May Show Off Thread 2024 = Accessories

[Llola Lane]

I concur...I can only find the winners thread!

Ok.. so it's not just me... Looks like the artwork is gone too.  Hope it gets fixed soon.  (sighs)

[darkangel]

when did you notice it missing

[Llola Lane]

when did you notice it missing

Last night (the 27th)... but last email I got was from the 22nd.

[darkangel]

I have no clue where the darn thing went but it too everything when it ran away. I looked in admin for the images and they aren't in there, none for that thread. It is strange but it does occasionally happens.


I can fix your name but the actual post for the month's entries is nowhere. I can go into the databases but if I find the one where it showed even up to that day [22nd] and try to reinstall that one, then,  the rest of the entire site will then lose current attachments ... I am afraid they are lost but you can go ahead and post the one for June and that will give all extra days to play. I am sorry

[sanbie]

I have no clue where the darn thing went but it too everything when it ran away. I looked in admin for the images and they aren't in there, none for that thread. It is strange but it does occasionally happens.


I can fix your name but the actual post for the month's entries is nowhere. I can go into the databases but if I find the one where it showed even up to that day [22nd] and try to reinstall that one, then,  the rest of the entire site will then lose current attachments ... I am afraid they are lost but you can go ahead and post the one for June and that will give all extra days to play. I am sorry

How would it happen to just one topic Mary? seems strange to me...

[darkangel]

it has happened before at the attic and we have not been able to see how or why. just make a new post, combining both May and June and all can repost.

[Llola Lane]

it has happened before at the attic and we have not been able to see how or why. just make a new post, combining both May and June and all can repost.

Ok. I will do that in the morning.. (yawnzz)... been a long weekend ... Don't fret too much... I have my artwork on my hard drive... hopefully others saved theirs too.  We have a few more days til May is over so we can just post what we git!

[Llola Lane]

FYI... I've started a new thread... https://www.pfdlives.com/pfd/index.php?topic=8716.msg150913#msg150913

[Agent0013]

This one is not for the challenge, as it does not fit the theme. Just wanted to show off a new capability I have in DAZ Studio.


Mechworld of Szha Nebula


The Vulcan crew aboard a D'Kyr Class starship has been exploring the Szha Nebula, as certain stars within it exhibit unusual properties. While exploring the nebula, a planet like none ever seen before was found. Scans show that the entire world has been processed and used to construct a super one world city civilization. It is the first civilization ever found that is at the K1 level. No warp signatures have been detected, and the planet has no means of propulsion, moving much as it would naturally in its orbit around its star.
It was at first puzzling to find such a world inside a nebula, but soon, the Vulcan detected a process that the planet was conducting, in which the nebulous gasses and dust were being collected. Obviously the planet has some need for the material being collected. Now whether or not the planetary system just entered the nebula under its own momentum remain a mystery the Vulcans are eager to solve.
Normally they only make first contact if they detect a warp signature or other type of spatial conveyance, such as a working Wormhole Actuator. This planet has none of those types of energy production. Other than that, the technology they have is far beyond that of the Vulcans.
After an away team beamed down to the planet, it was discovered that the reason they could not detect life was because there was none. The entire planet is run by self aware cybernetic constructs (robots), and those robots are carrying the intelligences of their former constructors. No organic life can exist on the planet, as the atmosphere is not breathable. All of the constructs in the area the Vulcans beamed down to are oblivious to their presence, or so it seems. Further investigations may reveal as yet unknown information concerning the planet's inorganic inhabitants, but that remains to be seen.


Note:
I recently acquired a nice environmental product, Deep Space for DAZ Studio. It does not require the Iray render engine but can be rendered with it. What it does have is a volumetric skydome sphere. This sphere has a volumetric haze material. Imbedded in that haze is several point lights that will render as glowing stars. Each star is actually the pointlight making the volumetric haze in its immediate vicinity glow like a star. Pretty ingenius, I would say. The volumetric haze has other effects also, such as making the objects such as planets and spaceships look as though there is haze surrounding them. This image will show what I mean.
My first render using the product pack was not allowing shadows to show well, so I decided to do some editing; moving the stars and getting the distant light to be angled for greater visibility of the shadows. The volumetric material also is not the same density throughout, like you would expect from a cloud of haze.
Included is a planet prop with five different textures, to make five different looking worlds. I decided to use some textures I generated in JSPlacement, and tweak the displacement channels to make the whole planet a world city. The shadows of the buildings are exactly what I was going for; adding more realism to the image.
I think this could be a new level of realism for my renders, as the only application I have that does good haze is Bryce 7.1 Pro. It does really good, but with what I can do in DAZ Studio, volumetrics has been a big problem. This takes a while to render, but the results make it worth the time to me.

[Llola Lane]

Just lovely Agent... Looks great!