Daz G8 character looking too hot (upgrading from V4) [SOLVED]

[The Rogue Trader]

Hello, I'm toying with redoing my V4 characters with G8 models, but I'm too inexperienced with G8 and I don't have my asset libraries, so the results are... well, I can't say they are meh. Actually, they are good, my problem is that they are way better than I need them for this particular character. I nicknamed it the "Swedish supermodel syndrome".

On the left, one of the main characters of the VN I'm writing: Miss Martha Stormchild, aged 38: the school's stern and uptight secretary (dialed V4).
On the right, Katrina Andersson, aged no more than 25: a Swedish supermodel trying her best to impersonate Martha Stormchild (dialed G8 with head and body morphs using 3DA Airlie by 3-DArena as texture).



Somebody can kindly give me some suggestions to fill that thirteen years gap?
Some different morphs?
A different texture? Eyebrows are going to be a problem: blonde, arched eyebrows are quite rare.

 

[Boogie]

You could try this to age the morph:

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Then for a 38 year old you don't want such perfect skin. Martha also doesn't seem to be a sunbather to me so start with a paler skin. Maybe try any of the ISource character skins, or this to add blemishes or age spots:

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And for arched brows you may be able to find what you want here:

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I'm sure you could find these assets in the usual places.

I actually like the V4 outfit Martha is wearing. Have you tried to fit it to your G8 character?

 

[The Rogue Trader]

Hi Boogie

Thanks for the morphs, they're very useful and are doing most of the trick. I still have to master all the options, but even the simple slider got the Swedish supermodel firmly in her thirties. It's just finetuning now.
I usually skimmed over ISource textures because they had the scary HD word in the title, but I tried one of their older ones and the render times stayed consistent.

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Her makeup options are way too heavy, so I'll look for another character. Fortunately, ISource made several characters that have the right eyebrows, so I won't have to use the Ultimate Eyebrows product, which I'm afraid could sensibly slow down the renders.



I see that the older V4 texture looks less flat, but that's a hill that I'm afraid I will have to leave undefended. I mostly blame the lights anyway.

I didn't try the skin builder: it looks a bit intimidating. I'm still in the baby steps phase with G8 XD

I noticed, too, how the old Kobamax tallieur looked much better than the more modern Outoftouch one. I never had any decent result fitting V4 clothes to G8, so I didn't try.
It works better than I thought, but still unacceptable, I'm afraid. If there's a skill about fitting clothes to more modern characters, I'm completely missing it.

 

[MissFortune]

Yeah, the flatness is almost certainly the lighting.

What are you converting the clothing with? I've used

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(though I did replace the textures, looked too old for my liking) with no issues.

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by Zev0 might be worth a look, as well.

 

[The Rogue Trader]

What are you converting the clothing with? I've used

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I was just autoffiting the clothes.
I had no idea something like that existed.

Thank you a thousand times, that could be a true game-changer!
I even found it on this site (I'd rather not buying anything for G8 until I'll be convinced about doing this huge step of switching) so I'll give it a try immediately.

(About the "flatness", it's not all fault of the lights: that V4 texture has some shadows and higlights baked on. That's something that I don't think would be acceptable on a modern character skin.)

 

[The Rogue Trader]

Slowly getting there... This time using Addy's Samantha. I always loved Addy's characters the most.



Too bad for the dress. It almost worked.
Well, at least the shoes are usable.

Thanks to both, I was stuck and clueless.

 

[Boogie]

I'm liking the newest Martha. Age appropriate and suitably stern looking.

Shame about the outfit though. It I may ask, what outfit is it?

 

[The Rogue Trader]

Yes, as she's now I can see her becoming more popular than expected. Well, porn being porn, that wouldn't be really a bad thing.
Outfit is Kobabax's V4 Suit

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