New! Novica & Forum Members Tips & Product Reviews Pt 14

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  • No idea neither are listed on the promo or in the readme

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,115

    Just now seeing the thread, since the great forum shut-down is over. I will only add I took one look at that product and had the same reaction and closed the promos. I can't even remember if it had a kitchen. 

    Missed everyone. Hope you all had a great weekend?

  • memcneil70 said:

    Just now seeing the thread, since the great forum shut-down is over. I will only add I took one look at that product and had the same reaction and closed the promos. I can't even remember if it had a kitchen. 

    Missed everyone. Hope you all had a great weekend?

    Yeah it sorta has a kitchen it has a sink with a dishwasher and a refrigerator and some shelves, no stove or oven 

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    memcneil70 said:

    Just now seeing the thread, since the great forum shut-down is over. I will only add I took one look at that product and had the same reaction and closed the promos. I can't even remember if it had a kitchen. 

    Missed everyone. Hope you all had a great weekend?

    Apparently the forums went out Saturday, and came back Sunday- again. As someone mentioned over in Commons, seems to be a weekend thing whenever it happens. I was doing work so just shrugged it off as "here we go again. And again. And..."   Currently it's miserable in Pensacola because it's not only in the upper 40's / lower 50's, but cold rain. UGH. It's a stay inside day. At least it's not freezing rain, although we came close as it was below freezing this morning.  

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,115

    Hey, don't knock the 40s or 50s, we just warmed up to them! Last week I walked Bugsy in the snow, with a temp of -3, windchill of -11F. The dog moved FAST! It was a 10 minute walk.

    Actually all our dog people had to make walks short, get the jobs done, and get the pooches home before paws froze. 

    But the cold was no fun at all. I actually just walked to the apartment office in jeans and a Tee Shirt, without two layers of coats or sweaters. Weird, felt underdressed. I was still wearing my mask though.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited February 2022

    Want to point out another store Renderosity has 70% off an Ocean Effect Maker product, and it's from my favorite vendor. 152726  is the SKU and it sure looks interesting. I like the high polylgon count going toward lower polygon counts as you head in the distance.  There's a 48 hour bin sale ending today. The Fast Grab here also has some stuff I've wishlisted, such as CB Bexley. I want to give her a try.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,244

    Novica said:

    Want to point out another store has 70% off an Ocean Effect Maker product, and it's from my favorite vendor. 152726  is the SKU and it sure looks interesting. I like the high polylgon count going toward lower polygon counts as you head in the distance.  There's a 48 hour bin sale ending today. The Fast Grab here also has some stuff I've wishlisted, such as CB Bexley. I want to give her a try.

    It's OK to name the store. You just can't post a link to it unless someone asks for it. 

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    I put it in :) 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,244

    Novica said:

    I put it in :) 

    yes 

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Oh my gosh, Love Kitty has canned cat food AND ONE CAN OPENED!  At Rendo, SKU 152387   It's only 55% off, but if the product ever got removed, I'd kick myself for not getting it. So practical! 

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Ouch, Real Feel in Alaska right now is 88 below zero. On Accuweather: The remote northern town of Deadhorse reached 50 below zero, with gusty winds bringing real feel as low as 88 below zero. Believe it or not, that's not the coldest it's ever felt in Deadhorse. A RealFeel of 101 below zero occurred on Jan. 28, 1989.

    So who the heck wants to live in Deadhorse? (aptly named.) 

  • Novica said:

    Ouch, Real Feel in Alaska right now is 88 below zero. On Accuweather: The remote northern town of Deadhorse reached 50 below zero, with gusty winds bringing real feel as low as 88 below zero. Believe it or not, that's not the coldest it's ever felt in Deadhorse. A RealFeel of 101 below zero occurred on Jan. 28, 1989.

    So who the heck wants to live in Deadhorse? (aptly named.) 

    Deadhorse consists mainly of facilities for the workers and companies that operate at the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. 

