Quote - Hi, everyone I was wondering if anyone could help me with something.

Recently I was disappointed when I realized that some of Dinoraul’s models are no longer available for purchasing here at RMP, two dinosaurs: Shunosaurus and Achelousaurus. Various other DR models disappeared from RMP as well. Fortunately, those other models appeared shortly after at CP, just not two dinosaurs I mentioned and it has been a while.

What do you think? Is there any chance or a way for these models to reappear again here or at CP? I really need them! Especially Shunosaurus (sauropods are my favorites).

Anyway, thanks for your help.

i wouldn't count on it. I think Raul is done releasing prehistoric animals, at least for the time being.

You're more than welcome, Nimeria! And you can always send a site mail if you have specific questions.

Happy rendering!

Time to clear out those wishlists! Dinoraul's store is 40% off as VOM!

Quote - I am always looking for ways to increase the realism of scaling and rough skin textures. Any suggestions?

Welcome to the forum! Are you looking at creating your own textures, or increasing realism through rendering? What softwares are you using?

Shawn, are you doing that through the material editor, or the separate ecosystem painter tool?

Quote -  tempted by the Talarurus as I'm a bit lacking in ankylosaurs in fact I realsie I actually  haven't done an image with one yet.

His Talarurus is really good. I think his best Ankylosaur here.

Hope everyone got the notice that Dinoraul is today's Vendor Showcase and his entire store is 35% off!Sale lasts just for today, so hurry!

I've tried them all out. Most are very, very good. Slow to render in Poser, but they work well in Vue and populate into ecosystems well. What I find particularly nice, is that you can use the plants in Vue to create a background, then import that to poser and use the same plants in the foreground which really helps to tie the whole image together.

That's my "two cents" anyway.

I don't think this is really a Vue issue, I think it's more with Poser and the way dynamic hair is created in it, but I would pay BIG bucks, for Vue to be able to accurately (i.e.: appear the way it does in Poser), import Poser Dynamic Hair.

Nabob, it's always a great joy to find you back around! Hope we get to see/hear more from you in the near future, including renders. And thanks for the props on our posted work!

Just to chime in on the recent theme in this thread, DAZ has a stated policy that they will not do dinosaurs or prehistorics. That's why Raul moved away and, to some extent, why DigitalI is no longer creating content. When we started this thread, it was for those reasons. DAZ has their reasons for their decision - economic. Let's face it, this is a niche within a niche market. But I think many of us that are passionate about prehistorics still feel a bit abandoned. I also think it's a shame that they didn't transfer some of the more active threads and the years and years of useful content they contained. Here's hoping that this thread can become as successful and long-lived as the previous one at DAZ, and thanks to those that are participating.

OT:
We'd like to give you all a "sneak preview" of a project that Imx3d, Dinoraul and I have been collaborating on. This will be a new app for iPad that has the working title "The Animated Encyclopedia of Prehistoric Life."
We're still a ways away from launching, but we have prepared a "teaser" promotional video for the product, which you can view here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7xLZKuFl3Q

Feedback is appreciated!

ToxicWolf -

Thanks for both of those pieces of advice. I'm rendering a simple animation now, but when it's done, I'll go back to the other one and check your suggestions out. They make sense reading them, and sound like they'll help fix it.

Appreciate you taking time to reply!

Thanks Shawn

Raul's Pelicanimimus is so cool! And love the feathered version by Imx3d. Great additions!!

LOL. Right. Really miss XP. Best OS MS put out.