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So I blew my budget plans to hell and back this morning. And it wasn't just because of some great PAs all offering on the same day or close too, but the stores that were giving some incredible discounts.
https://www.daz3d.com/sy-knotted-strap-sandals-genesis-9 caught my eye first. It also seems to be the one someone asked about in a forum post that I can't find now, yet I posted my search attempt in it. If anyone can find it, please let them know. Look at the second small thumbnail (black/red version). Sickleyield did an incredible job on the sandals’ details and I bought them for my characters.
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-mrl-combinations-long-ponytail-for-genesis-9 by Mihrelle and I checked out her store and added https://www.daz3d.com/mrl-urban-braids-for-genesis-9 to the cart as well. Both styles look to be versatile purchases.
While I didn’t buy the latest Flipmode set (afraid of closed in spaces) I did check out his store and added: https://www.daz3d.com/tank-tops-and-undershirts-collection, https://www.daz3d.com/fm-jeans-for-genesis, and https://www.daz3d.com/leather-and-cut-offs-for-fm-jeans, along with an older set, https://www.daz3d.com/easy-environments-tree-of-life. With Kesha’s lovely gift, https://www.daz3d.com/candleholder-set, I was able to get her https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-background-vignette. Beyond that, I will enjoy https://www.daz3d.com/betty-bedroom-props and https://www.daz3d.com/la-starlight-poses-and-props-for-genesis-8-and-9. Many of the starlight poses I could see a cat/kitten or small dog in place of the star. Or a doll with a child. Or a baby with a parent. Really nice.
Yeah, I know some of these are old, but some I just paid attention to today. Others have been on wishlist since they came out.
Edit to add: I missed https://www.daz3d.com/ly-evangeline-hd-for-genesis-9-feminine. Sorry Lyoness. She is lovely and what really had me sold was the L.I.E. eyeshadow three tier system of regular looking eyeshadow. I can use that on other characters and if I still was able to wear makeup, it would be how my eye makeup would look. Loved your whole package.
While I'm not saying that I particularly like the product, I have to say I'm tired of how everything time something like this shows up in the store someone immediately goes "Ah, the store's becoming 'Rotica!"
'Rotica features a *lot* of stuff that would almost certainly get my post pulled if I described it in even vague terms. Whereas here, while you might earn some funny looks if you wore laced up rings down your arms in public, this product is not actually explicit.
We might know what these products are likely to be used for, but they are not being marketed in a way that is actually unreasonable; the promos are not being used to show carnal acts.
I'm sure there's enough people who have a visceral reaction to something like zombies, which are frequently depicted in brutal ways on the store, but western society as a whole has apparently deemed bloody depictions of mangled corpses more acceptable than the mere suggestion of what people might consensually and non-harmfully do in the bedroom.
Sure, I roll my eyes at these things and there's a lot of stuff on the store I don't like... but ultimately, a lot of these things I don't personally use are a major and vital part of making Daz Studio viable as a business model.
I had pierced ears for a few years and piercings in general are worn because the wearer thinks they are attractive, they are generally made of precious metals or replicas of precious metals, they feel fun when they move, etc... Appearance is complicated. I have a friend who collects watches. For him, they are spectacular displays of art, craft, technology, and affordable wearable beauty. I find them to be shackles and a necessary evil.
Grabbed the Dedal set and its required set for my buy-in today. Normally I'd wait for a better discount since the style is out of genre for my usual, but I think today's price is very fair for the level of modularity and detail. Thanks Space Elsa for thinking of kitbashers. :)
https://www.daz3d.com/se-interior-module-dedal
https://www.daz3d.com/se-starship-bridge-dedal
I've https://www.daz3d.com/silked-skins-hd-for-genesis-9 on my wishlist. It was a journey that started with "what is this?", with a couple of stops at "ugh" and "I can well imagine what that will be used for". Then I got lost in "but how would that even work?" and flapped about for a while pondering whether I was looking at it wrong. Then I turned around and went back to the beginning and decided it may be useful for my rag doll character if I were to add some open seams to her. The product is something different and challenged me to think creatively about what it would be useful for. I doubt the creator had rag dolls in mind, but I feel they are a far more sensible, innocent and - dare I say - delightful host for lacey laces.
I have seen laced piercings on a heavily tattooed and body modified person but they were somewhat more gothy than those
+1
old codger here.....
.. agreed it can lead to creative sparks
.beauty is subjective I guess.... I have noticed architecture/ buildings are getting more and more plain these days as compared to years ago... I have had a good time going through some of the older artist's legacy items and have found some real gems.. I especially liked this new set: https://www.daz3d.com/xi-snow-village.. looks like I could make a Norman Rockwell style Christmas Card with it! But also found a few contemporary and sci-fi building sets.
