Like dragons, dwarves, faeries, golems, gnomes, mechs, bio-mech hybrids, animals and similar... do you guys use them much in Poser?

Do you buy them?
What makes them attractive to you (beyond included poses and accessories?)
Do you have a pet peeve about critters in the market?
Do you have favorites?

Do you have a burning desire for something that hasn't been made yet? 

I love dragons. I think I have every one that was ever made for Poser but one. LOL.

I do love critters. My favorites were always the Daz creature creator morphs where ya could roll ur own ;). As for standalones, I'm a big fan of Nursoda's critters...very original and always with nice clothes, poses and expressions.

I also miss the mermaid tails like the one we had for V3...

Laurie

This is what I want:

1. Dragons

2. Cat (big cats) decent looking ones

3. Horses

JV

I buy them and use them.  Usually from DAZ (pre-Genesis) or RDNA. 

To be blunt, the thing that makes them most attractive to me is low price.  They tend not to be used that much, since they are so distinctive looking. Even different textures don't really fix that.  So typically I will not spend a lot on monsters.

Dinoraul's dinosaurs are an exception, but I don't know if they count.  (I would love more textures for those.  Especially feathery ones.)

As for something that hasn't been made...I would like some alien steeds.  Fantasy or SF horse-type creatures with saddle and tack.

Robots and BioMech hybrids are of interest to me, but I don't buy anything at the moment, due to being skint.  :)

If I did, however, that'd be the sort of stuff I'd buy.

What'd make them attractive?  Swappable parts, removable/replaceable bits, sensible poly count (I have a couple of nice looking figures with a frightening poly count), a basic look that isn't too unque - and therefore limited - decent mapping, so I could make and/or adapt textures and materials.

I don't need another Terminator clone but some good looking humanoid robots would always be welcome, assuming I don't make me own eventually. :D  

Well, mermaids are always good. I think I have most of them going back to Posette. Dwarves like the ones Jon Malis made for the P4 figures are great. They'd probably have to be based on existing figures - I doubt I'd use something like dwatves enough to justify buying a whone new figure. They'd have to be able to use existing clothing at least fairly well.  Creatures and mechs I'm not into, though I suppose the world can always use a good tentacle monster. I'd rather see nicely done animals that aren't out there Bonobos, lemurs, Harp seals … Probably not much call for such things though.

Put me in the "I think I own just about every dragon ever made".

Love the original DAZ troll (the genesis version wasn't bad, just to many hoops to use with poser), so much personality, good looking fellow too.

Love Nursoda's critters too.

I would really like a top of the line dwarf character, not characture though, with top notch beards, I don't even know of any really good beards out there.

Some default poses are really nice, if only to understand how to get the best out of the way the joints work. Expressions are a must for humanoid characters (cause I suck at them).

Yes I would buy them, and have.

I love creatures, but at this point I'm not in the market for them. From a merchant's standpoint, there doesn't seem to be a huge demand.

dragons,bio-mech hybrids,aliens, robots, cyborgs, horses
Yes, I buy them.

The design is the major consideration, it needs to look interesting to render and not too identifiable with a particular genre so I can use them in different contexts

Like to apply materials using texture maps so consistant a uv maps without to much stretching would be good.

Imaginative, unusual alien lifeforms, not typical bipeds which we generalize as quintessential extraterrestrial beings.  Complete with clothing.  Why do we assume aliens are naked aggressors with the technology to travel the stars, yet do not grasp the concept of decent outfits. 

Alien, or unusual, flora and fauna.  Creatures of fantasy and horror. 

Just about anything that doesn't have a shred of identifiable humanity embedded in it.

OmniDoll, please - one figure with morphs/dials (especially dials) that can be made into any humanoid gender or gender-neutral, from a simple giant, an android, or a freak of science, all from the same Poser-supported figure.  Lycans would include canine, feline (get the heads right - big cats have different skulls), ursine, . . .  Aquatics would include amphibians, merfolk (legged w/webs, not tails), . . .  And, of course, twisted experiments like a flesh golem, The Fly, . . .

I would pay good money for a simple to use OmniDoll with a s*load of dials.

Wow, you're not asking for much. LOL

Have you tried DS? ;) Not sure how good that would even work in Poser currently.

Laurie

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Have you tried DS? ;) Not sure how good that would even work in Poser currently.

Laurie

Same general concept but Poser-only.  I have not tried D|S, though I might since it is free.  My Poser library is rather light compared to other users, and I am not very good at any of it, but I am not sure I want to swap programs and probably would not want to use both for the same kind of projects.

The more work someone else does on the figure, the more I can do with it out of the box and the less technical stuff I have to learn to make what I want.  Really, we are just paying for the convenience of not having to make stuff ourselves anyway, so I would pay for a Poser-only OmniDoll.  I could learn to make morphs (and probably will eventually), but I like Posette better than Victoria because of the dials involved and the way the chest is not divided.

*Edit for spelling.  Apparently, that is one of the technical things I still need to learn. :-/

If you figure out DS, teach me please, cause after time after time of trying I'm still stumped ;).

As to the subject of the thread....I do have the V4 creature creature morphs and I love them, but I miss the older packs that had all the cool pupil morphs that the V4 one doesn't have :).

