There something so pretty in Today's Deals, a set of poses with a luminous star, for both G9 and G8: https://www.daz3d.com/la-starlight-poses-and-props-for-genesis-8-and-9. It's such a wonderful idea, and fits the holiday theme so well without being tacky or anything. 

AbrahamRockwell said:

This is just a "Maybe", so others here can confirm it.

Perhaps Jolene Blalock as 'T'Pol' from "Star Trek: Enterprise"?

https://www.daz3d.com/pn-lolah-for-genesis-9

Also: Does enyone know the name of that 'Sci-Fi Bikini' she is wearing?

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

with https://www.daz3d.com/alphakini-future

This is just a "Maybe", so others here can confirm it.

Perhaps Jolene Blalock as 'T'Pol' from "Star Trek: Enterprise"?

https://www.daz3d.com/pn-lolah-for-genesis-9

Also: Does enyone know the name of that 'Sci-Fi Bikini' she is wearing?

Pudgy said:

Stephen said:

Kendall Jenner?

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/170179/v3d-mimi-g8f-g81f

I'm getting a bit of Hailee Steinfeld vibe but she doesn't have the beauty marks.. so I could be wrong. 

If V3D Mimi is a digital clone of Hailee Steinfeld then I'm a carbon-based clone of Tom Cruise  

Stephen said:

Kendall Jenner?

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/170179/v3d-mimi-g8f-g81f

I'm getting a bit of Hailee Steinfeld vibe but she doesn't have the beauty marks.. so I could be wrong. 

kyoto kid said:

...it happened nine years ago when Peter Cushing was "brought back to life" digitally in Star Wars, Rogue One..  A younger version of Princess Leia from A New Hope also made a brief appearance near the film's end.

In the current era of AI imagery, anything is and will be possible,

 There is a movie called “The Congress” in which movie stars are compelled to get a CG version made of themselves so they can retire to a virtual life of looking like whatever they want to while their CG version produces movies based on them when they were in their prime.

Wolfwood said:

Phoenix1966 said:

magikhs said:

Still think it's Felicity Jones. And it's a pretty good likeness, too. Height also checks out.

The promos are what's a little different and perhaps misleading? Re: HID's naming convention - I couldn't find a character named Luna that she's played, however, she acted opposite Diego Luna in the Star Wars movies.

The singer released a song in 2023 called Canto a la Luna, so I'm going to throw in with the Nena folks.

Nice catch on the song. I could not find that reference. But i did find she voiced the german version of the pricess in 'Arthur and the Minimoys/invisibels', the elven ears are a reference to that.

Edit: Anyone knows what is the Hair used in this promo? Its gorgeous

https://www.daz3d.com/akemi-baby-hair-for-genesis-9

Phoenix1966 said:

magikhs said:

Still think it's Felicity Jones. And it's a pretty good likeness, too. Height also checks out.

The promos are what's a little different and perhaps misleading? Re: HID's naming convention - I couldn't find a character named Luna that she's played, however, she acted opposite Diego Luna in the Star Wars movies.

The singer released a song in 2023 called Canto a la Luna, so I'm going to throw in with the Nena folks.

Nice catch on the song. I could not find that reference. But i did find she voiced the german version of the pricess in 'Arthur and the Minimoys/invisibels', the elven ears are a reference to that.

Edit: Anyone knows what is the Hair used in this promo? Its gorgeous

magikhs said:

Still think it's Felicity Jones. And it's a pretty good likeness, too. Height also checks out.

The promos are what's a little different and perhaps misleading? Re: HID's naming convention - I couldn't find a character named Luna that she's played, however, she acted opposite Diego Luna in the Star Wars movies.

The singer released a song in 2023 called Canto a la Luna, so I'm going to throw in with the Nena folks.

Still think it's Felicity Jones. And it's a pretty good likeness, too. Height also checks out.

The promos are what's a little different and perhaps misleading? Re: HID's naming convention - I couldn't find a character named Luna that she's played, however, she acted opposite Diego Luna in the Star Wars movies.

Gogger said:

wsterdan said:

Gogger said:

I immediately saw myself using it in Mars and Lunar scenes!  I will have to play with some custom materials but am excited to give it a go!  

Great, I wasn't even considering it until you suggested this, now I can't stop thinking about it.  

Be sure to post something here if you do get it! I'm curious to see what you come up with. I'm also very eager to get going on my idea for it, and will post something here when finished.

Purchased!
I have my own thread where I post renders of Richard getting into various predicaments, often with Jack. I will post my results there, but I can also put it here. Don't worry. Richard always comes out alive. I have to have him ready and willing to take on another adventure, whenever inspiration comes to me. Luckily for me, he is a very good sport about being the subject (star) of such renders. 

I have some PA beta testing to work on, before I can jump into a Richard vs. SnowCat render, though...if I can discipline myself.

Fabulous new product! It lives up the the standards of previous Those Things products.

This render doesn't show off much of it, and I changed the wallpaper, just because I also wanted to try another product that I recently bought.

I thought I should have put Richard Haseltine in the adjacent chair. It is about the season for him to get his fluffy tail hair extensions. I decided he probably deserves to be the star of his own render, sometime later.

