Seems to me the next "event" sale will be the PA Festival in September, followed immediately by the PC Anniversary Sale. Lots of daily sales in the meantime. Some of those can be better than the event sales, especially when vendors are featured in more than one current sale where a purchase is required to get the discount. Those can stack and create some really sweet discounts.

I just can't help think that the next sale promo is, 'Get Your Genesis 4 Female' in conjunction with, 'with these new features' here.

But Genesis x has always been a free release. It is only the characters that go with it that DAZ has been charging for. Did you maybe mean a "Get your Victoria 8" ?

Looks like this one:

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/samira-bob-hair-for-victoria-4-and-genesis-3-females/116521/

Thanks both of you....I'll try the ticket.  I assumed that the Daz folks read this section as well.  But, it might be best to try a direct approach.

Figure Metrics was really my main reason for buying Measure Metrics.  It helps a lot when emulating real people to be able to plug in stats and get at least a close approximation of the body type for a new character.  This is particularly helpful in Daz because there is no other point of reference to tell you about how your character is sized in relation to others.  Victoria is modeled after the runway type girl...whereas females come in so many more shapes and usually shorter heights.

Anyway, I think these upgrades could make a great product even better.

So why try and compete with Daz Studio figures?

Do something entirely original! That's kind of why I brought up 3DU's Generation Toons. Not to say to make Toon figures, but to put it out there that, at the time, Generations didn't have a whole lot of competition in that field.

I would bet that Vyusur's Dino would make a LOT of sales. maybe not compareable to, say Victoria 7, but possibly more than something else, like a spider or something. Look for gaps in what's currently available. 

Then, instead of just having the figure, have it come with it's own scene presets. Make a Carrara-specific figure release something much more than what other offering are getting the user. For example, the Dino could come with a small outdoor scene with some trees and a drinking pond (?)

Sorry I am late to conversation but just wondering will DAZ not make money with Carrara CAR files with FBX models like spider etc; those models will also be licensed and sold through DAZ only. It will probably encourage people to try Carrara as well. It will also be nice if we can buy licensed music, sounds with more focused animations etc. in DAZ Store for use in indie games and indie movies etc.​ Just a thought.

I have a two saved scenes that I need to render, but was busy today (being Sunday and all).

Speaking of WIPs, I have this little project which involved getting Hivewire's Dawn (SR1)'s textures usable for Genesis (all). Since I don't have any type of plug-ins and stuff, I'm doing it by mixing it with a merchant resource texture in GIMP. I'm using Sensual Skin Resource for V5. That way, I don't have to worry about visible seams. But upon looking at it, it seems like Dawn would've looked better in Stephanie 5 UVs because of the longish face in the texture. I'm doing this, simply because I liked that golden tone of the skin texture and I don't have many skins like that.

Unfortunately, the diffuse texture I have only looks good on Victoria 5. On everyone else, the makeup looks weird and the eyebrows too thick. Whereas on Victoria 5, everything is close to perfect. I plan on making the bump maps and specular maps eventually...or DAZ soon. 

Items used were a random cube with shaders from Sulptural Genesis Ultra Fun Kit, Pure Hair: Fantasy, and String Bikini for Victoria 6 but with shaders from Spex for Genesis. The staff is the Magus staff from the Genesis Starter Essentials.

I'm not sure if your original post meant you're looking for models sold at DAZ or ones that are made for DAZ figures.  If you're not adverse to shopping at "other" stores, Rendo has a vendor by the name of Mousso that does beautiful characters for G3F that may fit what you're looking for.

I have purchased from both Xurge3d and Renderosity but I prefer DAZ because of incompatibility I've experienced at times.  I'm also poser illiterate and have zero desire to learn how to use it at this stage.  That said, I almost always have a combo of things in my compositions because sometimes I can't find what I'm looking for.  So Now I'm going to have to google Rendo and find out who Mousso is.  :) 

Hinky Punk has a new one that's very triangular - https://www.daz3d.com/ly-violante-hd-for-victoria-7

For a range of less extreme heart-ish shapes, check out Godin's store: https://www.daz3d.com/godin

Yes I bought that Ly Violante figure but it wouldn't work with the other things I was doing.  It's a neat figure but the chin is thrown really far forward.  I tried altering it and she ended up looking a bit creepy.  lol  However it is a very nice model.  I may use the skin material somewhere else.  I had hoped for something more exotic like the Ly Violante but every time I try to use them in a composition that is not up close they end up looking odd.  For closeups the extreme faces are really nice though.  Godin's Brigette character has some potential.  I need a character that is at least 16.  The face can be younger but has to look ok on a full figured woman's body.  For me that has become a difficult mix. 
 

