Nadine 9 - Discussion Thread

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  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,729

    Well, when my son was born, I flew home to San Francisco a week later and my youngest sister, said great, 'I will now have an excuse to go to all the Disney movies without having to sneak in!' We were in line to see the first Star Wars movie. I was stationed in Utah at the time, she lives in California. Now my son and I both loved action/comic book hero movies, along with Star Wars. 

    Be careful of glass slippers or champagne glasses, the spike heels or stems can slice up a throat quite nicely if the heroine is attacked. (I learned about the glass idea from a Sci-Fi book where she kills the dastardly bad guy.)

  • jmucchiellojmucchiello Posts: 1,112

    Is there any Filament support here?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,791

    Drip said:

    Is mermaid more popular than centaur or minotaur?  Curious enough to ask without being interested enough to ever buy a half-human/half-whatever.

    More probably less complicated to develop. I have little use for half-whatevers myself either, but I do find them interesting concepts.  Centaurs and minotaurs are already tricky to develop: more limbs, people will constantly compare the hindquarters of the centaurs with real horses, requiring a lot of research. I'm already pretty amazed there are several (2 or 3) human-spider hybrids around. But I still wouldn't expect a fully posable Sphynx with a proper lion-body anytime soon.

    Minotaurs have extra limbs? A tail,perhaps, though I don't know that that is mandatory.

  • MadaMada Posts: 2,058

    Scarecrow said:

    I really wish someone would make a mermaid tail that's just a regular fish tail, without all the extra fins on the sides and everywhere. Also the fade from scales to skin just looks so completely unrealistic.

    The fins are all bodyparts that can be posed which also means that the fins can be hidden easily. I added more fins because you can easily hide them, but you can't add them if they're not there. The fins are inspired by mermaid cosplay, which is a popular genre like one of the other posters pointed out :) 

    Fade from skins is a personal design choice, beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that. Mermaids have always been one of my favourite themes so I really enjoyed working on these sets. Hopefully buyers will enjoy creating images with them and get as much joy from it as I did.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,639

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Drip said:

    Is mermaid more popular than centaur or minotaur?  Curious enough to ask without being interested enough to ever buy a half-human/half-whatever.

    More probably less complicated to develop. I have little use for half-whatevers myself either, but I do find them interesting concepts.  Centaurs and minotaurs are already tricky to develop: more limbs, people will constantly compare the hindquarters of the centaurs with real horses, requiring a lot of research. I'm already pretty amazed there are several (2 or 3) human-spider hybrids around. But I still wouldn't expect a fully posable Sphynx with a proper lion-body anytime soon.

    Minotaurs have extra limbs? A tail,perhaps, though I don't know that that is mandatory.

    I have seen a few contemporary Minotaur illustrations with two arms and a full bull body, but all the classic descriptions that I know of include a bull's head, two human arms, and hooved feet... whether those lower legs are humanoid are digigade legs like a satyr, or a tail, is a bit less clear.  That said, to address the original post, I don't see the creation of six limbed characters to be all that much moe difficult in DAZ studio given the existence of the basic Centaur sets for the last several generations of Genesis that can be used as a base. 

  • NylonGirlNylonGirl Posts: 2,294

    Drip said:

    In b4 "Oh it's another white female" comments.

    That doesn't look exactly like a white girl to me. It looks like a girl who could pass for white until they see her father. 

  • ArtAngelArtAngel Posts: 2,087

    Dareshiranu said:

    nonesuch00 said:

    rcourtri_789f4b1c6b said:

    Tomhip said:

    Drip said:

    In b4 "Oh it's another white female" comments.

    What about "Oh it's another mermaid" comments ;p? https://www.daz3d.com/calypso-9-character-bundle

    Yes, the fortnightly releases have been numerous enough that even a niche category like mermaid has been rehashed.  

    Is mermaid more popular than centaur or minotaur?  Curious enough to ask without being interested enough to ever buy a half-human/half-whatever.

     

    Almost everyonne's heard of a mermaid, but hardly anyoone have heard of centaurs, or minotaurs.

    Yes, Greek mythology is never seen in popular culture, is it? 

    There are plenty. Maybe start with Rick Riordan,
  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,922
    edited March 27

    Just wanted to remind everyone that generally the core figures come with both male and female skins.  Here is Nadine mixed with the base masculine shape and a few other things:

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  • FJM1977FJM1977 Posts: 273
    Interesting that some here saw her as Asian etc. she reminded me of the Baskir-Russian singer Alsou a bit.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,164
    edited March 27

    ...hmm "Nadine", now why does that name sound so familiar here.

