Re: Oliphaunt

From	"Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.binaries.3d.poser
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Subject	Re: Oliphaunt
Message-ID	<5d5426f4$1@LostBBS> (permalink)
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Date	2019-08-14 11:26 -0400

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Yup, I agree. The DAZ animals are far superior to the Poser stock critters.

"McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:5d4e1fd6$1@LostBBS...
> Same here.  So, I got to rooting around in the runtime to piddle around 
> with the textures and find some in guess who's folder(s)?   Just don't say 
> "Roy Batty" and we be cool ok?  ;o)  ANYWAY, I was amiss to lead thinking 
> to the Elephant being Noggins.  The Howdah and War Howdah Texture set are 
> his.   As way cool as the various elephants are, I am not sure who exactly 
> created the original DAZ African Elephant.  Which seems a masterpiece of 
> simplicity, actually!   I find that it was Chris Creek of Silverkey3D that 
> created most of the DAZ animals.   I also recall most of us agreeing that 
> the DAZ animals were WAY better than the Poser animals.   And the DAZ 
> African Elephant is a Silverkey critter!    :o)   Tadaaaaaa!
> McG.
>
> "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:5d4d97a1$1@LostBBS...
>> Really??  I've had that rat for years now!
>>
>> "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:5d4c1e00@LostBBS...
>>> All the Elephant stuff was made way before the Noggins Rat.  Which is 
>>> cool :O)
>>> McG.
>>>
>>> "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:5d4acb0f$1@LostBBS...
>>>> Yes, it was a Noggin set. I've used his stuff ever since he did the Rat 
>>>> and that's a good set too with lots of options built in.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>> news:5d4a748d$1@LostBBS...
>>>>> Naw it's FOR THAT elephant!   Noggin made that too I think   :)
>>>>> McG.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:5d4a3c8a$1@LostBBS...
>>>>>> Damn!  If I'd known about that, I'd have used it instead of my lame 
>>>>>> African Hefalump!  :o)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:5d4a1d94$1@LostBBS...
>>>>>>> Oh cool scene, The African Elephant!   The light looks like late 
>>>>>>> afternoon, sun glaring at the camera lens.
>>>>>>> The Oliphaunt in Middle Earth is bigger,  has more tusks and they 
>>>>>>> put battle spikes and saw wire on them than our regular Elephants! 
>>>>>>> I recall Samwise Gamgee being fascinated with them in the movie. 
>>>>>>> "Look Mr. Frodo, Oliphaunts!"   Big enough their howdahs carried a 
>>>>>>> whole squad of troops in them!
>>>>>>> Noggin must have loved the Lord of the Rings stuff too, he made this 
>>>>>>> set to go with that elephant:
>>>>>>> https://www.daz3d.com/war-howdah
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have fun!  :o)
>>>>>>> McG.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>>>>>> news:5d49f71e@LostBBS...
>>>>>>>> Oliphaunt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Grey as a mouse,
>>>>>>>> Big as a house,
>>>>>>>> Nose like a snake,
>>>>>>>> I make the earth shake,
>>>>>>>> As I tramp through the grass;
>>>>>>>> Trees crack as I pass.
>>>>>>>> With horns in my mouth
>>>>>>>> I walk in the South,
>>>>>>>> Flapping big ears.
>>>>>>>> Beyond count of years
>>>>>>>> I stump round and round,
>>>>>>>> Never lie on the ground,
>>>>>>>> Not even to die.
>>>>>>>> Oliphaunt am I,
>>>>>>>> Biggest of all,
>>>>>>>> Huge, old, and tall.
>>>>>>>> If ever you'd meet me
>>>>>>>> You wouldn't forget me.
>>>>>>>> If you never do,
>>>>>>>> You won't think I'm true;
>>>>>>>> But old Oliphaunt am I,
>>>>>>>> And I never lie.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> J.R.R. Tolkien
>>>>>>>>

Thread

Re: Oliphaunt "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> - 2019-08-06 19:42 -0500
  Re: Oliphaunt "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> - 2019-08-06 22:54 -0400
    Re: Oliphaunt "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> - 2019-08-07 01:53 -0500
      Re: Oliphaunt "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> - 2019-08-07 09:02 -0400
        Re: Oliphaunt "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> - 2019-08-08 08:08 -0500
          Re: Oliphaunt "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> - 2019-08-09 12:00 -0400
            Re: Oliphaunt "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> - 2019-08-09 20:41 -0500
              Re: Oliphaunt "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> - 2019-08-14 11:26 -0400
                Re: Oliphaunt "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> - 2019-08-14 16:02 -0500
                Re: Oliphaunt "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> - 2019-08-20 21:59 -0400
                Re: Oliphaunt "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> - 2019-08-21 23:41 -0500
                Re: Oliphaunt "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> - 2019-09-07 14:14 -0400
                Re: Oliphaunt "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> - 2019-09-10 03:14 -0500
                Re: Oliphaunt "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> - 2019-09-12 10:12 -0400

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