ISO: Jungle/RainForest Set

MJ007

I need a set as large as possible. Something that could be used for a series of a jungle expedition renders like seen in the movies Congo, Anaconda - The Blood Orchid, Avatar, Predator/Predators, etc.

Any recommendations?

-MJ

MJ007

Can someone please post a overhead render of Stonemason's Enchanted Forest AND Return to Enchanted Forest set?

Thank you in advance!

-MJ

Sisca

If you're a PC member you might want to check out DT's HDR ProSets Yosemite Pack (http://www.daz3d.com/platinum-club-items/hdr-prosets-yosemite-pack-one). It's not jungle but it is Yosemite so lots of woodlands that you might be able to use and at $1.99 well worth the price.

Jabba

The Tropical Quest series can be quite handy at times... http://www.daz3d.com/tropical-bundle

swordvisions

I don't have the return to enchanted forest. 2 quick renders in Carrara of Enchanted Forest

cecilia.robinson

Yes, I love the tropical. Lisa's Botanicals is another good spot, but she sells props and Cycloramas. Stonemason might have something decent too.

carrie58

Does this help ??It's a screenshot of the Enchanted Forest with the skydome turned off ,and the camera pulled way above ,you can see the floor grid sorta in the very center to give a bit of perspective ,give me a couple of minutes and I'll grab a screenshot of Enchanted Forest 2

carrie58

And here is Enchanted Forest 2 ....... and I'd say they are both big enough to give alot of variations and you can add other plants and props to give different looks ....

cecilia.robinson

As of Lisa's Botanicals, here's a render of mine using some of them to make a jungle: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/index.php?&ACT=50&fid=2&aid=77692_VCudrgCQQbbFs4Z06qqP&board_id=1. And here's one for Enchanted Forest with preset lights on: http://www.daz3d.com/forums/index.php?&ACT=50&fid=2&aid=78799_79TDYL5gnkiUf5ptCXoU&board_id=1.

All characters shown are custom-dialed (including the gorillas), so don't search the shop.

MJ007

Thanks Swordvisions and Carrie58 for the renders...
From what i can tell, it would appear with the Enchanted Forest set, the interior forest part looks to be about the size of a city square block. Is that a fair assessment?
It looks like the Return to Enchanted Forest, looks much smaller. Is that fair assessment?

I originally thought of Lisa's Botanicals, but I need something thats going to give me a number of different looks as the entire series of renders takes place inside a jungle. So i didnt think Lisa's Botancials, nor a Cyclorama (or Daz Environments) was versitile enough for that kinda job.

The "jungle" needs to be versatile enough to handle chase scenes, I will be sticking a few ruins in there, some ships, the whole yard. I kinda think i may need a number of sets to pull this off.

-MJ

carrie58

Then I'd say definitely check out the Tropical Bundle ,but it does sound like you will need a couple of sets as well as different tropical plants to vary the looks

swordvisions

MJ007 said:

Thanks Swordvisions and Carrie58 for the renders...
From what i can tell, it would appear with the Enchanted Forest set, the interior forest part looks to be about the size of a city square block. Is that a fair assessment?
It looks like the Return to Enchanted Forest, looks much smaller. Is that fair assessment?

I originally thought of Lisa's Botanicals, but I need something thats going to give me a number of different looks as the entire series of renders takes place inside a jungle. So i didnt think Lisa's Botancials, nor a Cyclorama (or Daz Environments) was versitile enough for that kinda job.

The "jungle" needs to be versatile enough to handle chase scenes, I will be sticking a few ruins in there, some ships, the whole yard. I kinda think i may need a number of sets to pull this off.

-MJ

I think you could use a couple of bases and add several copies of the vegetation, rearrange and you should be able to get a fairly large jungle and add a few ruins not sure about memory usage in Studio though. In carrara I would use replicators then I would drop in a few modular ruins and other set pieces to the replicated terrains.

cecilia.robinson

If you need many different plant species, I'd choose Lisa's Botanicals. There are palms, flowers, shrubs and a lot of more. Yet, I guess a jungle needs something more than just flora. So... There are several sets that ought to have you covered.

Tropicals Bundle is designed to create an entire tropical island (including a coastline, a plateau, a jungle, a cave and a set of standalone props). I has many different plants (palms, elephant ear trees, ferns, banana plants...), a few boulders and so on. It's rather versatile and includes custom lights and cameras.

