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I don't remember the last time the release of a new "core" figure got such a lacklustre reaction in the forums - normally by now there would be pages and pages with people showing renders etc. This one hasn't even made one page. Makes me wonder.
The pricing of the teen bundle is awful for what you get. And I am really really disliking this new practice of splitting up one outfit into a shoes only product, a shirt only product, a shorts only product etc.
I think I'm finished. Didn't renew my DAZ+ membership, stopped the daily emails, and think Kola's skin is flat and dull and absolutely not worthy of the price.
I thought the M8 Afrofuturistic Street looked interesting until I took a look at the other pictures in the set, and the textures look really awful at close range. Like random stucco super big with high bmp is pasted on there.
it appears the village is just one big scene with no individual props or anything?
Nice, an adult version! I like the whole concept here; teen and adult, before and after... and I like grown up Kola specifically.
I don't mind his skin at all. It's not my favourite ever, judging by the promos, but it's perfectly fine.
I think some of the promos look really good! I'm talking about the last one, and the fourth-to-last one (with the big pink light in the background).
I'm not a buy-on-release kind of guy, so it'll be a while until I get to play with him... but I'm glad he's here.
(OT, what's the swoopy hair of the background character in the 2nd-to-last promo?)
Saves me loads of cash, so is a good thing.
Splitting items, Im not a fan of, although on very rare occasions I'd want just one item. TBH, when that occurs, I just wait for the price to drop - which is always to my advantage.
I can't speak for anyone else but I have been disappointed by the 8.1 bundles. In the past we'd get a pro bundle with 2-3 characters, 2-3 outfits and maybe 1 or 2 hairs. Now, for the same price we seem to get one outfit, one hair and maybe a vehicle or something.
What is with the inside of the knee joint in the second picture? It looks like there is no JCM...
What second picture? Link?
This, I think: https://www.daz3d.com/beau-fade-flip-hair-beard-and-eyebrows-for-genesis-8-and-81-males
It's a bunch of props grouped together. The environment is quite large.
Here is one screen shot out of the box, looking down one street and includes a HDRI background. The other is an overhead screen shot.
Edit: Added a third screen shot.
I really like the fact there is a teen version of a core character, I really wish they were bundled together with the HD morphs.
thx
Out of the box render:
David
Thanks everyone for the village renders! The textures don't look too good to me, sadly, not really fit for close-ups, are they? I like the overall design of the village, though. So am still on the fence.
thanks. Can the individual buildings be used as props without the entire scene? One thing I noticed from your images, it appears each block contains the same buildings used multiple times. not a big deal as you cant see all of them at once anyway, but that huge size not really needed if you can just use one block at a time
The skin is...ooph.
This one...
Thanks for the reply. Ewwww! I see what you mean. Is that a missing JCM or failure to adjust rigging mesh? I wonder if that problem persists in the delivered product or if it was an early Teen Kola version for promos or artist error. I haven't seen customers complaining yet about the problem in the product. I didn't buy it, so I can't test. How about you? Do you own it?
I'll post a few more renders of grown-up Kola, but at the moment I'm having trouble with the eyelashes.
No tweaks. He only comes with painted on brows. I only purchased the base figure, no HD.
And checking between the generations, here is Kola's sculpt with Niko's materials:
I don't know if I can add much to the model sheets on the product page, I'd say they're pretty representiive for this guy.
I don't have the teen model to try out the JCM
Thanks for the renders!!! Super handy.
The skin on the neck looks strangeley low-rez for some reason, but the face itself is alright. When you say he only comes with painted on brows, is there still an option to remove them? I can't stand characters that don't have an option to be browless so I can use merchant products, I've been having a lot of trouble with that lately.
This is grown up Kola. He's mostly Kola with a touch of Teen Kola's head and some other figures dialed in at low power.
I'm also using Kola's Eyebrows Off material preset to remove the painted eyebrows.
Default Dash Outfit minus the footwear.
Lee
Yes, there is a no brow option, thank goodness.
Did you get all that detail with the HD or the other characters? - waaay more sculptural detail than I'm getting with the base.
Hi sid!
I'm not using Kola's HD details (even though I bought it.)
Along with some other characters dialed in at low power, there are some body shaping add-ons at work here, mostly Auto Muscle Enhancer/Auto Shape Enhancer dialed in at 35%, and several HD Detail morphs applied. The dominant HD Details morph is from Zale 8.1, with some low power Dolb HD Details to give some additional fine details without being too obvious/overpowering.
Hope that helps. :)
Lee
It's a nice render, but not representative of what other customers will get when they purchase Kola 8.1. As you said, you have a lot of other stuff dialed in to create that shape.
Thank you, Lee. I ended up having a play with adding in some Kwan and his HD. Didn't manage to fix the eyelashes.
Adult Kola, default:
Adult Kola, remembered leg day, dehydrated. (Kwan plus vascular plug-in):
And some other random stuff, since I rendered it.
He certainly has his own charms. My wish list for him would be: knee texture, eyelashes lining up, crisper hands and feet.
A couple of comparisions with the big Eel man:
(Big file)
The deformation on the arm musles not great on many poses, but that's not an issue isolated to Kola.
Testing HM's last character (excuse the lightening, I usually switch over to Blender for that stuff)
You can save the grouped assets into individual props.
I selected all of the grouped assets, right clicked and unparented all of the props. First screen shot shows a few made visible in the scene tab,
Made all but one visible, centered it for the icon and saved it as a prop asset. Reloaded to make the second screen shot.
Those are sweet! Though you have reminded me that Zale (eel man, lol) seems pretty superior in every way.