12.03
Release Date: January 2008
Store Product Page: Frostbite
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There once was a great Queen, who ruled the Arctic North with her King by her side.
But the untimely death of her true love turned her heart to ice.
Soon, a transformation would begin; one that would change her into the most wicked and powerful being ever.
Harnessing the power of cold death and hail fire, she now reigns supreme as the ultimate form of doom.
===== LIST OF CONTENTS: =====
Frostbite Character
1 Partial Custom/DAZ Dialed Head INJ/REM
1 DAZ Dialied Body INJ/REM
1 Default Skin MAT
10 Makeup Options (Natural and Fantasy)
8 Eye Options (4 Natural and 4 Fantasy)
2 Eye Reflects, Off Option as well as Tears off and on
Conforming Clothing and Armor
Bikini Top
Bikini Bottoms
Bracers
Shin Guards
Thigh Guards
Props Included
Pair of Pauldrons
Crown, with 5 Other Prop Options (Snow Leopard Fur, White Peacock Feathers, Headplate, No Chains and Tiara)
Hailstorm, the Sword of Ice
Ice Throne
Poses Included
5 Poses with the Sword
5 Poses with the Throne
5 Poses with the Sword and Throne
10 Lights Included
===== CLOTHING MORPH LIST: =====
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===== POSER INSTRUCTIONS: =====
..:: USING THE CONTENTS ::..
As this set uses V4.2, Morphs ++, Aiko 4 and Elite, to load the character, you must first load Aiko 4 into your scene. Make sure she is selected, then browse to your Pose Library, then Frostbite, and you will see all the options. Morph options load all morphs, and there is a pupil dilate morph included, to shrink her pupils for use with the fantasy eye mats. The apply all skin option, loads all default mats (and this you will want to load first, before applying any of the other mats) From there, you may choose the eyes you wish to use, as well as makeup options. Keep in mind, the head morph partially contains a customized morph. The deltas are included in the pack – do not delete them, as the morphs cannot work without them.
The Clothing and Armor included are conforming items, so they will load onto V4, to move and bend with her. To locate these figures, you need to go to your figure library and find the Frostbite folder. To conform each one, load the item, go to the top of poser under the drop down menus and click on Figure. A new menu will open which will say conform, click that and then conform to and a new dialog will open with its own dropdown. Select Victoria 4 and hit ok, and the item will load onto V4. You will need to do this for all the figures. Also, keep in mind, to avoid pokethru, it is best to use the Magnetize clothing to V4 poses, which are included with V4 when you purchase her. Further instruction is explained in the tutorial included. The clothing also has a myriad of standard DAZ morphs, so you can fit it to your own characters. Each also has a special Frostbite morph, so that it will fit to her perfectly.
The Props included are many. The first you will see in the file list, is a pair of pauldrons. These will load onto her shoulders, and the ice spikes on them morph long or short. Next in the list, you will see the Crown and a bunch of options for it. The crown is designed to not only act as armor, but also as just a crown. The armor style crown loads with chains and a noseplate on it, and it has an open top. You can choose to use the peacock feathers, snow leopard fur or a metal headplate to close the top (or alternatively, use a pony tail style hair) There is also a no chains option, which transmaps out the chains entirely, should you want them off. The final option for the crown is a tiara style, which flips the crown upside down (for more of a Queen style crown, instead of armor) You can use the other options (fur, feathers) with the tiara style, but they are not designed to work with the tiara, so you will have to make adjustments to make them fit. Next in the list of props, you will see Hailstorm, the Sword Of Ice, which is designed with icy elements. The sword parents to both hands, and works with the poses included. Finally, the last prop… one which no queen would be complete without — a throne of Ice. The throne is designed to look very icy and cold, and the snow globes on the pillars actually have snow in them. It even includes a special light, to make it look extra icy. The throne also has poses which work with it and a light made specially for it.
There are 15 poses for V4 also included, which work with the Sword and Throne. The ones that show the sword require the sword be loaded first, before posing. The thumbnails depict which proper hand to load. The poses are also designed for the throne, but the throne is not parented as the sword is. Instead, the poses work with the throne at 0. In order to move the throne back, you can use the camera or alternatively parent the throne to V4’s hip, then move her by her hip back. Instructions are included in the tutorial
Lights included (in your Light Library/Frostbite) are designed to set off the shaders in the character mats. There is a mix of spotlights and brights, in many different colors. There is also one extra light included, which was created for the throne. This light was created in such a way, that it reacts with the throne, to make it look extra icy and transparent as if light were shining through it.
===== OTHER NOTES: =====
A complete PDF Tutorial is included in the set. This will install to your Runtime folder, under Tutorial (Frostbite.PDF) It elaborates on instructions, and theres added tidbits you can read at your convenience.
Aside from the character shaders not translating over properly, as is always the case, this set will work beautifully in DAZ Studio. Some adjustments may be necessary, since I have not included separate MATS for DS.
Color coded and labeled templates for all figures and props are available, so you can make your own textures.
Conforming Outfit and Armor all have blank channels, so you can make your own custom morphs and inject them simplistically.
The thumbnails for the pose and light files are the standard 91X91 resolution, so that they will show properly in DAZ Studio. If you are a poser 5 or higher user and prefer the larger thumbnails (which are 125×125 in size), you can download them here: Frostbite Thumbs
Please Note:
Bigger thumbnails will NOT work in DAZ Studio, nor lower versions of Poser, so only download these if your using Poser 5 and higher.
Instructions to install larger thumbnails:
These are set up to the same exact locations as the original sets thumbnails. To install, simply unzip it to your Poser Runtime, and overwrite the old thumbnails.
KNOWN ISSUES
The membrane eye mat does not work with the eye reflections. It is for this reason these eyes have shaders on them, to make them look glossy.
As covered in the Tutorial included, when using the conforming clothing in Poser, you may need to use the Magnetize clothing to V4 poses (which come with V4) so that absolutely no poke thru will occur. The tutorial explains this at length, and walks you through how to do this.
Technical Support is always available. If you have questions that need answers, feel free to email me — IgnisSerpentus@damageinc3d.net