For genesis 3: https://www.daz3d.com/x-leonore-for-genesis-3-female

I went through those pictures three times because I love that it is not a typical daz doll.  I's now on my wish list now because I see a use for it eventually.  Doesn't fit what I'm doing but I do love her.
 

Any for Genesis 1?

I use genx to move almost everything genesis 1 over to genesis 2.  I'm sure there are some though.  Let me look through my files and I'll see what i've found.  I'm really trying to make a list of all potentials in that face shape.  They don't have to be perfect for my project, just easy to find when I need them. 

This is my first render with Gwenili.

She comes with different scar materials and two scar morph-dials (face and body). The face morph is clearly visible. The body morph is very subtle. In fact I have some difficulties to see its effect. I've made a G3F-render with the body and face scars dialed in.

And an additional one with scars dialed in and Gwennili skin applied.

Yes, I think she would be good in different renders. https://www.daz3d.com/gwennili-hd-for-victoria-7 Nice strong women caricature. 

I have one of Kayleyss's other characters Gwennili and she's amazingly detailed and by far my favorite character - so I wouldn't worry about the darkness "hiding" anything, as, from what I've seen with Gwennili, that PA does amazing work and doesn't try to get away with hiding any defaults or anything like that. From my experience, the PA does work of the highest caliber. 

Yes I agree I have Gwenbleiz - awesome work, I just find the promos tend to make me slide past the character hard to explain exactly what it is.

Same here - I don't even recall having seen these characters at all, despite I check the new items in the store every day. I do have her Tara&Sachra and Gwennili characters though and they look great though maybe a bit ordinary (well not Sachra I admit lol).

I have one of Kayleyss's other characters Gwennili and she's amazingly detailed and by far my favorite character - so I wouldn't worry about the darkness "hiding" anything, as, from what I've seen with Gwennili, that PA does amazing work and doesn't try to get away with hiding any defaults or anything like that. From my experience, the PA does work of the highest caliber. 

Yes I agree I have Gwenbleiz - awesome work, I just find the promos tend to make me slide past the character hard to explain exactly what it is.

Same here - I don't even recall having seen these characters at all, despite I check the new items in the store every day. I do have her Tara&Sachra and Gwennili characters though and they look great though maybe a bit ordinary (well not Sachra I admit lol).

I'm planning on getting https://www.daz3d.com/gwenbleiz-hd-and-beard-for-michael-7 today.  Glad I decided to search the forums first. I've not thought about https://www.daz3d.com/gwennili-hd-for-victoria-7 until now. She seems hardend and will work in a lot of varying renders.

Joseph

I forgot to say that I'm having that problem with Cathy too. The shape of Cathy and Victoria pops up everytime I open a file or load a new female character into the scene. In order to eliminate that morph I have to open the file, turn down to zero all the morphs of Cathy (or Victoria), save it and do this two more times. Please help me in this one Richard I'm don't know what to do. I have reinstalled the characters and the Daz Studio many times 

What is listed in the controller tab at the bottom of the dialogue is: "ERC [DeltaAdd] > Olympia 7: Cathy". I have attached some images

Many thanks

Hello,

during my playing with this life saving script :) I found one strange thing.

I used AdalineHD for Victoria 7, resized textures by internal algoritms to med (ImageMagic doesnt work for me).

Result is on the picture bellow. It seems that parts where textures connect each other has some problems.

Please, do you found it as well and is there any solution for it?

Thank you,

Tonda.

Hinky Punk & Lyoness have a new one that's very triangular - https://www.daz3d.com/ly-violante-hd-for-victoria-7

For a range of less extreme heart-ish shapes, check out Godin's store: https://www.daz3d.com/godin

in this pic for genesis 2 or 3 female or even victoria 4 

Not sure if this will float your boat, but I added MST Trik R Treat to my g1/g2/g3 gene pool via GenX2:

https://www.daz3d.com/mst-trik-r-treat

- Greg

SaveLove love love it.  A must have for me.  I'll have to move her over too as the posing in victoria is not satisfying to me.

BTW, speaking of wishlists. Today and for the rest of March Madness, get your wishes in on characters for which you'd like quickie renders with the lighting I'm using. Most portraits take 8-20 minutes with my computer, so if there's anyone you want to see during MM, nows the time. Other folks may render them for you too. I am still doing weight mapping, so am only doing portraits- but now's a great time to ask away before MM ends!  I just got Hillary and Rane, will see who else I have that is new (to me.) 

If you have her, can you please render FWSA Lexi HD for Rune 7 as a warrior, or in a sci-fi suit like SpartechOps? Thanks! Interested in seeing if she passes the "I'm beautiful but also a badass" figure. 

Not to detract you from Lexi. It hink FW Brooke HD https://www.daz3d.com/fw-brooke-hd-for-victoria-7 looks a lot a like. Although for Victoria would look great. I have FW Scarlett because of the high cheek bones.