Laurie

dragons and fairies and tigers oh my... LOL

big cats horses/unicorns various other animals

werewolves, zombies orkz you get the idea

who doesn't love nursodas creatures :)

use alot of monster morphs from rdna toeragg etc

I don't use ds and would love a updated horse for poser

as well as big cats

My big problem with critters is if they don't match what I think they should look like, I don't get them.  Take all the dragons DAZ has.  I have the mil dragon 2 and that's it.  Mostly because all the other ones look funky and I didn't want a low res sub-D dragon in poser.

As for what makes them look good...  I guess they have to pass the eyeball test, designs can't be out there, have an appropriate amount of details for the price, etc.

For mechs its all about the design. 

Count me in as another one who loves Nursoda's creatures. Especially the little peeps like Kali and Kelm. You can do so much with those little guys - constant source of inspiration. I also love Littlefoxes toons and planning to get 3dtubemagic's new pixie soon.

Dragons are good, but I don't render animals of any kind all that much at the moment.

Sci-fi, android type figures are always good too and weird mutated things!

Quote - OmniDoll, please - one figure with morphs/dials (especially dials) that can be made into any humanoid gender or gender-neutral, from a simple giant, an android, or a freak of science, all from the same Poser-supported figure.  Lycans would include canine, feline (get the heads right - big cats have different skulls), ursine, . . .  Aquatics would include amphibians, merfolk (legged w/webs, not tails), . . .  And, of course, twisted experiments like a flesh golem, The Fly, . . .

 

I would pay good money for a simple to use OmniDoll with a s*load of dials.

Uh oh nervous chuckle

I don't think I know how to make something that complex - LOL - Can it even be done? I know I can't at the level of detail that I tend to do...

I guess it could theoretically be done if you used independant parameters. Would take a ton of work and time tho ;)

Laurie

I love Dragons so much!!! I have been wishing for more of them, we have only a few out on the market that I know of. Also other fantasy creatures of all types are useful for me anyway.

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I'd like to see the classic movie monsters.

Frankenstein, Wolfman, The Mummy, Dracula, we already have the creature which looks very much like the character from "The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Also a hunch back named Igor.

Some SF classics too, Robby the Robot, a 1950s movie spacesuit, etc.

How would you do the Blob?

Maybe Richard Carlson and Steve McQueen. LOL

And you'd need the 1950s clothes to go along with them.

We could do our own Drive In Movie scenes.

Mike

Quote - > Quote - OmniDoll, please - one figure with morphs/dials (especially dials) that can be made into any humanoid gender or gender-neutral, from a simple giant, an android, or a freak of science, all from the same Poser-supported figure.  Lycans would include canine, feline (get the heads right - big cats have different skulls), ursine, . . .  Aquatics would include amphibians, merfolk (legged w/webs, not tails), . . .  And, of course, twisted experiments like a flesh golem, The Fly, . . .

 

I would pay good money for a simple to use OmniDoll with a s*load of dials.

Uh oh nervous chuckle

I don't think I know how to make something that complex - LOL - Can it even be done? I know I can't at the level of detail that I tend to do...

I would think, if it could be done but no one has seen it, it would be because all the time it would take one person to make it would price it at several hundred dollars once released and no one would pay for it.  Too much time for too little sales.  Though, if it could replace every other doll and use all of their clothes and props, it would have instant compatability support for everything already on the market, including P4 - V4.2 textrues, and anything newer for Poser (possibly not D|S hybrid) would probably still work backwards to it.

But, you asked what we wanted, not what was viable. :p

I like them, but I make them :)

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Ditto

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - OmniDoll, please - one figure with morphs/dials (especially dials) that can be made into any humanoid gender or gender-neutral, from a simple giant, an android, or a freak of science, all from the same Poser-supported figure.  Lycans would include canine, feline (get the heads right - big cats have different skulls), ursine, . . .  Aquatics would include amphibians, merfolk (legged w/webs, not tails), . . .  And, of course, twisted experiments like a flesh golem, The Fly, . . .

 

I would pay good money for a simple to use OmniDoll with a s*load of dials.

Uh oh nervous chuckle

I don't think I know how to make something that complex - LOL - Can it even be done? I know I can't at the level of detail that I tend to do...

I would think, if it could be done but no one has seen it, it would be because all the time it would take one person to make it would price it at several hundred dollars once released and no one would pay for it.  Too much time for too little sales.  Though, if it could replace every other doll and use all of their clothes and props, it would have instant compatability support for everything already on the market, including P4 - V4.2 textrues, and anything newer for Poser (possibly not D|S hybrid) would probably still work backwards to it.

But, you asked what we wanted, not what was viable. :p

Rofl!    

Touche!

Any kind of non-human figure or non-biped is inclined to get my attention. In particular prehistoric or fantasy creatures, posable plants, insects (fantasy or real), and robots of any sort (toon, heavy sci-fi, whatever). Articulated or animated surreal versions of every day objects are also always welcome and not very common in the Poserverse.

"How would you do the Blob?"

there's a good marginalized poser critter, I think I've only ever seen a few Poser blobs or space amoebae. Probably not a big market for such things overall but sure to appeal to certain niche users (like myself).

centaurs wit tons of body shape morphs, facial expressions, accessories and good textures. the problem is that i have seen too few out there that truely look like the classical creatures i always saw in my mythology fantasy art books and movies. and when i do find a base figure (like the old zygote centaur of ages ago) they horribly lack support and add-0ns.

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I don't really do face book, any chance you'll fill us in when can?

I only pick up cute fantasy or real folk / creatures. Don't really need the horror genre ones.

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There will also be a dedicated website. Ill post here too when I can :-)

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I also love those little anime animals with big eyes and chibis...love to see some of them in the marketplace.