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  • equinoxx5equinoxx5 Posts: 126
    edited December 1969

    Here's a couple on a theme...

    "In Their Satin Tights..."
    MeTV added the 1970s "Wonder Woman" series to their Saturday night line-up, and recently ran "The Feminum Mystique" two-parter (season one, episodes 4 and 5) on successive Saturdays. This was the storyline that introduced Diana's younger sister, Drusilla (played by an up-and-coming Debra Winger) who, after learning first-hand about Nazi treachery, follows in her big sister's footsteps, becoming Wonder Girl!

    Anyway, the surge of nostalgia spurred me to try cobbling together a TV-inspired Wonder Girl...


    "Bracelets 1, Bullets 0"
    Inspired by "The Feminum Mystique, Part 2" (season one, episode 5)...

    In her first outing as Wonder Girl, Drusilla is captured by Nazi agents who have mistaken her for her older sister. To verify her authenticity, the Nazis threaten a young aircraft engineer (himself secretly a Nazi spy), throwing him into Drusilla's cell and shooting at him point-blank (he was wearing a bulltproof vest under his clothes). Drusilla leapt into action, deflecting the bullet with her Feminum bracelets! Alas, since the Nazis had staged the entire incident, they were prepared for her, and knocked her out with chloroform before she could mount an escape.

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,343
    edited December 1969

    Like those renders allot!

  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    edited December 1969

    Yeah! What Rammy said! :)

  • Sphinx MagooSphinx Magoo Posts: 586
    edited December 1969

    jgstyle said:
    Icon. Setup and posed in Daz, rendered in Blender using Cycles.

    Wow, that looks great!

    As an aside, you've also made me consider switching over to using Blender. Any tips for a beginner?

  • blutobluto Posts: 912
    edited December 1969

    jgstyle said:
    Icon. Setup and posed in Daz, rendered in Blender using Cycles.

    is it me or does he kind of look a little like will smith

  • Knight22179Knight22179 Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    ChromeTiger said:
    And then indirectly...Joe mentioned this scene a while back. I couldn't build a decent Mr. Miracle, so I substituted Booster Gold...

    Hiram67 made a Mr. Miracle Second-Skin Texture for M4. Already added to my Ultimate Super-Hero Freebie list which you can find in my signature. :)

    And very nice pic, btw. LOVE that moment, one of the greatest ever in comic history (as well as Canary's mournful reaction when she found she missed the whole thing *LOL*).

    http://www.deviantart.com/art/Mr-Miracle-2nd-skin-textures-for-M4-432013127

  • leroysquableroysquab Posts: 101
    edited December 1969

    riftwitch said:
    I hate to nit-pick, but other Watchmen characters were also based on old Charlton characters: Peacemaker/Comedian; Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt/Ozymandias; Nightshade/Silk Spectre. The latter also was partially inspired by Black Canary and Phantom Lady, and Rorschach was also based on Ditko's Mister A, as well as the Question.

    By the way, I loved your render of the Question. The thug was really well done, too.

    Sorry if I worded things unclearly, riftwitch... wasn't trying to imply other Watchmen weren't created by Charlton but glad you rightly pointed out they were anyway. :-) I was definitely remiss in not mentioning the Mr. A connection too.
    Thanks, glad you liked the Question. Had a lot of fun dial spinning Genesis morphs making the thug. :D

    Probably you have see this but i thought i should post them anyway...


    Awesome work as always, I'm glad you pointed them out... think I may have missed the first couple. Have to head over to your gallery to give those a closer look!
    Toon shaders came out great, FSMC! Awesome X's too!
    Excellent looking Havok headpiece, JG! Icon looked great too!
    ...and I agree with Rammwolf, RKane... first Thing was cool but the 2nd was a big improvement.
    Good stuff from Hiram too.
    Both tjohn's Mousk and Chrome Tiger's Duck and One Punch cracked me up! :lol: Well done guys.
  • leroysquableroysquab Posts: 101
    edited February 2014

    Ghost in the Shell: The Aiko Rebellion.

