Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: What would it take...

XFX3d opened this issue on Feb 07, 2006 ยท 151 posts


Eternl_Knight posted Tue, 07 February 2006 at 5:33 PM

OK, here's my take on the subject (as a whole). Firstly, I'd have to say (from my reading & legal advice received) - "Frankenstiens" are perfectly within the terms of the EULA so long as you do not redistribute them. Redistributing them requires permission or encoding against the originals. Encoding is a bit "iffy" without permission (as the current EULA doesn't provide any exceptions), but DAZ seem to be sweet with it. I don't rely on good intentions - but others seem fine to shrug Secondly, I would say the best figures to support would be those that do not require third-party purchases. Apollo Maximus IS a good figure, but his price is hefty. James is pretty good, Domus/Dork is great for low poly (compared to other Poser figures that is), Jessi (when her angry brow is morphed away) is decent, etc. All of them come free with Poser or are a free download away. And frankly - their body shapes are closer to "reality" than the Unimesh crew anyway! I mean - M3 looks like he was castrated young, and don't get me started on David. And to be honest - I have not seen a single woman look like V3's body. There are also some of the toonish characters out there aside from Aiko that could use support. HER is a great model with next to no support. Netherworks did some great morphs for here (which are selling at a very nice price btw), but there are next to no outfits/props for the figure. I'd say, from a marketting standpoint, the best thing to do is to determine what outfits/content you are best at making and then focus on the figures that will complement that. If you're into morphing/altering figures - go for the Project Human bases and release an "XFX Variant" of them, like you did with Aeon. If you're good at sci-fi/vehicles/etc - I'd say go for HER & HIM - they are well suited to a stylistic set of content or for anime-like stuff - Maya/Anime-doll (free/low-cost). If you are into clothing - go for one of the default or altered default figures. The way I see it, with DAZ having released V3/M3 for "free" (with that EULA I cannot say that without the inverted commas) - you'd be fighting a hard uphill battle to get people to purchase a figure for ~$50 and then buying your content. Stick to the low cost & free models, as the barrier to entry on them is much lower. --EK