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited February 2022

    Well, that 20% off new items is SO bad for the PAs. I have two Daz+ items in the cart to get Vyusur's original cat Zeus at 60% off. What was he when first released? He's 13.98 at 60%. I'd love to get the cat sold today but 20% off? Daz is flaming out so far as me buying anything. I won't support it. 

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  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,888

    Novica said:

    Well, that 20% off new items is SO bad for the PAs. I have two Daz+ items in the cart to get Vyusur's original cat Zeus at 60% off. What was he when first released? He's 13.98 at 60%. I'd love to get the cat sold today but 20% off? Daz is flaming out so far as me buying anything. I won't support it. 

    I thought about doing the same thing with the Daz+ items, but basically, the difference between 50% or 60% off Cat Zeus and the price of the PC+ items is more or less a wash, and the reason that I haven't bought those items so far is that I didn't really want them, so ...

    The 20% thing is one of the few times I kind of feel for both the PAs and for Daz staff. The inflation thing has been hitting everyone, both them and us. I kind of get them tinkering with keeping prices more or less the same but changing the percentage. In theory, people might be more accepting of that than a 10% price increase that retains the old percentages, especially since prices have gone up in the past year or so. In practice ... may not necessarily work that way. And the PAs get caught in the middle, because they don't necessarily get a voice in how all this works.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    vwrangler said:

    I thought about doing the same thing with the Daz+ items, but basically, the difference between 50% or 60% off Cat Zeus and the price of the PC+ items is more or less a wash, and the reason that I haven't bought those items so far is that I didn't really want them, so ...

    Yeah, fortunately I hadn't bought any of the latest PC+ and very few of recent ones, so I could use the ones I did want to trigger discounts. :)  So it did discount a couple dollars. Still figuring out if I'm going to buy Zeus as I don't like the rounded cheeks (head looks like a bobble cat) so I can get the tabby later. Spynx cats don't appeal to me so won't get those anytime soon. It does say recent best was 17.48 and I can get him for 13.98 which is $4 cheaper. 

    I don't plan on doing much during March Madness, I remember last year was rather ho hum for me. However, since I haven't been buying much, there may be more to scoop up from the past year's products. 

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited February 2022

    Any of you looking for a good cartoon photoshop plug-in? I just tested five of them for two days (so tired of plug-in testing!)  and Cartoon Painting and Cartoonizer are pretty consistent with things like wood, fruit. Cartoonize did second best for people (Cartoon Painting did best there too.)  Here's a sample of Cartoonizer from one of my projects. I had to take it from 300 dpi for printing down to 96 ish for the forums so the details aren't quite as spectacular but you get the idea.

    This is over at Envato Graphic River: (graphicriver dot net)

     Cartoon Painting Photoshop Action is GK-Products 33709273

    Cartoonizer is  33799430   Mehedi_Sajeeb

    fruit 1-mask-transparent SAMPLE.png
    900 x 565 - 447K
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  • NathNath Posts: 2,804

    Novica said:

    vwrangler said:

    I thought about doing the same thing with the Daz+ items, but basically, the difference between 50% or 60% off Cat Zeus and the price of the PC+ items is more or less a wash, and the reason that I haven't bought those items so far is that I didn't really want them, so ...

    Yeah, fortunately I hadn't bought any of the latest PC+ and very few of recent ones, so I could use the ones I did want to trigger discounts. :)  So it did discount a couple dollars. Still figuring out if I'm going to buy Zeus as I don't like the rounded cheeks (head looks like a bobble cat) so I can get the tabby later. Spynx cats don't appeal to me so won't get those anytime soon. It does say recent best was 17.48 and I can get him for 13.98 which is $4 cheaper. 

    I don't plan on doing much during March Madness, I remember last year was rather ho hum for me. However, since I haven't been buying much, there may be more to scoop up from the past year's products. 

