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Re: Oliphaunt

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The animal/bird figures are great, I agree. I've never liked the Dawn/Dusk 
human figures though. They're way too expensive for human shapes that aren't 
a significant improvement over V4/M4, IMHO.

"McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:5d5475ec$1@LostBBS...
> And SO, having opened another historical Can Of Worms, I headed over to 
> where Chris Creek is now the CEO of HiveWire to check out anything new 
> that he and Ken Gilliland (Songbird REMIX guy!) have come out with.  Oh 
> COOL! Lizards of the World with our beloved li'l Carolina Anole in it! 
> And he did an excellent character of it too!   Yeah I bought it.   YAH! 
> MINE! LOL!   :D  I got birthday bonus points which I spent on that and 
> some other goodies.  Heh!   I do love working with LIFE figures and 
> scenes.   Of course they are more difficult to 'get right' in a render. 
> But so worth the effort.   :)
> McG.
>
> "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:5d5426f4$1@LostBBS...
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>> 

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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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