been working on revamping some items in my store.
Irina is first -- the new Irina 2.0 has a completely redone custom head morph, new head textures and interchangeable makeups, and also a couple of props which should also fit nicely with the adventuress expansion pack.
her bikini was also remorphed to a lower-cut version and has some new default materials, since in retrospect i think the original was too modest :)

i am just finalizing the packaging -- rendering thumbnails for the new makeups -- but it should be up and  ready for download by the weekend. i will send out a mass notice to customers when  the update hits the store.

up next will be a Blackeyes 3.0 update, which will completely revamp them from the ground up with new textures, morphs, FIT poses for newer characters and dropping support for obsolete characters (they are over 4 years old now and starting to show their age, my 'free' blackeyes bundled with GND and Irina have better textures than the standalone).

after that, i have some new products in the GND line coming out, and about half a dozen  smaller things that i have abandoned and i will probably chuck up as freestuff.

as always, thank you to my customers - and hopefully these updates will give a little back :)
cheers,
-gabriel

(full 1833x1633 pixel version here)

Irina looks better than ever :) I always meant to get Blackeyes... maybe I will finally get around to that and GND. I can't wait to see what else you have planned.

Hugs,

Michelle

Irina looks gorgeous already, but even more so with that new face! Can't wait to hold her ;-)
Thank you Gabriel!

would the knife sheath and watch fit a normal V3 at all? Love esther

Forgot to mention - great work! Love esther

Quote - would the knife sheath and watch fit a normal V3 at all? Love esther

they should fit SP3 no problem, although irina's calf is quite a bit more  muscular than basic SP3's, so you may either have to morph SP3's calves a little bigger, or the knife and sheath a little smaller either with the strap adjust morphs or by just scaling the entire thing down to, say, 95% size.
the watch should fit no problem, since i didnt morph her wrists.

as for V3 - they might require a bit of repositioning (ie: moving the watch a bit since V3's arms are  longer), but thats all.  if there is interest i can do a quick repositioning and morph job on the knife and watch to fit a standard V3 as well, and just have 2 different files for them.

and thanks :)

Whoo-hooooooooo! Blackhearted rulz!!!!
'''''hurry up weekend!......

She looks really cool !

By looking to the texture, i saw some veins... Will there be also a vein displacement map to make the vein appear ?

Yay, make those accesories fit V3 and I'll buy the set. Love esther

not in this update -- just finalized packaging on it. its something ill keep in  mind for later on though.

on second thought, it probably wont make it up by this weekend -- i am just uploading it now, and i forgot that it would have to be retested, so thats another 2-3 days not counting the weekend :(

Quote - Yay, make those accesories fit V3 and I'll buy the set. Love esther

working on that now -- ill release a separate .zip for the objects with V3 CR2s for those that want it.
:)

You're the best. Thankyou! Love esther

Um .... can I say "Holy crap?" She is WICKED cute!

Just a quick question, I have looked at Irina & GND often, but have shied away from purchasing them because they are 'custom morphs' & I wondered about clothing fits.

What I mean is, because they are custom morphs, do the regular V3 & SP3 clothes fit, or do you have to purchase custom clothes?

Thanks

Anniebel

The regular V3 clothing won't fit GND nor wil Steph 3's regular clothing fir Irina without some serious work. However there are a few items out there now for GND2 that are reasonably priced  ! I also believe that ths new version of Irina will generate some serious interest in greating clothing for her.

mike

There are actually several decent outfits, and not expensive at all, that fit GND.   I love her, especially her body, and hardly use any other character for V3 now.

I also love Irina,  but have been bummed by the lack of outfits available for her.  I'm really hoping that the update will encourage people to start making things for her.  She is definately worthy of the attention.

SWEET! can't wait!  8-)

BTW: Mask-da has 4 sets in his store that have the Irina morphs in them.

Oh ok, that is what I worried about.

Thanks

there are dozens of items out for GND, many of higher quality than the standard V3 fare. there are about 30 linked from my GND promo page, and more i havent added yet (cough merchants need to work on their keywords). GND is now the most supported custom morphed character out there.

as for irina, she has less because SP3 is a less popular model, but suprisingly several merchants have recently approached me about making more addon content for  her. i am also going to be doing what i should have done in the first place: making a morphing zippered bodysuit for both irina and GND -- which will open up the possibilities quite a bit more.

btw: as for the update folks:
i yanked it to add even more content, so it will be postponed until this coming weekend (the 24th). thats set in stone, since i dont have time to create more content for her -- i am moving back up north on the 26th.
i realised that some people will say 'wtf?  why does she need a divie knife and watch?', so i am adding some items for it to make more sense. ill post a preview tomorrow.

cheers,
-gabriel

Well I decided to bite-the-bullet & buy Irina, & I am glad I did, she is great.

I guess I will have to save up for the GND too now LOL.