    Ah!

     

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  • SevrinSevrin Posts: 6,314

    My first thought was it's a character inspired by the video for Chappell Roan's song Casual.

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,699

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Drip said:

    Is mermaid more popular than centaur or minotaur?  Curious enough to ask without being interested enough to ever buy a half-human/half-whatever.

    More probably less complicated to develop. I have little use for half-whatevers myself either, but I do find them interesting concepts.  Centaurs and minotaurs are already tricky to develop: more limbs, people will constantly compare the hindquarters of the centaurs with real horses, requiring a lot of research. I'm already pretty amazed there are several (2 or 3) human-spider hybrids around. But I still wouldn't expect a fully posable Sphynx with a proper lion-body anytime soon.

    Minotaurs have extra limbs? A tail,perhaps, though I don't know that that is mandatory.

    well there is Motaro from Mortal Kombat with four legs well the bottom half of a bull oh and warhammer had four armed ones Motaro From Mortal Kombat U2013 Game Art - Motaro Mortal Kombat Trilogy Png,Mortal  Kombat 3 Logo - free transparent png images - pngaaa.com

     

     

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  • FJM1977FJM1977 Posts: 273

    Minotaurs, fawns, dryads, nyads, satyrs, centaurs are all in the Narnia series.

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,848

    Dareshiranu said:

    nonesuch00 said:

    rcourtri_789f4b1c6b said:

    Tomhip said:

    Drip said:

    In b4 "Oh it's another white female" comments.

    What about "Oh it's another mermaid" comments ;p? https://www.daz3d.com/calypso-9-character-bundle

    Yes, the fortnightly releases have been numerous enough that even a niche category like mermaid has been rehashed.  

    Is mermaid more popular than centaur or minotaur?  Curious enough to ask without being interested enough to ever buy a half-human/half-whatever.

     

    Almost everyonne's heard of a mermaid, but hardly anyoone have heard of centaurs, or minotaurs.

    Yes, Greek mythology is never seen in popular culture, is it? 

    Put it to you this way: I've never heard spoken the word minotaur or centaur anywhere, meanwhile I have heard the word mermaid spoken quite a few more than a couple of times. Of course i've read of them as a teen when we were taught about ancient Greece but even then it was me takng the initiative to independently learn, it sure wasn't taught in class.

  • FJM1977FJM1977 Posts: 273
    edited March 27

    nonesuch00 said:

    Dareshiranu said:

    nonesuch00 said:

    rcourtri_789f4b1c6b said:

    Tomhip said:

    Drip said:

    In b4 "Oh it's another white female" comments.

    What about "Oh it's another mermaid" comments ;p? https://www.daz3d.com/calypso-9-character-bundle

    Yes, the fortnightly releases have been numerous enough that even a niche category like mermaid has been rehashed.  

    Is mermaid more popular than centaur or minotaur?  Curious enough to ask without being interested enough to ever buy a half-human/half-whatever.

     

    Almost everyonne's heard of a mermaid, but hardly anyoone have heard of centaurs, or minotaurs.

    Yes, Greek mythology is never seen in popular culture, is it? 

    Put it to you this way: I've never heard spoken the word minotaur or centaur anywhere, meanwhile I have heard the word mermaid spoken quite a few more than a couple of times. Of course i've read of them as a teen when we were taught about ancient Greece but even then it was me takng the initiative to independently learn, it sure wasn't taught in class.

    obviously you never encountered the viral Mini-minotaur song.

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  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,420

    NylonGirl said:

    Drip said:

    In b4 "Oh it's another white female" comments.

    That doesn't look exactly like a white girl to me. It looks like a girl who could pass for white until they see her father. 

    :rofl: "Don't tell Daddy."

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,505

    Dareshiranu said:

    Yes, Greek mythology is never seen in popular culture, is it? 

    Sorry, what?

    Assuming you weren't being sarcastic (often doesn't come through well in text)... Not sure what it's like outside the USA, but I'd say it's probably the most prominantly recognized mythology outside the Judeo/Christian belief system.

    I had a whole Greek & Roman mythology unit in fifth grade.

