Specialty free Stuff sites. Morphworld. http://www.morphworld30.com/ An essential site. Because of the way Poser renders (except for P5 with raytracing), figures tend to have flaming nostrils. Traveler's "no glow nose props" will darken them properly. A small thing, but why pay hundreds of dollars for a character and her clothes and superphotorealistic skin textures, only to have glaring nostrils destroy the effect? You will also find lots of morphs to play with, and a magnet prop to make it easier for you to do your own. (In the top border, look under "files" to get to these archives.) More important, though is perhaps the tutorials section. There are lots of tutorials on making morphs and using magnets here. Look under metallics to find a sphere for applying reflection maps and some samples. Using reflection maps can help with realistic eyes as well as chrome on cars or armored knights. Baumgarten. http://www.baument.com/ Ed posts a new freebie each week and has more than 200 items in the archive. The range is incredible: trebuchets, moon bases, wizardrobes, billboards. Sometimes it is small like a door hinge, sometimes large like a city block. Do you need a broken dinghy or a hanging carcass or a flyswatter? This is the site for ruined buildings and rusty industrial structures... he has a half dozen CDs packed with urban props. It is like a smorgasbord: you don't want to fill your plate with everything, but perhaps sample a few choice tidbits. Geralday. http://fast3d.actionbabecentral.com/kathindex.htm Another very generous person. He specializes in low-poly models (great for dressing an already cluttered scene), and often has "creative" props... stuff that artists or photographers or gardeners would need. His bunnies are creative, too. ;^) He models stuff that interests him and it is a nice selection: a schoolroom, mistletoe, oil can, violinist, rain drops.... Cal. http://www.wg3d.com/Poser_Propsx.html While I'm feeling nostalgic. Wayne is one of the nicest guys out there, but his arthritis kicks up badly in the winter. He used to put up a new prop every week at Lannie's site (now gone). You can still find many of his props here in free stuff or at his site (click both on downloads and posable props). The CDs are a genuine bargain: carriages, farm euipment, old sewing machines, mangle washing machines, oil lamps, kid's toys, musical instruments.... Not everything is old-fashioned turn of the century, but that is the emphasis. SAMS. http://www.sams3d.com/ Not only do they offer a new item each week, but they keep a double handful of the most-wanted stuff on site, with some rotation to keep it fresh. However, check the Freebie Archive CD. More than 170 items for 11 bucks including shipping? This includes rooms and bridges and treehouses as well as barbecues and birdcages and bicycles. The emphasis here is on Americana (including the coke and cookies to leave out for Santa), but there is playful stuff, too, like Rosemary's Baby Carriage. ;^) Ok, from folksy American charm, let's go to the other side of the world. I'm just following links, and recommend that to anybody. I don't read Japanese but "mousing over" often reveals English text. Here are a handful of sites; but there are a lot more (exploring is fun!). Kozaburo. http://digitalbabes2.com/ Ignore the name. There are no virtual sextoys here. Koz has redesigned the site... enter via the picture on the right... find "downloads" and you'll fall into 2 pages full of some of the most wonderful hair models available. They are easily the equal of anything commercial. Because they are free and good, they get used a lot, but there are other textures and colors for them. Back in the days of plastic helmet hair, Koz discovered how to model hairprops using transmaps, and he is still the master at it. Maya. http://www.3digitalcrafts.net/studiomaya/index.html Studio Maya is another great hair resource. Many of Koz's wigs are classic, the styles here are younger and wilder with a strong nod to anime. Maya has made some wig's with hats or bandanas adding even more variety. Finding the hair archive is tricky, but there are 4 pages of hair hidden under a Japanese symbol... worth the hunt. In addition to the hair props, Maya has created the MayaDoll, a very pretty original lady with a modest anime look to her. You can find that free model and clothes and hair for her here, too. (He also made AnimeDoll, a commercial product available in the Renderosity marketplace... she is a bit more exaggerated, but is getting a lot of support, especially with the toon shaders available in