I am a bit of an architecture fan and remember reading a biography of Philip Johnson. In the ranking of the ten most important people in architecture design, he is at least two of them. He is the father of those unadorned block like skyscrapers (He designed the Seagram Building) and he is the father of those unblock-like skyscrapers with whimsical details and references to the past (Post Modernism). The book reminded me that staleness and civilisation are incompatible. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it but those who forget the future are doomed to an endless prison. Even when Daz3d or one of its artist stumble, it is important to remember that is one step towards the future.
I'm usually very critical here (and elsewhere) of products that feel overly sexualizing and / or degrading, and I do understand that the corset piercing product in question appears like this to some of the posters here. I wish that the promos would have depicted the piercings on a male G9 as well, that would have been a good thing to do. But apart from this, to me, it's basically just a specific kink thing which is not inherently degrading or objectifying. The promos also don't read like this to me. The back version is actually not all that uncommon IRL and rather pretty if done well, to me at least.
It's hilariously unrealistic in other parts for sure though! Human bodies are, like, rather softish and saggish in places, and don't respond all that prettily to being pulled at the wrong spots, ya know ...
All that being said, I'm kinda proud how we manage this time to share differing opinions in a very adult and relaxed manner, aren't we? So yay for that!
Very cool nemesis10 .. looked him up and the Seagram building. Reminds me a bit of this: https://www.daz3d.com/contemporary-office-building-revitalized which I got yesterday at a great discount. .. next will be the twisted tower to complete the set. I enjoy collecting
FWDesign's sets as well... but I do love to combine cozy and modern.. I suppose if I owned a modern house.. over time, the shabby chic cozy would eventually creep in. I saw a youtube recently where they were saying many creatives and high iq folks have cluttered rooms but know where everything is.. sort of organized clutter. While stark clean lines may represent order, and busy-ness, may represent something else.. subjective..
as far as the piercings.. all I can say is ouch..
looks painful and painfully unnecessary 
but I used to wear some pretty painful shoes back in the day.... too many back/joint surgeries influence my choices these days thus being pain avoidant
I won't take this too far out of the Daz3d sphere but I wish there was a bit more stuff influenced by Frank LLoyd Wright or even more the fanciful scenery of Maxfield Parrish complete with HDRI's. Piercings aren't particularly painful (i had about 35 years experience as both a scientific control and phlebobomist so I know being pierced by needles) and about as unnecessary as lipstick, underwear, men's ties, hair dye, eyeshadow, nail polish, or rendering 3D figures as a hobby. It is pure recreation, pretty harmless for others, and, not uncommon among people outside Europe and North America. There are even recovered piercing artifacts among our hominid ancestors so it is as ingrained in humans as creating fire, language, and creating art.
So what PA would be the best for creating a Maxfield Parrish mega set? I am thinking StoneMason...
yes.. men's ties .. I've long thought..totally not necessary but lip gloss, hair dye.. gotta have! and My DAZ characters have needs that I don't .
..As a teenager I remember my sis and I piercing our own ears because our parents wouldn't allow it at the time... Fast forward now, I've noticed getting old changes your tastes moods threshold for things..
the need for simplicity.. comfort.... a DAZ Maxfield Parrish sounds wonderful!
Having a professional pierce you hurts a whole lot less than doing it yourself. I often had to draw my own blood for experiments and to feed the parasites we were growing (parasites often use linoleac acid as the pheromone to dect red blood cells and I had a higher percentage than anyone else in the laboratory) but I was trained to draw blood relatively painlessly since we needed the controls and experimental subjects to return. Having experienced the occasional blood draw from someone who was trained to choose speed over comfort tested my resolve not give advice.
I am tempted to try a little backdrop using one of my own photos of clouds yo se if I can color them in a Parrish color scheme.
I really like the corset piercings product. IRL they're done for the sake of art mostly, and they aren't permanent. I used to have tons of piercings including cheeks and the apparently much-hated septum (which hurt more than all my other piercings combined), even hips. If piercings aren't for you, that's fabulous, don't get them. I personally loved mine, and still, almost a decade on, I'm sad I no longer have my cheek bars. Body mods and art aren't for the squeamish, and corset piercings aren't even up there with the most extreme things you can do, lol. Not sure I'll be getting the product, just because it's G9 and I don't have any need for corset piercings in Daz. Will always take more standard piercings for G8, though - still yet to see cheek piercings, and some of my characters would look great with those. Would also be great if the corset piercings pack also had a neck-only one that was closer together, as those look so beautiful IMO.
LOL well, I've checked the "underwear" and "rendering 3d figures" boxes.... Although I would argue that, to a certain extent, underwear is extremely practical and not unnecessary at all. Yes, there have been cultures and time periods without it, but that doesn't change the fact that it does make life easier and more comfortable, at least for bodies with childbearing equipment. (Possibly also for folks with the other set of equipment? Not having that, I can't speak from experience.)
