Basis3D opened this issue on Oct 21, 2010 · 12 posts
Basis3D posted Thu, 21 October 2010 at 10:55 AM
I'm looking to populate my Poser scenes with some great looking vehicles, on-road and off-road. Would prefer to get them mainly from a single vendor so that they all look great together when I'm using multiple vehicles in a single scene.
Looking for suggestions for a vendor.
Thank you,
Dkal
Poser 2010 • Poser 8 • MacPro Desktop • Quad-Core Intel Xeon • 10 GB • Snow Leopard • Windows XP
benney posted Thu, 21 October 2010 at 11:13 AM
You should try this site site which has vehicles at a reasonable price and a lot of freebies too..
http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/Category/59-vehicles.aspx
mattymanx posted Thu, 21 October 2010 at 1:35 PM
I would suggest cars by Dreamscapre Creations over at DAZ plus Uzilites Lounge Mobile which is @ DAZ now too.
mrsparky posted Thu, 21 October 2010 at 3:05 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=82022
The new vanishing point models are incredibly well made. If you want freebies sharecg is highly recommended.flyerx posted Thu, 21 October 2010 at 4:11 PM
Here are some free ones that are just as good as commercial models:
http://dmi3d.comeze.com/
Most are in LWO format. You can use PoseRay to convert them to Wavefront format usable by Poser.
PoseRay: http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/
good luck,
FlyerX
Tucan-Tiki posted Mon, 15 November 2010 at 7:13 PM
um or you cAn get some decent ones off google models for free you will need need 3d exploration by right hemisphere to convert them.
mrsparky posted Mon, 15 November 2010 at 7:41 PM
The 30 day demo of sketch up pro can also export sketchup models to OBJ as well.
Another way is use the free version of sketchup, export to Collada and then use a free autodesk .dae to .obj conversion app. The results are not always that great, the rotation angle is usually out, but it is possible to fix some of them in Uvmapper.
Acadia posted Tue, 16 November 2010 at 6:46 AM
Try the Honda fan site
http://www.honda.co.jp/hondafan/WebPlamo/
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
Basis3D posted Tue, 16 November 2010 at 10:17 AM
Thanks, Acadia!
What a cool site and one I never heard of before. I speak and read just a little Japanese but I have a friend who is fluent in Japanese and will help to guide me through that site.
Also great suggestions from benney, mattymanx, mrsparky, flyrerx and Tucan-tiki. I'm been checking them all out too.
Tucan-tiki ... still checking on that converter that you mentioned. Searched but didn't find it yet. Do you have a direct link maybe?
Thanks all!
Dkal
Poser 2010 • Poser 8 • MacPro Desktop • Quad-Core Intel Xeon • 10 GB • Snow Leopard • Windows XP
Helgard posted Tue, 16 November 2010 at 12:33 PM
dkal,
Sometimes some of the models converted from other programs are more trouble than they are worth.
A model like this, for example:
http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/Products/962-shelby-cobra-for-poser.aspx
or this:
http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/Products/960-gt-409-sports-car-for-poser.aspx
is already rigged, scaled, grouped, mapped and textured for Poser.
It is sometimes easier to just pay the $10 for a car that someone has spent a week Poserizing than to spend your time doing it.
Some Poser vehicle models are quite advanced, with ERC rigging, MAT files or materials, add-on props, simplified controls, etc, that are mostly not available for models that you convert from other software formats.
That is not to say that you shouldn't spend time learning how to do the conversions, and making your own models, it is up to you to decide if you want to spend your time converting and fixing models, or making images or animations.
Helgard
Your specialist military, sci-fi, historical and real world site.
Acadia posted Tue, 16 November 2010 at 5:03 PM
Quote - Thanks, Acadia!
What a cool site and one I never heard of before. I speak and read just a little Japanese but I have a friend who is fluent in Japanese and will help to guide me through that site.
Also great suggestions from benney, mattymanx, mrsparky, flyrerx and Tucan-tiki. I'm been checking them all out too.
Tucan-tiki ... still checking on that converter that you mentioned. Searched but didn't find it yet. Do you have a direct link maybe?
Thanks all!
Dkal
You can translate the site in Google.
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
lmckenzie posted Wed, 17 November 2010 at 1:36 AM
The honda models are in many separate parts. If you get the Lightwave versions, PoseRay is a great help. Select all the parts and load them at once and they will come in properly assembled.
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