The small magazine looking thing is a CO2 cartridge which allows you to fire the weapon only once. It slides into the pistol grip like a standard 40 Cal or 9MM pistol magazine. There is a cartridge release on the left hand side of the pistol grip to eject the spent cartridge. Effective range is the length of the Kevlar embedded chord (not shown) which is attached to the shackle. The chord is 15 meters long.

The chord is wound into a small package known as a 'load' at the factory, and slides into the top of the actual magazine, which is in front of the triggar guard. There is a bright orange arrow on the top of the load indicating which way faces to the front. Once it locks in place, a pull of the racking arm (not shown, it is on the left hand side of the weapon) pulls the end of the line forward and locks it onto the support arm of the shackle. There will be an audible sound indicating that the line is locked into the shackle support. If you don't hear that sound, rerack the weapon. If you don't hear it on the second try, remove the load and replace it with a new one. To remove the load, push slightly foward on the back side using the thumb of your non-firing hand and then pull up.

There are front and rear sights on the top of the weapon. It can be fired from the shoulder like a standard rifle, or from the hip. Firing from the shoulder is the most accurate means. The shackle can be aimed at the ankle or wrist of the perpetrator, but should NOT be aimed at center mass nor the neck. Shackling a suspect's neck will cause death.

The shackle can be fired at the bicept, but has been known to miss, and tear the muscle from the perpetrator. It is therefore advised not to use the bicept as a target unless no other means present themselves to capture the suspect.

I think I put waaaay too much thought into that weapon. I am only going to use it in the story once during the first edition. It may come back later on, I haven't really decided...

I may change some things around for her costume. I am making a couple more clothing items for her right now, so maybe she will get a more classy look. This costume doesn't really fit her character, now that I really look at it.

what about a leather biker type suit like the jsuit at renderosity?

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Nah, I went with this. I am going to keep the leopard print catsuit for when it's appropriate, though.

Right now I just have him in a loincloth to cover his ho ho's.

I am going to make a doorman appropriate suit some time this week, as her story is the first episode. I started the renders this morning. It's coming along nice.

Nicely done.
Like the face and the hair.

Quote - Nicely done.
Like the face and the hair.

Thanks! I am posting bits and pieces as I go, just to generate some interest in the story. I am hoping to have the first issue online within the first couple weeks of the new year.

yep she looks good.

Quote - yep she looks good.

She won't look that good when the story starts. I have decided to begin with their origin stories. You kind of know Miki's already, but it will be there. And the rest.

I introduce my villain too. That one will be a surprise.

surprise villain?  an evil twin maybe hehe?

Quote - surprise villain?  an evil twin maybe hehe?

Nope. You will have to wait and see.

I toyed with the twin idea, but not as a villain. You will have to wait for that too...

You know, I've been thinking, I still think it would look heaps better with just a little tooning.  you could use a toon filter in poser, overly the image onto the original, and then turn the tooned one down to opacity of 28% so there wasn't much.  but I think even a little bit would look incredibly good.

Because poser people never really look real anyway, unless someone spends forever on one still image.

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I'll do a render later and see what happens.

The idea had been tossed about making an animated film again. Someone saw what I was doing and started talking about it. I almost got hooked, but told them I tried that and it didn't work well for me, so I went to the comic idea. They have never used Poser or anything we work with, so they don't know. They assume it's load the stuff and hit the make movie button...

Rokket, you should do what you are comfortable with.
Everybody has his/her own style.

That's what makes us all different.

Attached Link: http://motionartist.smithmicro.com/

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PS you could consider motion comics if you want the best of both worlds. there is a SM software called motion artist which is in development.

I don't really know how to use that toon filter. I have to play with it. The only thing I saw was a toon outline which didn't look all that hot to me.

More on this later.

@vilters: I always do.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/toon-actions-2/59922

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Or?? For a faster workflow?

Poser has a build in Postwork Manager.
From Top Row => Scripts=> Partners=> Shadersworks=> Postwork Manager
No documentation, but very easy to figure out.

Ester is right, life is too short to learn it ALLLLLLLLL.
Poser is VAST.

Ha-ha-ha-, like Aussie deserts.... :-)

we have some rainforests too I'll have you know.

BTW esther is always right.

she looks angry already.

I use GIMP 2.8 for my postwork. I have never really looked at a lot of what it has. I will try it out and see later.

In the meantime, I did a set of render tests. Here is the original render:

I like the original render and the last one with the overlay of the original render on itself.

Great wowork now i think toon actions from photoshop may work in gimp??

i like the last couple render bebest your tombstone (so to speak) looks great!

Attached Link: http://www.strangeartmedia.com/

Anyway, reading this thread yesterday inspired me to get a new website up and running.  The old one got deleted when my ISP stopped providing free web space.  I render in Vue like estheru and do a whole lot of post work in Photoshop and Manga Studio.

I have city engine too.  It is enough time but u don't own the rights to use the assets - including the low poly cars and facades in your renders. So it may not be enough time to get your own content in there.   It does work well in poser. Consider the indi licence if ESRI still has that  one since taking city engine over. 

Hdri can be really useful for city scenes. Map to the BB free envirsphere. 

Hdri can be really useful for city scenes. Map to the BB free envirsphere. 

Quote - Hdri can be really useful for city scenes. Map to the BB free envirsphere. 

But first I have to figure out how to make an HDRI image....

Quote - You've got a pretty good start here, rokket.  Building props and clothing from scratch is a lot of work, I do it some too for the same reasons you posted.  I currently need a full custom small city.  Just downloaded the 30 day trial of City Engine, I hope that's enough time to get it made.

Anyway, reading this thread yesterday inspired me to get a new website up and running.  The old one got deleted when my ISP stopped providing free web space.  I render in Vue like estheru and do a whole lot of post work in Photoshop and Manga Studio.

I took a look at some of your work. I don't know if it's just me, but I couldn't read the tiles. They wouldn't expand large enough for me to see what was being said...

for city scenes you can either render a city scene like one of stonemason's or dreamlands and make an HDRI or you can buy HDRIs. I do both.  but I render my HDRIs in vue which you probably don't have. YOu can get a camera and software for making HDRIs and you can walk around city streets taking city photos.  then you can map  your spherical HDRI to a dome and then walk your figure around inside the scene in poser.

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render samcclung65? It looks like you draw.  real drawings.  Oooher.  we don't want your type around here.  Just kidding.  Great job.   you're prolific.

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rokket - yeah, the pages are not optimized for the web and are kind of hard to read.  I planning to get it printed, that affects page and font size.  Maybe having a hard to read web version will get people to order the 'real' version?

Do use as many different Poser figures as you can, they help give variety to your characters.

estherau - Thanks for the heads up on the City Engine usage rights thing, I missed that.  I did get a road network done, that's the main thing I wanted. 

Also, I combine renders and drawing, trying to get my own unique look.  I couldn't do it without Poser and Vue.

Scott

YOur artwork is totally amazing.  your style is unique and great.

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PS if you write to the CE folk they may give you permission.  It can't hurt to ask.