This looks great!

Will there be a companion product for Michael 8?

Thank you. Yes, there will be one for Genesis 8 Males then too.

 

Muscles don't grow extra mass when flexing, furthermore the anatomy is not real accurate, as biceps/muscles don't grow in mass like that, while the deltoids remain unchanged...This would work well for the toon characters though, but not for realistic characters like V8/Genesis 4, you would need to learn anatomy in order to improve your product. Great effort though, but it's too unrealistic for such a realistic character and needs much more work.

I would head on over to ZBrush central for some incredibly useful tips as they're masters of this craft and will really help your work immensely! 

Thanks for your comment. This is not only a "flexing" add on but a "muscle mass" add on too. Mainly a muscularity add on. 

Well, to explain the unrealism in the promos showing all muscles flexed/grown. For the promos the dials are completely dialed in at 100 per cent, this is the reason why the mass is that big. And the promos show all dials dialed in together to display them better. I would have needed 50 promos or so to display each muscle in different stages of flexing and mass :) 
I know that it is impossible in real life to flex all those muscles at the same time and with that intensity (therefore the bodybuilders for instance have different poses for each muscle or muscle group), but it was the only way to display them without having 50 promos. 
Since you can dial in all individually you can achieve the results you want I think. For the deltoids for instance there are 3 dials (lateral, posterior and anterior) so you can adjust it exacly as you need it, for instance for your example, you dial in the biceps a little but leave the deltoids unchnaged. The promos are just to display which muscles are affected, so all have been dialed in. 
The first image shows only biceps dialed in some, flexor a little and triceps a little. The second shows deltoid flexing for all regions of it. (well the front area it is not visible here in that render) Maybe this is something more you expected? 

 

Muscles don't grow extra mass when flexing, furthermore the anatomy is not real accurate, as biceps/muscles don't grow in mass like that, while the deltoids remain unchanged...This would work well for the toon characters though, but not for realistic characters like V8/Genesis 4, you would need to learn anatomy in order to improve your product. Great effort though, but it's too unrealistic for such a realistic character and needs much more work.

I would head on over to ZBrush central for some incredibly useful tips as they're masters of this craft and will really help your work immensely! 

...I've had requests for my Leela character but I have similar feelings about releasing her or even the settings I use, considering I have been developing and refining her over several years from Gen 4 (when there were no teen characters) to the current G2 version.

She is also the central character for a story I am working on.

I take it thats your Avatar? Thought she was from that Disney movie a few years back, but quite cute. : )

 

HI Mitovo :)

If you just want to move two objects together so that they are in contact,. you can switch on (collision detection) and move one object until it touches the other and stops.

Each model's Hot point, is the central rotation and movement axis point,. rather than a physical part of the model.

There are many ways to arrange objects in carrara,. such as replicators,. or distribution maps,. or groups,. or Poses, which save the position of an object,.

You can select an object,. (hold shift) and select another object,. then go to EDIT / Align ,. then select the options for how you want to align those two objects.

use Collision detection,to move two objects together until they're touching.  ..then remember to turn collision detection off again,. it can slow things down.

 

I agree and collision detection has worked for me in the past.

...OK so i know sports isn't a fave topic here (I really miss Ed), however, I am suprised, pleased, and somewhat amused that my Milwaukee Brewers have been on top of the National League Central division for over a month. Particularly so, as before the season, the sports pundits projected they'd be the division's "cellar dwellers" for most of the season. They won again today extending their lead on the 2nd place World Series champion Chicago Cubs who lost to Miami.

I like sports but I tend to follow a very few teams. Baseball lost me as a fan when when the players' greed intercoursed the fans over, although I did enjoy watching the Cubs win a pennant in my lifetime.  My brother is a fan of the round football, so I catch a lot of those games, usually while rendering. 

...yeah I agree, free agency and big money ruined all pro sports. It's no more the "love of the game" as it is the "love of the big fat contract". 

I loved baseball when I was growing up in the 50s & 60s.  I remember sitting in the bleachers at old County Stadium with one of the great legends of the game, Hank Aaron standing there in the outfield right in front of us. Was a member of the local parks department "Knothole Club" where 25¢ (later 50¢) got you the bus trip and a game ticket in the right field bleachers (Aaron's usual position).

