A rugged survival dagger for Daz Studio: a stand-alone scene prop plus right- and left-hand presets for Genesis 9, Genesis 8 / 8.1 Female and Genesis 8 / 8.1 Male that load with a fitted hammer grip at once.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Survival Dagger scene prop at real-world size: 37 cm overall, 20.4 x 2.7 cm steel blade with a ridge, ground edge and forge scale, 4.9 x 3.4 cm guard and collar, wood handle with a cord wrap, pommel cap with a lanyard ring (handle with pommel 16.6 cm, measured on the mesh)
- 6 hand presets: Right Hand and Left Hand for Genesis 9, Genesis 8 Female and Genesis 8 Male (also Genesis 8.1). The dagger is parented to the hand; the fingers close around the cord and the thumb closes across the handle toward the index finger - at once, no script
- Optional script: Re-fit Grip To My Character - closes the fingers and thumb again by contact on characters with other hands (progress bar with Cancel, message when finished)
MATERIALS
- 2 looks: 01 Clean, 02 Bloody (blood on the blade and a few drops on the handle). 4K maps: base colour, roughness, metallic, normal
- Bonus Shader Value Pack: 15 presets (stackable): Blade and Fittings 5 (Satin, Polished mirror, Blackened, Bronze Tint, Rust Tint), Handle Wood 5 (Natural, Dark Walnut, Ebony, Red Mahogany, Pale Ash), Cord Wrap 5 (Tan, Black, Olive, Red, Grey)
SHAPING / FIT
- No morphs. The grips are baked for the Genesis 9, Genesis 8 / 8.1 Female and Genesis 8 / 8.1 Male base hands; the Re-fit script closes the grip on other hands
- The hand presets set only the finger and thumb joints of that hand - pose the arm and wrist freely
TECHNICAL
- Daz Studio 4.24 and Daz Studio 6 (loads tested in both), Iray
- The scene prop needs no figure; the hand presets need Genesis 9 / Genesis 8 or 8.1 Female / Male
- Polygons: 6,396 quads, SubD-ready (Daz SubD level 1 on load)
- No dForce
NOTES
- On the Genesis 9 and Genesis 8 Female base hands the thumb crosses the handle but its tip stops about 5-7 mm short of the index finger (Daz thumb joint limits); on Genesis 8 Male it rests on the index finger
- A character with other hands (shape or HD morphs) can show the thumb slightly inside the handle - that is what the Re-fit script is for. It takes about 65 seconds per hand on the Genesis 9 base figure, about 17 minutes per hand on a high-detail (HD) Genesis 9 character; Daz Studio waits until it is done
- High-detail (HD) characters: the Re-fit script solves at the Base resolution and restores the character's resolution afterwards; at full HD resolution the thumb pad can still sit up to about 0.6 mm inside the handle - on high-detail characters check the thumb and nudge it (thumb bend dials or the dagger's Translate / Rotate)
- The store images show the hand presets exactly as they load on the Genesis 9, Genesis 8 Female and Genesis 8 Male base hands
ORIGIN
The dagger's mesh and maps are the output of our own procedural code (written with AI assistance), first made for a game and then rebuilt for the store as a SubD-ready quad mesh with new UVs and 4K maps. No AI-generated mesh, no AI images and no third-party models or textures are used.
Rendered in Daz Studio with Iray. Character, clothing, hair and lights are not included.
