Absolutely love the mane, Chris!
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RELEASED Hivewire Big Cat Has Begun!
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Desertsilver
Busy Bee
Looking regal there! Thank you so much for sharing the process with all of us. It's so inspiring to watch these models develop!
Mythocentric
Extraordinary
That is one seriously sweet 'king' Chris! Stand aside Presley, you're outta here! 
Hello all! I'm Billie.
New here and glad to be on this forum! folks seem so friendly here, and Chris's openness is awesome, not to mention his modeling. Anyway, I was wondering if a Mandrill would be out of the realm of possibilities? I don't know how popular a subject he would be but I Imagine he would be cooler than the Hyena? he is fierce looking and maybe could be a morph from the gorilla, maybe even using the Lion mane? I know I'd buy him in a quarter heartbeat.
By the way, loving your cats, sorely needed, the daz big cat looks a lot like Tony the tiger on my kids cereal box. not good at all. the texture maps are much better than the models.
New here and glad to be on this forum! folks seem so friendly here, and Chris's openness is awesome, not to mention his modeling. Anyway, I was wondering if a Mandrill would be out of the realm of possibilities? I don't know how popular a subject he would be but I Imagine he would be cooler than the Hyena? he is fierce looking and maybe could be a morph from the gorilla, maybe even using the Lion mane? I know I'd buy him in a quarter heartbeat.
By the way, loving your cats, sorely needed, the daz big cat looks a lot like Tony the tiger on my kids cereal box. not good at all. the texture maps are much better than the models.
VortigensBane
Busy Bee
Welcome, Billie! I would second the motion for a Mandrill, as long as I get a hyena too...
carmen indorato
Extraordinary
Can this same build up for the mane also be used to some extent creating long hair animals?
I have seen it done on a TV commercial but never in the Poser community.
I have seen it done on a TV commercial but never in the Poser community.
Welcome to the Hive Billie!
Wow Chris! That's one painstakingly beautiful mane!
Wow Chris! That's one painstakingly beautiful mane!
VortigensBane
Busy Bee
A lot of Ken's newer birds use a similar system for the body feathers. The big challenge is UV mapping all of the modelled geometry...
I'm pretty certain that it can be done easily in Zbrush using nanomesh. You would just map it before saving as an imm then insert them where you want. NanoMesh » ZBrush Docs
You can even vary the way they look.
VortigensBane
Busy Bee
But only if you're willing to spend the $$$ on Zbrush...
Pixelogic is releasing a consumer level version of the program possibly tomorrow. It's called ZBrush Core, and there's been a pretty fair amount of discussion about it over in the DAZ forums. It won't handle as large a mesh as the full program, and there are bound to be other limitations. But I understand that it's supposed to sell around $149, and pre-release orders from their website are 20% off that.