cherub_rock: Thanks man! Glad you like what’s going on. Your busts have been getting better and better.
rouncer: I always like your stuff man. Post it all up. Thanks.
So here is a Mental Ray render and some post PS
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Thats pretty cool mate! Are u using HDRI for your render or just maya lights?
A couple of crits, the perspective seems a bit much and the background could be a little less grainy! It generally turned out nicely! keep it up!!! 
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meletis: Thanks. I am just creating lights from the menu. Whatever the standard ones are. Should I create them through the hypershade? Any suggestions?
You should try adding an environment globe from the render settings>indirect lighting and put a nice hdr image on there and switch on final gather. Gives more realistic lighting!
Great Job Danconia !
meletis: SWEET! Thanks man! I’ll do that. Forgot about Final Gathering.
m0delista: Thanks a lot!
Here is an update on the sculpting. Gotta work on a couple things but then Ill be ready to do my final render in Mental Ray FO REALS THIS TIME!
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Hey DAnconia! Long time no talk. I like your new super-hero stuff. Im not a fan of the rendered image which you posted 5 days ago, but the modeling is very nice. Im looking forward to seeing the final image. 
Looks good. The ears need some more definition which I’m sure you’re aware of, and unless he is meant to have large pouty lips you might want to make them thinner and less wide horizontally, but otherwise everything is looking spot-on.
Watching the progress has been fun over the past few months. You have really progress in your skill. Keep up the great work!
I am finally finding a few hours here and there to finally dive into this awesome tool and learn it in more than a cursory knowledge. It is so powerful!
Hi!
May I use this model for other programs as well?
Twitchmonkey: Thanks homes! Nice to see you are still around bro! Did you start a new thread? Yeah i dont worry about the ears until after retopology. Changed up the lips a bit. Thanks again man! Always nice to see you around!
hosch: Thanks! Yeah if Zbrush wasnt around I dont know what I would do with myself lol.
pixellegolas: I am not sure what you mean? Using my specific model in another program?
No, no new thread, always other issues to take care of between painting and clay sculpting and the like. Glad to see things are progressing here though, I’ll get my other thread back up at some point.
Thanks to Luxo for sharing all of his wonderful talent and knowledge with us here
Here are my tests using his method and I like! Great success!
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kilik128: Yeah it needs a lot of work.
Fixing up the anatomy on my character.
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Thank you for posting this tool DAnconia. I will download and work with it. Best.
You are very welcome! Could you let me know when you post something that you used that base mesh for? Curious to see what you come up with!
Hi DAnconia. You bet I will. I have looked at your work here and it’s so cool to see how YOU keep getting better with ZBrush and of course, your style. If OK with you, I would like to stay in touch. I work at Pepsi (for my real job), so, if I am slow to respond, forgive me. I only have a few hours a day to dedicate to my art and of course, to be up here. Hope to hear from you soon. Best.
Cool man! Im excited to see what you come up with.
Thanks for the compliment. I was looking at the beginning of my thread just today and saw how bad I was lol. If you ever need any help or advice just let me know here or through my gmail @ shotgunscream
