Millenia, I really enjoyed your brogue.

This awesome detailed tutorial for FREE???
Christmas is still 6 months away and I already got the greatest gift... Thank you...

This is fantastic, thank you so much! I shall be going through this thing tonight

cool, already know how to spend tomorrow's afternoon ^^ thanks a lot millenia

Awesome share thank you, I will definitely check it out

Just what i've been looking for Thank you!

Thanks really helped!

Thanks to you...
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showt...78#post1611778

Hey Millenia!

I am sure this will help a ton of people. But I do have a critique of the video process. I know it is odd to critique the tutorial process, but I can see many turned off by some annoyances in your tutorials. I would like to note a couple of things that made your videos almost un-watchable for me, I had to WILL myself to finish your videos.

1. Hearing a persons keyboard during a video will make me turn off the video almost instantly. It is just irritating. On top of that yours sounded like you have hammers as fingers, especially when you press enter.

2. Drinking / eating during a tutorial is another reason for me to immediately shut off the video. Hearing deep guttural groans and grunts makes my stomach turn.

3. Clearing ones throat / swallowing deeply is another thing that makes my stomach turn. It is something we all do, but during a process like this, we have to try to avoid it.

I know it seems like I am nitpicking here ( I am), but like I stated I had to almost force myself to finish the videos.

I think it is a nice addition to the sea of tutorials and I enjoy your work, but for the future I think you could reach a wider audience with some minor fixes to your recording process.

You raise a great point Quack, I honestly just recorded everything straight and uploaded those without any kind of editing (closer to a livestream than a proper tutorial, really)

I might overdub the audio at some point to be a bit better (and with 100% less keyboard)

I don't mind keyboard noises but I do dislike eating/drinking/lip smacking sounds. It's just nasty. But awesome tutorial nonetheless, thanks so much!

its not a proper CG tutorial if the guy isnt eating chips at one part of the video :P

This end product looks pretty cool! Think I might have to give this tutorial a spin and see if i cant learn anything new

I dont mind all the imprefections this tutorial might have, after all, its imprefection that makes things perfect, btw, i loved the tutorial, thanks a bunch dude, you really help people out there who cant go to an artist university (like me) and want to learn more about 3d cause we love it.
I would love if you could make more tutorials like this, i dont mind if its rought or not, just feel free to do it, i will be really happy to watche them
Cheers

Originally Posted by Millenia

You raise a great point Quack, I honestly just recorded everything straight and uploaded those without any kind of editing (closer to a livestream than a proper tutorial, really)

I might overdub the audio at some point to be a bit better (and with 100% less keyboard)

Sounds like a great idea. You are talented and have a nice workflow, so I hope to see more!

Thanks man, this is a great help for some of us who are still learning! We appreciate these awesome tutorials!!!

Hey guys, I tried to search for RACER, but I couldn't find anything. Can someone please provide me a link to one of his/her's tutorials?

http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/in...ageid=racer445

Can't say enough thanks for this tut, I started out with modelling almost a year ago and I hadn't a clue what on earth Smoothing Groups and Cages were all about until I saw this tut just now. Previously I would just apply a Smooth modifier and pump it up til everything turned to mush. This shotgun is genuinely the first time I've baked anything that wasn't completely riddled with normal map seams. Rather embarrassing to admit but hey-ho, now I know!

Awesome tutorial! I start work tomorrow at a max studio, and I am a maya user, so this was a great watch! I have one question, what is the hotkey/tool you always use to switch from before and after? For example you will add an edge loop, enable turbosmooth, then you spam your keyboard to toggle that edge loop on and off. Thanks again for the tut :-D

^ There's "Show End Result", I have it set to my tilde key.

Above and beyond awesome, Thanks a million!

Nice vids tahnk you !, shows me that max can be better
in some ways.. still sticking with maya
- sadly without textools and xoliulshader
Only alternatives i find, are marmoset and 3dcoat/roadkill..
or am i wrong ?

Joining in the fun...

That's pretty sweet

Alphavader: I don't know anything about Maya, I've always been a Max user myself.

had a go at it! cheers for the great tut.