Hi chippwalters,

Thanks for your post. It's a very good work !
We already knew your talent and it seems that you are getting better and better with 3D-Coat.

> It certainly can't do hi rez models (though this one was some 50 million polys)

50M polys aren't enough for you ? :)
I can say you that with the right lighting and/or texturing far fewer polys are enough to render an excellent prototype.

If you have free time take a look at this (First Official Contest Winners) :
http://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/19893-first-official-contest-winners/

I think that you are not so far from that quality :)
What do you think ?

In the last weeks I played a lot with 3D-Coat, and I can say that it's very funny modelling with it,
but for the moment, my skill in Retopo and Texuring are very weak.

P.S. Here's a very interesting collection of smart materials : http://3dcoat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/18542-smart-material-procedural/
( buy at https://gumroad.com/michaelgdrs)

Have a nice day,

- Marco (mkdm)