dphoadley opened this issue on Apr 13, 2007 · 110 posts
dphoadley posted Fri, 13 April 2007 at 10:18 AM
JOELGLAINE posted Fri, 13 April 2007 at 4:56 PM
Good luck! UV mapping makes my brain want to melt. You're a saint, man! LOL Or at least, to quote Ruyard Kipling, "You're a braver man than I."
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
Valerian70 posted Fri, 13 April 2007 at 5:00 PM
Now I know why you ahve that cap on in your AV - it's so we can;t see how much hair you pulled out remapping Posette :o)
LostinSpaceman posted Fri, 13 April 2007 at 5:35 PM
Looking forward to the results! You're more patient than I am. Hat's off to you Sir! (You can leave yours on if you're really hiding all the pulled out hair) Hehehe.....
ThrommArcadia posted Fri, 13 April 2007 at 5:57 PM
DP, my friend, you are a mad man!!
I look forward to your results. Keep us posted.
mathman posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 1:19 AM
You are amazing, David !! ..... you must be very patient and meticulous. Congratulations and thanks for everything you contribute towards the Poser community.
drifterlee posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 4:02 AM
I can't wait!!!! Now I am on a fixing and tinkering binge myself. Just fixed the lovely free Tuyuko. WIll post a render tomorrow.
Channing posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 7:53 AM
I am highly anticipating this conversion. Thanks again for all of your hard work.
infinity10 posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 8:27 AM
bump up
Interesting. I expect this will involve a neutered Dork hip version vs the neutered M3 version. Which means those male bits will have to be added on later.
Eternal Hobbyist
Indoda posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 10:19 AM
Good luck with your new project - you must be an expert in UV mapping by now.
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
- Albert Einstein
Indoda
drifterlee posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 1:49 PM
Dave, I am surprised you have not grabbed the free Apollo Maximus. He has so many morphs you can make him into anything. Also the free Mayadoll is cute with some of Yamato's free characters and the new Tuyuko. When I think of the money I have spent when there are so many nice freebies out there, I am ashamed (sort of, LOL!)
drifterlee posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 1:50 PM
PS. Why don't your post a tut on UV mapping. I am clueless.
dphoadley posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 2:25 PM
dphoadley@drifterlee
I have Appollo, I just don't care to use him, prefering to enhance the tried and true Duke instead. I've also tried MayaDoll, but gave upin disgust. Her bust is just too unnatural, and I don't like the way her shins attache to her legs BEHIND the kanee, instead of beneath them. No, Posette and Duke are the teh BEST. Long live the Queen and her Consort!
**dphoadley@**infinity10
"I expect this will involve a neutered Dork hip version vs the neutered M3 version. Which means those male bits will have to be added on later."
Castration is agains my religion.
DPH
fls13 posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 4:37 PM
:O) I've got to admire your spunk. I'm still a big fan of the P5s, but the P4s have value and remember being pretty happy with some custom morphing I did on them waaaay back in the day.
drifterlee posted Sat, 14 April 2007 at 7:03 PM
Good luck on the Dork, then! Eagerly waiting your progress!
dphoadley posted Sun, 15 April 2007 at 3:07 PM
drifterlee posted Sun, 15 April 2007 at 4:30 PM
Then you have to remap the orignal Poser kids to take those cute Matt and Maddie and the Millenium kids textures! No rest for the wicked, LOL!
dphoadley posted Sun, 15 April 2007 at 5:33 PM
The only part of teh process I dread is the feet. The hands are awfull, but the feet are a real horror. They've never been mapped, and so I first have to seperate them into two planar surfaces, but then search out all the bits of facets that didn't seperate properly. It's a real PITA, and not the kind that I eat with Humus.
DPH
dphoadley posted Wed, 18 April 2007 at 11:56 PM
dphoadley posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 12:44 AM
For anyone interested in the remapping itself, I give a few pointes here.
This, in a nutshell, is what I’m doing with The Duke (dork), and have done previously with PosetteV3; the rest is just detail (and sometimes extremely tedious detail at that). DPH
JOELGLAINE posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 1:00 AM
I am impressed by the combination of your knowledge, patience, and insights! Sir, you rock!
You may not be a rabbi (I don't know) but in this, you seem as wise as a rabbi! I do not have to be Hebrew to know wise, knowledgable people when I come across them. Everyone knows, that we need as many wise people on this world as we can get! (No insult is meant in comparing you to a rabbi in something relatively trivial to most people in the world.)
