Great models Alessandro, congrats on the top row 
Great work! Inspiring.
Thanks a lot guys for the appreciation , and i`m honored to be on the top row…wow!
As far as i remember I took that matcap material on this board long time ago, but sorry, i dont remember from where or the author, i apologize for not being able to give proper credits .I tweaked it a little at some point because of some minor differences in render between 3.1 and 3.5 R3 , anyhow for anybody who might be interested its uploaded here :
http://www.charactersforum.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=29
Regarding my character pipeline , it really depends on the structure of the character itself . If it`s just one solid mesh or made of a few elements i tend to block it in zbrush through zspheres and then do retopology later. In most cases i use base meshes from 3d studio max with decent topology and i rely on zbrush only for the hires sculpting. But whatever the approach i chose there is always a considerable back and forth between max and zbrush at any stage of the modeling process.
Anyhow here `s a few more production models with huge zbrush contribution i had the chance to work on, Threshermaw for Mass Effect 2 cinematic and chicken for Fable 3 :
Wow really amazing stuff here. 
I’m having a great time watching those images. Well done.
Peace,
Rich_Art. 
interesting to see the chicken’s eye. amazing sculpt.
he he great chicken!!
thanks for sharing this cool matcap, unfortunable i cant download it, i have sign up but im not allowed to download files in this categorie.
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cheers
rod
Beyond awesome! Congratz on TR, thanks for taking the time to post these 
how many years to get to this level man… just so that i can get a bench mark…
every time I see your work it just blows me away! Awesome as always bro, its a pleasure working with you.
Yep, same here.
Arrrggg Its so fluffy … (Sorry Despicable Me ref) Well worth the top row. Great article in 3D artist this month also
Mi sono perfino stufato di farti i complimenti…facciamo così…dalli per scontati ogni volta che commento un tuo lavoro!
L’unica novità per me è il pollo ed è stupendo!
Ciao da Gianni…
nice,awesome work!
could you mind upload the Matcap material
Brilliant!
Lucifer’s got a big dong.
Alessandro, complimenti per il Bellissimo Portfolio!
outstanding works !
congrats on the top row ! well deserve
Still looking great
Which MatCap are you using in your OP?
Great work man
The matcap everyone is asking about I think was contributed by the guys behind the Uncharted PS3 game.
It’s further down on this page:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=79141&highlight=Naughty+Dog
This post to be exact:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showpost.php?p=640534&postcount=20