Stonemason has his Modular Ruins that you can mix and match to suit your needs. There are also other sets of his (see below). Speaking of ruins, Stonemason has some of his older sets discounted to less than $10, like http://www.daz3d.com/the-tower-remains, http://www.daz3d.com/greek-ruin or http://www.daz3d.com/the-treehouse, http://www.daz3d.com/tribal-village-huts and http://www.daz3d.com/tribal-props (if you need some camps for example). Moyra made some textures for ruins: http://www.daz3d.com/lost-temples-for-the-greek-ruin. Dreamlight has several excellent light and scene sets for Stonemason packages, like http://www.daz3d.com/outpost-17-for-planet-lava-and-enchanted-forest, http://www.daz3d.com/light-n-go-tree-house, http://www.daz3d.com/rays-of-dreams-for-enchanted-forest and http://www.daz3d.com/lost-ruins. Just see a few of those links below:
http://www.daz3d.com/tropical-bundle-for-daz-studio-plugin-octanerender
http://www.daz3d.com/tropical-bundle
http://www.daz3d.com/modular-ruins
http://www.daz3d.com/the-enchanted-forest
http://www.daz3d.com/return-to-the-enchanted-forest
http://www.daz3d.com/jungle-ruins
http://www.daz3d.com/jungle-ruins-2
http://www.daz3d.com/nerd3d-tropical-falls-bundle
http://www.daz3d.com/skull-cove-complete

Lastly, Esteves has that sweet Little Tropical Lake (http://www.daz3d.com/little-tropical-lake), it's for Bryce and it's priced $8,95 or so. But if I were you, I'd check out free items first, namely Gendragon's and Nobiax's stuff.

JohnDelaquiox

Yeah the Topics Bundle is the largest most complete set there is. Full 360 degree views in that bad boy. Only problem is its super intense to render.

MJ007

cecilia.robinson said:

But if I were you, I'd check out free items first, namely Gendragon's and Nobiax's stuff

Where can i find their free stuff?

-MJ

carrie58

Renderosity

Lissa_xyz

MJ007 said:

cecilia.robinson said:

But if I were you, I'd check out free items first, namely Gendragon's and Nobiax's stuff

Where can i find their free stuff?

-MJ

Nobiax has any number of places. The two I know of are his DA page ( http://nobiax.deviantart.com/ ) and ShareCG ( http://www.sharecg.com/pf/full_uploads.php?pf_user_name=yughues ). I'll warn you, there's a lot of stuff to sort through (easier on DA, imo- bigger thumbnails).

MJ007

Can anyone in Platinum Club tell me if:
- Heart of the Jungle - http://www.daz3d.com/heart-of-the-jungle
- Jungle Vines - http://www.daz3d.com/jungle-vines

are PC products?

-MJ

Lissa_xyz

Yes, they are.

You can also tell by the P icon under the Add to Cart button. Unless the icon is only visible to members?

carrie58

Here's gendragon's homepage of freebie stuff at Rendo, http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/index.php?user_id=200514

MJ007

Vaskania said:

Yes, they are.

You can also tell by the P icon under the Add to Cart button. Unless the icon is only visible to members?

I hadnt noticed that until now.
Thanks!

-MJ

Faeryl Womyn

Just because it's a PA items does not mean you can't buy it, only that you don't get the special price. Another suggestion might be the Clone plugin, as you can clone some of the forest sets and then rotate each one to give a different view as you run through the jungle.

FirstBastion

MJ007 said:

Can anyone in Platinum Club tell me if:
- Heart of the Jungle - http://www.daz3d.com/heart-of-the-jungle
- Jungle Vines - http://www.daz3d.com/jungle-vines

are PC products?

-MJ

yes, and they're each $1.99 for PC members.

FirstBastion

You might want to look at ultimo-paradiso, sure it's an island, but you can hide the water, change the ground texture to something more rugged, and there are plenty of tree vegetation props in included.
http://www.daz3d.com/ultimo-paradiso

MJ007

FirstBastion said:

You might want to look at ultimo-paradiso, sure it's an island, but you can hide the water, change the ground texture to something more rugged, and there are plenty of tree vegetation props in included.
http://www.daz3d.com/ultimo-paradiso

Yeah, this gives me the "look" that i want in a jungle. With a jungle background applied, it will look even denser and additional props could be added or moved around for a variety of looks. It also looks pretty huge.

I think we have a winner here!

-MJ

cecilia.robinson

I found new sets today:
http://www.daz3d.com/torprin-tower
http://www.daz3d.com/the-ruins-of-angkor-wat

You may be interested in them.

FirstBastion

MJ007 said:

FirstBastion said:

You might want to look at ultimo-paradiso, sure it's an island, but you can hide the water, change the ground texture to something more rugged, and there are plenty of tree vegetation props in included.
http://www.daz3d.com/ultimo-paradiso

Yeah, this gives me the "look" that i want in a jungle. With a jungle background applied, it will look even denser and additional props could be added or moved around for a variety of looks. It also looks pretty huge.

I think we have a winner here!

-MJ

good stuff! Post an image when you got it looking the way you wanted.

Gendragon3D

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alexhcowley

One more vote for the two enchanted forest sets. You can move around the foliage and trees and even add extra clumps of ferns and plants to produce variations.