New Carrara Challenge, Fabulous Prizes !!

Holiday Season Carrara Challenge of 2014.

Because it’s the Holidays, our amazing sponsor DAZ 3D is giving us extra prizes in this round and we’ll also have a special new prize category.

Huge thanks to our generous DAZ 3D sponsor for the special Holiday prizes:
1st place: $120.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
2nd place: $70.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
3rd place: $45.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
Honourable mention: $30.00 towards DAZ 3D owned item(s)
AND
A Newcomer/Newbie Honourable mention: $25.00 DAZ 3D Gift Certificate from Antara personally (can be used on anything sold through DAZ store - no limitations.)

There will be other sponsorships, so please stay tuned for possible additions to the prizes.

See here for details http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/48708

Thank you! That was quick! :) I was just about to do the same :).

pleasure :)

ha ha :) just do something here Manley :) 

Man, 18 figures and not a Santa outfit to be found. I have a scene in mind and I have pretty much everything but the paintball gun; can sub a squirt gun, and the Santa outfit. I'm going to start staging it this afternoon, maybe I'll find a Santa suit  before he is needed.

I have something for M2 that could work, but I never got the morphs for M2, was on to M3 shortly after it came out. I might be able to Xdress it to M4, I got the Xdress M4 morphs as well so... now I just have to remember how to use Xdresser

ha ha yes crossdresser, love that name - there was a santa suit for david same one - and it comes with santa morphs 

I spent october doing some work with him for a show in the city I live in - here's a jumpy trailer http://youtu.be/TpwUHL6q6us

Stage one

I have 3 Xmas trees, one steam punk, two toon

I know there is a way to make an Xmas tree in carrara, stage 2

I've dug around and have "holiday" decorations, presents and such. Even got fancy bulbs

Coming together nicely so far

Looks good man, looks like a freeze frame !

Well turned a winter fir in to an Xmas tree. Yes the bulbs are in the branches not on the branches. Two possible solutions, both would double the polly count. Ether I can duplicate the tree, put the bulbs on the duplicate, then move it down a bit and make invisible. Or add thickness to the branches. I think carrara has on going issues with single side meshes, and that is what is causing issues with the surface replicator. One is a sure cure.

It looks pretty good as it is. If the tree isn't going to be to close to the camera, you might just leave it as it is. Your call.

I'm working on tinsel now lol But I did the duplicate and move, worked like a charm. I'm putting too much in to this tree, may just do some quick drape garlands and level it at that. Still looking for a paintball gun, may have to make one.

Best tinsel is a pain, and theoretical at the moment. make a rectangle the right size, surface replicate it to "spawn" them in the right places, make the replications meshes and drape. Ya, not sure I want to push my comp that hard, and would definitely out weight the scene.

The tree is a DNA_Christmas2004 winter pine, not sure whom to give the credit to. Worked great for this Xmas tree. The lights are a simple elipses{?} with a bulb inside; well 3 and the surface replicators.  If I had the money to spare I'd have gotten that yuletide treasure tree at DAZ, looks nice in the add lol

"Christmas ain't what it used to be".

Heh, heh. Somebody's getting coal in his stocking this year. Maybe a ton of it. Pretty funny, Stan. Oh, just looked closer. Santa's throwing coal at the boy, right? Even better.

 That's awesome Stan! 

Ha ha that's a crackup. Congrats stan !

Carrarar contest voting open! Come and have a gander at the wonderous work and cast your vote! Roll up! Roll up!

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