Howard The Duck Look-alike made in Poser 4
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This Poser is for non-commercial use only.  Howard The Duck characters
are owned by Marvel Comics.  No liability will be assumed by the author of
these files for legal or property damages incurred through the use of
these files.  
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Place the poser file in any folder you like.
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Unlike some of my previous toon character creations, this figure was 
not made as an add-on to someone else's toon character body or from
some one else's mesh.  If you have Poser 4 you could make something 
like this without any extra software. 

The shoulder and forearms were taken from the P-4 woman with the grouping 
tool.  If you are running Poser 3 or an older version, you may not have 
the geometry files for the arms.  This file may not work for
Poser 3 users.  The brow and tail feathers were curved polygons taken 
from P-4 man's legs. Most of the body was constructed from basic Prop
shapes or propshapes that were cutdown with the grouping tool.
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Important Questions
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But Hasdrubal, Why are so many of the body parts duplicated as attached 
props? 
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When you make original poser figures from poser props, the new figures are
all one color.  You can't make the body pale yellow, and the bill and legs 
yellow-orange on the figure. Making a texture map with UV mapper doesn't 
solve the problem either. A new figure made of poser props will project 
a texture map separately on to each body part, such that the chest will 
show the complete map, the hip will show the complete map, and the neck 
will show the complete map. I solved the color problem with prop duplicates
of the figure body parts.  Then I made the duplicated figure parts invisible so
they would not show through the attached props.  

Should I move the body parts or the attached props?
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Always move the body part instead of the attached prop.  You will be able
to tell the body part from the duplicated prop by the name given.  Most
props are labeled as a prop and have probably been locked in place, so you 
can't move it. Unlocking props is not recommended for beginners.   

How do I move Howard Look-Alike's mouth to simulate speech?
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Find the body part marked "Mouth Lower 1".  There is a parameter dial 
marked "talking" for simulating speech mouth movements.  
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Can Howard Be Converted to Daffy Duck?
Yes, Color his body black, make all the clothing props invisible, and
attach a white neck band prop.  Howard is really my earlier Daffy poser
with improved hands, and clothing props attached.
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I want to give Howard a pattern on his neck tie.  How do I do it?
Find the Business Man texture inside the Poser program, copy it under a
new name, and use your favorite "paint" program to texture map the prop
which the tie is part of.  I apologize for not doing a neck tie texture,
but I currently have less that 1mb of memory on the site. 
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HASDRUBAL
June 2002
hamilcar1234@yahoo.com