Here's my entry:

Tommie and Kageto take a romantic walk under the Sakura trees during Cherry blossom season. 

Under the Sakura Trees

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
V4 Wrist Watch (Tommie)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*
Samantha Hair for Genesis (Kageto)*
Windwalkler Accessories (Headband) (Kageto)*

Geta and Setta for G2M (Kageto)*

Satin shaders (Kageto’s headband, kimono, hakama, obi)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms and Daisho saya)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Katana Set for M3 (Kageto's Daisho)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Kageto's hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and haori,)

Sky Dome (sky)*

Fober's The Hills (grounds)*

Paid For Items
Ryuu International (Kageto)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Furisode for Genesis  Tommie'sFurisode and Zori, Tommie's obi, and obijime, Tommie's and Kageto's Tabi)
Kansan Cerry Blossom Trees (Sakura trees)

No-count Items

Genesis Evolution Head Morphs and Body Morphs (Both characters)
Ramwolf's Freebie Morphs for Genesis (All characters)*

I think most of us expect too much when we first get started with Daz Studio, or other 3D programs. How can you not, with such wonderful movies as Brave showing us what is possible? It's easy to forget that those movies use an army of 3D artists and high-end software. Brave, for example, actually had new software developed just to animate Merida's hair.

But it really is possible to do amazing things with Daz Studio. It's a robust program with a lot of features. The more you learn, the easier it is to continue to learn. As far as I've come in four and a half years, I'm pretty sure I use less than half of the capabilities. And that's not even considering the new features that will undoubtedly be added in the years to come.

I encourage people to just have fun with it, learn as you go, and create art that you enjoy. And try not to buy a lot of stuff when you're first getting started! LOL

I actually started to free hand draw in 2016 and I am OK with pencil drawings.  But naturally I wanted to do more work with computer art.  I do have a  Wacom Bamboo tablet and a couple drawing programs, but I quickly found out it is pretty difficult to draw that way.  Many of my lines were very shaky and it looked like a child drew it!  LOL.  I had been playing around with character generation programs such as Azalea's Dolls, and Rinmaru.  But those kind of felt 'kid like' and very limited.  So I set out to find something like that, but with more options.  Rinmaru on steroids, so to speak.  It didn't take me too long to find Daz Studio and I have heard of it before, but I was under the impression it was a full art program like Blender or Maya.   It wasn't until I read more about and a friend of mine over at Deviant Art explained it more to me that I realized it is more of a 3D Posing and animation program similar to Poser, but better.   I did hear of Poser first, since the company that made that program, Smith Micro, made one of my art programs, Manga Studio.  BUT a huge plus with Daz was that it was free.  I could try it out right away.   BUT I was warned ahead of time about spending and was told to "Be prepared to spend more money than you dreamed possible with Daz."

They were right about that.  It does quickly become an expensive proposition. I already reached my year budget for Daz within the near three months I have it now.    I did set out to make rules about certain items that I would NOT buy and that is poses and characters since I can do those myself.  But while I was good with the former, the latter proved difficult in more ways than one.  There were a few really pretty ladies I saw and wanted and bought them.  Then there were those sale situations in that you HAD to buy something to get a deal on another thing.  But for the most part, if it isn't out of a sale deal, I only outright buy a character if she has something that cannot be created easily or has a special skin.

But by and large, the largest 'sink hole' for me is clothing.

I didn't mean to imply you thought there was anything wrong with other generations. However, I was recommending you stick with a single generation to begin with, and I didn't want to leave you with the impression there was something wrong with the others. Or that I thought there was something wrong with older generations.