Poser.) Yamato. http://www.juno.dti.ne.jp/%7Eyamato-k/ This site is known as Poser Penthouse. Yamato has created many lovely female morphs, and with the support of others in the Japanese community has provided hair and clothing for them... enough to get them started. TenTen is perhaps his best known model, with variants for Vicki, the MilGirls, Judy. Iso's Page http://iso.power.ne.jp/ Look under "project" where you'll find a handsome suit for Mike, and a handful of costumes for Vicki (the microsuit is particularly fine)... but the real trove is under Miyou where you can download different kimono and a decent suit of armor for Joan of Arc. These modelers claim not to speak English that well, but he puns upon "a-miyou's-ment"... so humor and art and fine craftsmanship all translate. :) Iso teamed up with LovelyLady to form Jatex. You can find that link under information. This is the place for the wedding dress, a cheongsum, and the lovely "mermaid line" dress, all of which have been textured by others, too. (You can find their commercial stuff in the Marketplace after trying out a freebie.) Rubio. http://home.att.ne.jp/yellow/RUBI/Rubio's_room.html I can't leave this area without one more. Rubio has created some wonderful characters, including children, and clothing including a twisty sheet thingy (much nicer looking than I can describe). You will find several handsome young males at this site, too. Given the general neglect of the menfolk and children, having quality clothes and textures for them is extra special. [I hope no one has hurt feelings for not being mentioned: there are at least another half dozen which should be described, but I have to keep moving. Follow those links!] Vitually Historical. http://www.virtuallyhistorical.com/ This site is young, but there are some absolutely wonderfully intricate and authentic period props and furniture here. Emphasis is on Medieval and Elizabethan England... but the site is also involved in the virtual reconstruction of a hill fort. More good links to follow for the history buff who wants real stuff in her scenes. :) Animotions. http://www.animotions.com/ They have a nice selection of fantasy and science fiction stuff, but their first love is apparently comics. 137 Marvel characters alone... and oodles of other guys, too! There are game-related items here as well. I'm not into comics, but some of the costumes and props are really nifty. :) Specialty free Stuff sites. Morphworld. http://www.morphworld30.com/ An essential site. Because of the way Poser renders (except for P5 with raytracing), figures tend to have flaming nostrils. Traveler's "no glow nose props" will darken them properly. A small thing, but why pay hundreds of dollars for a character and her clothes and superphotorealistic skin textures, only to have glaring nostrils destroy the effect? You will also find lots of morphs to play with, and a magnet prop to make it easier for you to do your own. (In the top border, look under "files" to get to these archives.) More important, though is perhaps the tutorials section. There are lots of tutorials on making morphs and using magnets here. Look under metallics to find a sphere for applying reflection maps and some samples. Using reflection maps can help with realistic eyes as well as chrome on cars or armored knights. Baumgarten. http://www.baument.com/ Ed posts a new freebie each week and has more than 200 items in the archive. The range is incredible: trebuchets, moon bases, wizardrobes, billboards. Sometimes it is small like a door hinge, sometimes large like a city block. Do you need a broken dinghy or a hanging carcass or a flyswatter? This is the site for ruined buildings and rusty industrial structures... he has a half dozen CDs packed with urban props. It is like a smorgasbord: you don't want to fill your plate with everything, but perhaps sample a few choice tidbits. Geralday. http://fast3d.actionbabecentral.com/kathindex.htm Another very generous person. He specializes in low-poly models (great for dressing an already cluttered scene), and often has "creative" props... stuff that artists or photographers or gardeners would need. His bunnies are creative, too. ;^) He models stuff that interests him and it is a nice selection: a schoolroom, mistletoe, oil can, violinist, rain drops.... Cal. http://www.wg3d.com/Poser_Propsx.html While I'm feeling nostalgic. Wayne is one of the nicest guys out there, but his arthritis kicks up badly in the winter. He used to put up a new prop every week at Lannie's site (now gone). You can still find many of his props here in free stuff or at his site (click both