I am not easily impressed, but you impressed me.
I just wanted to say something about this project. I couldn't without talking about you, sir. Thank you for your giving spirit and dedication to the things you enjoy! ^__^ V,,
Shalom!
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
pitklad posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 8:19 AM
JOELGLAINE if you are interested on remmaping take a look on that thread also! 
**
**Remapping Ghastley's Asian Eve
And check the UV mapper forum also
momodot posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 8:45 AM
Just an idea... can you cut off the feet, make some temporary groups as markers and try spherical maping or something that opens up the mesh more and then reattach and de-group them to do the final mapping?
Can you make a template zoomed in on the foot only and map a foot only object to it then retatch the foot and scale it down to the standard map?
Just random ideas from a know nothing :)
dphoadley posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 8:58 AM
dphoadley@momodot
I'm not sure. My conservative nature baulks somewhat at so radical approach, for fear that it MIGHT ruin all that I have done(yes, I know, save as a NEW file first). My remapping of Posette was once set back three hours (work lost), because my anti-virus decided to do an in-depth scan just at the moment that I was saving my work. The pait blistered on my walls from my heartfelt curses in three languages: English, Hebrew, & Arabic.
Lukily I had a previous day's version saved in a seperate folder, but to redo three hours of work generally takes three more hours. Usually what I do is hide all other material groups, and then do a Planar-split to the feet, and then spend the next week and a half stitching them back together, but on a flat plane instead. This is slow, tedious, and irksome; but effective. DPH
pitklad posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 9:15 AM
momodot the method you said is exactly the one I use for hands and feet!!! :biggrin:
I make them fit all the screen, use this template and then resize back on the regular position/size
Francemi posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 3:54 PM
Like everyone else I admire your patience David. ;o)
And like for Posette-V3, I am very interested in getting Dork-M3. I like Wardrobe Wizard to convert clothes but there is nothing like the original and I have so many clothes for these 2!
France, Proud Owner of
KCTC Freebies
dphoadley posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 4:21 PM
Thank you Francemi. I guarantee you, when I get the Duke done, you'll be the FIRST to recieve a copy of the file. EVERYONE will recieve a copy that wishes it.
NOW, go render me some pictures of PosetteV3! ;=D
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley
Francemi posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 4:26 PM
*NOW, go render me some pictures of PosetteV3!
*Well, not for a little while. We finally have nice weather out here so I started taking out all my Summer clothes and I have to clean the windows and... you get the idea! Still, Posette-V3 seems to be very happy in my runtimes! ;o)
France, Proud Owner of
KCTC Freebies
dphoadley posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 4:34 PM
Ah well, Spring is in the air! Hurrah, hurrah! The almond has blossomed, and the vines grow heavy with grape.
DPH
drifterlee posted Thu, 19 April 2007 at 4:49 PM
Dave, I have learned to turn off all screensavers, virus programs etc. when working on something like that. Just don't forget to turn them back on when you are done.
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 10:15 AM
jancory posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 10:54 AM
please don't let a few negative reactions deter you from this magnificent endeavor. lookin' good!
lost in the wilderness
Poser 13, Poser11, Win7Pro 64, now with 24GB ram
ooh! i guess i can add my new render(only) machine! Win11, I7, RTX 3060 12GB
Francemi posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 11:10 AM
No, keep it up Dave! Poor Posette-V3 will be very sad if she doesn't have a boyfriend!!! ;o)
France, Proud Owner of
KCTC Freebies
JOELGLAINE posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 11:28 AM
There are apparently a LOAD of pin-headed jerks around here who HATE freebies! So--IMVHO-- Piss on 'em all!
There are to many haters without friends, or manners, or enough braincells to get a pair together to rub against each other! I got V3posette and I love her!
Dude-- you are doing a great, great job! I , for one, respect you IMMENSELY and admire the hard work and dedication neccesary to do this project! People who have NEVER done a freebie don't have a clue. I have (now) and DO have a clue.
Like the ol Latins used to say, "Illigetimati non coborundum." My spelling might be way off, but 'Don't let bastards wear you down' is still a universal feeling, today. ^__^ V,,
Keep up the good fight!