This was my initial plan, but then I started to see some of the really nice fantasy themed outfits that were for Genesis 3 and so I figured that since I was Genesis 8 and it was backward compatible, I would be good to go.  But an early mistake had me question it.  As you know some outfits and hair were meant for both Genesis 8 and 3 and they had presets for both.  Well, one time I was setting hair and clicked on the wrong one and got some weird results.  BUT that wasn't a problem, as I had the other preset, but it did make me wary of using Genesis 3 hair on Genesis 8.  So I tried a Genesis 3 outfit and it worked, so I figured I had the 'gold key' to start looking for, buying and using Genesis 3 outfits.  So there was big flash sale one night on Genesis 2 and 3 items, and I did buy quite a few things from that sale and I continued to put more in my wish list.  The first few outfits I tried had low heels and they worked.  But then when I tried out the high heeled outfits that was when I ran into the problem.  I thought it was a fluke with a particular outfit, but then I tried others.  After trying 7 outfits and four of the 7 had high heels and noted that only those were the ones that failed.  So that was when I created this post.  Naturally I didn't think there was something wrong with Genesis 3 or the clothing for the same clothing DID work fine when I tested it with, Ophelia, a Genesis 3 figure I bought because she doesn't have a Gen 8 counterpart.  So I knew it was a compatibility issue with Genesis 8.  And again, I am not pinning the blame on that figure or Daz in that aspect.  I am pointing the finger at Daz for not making it more clear that there could be compatibililty issues.   However, given that Daz does have a return policy I do have the option to return those outfits.  But I did buy more in a more recent sale and I had to go through them.  Luckily in that batch the Genesis 3 stuff I bought had all low shoes.   Sadly, one of my favorite outfits I bought, is this one:

https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/files/prod/20613/

I thought it was Genesis 3, but it is Genesis 2 and yes it has the problem.  Sadly being Gen 2, there is no fix for this one.  But I am going to keep this one as it really looks good on one of my Daz ladies (see attached)

As you see I got a bit creative with her footwear.  I borrowed it from another outfit.

Aside from each generation having characters that look different from the other generations, there are technical differences, mostly under the hood. Each successive generation bends better, for example, and G8 has a lot more face bones for creating expressions.

I do not create my own clothing for my figures, yet. I bought Marvelous Designer last November, but haven't had the time to really learn it yet. It's on my list of things to do this year.

Oh yeah, I gathered that there is more going on under the surface as well.  So it is mostly in the face then?  But apparently it there must be some changes in how the feet are done if there are issues with using previous generation high heels on them.

I too work almost exclusively with G8 figures. Using items across generations can be frustrating and disappointing. It can also be fun, though! Especially if you get the older items for free or for very cheap. I was successful in converting the Desperado boots from G3 to G8 using the tutorial linked to above.

Well, THAT was the main incentive.  I often saw that many deals and sales seemed to favor the prior generation figure(s).  There were mostly really good deep price cuts on Genesis, Gen 2 and Gen 3 items.  While I have not heard much about the compatibility with Genesis and Gen 2, I heard time and time again that Genesis 3 is very close to Genesis 8 and even in forums I heard this mentioned a few times too.  So didn't think much of it when I kept reading about the backward compatibiility of Gen 8 with prior Genesis characters.  So I was a bit dismayed when I encountered this problem.  Had I know ahead of time, I too would have stuck with Genesis 8.  But yeah, you do have to get more creative and look at setting up the Gen 3 outfit with Gen 8 footwear that somewhat matches.  So it does add to the interest of mixing and matching outfits, but when you buy an outfit that has these nice matching high heeled boots only to be disappointed that you don't get the full look when the shoes don't work on the figure.

To expand further (was on the phone before)...

- hair generally has good compatibility. If it's shoulder length or longer you shouldn't use auto-fit. Fitting hair manually is simple and you can find tutorials about it.

- Garments that follow the body (Catsuits, relatively tight pants or tops) generally work well with auto-fit.

- Items that are supposed to be "hard" (such as armour) sometimes distorts awkwardly with auto-fit.

- Skirts, dresses, capes, and other flowy/drapy stuff doesn't work well with auto-fit. However, there's a chance that you can make it work with dForce. Furisode is a good example of an item that doesn't work with auto-fit at all, but drapes beautifully with dForce. (That being said, dForce can be tricky and a source of frustration all by itself.)

