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Niko 8 -Cyber Funk Bundle

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  • missuskissesmissuskisses Posts: 918
    daveso said:

    all I'm seeing at DAZ anymore are higher prices,  discounts that don;t work, plus really slow web site. New store has made no improvements to the problems ongoing that I can see. Maybe its easier to correct on the DAZ end. The new bundle arrangements are way too expensive. 

    I do like the stuff in this Funk bundle ..other than the main character. How many huge male characters are needed? 

    I would love to see some slimmer male characters for sure!

  • Fungible UserFungible User Posts: 456
    MeneerWolfman said:
    Serene Night said:

    I like Niko but hate the new bundle deals. Male pro bundles were one of the few times I could buy male only stuff.

    and now the kitchen sink approach of throwing in females, props, sets, and previous items into a bundle, just is disappointing.

    My question is tomorrow will we get the hd, and more male content or is this all she wrote? Oh and I would love more cyber punk content. A reaistic cyber arm would be awesome. The Artek which I own already is disappointing chunky and primative.

     

     

     

    My assumption is we get the HD morphs tomorrow. They've done that for the last 6 months or so. Day 1 is the base figure and and a couple of new items plus old items cobbled together to make a "bundle".

    Day 2 gets you the HD morphs and other characters. 

    I've learned to skip the hype and impulse to buy day 1 when the figure is impressive (and Niko is), and buy day 2 when I can get both the base figure and the HD details at a better price.

    It says on the description: Niko 8 comes with hand crafted Sci-Fi and Scars Body Maps in addition to his HD Details and customizable options, so I assumed the HD was included this time and wouldn't be sold separately...but who knows

  • WolfwoodWolfwood Posts: 847

    Leana said:

    Scar 8 Pro Bundle $134.95, 12 Items = $11.25 per Item

    Niko 8 Cyber Funk Bundle  $93.95, 5 Items = $18.79 per Item

    Older pro bundles didn't contain sets, so comparing to another of the themed bundles would be more accurate.

    Why? current small themed bundle are inconsistent in amount and type of items, and the "value" one gives to type of items is subjective; so that point of view cannot ever be accurate.

    Price per item in a budle may not be 100% objective but is more accurate as bundles discount per amount of items and/or its actual value.

    So, let's add the price of the items to the equation to make it complete.

    Niko Bundle individual items base price: 134,75 Bundle price: 93,95

    Scar 8 starter bundle individual items base price: 148,7 Bundle price: 89,95

    Result: Is more Expensive.

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 4,260

    I don't really understand the current system of bundles. Niko figure includes anatomical elements, according to description. Those used to be only available in a pro bundle. I think that's progress for folks who just want the figure. This dude is pro-wrestler sized. 6'6" and probably weighing in around 280 lbs.

  • mmkdazmmkdaz Posts: 335

    Oh how I do love these incredible full body morphs.

    Question. Is anyone able to break down all of the products used in the PROMO? I am very interested. Even in the Background (Stonemason?) and poses. Many thanks!!

  • mmkdazmmkdaz Posts: 335

    Cant see the starter and pro bundles for some reason. Alas, I shall wait.

  • N-RArtsN-RArts Posts: 1,603

    I like male content, but I'm not that impressed. Plus, I'd have to be nuts to try and buy something expensive through the store, with the problems that I'm having on checkout.

    Thanks for the banner though, Daz.

  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,971
    Serene Night said:

    I like Niko but hate the new bundle deals. Male pro bundles were one of the few times I could buy male only stuff.

    and now the kitchen sink approach of throwing in females, props, sets, and previous items into a bundle, just is disappointing.

    My question is tomorrow will we get the hd, and more male content or is this all she wrote? Oh and I would love more cyber punk content. A reaistic cyber arm would be awesome. The Artek which I own already is disappointing chunky and primative.

     

    I will be genuinely shocked if they release HD morphs for Niko. He's another Artstation character, like Underbelly and Tara.

