I’m having trouble telling which ones are renders and which ones are real, hahah!
hi TanTeckWeng,
thank you - i take that as a compliment 
actually it doesn´t matter if something is digitally created or ´real´
these days.
we have the tools (zbrush, keyshot) and 3d printing technology
combined with the traditional concepts and principles which apply
on „both sides“ it becomes pretty much the same.
Owl walking cane for the true gentleman
this is actually no rendering. it´s a photo of a crow pendant i made entirely in zbrush. then i 3d printed the model on a zortrax m200 machine.
after that i made a silikon mold with mold max 60 which is temperature resistant to a certain degree. and then i cast these pieces with pewter.
next step will be electroplating with copper and then silver. then blackening and a final polish. hope you like them. i´m really proud of it
so cool times we are living in - love cosmic
very nice done. especially if it has done with your own hands. very happy for you! Good luck!
Hello VoroN-art
thank you very much. and absolutely spot on: as much as i love
working in zbrush: the hand made aspect is so important and so much fun.
and i learn so much from it.
i have the deepest respect of every goldsmith and their work.
here is another image with three different „flavours“ 
gold- , copper-, and silver-eletroplated
a shaving brush for the dapper man 
i´m learning traditional wood carving techniques & principles at the moment
to become a better zbrush artist.
this is a baroque leaf i did for practice. sculpted in zbrush and rendered in keyshot.
oh pixologic, i´m so exited what the new chisel brush in 4r8 will make possible for
these kind of works.
still practicing woodcarving principles inside of zbrush. i´ve been to vienna and looked at the old scrollwork of the old masters
and all the gothic architecture and now i´m learning 3d woodcarving at a site called woodcarvingworkshops.tv to become a better
3d artist. so this is my new piece. this was rendered in keyshot
That is simply beautiful. I have carved volutes and scrolls in foam, wood and stone. I understand the precision it requires. I have had less success doing them digitally. That is fine work. Big thumbs up from me.
hello carver,
thank you very much. i really appreciate it.
i wish i could share a tutorial here that shows an easy or quick way
to do these kind of things.
i tried so many ways and 3d applications to get this done in a kind of
„procedural“ approach. but to get it right there is only one way atm:
it is what it is: handcraft.
done traditionally or digital in zbrush - there´s no „shortcut“
which is a good thing in my opinion there are so many „one-click solutions“
out there these days in our lifes - some things need patience and lots
of work.
first i skribbled a sketch of the forms i´d like to achive and then i entered
inkscape and cleaned up all the lines to get a „perfect“ flow.
i used the option „spiro path“ in inkscape which is very good.
this would be a good addition in zbrush like: curve mode that aligns in
a perfect spiral way when smoothing 
- ok, ok there are ways to do it at
this moment on super low poly level with eg. the zmodeler brush (add curve)
the sculpting was all working with dynamesh in zbrush, depth stacking, sharpening
the edges, tweaking the forms from all sides and then retopo by hand with zspheres
to get a more controlable mesh and still more tweaking.
next up i will 3d print this and i´ll first make a keychain ring from it with a silicon mold
and pewter. then i´ll electroplate it to give it more strenght.
what is cool about this to have it in a digital format -> i will experiement with the
scroll bending it and finding more forms and places this could be applied. lets see what
i will „find“ with array mesh or what this can be used for when the new vector displacement
will be available in 4r8.
maybe a table or part of a bed or a lamp - let´s see.
kind regards and cu soo
ollie / cosmic
Awesome Thread! Thanks for sharing.
Hello Mahlikus,
thank you very much glad you like it.
more to come & happy zbrushing 
ollie
“3D metal printing” on the cheap:
• Skull modeled in Zbrush
• 3D Print on Zortrax M200
• Silicone Mold from temperature resistant silicone
• Casting in Pewter
• Polishing
• copper electroplating, silver electroplating
• blackening
• polishing
of course not highend - but not too shabby i think and it is a lot of fun
