The stuff in the new Fantasy category sale still isn't properly discounting (not adding the extra discount when adding a debut/still new) - I've been checking since the morning central europe time - is this planned to be fixed today, as I know Jack called it in this morning?

Let me give them another nudge

The stuff in the new Fantasy category sale still isn't properly discounting (not adding the extra discount when adding a debut/still new) - I've been checking since the morning central europe time - is this planned to be fixed today, as I know Jack called it in this morning?

@UnifiedBrain

you must of skipped over the posts on the previous page... 

Next time, you could consider making everything separate props so that users could get to all the individual items.

That lighting rigs in the walls looks crazy and so does the central rocket platform.

I can imagine those kitbashed into an outside setting.

If I may ask, what's the Pros and Cons of making everything 1 thing?

Some of the sets here are done like that and it's all one big figure.

It really depends on the set, as each is unique. This set is so large in scale, that upclose smaller props are of less detail than usually provided by us. Such as the control pannels, tanks, monorail  and so forth....(so we can get a useable poly count etc.). So the smaller props aren't as detailed as usual, and lower poly. So it didn't make sense to really offer them up separately. The rocket itself is offered separately as an exception.

As you know from all our other sets we usually offer a plethora of additional props, but in this case it wasn't appropriate. 

Next time, you could consider making everything separate props so that users could get to all the individual items.

That lighting rigs in the walls looks crazy and so does the central rocket platform.

I can imagine those kitbashed into an outside setting.

If I may ask, what's the Pros and Cons of making everything 1 thing?

Some of the sets here are done like that and it's all one big figure.

@serenenight   Yeah, I saw Bijou mentioned on the sale thread and went ahead and got her. Since her original price is now reasonable, I don't think it's a glitch that she's finally priced where she should be.

Hi,

I don't know when you purchased Bijou but she's currently in Fast Grab for even less this morning (7:10 a.m. Central). I don't know if they do price adjustments for Fast Grab sale items but it can't hurt to try.

Trish

Any interior? 

More accurately, is there space to add your own interiors? 

I'm currently working on converting a massive interior set by Sean Kennedy (with his permission). The model needs a lot of clean-up, including triangulating >4 point polys, separating the walls for easier camera placement, rigging any moving parts, adding Poser shaders, and then adding Iray shaders. I may even include hide/ show poses for the walls and some camera presets.

The good news is that it's a full interior, including the cockpit, hallways, cargo area (with holographic chess table), and gun ports. The bad news is that it may take awhile to be finished. ;)

Cool. One of the things I didn't like about the Poser Falcon is that the interior was pretty much filled up with a bunch of useless kibble that had no real purpose. and the entry eways were blocked off. Any chance of getting that dejarik table as a separate freeiee too? the onlyone I've found so far, is a blender file that, for some reason, comes out as only a wire mesh with no central column, and doesn't want to properly convert into a useable  obj file. 

Mother and daughter at Grand Central Station: V3 Teresa (character and hair) from Daz store, V3 Bernadette from Rendo (I think?), wearing Periwinkle Blue and Riki Blue textures, respectively (by Thorne). In background: Hiro 3, showing his approval, Rikishi is leaving, and M3 is checking his watch.

This is very nice. I like the variety of background characters, too.

Mother and daughter at Grand Central Station: V3 Teresa (character and hair) from Daz store, V3 Bernadette from Rendo (I think?), wearing Periwinkle Blue and Riki Blue textures, respectively (by Thorne). In background: Hiro 3, showing his approval, Rikishi is leaving, and M3 is checking his watch.

Hey Bunyip,

I liked all three, and I hope that you don't mind some comments.  Feel free to ignore, for sure.

I think that the Orc render violates the first rule of pinups, that the model has to be physically attractive.  Of couse, I might feel differently if I was an orc.

The Bikini Time render had all the elements of a good PR render - attractiveness, pose, and facial expression.  The lighting is good - but can it be better?  Her face is kind of dark.  Plus, the background is so real, that it makes me more critical of her costume and hair.  Something about them doesn't look right to me.  High realism in PR images is difficult to pull off - the flaws are noticed but difficult to explain sometimes.  I'm not sure that I could do as well, so I congratulate you on your efforts.  Please keep working on it.  We now have a Challenge designed for the realistic human figure geeks, and I hope that a few show up to share their secrets.  PhilW?  Margaremoto?  Are you folks out there?

Your third render, NPR, has a cool environment.  Can you make the facial expression more clear, and central to the image?  Can you do a more provocative pose?  Most of the time, I just want to see a sexier image, and that is sometimes hard to define!

