I've had a blast playing around with V4 characters (and I still plan to post a little more of Ciara, plus Tyris and Gwen also in iRay) but I thought I'd get back to the main business of Genesis 8 Amanda.
I fully intended to make some new outfits for her today but when I loaded up my last sa...
2021-03-05 21:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't think at this stage I want to remake Ciara as a Genesis 8 for use in Daz 4. After taking the time to convert all of her surfaces to iRay rendering she's coming out just fine!
Still finding my way in Daz 4 at the moment. I have the intention to get these girls out of the ...
2021-02-27 21:31:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I was thinking about the monumental task of trying to re-cast Ciara as a Genesis 8. Then I wondered whether I really need to? I've loaded her into Daz 4 and painstakingly converted all of her textures into iRay shaders. I think she comes out rather well. What do you think?...
2021-02-20 18:23:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there. Sorry for my recent low activity, but my eye problems have been plaguing me. I allowed myself some time on the computer this afternoon to tidy up these angles of Amanda's Daz 4 peril debut. Hope you like them.
2021-02-14 19:14:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Snooping around in an old castle dungeon turned out badly for Amanda when she got a dinner invite she couldn't refuse! A horde of blowpipe-wielding goblins cornered her and shot her with poison darts - which quickly put the young adventurer out for the count!
Now the little bastards h...
2021-02-02 17:15:50 +0000 UTC View Post
This one was too good not to share!
Please keep comments respectful and sensible!
2021-01-30 17:41:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like she escaped the guard dogs, but the bad guys caught up with her!
More from our guest artist. I am hoping to get back to 3D posting this weekend after I clear a stack of work...
2021-01-28 15:53:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone. Sorry there have been no 3D updates for a while. I have had so much day job work that I haven't opened Daz 4 in a week. Additionally, those all-nighters I pulled last week set me back a little - I've been having to contend with Dry Eye and eyestrain (yet again) duri...
2021-01-27 17:47:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello again. I realise I haven't posted anything for a few days, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy in Daz 4. In fact it's the exact opposite - I've been working around the clock. Anyway, Patreon urges you to write blogs and updates to keep your patrons informed. So...
2021-01-22 12:07:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello.
Having finalised Amanda's looks and hair, I am now onto scouting out clothes for her. I have been trying to make some of her classic outfits, however it's not as simple as just recreating what she wore as a Victoria 4. Although many of the clothes available for Genesis 8 ...
2021-01-14 18:56:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a 4k render so you'd better zoom in and get all those details... You may also find it makes a pleasant Windows wallpaper!
Here, Amanda models the 'double ear tuck' hair, which always indicates she means business. Can't have hair getting in your eyes at a key moment!
<... 2021-01-12 05:50:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Nailed it.
I've changed the sweater and made a custom texture for this one. It's not as tight but it dForces nicely and I like the wrinkles. The neck and hems are much better.
This is a 4k render by the way. It's the first time I feel she's stood up to zooming in! 2021-01-10 01:32:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Something completely different today, and WOW this is difficult. It's like learning to walk again after an accident. Imagine Daz 3 where I have 10 years of saved outfits, saved poses, loads of installed content... and I can just throw something together in seconds. Then go...
2021-01-08 04:47:40 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a post made purely for people that are interested. It's more than a little self-indulgent, but from my side it feels long overdue.
Since first posting an Amanda pic 10 years ago, back on deviantART, I have now remade her twice. It's important to realise that all 3D Daz/P...
2021-01-07 03:27:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons, it's with the greatest of pleasure that I can finally say that I now consider Genesis 8 Amanda to be ready.
It's not an overestimation to say that I have spent around 30 hours since New Years' Day working on her. I've been installing morph packs and twea...
2021-01-07 02:12:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, welcome to new patrons especially (the handful of you that are still here and didn't cancel your pledge the instant you got the link to the CYOA).
I'd been waiting to finish writing so that I could finally install Daz Studio 4 on my PC. I'm about six years after everyone ...
2021-01-05 06:04:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons, it's with great pleasure and relief that I finally present to you the Young Amanda Choose Your Own Adventure story. I have been working hard on this since September but, truth be told, I started the story on Inklewriter back in 2015. I've abandoned a few mega pr...
2021-01-01 23:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostThis is just a very brief update to let you know that, after five months and almost 90,000 words, the Amanda CYOA is now finished on Inklewriter! Right now, it's in the hands of playtesters who are helping me by finding broken links, logic and continuity errors and of...
2020-12-30 01:12:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Genesis 8 Young Amanda is happy to announce that her CYOA will be released soon, hopefully within weeks.
It's been a long time since I posted a a progress on the CYOA, and that's because there wasn't any for about a month and a half due to eye issues and my not being able to use the compute...
2020-12-16 17:48:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Last one in this little clutch of graphic novel style pics from our secret guest artist. We will be back in 3D tomorrow.
This LOVELY pic is inspired by Ciara's Egyptian adventures earlier this year. Did I mention there was a secret CYOA in existence of that? Ooops, I guess...
2020-12-15 22:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ouch! Hard landings for our detective. She landed in a puddle and now she's being harassed by rats! A grimy ending this one...
2020-12-14 19:34:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Our intrepid detective wasn't quick enough. She let herself get jumped from behind! A sweet smelling cloth was clamped over her face, No sooner had she drawn her gun, than it slipped from her hand - and she slipped into slumber.
Latest one from our guest artist.
2020-12-13 20:12:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello all and compliments of the season.
I've just taken a quick break from writing the CYOA (which is now at 62,000 words - how did that happen!) to tell you that our anonymous guest artist sent me a trio of lovely Ciara pics.
Here's the first! Hope you like.
More to foll...
2020-12-12 19:58:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's our first attempt at recreating Amanda's explorer outfit using Genesis 8 stuff. I think that it's made the leap across generations quite satisfactorily. But let me know what you think.
I am very keen to send Gen 8 Amanda on some perilious explorations, and there are so ma...
2020-12-05 17:51:36 +0000 UTC View Post
So the CYOA outfit made it through the wormhole into the Daz 4 universe. I'm quite pleased with how the shirt worked out after I re-textured it with the pattern from the Daz 3 version. The pleated skirt is, well, everything I ever wanted from a pleated skirt.
The CYOA itself too...
2020-11-30 18:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Because every selective girls' boarding school needs a jacket. The ultimate in preppy looks for Young Amanda.
My aim is to provide continuity with previous incarnations of Amanda while making use of new models. If you're into this sorta look, here's some oldies from three years ...
2020-11-29 17:06:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Amanda has been sneaking off the school campus to do some amateur sleuthing... unfortunately her absence was noticed and she's in trouble! She's waiting outside his office for a big telling off.
No need to worry - she's already thought of a clever story.
2020-11-28 15:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post
So the good news is that Gen8 Amanda comes in a school-age (for the avoidance of doubt that's 18yrs) version.
Unlike Amanda v1 and v2 (the Victoria 4 versions) where I started from College Amanda and applied youth morphs, actually we started with Young Amanda and applied various changes to ...
2020-11-27 14:53:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Now this is a very Amanda-ish shirt. She's had this red check in her wardrobe in all three incarnations. As soon as I discovered it, she had to try it on.
Next - Genesis 8 Young Amanda!
2020-11-27 14:33:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Really sorry the updates have not been flowing this month. I still have this problem with my left eye, and I am trying to do everything I can to make it get better - however that consists of going several days in a row without using the PC.
Anyway I am hoping this afternoon to post wo...
2020-11-27 14:07:40 +0000 UTC View Post