The Legend for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s) Aeon Soul
Artist: Aeon Soul
Compatible Figures: Genesis 3 Female, Genesis 8 Female
Compatible Software: DAZ Studio 4.9
etails
This bundle includes the Genesis 3 and Genesis 8 versions of The Legend
The Legend was completely optimized for both Genesis 3 Female and Genesis 8 Female. This includes rigging, weight mapping and custom/corrective JCMs for all the pieces.
All armor pieces work and move as realistically and efficiently as possible equally for both versions.
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The Legend is a fantasy full armour comprising a leather under-layer (gorget, bodice, pants, gloves, hand gloves and boots) and a metal armour over it (helm, chest-plate, arms, arm pads, shoulder pads, forearms, hands, thighs, shin, calf, toe cover). It includes 19 unique pieces, that become 32 with their left/right counterparts. With the left and right swords and the back scabbards, the total of pieces included is 35.
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The legend is a big, heavy 3d outfit, therefore we have devised several stratagems to make it manageable by differently powerful machines:
First of all we included full 4096 x 4096 textures (as usual) as well as halved 2048 x 2048 textures and quartered 1024 x 1024 This will serve two purposes: 1. make it easier to manage by less powerful machines 2. be extremely useful for background characters or scenes with multiple armoured characters.
All pieces, presets and MAT poses set the displacement level at 2. This is lower than the ideal 5 (which we usually set), but makes it far more manageable overall and will still deliver an adequate level of detail. Consider that all our full figure renders were done at a level 2 displacement, closer shots at 3 and close-ups with only a few pieces at 5.
We included Complete (hierarchical materials) MATs, that will set a style on all the pieces you have loaded at once. They are located just inside the material folder. You just need to have the clothes parented to Genesis (simply loaded on Genesis as you usually do), select Genesis and click on the complete MATs. Complete MATs are provided for the Full, Halved and Quartered versions of all the texture styles.
- LODs (Level of Detail) MATs are included. They set the displacement value from 1 to 5.
Increasing the displacement levels effectively means subdividing the armour and therefore increasing the polycount in your scene, which may cause memory issues. Always save your scene before increasing the displacement subdivisions. Because the Legend is composed of so many pieces (and you will probably have additional characters and props in your scene) we decided to provide this handy MAT pose so that you can easily increase and decrease detail depending on your needs and computer capabilities.
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CUSTOMIZABILITY
As said The Legend includes tens of pieces, what this also means is that you can easily create your favourite and own armour style pretty easily by mixing and matching the various pieces. On the other hand loading and/or deleting all those pieces can become a boring operation, so we decided to create a whopping 26 presets that can either load interesting styles (various fantasy styles, comfort styles, more sensual styles) or simply load whole armour areas (all the leather parts, all the metal parts, the complete legs or arms pieces and so on).
This also comes extremely in handy if you want to mix and match various parts with other clothes. Say you want to add the Legends armoured arms and shoulders to Ailisy, you just load the appropriate preset and you’re done (that is how we created most of our mix and matches)!
Even more customizability is obtained by using the Hide morphs. Most pieces (saved for a few, such as the boots and gloves who are basically comprised of one part) feature several interesting hide morphs. The “hides” hide one part at a time and you combine several to create the look you’re after. This is especially interesting for the helm and chest-plate which will more often gather focus, but also for the bodice and the various arms and legs armour parts, that you can easily use in “lighter” versions for added protection to any outfit.
Unfortunately the hide options could not be saved for the presets (that have to do with loaded items rather than their materials), but we hope you will explore them nonetheless as they can really add even more personality to an armor setup and create some interesting pieces styles.
Also note that MATs are included for the hides, so it’s just a matter of a few clicks! The Hide MATs only hide a specific piece, so use more than one to create the style you prefer.
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- (Iray) PBR textures (Metallic workflow) = physically based rendering. The Legend features PBR materials, what that means is that they perform realistically, provided you use a realistic (physically based) lighting setup and rendering settings. To understand more about what PBR is, check these free guides by Allegorithmic (creators of the Substance line of tools): https://www.allegorithmic.com/pbr-guide.
Iray is a PBR render engine (http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia-iray.html) and therefore it will fully use the capability of The Legend PBR materials.
The Legend maps include: Metallic, Base Color, Glossy, Roughness, Normal and Height. We usually also include Diffuse and Specular maps for those that prefer this kind of setup, but unfortunately in this case with a texture count of over 480 maps, we could not splurge on additional ones.
