Greetings ZBrushers, I would like to share with you the status of the upcoming ZBrush 4R7 for Windows and Macintosh systems, both 32-bit and 64-bit. We originally planned for this release to take place before the end of this year. As it turns out, due to the sheer volume of development involved in creating the first ever 64-bit versions of ZBrush for both Windows and Macintosh, it is taking a little longer than expected. There are effectively four versions to test -- twice as many as in previous releases. With that in mind, I feel that we should take the time to fine-tune and deliver the very best possible capstone to the 4.x series in order to allow you to gain the most benefit from the new features. We have therefore decided to postpone the release of Z4R7 from December to January. Please bear with us while we polish ZBrush 4R7. We are as eager to have these new features in your capable artistic hands, as you are to make use of them and reach higher levels of creativity. Have a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year to all! -Ofer Alon

Hi, here is a character still WIP. i have done some changes since the begining. Still have some work on it (like katana/ hands / helmet some things on gear / materials). It's a basic Zbrush render no particular settings, and only basic color information no textures. More update soon. Critics and comments are welcome thx!

huangshangyu, Clintus Maximus, thank you! Dargelos, here is the tutorial I used for shelling in ZBrush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgbGN_VphY&list=UUxv1JYddOaVPZB0FQGoM7mA&index=3 Here is the first pass of an 8" Centaur kit. He is made up of 11 fitted parts glued together that are medium quality. However you can see from the individual parts from the second print that the resolution is much better, and was happy with the White Polished parts from Shapeways. I am looking to have the Kit available at 7.5 inches in Spring. Special thanks again to my great friend and photographer Chia-Hao Liu for taking such amazing photos! C/C welcome, more info available at CGmodeling.com/centaur_print

thanks the brows right now are super temp. theyre actually part of the texture at the moment. my plan is to disable the brow later once i get it closer to realistic, and make proper fur brows.someone mentioned it was hard to judge how realistic she looked without brows so i added those quickly. here's an update on the skin shader. hopefully it will be a bit more realistic now. I'm still trying to get the specular correct. Right now im only using hdr lighting. For some reason my spec values on vray dont seem to match the intensity shown in the reflective sphere(althought the eyes reflection seem very dim in comparison.) i dunno whats going on.

after making some Alien design I decided to go back and make game characters(again).here's my new work,still very first steps and I've got a long way to go.C&C are appreciated as always.Goodluck.

A sneak peek at the upcoming ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge: As we finalize ZBrush 4R7 we wanted to share with you this sneak peek movie which focuses on one of the upcoming features: the ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge! This exciting new feature allows you to send your ZBrush scene straight to KeyShot (in one click), allowing for an incredibly easy transition to rendering with KeyShot. Additionally, you will also see ZBrush 4R7's new ZModeler Brush in action as it is used to create the engine. Some of the features shown in the video are: *Single button press allows for high polygon models (without decimation) to be sent to KeyShot *Apply KeyShot materials directly to the mesh *Size, position, and MatCaps® are respected across the ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge *Adjust the HDR Environment lighting to create the perfect Final Render Sit back and Enjoy! B3fQG0FzVAU For more information about ZBrush 4R7 , including release information and previews of other features, CLICK HERE.

Daniel Biggers: When my skeleton is at the lowest subdivision level it is 71k polys. I usually never go higher than that when posing the skeleton. The muscular system has about 620k polys at the lowest subdivision levels. All subtools have 4-5 subdivision levels (sort of irrelevant in my case since I do not have any micro details). Only time I use highest subdivision level on the skeleton and muscles is when I render. Two things that have really helped me regarding the memory limit is: 1. Zremesher is your best friend! Keep your lowest subdivision level as low as possible and as clean as possible. 2. Whenever you do an operation that you think might crash the program, hit the "Compact now"-buttion (Preferences->Mem->Compact Now). It helps a lot tyrellcorp: No secret, I am just very organized with my subtools and polygroups. It might look tricky because of all the parts but it is actually a whole lot simpler than trying to use the transpose tool on skin (with bone I do not have to worry about issues like twisting the skin etc). The muscles are the most difficult to work with (mostly because many of them are grouped into the same subtool). But now I found the spiral-brush, so made my life easier So, only transpose tool (move and rotate) and Spiral-brush. Thanks Some new images:

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This is the 4th character in my Sinner collection: Wrath See interactive turntables here: http://www.marcoplouffe.com/sinner_turncolor_wrath.html http://www.marcoplouffe.com/sinner_turnsculpt_wrath.html Software used: - Zbrush for concept, sculpt, UVs and base polypaint - Quixel for texturing - Keyshot for shaders and rendering - Photoshop for composition