Forum: Freestuff


Subject: UFO Moonbase outfit desired...

paramount opened this issue on Nov 20, 2008 · 225 posts


Morkonan posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 3:57 PM

Quote - OH-MY-GIDDY-AUNT, Morkonan...

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Quote - This outfit is truly Stunning! Beautiful! I did wonder how you would eventually 'tackle' the belt detail - especially those six rings at the rear. The front of the belt you've created here and those hanging side laces had that huge beaming smile lapping across my face yet again - WOW!

The laces in the updated version of the jumper are a bit better.  I worked with them a little bit more so they don't appear so "twisted" around the loop area.

Quote - I wonder if that 'Case' is a radio!?! I recall Ms Ellis speaking into something at the side of her head once...

I have no idea.  I read someone refer to it as a cigarette case in a post so I called it "Case" in the mapping.  /shrug  Whatever it is, it's there, to be hung on the belt or used as a box of playing cards. :)

Quote - And then those wee capsules!?! Again I recall an image of the Lt applying lipstick whilst seated at the control desk - though there are a few on-set shots of her being suitably daubed with her Sci-Fi 'war paint' by a make-up artist ... 

I have no idea what they are either.  They looked like lipstick or Chapstick lip balm containers to me.  They could be small pill bottles..  But, I think I just called them "Lipstick."  They're mapped separately from the "Bandolier" that holds them so you can put whatever image map you want on them.  You could even transmap them out and stick pencils in the badolier if you wanted to. :)

Quote - I truly feel a sense of the past and those hip and swinging Sci-Fi filled sixties drifting back into our lives again here, with this incredible Moonbase Girl Outfit...!!! Loving it... AJ   

You're very welcome!  I'm enjoying creating this much more than I originally thought I would.  Not that I didn't also expect to enjoy it, I just didn't think I'd find as great a sense of pleasure trying to duplicate a 60's style sci-fi getup!  Admittedly, I've taken some creative license with it though.  I wanted to stay as true to the original but I've broken with that just a tad - I think I'm going to leave the slightly higher cut hip area on the suit instead of lowering it or putting a morph there.  There are a couple of basic reasons why it's practical as well - I'm not sure if the suit will deform properly and still "look good" because I think the mesh will have to be too stretchy there to cover movements. (If you notice in the original series photos, the suit material does EXACTLY the same thing and has the same problems - it deforms too much, rides up the hip, and generally takes a beating whenever a model sits down or has been moving around alot.)  

As it is, it stretches perfectly in any pose without getting too stretched out.  If I had only a tad bit more area on the hips, the mesh would be forced to cover a lot more area as the JCMs force muscle-flexing and such.  So, it would stretch jet if I manipulate the joint-parameters too much, something I'm not good at to begin with, then I may not get the good conforming I have now.  There's also the fact that a slightly higher hip region than the "canon" jumper has makes it seem more "Updated" like a revamp of the series might want it.

Anyway, I'm working on getting this out to you and whoever wants it as soon as possible.  When it is released, I'll support making changes and testing-results for awhile as well, just to be sure it's a quality freebie!   I don't have anyone to beta it for me so I'll have to experiment on the public. ;)