So as we all know V4 gets the lions share of content. Lionesses?  I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has gone to make a render and found the runtimes held 4 outfits for Mike and 300 for vicky.

So I've decided that I'm going to finally install a pile of my hoarded m4 content and actually get this runtime into a workable shape.

My goals:

1  Sort and install a pile of stuff

2  Find or make male characters I actually want to render. I like artistic and slim, not burly and hairy. So theres scant pickings for premade characters.

3  Weed out the characters (content) I'm never ever going to use (gridiron outfit? no way!)

4  Put together a useable wardrobe of outfits for mike, starting with content I have and filling in with converted or new made items

5  Retexture any items that need help

6  Actually make some art for a change

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I'm starting with a thankfully fairly organised runtime consising mainly of Michael 4 items from DAZ, some freebies, my own work and the few items I've bought here. The runtime is about 30 gigs - a little big. I hope to weed out some of this.

I have a pile of 539 downloaded items for m4 - mainly freebies Many of these are installed already but its a higgeledy piggeledy mess and its hard to find things

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For people just starting out here is a basic Michael 4 runtime setup

Michael 4 base figure from DAZ -  An obvious choice

Michael 4 Morphs ++ - these are the basic head and body morphs that 90% of all dialed characters use

Michael 4 Elite - M4 elite adds a handful of new morphs for Mike, mostly in the big and beefy range. The m4 Elite skins, which are separate, are worth  it for quality (this includes Sol and Lee)

Hiro 4 - Hiro is the anime morph set. The head is well .. manga boy. But the bodyshapes are separate and are great for younger and slimmer characters

The Freak 4 - This is the set for really big bulky guys, barbarians, wredtlers, and the Hulk.  There is an issue in some versions of poser with the scaling on Freak 4 but its a fast fix.

Michael 4 Enhanced - The first vendor made item. Michael4 enhanced is a large and odd set for Mike. It contains not only a pile of head and body morphs, but also a full set of female shapes for mike - just in case you needed a strong female character.

M4E also includes the extremely useful V4-mapped-m4 and the v4-grouped m4. These versions are made so they can use V4's skin textures and v4's morphs without any more work on your part. just click and go.  (V4 Vittorio has the same things going the other way)

Morphus - the next vendor item. Anyone familiar with Capsces sets will know whats in here. Loads and loads of morphs, plus one click dialers for a variety of looks and shapes. Many of the presets verge on the toony, but the morphs themselves are rock solid.  This set also includes female shaping.

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Okay thats the basic Mike and his Morphs list.

What Must Have morphs do you guys think should be in everyones Mike 4 Runtime? (not characters, just morphs, characters is its own topic)

LM