When I see things like this, what comes to mind; location does not change but doesn't stop from wearing nice dress :) Nice job!

I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the picture enough to share such a fun comment with me. Thank you! =)

I really do like that dress and am thinking of tweaking it a bit to use as a Steampunk costume on another character. Indeed, it doesn't matter where you are when you dress like that! ;P

Molly

Very lovely character, great outfit....i use to play this game...hundreds of hours invested... but before reading your description...i would have said... Miss Scarlett in the conservatory with the Revolver...!!...always a pleasure to view your images...

Thank you very much for such a kind and fun comment! Clue, eh? Yes, I guess that COULD be this Scarlet, couldn't it? =)

As an aside, I always enjoy your images as well. They are unbeatable for realism and I aspire to that!

Molly

Beautiful portrait! Something about her face reminds me of Gillian Anderson, but only vaguely. I love her "I own this place" pose!

Dang! Now that I look at it there is a bit of Gillian Anderson there. Maybe the smile? I messed with the pose and the expression quite a bit trying to get a feeling of confidence. Thanks for taking a moment to leave me such a fun comment!

Molly

This is another beautiful image dear Molly, she looks great with her red dress and her mischievous smile, I wish you a lovely Sunday evening and a good start into the new week!

Thank you, Ute! It was fun to make. Have also a lovely evening and a wonderful week!

Molly

OMG I love her and this scene. That expression!!!!! Just grabs you. Fantastic job on this hon :)

Thank you so much! I fussed with her pose and expression quite a bit! XD

Molly

Wow! She has so much personality! Great render.

Thank you, Annie. I'm not really familiar with the character but I loved the outfit and after a bit of "Googling" I decided she should be confident and perhaps very slightly arrogant. I'm so pleased you liked how all that turned out! =)

Molly

She's a very stylish beauty Molly A sweet lady in red Also enjoy the surroundings.

Thank you, Steve. The character is not mine and from what I can find out researching her with the Google Machine she's actually kind of a scoundrel... charming and attractive but evil nonetheless. I went for charming here... XD

Molly

She looks fantastic, Molly. I'm not much of a gamer, so I'm not overly familiar with the character, but she does have a fascinating look to her. Well done.

Stockings are a major PITA - I can never get them skin tight as they should be even with the morph brush. I've been known to just paint them onto the leg / torso mats in Photoshop - which can also be interesting to get the lace tops right. Fun stuff.... 😁

I so feel your pain about stockings... I got them pretty tight here but couldn't quite get the right look for hosiery material! >.<

I've been known to paint them on, too, but I had this pair that came with the outfit so.... XD

Thank you so much for your lovely and supportive comment! <3

Molly

Going by the title I was half expecting some Southern setting and Rhett Butler, but no less intrigued by the future setting, she certainly looks imperious enough to be a southern belle, unlike DarkGlass I've never played third person computer games except for DOA on the PlayStation when the web bubble came and we had to shut the office and sell everything, living at the edge...those were the days

Thanks, Paul! I've not played computer games either and had to Google the character to find out about her. I shared a bit of it in my text description of the picture. The information I got is what led to the industrial background. Although I gave her a charming, confident smile she is evidently an evil woman in the game whose hobbies include abusing her underlings. XD

Molly

Very nice Molly - I played FFVII at its release and don't remember Scarlet but from what I can see I should have...great to see 'lesser' characters instead of the endless barrage of Clouds, Tifas and Aereths. You have her expression nailed regardless of what it looks like in newer releases. Don't think the stockings look bad and had no idea they could be difficult in Poser. Must be some texture sets available.

Dress could be 'steampunky' with a few texture tweaks.

Thanks, JD. --Wartech-- has a ton of characters at her Forender site that are most likely all in violation of the various game owner copyrights but she skates along the edge of legal, I guess. Lots of nice characters for DAZ Studio only but some, like this one, are set up with V4 and therefore easily brought into Poser.

I probably would have been better to abandon the stockings that came with her and used something with better material zones and the like. I couldn't get rid of a kind of "leathery" look on them... maybe with a bit more tweaking. ;P I am going to mess with the dress, though. When I have a bit of time... XD

Molly

Well she sure looks happy! Excellent!

Not really knowing the character I figured that I'd make her a charming as I could. Thanks so much for taking a moment to comment!

Molly

Fine use of color. Very striking.

Thank you for a lovely comment, Mazzam! It worked out pretty well but in the end I was just using the color that the character wears in the game. I think what helped was keeping the background kind of dull by comparison. =)

Molly

Glamorous outstanding brilliant awesome, gorgeous pin-up. Excellent atmosphere and lighting, superb outfits and assets, brilliant render. Magnificent Masterpiece of Finest Arts. I love it!
When I first saw Aki Ross's hair moving in a technical preview, I remember like it was yesterday, I was stunned.
I don't have the game though but, I watched some youtube videos; she still looks gorgeous.

Sounds like if I brought the game video to mind then I have a successful rendering, Marius. Thank you, as always, for your very sweet comment.

Molly

She looks like a game character, even though Final Fantasy isn't one I have really looked at--and I love her pose and smile. Definitely a boss and the stocking are just fine :D

Thank you for the lovely comment and for the reassurance that I was justified in stopping at "good enough" with the stockings. >.<

I always look forward to hearing from you. <3

Molly