Second skin clothing

[glennf]

I need to learn how to do this in DS.
I have a nice set of second skins for my BirKitta Dawn character that would make a great addon.
With Poser I can pretty well get it looking good but DS is a whole 'nother thing.

The hardest part for me is creating the second skins.I have no artistic skills
To make the normal maps I use a PS filter.Then it's just a matter of creating a geoshell and adding the maps to the shell.

 

[Dylan]

Interesting thread is this.

 

[glennf]

I keep hoping someone that knows what they are doing chimes in because I need to learn also.

 

[glennf]

DigiDotz Started this thread with a question and I don't think it got answered.

 

[quietrob]

Where is @DigiDotz They haven't posted in their own thread in about a year. Perhaps Digi found the answer he was seeking.

 

[glennf]

He posted on page 3 of this thread.

 

[Faery_Light]

I have a set of second skin clothing I was working on for Dawn.
They are for the Birkitta set I have in the store.
But I remember another vendor from Renderosity who did a set for V3 that would work on any V3 texture set.
I'm wondering how she did that.
I'd make my set that way if I could figure it out.

 

[tparo]

With DS you could use geometry shells or the overlay layer in the Iray base shader.

 

[Faery_Light]

unfortunately I don't understand geo shells.

 

[tparo]

There's several youtube video tutorials availble; but the concept is pretty simple,
load a figure>create>New Geometry Shell
The Geometry shell is set out a fraction from the figure this can be altered in the parameters tab using the Mesh Offset.
The shell has the same mat zones as the figure

 

[Faery_Light]

Wow, thanks!

 

[tparo]

I found this on the Daz forums, might help as well.
Simple Geoshell tutorial

 

[Pendraia]

The other good thing with geo shells is they can be weight mapped which can give clothing more realism. I keep meaning to do something with them like masks but never seem to get there.

 

[Faery_Light]

I might try it later, if I ever get my new dusk morph working in DS.
Too many battles with respiratory and other issues have caused a real heavy fog in my brain.
I've tried all day to remember how but no luck, time to rest from it....lol.

 

[Pendraia]

Sorry to hear that Faery_Light...at the moment I haven't touched anything in months and have forgotten everything I once knew...so not much help I'm afraid.

 

[Faery_Light]

I'll keep trying another day, may get it yet.
My brain is just too weary from everything to let me concentrate properly.

 

[Pendraia]

I'm sure you will just give your brain the rest it needs first! ; )

 

[glennf]

Sorry to hear you are having health problems FL.
I play with geo shells a bit and if I can help let me know.

 

[Faery_Light]

I will keep you in mind, thanks.

 

[glennf]

I guess my response was somewhat miss leading, I wasn't asking to work with you on your project but an offer to answer any questions you might have if I can.
Sorry