Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread

[Jan]

Stezza-love your pic but where is the "Cock-or-two" (from the song you quoted), I am sure you would have Ken's Australian bird packs. Once ages ago in the "good old days" when Contents paradise were giving away free animals, they had a Frill-neck Lizard. Was not the best. but useable and needed a better texture, comes in huge and needs to be scaled down.

 

[Miss B]

Great render Stezza.

 

[Stezza]

thanks all
yep Jan, got them all.... was going to put the kookaburra in cause he laughed and said it's true

had the CP frilled lizard when it came out.. grabbed the CP wombat as well then deleted it as it was a travesty! worse than the frill. I wonder if the HW dog can be morphed into a wombat...

I tried the other day to get the frilled lizard and ken's lizard together but it didn't work out.... eeeek!

may have to get Chris to give Ken a hand to morph one

 

[Ken Gilliland]

thanks all
I tried the other day to get the frilled lizard and ken's lizard together but it didn't work out.... eeeek!

Yes, there isn't enough mesh to make the frill-- I don't know if it work but adding a conforming piece for the frill (like I do on some birds) "might" work.

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I wrapped up Volume II today so decided to play with Volume 2 and some of my other sets and make a couple renders...

Southern Alligator Lizard (center, camouflaged) with a couple White-lined Sphinx Moths (Giant Moths) and Salvia spathacea (Hummingbird Garden). I won't pretend posing the alligator Lizard was easy... lol ... and yes, Alligator lizards do wrap themselves in plants and wait for unsuspecting prey

Male and Female Black-necked Agamas with Oleander Moths (Moths of the World v1) and Rwenzori Sunbirds (sbrm Africa). Trees by DinoRaul.

 

[Miss B]

Great renders Ken. Your lizards are looking great.

 

[JOdel]

So the moths eat the oleanders without becoming toxic?

 

[Ken Gilliland]

So the moths eat the oleanders without becoming toxic?

yes, this species does not get adverse effects from the toxin... and that helps their defense... because you are what you eat: eating the Moth will deliver the toxin thus making them an undesirable element in the food chain. I used this moth because it's one of the only moths I have that's found in the same areas as the Agama (central/southern Africa).

 

[Alisa]

Lovely!

 

[JOdel]

Sounds like the moths DO become toxic. But *they* can eat the oleander with impunity (that's like ketchup).

 

[RAMWolff]

Gorgeous renders Ken. I look forward to using your products when I get half a minute. The H Garden looks divine here!

Oh, does the lizards have easy pose tails? I would think that would help with wrapping it around things!

 

[Ken Gilliland]

Gorgeous renders Ken. I look forward to using your products when I get half a minute. The H Garden looks divine here!

Oh, does the lizards have easy pose tails? I would think that would help with wrapping it around things!

Thanks... yes, there's multiple EZ pose groups:

• on the 13 sections of the Tail
• on the 3 sections of the Abdomen
• on the 3 sections of the neck
• on the 4-6 sections of every toe
• plus on the lost tail prop

 

[RAMWolff]

Awesome. Thanks for the info! YAY!

 

[Pendraia]

Finally picked it up now I just need to download it and I can play too.

 

[Szark]

playing about with the atypical type of image using the Gecko. Took one of Stonemason's Enchanted Forest Plants in to Blender and gave the leaf volume and then went about converting the lizard in to Iray mats and making a normal map from the bump map. Still all a WIP but here is what I have so far in the way of tests

 

[Rae134]

I particularly like the under-leaf one

 

[Pendraia]

Wow! I've only got the base mats for the lizard but that chameleon is awesome!

 

[Szark]

It's a Gecko Pen, but yes very cool textures. Ken did a great job on these little fellows.

 

[Ken Gilliland]

nice renders!

 

[Miss B]

I particularly like the under-leaf one

Me too, me too!

 

[Alisa]

Love these!