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  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    edited December 1969

    Thanks, Leroy.

    Here's a few I did using DAZ figures as a base but tried to finish off to make them look rendered by hand. I failed... but still not too bad, I think.

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  • leroysquableroysquab Posts: 101
    edited February 2014

    RKane_1 said:
    Thanks, Leroy.

    Here's a few I did using DAZ figures as a base but tried to finish off to make them look rendered by hand. I failed... but still not too bad, I think.

    I wouldn't say "failed" by any means... in fact, Supes looks straight out of an illustrated page. Well done!
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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    edited December 1969

    Leroy Squab said:
    I wouldn't say "failed" by any means... in fact, Supes looks straight out of an illustrated page. Well done!

    +1
  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    edited December 1969

    Many thanks, Gentlemen.

    If I wanted to share morphs that I had created in ZBrush, how is the best way to distribute them? I was thinking of sharing my Thing....

    okay there is just no way to say that and it sound right.

  • JOHNGARRETTJOHNGARRETT Posts: 127
    edited December 1969

    RKane_1 said:
    Nice one, sir. I love Dwayne McDuffie's stuff. I am sad because they went to DC to die an ignominious death unwarranted by their creativity.

    I completely agree. There's still a ton of potential here, but they decided to come out with "Teen Trillionaires" instead. I just don't get it...

  • JOHNGARRETTJOHNGARRETT Posts: 127
    edited December 1969

    SmallFry said:
    jgstyle said:
    Icon. Setup and posed in Daz, rendered in Blender using Cycles.

    Wow, that looks great!

    As an aside, you've also made me consider switching over to using Blender. Any tips for a beginner?

    Welcome aboard, SmallFry :)

    I do have some suggestions. Start out by watching the Blender Guru tutorials, like this one:

    http://www.blenderguru.com/videos/introduction-to-cycles/

    Some things are updated since then, but you'll get the idea of what it takes to render in Cycles. I would suggest looking through a lot of his tutorials, but maybe skip the ones on modeling and go for the texturing and compositing ones, since you'll be doing most of your setup in Daz.

    I always use the "mcjTeleBlender" script to quickly export my Daz scene into Blender. It does a lot of the tedious work like reconnecting the materials and setting up Cycles nodes. Here's a link to the thread here on the Daz forums:

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/2877/

    And finally, I've been getting a ton of ideas and great tips from this book:

    Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook

    So that should overload you for right now lol. I hope you get into it, but shoot me a message if you have any questions.

  • JOHNGARRETTJOHNGARRETT Posts: 127
    edited December 1969

    bluto said:
    jgstyle said:
    Icon. Setup and posed in Daz, rendered in Blender using Cycles.

    is it me or does he kind of look a little like will smith

    LOL. Don't even put that out into the universe.

    The funny thing is the hair is called Rapper for M4, and the "rapper" they're referencing is clearly Wil Smith.

    But the character himself is a Genesis Neo that I just morphed quite a bit.

  • ServantServant Posts: 765
    edited December 1969

    RKane_1 said:
    Many thanks, Gentlemen.

    If I wanted to share morphs that I had created in ZBrush, how is the best way to distribute them? I was thinking of sharing my Thing....

    okay there is just no way to say that and it sound right.

    If you've exported them to DAZ and saved as morphs and shaping/material presets, you could always just go Sharecg. Dropbox or a similar cloud site is another option, but I think the Sharecg will reach more peeps.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    edited December 1969

    One for today to bring the thread back up.

    Batman checking out some of the Jokers henchmen in an old warehouse

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  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    edited December 1969

    Nice one, FMSC. What's the figure?

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    edited December 1969

    RKane_1 said:
    Nice one, FMSC. What's the figure?

    Thanks, he's from the Batman: Arkham City game (free DLC). 3DSMax, to DS to Luxrender.

  • Geminii23Geminii23 Posts: 1,328
    edited December 1969

    FSMCDesigns said:
    RKane_1 said:
    Nice one, FMSC. What's the figure?

    Thanks, he's from the Batman: Arkham City game (free DLC). 3DSMax, to DS to Luxrender.

