To Snorkelbottom,

Really, cool job there.

yes is indeed an excellent job ...

when u say u sculpted it...do u mean as in a 3d model (max, maya or whatever 3d application)....or a hand made sculpture?....whatever u did do it with....i myself am a 3d modeler and i am loving it....good job!

Looks hand sculpted. Could've done with your assistance a few years back Jux when I made multiplayer maps for UT3.

well...i am a freelance artist...i do 3d modeling in max....but i am not here to self promote (tho i am always available...lol)....this dude did an excellent job and he deserves some praise....personally when another artist complements my work then i feel very happy....cause other artists are much more critical... your average guy is almost always impressed....but praise from a fellow artist....those ones i take seriously!

Yeah it is very well done I am guessing it's plasticine or super sculpey?

I have only seen the tiny avatar....but from what i can tell it is not a digital design....it looks too real...or it has that certain quality .....unless he or she used some very advanced rendering techniques.

No, def looks hand sculpted, no graphics engine I'm aware of can render that well.

Zbrush has some nice matcaps that can get close very easy but If he rendered it with GI, caustics, sub surface scattering in mental ray he could nail it. He would have to be very good at digitaly painting meshs though and the UV texture cooridinates on that would be a nightmare.

yeas bio...u make out...lol...uvw unwrap would be a fucking nightmare!.....nah I think it is definitely a true sculptured by hand real deal model...I just wish ZetaReticuli will comment now!

Sincere thanks to you all for your comments. This is traditional sculpting, it was sculpted lovingly in clay, moulded with silicone and the pic in Snorkelbottom's avatar is of a painted resin casting from the mould. More Alien and Giger-inspired work here (hope it's ok to post my sit here, admin, if it isn't tell me so): http://www.martinocatalano.com/AlienandGigerrelatedwork.html I've noted that there's a lot of 3D artists here and there's been some fabulous linked images from here and on other sites that've really fired me up with having a go at 3D art. I'm keen on experimenting with ZBrush when I can afford it that is, lol.

Thanks for all your comments everyone. Its a resin casting of a traditional clay sculpture, lovingly executed I hasten to add. More Alien and Giger-related work here: http://www.martinocatalano.com/AlienandGigerrelatedwork.html Hope it's ok to post my site URL, if not admin, let me know.

you should post images of your work here so we can appreciate them my friend.

Thankyou Biomechanic.

I will certainly do, but in the meantime they're all in that link - they're not going to run away, lol. My latest creation, a 'Proto-Facehugger' isn't yet on my site. I'll post some images here very soon.

Very nice ZetaReticuli!!!

im getting jealous now...lol...very good job!

Thanks juxt!