-------------------------------------- Product Name: Steampunk Pipes Copyright 08-07-2010 (c) Robert Blanda By: Robert Blanda Contact: Cybertenko -------------------------------------- System Requirements: PC, Poser 6 and higher, (not tested on MAC) -------------------------------------- Product Description: Steam Sword was not constructed as a weapon but as a tool. Original identification was Motorized Machete, or John Hartwig´s Motorized Machete. Demand for such tool came from African colonizers, prospectors and colonial troops. At the beginning of 80ies of XIXth century they vere stuck in dense forests and jungle of middle Africa in desperate need for some tools helping them to carve through. Steamwork Company of inventor John Hartwig was than asked for some solution. Hartwig came out with unique tool - steam powered machete which was constructed for prolonged heavy duty use in remote territories. It needed only some wood as fuel and water. Although efficiency of Hartwig´s machete was not as good as expected (it has very complex machinery and gear transmissions which were very vulnerable in harsh environment and demanded periodical tedious maintenance) it was quickly used as highly favourite melee weapon against hostile savage tribes and animals. Shortly it was known not as Motorized Machete but as fearsome steam sword spreading bloody right of colonizers among tribesmen. Even Hartwig´s personal gimmick - "steamspike" - forward aiming steam nozzle which was intended for use aganist insects and other vermins in the bushes made excellent addition to weapon: It can distracts and hurt opponents and even hide weapon wielder in clouds of steam. After some time, steam sword was used not only by independent colonizer and prospector but became regular melee weapon of colonial infantry and cavalry. In heavy infantry as well as in cavalry was trained experienced strong individuals for using steam swords. They were equiped with heavy armor against enemy archers, steam sword as main weapon and revolver for personal protection. Horses were also equiped with partial heavy armor main for protection against accidental steam sword hits. When the news of new utilization of motorized machete reached Old Continent it evoked waves of protests. John Hartwig was compelled for stopping the production of motorized machetes since it became barbarous and inhuman weapon - all that with use with "holy" power of steam. Certain steam religious leagues even organized series of sabotages in Hartwig´s factories. Despite unremitting social pressure, Hartwig continued producing motorized machetes several more years, until 1893 when production finally stopped. At this time there were already hundreds of brand steam swords and thousands of replicas all over the world. Ownership Statement: All of this product's content was created by Robert Blanda and may include derivatives of the following vendor/merchant resources: Royalty free textures from www.cgtextures.com. . -------------------------------------- Installation Instructions: Poser: Unzip into any poser runtime. You will find the items in Hand, and Characters folders named Steam Sword. Mesh, textures and reflection map are stored in respective folders. -------------------------------------- Usage Tips or Limitations: In folder Characters you will find three variants of Steam Sword: Factory clean, rusty and weary and bloody (they differs only in textures). All figures load into M4 hand. You can load M4 first and then the sword figure or vice versa. Once both figures are on the scene, parent Steam Sword figure body to M4 right hand. Then load M4 Sword hand and if needed adjust position of fingers and trigger. You can tilt the trigger a little since it needed be pressed when the Sword is "on"and blades rotates. All blades are smart props you you can rotate them or even removed them from the body which is usable for making pictures "during maintenance" which was very frequent. Sword loads with bladecover prop but it was used very often without it, so you can delete this prop or turn it invisible. All other props or body parts can be moved in their respective ways. Once the sword is parented to M4 hand, you can use any "sword" fighting pose you like. One or more textures on this 3D model have been created with images from CGTextures.com. These images may not be redistributed by default, please visit www.cgtextures.com for more information. -------------------------------------- Files Included in the Product: runtime\Geometries\Steam Sword\steam sword.obj runtime\libraries\hand\Steam Sword\M4 Sword Hand.hd2 runtime\libraries\hand\Steam Sword\M4 Sword Hand.png runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\guide.cr2 runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\guide.png runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\Steam Sword Bloody.cr2 runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\Steam Sword Bloody.png runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\Steam Sword Clean.cr2 runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\Steam Sword Clean.png runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\Steam Sword Weary.cr2 runtime\libraries\Character\Steam Sword\Steam Sword Weary.png runtime\reflection maps\Steam Sword\enviro.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\black.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\blades.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\bloodyblades.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\bloodybrass.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\bloodygunmetal.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\bloodyred.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\bloodysteel.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\bloodywood.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\brass.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\gunmetal.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\gunmetal_b.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\porcelain.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\red.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\signs.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\signs_b.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\steel.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\wearybrass.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\wearygunmetal.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\wearysteel.jpg runtime\textures\Steam Sword\wood.jpg licence.txt Steam_Sword_README.txt (this file)