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African skins for Boys

The Vertex DoctorThe Vertex Doctor Posts: 198
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I am looking for decent African skins I can use on boys. I have Sammy for Kids 4 but let's face it, with the increase of better quality textures since that skin came out, plus the newer Genesis figure, it simply will not do. It also doesn't look very good on genesis either.

Attached is a simple boy I tossed together and applied the Candace skin for Stephanie 5. This is a wonderful skin except for a few issues. It was obviously made for a female as can be seen in the chest area, and it has body hair. Now, I do not show pubic areas in my renders that I do for greeting cards but I prefer a completely hairless body so that when I do adult renders wearing skimpier bathing suits, there is no hair showing at all. If I want hair I have several options for that. I am not the greatest at photoshop and have a real hard time hiding even shaving stubble for close ups without getting a blotchy or smeared effect.

Does anyone know of any decent African skins similar to Candace that are hairless that I can use?

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  • The Vertex DoctorThe Vertex Doctor Posts: 198
    edited December 1969

    Figured I would attach an image using the K4 Sammy skin to show what I mean and why I am looking for newer African skins.

    I applied the Stephanie for S5 first to get the nice shaders, reset it to the K4 UV map, then changed every Candace map to an equivalent Sammy map by hand.

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  • SiscaSisca Posts: 875
    edited December 1969

    You might want to check out the Black is Beautiful thread here on the forums for some other resources.

    Just some quick test renders of the main skins I use for ethnic renders:

    Derrick for Freak is actually pretty good. It looks like slight razor stubble in the lower regions but it would have to be an awfully skimpy outfit for a kit render to even see it. Closeups of the bare chest will also show a lot of pores so something to be aware of.

    Keira is one of those I use quite a bit for various ethnicities. It's a bit more feminine looking even without the makeup options but still usable I think. As far as the lower region it does have a dark strip right where the gens would be but really not a region you'd be showing anyway.

    Rayne is perhaps my favorite ethnic skin and I think she works pretty well as a kid friendly skin. Again there is that dark strip right over the gens region but not something you're probably going to show even in the skimpiest of outfits.

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    KidKeira.png
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  • The Vertex DoctorThe Vertex Doctor Posts: 198
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Sisca, will bookmark that thread.

  • JabbaJabba Posts: 1,460
    edited December 1969

    there's Benjamin for M5 (uses M5 UV) that's got smooth face options (no chest hair but cannot remove from crotch) http://www.daz3d.com/benjamin-for-m5

    and Derek for F5 (uses F5 UV) that's also got smooth skin options (fully smooth option including crotch and gens mats) http://www.daz3d.com/derek-for-freak-5

    and Tyrese for M5 (uses M4 UV) with some very nice options too (including tribal paint and gens mats) http://www.daz3d.com/tyrese-for-m5

    Obviously there are others too that may be just as good, but these are the ones I use most regularly because they give me a variety of options that can work over a wide range of characters.

  • Scott LivingstonScott Livingston Posts: 4,340
    edited December 1969

    I don't own it yet, but Children of the World might be a possibility.

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