A really super new semi-toon kittee at Runtime DNA, Sassafras. An original figure for DAZ and Poser, which can accept most standard poses.
Yummy yeti
Excellent new Yeti (Abominable Snowman) for Genesis Freak 5, complete with integrated Look At My Hair plugin presets for the hair. There’s also a Bigfoot version. For DAZ Studio 4.x only.
And just arrived, with a similarly Ice Age feel to it, is the cute Woolly Rhino — also with Look At My Hair plugin presets for the hair…
Doctor Who: DAZ and Poser content survey
This is my survey of Poser and DAZ content assets for Doctor Who, the famous British science-fiction TV series…
The Doctor himself:
So far as I can find, there are no M3 or M4 morph + clothing sets specifically for The Doctor himself. Except for one “David Tennant” that looks nothing like Tennant, and frankly is not worth having. I’d imagine that the BBC lawyers come down fairly heavily on good digital replicas of The Doctor. However, there are some Wild West outfits that could be fairly easily adapted to be suitable clothing. Such as Wanted Dead or Alive for M4…
DAZ Studio 4 users should also take a look at adapting the Morphing Business Suit expansion for the Genesis Morphing Business Suit, and its Just Posh expansion…
There are of course a vast number of choices for clothing for young companions, but Dresscoat Italia for V3 has the right amount of “1970s” in it for a retro Pertwee or Baker-era Doctor Who render…
Enemies:
Your first stop for a new Dalek Empire should be Mechmaster who has a range of superb Daleks for Poser…
SamTherapy’s free Exterminate 2012 collection is… “A truly massive update to my Dalek builds. All canon Daleks rebuilt, 5 new canon Daleks, 4 new non canon Daleks. All models have ERC. Should work in any version of Poser from 6 upwards. Not tested in DAZ Studio.”
There’s also Dystopia Productions which has some nicely modelled P4 and P5 daleks…
Xantor created a free Davos for Poser.
Some free Modern Cybermen…
And also a 1960s Cyberman and Vintage CyberGun for Poser.
More old enemies, for recreating lost episodes from the 1960s and 70s, are available from Orange Cow who has some cool old monsters for Poser, including some vintage Cybermen, an Ice Warrior, and a Yeti.
I’ve seen one good DAZ/Poser render of a Sontaran, but can’t find any links to the model online.
The TARDIS:
Possibly the best TARDIS for Poser, complete with interior…
Another TARDIS for Poser…
AlDemps has a variety of free TARDIS interior parts and incarnations. Also have a look at this fourth-season TARDIS interior.
The Sonic Screwdriver:
A sonic screwdriver for DAZ Carrara, one for Poser, and The Master’s Sonic Screwdriver for Poser. Also take a look at the free Retro Sci-Fi Multitool for Poser which could also be retextured as a sonic screwdriver.
Unusual companions:
A very cool Silurian outfit for v4…
The K9 robodog from the Tom Baker era.
Suitable sci-fi sets:
Stonemason’s ultra high-quality Planet Alpine and Planet Lava have a Whovian feel about them. Neither set is dependent on you having the other in your runtime…
There are also vast numbers of generic sci-fi corridors available as 3D models, including some nice ones from Stonemason, but I didn’t see anything that especially said “Doctor Who” to me.
Of course there’s also the free Doctor Who items on Google 3D Warehouse, although not as many as you might expect. The modelling there is often rough, the textures almost always awful, and you’ll have to export from Sketchup to OBJ and from there to DAZ or Poser. But there are a few quality models there such as nice Tardis Monitor screen 2010, and some rare TARDIS interiors if you really need one from a particular era.
That’s it!
Battledroid
A superb new Mass Effect -style battledroid character for DAZ and Poser, the Syntheth Elite, at FoRender.
Eduard’s Armoured Toon Dragon
Cute free Toon Dragon for Poser. Standalone, for non-commercial use only.
Poser 2014 webinar
There’s to be a free Poser 2014 webinar with Steve Cooper, Senior Product Manager at Smith Micro Software. The one-hour live webinar will walk you though the new features in Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014, on 23rd May 2013.
Goth girls for DAZ and Poser: survey
Here’s a survey of contemporary modern goth girls for Daz Studio and Poser. No medieval armour, fantasy vampires, s&m lingerie, or Victorian-era frumpery — just a focus on a more contemporary look…
Characters for V4:
Emily Gothic expansion for Emily
Lilah for V4 and A4…
Clothing:
Vast amounts to choose from, but here’s a core starter pack.
Goth Chick for Genesis (DAZ Studio 4.5) is flexible dance-club style goth outfit…
For a scene in colder climes, or perhaps a visit to a chilly crypt in search of cultists, try Bunny Fashion (requires Victoria 4.2 Morphs++). There are now a variety of texture addons for this…
Gothic Lilipop outfit for V4 and A4 is a little more cosplay…
As is the Delerium outfit for V4 and A4, which has some quality free gothic textures…
Lots of fine textures and details in the new Gothic Texture Expansion for Ooh La La…
Dark Rose for V4 and A4 is a bit quirky and has a variety of texture expansions…
Hoodlum for V4 and A4 is purrfect for exploring the catacombs…
Set two in the Urban Fae pack is goth…
… and there’s a free texture makeover for Urban Fae which has a cool lower set (swop out the pink for grey or white)…
Hair:
Chilli Hair is a convincing contemporary street goth look.