on downloads and posable props). The CDs are a genuine bargain: carriages, farm euipment, old sewing machines, mangle washing machines, oil lamps, kid's toys, musical instruments.... Not everything is old-fashioned turn of the century, but that is the emphasis. SAMS. http://www.sams3d.com/ Not only do they offer a new item each week, but they keep a double handful of the most-wanted stuff on site, with some rotation to keep it fresh. However, check the Freebie Archive CD. More than 170 items for 11 bucks including shipping? This includes rooms and bridges and treehouses as well as barbecues and birdcages and bicycles. The emphasis here is on Americana (including the coke and cookies to leave out for Santa), but there is playful stuff, too, like Rosemary's Baby Carriage. ;^) Ok, from folksy American charm, let's go to the other side of the world. I'm just following links, and recommend that to anybody. I don't read Japanese but "mousing over" often reveals English text. Here are a handful of sites; but there are a lot more (exploring is fun!). Kozaburo. http://digitalbabes2.com/ Ignore the name. There are no virtual sextoys here. Koz has redesigned the site... enter via the picture on the right... find "downloads" and you'll fall into 2 pages full of some of the most wonderful hair models available. They are easily the equal of anything commercial. Because they are free and good, they get used a lot, but there are other textures and colors for them. Back in the days of plastic helmet hair, Koz discovered how to model hairprops using transmaps, and he is still the master at it. Maya. http://www.3digitalcrafts.net/studiomaya/index.html Studio Maya is another great hair resource. Many of Koz's wigs are classic, the styles here are younger and wilder with a strong nod to anime. Maya has made some wig's with hats or bandanas adding even more variety. Finding the hair archive is tricky, but there are 4 pages of hair hidden under a Japanese symbol... worth the hunt. In addition to the hair props, Maya has created the MayaDoll, a very pretty original lady with a modest anime look to her. You can find that free model and clothes and hair for her here, too. (He also made AnimeDoll, a commercial product available in the Renderosity marketplace... she is a bit more exaggerated, but is getting a lot of support, especially with the toon shaders available in Poser.) Yamato. http://www.juno.dti.ne.jp/%7Eyamato-k/ This site is known as Poser Penthouse. Yamato has created many lovely female morphs, and with the support of others in the Japanese community has provided hair and clothing for them... enough to get them started. TenTen is perhaps his best known model, with variants for Vicki, the MilGirls, Judy. Iso's Page http://iso.power.ne.jp/ Look under "project" where you'll find a handsome suit for Mike, and a handful of costumes for Vicki (the microsuit is particularly fine)... but the real trove is under Miyou where you can download different kimono and a decent suit of armor for Joan of Arc. These modelers claim not to speak English that well, but he puns upon "a-miyou's-ment"... so humor and art and fine craftsmanship all translate. :) Iso teamed up with LovelyLady to form Jatex. You can find that link under information. This is the place for the wedding dress, a cheongsum, and the lovely "mermaid line" dress, all of which have been textured by others, too. (You can find their commercial stuff in the Marketplace after trying out a freebie.) Rubio. http://home.att.ne.jp/yellow/RUBI/Rubio's_room.html I can't leave this area without one more. Rubio has created some wonderful characters, including children, and clothing including a twisty sheet thingy (much nicer looking than I can describe). You will find several handsome young males at this site, too. Given the general neglect of the menfolk and children, having quality clothes and textures for them is extra special. [I hope no one has hurt feelings for not being mentioned: there are at least another half dozen which should be described, but I have to keep moving. Follow those links!] Vitually Historical. http://www.virtuallyhistorical.com/ This site is young, but there are some absolutely wonderfully intricate and authentic period props and furniture here. Emphasis is on Medieval and Elizabethan England... but the site is also involved in the virtual reconstruction of a hill fort. More good links to follow for the history buff who wants real stuff in her scenes. :) Animotions. http://www.animotions.com/ They have a nice selection of fantasy and science fiction stuff, but their first love is apparently comics. 