    Daz has put the artists name on Niko's page. That leads back to his page at Artstation, where Niko was originally created under the name "David". (Which Daz understandably changed; calling a character "David 8" would lead to expectations that Niko couldn't possibly fill.) As with Underbelly and Tara, both the character and his featured outfit were all done together. That also explains the unusually small bundle -- I don't remember for certain, but I think Underbelly was the only one of the first two Artstation characters to get a two-part bundle release; one with him, his hair and clothing, and a second Mobster bundle that had architecture.

    Oddly, Niko is the first of the Artstation characters to include Anatomical Elements, for some reason.

    Since neither Underbelly nor Tara got separate HD releases, I suspect Niko won't, either.

  • HylasHylas Posts: 5,223

    I think Niko looks amazing!

    I'm in no hurry to get him because I already have a similar character in Daniel.
    But I'll eventually get Niko for sure!

  • tsaristtsarist Posts: 1,635
    vwrangler said:
    Serene Night said:

    I like Niko but hate the new bundle deals. Male pro bundles were one of the few times I could buy male only stuff.

    and now the kitchen sink approach of throwing in females, props, sets, and previous items into a bundle, just is disappointing.

    My question is tomorrow will we get the hd, and more male content or is this all she wrote? Oh and I would love more cyber punk content. A reaistic cyber arm would be awesome. The Artek which I own already is disappointing chunky and primative.

     

    I will be genuinely shocked if they release HD morphs for Niko. He's another Artstation character, like Underbelly and Tara.

    Daz has put the artists name on Niko's page. That leads back to his page at Artstation, where Niko was originally created under the name "David". (Which Daz understandably changed; calling a character "David 8" would lead to expectations that Niko couldn't possibly fill.) As with Underbelly and Tara, both the character and his featured outfit were all done together. That also explains the unusually small bundle -- I don't remember for certain, but I think Underbelly was the only one of the first two Artstation characters to get a two-part bundle release; one with him, his hair and clothing, and a second Mobster bundle that had architecture.

    Oddly, Niko is the first of the Artstation characters to include Anatomical Elements, for some reason.

    Since neither Underbelly nor Tara got separate HD releases, I suspect Niko won't, either.

    Thanks for posting that. The Artstation stuff has been some really nicely done stuff. I have yet to buy any of it. Probably because the bundles were a tad small for the price.
  • Peter WadePeter Wade Posts: 1,666
    edited November 2020

    I really need to pay closer attention when I'm buying these bundles. I had an email offering me a big discount on the Supercharged Cyber bundle but I checked and found I alrerady have everything in it. But the orange banner gave it a differnt name, the Cybercharged Bundle, and I thought this was the main bundle and bought it!

    I'm going to ask if support can refund this but not cancel my purchase of the seperate items, but when I check my library it shows them all purchased in today's order, not when I first bought them. I hope they can find the orignal orders otherwise I can't prove that I have already bought them.

    I suppose this just shows that I'm an idiot,

    ** added later **

    Support sorted the problem, gave me the money back and kept the items in my library. Well done Daz Support as usual yes

    Post edited by Peter Wade on
  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611

    I think I might be the only person who has been a hard pass on any of the ArtStation characters. They look great...on ArtStation. Not great in Daz. Underbelly was underfinished (*giggle*). Tara only vaguely resembled her ArtStation origins. And this one? Nope. He looks similar, but he does nothing for me. There's something about his skin that just doesn't look right.

    And buff guys might trip this lady's trolley, but srsly, let's mix it up. I'd love to see some gangly buff guys...think like Floki in Vikings. We've had the dad bods. We've had the old bods. We've had more than enough of the freakishly cut bods and giant bods and freakishly cut giant bods. 

    All that being said...thanks for the banners but pass. 

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    melissastjames said:

    I think I might be the only person who has been a hard pass on any of the ArtStation characters. They look great...on ArtStation. Not great in Daz. Underbelly was underfinished (*giggle*). Tara only vaguely resembled her ArtStation origins. And this one? Nope. He looks similar, but he does nothing for me. There's something about his skin that just doesn't look right.

