clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 01.02.2013 18:10, schrieb MichaelJF:
> > "Sven Littkowski" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am in need of some figures in ancient costumes. I am reconstructing ancient
> >> Roman and Byzantine merchant and war ships, and need to populate the decks with
> >> some life.
> >>
> >> I would need soldiers of all types (archers, regular, ballista and catapult
> >> crew) and all hierarchic levels and in various positions, but also ship crew
> >> (sailors, rowers, loaders, navigators and captains). I know about their clothing
> >> and could assist here.
> >>
> >> Is here anyone who want to help?
> >
> > If you are interested in real looking figures and will have them displayed at
> > close distance you can only use professional software. In a related thread from
> > you I proposed to use blobman but you will run into problems with the clothing.
> > Even if you have the money to buy a license of Poser (some 140 Euro at Germany
> > at least) you will have no clothing from ancient centuries (one middle age male
> > tabbard is included). There are some free resources (shareCG.com) but you will
> > mainly find lingerie (since that is the view the users of this sides want to see
> > their models). You will not find ancient or male clothing (only very, very
> > little). They all seems to will depict naked or half-naked women only. If you
> > are looking for this, you are at a rich ressource, but not if you will depict
> > real life about the romans, the celts or other ancient cultures. At other
> > resources you can find the desired products, but you have to pay for them
> > (renderosity, turbosquid, DAZ), ... and they are not cheap.
>
> If the financial limit is any higher than $0.00, it might be worth
> checking whether DAZ 3D has any suitable items in the Platinum Club
> Items category. Those are $1.99 apiece for Platinum Club Members, so a
> membership might pay off. (They also seem to have some sale on Fantasy
> stuff going on right now.)
>
> BTW, DAZ 3D Studio Pro is free (as in free beer) and can handle most
> Poser content.

How one can become a "platinum member"?

Best regards,
Michael

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