jaybutton opened this issue on Jun 17, 2005 ยท 18 posts
jaybutton posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 5:01 PM
I have been looking at Apollo Maximus at RDNA and I am interested in getting him, but in the sample pictures his body looks a little "ballooned up" when he is bulked up. What I mean by that is that his muscles appear to be lacking definition. Could someone post a picture with both the pBodyMuscles1 and the pBodyDefine dials turned up, or whatever combination of dials necessary to make him large and cut? Thanks! Jay
DCArt posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 5:11 PM
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jaybutton posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 5:12 PM
Got it! ;) Jay
byAnton posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 5:20 PM
Did you see the werewolfe Preview image?
-Anton, creator of Apollo Maximus
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the
face of truth is concealment."
jaybutton posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 5:38 PM
I sent you an IM, Anton. :) Jay
lanaloe77 posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 5:42 PM
I would like to see him posed so we can see how bad the problem areas are. The default pose doesn't help at all.
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lanaloe77 posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 5:58 PM
The thigh and knees don't look right. The material is stretched on the knee and the thigh into the hip is socketed. The knee doesn't blend into thigh muscle correctly. JMHO.
aeilkema posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 6:11 PM
The more I look at him the less impressed I am, sorry. At first I said wow and cool. His arms seem way to short, his knees and thighs look strange. The overal proportion of Apollo Maximus seems to be out of shape somehow. Also looking at the eyes in a number of images and faces (even with the add ons), it looks like he's stoned. That's at least the way his eyes look. I was debating to get him or not, but find the price a bid steep and I don't want to spen lots of money on a new figure anymore. By taking a closer look at him I settled the debate, I don't like Apollo Maximus. His body proportions just look strange to me. This is just my opinion, after my initial wow, I don't like him anymore after taking a second (and third) look. Sorry.
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lanaloe77 posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 6:18 PM
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My friend who isn't a 3d artist immediately thought his proportions were strange. Perhaps the scale has been altered on various limbs for some reason. Maybe this model would be a better investment? Just kidding.
aeilkema posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 6:28 PM
I'm not sure about better, but it would take quite some investment :-)
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xantor posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 8:26 PM
The proportions of this figure are actually quite good, more like a real person instead of the greek proportions that a lot of people still use.
DCArt posted Fri, 17 June 2005 at 8:35 PM
Actually, in the case of Apollo the scaling (which I find very realistic) is all user-configurable anyway.
byAnton posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 2:45 AM
The base figure is neutral and the figure is comprosed almost entirely of shaping morphs.
There are no morphs like "Barbarian" or faces like "monkey".
The user determines the shape and style him/herself.
Here is a pic of the body with some morphing. Again, there are no concrete-defined looks. You do not get prepackaged dial spins masked as "FullBodyMorphs", Each morph is original and reversible.
The limbs scale via cobvenient dials which can quickly, and easy scale areas easily saved into the library.
The stretching lanaloe77 is seeing is trasmapped hair on the SkinSuit I probably should have made more faint on the kneecaps.
The reason i think people are posting larger more bulky images is because that is what "they" like.
He can be amny thing. Little jokes and jabs are fine but some of these people worked hard on their renders and deserve a little kindness.
The eyes have x,y, and z roatation morphs for the sockets. If thre user does not want a sleepy or "stoned look"? .lol.. they don't have to have one. Again, nothing has been locked into in the way of premanufactured dial spins and Faux "fullBodySpins".
The value is cheaper than any other similar figure ever offered when first released or afterwards.
Thanks and Regards,
Anton
Message edited on: 06/19/2005 02:48
-Anton, creator of Apollo Maximus
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the
face of truth is concealment."
elizabyte posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 3:21 AM
Did you see the werewolfe Preview image? Werewolf? Just curious about this. I'm debating on getting the figure (waiting to see what other folks think, etc.). Lately I've been doing book covers for an erotic romance publisher, and a lot of the books involve werewolves (apparently, it's a whole genre!). So, errr... Is this what I think it is, or... ? bonni
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LeeEvans posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 3:29 AM
Quote: elizabyte Did you see the werewolfe Preview image? Werewolf? Just curious about this. I'm debating on getting the figure (waiting to see what other folks think, etc.). Lately I've been doing book covers for an erotic romance publisher, and a lot of the books involve werewolves (apparently, it's a whole genre!). So, errr... Is this what I think it is, or... ? bonni yes.. please.. more info about this?? color me curious... Lee
byAnton posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 3:37 AM
I dialed it up for the image. Just uses the included shaping morphs. You can make lots of scary guys including vampires and wherewolves. This is how I did it. There is an example face pose called "Beast" in the face library illustrating different morphs used positive and negative. I used the muscle morph at 1.5 I think and turned the Weight Morph way up to 2 I think to make him disproportionately skinny. Then I scaled the hands and feet a bit larger and just used an included pose. My guilty pleasure is monster movies. hehe
-Anton, creator of Apollo Maximus
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the
face of truth is concealment."
byAnton posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 3:39 AM