- Fit Control can help you tweak garments that fit "almost but not quite".

- There are many other products to increase compatibility, if you really want to get into it. Sickleyield and RiverSoft Art in particular sell many such products.

Good luck!

I had a aproblem right off the bat trying to use, or should I say accidentally using a Genesis 3 hair on Genesis 8.  So I was a bit wary about buying anything hair related that wasn't Genesis 8.  For me that is not a big deal though.  There does seem to be enough Gen 8 hair styles that can keep me occupied.  But it is the clothing that I wanted to broaden my horizons with. 

I am not sure what you mean by using and not using auto-fit.  I was under the impression that auto-fit was something you couldn't turn off.  So far the dresses that I did get, did seem to work, but for the most part they are not very long and flowing.  But I have not tried really crazy poses with them either. 

Most of the outfits are skimpier medieval style outfits and sci-fi / super hero outfits which are very tight fitting and yes, those work well.

I wasn't aware that dforce works outside of Genesis 8 products that are labeled as such.  So a Genesis 3 flowing gown will work with dForce?

Fit Control does look promising, but at that price?  I would definitely need a good deal on that before I would get it.

I will see if there is something that would do the trick that is also less expensive.

- Skirts, dresses, capes, and other flowy/drapy stuff doesn't work well with auto-fit.

Auto-fitting capes is often not the best idea, simply parenting them to the target figure usually works better.

SY Ultra templates are very useful for skirts and dresses.

How does one go about non-auto-fitting an item?  As I said before, I am not aware that not using Auto-Fit could be done.

Thanks for the info guys! 

To expand further (was on the phone before)...

- hair generally has good compatibility. If it's shoulder length or longer you shouldn't use auto-fit. Fitting hair manually is simple and you can find tutorials about it.

- Garments that follow the body (Catsuits, relatively tight pants or tops) generally work well with auto-fit.

- Items that are supposed to be "hard" (such as armour) sometimes distorts awkwardly with auto-fit.

- Skirts, dresses, capes, and other flowy/drapy stuff doesn't work well with auto-fit. However, there's a chance that you can make it work with dForce. Furisode is a good example of an item that doesn't work with auto-fit at all, but drapes beautifully with dForce. (That being said, dForce can be tricky and a source of frustration all by itself.)

- Fit Control can help you tweak garments that fit "almost but not quite".

- There are many other products to increase compatibility, if you really want to get into it. Sickleyield and RiverSoft Art in particular sell many such products.

Good luck!

Is there any way I can make Furisode for G2 work with G8 without using dForce? I have problems with dForce, I think my computer isn't strong enough.

My current MO is to put the garment on a G2 and pose her; then have a naked G8 pose in exactly the same way, on exactly the same spot; then make the G2 invisible. It's a little tedious, though. Is there a better way?

On topic: https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Why-It-s-All-Skimpwear-764130771
ETA: Only just realised that SY has already posted a link to the article themselves...

Might work with RSSY Clothing Converter from Genesis 2 Female to Genesis 8 Female once the product launches. The link will get you to the official forum thread.

Short answer, no.  The Furisode has a lot of extra bones in the sleeves.  There's at present not a good way to forward-convert existing custom bones from any generation before Genesis 3 (because they were TriAx and G3/G8 are dual quaternion, chiefly). 

(N.B. At Fuseling's suggestion I started a conversion of it to G8, but I ended up shelving it.  It was too big a pain in the bum trying to redo all the sleeve bones and poses, and the original didn't sell enough to justify the amount of time it was going to take.  In the years since it came out it's sold 644 copies.  By comparison, Security! Genesis 2 Male has sold more than 900 and the G2M male underwear sets around a thousand each.  I can't compare it to a female set because I only ever DID one large female clothing set for G2F; I only ever did the Furisode to begin with because Fuse twisted my arm.  I don't hate doing all female clothing, I just hate doing female clothing that isn't a robe, a loincloth set, or made of metal.)

Is there any way I can make Furisode for G2 work with G8 without using dForce? I have problems with dForce, I think my computer isn't strong enough.

