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Warlord720

M.D. McCallum

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Commercial Artist, 3D Animator and Character Creator, Published Author, Project Manager and Legend in his own Mind.

User Since: Mar 08, 2018

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Why So Many CC3 Characters Look Alike

Jul 31, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

The other day I was searching the web for something on Character Creator 3 when I came across an answer to a great question about CC3. Why do a lot of CC3 characters look the.... Read More

Tips: Painting Versus Sculpting Detail

Jul 25, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

When you first jump into 3D, there seems to be so much to learn that it can be overwhelming. It's not just dealing with the mesh as you may have already found out. It involves.... Read More

5 Tools in my Character Toolbox

Jul 18, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

My last article on CC3 changing the way characters are made spurred new questions about what tools are in my character pipeline? While these are not the only tools I use, they.... Read More

Character Creator 3 is changing how characters are made

Jul 10, 2019 at 02:56 pm by Warlord720

I've carried on before about this topic but little did I realize, when it came on the scene in its original version, how much Reallusion's Character Creator would change my 3D.... Read More

Understanding Decimation Poke Through

Jul 04, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

If you made a character or made clothing for a character enough times you eventually if not right away run into layer poke through in extreme or even regular poses when transf.... Read More

Review: NYNE Bass Pro Bluetooth Speaker is on 'can't do without' status

Jun 27, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Last week I got notice of a sale on a Bluetooth speaker. It was on Musicians Friend Stupid Deal of the Day for $59.95 a discount from the usual $150.00 street price of the uni.... Read More

Why you shouldn't fall for sextortion email scams

Jun 20, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

I'm not really sure what audience I'm writing this for because no man I know visits porn sites, let alone acknowledge it if they did, so we'll just say this is for genera.... Read More

Using ZBrush ZRemesher to Cleanup CC3 Topology

Jun 13, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Reallusion's Character Creator 3 is a great tool for creating characters and for providing base meshes that can be exported to 3D apps like ZBrush for further refining or comp.... Read More

Go Ahead Amazon... Listen to my Alexa Conversations

Jun 06, 2019 at 02:00 pm by Warlord720

I don't know why the two richest men in the world must pick on some of us technology users so much. Don't they have other things to do? You know what I mean… Jeff Bez.... Read More

Which is best? Wireless, Self-contained or Tethered VR?

May 30, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

It's only been a few weeks since I initially wrote about the Vive Wireless Adapter for their HMD (Head Mounted Display). That review on it at $299 US came from the "Is it stil.... Read More

Studio Max 2020 - The Ghost Update

May 23, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

As I sit here writing this review, I can only reflect on the struggles I’ve had in finding anything new to write about. Don’t get me wrong. I love me some Studio.... Read More

How to embrace critiques to improve

May 16, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Seems my last article on dealing with hard critiques stirred up more questions about critiques and more importantly, how to improve by embracing a critique from the most criti.... Read More

Vive Wireless Adapter - Still Worth the Cost???

May 02, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

As a tech-writers, we get requests to review items from readers and vendors and recently I got a request to take a look at the wireless adapter for the HTC Vive. This coming f.... Read More

How to deal with hard critiques

Apr 25, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Everyone is a critic and we all have our own ideas about what a critique is. After 20-plus years as a freelancer, I have seen all kinds. They were varied, some professional,.... Read More

Imagine there's no bricks, It's easy if you try

Imagine a World Where Windows Update Works

Apr 19, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

As tech writers, we don't get to indulge our imagination very much. It's just that generally speaking… in technology coverage, we don't get to mix the two. In fact, we.... Read More

Review: Viveport Infinity VR Subscription

Apr 11, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Even though I was an early adopter of the Vive HMD I was never a big fan of Viveport, its online VR gaming portal. There were some good titles but mostly it was pedestrian far.... Read More

Focusing on the Tools at Hand

Apr 04, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

It seems like a shiny new animation tool is coming out every month -- if not every week -- that promises to make our lives richer and fuller in the visual arts industry. Ther.... Read More

ZBrush 2019 Review: - Remesher 3.0 is a much-needed improvement

Mar 28, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

The necessity of a clean mesh cannot be overstated. Simple put… a clean mesh is easier to work with for everyone down the pipeline from you. It also makes for more flui.... Read More

ZBrush 2019 Review: Snapshot3D Feature

Mar 21, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Snapshot3D is a new addition for ZBrush 2019. It looks to be a great hard surface modeling tool that like Spotlight, the platform it is integrated into, I didn't fully appreci.... Read More

Titan RTX Review: Is it worth it?

Mar 15, 2019 at 10:22 am by Warlord720

I must admit the Titan RTX was initially a hard sell for me. Being a digital grunt in the trenches I am always interested in new hardware that improves my workflow or helps me.... Read More