Piercings:
Dead World Piercings for Genesis (DAZ Studio 4.5)
Boots:
Overknee Lace-up Boots and the Hot Boots expansion…
Teodora and Saraid Boots for V4 A4 are more your standard shoe-shop style goth boots…
That’s it!
Famous faces in 3D
FoRender is starting a series of complete Victoria 4 characters for Daz and Poser who look like famous actresses. The first is Restless for V4. I don’t recognise her, but apparently she is modelled after a Hollywood actress who many will know. You can suggest/vote for further V4 “famous” characters to be created in 3D by FoRender, here.
Poser Pro 2014 announced, priced and dated
Smith Micro have just officially announced Poser Pro 2014, and they’ve even priced and dated it: 21st May 2013!
Here are the new features, with my comments on each:
* There’s a new Pro-version only “Fitting Room”… “to convert your existing clothing and props to fit any figure”. Useful, although third-party software such as CrossDresser (my review) already does that quite well and also works seamlessly for DAZ Studio too. Plus a related… “Morph Brush now supports Sag, Tighten and Loosen so clothing works better”. Poke-through, begone! Maybe.
* “Pixar Subdivision Surfaces for fast and efficient scene building” This means you can change the density of the surfaces on your model, by making the mesh looser or tighter. Looks like an on-the-fly polygon-reduction system, and one you can apply to any bit of a 3D model. Nice. Not sure how many times I’d use it. If I ever had a scene that heavy then I’d break it into background, foreground, character, and then composite their multiple renders together in Photoshop.
* “Bullet Physics for Soft Body Dynamics, Rigid Body and Hair.” Nice, for the small handful of serious Poser animators.
* A new “Comic Book Preview Mode” for color and B&W cartoon illustration and animation. A bit more on this one: “This feature will enable you to create comic art with fantastic line control and color, or clean black and white outlines with persistent shading even when rotating or animating your point of view.” Plus some new semi-toon characters which will ship with the software.
Sounds cool, especially if we can tweak it and can make share-able presets. The existing sketch mode in Poser can be made to produce rather nice effects. But I’ve yet to see a useful straight comic-book filter from any software, and I’ll be surprised if Poser 2014 manages to finally get it right.
* “Interactive Raytrace Preview.” Grainy real-time preview in a tiny window, but it looks really useful in terms of seeing what your render is actually going to look like, and as such could save a lot of time. Reducing the amount of wasted “fiddle-about-with-it time” can only be good, since that’s a real drawback in using Poser and DAZ Studio compared to iClone.
* “OpenGL Speed Optimization.” Nice. It was a bit sticky and slow, for me, so improvements are welcome. Not sure it’ll be as lovely-looking and responsive as DAZ Studio 3′s implementation of real-time Open GL, but we can hope.
And of course, the ever-present promise of faster rendering…
* “The Firefly render engine has been optimized for faster performance when Raytracing.”
So for me, the new version boils down to: it may render a bit faster, it has a useful real-time preview, and the comic-book filter might be cool. The real-time preview window looks like the must-have “killer feature”.
Anyway, judge for yourself. Here’s the official video for the new features of Poser Pro 2014…
Cure Drosell – free robo character
New free robo character over at FoRender, for Poser and Daz…
Keep in mind that this is based off a famous Japanese cartoon character owned by Disney/Toei Animation Co., so can’t be used commercially unless you want Disney lawyers knocking on your door.
Free interface plugin Look At My Hair
The slick new DAZ Studio 4.5 hair-growth plugin Look At My Hair now has a new free player that integrates right into DAZ 4.5…
“integrated in the DAZ Studio interface, the Look at my Hair Player allows you to load most pre-made Look at my Hair presets or .duf scenes, modify color and shader properties, hair count, thickness and render!”
Quality new sci-fi content
Lots of great SF 3D content appearing at the moment. Perhaps it’s something to do with the massive comet that’s headed our way later this year! Stonemason has just released the latest addition to his superb set of sci-fi environments. The latest is a set of SF consoles…
Looks great, but I do wish that DAZ and Poser could do glowing objects more easily, spilling light into the air around them. You can add glow after the render, in Photoshop + a few filters, of course. But it would be nice to make a prop or fabric glow as easily as you can in iClone.
The new consoles complement Stonemason’s recent Sector 15 interior, his Cryotube, and his Cryo Environment deck…
I also note that DarioFish has a nice new set of Mass Effect -style aliens for DAZ Genesis, the “HFS Races”, which keep on getting better. The latest Iradian species looks especially professional…
Iridian Poser materials free here.
ArtFarm’s recent Zorn alien would complement the Iradian nicely.
Talking of comets, in advance of the huge interest there’s going to be in comets later this year, someone like Stonemason needs to do a quality “comet rider” sci-fi kit, with an awesome comet, and a mission craft to investigate it.
