Naturally Bending Aleda HD for Genesis 9 Feminine - [released]

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• HeavyRay Posts: 184

  November 14

  Instant buy!  Excellent promo pics really sell it.  Speaking of promo pics, any chance we might get links/reference to the promo clothing items?  Especially interested in the lingerie items.  Tks - Ray
• Riesco Posts: 74

  November 14

  Products of this quality deserve recognition. Given how rare custom JCMs are in daily releases and how demanding they are to produce, it’s surprising that Aleda is priced so low. The detailed palms and feet in the normal maps make both Aleda and Damira excellent additions. I’d also be very interested in seeing a masculine character from you if that’s something you’re considering. Nice work!
• UncannyValet Posts: 264

  November 15

  Riesco said:

  and how demanding they are to produc

  One of the main reasons, in my opinion, that they are tedious to produce is not because sculpting is hard, or anatomy is confusing, those really arent the limitations at all in my opinion. It's because we have only basic options with ERC.  We cannot utilise Radial Bias Function for ERC. Each corrective needs to be set up using basic mathematical controls only.  For something like the shin and the forearm, that's fine, but for a ball-socket joint like the Shoulder/Upper Arm, it feels like a fool's errand trying to produce correctives that work with eachother.  The shoulder has 3 degrees of freedom (X,Y,Z), the upper arm also has 3 degrees of freedom (X,Y,Z). The shape of the shoulder region therefore depends on both of those two bones at once, and each permutation/combinations of their movements.

  If you set up all your correctives and then later you find a problem, fixing it can be quite difficult because there are so many dependencies.  Maybe Radial Bias Functions dont solve that entirely, but there has to be a better way for dealing with the ball-socket joints...

   
• mikeha_ca Posts: 7

  November 15

  fantastic work.  can you tell me what hair is the long straight hair you used in one of the promo pics? I wish all PAs would identify all the assets used in the promo pics because it's super hard to figure out otherwise
• NERDWORKS Posts: 20

  November 15 edited November 15

  mikeha_ca said:

  fantastic work.  can you tell me what hair is the long straight hair you used in one of the promo pics? I wish all PAs would identify all the assets used in the promo pics because it's super hard to figure out otherwise

  guessing you mean this one ...
  [Image removed]
  it's Soft Waves Hair for Genesis 9 
  https://www.daz3d.com/soft-waves-hair-for-genesis-9?srsltid=AfmBOop6GAPLXEookOpSopeegT5ZEQEwy-7fzKZ0NpA4OEzTtK33M_gC 

  I'll try to update the inital post step by step and list all items i used in the promos, you know it's a lot of kit bashing when you do the promos so keep track of everything and write it down is a task of its own ;)

  Post edited by Richard Haseltine on November 15
• NERDWORKS Posts: 20

  November 15

  Riesco said:

  Products of this quality deserve recognition. Given how rare custom JCMs are in daily releases and how demanding they are to produce, it’s surprising that Aleda is priced so low. The detailed palms and feet in the normal maps make both Aleda and Damira excellent additions. I’d also be very interested in seeing a masculine character from you if that’s something you’re considering. Nice work!

   I already thought about doing a masculine char, but unfortunately masculines don't sell as good as females and considering the work that's needed to create one with the same quality I'm a little hesitant.
• NERDWORKS Posts: 20

  November 15 edited November 15

  @UncannyValet

  Yep, takes a lot of time figuring out how to make it work the way you want it and another thing is the further away you get from the G9 base shape the more difficult it gets. In this regard G9 is a little bit more demanding to handle than G8 or G3 because the separate male/female figures where already closer to the distinct gender. 

   

  @HeavyRay

  I updated the initial post, have a look ... 
  
  
  If anyone else wants to know anything specific about surroundings, lighting, rendering etc. ... just ask. ;)

  Post edited by NERDWORKS on November 15
• mikeha_ca Posts: 7

  November 15

  thanks for that update, my opinion is that on most models the hair style makes up about 70-80% of the character's look, so it's super important if you want the same look in the promos to know which exact hair is used.  Great to know all the hair options, thanks
• kpr Posts: 285

  November 15

  Really great character - congrats 
• HeavyRay Posts: 184

  November 15 edited November 15

  Can't thank you enough for such a thorough punch list of promo products!!!  Perfectly timed to pick some of them up with the current sales incentives...  This made my day - thank you!!!

  Post edited by HeavyRay on November 15
• Masterstroke Posts: 2,298

  November 16

  Somebody is finally doing this.
  Custom body shapes DO need custom JCMs, always!
  The more these custom body shapes divert from the standart shapes, the more effort has to be put into creating those JCMs.
  Well done, good job.
• NERDWORKS Posts: 20

  November 16

  Masterstroke said:

  Somebody is finally doing this.
  Custom body shapes DO need custom JCMs, always!
  The more these custom body shapes divert from the standart shapes, the more effort has to be put into creating those JCMs.
  Well done, good job.

  Well, in fact almost all PAs are doing JCMs (now called CBS) the only difference is I tried to create more anatomical correct ones to make the knee, hip and schoulder joints look more life like when bending. But the effort to achive this is really huge, there are up to 18 different morphs for a single joint that influence each other and dial in at different values/angles depending on how you pose the joint. 
• richardandtracy Posts: 7,070

  November 16

  I have just bought Damira. I am absolutely amazed at the realism of the character. Just stunning. The details like the tendons at the back of her knees activating when the knee bends, perfect. A very impressive character. Regards, Richard.
• Rod Wise Driggo Posts: 2,306

  November 16

  Own all of your characters and Aleda is simply outstanding. Kudos. Wonderful job. Have not checked yet but are there also textures without the tanlines included.
• Richard Haseltine Posts: 107,857

  November 16

  Apologies, but please remember that we do not have filters in the forum the way we do in store - one of the images has had to be taken down.
• NERDWORKS Posts: 20

  November 17

  Richard Haseltine said:

  Apologies, but please remember that we do not have filters in the forum the way we do in store - one of the images has had to be taken down.

  replaced it with a censored one, hope it's ok this way ... 
• NERDWORKS Posts: 20

  November 17

  Rod Wise Driggo said:

  Own all of your characters and Aleda is simply outstanding. Kudos. Wonderful job. Have not checked yet but are there also textures without the tanlines included.

  Aleda comes with tanlines, so no textures without them yet ... didn't want to blow up file size for her package even more.
• Anonymous Poster Posts: 123

  November 28

  This is an excellent model, love this and the last naturally bending character, look forward to the next one!
• nakamuram002 Posts: 810

  November 28

  Thanks for creating Damira and Aleda, Nerdworks.  Your joint corrections made Genesis 9 usable (for me).  Great products!
• NERDWORKS Posts: 20

  December 1

  Thanks everyone, glad to see you like her  ...