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
BastBlack posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 12:33 PM
Don't be discouraged Just curious, are you using UVmapper to redo the UVs, or an unfold UV program? Do you want a custom morph for Dork? bB
ghelmer posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 1:10 PM
Awesome work going on there Mr Hoadley!!! Now if you could just remap the Dork to look like "THE Duke" that would be mighty nice Pilgrim!!! LOLZ!!! Really though, I'm totally impressed with your efforts with PosetteV3 and now the Dork!!! UV mapping is tedious and I've never had the patience for it, so I gotta give ya credit in that department!!!
Gerard
The GR00VY GH0ULIE!
You are pure, you are snow
We are the useless sluts that they mould
Rock n roll is our epiphany
Culture, alienation, boredom and despair
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 1:22 PM
**@**BastBlack: UVMapperPro.
@ghelmer & JOELGLAINE: Sorry, but while I did include certain morphs with my PosetteV3 that I shouldn't have, it depresses me that after all my efforts on this project, certain parties couldn't give me the credit that at least my intentions had been good (albeit mistaken).
DPH
PS: It's also the day. Today is memorial day in Israel, when we morn our loved ones who've fallen in battle.
Francemi posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 1:29 PM
Maybe it's not a really good day to be working on Dork then. Maybe what you needed most here today is moral support about the memorial more than about the remapping. In any case, I empathize with you: losing loved ones is always hard and even more so when it's to satisfy the "great men" of this world. ;o(
France, Proud Owner of
KCTC Freebies
SoCalRoberta posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 1:34 PM
The amount of work you are taking on is staggering! You must have the patience of a saint to do it. I have nothing but admiration and praise for you and your work.
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 1:39 PM
I haven't lost family, than G-d, but I have lost friends & acquaintances. And I have personally survived one bomb blast that killed three.
DPH
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 2:43 PM
To advoid the sitution that I just went through with PosetteV3 and morphs that I shouldn't have included, I'm asking people to DONATE face shaping and body shaping morphs that I may include in the final Cr2. As I donate my time and energy to remapping, please donate your morphs that this figure may stand on a par with the Unimesh and even Anton's Apollo.
DPH
JOELGLAINE posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 2:46 PM
@ David All any of us can do is act with the purest of thought and try to act with purpose with a free heart. If any mistakes are done, some people can never understand, because they think they are perfect.
If you made a mistake, you can apologize to the parties offended, fix the problem, admit you made a mistake and move on. I am not, nor have I ever known any "perfect" people. I've known people who come close, but not mistake free.
Life is filled with anticipation and of course, disappointment. No matter what you do, someone will suffer one or even both. I do not suffer mfrom either at present. I have appreciation for your hard work. Do not get discouraged.
EDIT> WHen you get the zip file done up, let us know, I'll download the new one, and delete the old one! If only the world's problems were so easy to fix. :laugh: Pencils have erasers for WHAT reason again?
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 2:56 PM
I've sent new Cr2's twice now to Victoria_Lee, because they keep telling me piecemeal what they don't like. So, the present Cr2 is less 4 character morphs; which, of course, IF you want to, can still be DL'd fropm PF.
DPH
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 3:01 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1427444
And Do checkout and rate what Kalypso has done with my figure. She's a REAL genius at posing & rendering. DPH
Francemi posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 3:59 PM
This is a great render indeed! And what she says is true for me too: I love the fact that Posette is not as much time consuming when rendering.
France, Proud Owner of
KCTC Freebies
momodot posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 4:56 PM
dp, that Dork work looks great.
drifterlee posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 5:22 PM
The dork looks good, Dave! I like him hairy. Don't get discouraged. This is a hobby and should be fun!!!! Don't let people get you down. No one is forcing them to use Posette if they don't like her. I have problems with a obnoxious teenage girl whose mother owns the horsefarm where I board my horse. I have really bad knees and it is hard for me to get on my tall horse. This nasty (insert fowl languarge here) laughs at me. A lot of the time I leave the farm feeling really down because of the crap she puts me through. I have known her since she was 5, so she thinks I'm fair game to ridicule. Anyway, don't feel bad over stuff said online. At least we can delete it or turn off the PC.
mathman posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 5:33 PM
David, don't let a few d*ckheads stop you from doing what you are doing. You are very generous with your time and talents.
JOELGLAINE posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 7:36 PM
D**kheads are running wild on this site lately, it seems.
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
Channing posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 8:25 PM
David, Those WIP images look great! You are doing a great service to all of us Poser users. Just consider that for every one who posts a word of encouragement there are hundreds of others who read and agree. Yes, there may be some who criticize, but no matter what, your efforts are greatly appreciated! Channing
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 8:47 PM
Good friends are those who are there for you when you need them; I thank you ALL for your kind and generous support. I think that my binge of pathetic self-pity is over. I WILL see this project to the finish -Dork will be reborn as the Duke.
