Unfortunately, I really like the long dress from set 1 and the long, 2 tiered dress from set 2. I wish I could get those 2 as a package. The shorter dresses are nice, but there's several of that style already out. I can't justify buying both sets for those 2 long dresses, as much as I like them. Ah, well. I snapped up the hair right away. It's giving me an idea for a picture.

Judith, Em, Pendy.....I have the hair...and it is WICKED!!!!!! I used it in my two most recent images here: Sun Kissed and Beach Buns :D I haven't got the dresses yet, but will do as soon as I can can. If you need to see any more renders of it, I'll be happy to help.

Rose, I'm going to go check out your renders :)

How are the items sittable? Through body handlers or what? In other words, how easy is it going to be for someone to do sitting poses in it? How much of a learning curve? Thanks!

The dresses use body handlers! If you have never used them after a bit of practice, they work beautifully. The hair is poseable. :)

The dresses are based partly around the same method Anton's Egyptians use. That seemed to be the only way Poser4 was going to be able to do a truely flexible skirt. While making it, some testers had some issues with the posing, so I decided to make the shins independantly poseable, so that the dress would mostly conform. They seemed to like that better. When you conform the long dresses, everything but the shins will move into place. You then use the body handles of the shins to pose them to match Vicky. I suggest using the dials its faster, easier; I find it doesn't take much for msot poses. The upside? of being able to pose them to accomodate for gravity if you want. The short dresses don't have this, and conform fine. All the dresses have various fix poses that can be used to compensate for pose limitations inherent to the design. They fade the inside of the leg of the dress in and out, or move the inside corners up and down to correct problems. A little experimentation should leave those easy to use. On the sitting midnight blue image the dress conformed to everything but the shins. The shins were then posed down.. and two fixposes were used to bring the inside edge of dress inward to look like it had settled into the lap slightly.

Thanks for going the extra mile on this Michael! I've purchased the hair and it does look very nice. I'm excited to try it out. Good, realistic and movable hair that isn't extremely processor heavy is a precious commodity :))) I'm not wild about those boady handlers, but at least I know how everything works. I hope you do well with it!

That is a gorgeous render, Anton! Is that the new lighting technique again? It looks excellent.

It's a great product but I really wish you'd reconsider the packaging and offer the customer some choice. I would be interested in the two long gowns, the long hair, and the wreath and armband props. Since I don't have any use for the others I can't justify getting all three packages but would snap up the items I needed. Isn't there any way we can decide what to include in a "customized" package? It seems like such a shame to limit your sales like this.

A picture speaks a thousand words. What do you think MallenLane is saying with this last one? ;o)

For the preteen? hrmm... And if packaged the way the first one was, just something else I won't be able to justify to buy :) Pendy

Guess the answer is no :(

Kalypso: No, sorry, price reductions and/or repackaging would cause a nightmare of refunds, repurchases, and in general I think very disgruntled buyers. Most of which don't seem to have a problem with the pricing. Maybe there was a better way to package the items, maybe not. I think I did a good job of putting things where they needed to go. I also would stand behind packing in Misti's textures again if I had the chance to do this over. They really are great textures. And compared with what I've researched before and after release, the pricing is on the nose. What I can do, is what I am doing.. which is trying to find a way to add value to the existing sets. Yes the above are the preteen conversions of Set1. The preschooler's are still in the sewing room.