Looking great - and I love the new face morph! Now that SP3 is $1.99 in PC, I hope this sees a little more 3rd part support as well. Still my favourite purchase from you.

Do your plans include any new GND morphs - your original release suggested she might be the first in a line?

thanks,
and of course there are more GNDs coming  :)
'athletic' is just the first. i do want to get the next couple of clothing items  out for her first though, as well as the bodysuit for her and irina.

and thank god SP3 is $1.99. what hurt Irina sales at the beginning is that while i was making her, V3 cost the same as SP3 -- around $30ish? dont remember. then, just as i was going to release, Daz made V3 free and SP3 stayed at $30. support for V3, aiko3, mike3 surged and SP3 got left in the dust.
at least now with the plat club thing, pretty much everyone will have her.

Then I've lots to look forward to :)

...and I'll start putting somthing aside for those bodysuits.

the scuba theme will fit right in with the Lara theme, hope the suit is cut in all the right
places, if ya know what i mean.  hehehe  ;-) Still cain't wait, you know i'll be getting
everything you put up BH.  and Trav too  8-)

i recommend that previous Irina buyers delete their current Irina directories before installing:

Runtime/Libraries/Pose/Blackhearted Irina MAT
Runtime/Libraries/Pose/Blackhearted Irina Pose
Runtime/Libraries/Character/Blackhearted Irina

the new Irina will be installed into Poses>Blackhearted Irina 2
the original head textures/makeups will be overwritten (the new ones are superior) so the old MATs will not work. if you wish to back up the old head morph, you can grab the !rina Inject.pz2 file from the old Poses>Blackhearted Irina MAT folder and save it somewhere (perhaps rename it !rina Inject OLD.pz2 and put it in the new Irina folder). the new head morph is far better though, so id rather noone keep the old one :)

some of the new content uses poser 5/6 materials (displacement, noise, etc) -- these will still render fine in Poser4, it just ignores the advanced shader info.

enjoy the update :)
hope everyone likes the new content. please read the readme.pdf
cheers,
-gabriel

Is it compatable with Irina adventurer?

of course
i have not checked it but the adventuress glasses may have to be scaled up a bit since the new head morph is slightly fatter :)
but that is the only component in there that may be affected.

i will have to redo all of the adventuress promos next week to add the updated headmorph, unfortunately i have no more time this week -- i move in two days and i have a ton of packing left to do.

Thanks for the update... cannot wait to see what the new head morph looks like... I have always loved your stuff... Frazella was always my favorite V2 character.

Cheers/mes

"as for V3 - they might require a bit of repositioning (ie: moving the watch a bit since V3's arms are longer), but thats all. if there is interest i can do a quick repositioning and morph job on the knife and watch to fit a standard V3 as well, and just have 2 different files for them. " Wow, great work. Did you make a fit for the props,knife, goggles and watch for V3 at all? Flippers too maybe? Love esther

np :)
i just updated promo2 on the product page to show the new head morph.
ugh, i will have to update every single adventuress image too, since they all have the old head morph now :(

Quote - "Did you make a fit for the props,knife, goggles and watch for V3 at all? Flippers too maybe? Love esther

no.... im sorry, i didnt have time.
after i move i will bundle V3-morphed versions of them with GND's bodysuit. its more complicated than i anticipated: they will all require new fitting morphs (ie: the straps on the sheath, for example, so if im going to go through all that then i might as well bundle them with the GND bodysuit/wetsuit, since its a common theme anyway.

OKay, thanks. Love esther

I downloaded the update earlier and have been playing with her for a couple hours. The new head morph is awesome! 

I also finally bought GND and the lingerie :)

What figures will the updated BlackEyes support?

Hugs,
Michelle

not sure yet.
it will be a week until i am finished with my move and can get working on the update.
V3, M3, aiko3, SP3 for sure. after that, whatever characters i can reasonably get my hands on. i wont, for example, spend $40 to buy miki or apollo. the eyes are very simple to adjust for any figure anyways -- just takes a minute or two of positioning one eye with the X, Y and Z translate dials, copying the dial number settings over to the other eye (except a negative value on the X value), and saving them to your library. after that you can just load them with one click for thhat specific character.

mainly in the update i will be removing support for obsolete characters such as dina, V2, posette, etc... fixing some minor issues like the POINT AT function, and redoing all of the textures and adding some new ones.

Thanks

Aiko 3 and Hiro are the ones I was really wondering about and even if you don't do Hiro I could probably just use the Aiko version and tweak a bit if I needed to.

Will you be leaving the Millenium Girls or removing them?

Michelle

i dont know yet -- im open to suggestions.
i dont think i will be updating nia to the new mil girls... if i wanted to make a character with a body like that i could  just morph it right from V3 and save customers some money.
since she is still selling well i will leave her for awhile... perhaps ill combine some of her clothing packs and add a couple more items.

Oh yes, do leave Nia - she's on my shopping list!