here’s a tutuorial on my suggestion about making a tileable alpha - worth the effort. there are plenty of alphas in the pixologic downloads section
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?30406-Creating-Seamless-Alphas-and-Painting-Bump-Maps
good point about dwarves being long lived obsessive compulsives - lol
i found 2 promising search results for “zbrush alphas” on deviantart…including a 21 pack of Cloth alphas. hope that helps.
thank you guys 
maybe i will give a try to the new zclassroom tutorial with micromesh
i made a little fiddle for my juggler
i will add strings later
Actually Dwarfs or 'little people" as they like to be called, have an average lifespan of 10 years less than the general population. 
well i guess they don’t wear a heavy suit and a battle axe though
that’s a nice lookin’ fiddle. But do you know the difference between a violin and a fiddle?
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Well, a violin has “strings” and a fiddle has “stra-a-a-ngs”.
But seriously, how’d you get that clean little groove along the edge?..lazy mouse? masking? I think all those little grooves, inward and outward, found along the edge, neck, bridge’s backpiece and keys are the little details that makes an object like this stand out. At least for me, before any texture or paint go on.
oh sorry
i didn’t mentioned that i made it in maya 
another sculpt of one of markus lovadina’s sketches
you can find the sketch here: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=85804&page=6
timelapse+turntable: http://youtu.be/2Qu1WOW3J7k
hope you guys like it
Nice sculpt, really dig the matreial too.
thanks beholder 
it’s just the default skinshade4 material with some bpr filters
here is a quick 45min head sculpt
timelapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bazb7PI9JqM
hope you like it!
Great studies! 
thanks santis
acutally your last head motivated me to sculpt these
finished the latest sculpt of one of markus lovadina’s sketches
highres image: http://grimnor.deviantart.com/#/d5q6ruk
check out my youtube channel for the timelapse videos: http://www.youtube.com/FynnGB
hope you all like it
Glad to hear man, stuff like that really makes my day
Cool new sculpt
you’re welcome and thank you again
here is a new sculpt for the game art challenge on 3dtotal
the sculpt is based on a concept by markus lovadina
turntable:
and i worked again on the dwarf
a 1 hour and 20 min speedsculpt from yesterday
hope you like it
My tribute to gollum
took me around 3 - 3 1/2 hours so far
still a lot to do
if you have questions feel free to ask
hope you guys like it
All models start out a little funny/creepy. :lol: The ugly duckling phase I suppose.
But you really pulled it out. Great start so far, cant wait to see how it turns out!
