EClark1894 posted at 7:08PM Mon, 04 May 2020 - #4388086

May I ask a follow up? Why are you still using V4/M4? Why not one of the newer models?

I'm not the person you asked, but I'll answer since it also applies to me. The reason I still use V4/M4 is that the newer models simply aren't good enough for me personally.

I got heavily into Dawn when she was released, but quickly got over it, badly rigged hips combined with her shape and face just turned me off. To be specific, her shoulders, crotch area (which deforms weirdly when posed), joker mouth and 'wrong' eyes made it very difficult for me to work with her. The face is the most important part of the figure for me, and if you can't make that work, it's no-go. Which brings me to LaFemme.

I was very exited about LaFemme at first, but that didn't last long as I got to work more with her. The face is just impossible to work with for me, and the mouth in particular is.. I dunno how to describe it even.. and no nose to speak of. The shoulders are weird, the arms in general are bizarre and the hands and wrist bending in particular are just very wrong in my eyes. Weird knees as well. She bends well though (except for the wrists), I'll give them that. Not many morphs to work with tho.

This doesn't mean I never use these figures tho, I just find them very limited, and I end up going back to Sasha, who bends really well, and have all the skins and morphs I need.

Which brings me to PE: I love PE, but there isn't enough content there. Not talking about clothes, those can be fitted, but skins. Skins and morphs are the most important factor in any figure for me personally, and if you can't switch those up, the figure is dead in the water for me. I found one commercial character for PE that I bought, and while I like the morph, I was disappointed to learn that the skin was just the same procedural merchant resource the original skins were made from, and procedurals and tiles will IMO never be as good as photo resources. So, for me, there aren't any good skins out there. I also struggle a bit with PE's face, again particularly the eyes and mouth.

So the reason I go back to V4 is simple, with Sasha, she now bends just as well as the new figures (and even better in many cases), and she has enough skins and morphs that I can do whatever I want with her.

I am cautiously optimistic about Dawn 2 however, as they have addressed some of the issues that troubled me the most about original Dawn. Also looking forward to AmbientShade's new figures, from what I've seen they could very well be my new go-to figures. If character vendors step up and embrace them at least.

(Note: I'm not 'figure-bashing' here, just pointing out issues that I personally find discouraging)