My current MO is to put the garment on a G2 and pose her; then have a naked G8 pose in exactly the same way, on exactly the same spot; then make the G2 invisible. It's a little tedious, though. Is there a better way?

On topic: https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Why-It-s-All-Skimpwear-764130771
ETA: Only just realised that SY has already posted a link to the article themselves...

Might work with RSSY Clothing Converter from Genesis 2 Female to Genesis 8 Female once the product launches. The link will get you to the official forum thread.

Is there any way I can make Furisode for G2 work with G8 without using dForce? I have problems with dForce, I think my computer isn't strong enough.

My current MO is to put the garment on a G2 and pose her; then have a naked G8 pose in exactly the same way, on exactly the same spot; then make the G2 invisible. It's a little tedious, though. Is there a better way?

On topic: https://www.deviantart.com/sickleyield/journal/Why-It-s-All-Skimpwear-764130771
ETA: Only just realised that SY has already posted a link to the article themselves...

this one offers some possibilities : https://www.daz3d.com/wise-sensei-for-genesis-3-male-s

and this one is what I use in my comic https://www.daz3d.com/water-spirit-warrior-outfit-for-genesis-3-female-s but its pants as well

https://www.daz3d.com/wukong-outfit-for-genesis-2-male-s

https://www.daz3d.com/lee-monk-for-genesis-2-male-s

this one needs different shaders for peasant folk https://www.daz3d.com/princess-asia but hat lots of options for kitbashing

not perfect but as well with options for kitbashing: https://www.daz3d.com/lion-queen-for-genesis-female

There is the Furisode as well but it got those sleeves which no working person would be happy with

so much for the ones I own which is from genesis to Genesis 3 all mixed. For Iray most of then would need to have different materials

The fight uniform for Genesis 2 doesn't work properly with Genesis 3, as the pits of the sleeves freeze in place when used on G3.
https://i.imgur.com/E3rEy9A.png
https://i.imgur.com/12f0IzS.png

I'm also looking for casual kimonos--known as yukata--compatible with Genesis 3 as well. I tried this one, but it's a Poser format that loaded as a Prop and didn't really work as intended unless I'm missing something. I'm aware of the Peony Kimono and the Furisode both for Genesis 2, but when used on Genesis 3, the long sleeves freeze in place and get stretched out when the arm moves.
https://i.imgur.com/FRmhaT8.png

The latter is rather odd, because one of the promo pictures for Akiko for Mei Lin 7--a Genesis 3 model--shows her wearing the Peony kimono with no visible issues.
There is a G3 kimono in the shop, but this seem to be of the shorter, "sexy" variety, which is fine but isn't what I'm looking for.

I'm kind of at my wit's end here. Are there any of the above-mentioned clothing available for and compatible with Genesis 3? Or at least a way to resolve the issues mentioned above?

https://www.daz3d.com/furisode-genesis-2-female-s

You can use auto fit for G3 or G8.  You may be able to convert to DForce.  I really haven't messed with that yet.

I'm pretty sure that Autofit won't play well with those sleeves.

Edit - correction, I know that Autofit will mess with the sleeves.  I just tried it.  The top half of the sleeve is connected to the arm, but the lower half is considered part of the thigh.  So at the least a simple Autofit won't cut it.

Oh well, I still use G2 a lot, so it's fine for me.  I haven't baught anything for G8.  Now that I think about it, I did try to autofit a cape to G8M and it didn't work, so I get what you are saying.  Thing is, if that product didn't sell well, the vender isn't going to male a G8 version.

I'm trying to learn modeling right now.  I don't plan on doing clothing until I master vehicles.

https://www.daz3d.com/furisode-genesis-2-female-s

You can use auto fit for G3 or G8.  You may be able to convert to DForce.  I really haven't messed with that yet.

I'm pretty sure that Autofit won't play well with those sleeves.