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley
dphoadley posted Sun, 22 April 2007 at 8:51 PM
Quote - Awesome work going on there Mr Hoadley!!! Now if you could just remap the Dork to look like "THE Duke" that would be mighty nice Pilgrim!!! LOLZ!!! Really though, I'm totally impressed with your efforts with PosetteV3 and now the Dork!!! UV mapping is tedious and I've never had the patience for it, so I gotta give ya credit in that department!!!
Gerard
Anyone game enough to make a John Wayne face for the Duke? That's certainly put him out front as a Poser figure. ;=D
David P. Hoadley
LostinSpaceman posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 2:17 AM
Can't morphs just be transfered to the new figure from old Dork & Posette? All your changing are the UV's not the actual geometry correct?
dphoadley posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 2:24 AM
Yes, but I was hoping tyo supply MORE than just the mundane standard morphs. I was hoping to make this a figure who could stand on a par with teh most advanced unimesh there is.
DPH
BastBlack posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 12:09 PM
New P4Male Head:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j252/BastBlack/Art/NewP4Headfr.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j252/BastBlack/Art/NewHeadP4Male-Side.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j252/BastBlack/Art/NewHeadP4Male-34.jpg
bB
Francemi posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 12:19 PM
Geez! I never noticed before seeing your image (BastBlack) how much Dork looks like Posette!
France, Proud Owner of
KCTC Freebies
BastBlack posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 12:21 PM
Looks like Posette? You mean the way the vertices are layout?
Talking about remakes...., Wapico did a killer morph for Biz Woman P2 Lo. oO
http://wapidoll.seesaa.net/
http://wapidoll.up.seesaa.net/image/wapiBizWP2Lo2-1.jpg
Maybe it could be cool to tackle the male version too, using the new P4male head and UVs. ^^
bB
dphoadley posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 1:42 PM
BastBlack posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 1:52 PM
I hesitate to mess with the eyebrow, especially when I worked so hard to make them look nice! ^^;;;
I understand wanting to smooth a brow for a female character (V4 syndrome?), but for men, imho, this is a mistake. They need a good manly browbone and brow!
Besides, won't smoothing (aka spreading) the brow mess up your UVs?
How about this, when I'm done with the morph, I'll make an alt version with spread-out smoothed eyebrows that way people will have an option of which version to use?
bB
dphoadley posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 2:01 PM
Francemi posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 2:47 PM
Looks like Posette? You mean the way the vertices are layout?
No, I mean he looks like Posette. Take a good look from the side, mostly the upper part of the face, the way his eyes are and everything. Looks just like Posette.
France, Proud Owner of
KCTC Freebies
BastBlack posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 3:01 PM
Really? oO
Hmm... I used the proportions of the Marquardt Mask to reshuffle Dork's face. But I also deviated from it too.
bB
dphoadley posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 3:02 PM
**@BastBlack
**
OH, and if you COULD make him look like 'The Duke' (John Wayne), so much the better! ;=)
DPH
BastBlack posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 3:11 PM
heeh heeh. I did use "The Duke," but a different Duke. ;)
A virtual cookie for anyone who can name which "Duke" was my inspiration. ;)
bB
JOELGLAINE posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 3:13 PM
Any smoothing in Blacksmith will NOT disturb the UVS file imbedded in the Object file. Using the morphing tools just reshapes the vertice spaces, it doesn't creat new polygons, or vertices.
Bb, knock yourself out! I been using Blacksmith for about 6 months. No problems!
You didn't use DUKE NUKEM, did you? Instead of John Wayne, famous American cowboy actor?
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
dphoadley posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 3:14 PM
If it was from a TV series called 'The Dukes of Hazard,' then I wouldn't know, because that has never been shown in israel.
DPH
BastBlack posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 3:39 PM
Nope. Neither of Those. ;)
Duke was a nicname given by fans of this actor. His show was seen all over the world.
But I should first say I didn't exactly try to do a likeness. I took some elements from his face (Sad Puppy Dog Eyes and Pout) that I thought would help give Dork some personality. ^^
bB
dphoadley posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 3:48 PM
'...I thought would help give Dork some personality. ^^'
Oh, he's getting personality all right! Mike 3 can definitely say: 'He's getting under my SKIN!' ;=D
DPH
dphoadley posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 4:38 PM
To facilitate the process, I did as I said earlier, save a template of the UV material Zone, and then opened it in Photoshop. There I selected the 'Good' half, copied it, and pasted it as a new layer. This layer I then fliped horizontally, and then lined up its vertices with the with the bottom half, so that they made two parts of a whole. I then merdged the layers and resaved the template.