Thanks and no worries, @cismic! Always looking for suggestions. Scarlett looks a bit too much like V7 (prefer not spending money on something so similar to the base figure), whereas Lexi and Brooke are quite different from V7. Thanks! 

I agree on scarlett still like the high cheek bones. :-) And, until I get better and model creation. Keep adding a few for leaning and different renders. Value add. If I see something with value added in addition to moderl that also helps buying decisions. 

BTW, speaking of wishlists. Today and for the rest of March Madness, get your wishes in on characters for which you'd like quickie renders with the lighting I'm using. Most portraits take 8-20 minutes with my computer, so if there's anyone you want to see during MM, nows the time. Other folks may render them for you too. I am still doing weight mapping, so am only doing portraits- but now's a great time to ask away before MM ends!  I just got Hillary and Rane, will see who else I have that is new (to me.) 

If you have her, can you please render FWSA Lexi HD for Rune 7 as a warrior, or in a sci-fi suit like SpartechOps? Thanks! Interested in seeing if she passes the "I'm beautiful but also a badass" figure. 

Not to detract you from Lexi. It hink FW Brooke HD https://www.daz3d.com/fw-brooke-hd-for-victoria-7 looks a lot a like. Although for Victoria would look great. I have FW Scarlett because of the high cheek bones.

Thanks and no worries, @cismic! Always looking for suggestions. Scarlett looks a bit too much like V7 (prefer not spending money on something so similar to the base figure), whereas Lexi and Brooke are quite different from V7. Thanks! 

BTW, speaking of wishlists. Today and for the rest of March Madness, get your wishes in on characters for which you'd like quickie renders with the lighting I'm using. Most portraits take 8-20 minutes with my computer, so if there's anyone you want to see during MM, nows the time. Other folks may render them for you too. I am still doing weight mapping, so am only doing portraits- but now's a great time to ask away before MM ends!  I just got Hillary and Rane, will see who else I have that is new (to me.) 

If you have her, can you please render FWSA Lexi HD for Rune 7 as a warrior, or in a sci-fi suit like SpartechOps? Thanks! Interested in seeing if she passes the "I'm beautiful but also a badass" figure. 

Not to detract you from Lexi. It hink FW Brooke HD https://www.daz3d.com/fw-brooke-hd-for-victoria-7 looks a lot a like. Although for Victoria would look great. I have FW Scarlett because of the high cheek bones.

Not saying that at all. I support freedom of expression.

At any rate, I have no control over what Pa's do, besides buying their products or choosing to avoid them. From what I gather DAZ store managers do have control over what is published here, and their standards are pretty strict.

That said I don't think marketing women's hair products as male content is fair to the customer either.

It is entirely a fit and standards issue which the store needs guidelines for... which is what I mean.  If the design is for a  man, there should be men's fits, and hairline options. If its for ladies I would expect the same. 

I can only imagine the outrage which would occur if the situation were reversed and all of Victoria 7 hairstyles were mostly styles worn by modern men with only masculine hairline options.  This is just an issue that needs to be addressed.

When I load a figure in DS 3, such as Victoria 4.2, it loads without mats.  When I apply a mat, it is barely visible.

Don't have any pics to show, but Dante did a good job of "toughing up" a character based on Raiya's old M4 creation Samson (dragged kicking and screaming into the Genesis 3 era through the magic of GenX2). I don't know whether it was the skin or the other characters I mixed in, but he came out way prettier and less manly than I remember Samson being, and then 25% Dante on the head fixed that.

The Dante/Awan mix on one of the previous pages will give you some idea of what I'm talking about. I assume he'll work equally well on other super-angular Raiya characters, but don't have enough G3M characters from her to be sure.

Based on my own experiences and the pics in this thread, I think he mixes well with others, unlike Mika, who only plays nice with Victoria and the PA characters Monika and Priya! (Admittedly, I don't own Aiko 7 or Girl 7....)

I don't know how else to contact you.

I absolutely love your work, especially your poses!

Can you please do an add-on for your G3 retail uniform shirt?  Many public safety 9-1-1 centers have similar uniforms.  Can you convert (or let me know how I can convert) one of the emblems to a "9-1-1 Public Safety Communications" emblem.

Now, about your poses, awhile back, DAZ3D had a contributor named 3Don or Don, who did some excellent poses for earlier Victoria and Michael figures. He did pose packages for law enforcement, military , lifeguard and medic/nurse poses.  Could you do pose packages like these, for the G3 figures?  This is important to me,d as I am a retired 9-1-1 operator, and enjoy creating images for public safety profressionals.

Thank you in advance!

Debbie

You can contact Ironman13 directly at renderosity