3D Coat

[Inyri]

So @@minilogoguy18 was telling me about 3D Coat and I decided to take a look. You can download a 30-day trial (or buy the whole program) on Steam.

 

It's similar to mudbox or zbrush in that it lets you create 3d meshes from scratch taking a sculpting approach. Made this on my first try out the door (which, by the way, is better than the first thing I made in zbrush).

 

 

It can do modeling, uv mapping, and texturing. No rigging or anything, so you'd still need your other software for that, but seems pretty tight so far. I like it, but need to learn what the best brushes are and all that. I like the responsiveness of zbrush better but the interface of 3d coat is sooooo much easier to work with than zbrush, which is anything but intuitive. A hobbyists license for 3D Coat is $99.00, which I think marks the first company that acknowledges not everyone wants to go commercial and can afford a $700 license to something.

[Milamber]

I've been interested in 3d coat too Heard it got some really good retopology tools. Not that I've yet to get into high poly modeling...need to do that.

 

Also, nice head ^^ Bothan right?

[Inyri]

Sure is a bothan. Pretty bad, but considering I was just trying out the software I'm pretty impressed it's that good with fairly minimal effort.

[CaptainChar]

that intereface looks easier to use then my curernt 3Dmax

[The One and Only]

How many Bothans died to bring us that screenshot?

[Pande]

It is absolutely AWESOME software, however it takes a very different approach to UI that will piss you off when you start with it. You will be googling a lot!

[minilogoguy18]

I think consdering it's capabilities a single use license is VERY worth the money.

 

The retopology tool is directly aimed at game production.