Tara 9, breaking your heart, stealing your soul.

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  • jardinejardine Posts: 1,202

    i'm guessing this tara isn't a kayleyss sculpt?  as previous tara succubi here have been.

    that would have been nice.

    j

  • Pax AsteriaePax Asteriae Posts: 445
    edited February 15

    Tara makes a pretty cute incubus guy. I set the body to Masculine, used Minjun's body and Fitness 100, applied the head morph and scaled up the head a bit. And yet again I forgot to fix DAZ's weird skin setup...

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  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,341

    jardine said:

    i'm guessing this tara isn't a kayleyss sculpt?  as previous tara succubi here have been.

    that would have been nice.

    j

    If you go by featured artists for the release, it seems the answer is no. 

  • jd641jd641 Posts: 459

    Hoping to see renders of Tara but get male G9 instead, with the way new g9 core female figure threads go I'm actually not suprised. haha

  • Korpin.Sulat said:

    Timbales said:

    I don't like where the wings are attached.

    This! First thing I noticed was that this gal's gonna be flying from her kidneys. No bone there whatsoever.

    Maybe it's a really odd pelvic girdle set up, but it's been decades since I took anatomy, so it makes my brain hurt trying to figure out how it might work. Other than it isn't a good look.

    I kind of like the base Tara 9 but am not spending $40 on it, when I can probably do something close with G8.

  • Pax Asteriae said:

    Tara makes a pretty cute incubus guy. I set the body to Masculine, used Minjun's body and Fitness 100, applied the head morph and scaled up the head a bit. And yet again I forgot to fix DAZ's weird skin setup...

    Very good looking 

  • So overpriced !!  Base character for 50$ ??  

    This is a joke right ?  

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,748
    edited February 15

    hansmolleman33 said:

    So overpriced !!  Base character for 50$ ??  

    This is a joke right ?  

    Unfortunately no; the base price of the character is virtually $60 and the bundle is also way too expensive. At the new higher prices this is a definite pass for me. 

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  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,341

    Mounting point for the wings is small beer. Wings can be moved!

  • columbinecolumbine Posts: 455

    jardine said:

    i'm guessing this tara isn't a kayleyss sculpt?  as previous tara succubi here have been.

    that would have been nice.

    j

    I was curious about this too but I think that Tara 9 is supposed to be the next generation of Tara 8, which was by Tristan Liu and YCFCG? No relation to Kayleyss' figures, which tbh I like much better anyway (I own Tara 2, but not Tara 1).

  • JOdelJOdel Posts: 6,286

    The tail in the promos seems to be marginally better placed than typical with tails. But that's certainly not going to sell the product on its own.

    (And the wing placement is just plain weird.)

  • TorquinoxTorquinox Posts: 3,341

    The low wing placement is common enough in succubus artwork. A higher wing placement does look more natural, but not necessarily wrong either way..

  • HylasHylas Posts: 4,989

    columbine said:

    jardine said:

    i'm guessing this tara isn't a kayleyss sculpt?  as previous tara succubi here have been.

    that would have been nice.

    j

    I was curious about this too but I think that Tara 9 is supposed to be the next generation of Tara 8, which was by Tristan Liu and YCFCG? No relation to Kayleyss' figures, which tbh I like much better anyway (I own Tara 2, but not Tara 1).

    Tara 9 looks nothing like Tara 8, completely different vibe. I assume Tara 9 is an updated take on Tara 2 by Kayleyss, especially with the placement of the wings.

  • columbinecolumbine Posts: 455

    Hylas said:

    Tara 9 looks nothing like Tara 8, completely different vibe. I assume Tara 9 is an updated take on Tara 2 by Kayleyss, especially with the placement of the wings.

    Well, I don't think Tara 9 looks much like Kayleyss' Tara either, so that's kind of a toss-up.

  • tsroemitsroemi Posts: 2,757

    Hmmmmm, the character looks rather bland to me, too, although I like it a lot better in the male version posted above. The succubus add-ons seem really well-made, but I usually don't have much use for these things. And I'm a bit disappointed that no PA seems to want to come up with any fresher takes on old themes, even given all the new possibilities that G9 has. Why not an incubus this time, for instance? Or a dark romance thingie with a succubus and their human lover, all goth and wilting flowers and love-that-can-never-be? Or a demon that fights for the good guys? Or whatever, just something a bit more ... interesting, I think, and moving with the times. This bundle sure doesn't have it.

  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611

    I would have jumped on this, but I'm not loving the wing placement. The wings themselves can be moved, but the HD mount points sculpted into the character body can't. 

  • Xandyr78Xandyr78 Posts: 117

    For me, it's the promo.  There are VERY FEW Genesis 9, 8.1, or 8 bundles I don't already own in their Pro versions, and the fact that the promotion requires me to buy BUNDLES to get a discount, rather than the add-ons that I'd definitely use, makes this an easy "no thanks" for me.  I've obviously bought too much DAZ content over the years, but they're at least making it easier for me to say "no."  I guess that's a good thing.

