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Re: Oliphaunt

From "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.binaries.3d.poser
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Subject Re: Oliphaunt
Message-ID <5d7a520b$1@LostBBS> (permalink)
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Date 2019-09-12 10:12 -0400

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I bet they make good photography subjects too!  :o)

"McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:5d775b3c$1@LostBBS...
> I wanted the Lizards cause of the Carolina Anole.  OR, in regular folks 
> terms, the Garden Chameleon Lizard.  You see, I remember, as a kid, 
> finding little clutches of not quite hard tiny white eggs.  Carefully 
> gathering them up and sheltering them in a warm sunny window corner.  Then 
> they'd hatch, and I'd know it by my moms screams and the broom whacking 
> the walls and chairs.  oops.  I'll try another window.  but see, I thought 
> they were snake eggs at first.  And when I finally saw some hatching, I 
> saw these little tiny tadpole sized green/gray 4 legged lizards that would 
> instantly tongue lash every fly and skeeter around!   And this was before 
> the insurgence of alien Gecko's from SE Asia!   That didn't start until 
> the pet trade got some in the 70's.  But now I knew how to find BABY 
> garden lizards!   LOL!  I wonder how long it took for a pair of them to 
> get to over a foot long?   Big enough to eat little birds!  And they were 
> Carolina Anoles, just like the little ones.  Only much bigger.   I saw 
> this pair eating bumble bees and wasps.   They seemed smarter than the 
> little ones.   Never saw a different description of these, so they must be 
> simply older Anoles.
> AND, the good ol Texas Horned Toad!   Another lizard in the clutch!
>
> "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5d73f345@LostBBS...
>> I didn't get the lizard set but I got Frogs of the world and the Hivewire 
>> Horse, which is great, IMO. There are a lot of skins for it like the 
>> feline set that allows you to create some really alien-looking creatures!
>> I also got a Hawks of North America set, some of which I've posted here.
>>
>> I was accepted as a Poser 11.2 'early adapter' and I'm running that now. 
>> I haven't found any bugs yet and everything seems fine, but they are 
>> actually doing NIGHTLY builds of it. I almost feel guilty because I'm not 
>> really putting it under any stress tests.  ;o)
>>
>>
>> "McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:5d5e1bb5$1@LostBBS...
>>> Agreed on Dawn/Dusk.  I dunno about ALL the HW animals though.   Like 
>>> the HW Horse, 'Harry'.  The pics look good, I hear from people using it 
>>> that its better than the MilHorse but nothing about DazHorse2 
>>> comparisons.   I have both DAZ Horses, and still love the old MilHorse1. 
>>> There are morphs and fixes for it, improvements with characters for it, 
>>> hundreds of coats for it, and I don't see any Centaur Kits for them like 
>>> HEMI426 created for the MilHorse.   That alone keeps me using MilHorse, 
>>> MilHorseFoal, MilBigCat, Charger.
>>> BUT now Ken Gilliland is firmly part of HiveWire, Chris Creek is the CEO 
>>> of HW, LisaB, LaurieS, Dreamer are there and others that once were at 
>>> DAZ now do amazing stuff there at HW.   I buy stuff from them and do 
>>> enjoy using it all.    I did buy the HW HouseCat cause it was on sale. 
>>> Couldn't resist! I got lots of cool kitties now.   Yes I did buy into 
>>> DAWN.   I really want to see how much it takes to get that Figure up to 
>>> 'Best V4' level.  It doesn't, so far, get there.   It's GOOD, but 
>>> LaFemme started out above Dawn's best IMO.   And I have bought every 
>>> morph in sight for LaFemme also. And also for PE.   But, LaFemme can be 
>>> a total trip man, it's amazing. There is SO MUCH in it I am both boggled 
>>> and bedazzled by it.   The only thing I don't like about it is it ONLY 
>>> works in Poser 11/Pro.   Not sure if any of the mesh is reason for that. 
>>> It should be usable in at least P10 and up yaknow?   Like PP2014!   And, 
>>> how will it port into Vue?
>>> So back on topic, I LOVE Kens birds man.   It will take me a long time 
>>> but I'll get all of them eventually!   And the Lizards of the World is 
>>> one that's great too.   I bought the HW Lizard and two sets of 
>>> characters to go with it.   I love our little Carolina Anoles (chameleon 
>>> garden lizard), they really have personality, are bright (sometimes), 
>>> very active little guys. Its funny though, as a kid I recall seeing some 
>>> occasionally as much as a foot long in certain kinds of bushy trees we 
>>> had.   Maybe these were just ancient ones?  I thought they were smooth 
>>> iguanas or something at first, being so big.  But they let me stroke 
>>> them a little, didn't run away. Their skin, shapes, color changes were 
>>> the same as the little ones so I reckon they were the Great Grandparents 
>>> of the neighborhood or something. So,  now I have them in 3D!  :D
>>> McG.
>>>
>>> "Stephen" <sbriggs99@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:5d5ca44a$1@LostBBS...
>>>> 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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