Hi Everyone, People here have been asking these questions in posts and a few posts have cropped up about the Ponytail so I just want to go into some depth any explain it from start to finish. First, thanks. I've sold over 400 of them and that prompted the expansion pack. Thanks for all the email requests for the expansion pack. I worked as a hairdresser and make-up artist in Boston, New York and Paris for 10 years. I was one of the people that makes those girls on the magazines and runways look effortless. I started making hair for Poser about two years ago. I wanted to create hair that was fluid and stylish. there was alot of straight hair around, but no waves or complex styles or updo's. After many styles you've all seen, I wanted to make a new kind of hair figure for Poser, never seen before, that expoited Posers own code to change into almost anything. Now I don't have to tell you how hard hair is in Poser. All those maps, templates, morphs. And even after all that it has to look good. I always knew the secret was figuring how to use the geom swapping thing, but no one could figure it out. I tried forever about two years ago, but couldn't. Well finally JeffH cracked it and I knew I could finally start on what would become "Victoria's Changing Ponytail". DESIGN The Ponytail is a figure that has 3 Body parts. they are: BASE: The head part of the figure. This is like Vicki's HIP. It is the center of the figure. BANGS: The fringe in the front. PONYTAIL: The back The Bangs and the Ponytail have Geometry Swapping dials like the skeleton that allow you to swap in new pieces. Each piece is loaded with morphs. Now up to 73 morphs in all. Each piece rotates freely like Vicki's eyeballs. This is so you can really customize the look and placement of the elements. All the pieces are mapped to the same template. Everything uses one map. Again this was all about maximum veratility without all the mess with props. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: QUESTION: Why doesn't it fit Vicki when you load it? ANSWER: I actually does. When Daz made Vicki, they made her load already Posed. You know. It is that squatting/floating position. :) This is not her ddefault pose. Vicki's true pose it when all her parts icluding her "body" are set to zero. This is why daz originally put a read-me on the page some people mistook for a bug list. It was just a misunderstanding. That is why they removed it. :) QUESTION: How do I get it to fit then? ANSWER: Just trun of the IK for the legs and zero her. Most people have her saved that way. QUESTION: Then what? ANSWER: Load in the hair. QUESTION: But it won't conform? ANSWER: It was never meant to. Conforming figures are buggy and the ponytail has it's own bodyparts. You just parent the base to Vicki's head like you would parent Vicki's hip to a horse. QUESTION: Why didn't you make it conform? ANSWER: If it conformed to Vicki, it would conform to any other figure. Also, the body parts are different. Th hair has no hip. I din't want to confuse people with invisible bodyparts. QUESTION: Has it been fixed? ANSWER: It was never broken. Daz can confirm this. QUESTION: Why did people think it was? ANSWER 1)It is a new kind of figure and some people were expecting it to act like clothes or a prop. 2) I made some warez enemies. Some Warez people have banded together to trash my products under mmultiple user names. But my products are no longer being Warezed. 3) Some people don't like me. I'm not always tactful. It's the artist in me I guess. 4) People vent when they are frustrated. I do it. We all do it. Being a new kind of figure I expected questions and confusion. QUESTION: What if I buy it and don't like it? ANSWER: No one has returned it yet from what I've been told by DAZ, but you would get a refund of course. QUESTION: What if I have problems? ANSWER: You just email me at Antonk68@aol.com. I have not yet received any questions emailed to me about this product. Only lots of happy people. QUESTION: Are there going to be more expansion packs? ANSWER: One more and that collection is done. The last installment will be at the end of the summer. It will be a collection of posable braids and strands that will conform to the ponytail like clothes do on Vicki. there will be hats, crowns, etc. I'm going to Las Vegas for a month and will finish it when I come back in August. QUESTION: Why don't you answer questions here? ANSWER: Basically some Warez people threatened to pretend to be me, trash my products, etc if I stayed. I gave them breathing room while I figured out who they were. They will not be bothering me anymore. LOL QUESTION: What is up with the Fantasy Suit's boots. ANSWER: You know those Vicki 2.0 feet morphs. Those were my ideas becasue I hated Vicki's wide toes even though she is a masterful work. She wasn't built for shoes. I also wanted the boots to work with everyones flat soled poses so the heel wouldn't thrust through the floor every time she took a step. People actually asked for her to be able to use the walk designer in heels. The part that pokes through is a piece of skin that wouldn't be there if she was perched in heels. It is just a design element. Conforming clothes still need work. Poser as a program is still buggy. Sometimes when you conform clothes you cannot gain access to the feet. It's a Poser thing. Sorry. QUESTION: Is your stuff worth it. ANSWER: Go to the gallery and do a search for ANTON. The images really say more than I can. Each person has different views on "worth it". Poser is mostly just a hobby to most. It depends what you are looking for. QUESTION: That stuff at the Prop'sGuild is nice, but is that what I am buying? ANSWER: All of that is over three years old. I only left it because people asked me to. QUESTION: Why did you leave BBAY? ANSWER: I didn't. I wanted to remake lots of that stuff and needed to take it down. People would be real annoyed if I made new and more detailed version of something they just bought yesterday. QUESTION: Can I get your bbay stuff still? ANSWER: You can get anything of mine from me directly if you email me. QUESTION: Why do you charge so much? ANSWER: I'm not a good one to judge what expensive is. It's different to each person. I have a rough formula I use. I count the number of hours I spend on a product, multiply that number by $30.00/hr and divide by 200. 200 Is a rough estimate on how many pieces will sell. I make a figure in 100 hours. Multiply by $30.00 an hour for my time(cheap) This equals $3000. I divide this by 200 estimated sales. This equals $15.00. Since I only get half of what I sell, this price is doubled to $30.00 The item sells for $30.00

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