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Published: 2019-06-01 21:18:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 4587; Favourites: 427; Downloads: 17
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Another experiment with the new Strand Based Hair in the DAZ Studio 4.11 beta. This time playing around with "Warg HD for Daz Dog 8" to try and create a German Shepherd. I also explored layering different fur coats to create a more natural effect. In this experiment, I used information from the Wikipedia entry on fur to create a Down hair, Awn hair and Guard hair set of hairs, each with different hair style settings and densities. This allowed me to use a lot fewer hairs than my previous experiments and thus it requires fewer resources. No post workRelated content
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Thank you, I have been on a quest to try animals in 3D and the fur always looks off, so I decided to try to mimic how nature does it
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Very interesting to better use the ressources, and I think your experiments with strand based hair start to pay off!
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Thank you, My other experiments were not working right so I decided to start over and try and mimic how nature does it
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That's always a smart move
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You can’t go wrong with any kind of pups as far as I am concerned. Great job.
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Thank you, I have been on a quest to try animals in 3D and the fur always looks off, so I decided to try to mimic how nature does it and dogs are the perfect subject to work on
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You're so welcome
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This is much easier to use than using LAMH. I can't wait to see what somebody who knows what they are doing with hair creation does with strand based hair.
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that'll be an intersting sight
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Floofy bois are floofy I give this the rare 1000000000000/10
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Thank you, they turned out so fluffy
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I think this one is your best dog hair yet! Although they look more like malamute coat than shepherd, they are very realistic.
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Thank you, I haven't been too happy with my dog experiments lately, so I decided to start over and see how mother nature does it. I am not very good at texturing so I just approximated the coloring from one of the Warg materials
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Well, I think your dogs are super cute, even when I don't actually say so.
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Thank you for all your kindness and encouragement
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Thank you my friend
Great GIF
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Super-fine stuff Joe! You are the Fluffmaster!
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Thank you, I haven't been too happy with my dog experiments lately, so I decided to start over and see how mother nature does it
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I really like how one can see the different hair types. There is part where it looks fluffier, while the guard hair looks "harder". I especially love the fur structure around their necks. It looks so natural!
The only thing that irks me a bit is the the fur looks too uhm "fluffed up" on some places? Especially the top of the head, lower jaw, tail and the lower back. It doesn't quite seem to follow a direction there. But it looks very good around the neck and belly.
And overall it looks totally amazing, too!
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Thank you for your feedback, There are still lots of problems with this fur being unrealistic. This was just a quick test of the ideas I learned from the Fur Wiki. More experimentation is definitely needed.
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It still looks very good. Can't wait to see how you will make it better in the future 
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Thank you, I haven't been too happy with my dog fur experiments lately, so I decided to start over and explore how mother nature does things
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Thank you, I haven't been too happy with my dog experiments lately, so I decided to start over and see how mother nature does it
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Well it is looking good to me
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Excellent experiment. I will bear in mind the nature of proper animal fur for best results. I wish I had a bit more time to play around.
Now your dogs are cutely fluffy, but even though the guard hair is supposed to grow straight up fur has a direction, to lead the water away from the undercoat. The Shepherd would need a bit of grooming to give it that sense of fur direction to make it really look natural. Using the curl function will give you a good start, but won't work on its own. You will have to go and do some combing to get the best result.
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Thank you for your feedback, There are still lots of problems with this fur being unrealistic. This was just a quick test of the ideas I learned from the Fur Wiki. More experimentation is definitely needed.
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Still I think you're on to a good system
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Thank you, I think just using the sunlight option in DAZ gives it this quality that isn't realistic and isn't quite a painting either. I tend to use it a little too much as my default lighting
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Thank you for your kind words of encouragement
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