Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Need advice

Claymor opened this issue on Apr 18, 2003 ยท 12 posts


hauksdottir posted Sat, 19 April 2003 at 11:59 AM

First, I wouldn't spend it all. As soon as you do that, somebody will put a must-have item in the Marketplace at a special sale price. Second, I'd look for something which would allow YOU to be more creative. If there was a dress that you'd been dieing to texture, buy the dress. The pleasure you get from making something beautiful adds to the pleasure of the new item. If there is a building which need furniture, or your landscape needs a focal point (crumbling castle in the distance), or a rocking chair looks like your grandmother's or something inspires you to make a setting and image for it... then THAT is the purchase to make. In a world where we are buffeted by news of destruction, creating and making and building things with good emotional overtones offers us artists some respite. Third, consider pdxjims' advice. I have hair models which haven't been unzipped yet, so probably won't buy another hair model for a while. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of clothing in my Mike folder, but shocked by the emptiness in Stephanie's. We probably all have areas where we over-indulge (the only reason that I don't have every castle and dragon figure out there is a shortage of cash), but my mermaids are next-best to homeless. Eyeball your folders and see if there is a conspicuous gap... and then determine if it is due to lack of interest (example: I think the best use of a cannon is to make puffed wheat, Jim Burton thinks it is a dandy prop for ladies to bend over) or to lack of opportunity (some cultures are still sadly neglected... seen anything from Timbuktu lately?). Last, look for good value. I don't consider mere color variations to be additional textures, and 76 MAT files are an abomination when 40 of them are for eye makeup. PhilC's collections of Romantics and V3 undies and such offer lots and lots and lots of nice pieces individually modeled. Judith and Chrisjol's "Transpond" collaborations are stuffed full of goodies and usually have extra freebies as go-withs. Something like the Necropolis by Andix had a dozen free add-ons last Christmas, which you can still find on his site. Have you considered Natalia? There are textures and clothes for her and the figure has many very special morphs for creating someone you can not get with Vicky... even Vicky 3 doesn't have head ridges. ;^) She is also very, very pretty out of the box. Above all, if this purchase isn't something needed for a job, then find something which will make you feel good about it. Carolly