Michael and Friends Appreciation Association [Lots of images, please.]
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Agreed, every figure has this issue with their hands... same with the Hivewire figures. Drives me nuts. No natural! lol Well you just made a sale for this published artist. I didn't know a bike WITH poses for the current figures was available. When the new figures hit I always STOP buying for older figures, even as little as I buy for Genesis I can def use a bike and see what I can do to get poses for Dusk and Dawn and maybe little Diva! Your render is just perfect by the way. Love it!
You can't access the carpals from the scene tab. If you select a finger, then check the drop-down in the parameters tab, you can find them. G3 had only two, Oops, I meant G2 has only two, each controlling two fingers. And G3/G8 have four, one for each finger. They are very limited in movement, (unless you change/remove limits,) but they don't need to have much movement. Use the carpals to move the fingers side-to-side instead of the top section of the finger and you bring the fingers together more naturally. You can also bend them slightly, but if I remember correctly, you cannot twist the carpals. If you need to twist the fingers, you do that with the first finger bone.
Thank you.
You will love this bike, @RAMWolff. Go into the adjustments and there's a button (!) to convert it to a mens bike. Lots of other adjustments, too. I really appreciated the ability to rotate the tires. My image would have looked a bit off had both bikes had the tires in the exact same position. There are icons to turn the headlamp off and on. Lots of material zones. I was able to apply a paint shader to the ladies bike without removing the Brand on the frame because it's in the Diffuse Layer, (? Doing this from memory...!) Eagle99 really paid attention to the little details. And it's those little details that make the difference when you're trying for realism. This is his first product, and if he keeps up this quality, he will be a favorite PA for a lot of us. (I say "he," I've a got 50% chance of being right...!)
ETA: When the new figures hit, I look for products that support both the current figure and the previous one. Especially now, with G3 and G8 being so similar. One of the selling points on the City Bike, for me, was the dual generation support for the poses.
ETA2: Corrected the references to generations, corrections in red.
G3 also has 4 carpals. They move around when you drag the fingers with the universal tool as well. Looks like I did that for some poses.
Yes, the brandname is a diffuse overlay. No base texures on the frame, just color. The bike is new, so no need for rust and scratches... ;-)
And yes, "he" is correct.
Unfortunately as a "he" I don't have much for him... meaning Genesis Male figures to contribute to this thread.
That why my promos only have Blueman... ;-)
But here is what I could do with Genesis 3 Male, Mec4d HDRI Central Park NYC - Megapack (beautiful!), On the Town Outfit and Sunny Hair (for her).
I gave him a metal shirt to fit the long hair :-)
Kind regards, Eagle99
Thanks!
Background's an hdri by dimension theory and I added a shadow pane for the models shadow. That's all that's in this, apart from the model - hence the reason it only took 15mins to render at 2500x3300.
Backpack, which I don't use often enough is a freebie dynamic one from optitex. I changed the film type to an agfacolour, I think, to give it a 1960/70's look.
I finally have Michael 8. He makes a good ginger
gallery link
He does- well done
Nice job, L'Adair. I haven't tried out the bike with the guys, yet, but I think I really should. That's a nice couples image.
Uh, could you take a look at your settings on the image in your post? I could have sworn that it was set properly when I first saw it when it was posted (didn't have a chance to comment then), but now it is showing up on my computer screen at full size. I'm not sure what happened.
I picked up the bikes too and the skateboard set. I think a bike image will be in the future soon.
Thank you.
I'm guessing here, but was this in the editor in full screen, "Maximize," mode? I've set the image to 100% in the properties, so it will size itself smaller if needed, (for a smart phone, for example.) The actual image is 800 pixels wide, and I believe the forum software will contrain it to the 800 when displayed. But I have noticed when I'm writing/editing with the editor maximized, the image will become big enough to go all the way across. So I'm guessing that's what happened.
M8 Warrior
Raiya's Dylan. Great character!
Gorgeous render! Love the mesh hair components of this character.
I totally agree with you... I had to get Dylan the moment I saw all those rich and beautiful imperfections... It seems that people have now upped the game.
#respect Great render btw.
Only Human
where is the male skimpwear?
fishnet, garters, stockings, metal bikini
m8 intimates is nice.
Great job, such nice looking skin.
eyebrows a lil bit wingie?
on mine too, not singling this render
he looks intense
almost see illiac crease
mebbe he thinkin of nice refreshing dip in the waterfall
@Mistara thinking, yes. But, as my models don't get paid, they can't afford swimsuits
I wasn't going to get G8M, but he was very cheap and I gave in. Today I managed to convert my G3M models to G8 with no deformities, they pose wonderfully and all mens clothing fit properly - except for stuff that resembles body hair
Meet Angus. G8M, Quinton skin using redspec tgx shaders and my usual bizarre lighting method.
@mal3Imagery Nice! I love what you did with the skin. Looks very good. Lighting is really good, too.
@Butch Angus looks like a great morph. Nice to know your stable of guys made the transition well. :)
Okay, it's almost that time again and I'm posting to see what kind of interest there is in running the It's Raining Men Again contest. I'm looking for opinions and interest. Do we run it again or is everyone tired of rendering men yet?
woww he looks like a normal bloke
is that the repurposing contest?
@Mistara That's one of the categories we've had in the past, but it isn't the main part of the contest. It's about a contest all about rendering the guys and bringing attention to the fact that they are important to a lot of us here in the forums.
I would never not be interested (... yes, OK, that mostly scans, I think.) Or, in plain English, yes, I'd be interested, and I think there would be more general interest for at least one more round.
Yes, that was part of the contest last year.
It's still my favorite subject of render.
Which "stuff that resembles body hair" do you mean? I've been able to use Oh My Body Hair without any issue (except with the back hair, which, as it turns out, has the same issue on G3M anyway).
i very recently picked up george and his body hair. should be interesting
Raining Men? Bring it on, best forecast ever!