kittystavern opened this issue on May 08, 2012 · 17 posts
kittystavern posted Tue, 08 May 2012 at 12:16 AM
Hi all!
We are a few weeks out from the release of Michael 5 so I thought now might be a good time to start a discussion on him.
So, I hoping to start this thread as a place to share:
Please feel free to discuss anything relating to Michael 5 in this thread, as long as it's within the site's TOS of course!
The only thing I would ask is that you please keep things upbeat, constructive, and respectful :-)
Ok, to start off, I have only had Michael 5 for about a week or so and here are my overall thoughts on things:
Shaping and Bending - Overall seems to have turned out rather well from what I have seen. He definitely moves nicely when posing in my experience thus far. I have not had much of a chance to mix him with other shapes yet, but am looking forward to experimenting as I see shape mixing as one of the biggest benefits of the Genesis figure platform.
Textures and MAT files - I am very impressed by the quality of his texture maps. All the fine details and options are very nicely done in my opinion.
Supporting Products - I appreciated having both everyday casual and fantasy clothing available for him upon release. And a variety of hair models, too. I love hair! I would, however, like to see more masculine poses be available though it is possible I have missed some. Fewer male model type poses and more poses based on more regular men doing things men do.
So what are other's thoughts and experiences?
Are you pleased with M5 and the content provided for him thus far? If so, anything in particular you love about him? If not, is there something that you think could have made M5 or his release better?
What kind of support products (clothing, hair, poses, etc) would you like to see for your renders?
Have you had success mixing him with other Genesis shapes (V5, V4, M4, M3, BasicChild, Creature Morphs, etc)?
Have you had success fitting previous generation clothing to him?
Are there any problems that you have encountered with him that you can't seem to fix?
Any tips for new or veteran users about lighting, posing, shape mixing, or anything else since you've been working with him?
I'm sure there are lots of things I have not thought of so please feel free to discuss whatever you would like concerning Michael 5!