Thanks, Bruce, for your offer to help. It's really kind of you but it makes me feel lazy and there are so many better models on offer these days and I don't think my old models are worth the bother. I'd really like to concentrate on my artwork as I now appear to be painting far better than I ever have done. I think this might have been due to the shock of my mother dying, but I'm now a much valued artist in my community and I feel much happier for making so many new friends who are closer than those in Render art. And while that might sound ungrateful to you all, my health as a disabled person is getting worse and I need more and more local support if I get too ill to continue. On top of fibromyalgia, arthritis, diabetes and blood problems, I've also just been diagnosed with a damaged spine and am finding art a struggle at times as my muscles and nerves continue to weaken. Sorry to moan, I must sound pathetic, but thank you all for your support and consideration. My lovely mum was very proud that I contributed so much to Render art.

Thanks guys for the feedback, you can all share them as much as you like.

All I know is I can't load my models into Poser 8. I can change the thumbnails with Runtime Repair, but the actual models just wont load. What's more, other people's old models won't load into Poser 8 either. When I try to load models I get a message saying Poser can't find the actual figures so I'm guessing it needs a link to the geometries which I always traditionally just put into the prop or figure folders. Poser 8 seems to prefer a separate geometry folder. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but my recent models do have a geometry folder and they work fine.

By the way, I did actually have complaints from some people that my models didn't work with their Poser, so I don't know what is going wrong unless the person who hacked my site had been altering the downloads before they destroyed my site. Someone out there doesn't like me and I'm not risking putting my models up again. I was getting fed up with messages from security utilities labelling my site as "Warning, contains dangerous downloads".

My new castle is now up in the Renderosity freebies.

Zippy is working on, and will be releasing a new freebie castle model sometime soon...and that's all due to your encouragement.

Oh, I completely missed this thread!!!!!! I do like the pictures, and thank you for all the kind comments. My inspiration for the castle was actually the castle in Lichtenstein. I hope you all like my latest castle which will be released her very soon.

Regards, zippy :)

I feel so embarrassed now, sounding like I'm whinging. Sorry, it's just my anxiety playing up again. Just wanted to make it clear I wasn't trying to earn money for myself, but to give every single penny back to the government to help with my sickness benefits. Apart from that I really enjoy making things that people can use, as do all the other folk who contribute so much to render art. I'm just a very small part in what goes on here.

Thank you Alisa for understanding I didn't want to offend people who'd paid for my stuff.

I'm sorry I'm complaining, I must sound very selfish, but none of you know that I'm still a bit raw and upset because my Mum died very recently. I've lost the person who always gave me the most encouragement and reason for being alive. Having intensively cared for her for many years I now feel a bit lost now I'm on my own and not sure what to do now I've got no one to look after. That's why I'm trying to do some more models.

Lot's of you have been very kind today and given me many thanks for my latest freebies...that does make me feel better. Thank you:)

Thank you all for your kind comments:)

bobby, I wouldn't dream of asking anyone for donations, this stuff should always remain free if I've posted it as free. I've often suggested to people on my web site that they can, if they wish, give something to charity, and that's the way I'd rather do it. I'm happy to pay my way in the Poser stores, same as anyone else.

It isn't just our government being difficult...they'd have to trust people like me to be honest, and then 'other people' take advantage of that, rip the government off, and then it's the honest people who suffer.

Tell you what though, what would be nice would be if more people posted 'thank you's' when they download freebies...they can't all not speak English. Getting thank yous always encourages me to do more. My website downloads ammount to several gigabytes every week, with only a handfull of thanks. What puzzles me is that I rarely see any of my stuff listed in the galleries, so where the heck it all goes to is just a total mystery!!!!!!!!! I can only imagine it must be hoovered up by aliens from other planets!

adel, selling anything must be notified to the government, that is only right and fair. My problem was they gave me permission to sell my stuff, then suddenly changed their mind. I have a letter from them to prove I had permission. I would never ever do anything dishonest. The DWP's problem is they aren't up to date yet with e-commerce, they just don't understand it. And by the way, my MP knows all about my 'hobby' so I'm certainly not up to anything dodgy! My 'hobby' is officially approved of as 'therapeutic work', but now only if it's free.

Allstereo

If you want my feebie website, it is -

http://www.zippys3dmodels.co.uk

Other than that I have some freebies here in the Renderosity section, search for 'zippy'.

Whenever I get a scare type virus, I simply force reboot with the restart button, enter safe mode and do a system restore. That always seems to uninstall the menace. It seems to be the option when the virus won't let me do anything else.

Hi Dave

I don't know if my image is still there, as I only logged in and found the admin message yesterday. Might be a new lot of pictures now, but I certainly got a message from the Rosity staff.

My image is the one with the fairy, child, and well. Thanks for your compliment, but I'll have to go add a picture comment now to list all the vendors, seems only fair to me. After all, where would we be without them:)

Found it! It was one of last week's images.

Goodness, I didn't even know there was such an honour!

It's funny though, because I didn't think I'd end up with that scene, just goes to show that something good can come out of something unsure and muddled at the start. Anyway, true credit goes to the vendors, not me.

Jan. The printer has 5 individual cartridges. 2 black, + 1 each of Magenta, Cyan, Yellow. Users on amazon.uk give rave reviews, so have a look. There's also mention among the reviews of a suitable CISS ink system, and they sell a product from CityInk that looks as if it fits and works okay. Meanwhile, I've printed out six full colour A3 Poser pics and it barely shows on the ink monitor, if at all.

Word of warning though. When I use glossy paper I choose semi-gloss setting or the printer lays down too much ink. I guess I'd need a really heavy paper for full gloss.

Go to amazon.uk and see the comments. Search for Epson A3 printer, and there's the Office B1100.

Thank you all. As a newbie to sales I'm just trying to learn the procedure which to me appears not as easy as I hoped it would be.