Shelton

Thanks guys for the critics! Jost The neck is too skinny and I have adjusted that. Thanks. I was looking at our standard poodle who does have a long and skinny neck. There was a problem with the old dog and it was the rigging of the head was not going to well!! And from the front view the old model did not even look like a dog! hence the new head. Kev Thanks for the critic. I have changed the neck and if you will notice I have set up the jowls to overlap. I wanted to make sure I got the bottom lip in before moving the jowls over the bottom lip. I hope to have an update later. Bill Thanks for the note. I have a photo of a dalmation but as I stated earlier I was watching my dog and I think I modeled more to her features than the dalmation. I have made some more changes and should have an update later on the face. The model does have the frown you were talking about under the nose and the groove I did not notice as I think that was copy/flip/attach. I have corrected that. The nostrils have given my grief since the start. I will send and update later with that change. If you asked to me to draw a portrait I can draw an eye with out any problems. But what ever the reason I can not get eyes to look right no matter what I am modeling. It has haunted me since I first started working with AM. I have changed the chest as dalmatians tend do have more of a rounded chest as you suggested. Once again thanks for the comments. It helps!! Steve

I sat the dog off to one side for a couple of days and when I came back to it last night I found I did not like the head. So here is a complete redo of the head. Steve

Sometimes life happens and I have been able to give an update. I finally started painting the dog. Here is an update. I have also reworked legs neck and head. Steve

Here is a quick update put the correct paws on the dog with claws. Steve

Thanks guys for the comments!! I will have an update tomorrow. I love using AM Paint Steve

I am working on a little video that has a horse a dog and a cow. Steve

I wanted to model a dog for a while. I was looking on the cd and found the Dalmatian. I started looked at it and I used it as a reference. I have completed the body and I going for a fun loving comical dog. Here it is! Steve Here is a wire frame. Still have to tweak the legs and other areas around head area.

I have created a path in the chor and have tied a character to the path and then applied an walk action to the character. I have set the time of the action/walk. The time only goes 3/4 of the path. I have render the chor. My question is this, why does the character continue to move on the path with out the action the last 1/4? What I want is to apply another movement before the character moves on the path later in the chor. Steve

I have rendered a test of thicker hair using Colin Freeman's tut. The only problem is the rendering time is about four times longer. The first took about 6 minutes a frame with hair. The new render took almost 23 minutes a frame. With the video of about 1.5 minutes that is a huge render time. I will have to look for a compromise. The thickness is what I want though. The length needs to be increased by about 20% in the main portion of the mane. The horse is a paint but resembles the Spanish Stallions with the color patterns. I will be on vacation for the next two weeks. Heading to Disney World and the Universal Studios in Florida. So it might be a few days before a new update. Steve Changed the eyes to a dark, dark brown.

Thanks for the link on the hair. I have been looking for something like this. On the eye, you are right about the shine of most horses. This particular paint horse had more brown eyes than most. i will turn down the color to see what it looks like though. Also, in the video I want the eyes to be seen Steve

Here is a three quarter shot with the finished legs. Does the mane need to be thicker? Steve

Here is a new update. Right side completed and waiting on finish around nostril and inner legs. Other wise I have started rigging the horse and hope to have some animation started. Steve

Ok, I am a fan of AM painter!! In just an hour of playing you can create a wonderful texture right on the model. The key is grouping!!. Here is an update. The lips and tone down of the head area is next. Steve

Hey thanks for the help. I will check out Will's. I read through the AM Painter manual and have started with auto decal. I was hitting the wrong area. I will hope to have something tonight. Steve

HELP!! I have tried several styles of decal and textures. What is the best way to decal/texture an animal? I have cut it 1/2 and but with decals it overlaps. i have AM painter but I have not figured out to control the painting of the decal. Steve

I have modeled the mane longer and will keep it this way I think. I am working on rigging tonight. I have tweaked the shoulders and body to give more muscle definition and have reduced the width of the horse body by 10%. Steve

Already adhead of you on the shoulder portion of the front legs. I have narrowed the body about 10% and should have an update later tonight. I can not make up my mind on the mane. As a person who was around horses growing up we kept the mane on our horses cut. Others would grow down aroung the shoulders. But on this model I think it adds more to the horse for a longer mane. I will shoot a render with long mane and rotoscope. Steve

Here is a small update. I hope to have things in the rigging by Sunday night. Steve

Oops, My mistake on the last post here is the horse with the tail intact. I am going back now to work on the texture/decal Steve

Hi David Thanks you are right compared to the rotoscope it was smaller. Help!! I can not get the tail to look right. In the modeling screen all the hair on the tail is going down, but when rendered the hair is not cooperating. Any thoughts Steve

Well, the horse is going to be a paint horse and I have worked on the texturing and hair. When I have added the hair emitters and then saved AM crashes. i just d/l 13 j and I hope that is taken care of. The texture/decaling is coming slower than I thought. I have had more trouble in painting a believable paint horse. I am looking for Will Sutton's tutorial uv mapping. Anyway here is an up date on the base color for the paint. the face will be a white with a black mask around the eyes. (actual horse). I hope to get a little further tonight. Thanks for the comments Steve

I have finished the body and legs and have to touch a couple of things but it is on to hair and painting with 3d painter. Steve

Since the video is only 10 sec in one part and another 10 sec in a sequence of running, I wanted to have the entire body with hair. Also I have purchased AMpaint and want to try it out on this fellow. I will try to update with the eyes and body tonight and hope to be well into applying hair and details by mid week. Steve

Went out this weekend and shot some pictures of a horse. Decided to model it for a video project. I want to try the new hair and other features of version 13 Steve

Truly incredible!! Steve