I purchased 3D coat last week after using the trial version.
Here's a character I'm working. This is the "cartoon cute" version of the Ucides cordatus
Painted in 3D coat <3 (diffuse and specular) [model made in 3ds max]
the texture is still a wip, missing alot of details and better spec
Here you can see the crab with some animations i'm doing (unity web player)