Hi there, Er, this may be a bit cheeky, but I was wondering in anyone out there could help me? I have two questions: 1) How would you go about making a wizard's staff - with a large-ish shining jewel at the terminal? For Bryce4 - for a poser figure to hold. (preferably a faceted jewel, not a round smooth pebbly one) and 2) being really cheeky now! I do have something else I'd really like, I'd like a storm tossed ship - wooden type, not space type - you know, sails torn, looking a bit the worst for wear from a storm. I do have an image of a painting I did a good while back with something a bit like what I'm looking for. For Bryce4. (Could be either .obj or .3ds - anything that will go into Bryce4 or maybe something that could go into Wings 3D? And THEN into Bryce - if that's easier.) Probably too hard...? It doesn't have to look exactly like the image, but it should be old, ancient maybe. But not many tiered like Henry the VIIIth's ships, I'd rather it was simpler than that. Faintly piratical maybe, but no flags, nothing to distinguish it. Any chance at all? FranOnTheEdge

I there was a free HMS victory or similar model posted in this forumn a short while ago, which could suit your needs quite well, for ripped flags and sails i have found a modified terrain very useful. for your wizards staff a branchless model from the tree lab, with upturned rootbowl to hold the jewel, and i think the was also a post with a jewel model resource on here recently too, so i think you should quite easily gather all the bits you need with a short trawl. hope this helps a bit.

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here's a link to a great collection of every cut of gem stone imaginable...

A long time ago I downloaded a wizard's staff. Most poser props are in 3ds, or obj which will import into Bryce great.

You could try this one, it's a poser mesh, from 3dcommune.

There's an excellent drakkar in DAZ free stuff.

For free ships, check out jedswindells freestuff. Really excellent models, and free!

Thanks to everybody for replying. Unfortunately most of the stuff in FreeStuff that LOOKS good - isn't suitable in Bryce4. I do like JedSwindells stuff - all Bryce5 unfortunately. I'm plucking up courage to ask if JS has any ships in other forms that COULD be used in Bryce4... But I thought I'd just ask this question before that. Thanks to FW Tempest for the link - I didn't know about that. Thanks to GROINGRINDER, I'll limit my search to Poser stuff, see if that improves things. (even though I've come to thoroughly hate Poser!) Thanks to chohole for the 3D Commune idea. Erlik, what's a drakkar? Oh, and rj001 - there is no such thing as a tree lab in Bryce4. But I like the idea of a terrain for the ripped sails - so long as the ship I do eventually find (If I do!) doesn't have its own sails already... Thanks to one and all. Fran

DAZ drakkar - viking ship from memory.

I have a staff weapon from Stargate, you could hold it upside down, I suppose..;) It's .obj, so it should work.

As Flak said. In other words, almost what you've got up there in the pic. :-) Lower, no raised deck and no crow's nest, but has the same type of main sail. And that DAZ drakkar (by Helmut Schaub) has its own sail that can be posed in Poser. so, you just need a transparency map for ripped sail.

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pakled, That sounds good to me - anything's worth trying once and some things get worn out! Fran

Erlik, "And that DAZ drakkar (by Helmut Schaub) has its own sail that can be posed in Poser." Hmmm I've gone right off Poser - having so much trouble getting it to do anything at all! But I'll go see if I can find that ship. Thanks. Fran