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The ARRAYinator
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My birthday is coming up and I want to invest in a 3d modeller. I have milkshape and its been pretty good but I need something that is good for rendering and low poly modelling that won't give me trouble exporting to dbpro(animations and textures included).Im not planning on spending anymore then $400. If anyone could pount me in the right direction as to a package that would be good for me. That be great.



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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 22:22
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Second hand copy of c4d? c4d old versions are pretty cheap even tho i'm saving up to get r10 right now

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Jeku
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 22:25 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2006 22:27
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My father uses Animation:Master and swears by it for pro 3D modelling and rendering. Around $200 last time I checked.

http://www.hash.com

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Just take a look at these contest entries and decide for yourself

http://www.hash.com/imagecontest/index.asp

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Miguel Melo
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Hexagon is pretty good from my experience. Also a lot of people say that Silo is awesome and I have no reason to believe that is not the case.

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The ARRAYinator
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@ Jeku looks nice but does it work with dbpro?

@ miguel I looked at silo and it looks good for the price. Hexagon also looks nice but I still have to look into it more. Thanx guys keep the suggestions coming.



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Jeku
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 23:13
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Well if they have a .X exporter then for sure it should work. I don't have the software on my computer, but I can maybe find out for you.

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The ARRAYinator
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@JEku that would be great! If you can. I appreciate all your help. Silo actually looks really good for the price. Im downloading some demos right now to see what I like thanx guys!



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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 23:19
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i hope cinema4d is in that lot

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Chris K
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What about Milkshape? It dirt cheap and pretty good.

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 23:41
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can't understand milkshape myself to primitive egt some real software something like c4d or sketchup maybe?

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The ARRAYinator
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i HAVE MILKSHAPE ALREADY. i NEED SOMETHING FOR MORE HIGH- POLY TYPE OF THINGS BUT STILL USABLE FOR LOW POLY IF NEEDED.



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The ARRAYinator
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Anyone have hexagon 2? It looks pretty good. Id really like to ave zbrush but its soo expensive.



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Oddmind
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Posted: 23rd Oct 2006 00:41
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sir please lower your voice...

Use blender, save your money.

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The ARRAYinator
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Ok I narrowed it down to silo and hexagon as they are the two that im most comfortable in. i like silo's interface better but hexagon seems to have more tools. Anyone own one of them? I like both but hexagons brush tools are really good for detail plus its uv mapping is better from what I here.Im going to use blender for animation and rendering as ive never come around to be good at modelling in blender. thanx for all your help so far!



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thats not much of a hard descision,silo would be the obvious choice, but silo 2 is coming out pretty soon. I would suggest waiting for its release because you will hve acess to silo one and all its extensions as well when you buy silo 2.

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Posted: 24th Oct 2006 03:02 Edited at: 24th Oct 2006 03:03
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hexagon2 is great modelling tool, except for a few uv wrapping seams which can be tweaked later,and i dont think it animates either.

blender is free but daunting at first because of the interface as well i think.
I heard truespace 4 and up would work with dbc/p, truespace 3 is free out there.
3dcanvas could do it.
Ive heard good things about wings as a modeller
unwrap 3d is another definate purchase, that tool rox[4]game files
theres a big list of 3d software on the 3d boards

I havent tried character shop yet but it appears to be save a lot of hassle.

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The ARRAYinator
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Posted: 24th Oct 2006 03:12 Edited at: 24th Oct 2006 03:13
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Thanx guys! I think im going to go for silo,the price is great. plus I just love how you can custimize everything. Im going to use it in conjunction with milkshape and blender to make animated models etc. Also on silo there giving you the free upgrade to 2.0 if you buy now(not positive). As for uvmapping with silo is it any good? Just wondering i could always use lithunwrap and blender but It be nice to do it in one prog. THanx again for all your suggestions!



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Miguel Melo
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Quote: "I think im going to go for silo,the price is great."


You're gonna hate me for this, but I got Hexagon 2.0 for $1.99 directly from Daz3d when they launched it.

Of course one had to be a platinum member to get that offer (which is 29 dollars but you get a lot of freebies). But, still, getting it for under $32 was quite a bargain!

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JimB
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I think you will like Silo,if you buy now you get the free upgrade to Silo 2 when released saving yourself $50.
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Posted: 24th Oct 2006 20:53
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$400? Add $100 and I would recommend Softimage|XSI foundation or the version of Lightwave they have on the Kurv Studio's website.

Hexagon and Silo? Well those are primarily modelling tools, I would assume he would want rendering/animation included, although both being top quality tools.

If you're going to spend $400, assuming you're new, I think you may like;

Milkshape or TrueSpace 5/6/GameSpace with Silo 2 or Hexagon 2, powerful modelling tools, with an animator (And a render with trueSpace.

My personal recommendation would be TrueSpace 6 with Silo, Silo for modelling TrueSpace for everything else, download the demo's and see what you like.

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wow Chris Franklin thanks for mentioning Cinema4d i checked it out it was so great... its a very high-end modeller, animator, and more... however that price is crazy! $1000 for the most basic one and $3500 for the best version. So i wont be able to get it but wow that product looks awesome oh ya Chris Franklin did u actually get the product or u just wanted to mention it?
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Cinema 4D is a great tool, if you want the features cheap, try
Softimage|XSI. If you think Cinema 4D is expensive

3DSMax is around £3000, Maya maxs out around £5000 and Houdini at around £8000 ($17000) The 3D business is expensive.

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The ARRAYinator
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Thanx guys! Im going to be silo first then when I have enough buy something for rendering like truspace which is rather nice. For now I will use silo for modelling, milkshape for game animation and blender fo rendering. Thanx for all your help!



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Nice, make sure you try the demos first, tips and appearance may not always fulfill what you want, which is why I have demanded Newtek send me their Lightwave demo as they're not hosting it yet

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