Played in high school but didn't stick with it in college as I went into music and was afraid to injure my hands.  In some ways I feel it was a mistake as I probably could have at least made the minors had I stuck with it.  Tall with a good "wingspan" (not unlike Randy Johsnon), I was a pretty decent pitcher though more of a "junkball" than fastball specialist (my "mentor" was the Milwaukee Braves' Warren Spahn).  Also, not too bad at the plate either.   Back then unless you were "shelled" in the first couple innings, pitchers would "go the distance"  more often (pitching a complete game) unlike today when starters are routinely pulled by the 6th or 7th inning (hence why I probably have left shoulder issues).

That music career? It pretty much went nowhere.

3delight doesn't have a central "draw dome" setting, which is partly why I was querying it. Which dome are you using, and wat settings are you making?

...OK so i know sports isn't a fave topic here (I really miss Ed), however, I am suprised, pleased, and somewhat amused that my Milwaukee Brewers have been on top of the National League Central division for over a month. Particularly so, as before the season, the sports pundits projected they'd be the division's "cellar dwellers" for most of the season. They won again today extending their lead on the 2nd place World Series champion Chicago Cubs who lost to Miami.

I like sports but I tend to follow a very few teams. Baseball lost me as a fan when when the players' greed intercoursed the fans over, although I did enjoy watching the Cubs win a pennant in my lifetime.  My brother is a fan of the round football, so I catch a lot of those games, usually while rendering. 

...OK so i know sports isn't a fave topic here (I really miss Ed), however, I am suprised, pleased, and somewhat amused that my Milwaukee Brewers have been on top of the National League Central division for over a month. Particularly so, as before the season, the sports pundits projected they'd be the division's "cellar dwellers" for most of the season. They won again today extending their lead on the 2nd place World Series champion Chicago Cubs who lost to Miami.

I find The City Bus Stop really useful. I often get the logged in tick mark when I'm not logged in. The first thing I do in the store is look at the freestuff, it it's offering me the City Bus Stop I know I'm not really logged in.

I only remenber using the stop once in a work in progress that sort of stopped progressing. Now I've been reminded of it maybe I'll have another look at it. I think it's a good model, I just don't find many uses for it.

As far as real buses are concerned, I use them more than I used to. London buses now have displays that tell you the stop they are approaching, before that if I was on a route I didn't know I often missed the stop because I didn't know where we were.

Many years ago I worked for a while in central London and used the bus. On the way home if I went to the nearest stop there was always a long queue and you usually couldn't get on  the first few buses. But if I walked one stop in the opposite direction the buses hadn't filled up and I could get on and usually get a seat. I don't know why no-one else thought of it, but if they had it wouldn't have worked anymore.

Hahahahaha.....  I just misread the thread title:  I Am So Tired but There's So Much Complaining To Do....

I think I need some more sleep. 

 

I think I once said that I am so tired but there is so much to do.

...wow, that's three birthdays I missed.

Happy latest trip around the central stellar primary to Attic Annie, Stryder87, and Petercat.

Thank you, Kid. If I measure from the day I escaped slavery, I'd be only 44!

People of the ancient persuasion measure age similar to dogs.  Seven times the number of prescriptions necessary to keep us alive.

I just count my rings.

Doesn/t work for me.  I gave up wearing jewlery decades ago.

I don't wear rings.

...wow, that's three birthdays I missed.

Happy latest trip around the central stellar primary to Attic Annie, Stryder87, and Petercat.

Thank you, Kid. If I measure from the day I escaped slavery, I'd be only 44!

People of the ancient persuasion measure age similar to dogs.  Seven times the number of prescriptions necessary to keep us alive.

I just count my rings.

Doesn/t work for me.  I gave up wearing jewlery decades ago.

...wow, that's three birthdays I missed.

Happy latest trip around the central stellar primary to Attic Annie, Stryder87, and Petercat.

Thank you, Kid. If I measure from the day I escaped slavery, I'd be only 44!

People of the ancient persuasion measure age similar to dogs.  Seven times the number of prescriptions necessary to keep us alive.

I just count my rings.

Doesn't work for me.  I gave up wearing jewelry decades ago.

...wow, that's three birthdays I missed.

Happy latest trip around the central stellar primary to Attic Annie, Stryder87, and Petercat.