Hello UB

Adjusted the contrast on the Orc render as per Diomedes suggestion. Will leave it in for all of the Orc lovers out there.

Bikini time - the trees are a little bit clunky, might use another. Looking at trying another bikini to see what a difference that would make as well. Will have another look at the lighting.

Have changed the position of the NPR figure - am going for a playful look - might adjust further.

 

Final position that I am happy with.

Hey Bunyip,

I liked all three, and I hope that you don't mind some comments.  Feel free to ignore, for sure.

I think that the Orc render violates the first rule of pinups, that the model has to be physically attractive.  Of couse, I might feel differently if I was an orc.

The Bikini Time render had all the elements of a good PR render - attractiveness, pose, and facial expression.  The lighting is good - but can it be better?  Her face is kind of dark.  Plus, the background is so real, that it makes me more critical of her costume and hair.  Something about them doesn't look right to me.  High realism in PR images is difficult to pull off - the flaws are noticed but difficult to explain sometimes.  I'm not sure that I could do as well, so I congratulate you on your efforts.  Please keep working on it.  We now have a Challenge designed for the realistic human figure geeks, and I hope that a few show up to share their secrets.  PhilW?  Margaremoto?  Are you folks out there?

Your third render, NPR, has a cool environment.  Can you make the facial expression more clear, and central to the image?  Can you do a more provocative pose?  Most of the time, I just want to see a sexier image, and that is sometimes hard to define!

Hello UB

Adjusted the contrast on the Orc render as per Diomedes suggestion. Will leave it in for all of the Orc lovers out there.

Bikini time - the trees are a little bit clunky, might use another. Looking at trying another bikini to see what a difference that would make as well. Will have another look at the lighting.

Have changed the position of the NPR figure - am going for a playful look - might adjust further.

Hey Bunyip,

I liked all three, and I hope that you don't mind some comments.  Feel free to ignore, for sure.

I think that the Orc render violates the first rule of pinups, that the model has to be physically attractive.  Of couse, I might feel differently if I was an orc.

The Bikini Time render had all the elements of a good PR render - attractiveness, pose, and facial expression.  The lighting is good - but can it be better?  Her face is kind of dark.  Plus, the background is so real, that it makes me more critical of her costume and hair.  Something about them doesn't look right to me.  High realism in PR images is difficult to pull off - the flaws are noticed but difficult to explain sometimes.  I'm not sure that I could do as well, so I congratulate you on your efforts.  Please keep working on it.  We now have a Challenge designed for the realistic human figure geeks, and I hope that a few show up to share their secrets.  PhilW?  Margaremoto?  Are you folks out there?

Your third render, NPR, has a cool environment.  Can you make the facial expression more clear, and central to the image?  Can you do a more provocative pose?  Most of the time, I just want to see a sexier image, and that is sometimes hard to define!

The site keeps going down too. I can get on now, but then it went off, now back on. And yes, DIM is down. (10:52pm Central.) I would be very wary of checking out right now, but on the other hand, the deals go away at 1pm (central) so while the site is up, I'd check out.

Playing around in the designing of 'Fidget Spinners' using Byrce - the central structre is made up of 4 Metaballs, while the rest is of various Booleans and flattened spheres. These experiments are in their infancy, so, maybe futher developments will yield better results - it's all about angles - 0 versus 120 versus 240 versus 360...etc.

Jay

My paypal account showed the charge. The shopping cart / Order did not update on return to DAZ, but the product library and DIM showed the current order. This was at about 0800 Central time in the US.

Did I miss a big sale 7 hours ago or was it a glitch? My email from Arti said a huge amount of stuff on my wishlist dropped down to 65% off at around 2am central time but when I come to the store this morning none of it is on sale. :( 

Yeah, we missed it. :( They were only on sale for a little over an hour. I thought I'd have a lot of stuff to go through when I wake up, but by then that sale (or glitch?) was gone. It looked like a normal megafastgrab sale, but those vendors are not in megafastgrab any more. :(

Did I miss a big sale 7 hours ago or was it a glitch? My email from Arti said a huge amount of stuff on my wishlist dropped down to 65% off at around 2am central time but when I come to the store this morning none of it is on sale. :( 

If you need only one small part of the concourse, the Central Station set is clearly modeled based on Grand Central Terminal. No trains, though...

https://www.daz3d.com/central-station

(just the interior, and no trains with it.)

We are way overdue for a Grand Central Station & Train Set