137 Marvel characters alone... and oodles of other guys, too! There are game-related items here as well. I'm not into comics, but some of the costumes and props are really nifty. :) Specialty free Stuff sites. Morphworld. http://www.morphworld30.com/ An essential site. Because of the way Poser renders (except for P5 with raytracing), figures tend to have flaming nostrils. Traveler's "no glow nose props" will darken them properly. A small thing, but why pay hundreds of dollars for a character and her clothes and superphotorealistic skin textures, only to have glaring nostrils destroy the effect? You will also find lots of morphs to play with, and a magnet prop to make it easier for you to do your own. (In the top border, look under "files" to get to these archives.) More important, though is perhaps the tutorials section. There are lots of tutorials on making morphs and using magnets here. Look under metallics to find a sphere for applying reflection maps and some samples. Using reflection maps can help with realistic eyes as well as chrome on cars or armored knights. Baumgarten. http://www.baument.com/ Ed posts a new freebie each week and has more than 200 items in the archive. The range is incredible: trebuchets, moon bases, wizardrobes, billboards. Sometimes it is small like a door hinge, sometimes large like a city block. Do you need a broken dinghy or a hanging carcass or a flyswatter? This is the site for ruined buildings and rusty industrial structures... he has a half dozen CDs packed with urban props. It is like a smorgasbord: you don't want to fill your plate with everything, but perhaps sample a few choice tidbits. Geralday. http://fast3d.actionbabecentral.com/kathindex.htm Another very generous person. He specializes in low-poly models (great for dressing an already cluttered scene), and often has "creative" props... stuff that artists or photographers or gardeners would need. His bunnies are creative, too. ;^) He models stuff that interests him and it is a nice selection: a schoolroom, mistletoe, oil can, violinist, rain drops.... Cal. http://www.wg3d.com/Poser_Propsx.html While I'm feeling nostalgic. Wayne is one of the nicest guys out there, but his arthritis kicks up badly in the winter. He used to put up a new prop every week at Lannie's site (now gone). You can still find many of his props here in free stuff or at his site (click both on downloads and posable props). The CDs are a genuine bargain: carriages, farm euipment, old sewing machines, mangle washing machines, oil lamps, kid's toys, musical instruments.... Not everything is old-fashioned turn of the century, but that is the emphasis. SAMS. http://www.sams3d.com/ Not only do they offer a new item each week, but they keep a double handful of the most-wanted stuff on site, with some rotation to keep it fresh. However, check the Freebie Archive CD. More than 170 items for 11 bucks including shipping? This includes rooms and bridges and treehouses as well as barbecues and birdcages and bicycles. The emphasis here is on Americana (including the coke and cookies to leave out for Santa), but there is playful stuff, too, like Rosemary's Baby Carriage. ;^) Ok, from folksy American charm, let's go to the other side of the world. I'm just following links, and recommend that to anybody. I don't read Japanese but "mousing over" often reveals English text. Here are a handful of sites; but there are a lot more (exploring is fun!). Kozaburo. http://digitalbabes2.com/ Ignore the name. There are no virtual sextoys here. Koz has redesigned the site... enter via the picture on the right... find "downloads" and you'll fall into 2 pages full of some of the most wonderful hair models available. They are easily the equal of anything commercial. Because they are free and good, they get used a lot, but there are other textures and colors for them. Back in the days of plastic helmet hair, Koz discovered how to model hairprops using transmaps, and he is still the master at it. Maya. http://www.3digitalcrafts.net/studiomaya/index.html Studio Maya is another great hair resource. Many of Koz's wigs are classic, the styles here are younger and wilder with a strong nod to anime. Maya has made some wig's with hats or bandanas adding even more variety. Finding the hair archive is tricky, but there are 4 pages of hair hidden under a Japanese symbol... worth the hunt. In addition to the hair props, Maya has created the MayaDoll, a very pretty original lady with a modest anime look to her. You can find that free model and clothes and hair for her here, too. (He also made AnimeDoll, a