Hey gang... Recently, I posted here in the forums reguarding help with a dress: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=407596 Well I wanted to thank everyone that helped me out ...and to kinda let you know what I was working on... I am a avid player of the card game 7th Seas, and one of my absolute fav character in the game is Aleen Van Ostrand, so like so many others on here who have created fav characters, I decided to try creating her in Poser. The first step was for me to create her dress and that is what I needed your help with. Above you can see her image from her card, and my early dress development. I have a long way to go, but I would be very happy to hear your opinions on what I have so far... I would also like to hear any suggestions on where I might find props to use for her necklace/collar thingy... [I have no idea what it is called] and the little rolls on the shoulder of her dress... Has anyone seen a hat similar to this one anywhere??? Again... thank you so much for looking and leaving your opinions! Matt

The dress is VERY nice -- good work! Will you be offering it for sale? As for props, I'm noy sure of what you're looking for, but jewelry can be found in the free stuff (try searching the poseable props/poser ready props section). You can also find props at Props Guild, 3D Commune, Poser Forum, and many of the Poser sites. You might also try the Renderosity Market Place, The market Place at 3D Commune, and PWFW. The foregoing are all commercial, but prices are usually very reasonable. Jim Moore

Hi! Nice progress on the dress! The little rolls on the shoulder thingies are called (of all things) shoulder-rolls, (or rolled eppaulettes) - to make one, you might try taking the standard poser prop torus (the doughnut thingy), applying a magnet or two, to deform, & texture map then just imbed thenm in her shoulders. The necklace-collar looks like it might be an ultra short ruffed collar. I think I saw one in freestuff, but can't recall if it was here or elsewhere. :-( If you can't find one, you could try painting it on her throat texture, and applying a bmpmap, or playing around with another torus, texture, bmpmap, & embed in the neck. The collar is a bit more involved, if you can't do anything with deforming & trans-mapping a prop cube (flatten it aout, curve & recurve with magnets, etc), I think I saw a similar style on a sorceress robe in freestuff. (again, apologies, I can't recall where, & I'm working today, so I can't search.) The hat is a style commonly called an elizabethan flatcap. (The overall costume appears to be based on an elizabethian middle class, or lower court garb by the way) Should be simple enough to construct again out of basic Poser props. take 2 spheres one for the brim, one for the crown, scale & flatten (the brim more than the crown), apply magnets, deformers, etc & a texture to give the impression of soft suede or velvet material. Usually has a broach on one side, & perhaps a feather or plume. Add a color coordinated belt, pouch, dagger, & gloves at the belt (I think that's what I see at her belt under her Right arm), and you've got a complete outfit! (gloves are avail in freestuff, you can flatten & deform to hang over the belt) This is a pretty much quick-&-dirty way of finishing the outfit using the tools in poser itself, so of course if you want something more commercial, or professional, you'd need to do pretty much the same thing in a 3D progam with exporting, grouping, uvmapping, etc. (plenty of tutorials. here & elsewhere for applying magnets, deformers, etc.) Hope you find some of this useful. It's a really cool outfit, I'd love to see it when done, or get a copy if you post it available. :-) Good Luck! Happy Rendering!

Just saw the high collar on Count Nefaria over at 3D-CC. with a little work, maybe a transmap, it might save you some work.