In my opinion, hair is the most complex thing to develop for DAZ Studio characters. That’s why high-quality hair assets are so expensive. And it’s wondering that there are many creators who make hair assets absolutely for free.
There are a lot of places where you can find high-quality hair models. But very often they are lost in a huge amount of amateur freebies that do not worth the time spent to see them.
So, here in this review, you can find the best hair models I found during my surfing on the web. All of them are tested with my custom character and resulting renders you will find in this post.
(This post is periodically updated)
Candy Braids Hair for Genesis 8 Female(s) by zoro_d
To be honest it’s one of my personal favorites. A braided hairstyle, with a single long rigged ponytail and long side strands. Works well with both Genesis 8 (8.1) Female and its characters. Dozens of color materials. And some of the colors may be applied to the separate braid branch.
There are a dozen adjusting morphs, for example, to adjust elven ears. The three ponytail poses presets are included. To fit the character’s pose you can always select braid bone and adjust it as you need. But this part is the only not very well done part of this asset. It’s not easy to predict the behavior of the ponytail when you pose one of its bones.
In any case, It’s fantastic hair which can be used in any scene you can imagine whether fantasy or sci-fi.
My scores are 10 of 10. Excellent work!
You can download this beautiful hair asset at Renderosity (you must be a registered user).
dForce_French Twist Hair for Genesis 8 Female(s) by zoro_d
Yet another excellent hair by zoro_d. Not sure the dForce part was really a required feature, but it’s a really good product. What is included:
- A few color materials
- Presets to hide side bangs and to shape under hat
- Adjusting morps etc.
My scores are 10 of 10. Splendid!
You can download this beautiful hair asset at Renderosity (you must be a registered user).
Techno Weasel Hair for G8F by squarepeg3d
This hair asset may be interesting for artists who create sci-fi renders. Heroic style shape is the only excellent feature of this product. The single default material includes only a transparency map, and you have to apply the colors for every material zone. Strange geometry deformations for the tall or short characters. No adjusting morphs.
But… It’s free. And it’s wonderful.
My scores are 5 of 10. Good!
You can download this beautiful hair asset at Renderosity (you must be a registered user).