- We also included 3Delight MATs and Hides for those that still prefer to use this rendering engine. All the same settings and features we created for Iray are also present for 3Delight, minus the LODs settings since 3Delight does not need to subdivide the model in order for its displacement setting to work properly.
- STYLE(S): The Legend includes a beautiful, fantasy flourished metal style. It is rich in details and embodies the concept of a exquisite fantasy armour that manages to look aggressive and elegant at the same time. It is a style perfect for court and savage battlefields alike.
The main style is a classic steel and bronze one for the metal parts and natural brown leather for the clothes with metal details and studs, but we also included two additional versions:
Black and Gold with a midnight-blue metal and striking gold details: this version will look even more magnificent and may be a better fit for those characters that have a less lawful tendency. We added some metal shine on the leather too, so that the intricate decorations pop up even more on the black leather!
Antique: a more battered style, the main bronze metal is heavily oxidized, while the border has a painted layer that reveals a gold metal underneath. It has a “vintage” flair to it and would look great among the ruins of a long-lost civilization, but also for a steampunk kind of settings or a more modern, post-apocalyptic one, for those with a flair for medieval, fantasy armours. The leather has a rich dark bluish tint to hit, with popping bronze, metallic decorations.
What's Included and Features
The Legend for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s) (.DUF)
Helmet
5 Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Helper
All Back Out
All Front Out
Back Bottom Out
Resize
Sides Out
Top Up
Shapes
Eyes 01
Eyes 02
Front Bottom Out
Horse Shape 01
Horse Shape 02
Horse Shape 03
Horse Shape 04
Horse Shape 05
Gorget
Morphs
Back Out
Front Out
Left Shoulder Up
Neck Enlarge More
Neck Enlarge
Resize
Right Shoulder
Chestplate
Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Back Out
Back Top Out
Enlarge Shoulders
FRont Bottom Enlarge
Front Out
Neck Enlarge
Neck Length
Resize All
Sides Out
Top Chest Out
Bodice
2 Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Brst All Out
Brst Small (+big) Cups
Brst Top Out
Enlarge Bottom More
Enlarge Bottom
Front Out
Shoulder Pad
Morphs
Back Out
Button Twist Front
Button Twist In
Button Twist
Move Front Back
Move Front Out
Move Left Right
Move Top Up
Move Up Down
Point Rotate Up
Resize
Top Inner Move
Arm Pad
Morphs
Back Up
In Out
Outer Out
Point Up
Resize
Resize All
Strap Down
Top Up
Arm
5 Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Back Out
Bottom Enlarge
Bottom Out
Enlarge All
Front Out
Top Enlarge
Top Up
ForeArm
4 Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Bottom Down
Resize
Side In Out
Side Out
Strap Down
Top Up
Hand Armor
4 Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Knuckles Up
Resize
Hand Gloves
Morphs
Top Enlarge
Gloves
Morphs
Bottom Enlarge
Resize
Top Enlarge
Pants
Morphs
Back Top Out
Front Top Out
Left Leg Enlarge
Left Leg Enlarge More
Left Side Out
Left Side Out
Right Leg Enlarge
Right Leg Enlarge More
Right Side Out
Top Enlarge
Top Enlarge More
Thigh
3 Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Back Out
Bottom Strap Out
Enlarge Bottom
Enlarge Top
Front Out
Move Out
Resize
Thigh Fit
Top Strap Out
Shin
3 Hide options (can be combined)
Morphs
Bottom Enlarge
Front Back Move
Inner Move
Left-Right Move
Leg Fit
Outer Move
Resize
Resize All
Sides Out
Top Enlarge
Up Down Move
Calf
2 Hide options
Morphs
Back Out
Resize
Side In
Side Out
Straps Out
Ankle
Morphs
Back Out
Foot Fit
Front Out
Inner Out
Outer Out
Resize
Sides Out
Top Up
Toe Cover
Morphs
Back Strap Out
Front Out
In-Out
Resize
Side Out Move
Top Up
Boots
Morphs
Top Enlarge
Top Enlarge More
Sword (left and right)
Back Scabbard (chest-plate parented)
Back Scabbard + Sword (chest-plate parented)
Textures Include
478 Texture, Glossy, Roughness, Normal and Height Maps ( 799 x 909 to 8192 x 8192)
Daz Studio Iray Material Presets (.DUF)
Daz Studio 3Delight Material Presets (.DUF)
https://www.daz3d.com/the-legend-for-genesis-3-and-8-female-s