    In popular media, things probably everyone has heard of without going into the really niche stuff:

    • Xena: Warrior Princess
    • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
    • The Percy Jackson series (books & films)
    • Disney's Hercules (Granted, it was nothing like the original tale, but show me a Disney story that is)
    • Disney's Fantasia has centaurs in it

    And that's just pre-coffee off the top of my head.

  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 3,505

    memcneil70 said:

    Be careful of glass slippers or champagne glasses, the spike heels or stems can slice up a throat quite nicely if the heroine is attacked. (I learned about the glass idea from a Sci-Fi book where she kills the dastardly bad guy.)

     Oh, /I/ totally would've thought of it. And it wouldn't surprise me if Kiddo said something like that now. But they were 4 years old and wearing a cherubic expression and a very floofy party dress at the time, so I admit it blindsided me (more that it probably should have, in retrospect)

  • ElorElor Posts: 3,690

    memcneil70 said:

    Be careful of glass slippers or champagne glasses, the spike heels or stems can slice up a throat quite nicely if the heroine is attacked. (I learned about the glass idea from a Sci-Fi book where she kills the dastardly bad guy.)

    There's also always the good ol' blade hidden in the sole of the shoes:

    https://www.daz3d.com/pw-stiletto-heels-x

    There's the question of the praticality of fighting in heel heels though.

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,699

    SilverGirl said:

    Dareshiranu said:

    Yes, Greek mythology is never seen in popular culture, is it? 

    Sorry, what?

    Assuming you weren't being sarcastic (often doesn't come through well in text)... Not sure what it's like outside the USA, but I'd say it's probably the most prominantly recognized mythology outside the Judeo/Christian belief system.

    I had a whole Greek & Roman mythology unit in fifth grade.

    In popular media, things probably everyone has heard of without going into the really niche stuff:

    • Xena: Warrior Princess
    • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
    • The Percy Jackson series (books & films)
    • Disney's Hercules (Granted, it was nothing like the original tale, but show me a Disney story that is)
    • Disney's Fantasia has centaurs in it

    And that's just pre-coffee off the top of my head.

    I grew up as a monster, fantasy, scifi, horror, comic fan, gaming extra still am so I watched all these as well as Doctor Who (horns of Nimon), and the stop motion movies like thos created by  ray harryhausen oh and then there's various fantasy pinup artists like Boris Vallago, Julie Bell, Larry Elmoore, Chris Archillos so on
    On a side note or back on the MERMAID track there's the horror version of mermaids we haven't had yet but could be I guess easily created with this lady and kitbashed with morphs and other parts to create with huge bug like saucer eyes and sharp teeth with crab/lobster claws be cool maybe predator style jaws.
    On another side note I did several renders of dragon human hybrids like centaurs. Did a spynx once too wasn't perfect but like some else said be cool. Need more creature add ons for kitbashing

  • joannajoanna Posts: 2,502

    nemesis10 said:

    Just wanted to remind everyone that generally the core figures come with both male and female skins.  Here is Nadine mixed with the base masculine shape and a few other things:

    It seems to got lost in a general mythology/creatures discussion, so I just wanted to say: nice render! And it shows possibilities.
     

    As for Nadine herself, she's a pass at the moment. She's nice but looks "barely of legal age" to me, and at the moment, I don't have need for such characters. I did appreciate that her chest size looks appropriate for the age she looks.
    The addon bundle doesn't look too bad, but just like with Valenia bundle, I feel that skins/scales etc. have already been done and better by FenixPhoenix and Esid. They're in my wishlist as "maybe," but I'm not in a rush to get them.

  • DripDrip Posts: 1,261
    edited March 27

    ANGELREAPER1972 said:

    SilverGirl said:

    Dareshiranu said:

    Yes, Greek mythology is never seen in popular culture, is it? 

    Sorry, what?

    Assuming you weren't being sarcastic (often doesn't come through well in text)... Not sure what it's like outside the USA, but I'd say it's probably the most prominantly recognized mythology outside the Judeo/Christian belief system.

    I had a whole Greek & Roman mythology unit in fifth grade.

    In popular media, things probably everyone has heard of without going into the really niche stuff:

    • Xena: Warrior Princess
    • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
    • The Percy Jackson series (books & films)
    • Disney's Hercules (Granted, it was nothing like the original tale, but show me a Disney story that is)
    • Disney's Fantasia has centaurs in it

    And that's just pre-coffee off the top of my head.