    The sphinx shape alo works with the original fur for a slimmer look, see this thread for a very fine-looking siamese: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/537751/for-the-love-of-cats#latest

  • gitika1gitika1 Posts: 948

    Novica said:

    Well, that 20% off new items is SO bad for the PAs. I have two Daz+ items in the cart to get Vyusur's original cat Zeus at 60% off. What was he when first released? He's 13.98 at 60%. I'd love to get the cat sold today but 20% off? Daz is flaming out so far as me buying anything. I won't support it. 

    • I agree.  Prices have increased on new items and the introductory sale price is less.  I stop by the site once or twice a week and wishlist. Even then, there might only be one product that is of interest.  It's going to really stink when Howie's next US add-on is released, because I feel certain that it will fall on one of the 20% introductory days. 
    • Several have mentioned that the price of most anything (groceries, lumber, etc) have gone up; ironically, my salary hasn't adjusted to the increases.  The changes in the Daz store have made it easy for me to shrug and wait.  
    • I purchased Zeus when it was first released for $24 (Before that, I don't think I ever purchased a New Release that went over $18.)  I also purchased the Sphynx add-on when it was first released for $15.
    • Regarding the suggestion of increase the overall price but keep the 30% introductory price - I don't know how others shop, but there is a price threshhold that I just won't spend over - no matter how much it might tickle my fancy.  As it stands this week, two PAs would have had a purchase if their products were released with the 30% off, but now they will get the sale when the product is 50% or more off.  As a result, their take home $ is less.
  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    I used my Daz+ code for DOs and got Cleopatra 8.1 for 6.59. Good time to see if there's anything you want in that 72% DO Sale

  • Tim82Tim82 Posts: 859

    wow that was a big catch up read!!! :) .....had to go through about 10 pages to catch up :D

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Tim82 said:

    wow that was a big catch up read!!! :) .....had to go through about 10 pages to catch up :D

    That's because you're busy selling at Rendo LOL. How's it going? 

  • Tim82Tim82 Posts: 859

    very well thank's :) ....I have not been on the scene very much at the moment, my daughter should be born any day now....so that has taken up a lot of my time :)

  • Tim82 said:

    very well thank's :) ....I have not been on the scene very much at the moment, my daughter should be born any day now....so that has taken up a lot of my time :)

    Congrats 

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    If you own Augmentation Outfit, the textures are in Fast Grab.  Mods: the textures do not list the outfit in the required products. I had to go track it down to see if I owned it. The textures offer a nice variety, be sure to look at the gallery entries for both products to get an idea of what this outfit looks like.

    @tim82   Keep us posted! That's exciting and so happy for you!

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited February 2022

    Heads up flash sale. I went Egyptian (and the first one is that outfit texture I told you about earlier.)  I used my $6 Daz+ off 18.00 so they went from 65 percent off to 72 percent off. It didn't impact the first one which is Fast Grab.

    imageAugmentation Outfit Textures    FAST GRAB

     recent best $3.14

    $14.95

    $4.49
    70% Off

     

    imageSecret of Egypt

    recent best $9.43

    $26.95

    $7.52
    72% Off

    image

     

    imageEgyptian Elements

    recent best $8.73

    $24.95

    $6.96
    72% Off

     

    imageEgyptian Elements Materials Pack

    recent best $4.53

    $12.95

    $3.61
    72% Off

    image

     

     

    imageRon's Light Radiance

    recent best $6.98

    $19.95

    $5.57
    72% Off

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  • Tim82Tim82 Posts: 859

    Thank you :) ....and I would be happy to keep you updated :)

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    Oh goodness, you simply MUST visit Owl Kitty's channel. Start with Juarassic Park!  Such attention to detail with the sounds and cat food! 

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,056

    Yeah, I've watched a few of the videos, and they do a really great job of integrating the cat into the footage.

  • DaventakiDaventaki Posts: 1,624

    Novica said:

    Oh goodness, you simply MUST visit Owl Kitty's channel. Start with Juarassic Park!  Such attention to detail with the sounds and cat food! 

    Oh my gosh that is to funny!

  • Tim82Tim82 Posts: 859

    hahaha ...very well made :D

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