Marc Wakefield

I always find a bit of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, The Gorillaz, The Killers or even Queen inspirational when modelling and creating concepts. Jack Johnson, Eva Cassidy and Nora Jones are pretty good when I am trying to concentrate. But I am into anything that floats my boat really. I love all types of music and find you can draw inspiration from light and dark, heavy and soft.

Ok, this may be off topic and I am sorry but... Something has been bugging me quite a bit recently. Does anyone else find Improv offensive? I think he/she is completely rude and disrespectful to Andrew, 3D Coat, and anyone who dares to respond to his/her posts, even when people are trying to offer assistance. If you love Mudbox so frickin much, why don't you just bugger off over to their forums and stop spreading your negativity over here. Either that, or try to lighten up a bit. You always seem so damn angry. There is no need for it and I simply can not stand people with such a bad attitude! Andrew; do not be discouraged by Improv or any other ungrateful penny pinchers. As far as I am concerned, you have given me a great product which is fantastic value for money and many other people here agree with me. You are conscientious, highly dedicated and fair. I will pay whatever the upgrade to v3 costs and what’s more, I will be happy to pay because you and your family deserve it.

I can not wait to see this with symmetry working! It is going to be amazing. I think I will probably be checking this thread every day over the next few months!

Well, I think that seems very reasonable. I will definitely be upgrading.

Thanks Andrew this is fantastic! It is great that it also works on my trusty old laptop. This is just a quick bubble bear, nothing special, I know but it really got me thinking.... Will you be incorporating a system similar to Zsphere's in ZBrush? It would be great if you could build characters in this way and then have the form smoothed out and connected. The smoothing tool could do with being way more powerful on the volumetric sculpting side of things. (Don't worry, I know this is just an alpha and you are just trying to give us a taste of things to come) If this keeps going so well It could be the only app I need to create game ready models. Here is a quick monster head. Well done, you Rock!

Cool! Where did you get this? Is this Andrews Cuda / 3d coat demo?

Wow, That is really nice Juan. He has a great little face I'm gonna make one as well.

Thanks StereoMike, I will give that a go. Cheers, Marc

A week or two!? That's amazing! Goodness man, do you not sleep!? You do all of this and still have time for your family. If only the guys over at Daz were this dedicated with Hexagon. Bravo!

Wow, it was working without me even knowing it! I just exported the texture and it works perfectly on the model, thanks Andrew. I will be a devout 3D Coater for the forseeable future. With all of these fantastic features you keep adding I can't see me ever wanting to use anything else. I am soooooo looking forward to the volumetric sculpting. Other features I would love to see are a hair system and the ability to create glow maps with realtime preview within 3d Coat. (for glowing eyes, weapons, fire, etc) I think other game content guys would love this feature too. Do you think they will be possible in an upcoming release? All the best, Marc

Hi Andrew, Just a quicky really. Is there any way that 3D Coat can import models with a UV layout like this: It can be really useful when creating a detailed model when you have a small texture restriction such as 512 by 512. When ever I have tried to import a model like this, I get display errors. Thank you very much and congrats on 2.10. It Rocks! Did you see my latest WIP by the way? It wouldn't have been possible without your program.

Super Duper A! Downloading now.

Yeah, me too. I can't wait. I'm sure it will be fantastic.

I thought I would post another example of a game character I have just finished using 3d Coat recently. The initial lo-poly model was created in Wings 3D, The UV's were made in Roadkill and the rest was done in 3d Coat. My entry forum is here: http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?p=57025 Is there any way 3D Coat could incorporate a glow map? It would be pretty useful.

Thank you, I guess this definitely backs up the request for an open discusion board

Hi Everyone, I wasn't sure where to post this but thought it was definitely something that would be of interest to Andrew and the whole comunity. I literally just found out this morning. Truespace 7.6 is now completely free for a limited time only! It is a fully featured 3D application for modelling and rendering which also supports normal maps and realtime shaders and used to cost around $500. Check it out: http://www.caligari.com/ I recently switched modeling apps from Hexagon back to Wings as Hexagon kept crashing and currently use Carrara 6 as my rendering package and do all my sculpting and detailing in 3D Coat. I will definitely be trying this one out to see how my 3D Coat creations look in Truespace.

From this day forward, the name 'Andrew Shpagin' may only be mentioned in a sentence if followed directly by the words "the Legend". The latest beta release of 3D Coat is now working perfectly on my trusty old Acer Travelmate 4020, which means that I will now also be able to detail my models in my living room while sitting with my fiancée in front of the telly after work in the evening instead of leaving her all alone while I use my more powerful desktop pc in my office. She will be very pleased! Very well done Andrew. This is so great! How do you do it? When will the 2.10 full release be ready, by the way? I am going to have to request a new hardware code and will probably need to buy a bigger hard drive for the laptop to store all of my wonderful creations. Thank you, Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

Is there anyway something similar could be incorporated within 3D Coat? Even if it was just a slightly tweaked version of fill by depth it would still be extremely usefull. It would really look great when combined with a normal map on a low poly game model. The only issue I have with the current method is the directional shadows it creates. It looks good but doesn't work too well on realtime models. All the best, Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

Wow, a new beta, today? I am looking forward to it. It sounds like you have the work/life balance figured out quite nicely, along with a very supportive family. Congratulations on the new arrival, Andrew. All the Best, Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

Thank you Andrew, I can't wait to try the tools in 2D. Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

Thank you for the feedback Yukon_28. I am glad you like it. Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

Thanks for this Andrew. The time and dedication you put into this program is quite simply amazing. I honestly think it is one of the best things I have ever paid for. I have just uploaded some more work in the WIP section and without 3D Brush (or whatever name it becomes) it would simply not be possible. Kind Regards and utmost respect, Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

Hi Everyone, I have been doing a bit of work for Radakan ( http://radakan.org/home/ ) creating concepts for a creature called a Grogg and I thought I should share some of the images with you. Lo Poly Grogg with Normal Map Lo Poly Grogg with Normal Map Closer The Mesh Hi Poly Grogg Head Lo Poly Grogg Head with Normal Map High Poly Grogg Relief 1 High Poly Grogg Relief 2 Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

Absolutely Gorgeous! Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

I am not too sure about that one. I think people may ridicule that name. Now I don't have any issues with peoples sexual orientation but "bi" usualy refers to people who "swing both ways" if you know what I mean and there are some small minded people out there. Marc Wakefield http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk