I am an ‘old school’ sculptor using clay, plaster resin mould making and casting etc…making large and small sculptures for the gold/silversmithing and jewellery trade…I am attempting to move with the times and have started to learn ZBrush with the intention of producing work to be 3D printed and then cast…I was wondering does anyone know where I can find a basic male and female mannequin (horse too if possible ), that I could pose and dress, that’s all I really need for my work…also, when I sculpt I can set my dividers to the size of the figures head I am working on and use that to subdivide the body…8 heads in a body, 2 across shoulders etc…is there a measurement tool on ZBrush at all to check anatomical measurements or is everything done by eye…If anyone could help me I would be really grateful…thanks !!!
There are a few male figures and at least one female figure included in the Zbrush Lightbox tool and project files. There are also several pre-made poseable wooden dummy mannequins based on zsphere tech, good for quickly trying out poses:
http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d-modeling/modeling-basics/creating-meshes/mannequins/
There are always commercially available figures. You may want to employ google to see what else may be available. You’ll need a figure in .obj or ztool .ztl format.
Thanks for your reply !..or maybe I should just have the patience and sculpt my own !