(Admittedly I did beg my mom to let me get my ears pierced when I was 10. I regret it now, especially since I can't wear earrings without my ears bleeding, and the holes refuse to close, but I get why 10-year-old me did it. She had almost nothing in common with her classmates and wanted to feel like less of an outsider. Middle-aged-me would flip them all off and go on her merry way. =P )
I think what gets me most for those piercings is the potential for injury, and the fact that anyone who has them would be at a safety disadvantage against someone who doesn't. And having a safety disadvantage be idealized is... concerning. I'm sure there are relationship dynamics where the whole thing is healthy safe and people have entered into things with free and enthusiastic consent. Where you could get those sorts of body modifications because you want them, and trust that there will be no negative consequences. I'm totally cool with that end of things. But I don't come from that sort of a relationship, and life hasn't shown me that random strangers in public situations are necessarily going to behave themselves, either, so... my world is seen through that lens.
But on a more up-beat note: I love that rag doll idea! That's so creative! And +100 to everyone who has commented on how nice it is to be able to have an adult-level exchange of ideas, information, and opinions. Nuance is always an interesting thing to discover. :)
Why in the world is a PA-only license included in the public portion of the sale?
Having snagged the occasional hoop on a stray garment, the hoop straightened out and I just put in a fresh one. You probably have to be very careful in an MRI machine and they are removed during major surgery but, other than that, if you are in a situation where a mere piercing would seriously hurt you then you have bigger things to worry about. Realistically, there have been warriors in cultures in every spot of the world and their piercings was not the big danger in my life. I worry more about those people who might have a stroke and then their hungry dog or cat might start nibbling on them as theis missd their feeding time. I am allergic to both dogs and cats and carry a healthy fear of them.
I used to dogsit for a friend's very hungry all the time Bichon Frise...and was very careful walking down their staircase as I knew damn well if I tripped and fell, there'd be nothing but a pile of bones at the bottom by the time they came home from their cruise.
So they're more likely to let go or deform than to rip flesh? (Not to be cringey graphic, but...)
Interesting. I did not know that.
As far as the warriors go... well, I suppose it depends on the style of combat, but generally if you're swinging weapons at each other, going for something like a piercing would put one far too much in stabbing range to have that be the first line of attack, I'd think. =P I was more concerned with non-con unarmed, where yeah, things have definitely taken a turn for the bad when you have to worry about someone going for your piercings... but it's still a vulnerability.
But if I'm understanding right and they're more like those safety-release things in lanyards, then I suppose it's a moot point. Thanks for the insight. :)
Why wouldn't it be? PAs are customers too, and there are other merchant resources product sold in the store.
A much more common injury is repeatively wearing too heavy earrings which can stretch the hole and maybe tear it; this is actually not terribly too painful (women get menstrual cramps!) and is trivial to have repaired. Earlobes are not terribly full of nerve endings contrary to romance novels. One thing I learned drawing blood was that there are plenty of places with low numbers of nerve endings so that the blood draw can feel like a mosquito bite before it starts itching... a strange light pressure but little to no pain.
Well. I've learned a whole lot today. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences! I'm glad to know that people who choose that particular body modification are safer than I had understood them to be.
https://www.daz3d.com/pn-kara-for-genesis-9
I love this. It's the most beautiful G9 figures I've ever seen. The
https://www.daz3d.com/rfx-sonya-for-g9
from a few days ago was great, but this is on a completely different level.
I love this kind of well-trained body. I've tried to do it before but failed, and I know how difficult it is. It's not just about a beautiful body, but also a beautiful spirit.
I'm not that familiar with Maxfield Parrish but will keep it in mind for future sets
He was an American Illustrator and artist famous for magazine covers, children's books, and architectural paintings from roughly 1885 to 1950. He is most famous for his lush and dreamy colors of his skies; his famous "Parrish Blue" fluoresces in daylight. Wikipedia mentions the various cultural impact oif his work including the influence of the poster of the Princess Bride movie, Elton John, Moody Blues and Enya have used his art as inspiration for their album covers, Michael Jackson's video for "You Are Not Alone" emulates Parrish's Daybreak, and comic book author Alan Moore used Parrish as an influence for his comic book Promethea. Look up Daybreak, the Lantern Bearers, and the Dickey Bird to see his fanciful pseudo renaissance/ art nouveau style.
So, so good. All the ties actually untie! The lace and stitching - beautiful. It's very sexy but actually looks like a real piece of clothing that goes on and comes off - with morphs for just that!
This is the kind of quality for which I'll gladly pay new release prices. Purchased. :)
Does anyone know anything about https://www.daz3d.com/pw-boutique-villa ? Is it another enourmous download? Does it load quickly? Does it render quickly? There are no figures in any of the promos, and they appear to be done from wide-angle view to take in as much as possible with the associated wide-angle distortion.
280MB in DIM, not yet downloadwd to test
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Thanks Richard! I think it's a lovely set, but not one I'd ever use. So, I went another direction.