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Manga Babes - 3D Models for Imagine and 3D Studio
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WHAT ARE MANGA BABES?
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If you do 3D graphics and need some shapely female 3D models, chances are you
will have to decide between laboriously constructing your own objects, buying
commercial models for $80-180, laser-scanning human beings at $250 an hour, or
buying an optical 3D scanner at $40K-80K (not to mention hiring a correctly
proportioned human model). If this is the case, Manga Babes is for you.
Manga Babes are 3D computer models of well-endowed female humans, styled in
the manner of Japanese anime and manga (animation and comics).
The first edition of the Manga Babes collection is shareware. In the registered
package you get up to 3 exquisitely designed 3D models of a shapely female form
sculpted in the style of Japanese anime and manga. The models are created on
Amiga systems and are available in Impulse Imagine TDDD (for Amiga) and
Autodesk 3D Studio 3DS (for PC) formats.
As can be seen from the accompanying JPEG images, Manga Babes are absolutely
stunning to behold :) They can be quickly rendered off the box for beautiful
Windows backdrops; used to enhance your architectural walkthrough scenes or to
grab attention to your ray-traced company logo; help you visualize swimsuit
designs; or animated for use in video productions or 3D Virtual Reality games.
Manipulate and view them from any camera angle. The possibilities are endless!
Since Manga Babes is shareware, you get not one but two demo babes in this
package completely FREE! The demo versions are seriously lacking in flexibility
and some prominent bodyparts. Of course you can proceed to create the missing
parts yourself, OR...
... you can register for a ridiculously low price and get lots of other extras!
ARE THEY WORTH IT?
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Commercial 3D models can cost between US$80-$500. Even though Manga Babes do
not approach the level of realism offered by professionals, the quality is
comparable with or surpasses that of models used in the recent commercial VR
computer games. They are a steal at the remarkably low price range of US$25-45
per package! You'll get over 3 MB of object data alone in package B!
Plus, you get all the texture maps required to render complete models, and
extra textures and sequential maps for various facial expressions! That's not
all, if you order package B you'll also get one free model of the sexy
Mai Shiranui from Fatal Fury II!
You'll also get installation instructions and hints on how to achieve different
looks with your Manga Babes. Plus, stunning ray-traced high-resolution 24-bit
scenes in JPEG format from various models derived from Manga Babes.
Manga Babes is a must for ray-tracing enthusiasts and VR game developers :)
WHAT DO I NEED?
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To create scenes with Manga Babes you'll need any 3D rendering program that
reads the formats that Manga Babes comes in, such as Imagine on the Amiga and
3D Studio on the PC. The three available formats and their respective target
software and systems are:
FORMAT TARGET PROGRAM PLATFORM
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Imagine TDDD Impulse Imagine 2.0 and above Amiga, PC
Autodesk 3DS Autodesk 3D Studio 3.0 and above PC
AutoCAD DXF Any program or platform with DXF import filters
There are many commercial and PD utilities to convert the objects from the
above three to other formats such as POV-Ray, Lightwave or any other format
convenient to you.
PACKAGE OPTIONS
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The packages available are:
PACKAGE NAME DISKS COST
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1) Manga Babes A 1 x MS-DOS 3.5" HD US$25
or
2 x AmigaDOS 3.5" DD
1.2 MB of compressed data, 2.1 MB uncompressed
2 complete Manga Babes in Imagine, and 3DS formats, JPEG images
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2) Manga Babes B 3 x MS-DOS 3.5" HD US$45
or
4 x AmigaDOS 3.5" DD
3.2 MB of compressed data, 11.0 MB uncompressed!
3 Manga Babes in Imagine, 3DS and DXF formats, extra texture
maps, animated texture maps, more JPEG images, 1 female
personality model
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* Prices include overseas handling, cost of disks and postage.
For your convenience, you may pay the equivalent price in your
local currency.
Package A is designed for the average 3D enthusiast. You'll get the 2 manga
babes as illustrated in "3DS.jpg". An unbelievable bargain if I ever know of
one! Although you won't get the extra facial textures and animated maps, there
is enough of Manga Babes for you to generate stunning scenes.
Package B is designed for more serious 3D users. You'll get all the manga babes
illustrated in both "3DS.jpg" and "3DS2.jpg" in all 3 formats (Imagine, 3DS,
DXF). Plus, you'll also get extra facial textures for different moods, animated
maps and one female personality model - the girl in the flaming scene in
"Babes3D2.jpg" - as a free gift.
Package B is a superset of Package A. As of this time there is no upgrade path
from A to B. I would recommend Package B if you're really serious about using
human models in your rendering, and Package A if you're just curious about how
I constructed the models ;) Remember you only get the BARE MINIMUM if you order
package A.
There is very little difference between Amiga, PC and DXF versions of Manga
Babes. Apart from some inevitable but negligible conversion imperfections, all
three (Amiga, PC and DXF) meshes are almost identical in every respect.
However, different renderers handle data differently so the same mesh data may
appear dissimilar in the outputs.
CAN I USE THEM ON MY MACINTOSH/SGI/VIDEOTOASTER?
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Why not? The only thing you'll need is a converter that can convert between
your renderer's format and Manga Babes'. A very common format for 3D modelling
is AutoCAD DXF format. Be warned however that DXF is a very clumsy format
that eats up a lot of disk/memory space with objects as complex as Manga Babes.
Also, DXF versions of Manga Babes do not come with mapping coordinates, so
you'll have to manually apply the texture maps once you have finished
converting the models. They are quite a hassle to use unless you just want
the wireframe mesh.
HOW DO I ORDER?
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Fill in the order form:
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