Too cute! Great idea there, Rena! Can't wait to see the rest of these little troublemakers!

Oh, yes there should be more children around. Kindergarden - is this the english expression for it - well it sounds really german :-)

Yes, Schlabber - it is English, and taken from the German. I think it means Field of Children or something like that... It's where we sew the seeds of education in our offspring. Here's a little "secret" for you - the English Language is about 40% German in its roots (the rest being a hybrid of various Celtic tongues and Latin with French words for most foods thrown in for good measure - and all mangled by French spellings)... :-)

Yes--this is US/English, but you know we 'borrow' so many words from other languages since we are such a melting pot. I suspect that the original 'kindergarden' in the US was probably based on some educational model from Germany or thereabouts and thus the name. These are sweet Rena. I love the little one with the glasses--she is just a cutie. Diane B

WEll, you beat me to it, Charlie-we were posting simultaneously. However, you gave a much more succinct definition--and I learned something too--I didn't know all those facts about the language. Diane

soso, vierzig Prozent der englischen Sprache ist also deutsch. Na gut, wollen wir mal sehen ob Du vierzig Prozent hiervon verstehst, Charlie Brown, hmmm - ich warte auf die Antwort... sorry Charlie - I know it's a bad joke but couldn't help myself :-). And Rena - it is looking great as always

OK, you got me. Much of the English language MUTATED from German... I can get about one word in four from what you typed there (everyone in my birth family is fluent in German EXCEPT myself - and it frequently freaks them out when I CAN figure out what they're saying despite this...). And I'll shut up now, before we get this TOO far off target. Sorry Rena, me and my big mouth (er... keyboard?).

Oh, Rena, you're reminding me of school too early!!! They're adorable but I bet troublemakers to the bone! Note on derivatives of English lanuage. It's a Germanic language but since the Norman Conquest French has also permeated it with heavy additions of Latin and Greek. Basically, everyday vocabulary (language of common folk)has German roots, highbrow language is French (Kings and Queens after the Conquest were French, so it was the language of the court and aristocracy) and of course the church was intent on spreading Latin and that has held fast in official institutions. Simple example: ask/question/interrogate The progress is from the more simplistic to the more formal. Needless to say vocabulary associated with science, medicine, art, literature, music is basically of Greek origin. OK, end of lesson :) See what you did Rena? I told you you reminded me of school!

Kalypso, my chin has fallen on the table - there is still some trouble in applying german speaking in english I think. :o) So enough to that - back to render ...

Just too glad this is a highly advanced educational Kindergarden! I bet Violet (the one with the glasses) who happens to be the brains of the lot..will be listening in full attention and absorbs all this!...:o)

Ah HAH--I'm so glad you named her that- one of my favorite flowers--and suits her. She looks 'brainy' G.

Every time you post something I'm more amazed. You keep getting better and better! They are so cute. We really do need children in our community. What were the base figures for these? Are they your own meshes? I can't believe you could have taken the ones that came with Poser and improved them so much. I wish I had even half your talent and ambition.

They are beautiful, Rena. I'm so amazed every time I see a new posting of yours. You have an incredible talent. :o)

Lets the childreens come Very cute, Renapd

Very well done. They're more than cute (which they are), they're believable!

