Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: What is missing from male figures and content?

AmbientShade opened this issue on Mar 10, 2012 · 102 posts


anupaum posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 4:31 PM

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I use male figures all the time, but judging from the views in my gallery, the girls still garner all the attention.  For all the talk of "pretty boys" and muscle-bound M4 figures, I find M4 rather versatile, easy to pose and yes, attractive.  (Why would I want my characters to look anything OTHER than attractive?)  If I want a creepy-looking male in my render, I'll include Simon, who I think looks like a child-molester.  James has a rugged face, but his trapezus muscles are nothing short of ridiculous, and both of the P6 characters feature the ugliest hands in the world.

Having written this, I use the L75 Casual Set with various textures applied more frequently than any other clothing item for M4.  I find the US WWII soldier set works pretty well, too.

But my biggest beef with male clothing is that neckties look two dimensional.  I have yet to see a necktie with a knot that looks like someone actually tied it, and just as vexing is the fact that neckties in Poserdom are not posable!

I would like to see body hair in various shades and textures.  Asian men may be smooth skinned, but I'm certainly not, and my friends of African descent have chest and arm hair that looks very different than mine.  Jepe had a product for putting hair on M4, but it's actually a character conformed to another M4 figure, and that seems like a complete waste of system resources.  I've been hoping someone would figure out another way.

As far as ethnicity is concerned, there are some really good M4 figures of African descent out there.  I use a modified version of LK's Jomo frequently.  He's exceptionally well-made.