I just managed to download two cute face morph freebies from a Japanese site - both for V.4. Unfortunately, the morphs are based on a prior character morph named "Ruru."  Without the Ruru morph, the new sub-characters are meaningless.

Has anyone seen the Ruru morph and know where it is available?

TYVM.

I'm pretty sure Ruru is by Volt, but I don't see her for download on his site.  She is mentioned and is pictured in his blog, but i don't know Japanese.  His site:

www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/gj12396/

Blog post:

harpoonvolt.blog9.fc2.com/blog-entry-21.html

 You're absolutely correct, it IS a VOLT character - but not referenced on his site. I will drop a line and see what comes of it. TYVM

Mark

I did some digging around, and she was a First Anniversary freebie at forum3d.net in April 2008, but is no longer available there.

I just downoaded Ruru from here:

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/gj12396/

 I gotta admit I'm lost - been to that page half a dozen times. Can find the Ruru_Addon file there, but that's the two face morphs that require the orig Ruru character in the first place. In other words, that's the file that started me on this, lol.

What I can't do is find the original Ruru file. Apparently I am missing something huge, not being to read Japanese may have much to do with it. Please advise,

Many thanks - Mark

I don't have the character morphs, but maybe this will help:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.poser-studio.com/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php%3Fcid%3D1%26lid%3D6&ei=38lDS7XFFIzIsQOh_enLBA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBoQ7gEwBg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRuru%2Bposer%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS245US245

Quote - I just downoaded Ruru from here:

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/gj12396/

 

Where did you find her?  I can't find her under Poser Data Downloads...

 Have dropped a line to the site, will post here if I find out anything about obtaining the file.

Mark

 She is really cute!

Digging around it appears that she is a participation prize for a contest on forum3d.net - I don't know that she'll be made available any other way. I'm using google to translate and it's not so hot.

You can find the contest thread below;
www.forum3d.net/bbs/index.php

It's not translated, so use the translator of your choice.

BTW, the contest was from March 2008.

WandaW,

Click on the "poser-data Download" link.  The item is near the bottom of the page.

Sorry to say but, there are no V4 or A4 characters on that page. The further down you go, the older you go. Starts with A3 & V3, at the bottom is V2/Stephanie 1 characters.

Sorry,

I confused Runa with Ruru.

 Easy to do...and there's a RUKA character (also cute, also by VOLT) which is NOT Ruru, lol.

 FYI - there's a big demand for fairly adolescent characters in Japan (think Thorne-like fairies without the ears) - one of the reasons I was interested in these Ruru add-ons is that they add a few years to the character and are still cute.

Maybe this helps:

Volt's website is http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/gj12396/

I'd like to use that character myself. Sadly, Volt's website is no help and, the site you got that image from only has the add-ons and not the character required for them. Sometimes being interested in Japanese freebies can be extremely frustrating. Ah well, what can you do except try and stay on top of these things?

All we can do is hope Volt responds to Doggod's email or the one I sent off last night, though I'm guessing we didn't ask the same exact question.

 Well, those pictures ARE the add-on morph faces. Like rsg (above) I am in waiting mode. BTW, I simply explained that I had had my leg amputated and have been in and out of the hospital with problems for some time (all true), that I had not had an opportunity to obtain the original morph, and then asked if it were still possible to obtain that morph.

At the time I sent the email, I hadn't thought to post here.

Mark

 Re "being interested in Japanese freebies." It had been a long time since I had wandered the Japanese sites - and it's rare when I don't find some model or another of interest. I remember obtaining the P4 set of characters that Yamato (sp?) had created back in those days and which not only lasted very nicely well into V2's lifetime but are available on other sites even today.

That and Mr. Bat's first work with fetish outfits - all available at no charge and of superior workmanship.

Then there were the ISO/ISOP maid uniform, the wedding gowns, the other school and nurse uniforms - I built and rebuilt the maid alone on several occasions. In those days, there was a premium on flexibility and most outfits could be broken or re-cast by materials or parts in a variety of ways.

Those new to Poser and D/S today would be amazed at the kind of work that came of out of Japan then compared to most American products. And 3rd-party modelers today have learned there's little to be gained in such flexibility - not when they can earn more by releasing subsequent outfits instead. And, as far as I am concerned, it's only in V4's recent time that American textures have begun to equal those that were being created in Japan in P4/V1/V2 times. IMHO.

So if Japanese freebies are a double-edged sword, given the past, I am usually willing to walk on one edge or the other.

BTW, for V3 users unaware of Japanese content, some these outfits are still available (like the maid) for V3. Am not certain that all were upgraded as I never much liked V3 and did little work with her, ergo - didn't do much searching for outfits and such. For A3 users (still superior to A4 for my tastes), ditto - a number of these outfits, including some quite gorgeous ones, are still available on the Japanese sites.

AND to find all this stuff, usually takes a willingness to SURF somewhat blindly - finding a link page at one site that leads, for example, to many others. If you know Japanese or your translator is decent - you'll be ahead of the game. But beware the translators, lol, there are real anomalies that get created with them.

And if  you hadn't noticed with the pictures posted here, the overall renderings/galleries in Japan tend to be on the excellent side. Just be ready for a lot of adolescent-looking models (mostly clothed), it is a kind of culture shock.

Mark

"Because this character is not open to the public, really want! Volt that you need to ask directly to contact friends."

From: http://bozer.blog104.fc2.com/blog-entry-194.html

If you get it, let us know!

I sent an email to Volt several days ago, inquiring about V4/A4 characters in general and as of yet haven't heard anything.