Just beautiful Rena, the little boy (top right) resembles my 3-year-old son very closely. The origin of English it is very complex. Kalypso is largely correct although Latin (with Greek) was one of the international languages of diplomacy and learning long before the Normans. Latin was introduced to Britain firstly by the Romans in but maintained there by the early Church from the 2nd/3rd century on (despite the conquests of the Pagan Saxons) as the language of writing and learning. A Brief History: On the eve of the Roman Conquest of Britain (AD 43) the country was essentially Celtic speaking although the movements of Belgic peoples (Germano/Celtic)into Britain a little over a century before had possibly introduced some very early forms of Old German words. The Celtic spoken in Britain by its indigenous peoples varied considerably and its derivatives are divided by modern scholars into "p" and "q" Celtic. These survive in the differences between Irish/Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. During the 4th and 5th Centuries Saxon and Irish raiders attacked and harried Roman Britain. The Empire began to collapse and the Saxons, Jutes and Angles eventually gained a strong footing in the east and went on to conquer much of modern England, leaving Wales and Scotland in the hands of Celtic speaking peoples. The Saxons, Jutes and Angles came from the North of Germany, Holland and Denmark and the Old Germanic languages they spoke were very similar to the Germano/Scandinavian languages of the peoples that were to become the Danes, Norwegians and Swedes some few hundred years later. From the last decade of the 8th Century on the Viking attacks, settlements and conquests introduced versions of Old Norse, which had diversified from the Old Germanic languages of the Saxons etc. and was at this time beginning to itself diversify into Norwegian, Danish and Swedish (Although Saxon speakers would probably have been able to understand some of the Old Norse). The Vikings (under Rollo) also conquered Normandy in France in the late 9th and early 10th centuries and there they eventually adopted French but continued to use many of their own words (reflected in many modern placenames in Normandy). In 1066 AD William Duke of Normandy invaded and conquered the Saxon kingdoms of England and Norman French was introduced. The Scotts, Irish and the Welsh continued to speak Celtic languages with numerous traceable Latin and Norse borrowings. The fusion of elements from all the above languages (with varying degrees of relative importance) is the basis for the emergence of English as a language. It took a few more centuries to evolve into something that closely resembles Modern English i.e. the English of the Tudor period or Shakespearean English. And the language continues to change. That's the bare bones of it, most specialists and academics agree to the above, but add more detail and the rows begin. I hope I have not bored you all. STORM

Rena, they're adorable, and I love your choice of one of the freinds' name! ;) Melanie

Glad you approved of them though they still bare a few disadvantages! Mostly that the clothes I use on them are converted to props OR posable and not comforming..sigh! Anybody out there eager to make a comforming baby catsuit so I can edit the cr2s of their garments and make their moms' life a lot easier while dressing them up? That would be a dream come true, as I'm totally lost when it comes to Joint Parameters and falloff zones therefore no chance to do it myself! :o) and oh..RWILLIAMS..my 3D skills are definately even worse! I would never even dream of creating my own figure meshes..LOL! These are indeed 100% poser figures! All I did was rescale the baby body to reach the P4woman's top thigh -ideal height for their age- and then I transfered the P4 woman head on it..that's all! From that point on everything was plain fun to come up with their faces! :o)

These are very cute and much needed. So many good pictures cannot work because of a lack of decent kid models, the Posette and co can now have some kids to watch :-) Well done Will these be store or freebies out of interest, not that I care which way or the other these are worth cash for sure.

JARM..these are freebies as always! I don't sell models..period! I will contribute again on Renderosity support stuff if need be, I will charge Companies and Associations that request my service, I will participate in the Poserworld CDs that cost a few bucks for a huge archive of models, clothes and textures included (less than individual models around so actually you pay less than what your phone company would charge you to download all that stuff!) BUT..I will NEVER charge the poser users for my models or textures! I owe them too much to ever think of them as potential clients!!!! So please everybody...try to avoid this question on my threads,will you? :o) I'm pretty itchy about it -you can tell- and it spoils my mood, so let's avoid this issue! Thanks! :o)

How did you transfer the P4 woman head to the baby body?

Quite a few succesful ways a body transfer is done and part replaced KRBTV...there are too many good combining figures tutorials around..check the link at the side of this window and start reading! :o) It is too long a reply to put it here and I'm sure all those people express themeselves a lot better than me in their tutorials! :o)

Oh, well...um...that's bloody good then isn't it, wow, um...sorry, (shakes with fear and crawls into corner wimpering). Sorry....didn't know....sobs... Heh-heh, I love these little guys (not literally!) they're so cute it's sickening.