    And buff guys might trip this lady's trolley, but srsly, let's mix it up. I'd love to see some gangly buff guys...think like Floki in Vikings. We've had the dad bods. We've had the old bods. We've had more than enough of the freakishly cut bods and giant bods and freakishly cut giant bods. 

    All that being said...thanks for the banners but pass. 

    Same here

  • SummerhorseSummerhorse Posts: 684
    FSMCDesigns said:
    melissastjames said:

    I think I might be the only person who has been a hard pass on any of the ArtStation characters. They look great...on ArtStation. Not great in Daz. Underbelly was underfinished (*giggle*). Tara only vaguely resembled her ArtStation origins. And this one? Nope. He looks similar, but he does nothing for me. There's something about his skin that just doesn't look right.

    And buff guys might trip this lady's trolley, but srsly, let's mix it up. I'd love to see some gangly buff guys...think like Floki in Vikings. We've had the dad bods. We've had the old bods. We've had more than enough of the freakishly cut bods and giant bods and freakishly cut giant bods. 

    All that being said...thanks for the banners but pass. 

    Same here

    Agreed.

  • Patrick TynerPatrick Tyner Posts: 640
    tsarist said:
    There is another Cyber bundle offered today... https://www.daz3d.com/niko-8-supercharged-cyber-bundle

    I got a banner offering me % off the bundle because I had some of it already.

    I actually own all but one item, so the banner doesn't do much for me, but I guess it's the thought that counts

    I know I have a banner offering half off when I already own 4 of the 7 items....so pass.
  • mzkittiezmzkittiez Posts: 2
    All of the "freebies" for this month in the email they sent today, they gave like within the last year not feeling to much love for daz today. between 75 % off items I owned for a year now and the repeated "freebies" and a skimpy bundle trying to cash in on the cyberpunk craze, which I'm ok with that as I love cyberpunk but really needs more for that kinda price... hope this isnt going to be the new normal
  • j cadej cade Posts: 2,310

    I'll second the longing for some less muscly guys. There's Eli, Owen, and David 5 and thats pretty much it for all the Geneses (I still use the David I've transferred down the generations If I had to pick one character to be my all time fav its him)

     

    I do like the artstation characters. As much as anything for research - theres a certain similarity in how most daz characters are done and ints interesting to see some different styles (this is probably more from the content creation side of things - i like looking at normal maps. underbelly had some impressive normal maps)

     

    also having purchased niko, he has less of the issues that Underbelly started out with in regards to limited options - hes actually very modular - one eye color buuuut the base, scars and ritual scars are all seperated out so for the torso, for instance, there are 4 sets of color and normal maps: base, ritual scars, scars, and scars and ritual scars. the base morph is HD with aditional seperated hd scar and ritual scar morphs. also the head and body morphs are seperate

  • James_HJames_H Posts: 1,091

    Not impressed with this. I was also offered a bundle for $7+ when I own all the items. Great.

  • MimicMollyMimicMolly Posts: 2,322

    I like most of the items in the bundle, except for the night club environment and the female character. I have never cared for the smaller skinny guys, and it seems that for once, I'm in the majority. Sadly, I have to pass on this bundle thanks to IRL expenses. I have been wanting more flowly dForce fashions for the guys, even though I dislike the cyberpunk aesthetic, despite loving robots. >_<

  • duckbombduckbomb Posts: 585

    So has anybody actually picked up the character?  Any thoughts on him?  

    I didn't pick him up, yet, but I was looking to see if anybody did and what their experiences were.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    I picked him up, but will have to take a look later tonight, since I am at work. But I'll give my thoughts later.

  • duckbombduckbomb Posts: 585
    Serene Night said:

    I picked him up, but will have to take a look later tonight, since I am at work. But I'll give my thoughts later.

    Awesome!  I'm excited to hear what you think.  He looks unique enough, and I'm normally happy to be the one to gamble on something but this one came a little too close to the holiday for me to not consider it more carefully lol.

  • JOdelJOdel Posts: 6,316

    It does look like he mixes well with others from the promos. I've no use for the engraved designs on the skin, but it's optional. 

