Gary's Poser Unit Creation Thread and Workshop

Gary Childress · Mar 22, 2008

I'm gearing up now for what I hope will be some major unit production. My subject will be almost exclusively World War II era units from around the world.

I beefed up my unit a little by adjusting the main camera. On the left is what I originally started out with and on the right is my new unit after the camera adjustment.

Bjornlo · Mar 22, 2008

He looks a little frail still. Have you looked at the morph Zulu posted?

Gary Childress · Mar 22, 2008

Bjornlo said:
He looks a little frail still. Have you looked at the morph Zulu posted?

I looked at Zulu's morph but I didnt' like it a great deal. It looks a little too stocky for my taste.

Quinzy · Mar 22, 2008

But it fits very well with civ-scale, no?

Gary Childress · Mar 22, 2008

Quinzy said:
But it fits very well with civ-scale, no?

How do you get clothing to fit onto the morphed civ-scale Mike?

Quinzy · Mar 22, 2008

I assume the clothing morphs with the body, no?

Micaelus · Mar 22, 2008

Gary Childress said:
How do you get clothing to fit onto the morphed civ-scale Mike?

I believe you select the clothing figure and then apply the civ-scale-morph pose to the clothing figure as well.

Bjornlo · Mar 22, 2008

Micaelus said:
I believe you select the clothing figure and then apply the civ-scale-morph pose to the clothing figure as well.

Right you are.

Hmm, like yoda I talk.

Gary Childress · Mar 22, 2008

I think I'm going to stick with what I have on this one. I really don't like Zulu's Michael. Too short and thick.

Quinzy · Mar 23, 2008

I've compared him heightwise to PDM units, and he's only about 4 pixels taller than them, so he should fit in quite well actually!

Bjornlo · Mar 23, 2008

Quinzy said:
I've compared him heightwise to PDM units, and he's only about 4 pixels taller than them, so he should fit in quite well actually!

It is not just the height, but the width. He will look very much like starvin' Marvin compared to the rest of the units.

Gary Childress · Mar 23, 2008

I don't see where my unit looks anymore like "starvin marvin" than the original Firaxis units. It looks to me like they are very close in size. My unit may be a shade taller.

BadKharma · Mar 23, 2008

A shade? More like a lot taller.

Bjornlo · Mar 23, 2008

He is a fair bit taller and slightly thinner. This is the problem with use M3 as a model.

Gary Childress · Mar 23, 2008

3 pixels is a "lot"? :confused:

EDIT: And the left leg of my guy is one pixel larger than the left leg of the Firaxis guy. His waist is a pixel smaller but he's also wearing a shirt, not a jacket which the Firaxis unit is.

Quinzy · Mar 23, 2008

Perhaps you could drop him those few pixels and see if it makes a difference?

Bjornlo · Mar 23, 2008

Well, in the above compare image he is 3.5 pixels taller 84.5 vs 81, 3.5 pixels is a fair bit when it is 4.5% taller, Plus m3 is not upright (in the default position) but at an angle. straighten him out and he is taller still.
Next look at the ankles to see the thickness difference. The default is 2 pixels while M3 is 1.

So 4-6% taller, and far thinner = a tall starvin marvin.

You can vary the height and weight of your units some. I did it with my Norseman. I had him maybe 1 pixel or so taller, and I bulked him up (thicker muscles). So, I am not saying variety is bad. I am saying do it on purpose not because it is convenient.

Gary Childress · Mar 23, 2008

OK. I'll try shortening him a little and maybe beef him up some.

Bjornlo · Mar 23, 2008

Gary Childress said:
OK. I'll try shortening him a little and maybe beef him up some.

Follow your artistic vision, not the path of least resistence.

Gary Childress · Mar 23, 2008

Bjornlo said:
Follow your artistic vision, not the path of least resistence.

I can see what I want the unit to do, trouble is I can't seem to figure out how to make Poser do exactly what I want it to do. It's frustrating.

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