    On a side note or back on the MERMAID track there's the horror version of mermaids we haven't had yet but could be I guess easily created with this lady and kitbashed with morphs and other parts to create with huge bug like saucer eyes and sharp teeth with crab/lobster claws be cool maybe predator style jaws.

    There are a couple, but no core Daz figures yet.

    Arki and Darwin's Mishap made the Aguja mermaids, and there's also Yrsilla by Demonica Evillius and Jesaii. Probably a few more, also variations based on Eels and Sharks which should be easily adaptable to horror-mermaids.

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,848

    FJM1977 said:

    nonesuch00 said:

    Dareshiranu said:

    nonesuch00 said:

    rcourtri_789f4b1c6b said:

    Tomhip said:

    Drip said:

    In b4 "Oh it's another white female" comments.

    What about "Oh it's another mermaid" comments ;p? https://www.daz3d.com/calypso-9-character-bundle

    Yes, the fortnightly releases have been numerous enough that even a niche category like mermaid has been rehashed.  

    Is mermaid more popular than centaur or minotaur?  Curious enough to ask without being interested enough to ever buy a half-human/half-whatever.

     

    Almost everyonne's heard of a mermaid, but hardly anyoone have heard of centaurs, or minotaurs.

    Yes, Greek mythology is never seen in popular culture, is it? 

    Put it to you this way: I've never heard spoken the word minotaur or centaur anywhere, meanwhile I have heard the word mermaid spoken quite a few more than a couple of times. Of course i've read of them as a teen when we were taught about ancient Greece but even then it was me takng the initiative to independently learn, it sure wasn't taught in class.

    obviously you never encountered the viral Mini-minotaur song.

    No, but I did buy the viral "The Minotaur takes a Cigarette Break" paperback because who wouldn't buy a paperback with a cover like that one's? (The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill | Goodreads)

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,699

    bought both bundles and all the addons get three of them for free buying both bundles plus mega discount all up plus bonus mega discount on other stuff added to cart from wishlist could even add things same time to get bonus discount, then second day bought poses released for her and added Holden and another still new for even more mega discounts on more stuff including other mermaids generations some weren't on discount on Nadine's release day really treated myself still cost around $200 Australian over the two days but I got a heap of stuff some around $1 and not real old content

  • ANGELREAPER1972ANGELREAPER1972 Posts: 4,699

    nemesis10 said:

    Just wanted to remind everyone that generally the core figures come with both male and female skins.  Here is Nadine mixed with the base masculine shape and a few other things:

    done well and shown unless they do a tail and some other detail drasticly different no need to buy a male version counterpart if released

  • sidsid Posts: 565
    edited March 28

    ^ Cool to see the tail on a guy.

    Liked the darker skin, although there are other's in the G9 lineup with similar.

     

    Compared here with Xiao.

    With the Premier add-on Nausicaa (Nausea? unfortunate) and Xiu Lin. Nadine is tall!

    Mixed here with Head Shapes for Hanako and a bit of Hanako.

    Loved this pose from the Inseparable Couples set, wish I'd rendered bigger and/or saved the duf. 

    I did do one with the fish tail, but had a bit of trouble getting the render to go. (Not the tail's fault). If it complete's overnight I'll upload it later. 

     

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  • ElorElor Posts: 3,690

    sid said:

    With the Premier add-on Nausicaa (Nausea? unfortunate) and Xiu Lin. Nadine is tall!

    I had an exaggerated chuckle reading the description of Nausicaa.

    On top of that, my reference for Nausicaa is from the manga and movie by Hayao Miyazaki and she doesn't have 'exaggerated curves':

    Nice renders as usual, thank you smiley

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 13,044

    I'm a big fan of Miyazaki and his Nausicaa :)
    Nausicaa is originally a character in the Odyssey, a princess who helps Odysseus (and end up marrying his son later). The name means "burner of ships" apparently.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,791

    Leana said:

    I'm a big fan of Miyazaki and his Nausicaa :)
    Nausicaa is originally a character in the Odyssey, a princess who helps Odysseus (and end up marrying his son later). The name means "burner of ships" apparently.

    The face that burned a thousand ships?

  • sidsid Posts: 565

    ^Good to know where the name comes from. 

    Render of the tail. I had a bit of trouble rendering this, but I think that's because I went too hard on the atomospheric effects. 

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