    The two outfits are odd, but at least one of them has what look like some useful bits for kitbashing.

    I've no use for the nightclub, either. But I did like the Ellaneck character.

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

    So has anybody actually picked up the character?  Any thoughts on him?  

    I didn't pick him up, yet, but I was looking to see if anybody did and what their experiences were.

    I did and posted a bit of a review right up above you 

    In terms of technical elements 

    also having purchased niko, he has less of the issues that Underbelly started out with in regards to limited options - hes actually very modular - one eye color buuuut the base, scars and ritual scars are all seperated out so for the torso, for instance, there are 4 sets of color and normal maps: base, ritual scars, scars, and scars and ritual scars. the base morph is HD with aditional seperated hd scar and ritual scar morphs. also the head and body morphs are seperate

     

    other thoughts: by default he's a bit matte  but adding some extra spec isn't hard - and normally I tweak way more. The palm transition looks a bit sharp - buut I am not enough of an expert to claim whether its realistic or not

     

    All in all I quite like him 

     

    also long purple coat? yellow googles? vaguely futuristic? instant static shock vibes hitting me right in the nostalgia

  • LucielLuciel Posts: 475
    melissastjames said:

    We've had more than enough of the freakishly cut bods and giant bods and freakishly cut giant bods. 

    Wait so real people don't actually have a second pair of shoulders between their first? surprise

    (seriously the bizarre massive trapezius muscles are probably worse than the "eeeeeeeveryone gets deep nasolabial folds and HD crinkle lips" thing.)

    The guy in the bundle before was about as wide as he was tall. laugh

  • duckbombduckbomb Posts: 585
    j cade said:
    duckbomb said:

    So has anybody actually picked up the character?  Any thoughts on him?  

    I didn't pick him up, yet, but I was looking to see if anybody did and what their experiences were.

    I did and posted a bit of a review right up above you 

    In terms of technical elements 

    also having purchased niko, he has less of the issues that Underbelly started out with in regards to limited options - hes actually very modular - one eye color buuuut the base, scars and ritual scars are all seperated out so for the torso, for instance, there are 4 sets of color and normal maps: base, ritual scars, scars, and scars and ritual scars. the base morph is HD with aditional seperated hd scar and ritual scar morphs. also the head and body morphs are seperate

     

    other thoughts: by default he's a bit matte  but adding some extra spec isn't hard - and normally I tweak way more. The palm transition looks a bit sharp - buut I am not enough of an expert to claim whether its realistic or not

     

    All in all I quite like him 

     

    also long purple coat? yellow googles? vaguely futuristic? instant static shock vibes hitting me right in the nostalgia

    Thanks!  It's good feedback, I appreciate it!

  • zombietaggerungzombietaggerung Posts: 3,845

    Can anyone post a render of the back of this: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-cb-haze-delta-clothing-set-for-genesis-8-males please? The promos don't show it, and it's the only item I'm interested in. Thanks in advance.

  • Patrick TynerPatrick Tyner Posts: 640
    I definitely miss the old pro bundles, the new bundle methods and store layout is part of the reason that I haven't renewed my Platinum..
  • j cadej cade Posts: 2,310

    A couple of renders - one of niko and one of the outfits combined on a yournger character (though using some of nikos morph) because again: purple coat. yellow glasses > static shock 

     

    also given all the cyberpunk I have to mention these free hdris they're not super high res, but thats what dof is for and theyre very neon

     

    @zombietaggerung Ill render up the back of the outfit you requested too

    nik2.jpg
    900 x 1170 - 613K
    virgilsque.jpg
    900 x 1170 - 639K
  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,790
    edited November 2020
    zombietaggerung said:

    Can anyone post a render of the back of this: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-cb-haze-delta-clothing-set-for-genesis-8-males please? The promos don't show it, and it's the only item I'm interested in. Thanks in advance.

    A very incomplete render but:

     

    and the front:

    back.jpg
    1568 x 1251 - 400K
    front.jpg
    1568 x 1251 - 440K
    Post edited by nemesis10 on
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