This now makes it easier to remap the right half of the body, and insures that both halves wil mirror each other (mor e or less -there are ALWAYS minor differences when manual labor is involved). By the end of the week, I should have both halves of Duke's torso remapped. Then onto the head.
David P. Hoadley
JOELGLAINE posted Mon, 23 April 2007 at 6:30 PM
Hooooray! Great work! You're making progress! ^__^ V,,
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
BastBlack posted Mon, 30 April 2007 at 1:19 AM
Weee! Done. ^^ I have 1 face morph, 3 smooth brow options. Getting ready to package this up. How do you want it? ^^ bB
dphoadley posted Mon, 30 April 2007 at 1:23 AM
BastBlack posted Tue, 01 May 2007 at 12:29 AM
dphoadley posted Tue, 01 May 2007 at 1:13 AM
LostinSpaceman posted Thu, 03 May 2007 at 5:42 AM
Looking forward to seeing the remapped Duke with that face that's for certain!
BastBlack posted Thu, 03 May 2007 at 8:30 AM
Me too! ^^ How's it going, dphoadley? bB
dphoadley posted Thu, 03 May 2007 at 9:01 AM
infinity10 posted Thu, 03 May 2007 at 11:29 AM
the suspense is doing what it does to me....
Eternal Hobbyist
xantor posted Thu, 03 May 2007 at 11:39 AM
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dphoadley posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 1:03 AM
Progress is slower on this model for several reasons. Duke's muscles are sculpted, rather than morphed, which requires special care. Also, after finishing Posette, I'm a bit fatigued, and am simply working at a much slower pace. Also, I've been distracted by visiting daughters and grandchildren (for which I praise G-d, and consider myself blessed), and also some other projects such as Posette's Catsuit, and Indoda's dress.
With patience, each of these projects will come to a successful fruition. ;=)
David P. Hoadley
xantor posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 7:25 AM
The bastblack p4 male head does look quite like posette with a squarer face.
BastBlack posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 2:00 PM
Looking good. Yea. I don't know how you do it. ^^
I don't see Posette in Dork's head. ?? oO;;;
bB
momodot posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 3:53 PM
dp, that looks so great!!! Congradulations on another fine project.
dphoadley posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 10:02 PM
BastBlack posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 10:49 PM
Did any of the 3 morphs I included help on the eyebrows? I was thinking that area would be problem. Are you thinking the best solution is to remove the "painted on eyebrow" on the texture map and add an eyebrow geometry with transparency map instead? bB
dphoadley posted Wed, 09 May 2007 at 11:09 PM
"Are you thinking the best solution is to remove the "painted on eyebrow" on the texture map and add an eyebrow geometry with transparency map instead?"
Send me an email, and I'll send you a copy of what I've got so far, and you can check it out for yourself. I find that the smooth eyebrows tends to make a mishmash of the eyebrows, in that while smoothing them laterally, they condense them longitudinally. I'm thinking that a transmapped UpperEyebrow prop such as I borrowed from Aprish for my PosetteV3 wil work better.
Nothing is absolutely perfect with any of the 3D figures, and not all textures are equal either, but perhaps with a bit more tweaking things can be improved. In the meantime, I'm going to start today on the lashes and eyes.
DPH
metabog posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 8:24 AM
Props to you for your skill and perserverence on this painstaking manuever David!
Amazing progress even with the hiccups you've encountered.
Props to BastBlack for taking the role of advocate and enabler!
LostinSpaceman posted Thu, 10 May 2007 at 5:49 PM
Hang in there David, you'll be the master who teaches the rest of us how to do it someday!
dphoadley posted Fri, 08 June 2007 at 9:37 AM
momodot posted Fri, 08 June 2007 at 10:15 AM
That looks fantastic!!! Thank you. Right now i am playing with FaceShopPro and Dork.
Channing posted Fri, 08 June 2007 at 10:49 AM
He looks great. Thank you for doing this!
ThrommArcadia posted Fri, 08 June 2007 at 11:41 AM
Top notch work David! I love how you've given new life to Dork and Possette. I still don't think they stand up to some of the newer figs (though, they are easier to work with then some), but they certainly are a lot more useful then people give them credit for and especially now due to your hard work.
