RELEASED Hivewire Big Cat Has Begun!

[Chris]

Any idea when the lion is coming out?

Here's what I do know.

-The Lion and Lioness base shapes are complete. And all mane, tail, and elbow tuffs are UVed.
-I do still need to enlarge the canines, but that is super easy to do.
-Laurie Prindle has shown us internally the mane texture for the mane I've made, and her maps are AMAZING. I'm so impressed with her work. And I'm not talking about the Poser hair, or LAMH that she's done, that's great too, but the hair sheets that I've modeled, Laurie has done a super job on. But... she hasn't been ready to show folks here yet, perhaps before too long, not sure.
-Our HiveWire Big Dog is in final QAV, and hopefully Sparky is starting on product imagery now. Paul is working on DAZ Studio Icons and Poser too. I mention this because shortly Paul will be freed up to get back on rigging adjustments for Lion, which should not be too far off from the Big Cat base I would think. Paul's priority now will be to add in the Faces of the World morphs that I've made for Dawn, and get that product ready for release, Lisa will work up product imagery for that one. Then... THEN... Paul will be on the Lion full time till it's done. And I'm hoping Laurie will find time to wrap up her gorgeous map work for the Lion, Lioness, and cub.

Then, release.

 

[RAMWolff]

Good road map Chris. Thanks for the update!

 

[CWRW]

Yep I am picking away at the base Lion (Male Lion with Chris's mane etc, Lioness and Cub). Aiming to get back on on all that full time after the holidays are over. I might be able to show off Chris's VERY COOL mane, tail and elbow tufts sooner. I have a very good start on the mane but haven't done the tail or tufts yet. Also looking to do some transitional work between the modeled mane and the lion face and see how that goes too But yeah our Lion family is gonna rock!!

Not sure when I will get the Poser and LAMH hair add-ons done but frankly Chris's modeled hair is so good (and will have morphs, right Chris?) I'll likely just pick away at those add-ons later on down the road.

 

[Chris]

Yep I am picking away at the base Lion (Male Lion with Chris's mane etc, Lioness and Cub). Aiming to get back on on all that full time after the holidays are over. I might be able to show off Chris's VERY COOL mane, tail and elbow tufts sooner. I have a very good start on the mane but haven't done the tail or tufts yet. Also looking to do some transitional work between the modeled mane and the lion face and see how that goes too But yeah our Lion family is gonna rock!!

Not sure when I will get the Poser and LAMH hair add-ons done but frankly Chris's modeled hair is so good (and will have morphs, right Chris?) I'll likely just pick away at those add-ons later on down the road.

Yeah, yeah mane morphs for sure. Gotta do those too. Just forgot to write that down here, but I do have it in my project notebook as a priority.

 

[quietrob]

My usual problem is that I have more ideas than time. I must admit I'm tempted to play around with the idea, but I simply don't have time. The model ought to be pretty easy though, and have polygons that are as consistent in size as possible.

Cheers,

Cliff

A stole, both conforming and dynamic would please everyone. Either way, It's nice to know that elegance is still loved. Back to my self taught classes!

 

[VortigensBane]

Not to derail the thread from the totally awesome feline news, but there is an "ancient" bearskin capelet for Michael 4 on sharecg. It is Poser dynamic cloth, with Poser dynamic hair on it. I've tried the principle on a few other items as well, and it works very nicely.

Hoping too that Santa was listening elsewhere to the idea of adding dForce support to the lion's mane, just so I don't have to do it myself...

 

[Lyne]

Our HiveWire Big Dog is in final QAV, and hopefully Sparky is starting on product imagery now. Paul is working on DAZ Studio Icons and Poser too

ooo ooo oooo! "How much is that doggie in the window....the one with the waggely tail....".... humming, face pressed against the window... OPEN OPEN OPEN (the door of the store... ) SO EXCITED!!! or can you tell?

and of course will fall down in a fainting ecstasy for the Lion family... you all are the BEST= having animals that are "mom, dad and baby" versions of each... TOO COOL!!!

 

[Chris]

ooo ooo oooo! "How much is that doggie in the window....the one with the waggely tail....".... humming, face pressed against the window... OPEN OPEN OPEN (the door of the store... ) SO EXCITED!!! or can you tell?

and of course will fall down in a fainting ecstasy for the Lion family... you all are the BEST= having animals that are "mom, dad and baby" versions of each... TOO COOL!!!

Lyne, you're awesome.

 

[Chris]

Enlarged the canines tonight. Onto mane morphs.

 

[Miss B]

Nice going Chris.

 

[Chris]

Mane morph for the Lion Yawn.

 

[Miss B]

Niiiiice.

 

[Rowan54]

If the lion's mane can be put onto other animals, can it be put onto the house cat? (I had that question from my house mate when I described the leopard with the mane.) Actually, good question because I've seen house cats with a huge amount of fur over the shoulders and this might be a way to do that. Eventually.

 

[Chris]

If the lion's mane can be put onto other animals, can it be put onto the house cat? (I had that question from my house mate when I described the leopard with the mane.) Actually, good question because I've seen house cats with a huge amount of fur over the shoulders and this might be a way to do that. Eventually.

I don't see why not, it would just be a matter of positioning the hair sheets. They're already UVed now.

I mean... eventually. Right?

 

[carmen indorato]

the hair sheets comprise of a conforming prop with sheets for the layers of uv'd hair tex?

 

[Chris]

Been working in some time on Lion Mane morphs. Here's a full mane flare morph. So far only the head portion is complete. Still need to flare out the neck and shoulders portions.

First one is the base for comparison. The second is flared out. The third one is in the opposite direction for a matted look. The forth and fifth images are the flare at 50%. Could be used for a fuller mane, or perhaps for a more alert appearance for fighting.

Once I finish this morph I'm moving on to a longer mane morph, particularly around the neck portion.

 

[Rowan54]

or perhaps for a more alert appearance for fighting.

Is that like a house cat puffing up when it is afraid of something? Do lions do that? It'd be a useful morph even if they don't because *someone* at *some time* is going to want to make a Cowardly Lion.....

 

[Alisa]

Cool, Chris!

 

[Harimau]

Is that like a house cat puffing up when it is afraid of something? Do lions do that? It'd be a useful morph even if they don't because *someone* at *some time* is going to want to make a Cowardly Lion.....

No, it's to make himself look bigger. More threatening than being afraid.

 

[HaiGan]

Looking good, Chris! Will you be doing asymmetrical morphs- for example, for windblown to either side and twisted clockwise/anticlockwise around his face? I know those are ones I've wished for on Harry's fetlocks (well, not twisting around the horse's FACE, naturally!). Or maybe I missed something about it earlier in the thread.