Shaved Hair?
Atticus Bones
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Hello world! First post, as i've only just joined the community. Hope this is in the right place for the topic.
Total newbie and I'm in desperate need of a really short hairstyle (think buzz cut), ideally compatible for use on Genesis.
The Fusion for Sci-Fi Bodysuit promo pictures are a perfect example - http://www.daz3d.com/fusion-for-sci-fi-bodysuit
Not sure if it's even "hair" or just textured onto a skin map that I don't recognise or seem to be able to find anywhere...
Has anyone managed to identify what was used or how the effect was achieved, or prehaps have another solution for me?
Many thanks.
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Hey there and welcome. Short hair / crewcuts for men are hard to come by and many of us want to see more in the store.
That said, some male textures have a crewcut included in the texture, like Dean for david genesis.
Try this one if you're looking for the shaved look: http://www.sharecg.com/v/62755/browse/11/Poser/SOTOs-Shaved-Hair-for-Michael-4
It's great and it's free. It's for M4, but it works great on Genesis - I use it all the time. Hope that helps :)
I'd imagine it's even harder to find female textures with shaved hair included then... Wish there was a way to contact the creator of that example.
And thanks for the SOTO shaved hair suggestion. Had a go with it, but can't seem to get it to align close to the head; always looks like it's too big.
Might have to just paint some custom stubble onto a head texture myself...
Stumbled upon another possible solution; does anyone have any experience using "SAV Alpha Hair" over on Renderosity with Genesis?
The closest I've seen for females is the old Morphing Flat Top for Victoria 3 - and that's not very close.
Yes I've used it a lot with Genesis, it is made for Gen4 and Genesis
If you want to use the SOTO short hair the best way to do it is -
load it in, place it on Genesis head using the XYZ dials, parent it, then scale it down so it just about disappears into the head, then in the scene tab with the hair selected, go to the little box with the little arrow and some horizontal lines - select Edit then Apply Smoothing Modifier. Then in the Parameters tab with the hair selected, under Mesh Smoothing select Genesis as the Collision item and dial up the Smoothing iterations.
The hair (or lack there of) is the Alpha Scalp by Stutio Art Varitan over at Renderosity. The TOS doesn't permit a lini but it't pretty easy to find over there.
You can try applying a shaved hair texture to the texture map using the LIE (Layber Image Editor) but it is 2D and has it own issues.
How short you want it depends upon your matter of taste. Also age can figure in to it. 3Dream has several short hair cuts incluiding his free boy short cut. There is the oe old Morphing Flat Top product that can be propped to whatever figure you are using. IIIR, one of the Frek bundles comes with a brush cut style.
Love that hair and I use it a LOT on my genesis and even gen2.
Ordered the Alpha Scalp and gonna have another fiddle with that SOTO hair whilst i'm waiting. Thank y'all so much, everyone's been super helpful.
I think M5 Elite Texture Phillip has a shaved hair option. Soto's ShareCG account is definitely a great place to start, I'd also mention Boy Hair from 3Dream (free as well at http://www.arrow3d.com/old.htm).
Free:
http://www.arrow3d.com/old.htm