Thanks for another great community contribution!
JOELGLAINE posted Fri, 08 June 2007 at 1:09 PM
I'd like to thank you SO MUCH for all the hard work and dedication to this project! I ,for one, will download as soon as I see it. I appreciate anyone willing to go through what you went through to do this!
THANK YOU,DAVID!
YOU KICK ASS!
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
dphoadley posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 9:44 AM
My remaped P4 male figure (P4DukeM3), with a scene from my homeland Israel in DAZ Cyclorama.
The face is the Duke morph is by BastBlack for the P4NudeMan (available here in Freestuff).
The skin texture is the Heike for Michael 3 by XTX. It used to be available here in freestuff, but the link has gone dead. Maybe somebody can fix it, because this is a very good texture.
Hair is from Kozaburo.
The loincloth is a leapard texture applaid to P4DukeM3's now remapped alternate hip. (I've given it, its own material zone, so that one can use it in a more natural way than before, for those more decorous renders, and without having to do major surgery to the texture maps).
The knife is a Questor freebie available in Daz's freestuff.
I've really gotten to like this figure, since I've worked so hard on him
Yours truly,
David P. Hoadley
momodot posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 12:15 PM
I think Dork has great bends and is very adaptable, I can't wait to try him with some good textures.
LostinSpaceman posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 12:26 PM
I can't believe nobody has ever given his alternate hip zone a separate materail zone before now! That's fantastic David and Thanks! Now to see if I have any decent M3 Textures to play with.....
dphoadley posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 12:31 PM
The aternative hip zone is also remapped to M3's hip texture, so that it can also be used as traditionally without creating a seam in the figure (something that often haqppened to the old Dork.
I'm now busy remapping V4.1's left foot.
DPH
JOELGLAINE posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 12:56 PM
Have you released him? Is he in the freebies?
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
dphoadley posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 1:07 PM
I'm in the process of submitting him. I've sent the files to Victoria_Lee to host on her server, and I'm waiting fot confirmation that they are ready for download. Then I'll register them in the Freebie section.
Check your email, you might have already recieved a copy from me directly. I sent out copies to all my PosetteV3 testers.
DPH
JOELGLAINE posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 1:10 PM
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAy! I'll be looking!
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
LostinSpaceman posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 3:16 PM
David, before releasing him publically, you might want to remove all the detached texture nodes calling for the textures that people may or may not have. It's causing serious lag for me switching to any material zone that has one of these detached nodes, not just because they're detached but because they're forcing poser to search for textures I don't own.
dphoadley posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 3:22 PM
LostinSpaceman posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 4:34 PM
Ok second thing I noticed is that even though he's mapped for M3 Textures, he doesn't accept those textures via any of my standard M3 MAT Poses. You have to hand load all the textures.
The MAT Poses I have load the SkinHead texture and then create all of M3's Skin Material Zone names which don't affect the figure. Slightly annoying but I can work with it. I understand the unique names for unique material zones like alt-hip, but couldn't the names for standard body parts like SkinTorso etcetra been used so MAT files would work to a better degree of accuracy?
Hope you don't mind the nitpicks. They aren't given to offend you. I'm just pointing out shortfalls in the idea/design of the Duke remapping that could be improved upon.
dphoadley posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 4:40 PM
There are considerations of EULA that I don't wish to engage. Since I;ve always only hand loaded all of my figures, I really don't consider it to be that arduious a task. Very rarely have I used a figure that was MAT posable.
DPH
LostinSpaceman posted Mon, 11 June 2007 at 5:08 PM
Understood.
dphoadley posted Fri, 15 June 2007 at 2:42 AM
dphoadley posted Sat, 16 June 2007 at 9:52 AM
JOELGLAINE posted Sat, 16 June 2007 at 1:49 PM
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
I said it before, and I'll say it again: THANK YOU! You worked hard and deserve gratitude for your kindness and charity! I am very grateful for what you've done!
NOW to go use him!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!
Tiari posted Sat, 16 June 2007 at 9:10 PM
I still have him in my mail, havent had a chance to load him yet as for the next few weeks I'm cramming for a venue i'm working. However, once thats done, he (and v4.1 woo!) when accomplished will get my, as usual, bonafied attentions!
Masterpieces await!
BillyGoat posted Sun, 17 June 2007 at 6:46 PM
Thank you!