Edit - correction, I know that Autofit will mess with the sleeves.  I just tried it.  The top half of the sleeve is connected to the arm, but the lower half is considered part of the thigh.  So at the least a simple Autofit won't cut it.

Edit #2 - It does drape pretty well, though I didn't try a challenging pose

https://www.daz3d.com/furisode-genesis-2-female-s

You can use auto fit for G3 or G8.  You may be able to convert to DForce.  I really haven't messed with that yet.

Well, Here's mt entry:

Kageto takes Tommie to see his parent's grave at the family shrine on the aniversary of their deaths. 

Honoring Fallen Family

All figures Genesis

Freebies:

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto, Yosei)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
V4 Wrist Watch (Tommie)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*
Samantha Hair for Genesis (Kageto)*
Windwalkler Accessories (Headband) (Kageto)*

Geta and Setta for G2M (Kageto)*

Satin shaders (Kageto’s headband)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Kageto's Hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and Tabi)

(second column 6 down) Jinja 10 (shrine)
Curved Valley (ground)*

Paid For Items

Ryuu International (Kageto)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Furisode for Genesis  Tommie's and Kitsune's Furisode and Zori, Tommie's Yosie's and  Kitsune's obi, and obijime, Tommie's Kageto's and Kitsune's Tabi)
 

No-count Items

Genesis Evolution Head Morphs and Body Morphs (Both characters)
Ramwolf's Freebie Morphs for Genesis (All characters)*
Kataginu (Kageto)

Well, Here's mt entry:

Kageto takes Tommie to see his parent's grave at the family shrine on the aniversary of their deaths. 

Honoring Fallen Family

All figures Genesis

Freebies:

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto, Yosei)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
V4 Wrist Watch (Tommie)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*
Samantha Hair for Genesis (Kageto)*
Windwalkler Accessories (Headband) (Kageto)*

Geta and Setta for G2M (Kageto)*

Satin shaders (Kageto’s headband)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Kageto's Hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and Tabi)

(second column 6 down) Jinja 10 (shrine)
Curved Valley (ground)*

 

Paid For Items

Ryuu International (Kageto)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Furisode for Genesis  Tommie's and Kitsune's Furisode and Zori, Tommie's Yosie's and  Kitsune's obi, and obijime, Tommie's Kageto's and Kitsune's Tabi)
 

No-count Items

Genesis Evolution Head Morphs and Body Morphs (Both characters)
Ramwolf's Freebie Morphs for Genesis (All characters)*
Kataginu (Kageto)

 

All Links Check Out Plz Move To Entries Thread

Well, Here's mt entry:

Kageto takes Tommie to see his parent's grave at the family shrine on the aniversary of their deaths. 

Honoring Fallen Family

All figures Genesis

Freebies:

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto, Yosei)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
V4 Wrist Watch (Tommie)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*
Samantha Hair for Genesis (Kageto)*
Windwalkler Accessories (Headband) (Kageto)*

Geta and Setta for G2M (Kageto)*

Satin shaders (Kageto’s headband)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Kageto's Hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and Tabi)

(second column 6 down) Jinja 10 (shrine)
Curved Valley (ground)*

Paid For Items

Ryuu International (Kageto)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Furisode for Genesis  Tommie's and Kitsune's Furisode and Zori, Tommie's Yosie's and  Kitsune's obi, and obijime, Tommie's Kageto's and Kitsune's Tabi)
 

No-count Items

Genesis Evolution Head Morphs and Body Morphs (Both characters)
Ramwolf's Freebie Morphs for Genesis (All characters)*
Kataginu (Kageto)

This one really came out looking exactly the way that I wanted. Meet the new DAZ Studio 4.10 and the DForce Physics cloth. The kimono is from Furisode for Genesis. I modified it for the Genesis 3 figure. I did not use the Autofit because I wanted to have a clean result. I did the same with the Obi and Sash, but I did just autofit the sandals. I'd always felt like DAZ was almost ready for prime time because while the figures were improving --the clothing and how it looked was not. With the physics of DForce, it's now possible to get some pretty nice looking cloth results and I'm pleased with how it came out.

