You know, all that preaching you hear about backing up religiously is true. Over the last few weeks in my spare time I've been gradually re-downloading all the Poser aftermarket software I lost with my old hard drive. Then after installing it, I've been painstakingly re-organizing how my folders were situated, and marvelling at what a cluttered, un-naviagatable mess my files were. I was amazed at how much I had purchased, downloaded, and installed without ever really using it much.

But first things first. I have to recover the models I've lost. I've been doing that by opening old and unreliable files of old Poser scenes I've saved. For some reason when I open them the dials for the morphs are set properly, but the figure looks like all the morphs are zeroed to their defaults. So I've been copying the parameters and applying them to fresh figures, and modifying them to get rid of old distortion and other design mistakes.

This is taking a long time, to say the least. For that reason I've started with my "Tier 0" characters (the ones I consider to me most important). Right now that means Lipkin's Mom/Anja, Helen, Chella, Daisy, and Nela. From there I'll move on to Tier 1, meaning characters I'd really like to try and do something with but haven't gotten around to yet. Off the top of my head that means Sheila, Bianca, and several new purchases I have yet to really play with yet.

All that said, today I'll post a couple of test renders I've come up with in recent experimenting/playing catch-up. I apologize for the crappy, uninspired backdrops, but hey, this is all a work in progress.

I hasten to add, THESE ARE NOT FINAL VERSIONS. I admit I'm pleased with how Lipkin's Mom has turned out, but Helen will still require some tweaking. I just want to prove that I really am working towards having things set up to where I can really start getting creative with all my fantasy figures again. I hope this gives you some idea of how it's going.