottom picture is after reapplying the eyes and then using the Iray Uber Base shader instead.


    This is caused by the pupil reflecting light. The Iris can do this too with Smart Converter. The fix is to turn the glossy weight on these two surfaces to zero. This way you don't need to apply any other shaders, and its nice and quick. I know people love NGS, but I think Iray Smart Converter is under appreciated.

    Thanks, that seems to do the trick yes.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,845

    I am glad this thread popped up because i have been using genesis 2 figures in Unity in VR this past week and looking for more quality G2 characters. I used to scoff at using non iray characters in Iray, but when they are standing next to you lifesize and with the right settings in Unity, the quality is pretty amazing.

  • MattymanxMattymanx Posts: 6,997

    My likes for G2 are mixed between skin and shapes as I always mix shapes and use what ever skin looks best.  For skins, my favorites are Bryonia - https://www.daz3d.com/bryonia -  and Tigerlily - https://www.daz3d.com/tigerlily - As for shapes, one of my favorites is Xiao Mei - https://www.daz3d.com/fwsa-xiao-mei

     

    I found for G2F that I tended to favor Fred Winkler for shapes and  DemonicaEvilius & Jessaii for skins.  Sabby was a close second for skins since she often works with Fred.

     

    Btw, there are bundles available for each figure I mentioned.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    FSMCDesigns said:

    I am glad this thread popped up because i have been using genesis 2 figures in Unity in VR this past week and looking for more quality G2 characters. I used to scoff at using non iray characters in Iray, but when they are standing next to you lifesize and with the right settings in Unity, the quality is pretty amazing.

    A number (not just G2) use resources from models as their reference and have excellent details.

  • chris-2599934chris-2599934 Posts: 1,904
    edited December 2021

    My favourite female model from any generation is Domina. Here she is, converted to Iray, in regal mode in my gallery:

    Not  really characters per se, but a set of morphs that keeps me coming back to G2M for male characters in my work, are these products by JoeQuick:

    https://www.daz3d.com/extraordinary-men-for-genesis-2-male-s-volume-1

    https://www.daz3d.com/extraordinary-men-for-genesis-2-male-s-volume-2

    Great characterful faces for non pretty-boy characters. I wish he'd do something similar for later models.

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited July 2019
    chris-2599934 said:

    My favourite female model from any generation is Domina. Here she is, converted to Iray, in regal mode in my gallery:

    Not  really characters per se, but a set of morphs that keeps me coming back to G2M for male characters in my work, are these products by JoeQuick:

    https://www.daz3d.com/extraordinary-men-for-genesis-2-male-s-volume-1

    https://www.daz3d.com/extraordinary-men-for-genesis-2-male-s-volume-2

    Great characterful faces for non pretty-boy characters. I wish he'd do something similar for later models.

    Yes, I agree. I really like Domina as well. And if you like not-so-pretty female characters, ya can't beat JoeQuick's Extraordinary Girls for G2 Females - free at ShareCG. Love those ;). Used one here:

     

    Laurie

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited July 2019

    duplicate post

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  • chris-2599934chris-2599934 Posts: 1,904

    Thanks for the mention of Extraordinary Girls, Laurie. Had no idea that existed!

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