The problem with holding out a sale to get parity is it just makes a product look less successful and not one succesful enough to support a male counterpart and takes us in the wrong direction.  Meanwhile, that vast crowd (and there really is one) who primarily renders Blod Vicky in a Swimsuit (going by the bulk of the galleries of 3d products). The artists who make are products are on our side; Sickleyield, for example, has mentioned how she would love primarily make male products but the market doesn't support it. Instead, Iif there is a male product that I want, I buy it over that nifty Stonemason set because Stonemason will be around but that vendor who made their first male product might not make one again because of dissapointing sales.  As one of the few black men in this forum, I would love more products that look like myself but do realize that I have minority interests and this is a business and not a charity.

SickleYeild has consistantly made male versions of her female products, and often releases them in pairs.  (I think the last female only product she released was the Furisode.)  I also will buy male stuff when I can.  It's only when something (like Elven races) arguably should have versions for both genders that I hold out.  It's not just to get parity in the market.  It's so that I have parity in my own artwork.  I'm not going to buy a female of some fantasy race if I can't render a male to go with her/oppose her or whatever.

I actually hold this both ways.  There are several Raw Art characters that I haven't bothered with since he moved on from Genesis, because he only made a male version.

This is indeed a business, and I'm not going to buy something I'm never going to use just to support an artist.  So if that first male product is a space suit, I'll leave it to someone else to buy, because I already have more Sci-Fi stuff in my library than I'll ever use.  Now if the vendor decides that the poor sales are due to it being male, and not due to poor timing (just after March Madness, for example) or genre bias (though Sci-Fi for males is pretty well supported) or some other reason... I can't do anything about that.

Would love a Yukata ( casual wear kimono ) for males and females. There are excellent long sleeve formal kimonos in the store that are fantastic ( the Furisode and Peony ). I was looking for daily wear casual like these examples:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AVmfziIDOfA/UjGP9-BcV3I/AAAAAAAAAQI/X4LsWdtBM1s/s1600/rdc-kimono-yukata-FILEminimizer.jpg

http://www.johnmarshall.to/image/chuusen-yukata1s17.jpg

http://www.japonic.com/obi/images/kimono-obi7.jpg

I feel like I'm a weird person, because when I look at Kalea or Mei Lin or whoever, I don't think "oh it's a color/ethnic person" just "it's a person." I don't care what ethnicity she's meant to be, or think any of it is badly made; Kalea's bundle just doesn't really add anything I particularly need, personally.

I definitely think that over reliance on sales figures and (sadly justified) fear of offending people has led to staler content. Everyone knows pinup poses for Victoria sell well, so we get a new set every week. Other stuff, not so much - but why don't some items sell well? Because they're unpopular things like males or whatever? Or is it the way that item is made or that specific style or did its biggest fans all buy too much popcorn that week and decide to wait for sales?

That said, I absolutely agree that Mei Lin's bundle would have been a lot stronger if she'd had things like k-pop themed bits or actual kimonos or even short cute summer yukatas or, well, anything that looked like an Asian thing that a human might actually wear (This is an extreme example, but a very well made accurate one that comes to mind.) Kalea's outfits are (mostly) nice enough things people would wear, which is refreshing, but they feel like they could as easily be from Victoria's extended collection. Maybe that's just the nature of beach being more universal, I don't know. Rambling.

Well, I finally have my entry for this month ready.

Yokai Forest

TOMMIE: "Kenichi, Ah ca-an't believe how pretty th' forests are 'round he-ah."

KAGETO: "Hai, Tommie-chan, But Tommie-chan must be very carefull, Forest said to be full of Yokai, some friendly, some mischeivous, other, very dangerous, and even evil. Kitsune, Kappa, and Yosei** and more. Kageto's great ancestor slew many Oni in this forest."