Thank you, Kid. If I measure from the day I escaped slavery, I'd be only 44!

People of the ancient persuasion measure age similar to dogs.  Seven times the number of prescriptions necessary to keep us alive.

I just count my rings.

...wow, that's three birthdays I missed.

Happy latest trip around the central stellar primary to Attic Annie, Stryder87, and Petercat.

Thank you, Kid. If I measure from the day I escaped slavery, I'd be only 44!

People of the ancient persuasion measure age similar to dogs.  Seven times the number of prescriptions necessary to keep us alive.

...wow, that's three birthdays I missed.

Happy latest trip around the central stellar primary to Attic Annie, Stryder87, and Petercat.

Thank you, Kid. If I measure from the day I escaped slavery, I'd be only 44!

...wow, that's three birthdays I missed.

Happy latest trip around the central stellar primary to Attic Annie, Stryder87, and Petercat.

I totally needed this product about a week ago, but didn't even know it existed. PhilW made a kick ar$e product that I'm sure a LOT of you could use! You've got to promote better young son! Look at the promo pics. https://www.daz3d.com/central-business-district-for-carrara Then go ahead and stick it in the cart. THANKS Phil!!!

HI Mitovo :)

If you just want to move two objects together so that they are in contact,. you can switch on (collision detection) and move one object until it touches the other and stops.

Each model's Hot point, is the central rotation and movement axis point,. rather than a physical part of the model.

There are many ways to arrange objects in carrara,. such as replicators,. or distribution maps,. or groups,. or Poses, which save the position of an object,.

You can select an object,. (hold shift) and select another object,. then go to EDIT / Align ,. then select the options for how you want to align those two objects.

use Collision detection,to move two objects together until they're touching.  ..then remember to turn collision detection off again,. it can slow things down.

 

Oh, indeed.  I'm good with moving and using the hot point for stuff related to Carrara. It's like the 'origin' in Blender, and I'm sure it's called other things in other programs. Blender, in particular, has an option to "move origin to selection"; I was looking for a way to get the same result in Carrara.
The reason I want to snap it to a specific vertex's location is for the creation of modular game assets - like tunnel pieces, walls, floors, etc. Since the origin/hotpoint is what is "snapping" to the grid you want it located in a spot on all your objects that will allow them to snap together seamlessly. That's what I'm trying to achieve in that particular case.
In this video here, at around 2:20, you can see him showing/explaining the process. Although he does it a bit differently than I learned... he moves the geometry to get the origin/hotspot where he wants it. I learned to move the origin to the selected vertex. I guess his way works fine, too, as long as you're snapping to a grid and the geometry is aligned with it. But anyway... there ya go.

Ok, thanks kitakoredaz achieved a milestone with your guidance

1st did the transfer utility thing from G3 to G8 following sickle yield's tut in her DeviantArt journal called Tutorial-Convert-Clothing-G3-to-G8-G8-to-G3

2nd deleted both heels on joint editor

3rd put the feet with shoes on at zero pose zero morph as you said

4th paint brushed to 100% red the shoe in its heel part with the Node Weight Map Brush following the central part of Rigging High Heeled Shoes in DAZ Studio for Genesis 3 video from AllenDaz3d in youtube

5th I saved as Richard said above; File>Save as>Support Assets>Figure/Prop Asset giving proper name attributions to each converted shoe

Now the shoes are fairly well IF and only IF I use the general transform rotation on each foot to pose them as needed and do not work if I use the feet pose controls. (LeftFootHeeIedShoe or LeftFootTipToes)

I presume those are the JCM's issues which can be another chapter as this process till here is functional enough for most renders

When I was a small boy in Chicago I remember riding on the church bus downtown and the bank thermometer said 110 degrees. At the time I couldn't read but my aunt read it so I still remember the white lightbulbs on the black sign saying 110º to this day. It was the 1st word I learn to read. HaHa. 

Didn't come close to that for decades after until I live in Plano, Texas in the 1990s I used to go running and I remember their were massive forest fires in Central America for weeks that actually smoked up the skies in DFW and the temps in that time was like 100 - 110 for weeks. However that seems to have become a yearly occurance at least once a summer anymore in DFW. The heat, not the skies being clouded with smoke by forest fires.