Sounds cool. Now here is an idea I have been knocking around in my head but have not had time to play with. What if we took something like the cloth prop, only modified it a bit so that it would fit to the head, and used hair texture, bump, and trans maps on it, and then layered them? Have no idea if this would work, just keep meaning to try and never seem to get around to it. Rob

I love it! Rob

Very nice job. Rob

Rena, They've used up all then good adjectives! Very nice. Very nice indeed. You have such and eye for color and detail. I love your work! And what a great web site, hope can update soon. Rob

She's standing there wondering, maybe this time he'll let me drive. Very nice. Now get back to the shire. Frodo and the rest are waiting for you to bring more of the characters to life in your excellent Tolkien creation series. Rob

If I have already posted the image I would like to submit elsewhere in the Poser Forum as a WIP, can I post it here also - providing that if meets the other entry requirements? Rob

Wow! Great Gollum! Definitely this is close to how I always pictured him in my mind. Only suggestion I have would be: rough up the texture of his skin a bit to make it more course and worn looking; make his stomach more thin to give him that gaunt, starved-hungry look; widen the top of his head to give him a slightly more froggish look. As for his origin, if memory serves, I think Gandalf stated he was a close kin to Hobbits in nature so I am not sure if his ears would be elvish or not (long narrow and pointy) Might leave them big but round them out to be more hobbit (human)like. Just a thought. Regardless of comments, your Tolkien creations have been wonderful. Keep up the good work. I truly wish I had your talent. Bravo! Rob

For those about to try this. Here's some ramblings - I do mean ramblings - I found out that might help. I mentioned using the square (not the box prop it will work for some things but can be a bit of a pain in the butt, and renders images different than the square.) I believe you have two options originally with Poser 4 - a reg square and a one sided square - both are already flat (so what I mean by flatening them is reducing the z from 100 to 0 - but can't remember why I did that now, not sure it made a difference -I think I was experimenting with thickness or something, or maybe it was because I resized the square using the scale setting.) I played around using different colors, trans settings, textures, bumps, and trans, etc. I normally turn shadow off on the filter (square or whatever) in the properties for the object. Also, if I am not mistaken bumps will not work unless you also use a texture with the filter - can't remember about trans for sure, but I think that is the same. Reflection maps work okay with out texture and I normally turn off the multiply through lights. With some scenes, I found the filter effect looked better when the image was render with anti-alias off. Which makes the render quicker as well as is a fast way to test render an image in general. Well, hope that helps some for any who want to experiment with this. Regards, -Rob

Yeah, that's my point. I never had a lot of luck using the depth cue setting and I find that I can use filters to do neat things in Poser. I made falling snow for may animated Xmas card by flating the square prop, making it transparant with a white polk-a-dot speckled texture on it. I then stretched it and had it descend on the y axis it from start frame to end frame to create the effect of snow fluttering to the ground. I put that filter in front of everything and vola' I had a winter wonderland. In another image, I turned a square on its corner and made a diamond out of it. Made it transparent, and put posette inside. Looked cool. None of this may be new to the old Pro's out there, but for newbies like me...it's something to do. -Rob

Great image but I have to agree with Ghostofmacbeth. Lose the beard and rough up his features. But keep this model - he'd make a good Faramir.

I always liked women with red hair and green eyes. Beautiful. Simply Beautiful. -Rob

Like the ring with the light hitting and the original pose. Sometimes less is more.

Great image. Missing the line of cops and tanks and so forth with weapons drawn and pointed at him. Love it!

Well, I was close. I knew he had to be a rock star! My problem is I am not into MTV so I know what he sounds like but not what he looked like. Ha! Judging by the picture you included, I have to agree with PhilC. "We are not worthy!" The likeness is great!

Well, Darth he beats the poser dork hands down so good job all the same - even if I can't guess right. I still say he looks like a rock star.