**Japanese fairy

All characters (except Kappa) Genesis Base

Freebies:

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto, Yosei)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto, Yosei, Kitsune)*

Ghastly's Big Eye Anime Team Morphs (Yosei, Kitsune)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
V4 Wrist Watch (Tommie)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*
Samantha Hair for Genesis (Kageto)*
Windwalkler Accessories (Headband) (Kageto)*

Geta and Setta for G2M (Kageto)*

Satin shaders (Kageto’s headband, kimono, hakama, obi)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms and Daisho saya)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Katana Set for M3 (Kageto's Daisho)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Kageto's Hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and Tabi)

 Love Fairy Outfit (Yosei wings and skin)*
V4 Love Fairy sa texture set (Yosei)*

Jodi for Genesis (Yosei)*

Yukata for V4 (Yosei)

Zipper Ninja Outfit (Yosei)*

Foxy Sorceress (Kitsune)*

Mars Hair top row on right (Kitsune)

Lisa Ann for Genesis (Kitsune)*

Akina for A4 (Kitsune)*

Kappa (seven down) (Kappa)

http://kctc.francemi.net/KCTC_Beach_2010/where_03.htmLake Beach (Forest)

Trees by D-JPP (Trees)*

Sky Dome (sky)*

Porsimo's Morphing Ground and Textures Second and third boxes six links total (Ground and water)

Forest Pond (Background hill)*

Paid For Items

Ryuu International (Kageto)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Furisode for Genesis  Tommie's and Kitsune's Furisode and Zori, Tommie's Yosie's and  Kitsune's obi, and obijime, Tommie's Kageto's and Kitsune's Tabi)
 

No-count Items

Genesis Evolution Head Morphs and Body Morphs (Both characters)
Ramwolf's Freebie Morphs for Genesis (All characters)*
Kataginu (Kageto)

Wel, I finally have my entry for this month ready.

 

Yokai Forest

TOMMIE: "Kenichi, Ah ca-an't believe how pretty th' forests are 'round he-ah."

KAGETO: "Hai, Tommie-chan, But Tommie-chan must be very carefull, Forest said to be full of Yokai, some friendly, some mischeivous, other, very dangerous, and even evil. Kitsune, Kappa, and Yosei** and more. Kageto's great ancestor slew many Oni in this forest."

 

**Japanese fairy

All characters (except Kappa) Genesis Base

 

Freebies:

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto, Yosei)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto, Yosei, Kitsune)*

Ghastly's Big Eye Anime Team Morphs (Yosei, Kitsune)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
V4 Wrist Watch (Tommie)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*
Samantha Hair for Genesis (Kageto)*
Windwalkler Accessories (Headband) (Kageto)*

Geta and Setta for G2M (Kageto)*

Satin shaders (Kageto’s headband, kimono, hakama, obi)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms and Daisho saya)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Katana Set for M3 (Kageto's Daisho)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Kageto's Hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and Tabi)

 Love Fairy Outfit (Yosei wings and skin)*
V4 Love Fairy sa texture set (Yosei)*

Jodi for Genesis (Yosei)*

Yukata for V4 (Yosei)

Zipper Ninja Outfit (Yosei)*

Foxy Sorceress (Kitsune)*

Mars Hair top row on right (Kitsune)

Lisa Ann for Genesis (Kitsune)*

Akina for A4 (Kitsune)*

Kappa (seven down) (Kappa)

http://kctc.francemi.net/KCTC_Beach_2010/where_03.htmLake Beach (Forest)

Trees by D-JPP (Trees)*

Sky Dome (sky)*

Porsimo's Morphing Ground and Textures Second and third boxes six links total (Ground and water)

Forest Pond (Background hill)*

Paid For Items

Ryuu International (Kageto)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Furisode for Genesis  Tommie's and Kitsune's Furisode and Zori, Tommie's Yosie's and  Kitsune's obi, and obijime, Tommie's Kageto's and Kitsune's Tabi)
 

No-count Items

Genesis Evolution Head Morphs and Body Morphs (Both characters)
Ramwolf's Freebie Morphs for Genesis (All characters)*
Kataginu (Kageto)

So glad for your participation @Tramp Graphics

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