  • tsroemi said:

    Hmmmmm, the character looks rather bland to me, too, although I like it a lot better in the male version posted above. The succubus add-ons seem really well-made, but I usually don't have much use for these things. And I'm a bit disappointed that no PA seems to want to come up with any fresher takes on old themes, even given all the new possibilities that G9 has. Why not an incubus this time, for instance? Or a dark romance thingie with a succubus and their human lover, all goth and wilting flowers and love-that-can-never-be? Or a demon that fights for the good guys? Or whatever, just something a bit more ... interesting, I think, and moving with the times. This bundle sure doesn't have it.

    Wasn't torment 8.1 already that? It's good to take turns lol
  • GoggerGogger Posts: 2,400
    edited February 16

    Super quick render after purchase.  Mixed in some FPE Infected Eyes for Genesis 9 and I like it.  Was a little disappointed in the price I had to pay for the Pro Bundle - I ALWAYS seem to get the prices way down, but not so much this time as I would have liked. Almost bailed on the purchase, but I'm glad I got her.

     

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,074
    edited February 16

    Richard Haseltine said:

    This is surely far from the first daz haracter with similar horn designs, most long predating Diablo IV - it seems to me that the game design is just using a standard trope for its design, rather than that the Daz Tara 9 is following Diablo IV.

    Case in point, I just stumbled on this, released in 2022, while scrolling through the store:

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  • doubledeviantdoubledeviant Posts: 1,153
    I think some of the promos for her human form use just a bit too much makeup, but I like how she looks in this one:

  • GoggerGogger Posts: 2,400
    edited February 18

    I've been mucking about with the her human form and I can't NOT see a little Milla Jovovich in there. <shrug>

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  • sidsid Posts: 439

    Her human skin textures do look nice. I like Pax Asteriae's boy version up above. And Gogger's look's very Mike Mignola.

    She looks girl-next-door to me in her human form. I think if I was picturing a she-devil it's more a post-surgery Megan Fox, haha.

    For people that have her, how do you find the arms when posing? They look a little strange bent in the promos.

  • GoggerGogger Posts: 2,400
    edited February 18

    And just one more because I originally was ONLY going to get this hair before I decided to go ahead and get the Pro bundle. (Minor PhotoShop A.I. edit on the forehead hairline)

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  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 5,947

    Whoa, Gogger, those are some nice-looking renders! I can see everything I need to see there. I'm still hoping for a G9 white woman without eye bags. And those chevybabe eye reflections are the prettiest I've seen since V4 days. Thanks for posting.

  • ShimrianShimrian Posts: 533
    edited February 18

    So I bought the Tara 9 HD Succubus Add-On (without Tara herself) with the extra 30% off yesterday and applied her to another character (CJ Zarina). The horns are so very cool looking and I really like the skin details! There were a few missing mats for eyelashes and stuff without Tara 9, but overall it works well even though I didn't buy the base character. I like that you can mix and match these add-ons.

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  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,087

    Gogger said:

    Super quick render after purchase.  Mixed in some FPE Infected Eyes for Genesis 9 and I like it.  Was a little disappointed in the price I had to pay for the Pro Bundle - I ALWAYS seem to get the prices way down, but not so much this time as I would have liked. Almost bailed on the purchase, but I'm glad I got her.

    This render is fantastic. The depth of field adds a feeling of danger & mystery to her. Thanks for supporting us buying our products, btw :D.

  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,087

    Pax Asteriae said:

    Tara makes a pretty cute incubus guy. I set the body to Masculine, used Minjun's body and Fitness 100, applied the head morph and scaled up the head a bit. And yet again I forgot to fix DAZ's weird skin setup...

    I love this, great job on him!

  • Are Tara 9's horns changeable? I like to have a variety of shapes and sizes of horns when designing a character. In the pictures I have seen so far, the horns look too recognizable (specific? unique? static?) making it hard to mix and match with other sets; is that the case?

    Gordig said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    This is surely far from the first daz haracter with similar horn designs, most long predating Diablo IV - it seems to me that the game design is just using a standard trope for its design, rather than that the Daz Tara 9 is following Diablo IV.

    Case in point, I just stumbled on this, released in 2022, while scrolling through the store:

     

    We first saw the appearance of Lilith in Diablo IV during the Blizzcon 2019 trailer (https://www.wowhead.com/news/all-the-diablo-announcements-at-blizzcon-2019-diablo-iv-lilith-wings-diablo-295996). While it may not have been the first time we saw the combination, it definitely popularized the appearace to the public (one central horn, flanked by two pairs of large horns that curve up, with a small pair of curly horns that wrap around the ears). Diablo 3 (RoS 2014) had a easily missable cropped headshot of Lilith which is bit different (her ear horns curve up and she appears to be missing the central horn, also being more of a hat rather than coming out of the head)

    I think the lower back wing position may have been popularized by Dark Stalkers. As a side note, the wings for Diablo 3's succubi come out of the backs of their skulls via a couple of braids, which feels odd.

  • GoggerGogger Posts: 2,400
    edited February 19

    Here's for everyone asking, or commenting, about the horns.  You can have them in pretty much any configuration you want.  See quick samples below.  This figure really is CRAZY customizable!

    Note: It seems the horns themselves are not twistable, scalable, or any other deformation you might be used to.  They are on or off, or I missed it somewhere if you can morph them.

    [Edit] OOPS -  uploaded a wrong image - fixed it.

     

     

     

     

     

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