Hi colorcurvature, 

I want to try it and apply it to make conforming clothing for Antonia.

Quote - Amy, I'm not seeing any images attached to your post.  Just text, reading "Antonia Test". 

Just in case the pictures do not show up.  You can get it from:

https://sites.google.com/site/amyaimei/antonia/images/sampleAntonia.jpg

https://sites.google.com/site/amyaimei/antonia/images/sampleV4.jpg

cage and lesbentley, you are really helpful.  I learn a lot from both of you.

The process of making JCMs is working in my case, the problem is time consuming and it is not transferable.  With a new clothing mesh for Antonia, I have to do it all over again! The pictures below look similar to what I did months ago, right.  I have to repeat the same exercise again.  I'm looking for the technique that I can "reuse" what I've done.

V4 is using many magnets, I think it is mainly for the tons of morphs it supported.  I'm not sure how the V4's "magnetized" pose on the clothing suppose to work.  It seems to have no effect on what I've made.  The examples below show the bikini set I made for Antonia on Antonia (top) and V4 (bottom).  Of course, the V4 version is modified but from the same mesh I made for Antonia.  It is lower polygon counts than the V4's mesh.  The results are the cases without any JCM.  BTW, I haven't start making any JCM yet. I drew the red line to indicate my targeted shape.  I'm surprised that the bikini set I made for Antonia work on V4 even without poke-through!  But it is very ugly at the back.  In fact, V4's own texture mapped panties look very ugly at the back too, therefore, it is not too bad.  Of course, I'm not satisfied with the result on V4.

Cage, thank you for the options.  Sounds disappointed but I'll try.  In my case the JCMs at Antonia's hip2 and thighs are the hardest.

As I know, one bone per group and the border of the groups can be shared by 2 groups only, one parent can have many children.  I wonder if the the bone can have any effect to the group of its siblings? 

odf, is it ok if I convert Antonia to work in Blender?

Thanks for the feedback.

I'm still having trouble in making conforming clothing for V4, I wish I can make some clothing for my V4 morph.  At one point, I would rather downgrade to V3 or A3.  Then I found Antonia, it is amazing!  In fact, it is less complicated than V4, but the hardest part is the JCM.

Few year ago, I saw a tutorial about how to use bones in Blender to mimic the muscle movement.  I wonder if it is possible in Poser or DAZ Studio.  The reason I asked because I think it is easier than making JCM and the others can use the rig on the conforming clothing.

Otherwise, I think with limited time I can spend on 3D, it will take months for it to complete.

This is what I'm working on now.  Modelling is done.  It is the time for making UV map, making textures, grouping, rigging, making JCMs...

It looks great!

JCM is tricky always.  In order to avoid poke through, you will need to make the vertices of your clothing align with the lines of the original mesh.   You may want to observe the original mesh at several values in wireframe mode.  Then, do the same with your clothing on.

lesbentley is really good at JCM!

Quote - i noticed that when i move the leg the morph is moving. but when i comfort the pants to M4 then its not moving.

 

so do i need to writte Michael 4 where it says ''Figure?

ice-boy, show us your JCM code, we will be able to figure it out.

I have something interesting to share.  It may be a concern of the clothing development of Antonia.  During my search about the news of Miki3, I saw a posting in a Japanese 3D forum at http://www.forum3d.net/bbs/index.php?topic=820.msg8715#msg8715.  The first paragraph simply passes the same message at http://poser.smithmicro.com/miki.html, i.e., "Currently, we’re incorporating geometry level improvements to her elbows, shoulders, knees and hips that will lead to further tweaks on the rigging of those areas. Additionally, as these changes would impact items built for Miki 3, we’ve asked that those creating garments for her pause for the time being so we can build a better figure." Of course, in the Smithmicro's message, there is nothing about Antonia.  In that Japanese message, it hints that the "imporvements" are aimed at making sure that Miki 3 can match or exceed what Antonia can do.  Odf really did a great job!!!  Then, I saw my name and Antonia Beach Volleyball.  In short, that paragraph pointed out that it requires better or higher skill and technology in order to create close-fitting clothing figure that can follow the movements.  It hints that it is the reason of Smithmicro asking the "partner artist" to pause the clothing development.

I think the author of that message read the messages about Antonia here.  That Japanese message told me why I can't do what I aimed at.  It is because I'm an amateur and I don't have the proper skill and technology.  Maybe, keep making JCM is not the solution.  I think I need to find out what "skill and technology" can make it happens.

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In keeping with the season, I have uploaded a set of Fang morphs to Antonia's Free Site.

Nice teeth!  Antonia need a vampire costume, too.

 Many pointed out that Victoria 4 is free.  It is not true for me, I bought it when it is not free.  Is it possible to get a refund because the product becomes free of charge?

What make more vendors to create contents for Victoria 4 than another character?   For me, it is not easy too.  As Esther mentioned, the magnetize clothing is a bit painful and the size is big.

BTW, Apollo is a great character.

 As I know some 3D sites and 3D characters have Facebook and Twitter.  It is just like a "What's new?" section.  Selling at Facebook and Twitter... Ummm.... I don't think it is a good idea.

 It is just my name, simple!  Someone suggested that "aimei" is related to "anime", an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of "animation".  In fact, "aimei" is Chinese pronunciation of my name.

I just came across an interesting character that seems to be able to perform some "extreme poses"

http://www.spinquad.com/forums/showthread.php?16901-Kerry-Dancer&p=177203&viewfull=1#post177203

Antonia is interesting to me because she can be posed in many poses that no other Poser character can do it without modification or post-work.  I think the rigging plays an important part of it.

Good idea! Someone should make a set of Yoga poses for Antonia, maybe, I should do that.

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I made one more substantial change so far, namely at the hip2 xrot (Bend), which in Antonia 125 involves a pretty severe deformation of the buttocks that I found intolerable. As a result, that bend now gets a bit ugly at larger values, but is, I think, more usable at realistic values. A new pose I made using the improved hip2 bend can be seen in my latest Gallery submission, entitled Skating Dream.

I still have to do some more of those small fixes I mentioned above on the neck and collars, and maybe check the fingers once more. After that, it's time to get to work on that CR2 checker script. After that, many new poses...

I hope it won't affect the shape of the hip, hip2 and thighs because I'm going to make another new outfit for Antonia, of course, it will be free too.