There's more in the pipeline so keep your eyes peeled. I'll either stagger the release of it all around the Christmas period or release the whole lot in one lunatic spree for the happy holiday. Haven't quite made my mind up on that one. :)

I'm very impressed, it looks just like a cleaned up version of the photo on Page 24 of 3DWorld - and the T3 website. Amazing. You should tell ILM what you did, it took them ages to get this look.

Certainly. I'll pack them up and get them sent to you.

Thank you Clint. Sorry to have posted but I hate seeing two of my favourite ladies arguing. I wasn't sure whether you'd got involved in this yet, as you have I'll back off.

Okay, I think I need to get involved in this now. Seeing as there's this mysterious person mentioned... :) Rena is correct that I declined her offer of the model because I'd made arrangements to purchase this model. She offered to let me have it as a gift from one friend to another. However, I had already made arrangements to purchase this file. So, she did not send it to me for testing, I purchased it for that purpose. I consider Rena a very close friend, and Silvermage also. I work as a moderator on LSM's site - so does Rena (we co-moderate a forum together), so I guess that means I have a hidden agenda or something, being a 3DArena "thug" or whatever BVH has decided to arbitrarily label people as lately. The reason I purchased the model is because LSM was all alone here with a file that appeared broken, she asked my opinion on it, and whether she really was going nuts. The only way I could form that opinion is if I got hold of it. Rena became aware that I was interested in the model and offered to let me have a copy as a friend, because we've known each other for years. So, there we go. As an unbiased modeller I was offered a copy as a friend and purchased a copy to test. How much more confused can you get? Now, on to the file itself. Sorry, Jeff, you're wrong, it's broken. PixelFader, there's no Witchunt here, just a customer with a file that doesn't work who certain individuals (one admin and BVH) are trying to make out to be a complete idiot. As for Witchunt, perhaps you should read the thread started by your friend and see how one really starts. If you even slightly understood the crap Stormrage has had to put up with because BVH can't get his facts straight, you might just sound a bit more credible. Now. If there is any further doubt as to the condition of this model. I have a series of 75 rendered images detailing the problem, along with the degree of movement applied and other information as relevant. I can post them here, or I can send them to whomever in Admin staff wants them. The model was put through a series of tests that used to be used at 3DCommune by their testing staff, and a series developed by Ironbear and myself intended as testing guidelines. This file needs to be fixed and any purchasers informed of the fix so they can update. This is a beautiful model and it's unfortunate that this problem exists because it limits it's use considerably. Value & Summary. Rena's textures alone are worth the cost of this file. The problems encountered with the bodice (and a couple with the leg guards) can be hidden by selective posing or tricked in post. They're irritating as all hell but not life threatening. Alone with the problems this model is not worth the money. Fixed, it most certainly is. It's beautifully made, beautifully textured and would be an excellent addition to any Fantasy collection. But, not UNTIL it is fixed and that breakage removed.

Yes, I saw Clint's post. Nice that he acted on it so quickly. And yes, there's nothing like a good start to the week is there? :) But then, the other way to look at it is... there's another four days to go yet.

Strange though it may sound Crescent, you're one of the few around here I do trust. Clint apparently is "looking into it" so I guess we'll find out sooner or later what's happening there. Ain't it fun running around the base of the pole while the leaders rotate on top of it? smirk You don't have to answer that, it's erm... rhetorical. :)

ROTFL.. I know that feeling. :) Thanks anyway AS, it just struck me as amusingly odd.

AgentSmith Sorry to sound contrary, but if the membership thing is used to stop mass downloads of pics from the gallery, what on earth are you guys doing selling a mass downloader for pics? http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12357&Form.ShowMessage=1095067 Just curious old chap. :)

I do tend to agree with you on your analysis of IK, and yes, it does create more problems than it fixes. It's handy for quick click/drag pose setting but other than that I find it a complete PITA. No need for thanks, you're welcome to the link and I'm sorry you had problems accessing the file. Please do note though that at least one person in this thread had a problem on a mac with the t800, and I have no way to thoroughly test on a mac for any compatibility issues. It's very memory intensive on a PC so it may well make a greater than usual demand on the ram allocated to poser on a mac.

The overlap problem was reported by two other visitors using Netscape. Is that what you're using? I'm wondering because IE and Opera works fine and at least one version of Netscape works ok (not sure which one) but the layers I use on the site get corrupted by netscape regardless of how I place the damned things. Of course, I'm making the wild assumption here that you're using Netscape. Sorry about that, but I don't know why it does it. Anyway. I'll IM a download link to you. Robbie is available for testing but not for release yet. I still have some troubles with the legs and IK (story of my life). If you want Robbie too let me know and I'll IM you a link to that one.

That I have no clue on at this time. I've been more concerned with correcting the disappearing model/mesh and IK problem than playing in the walk designer with it. If I lose the knee joint and leave the leg as two parts with a two part foot it seems to behave well in the walk designer and can use default walk patterns. Add in the knee joint and extra foot joints for the toes and the thing creates merry havoc with the walk designer. Then there's the calculations Poser makes regarding the point-at parenting trick used for the pistons. I suspect this is a mitigating factor for crashing poser's walk designer because it doesn't happen with earlier versions that don't have articulated hydraulics. It may be that rather than tinkering with the existing file it's going to be easier to start the thing from scratch again and try a completely different limb setup. Or creating two seperate models. One that follows basic poser boning and one for those who want something a bit more fancy.