Yesterday evening both my flatmate and I were sniffling and dragging our tails, headaches blooming and just wanted to eat and sleep but we tried to keep going to get back on our normal schedule. The cats on the other hand... had their own plans. This morning at 01:15am first one, then the other, toys, then food, then their trays, and then ZOOMIE WARS started. Right over me who was trying to get back to sleep. I gave up, made coffee, put more food out, and as you can see, I am at the computer, wrapped in a warm throw with coffee at hand.

Simon is on my pillows, Charlie just jumped off the bed to check out the food again. 

It's going to be a long day. On a Saturday.

No snow yet.

Oh yeah, when the flatmate arrived at work at 05:00am yesterday a line was formed up already, cops there too. He didn't see it, but apparently before the doors opened some hopeful customers got into a fight before the doors opened. Possibly line jumpers, or someone staking out the top of the line for a group of late arrivals. Others not going for it. American Christmas shopping at its best.

NGartplay: The clouds remind me of some I once saw in my country (Chile), but I can't remember if it was in Santiago or on the coast. The snowy landscape made me feel cold, and the new version of the other one is very good. The camera inside Bryce's star looks like wrapping paper. The snowy mountain looks very realistic. The other snowy scene looks good; I think the low resolution you used gives it a special touch (less realistic, perhaps, but more different). The strange thing looks good with any of the textures. The abstract is beautiful, like a detail of fine jewelry.

Horo: The boat on the island's beach looks great; I wonder what happened to its crew (I hope the dinosaurs didn't eat them). The city by the sea with the HMS Victory takes on a special prominence with that golden tone. The snowy mountains with the moon in the background look very desolate. The space landscape looks beautiful, especially the terrain quality.

mermaid010: I think I see the Pixar lamp in the sphere tower (it looks good anyway).

ed3D: Damn, just when everything was going well, you show up with a recipe that whets my appetite.

Now I'll contribute something of my own:

"Ready to shut down the main engine," the captain announced. "Let's see what that strange ship adrift in the gas clouds is."

The background is Deep Space by David Brinnen and Horo Wemli; the ship is a model I made in LightWave two decades ago; the Eagle was created using Fast3D (an AI-powered 3D model generator).

A small tribute to one of my favorite childhood series.

Coming soon: Bryce Magazine issue 2.

MissLeah said:

The Fleet Commander Texture Add On also has an editorial license, though the base product doesn't.

Similarly, the dForce Titan Clothing Set for Genesis 9 by itself does not have an editorial license, but its add on texture set does.

Just a heads-up for anyone who, like me, avoids these products in their entirety because I do commercial renders.

Fleet Commander add-on is Star Wars inspired. Note that several other EL Star Wars-esque add-ons are still in the store, unlike the Trek-ish EL add-ons for other SF items. (The base items are still sold, but the EL add-ons were discontinued.)

I don't recognize the Titan add-on.

You could kitbash one from any store and some game-specific products.

There was at least one tabletop strategy type game product in the store: https://www.daz3d.com/game-master-s-tools

and some other related things that might look right in the background: https://www.daz3d.com/board-games

A few low-poly characters would work for action figures. Perhaps the Lowpi products with their addons, or the Now-Crowd billboards.

My Chess for Genesis 8 product ( https://www.daz3d.com/chess-for-genesis-8 ) is currently on sale in the Outlet and has a base to stand figures on. There are other base-products too (e.g. https://www.daz3d.com/doll-display-stands-and-poses-for-star-2-0 , https://www.daz3d.com/armory-stands-1 , https://www.daz3d.com/bc-standbox).

My Old Arcade product (also on the Outlet for now: https://www.daz3d.com/the-old-shopping-arcade) has a generic toy-shop and book shop with shelves and boxes that might do for background as well.

Something a bit different.  I put the camera inside of an installed Bryce star.  Softer colors, less clutter.

Ryuu@AMcCF said:

Auroratrek said:

A character animation test for an upcoming episode of my Star Trek fan series Aurora. This was really supposed to be a simple test of some new morphs and clothing for a minor background character you’ll see for about 10 seconds, but it kind of got away from me LOL. I hadn’t intended to use cloth physics (in C4D) but it turned out to be easier than it used to be, tho I went through about 5 different outfits to get here. Anyway, it was a fun exercise, and I learned a lot, including some problems I didn’t know I had to solve. This is using 3DUK's TOS Dress for G8F, Mylochka's Observation Deck, and RawArt's Big Cats: Lion texture. 

Pretty kitty! 

LOL  

Auroratrek said:

A character animation test for an upcoming episode of my Star Trek fan series Aurora. This was really supposed to be a simple test of some new morphs and clothing for a minor background character you’ll see for about 10 seconds, but it kind of got away from me LOL. I hadn’t intended to use cloth physics (in C4D) but it turned out to be easier than it used to be, tho I went through about 5 different outfits to get here. Anyway, it was a fun exercise, and I learned a lot, including some problems I didn’t know I had to solve. This is using 3DUK's TOS Dress for G8F, Mylochka's Observation Deck, and RawArt's Big Cats: Lion texture. 

Pretty kitty!