So cool man… honestly. I smiled when I saw this one posted - glad to see the finished product.
Nice render on the creature. I like the colours 
For those of you interested in poly modeling, I made some updates on the lighting and shaders for the Barrett. Here are some renders out of mental ray.
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****** beautiful man!! godd i love guns. you did a great job on this one!!small_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamond
I agree with nerveink. Great job Dustin. You could get this photoreal in no time with this model. It would be cool to see it textured and re-rendered. Any plans for that?
Sweeeet work on the alien and the gun! !
really nice weapon dustin… really looking forward seeing now the fine details…
loving your work, sniper rifle is looking awesome its nice and clean, id like to see another version of it aged.
@nerveink: Thanks man, you’ve done some pretty epic guns your own damn self. Your website has some really fantastic work on it, 2d and 3d.
@Aberrant: Thanks mang, I always appreciate your encouragement 
@Etcher: Ah, the Paintstop King himself! Thanks, you’ve got some really inspirational things happening in your sketchbook. I always enjoys perusing through it
@O/MI: Thank you! I’m looking forward to that too, haha! Your work has a really cool and unique style to it that I really dig.
@BillyT: Thanks a lot, man! Yep, next I’ve got to unwrap it and make some damage maps.
damage maps 
Hi all! I put together a demo reel of my 2009 projects. I feel my work still has a LOT of room for improvement, but I’m happy with the way it turned out.
All of the pieces presented utilize ZBrush, with the exception of the gun.
The YouTube compression looks bad, so please try the other two first.
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nice particle effects!
I liked your reel. Your stuff is good. I’m probably not one to talk, but I think you should wait until you have at least twice the amount of work done before making your reel, it seemed sparse. Boy, though, that last creature featured was very, very good!
I really enjoyed your reel, the models are really great. The renders are also stunning, and the presentation was outstanding, unlike most reels I saw before. Excellent work!
I’ve always heard quality over quantity. 5-6 great models goes a lot further than 10 poor ones.
great reel! it gets across that you can do human and alien, as well as hard surface. i also like that you showed your mesh, i think it’s very important for modelers to prove that they can create a mesh that is ready for animation.
+10 for not having loud or obnoxious music.
Dustin,
As always, I am in awe of your work. My family was out to dinner tonight and I stepped out back to smoke a cigarette and watched your youtube video on the iphone… we left soon after and I gotta tell you - I have probably watched this thing now about 15 times since we got back home. Amazing work my friend, and keep it up! We’re all waiting for more!
Super reel! small_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamond
@EricShawn: I really appreciate your honest feedback. Believe me, man, I wish I had more stuff to show too. I also wish I had BETTER stuff to show. I’m my own worst critic. But I need a job so I’m working with what I’ve got. I had another guy tell me he wanted my shots to be slower. If I had twice as much content and made it all half the speed I’d have a 12 minute reel 
@MightyReg: Thanks, that’s really nice of you to say!
@KillahPriest: I’ve heard the same thing. Some of the best modeling reels I’ve seen, VFS reels included, only have two or three epic models on them.
@zcomb: Thanks dude, I really appreciate it!
@Capa: Thank you, man. Your support means a lot. I mean that.
@cherub_rock: Thanks man. And thanks for the props on Vimeo!
work in progress.
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