commercial product available in the Renderosity marketplace... she is a bit more exaggerated, but is getting a lot of support, especially with the toon shaders available in Poser.) Yamato. http://www.juno.dti.ne.jp/%7Eyamato-k/ This site is known as Poser Penthouse. Yamato has created many lovely female morphs, and with the support of others in the Japanese community has provided hair and clothing for them... enough to get them started. TenTen is perhaps his best known model, with variants for Vicki, the MilGirls, Judy. Iso's Page http://iso.power.ne.jp/ Look under "project" where you'll find a handsome suit for Mike, and a handful of costumes for Vicki (the microsuit is particularly fine)... but the real trove is under Miyou where you can download different kimono and a decent suit of armor for Joan of Arc. These modelers claim not to speak English that well, but he puns upon "a-miyou's-ment"... so humor and art and fine craftsmanship all translate. :) Iso teamed up with LovelyLady to form Jatex. You can find that link under information. This is the place for the wedding dress, a cheongsum, and the lovely "mermaid line" dress, all of which have been textured by others, too. (You can find their commercial stuff in the Marketplace after trying out a freebie.) Rubio. http://home.att.ne.jp/yellow/RUBI/Rubio's_room.html I can't leave this area without one more. Rubio has created some wonderful characters, including children, and clothing including a twisty sheet thingy (much nicer looking than I can describe). You will find several handsome young males at this site, too. Given the general neglect of the menfolk and children, having quality clothes and textures for them is extra special. [I hope no one has hurt feelings for not being mentioned: there are at least another half dozen which should be described, but I have to keep moving. Follow those links!] Vitually Historical. http://www.virtuallyhistorical.com/ This site is young, but there are some absolutely wonderfully intricate and authentic period props and furniture here. Emphasis is on Medieval and Elizabethan England... but the site is also involved in the virtual reconstruction of a hill fort. More good links to follow for the history buff who wants real stuff in her scenes. :) Animotions. http://www.animotions.com/ They have a nice selection of fantasy and science fiction stuff, but their first love is apparently comics. 137 Marvel characters alone... and oodles of other guys, too! There are game-related items here as well. I'm not into comics, but some of the costumes and props are really nifty. :) Lyrra. http://www.cyclopsstudio.com/ Look under 3d graphics for the downloads. Here is where you can find the "Shades of Mike" textures for Michael, and male morphs for MayaDoll and Sara (free at DAZ in the Forums). There are textures for dragons and horses, here, too, and other good stuff. Her gallery features furry art. Bloodsong. http://www.3dmenagerie.com/ Go to Goodies and look for Poser stuff. She just added some songbird poses, but you'll find a nice ruby throne (fit for a cat), falconry gear, dancing gorillas, and dangly eyeballs. (You think I'm making this stuff up?) Sharkey's Gate. http://www.cybergate-corp.ch/webdesig/poser3/ [Currently getting refreshed.] Robert's frebies include an Amazon Palace with an even spiffier throne for cats, some Gigeresque furniture, and a Plains Indian headdress, among other neat offerings. 3droad. http://www.3droad.com/ These guys are getting better each month. You can find a Bohemian village, Medieval chapels, tools and furniture and fancy lamps, and, yes, even a road (as part of the landscape). :) On the left side is a link to Morho home... where they are building a storyworld and all the settings. They just added the second pz3. Avalontree. http://avalontree.narod.ru/main.html This site takes forever to load: very graphics intensive and a verrrry slow Russian connection. However, it is worth it. There are some welcome nods to LOTR (Moria Gate, Sting) and some amusing props (such as the cuckoo clock, sliced cucumbers, hand lotion) and a good selection of spellbooks (and bookends!!!), Greek and Chinese vases, button textures, a different rocking horse.... Just grab a cup of coffee while the site loads, and prepare to browse. When you find an image you like, see who made the props. When you find a site you like, check for links. The Internet is made so much more valuable a resource by virtue of being able to daisy-pick our way as we see even more interesting things just over the hilltop. As of today, all these links are working. Carolly