    Wow! That is pretty awesome. I have never had much luck getting anything from 3dsmax to work well in DAZ. When I import the obj, it comes in totally huge and although I can apply the materials (with varying degrees of success) I can't pose the figure so at a total loss on what to do with them. Would be really awesome to be able to use some of these in my renders.

  • equinoxx5equinoxx5 Posts: 126
    edited December 1969

    In case there's any interest, I've uploaded my TV-style Wonder Girl texture to ShareCG. Includes DS material presets (both .dsa and .duf) for the V4 Bodysuit and TerryMcG's Cosplay Costume Retro accessories (belt, boots, tiara). There's also an extremely basic Poser .mc6 setting for the bodysuit.

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/74605/view/21/DAZ-Studio/Amazon-Drusilla-for-Victoria-4.2-Bodysuit

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  • BC RiceBC Rice Posts: 591
    edited December 1969

    I actually did six X-Men for a scene in this short.

    http://youtu.be/hzfN2r_ATPs

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 3,054
    edited December 1969

    BC Rice said:
    I actually did six X-Men for a scene in this short.

    http://youtu.be/hzfN2r_ATPs

    Very neat, lots of fun.

    Nicely done.

    -- Walt Sterdan

  • Mr Gneiss GuyMr Gneiss Guy Posts: 462
    edited December 1969

    equinoxx5 said:
    In case there's any interest, I've uploaded my TV-style Wonder Girl texture to ShareCG. Includes DS material presets (both .dsa and .duf) for the V4 Bodysuit and TerryMcG's Cosplay Costume Retro accessories (belt, boots, tiara). There's also an extremely basic Poser .mc6 setting for the bodysuit.

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/74605/view/21/DAZ-Studio/Amazon-Drusilla-for-Victoria-4.2-Bodysuit

    Very cool, thanks. If I ever get my modeling skills past the "doesn't suck" phase, I want to do a Silver Age/Teen Titans Wonder Girl, both original costume and jumpsuit. I recently re-read some of those 60's Teen Titans stories, and they are amazing, DC writers and editors trying to do 60s teen culture with superheroes is definitely worth checking out. I had forgotten that the Teen Titans worked with the Peace Corps, for example. :gulp:

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,343
    edited December 1969

    BC Rice said:
    I actually did six X-Men for a scene in this short.

    http://youtu.be/hzfN2r_ATPs

    that was hilarious! OMG! :-)

  • RKane_1RKane_1 Posts: 3,039
    edited December 1969

    Has anyone ever made a Hawkman and Hawkgirl Helmet for DAZ figures or Poser?

  • tonymousetonymouse Posts: 230
    edited December 1969

    RAMWolff said:
    BC Rice said:
    I actually did six X-Men for a scene in this short.

    http://youtu.be/hzfN2r_ATPs

    that was hilarious! OMG! :-)

    that was truly hilarious, I am huge X-Men fan but one with a sense of humor, parody is the greatest act of love and appreciation of something ;) More please.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    edited December 1969

    RKane_1 said:
    Has anyone ever made a Hawkman and Hawkgirl Helmet for DAZ figures or Poser?

    Was working on one awhile back, nut never had time to finish it. If anyone wants the obj to finish it they are more than welcome, just PM me.

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,343
    edited December 1969

    Hey, that's a really nice Hawk mask Mr. Just give it some material zones and textures and it would be killer!

  • Knight22179Knight22179 Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    equinoxx5 said:
    In case there's any interest, I've uploaded my TV-style Wonder Girl texture to ShareCG. Includes DS material presets (both .dsa and .duf) for the V4 Bodysuit and TerryMcG's Cosplay Costume Retro accessories (belt, boots, tiara). There's also an extremely basic Poser .mc6 setting for the bodysuit.

    http://www.sharecg.com/v/74605/view/21/DAZ-Studio/Amazon-Drusilla-for-Victoria-4.2-Bodysuit

    Thanks Equinoxx! I'll add it to my Ultimate Super-Hero Freebie list. :)

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