Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: newbie needs help

Brando7778 opened this issue on Jul 24, 2002 ยท 42 posts


hauksdottir posted Wed, 24 July 2002 at 7:02 AM

I am going to assume that you only have the standard Poser 4 software and figures, and that you haven't yet purchased anything else. (If I'm wrong and you have the millennium figures from DAZ, please correct me.) Clothing: If you are going with free stuff only.... Search for "Galadriel dress" (by someone named James) and "medieval" (usually mispelled). This should bring you a nice gown with pointy sleeves (the dickens to get them right, but effective), and a couple of textures for the P4 Formal you already have. There is a dress called "Uthena's dress" with lots of textures. This has a square-cut neckline, and is very nice and adaptable. I've seen a hennin or two, but most of them are from 13-1500. Ghastley has a nun's habit which has the right sort of whimple for 1100... check his site if you are going this route. For modest cost.... Symphony remapped the P4 formal and made a whole bunch of textures. Traveler made a "Garb Pack 1" which also includes hair, and Symphony remapped and textured that as well. I have both sets and they were easy to work with. There is a "Period Dress" at DAZ which is very flexible. PhilC's site is worth checking out. He is doing Elizabethan clothing right now... when you are ready to make your own clothes, he has a CD showing you how to do it. Please note that when you dress a figure, you can make parts of the clothing invisible, so you can use a bodice or sleeves from one figure and a skirt from another by overlaying them. Hair is trickier. You have "long conforming curls" already. There is a transmap for them (I don't remember the link off the top of my head, but Little_Dragon will be along any hour to provide information from his amazingly extensive database). I have used 2 instances of this hair layered on top of each other and extended down to the knees at different lengths to get the look I needed. Play with it. The Japanese modelers have done wonderful work. Check out DigitalBabes (see links at right) for Kozaburo's hair; one of those styles might be adaptable, depending upon how you are making your figure. If you buy the Costume CD from DAZ (the current price is incredibly reduced, probably because of the impending release of Poser 5), you get slightly better standard figures (more morph targets), more clothing, and a half-dozen new hair styles. The woman's medieval dress is also very close to what was worn. Anyway, these are some options. Let us know if you are going with the millenium figures because our recommendations will be different. Also, do you need props? There are some buildings and sets available, some riding tack, too many weapons, and a fair amount of everyday stuff such as looms and butter churns, but you'll have to tell us what you are looking for! If you go through the first tutorial in the manual, you'll get your character dressed and walking around, lighted and rendered. This will give you the basic understanding of how stuff works, and you can build on that foundation. Oh, and welcome to the communities! You'll find a half-dozen different Forums relating to Poser, each with its own "feel" and emphasis, yet all have helpful people willing to point you to the right tutorial or free stuff section or market. Carolly