[Zbrush] Rendering a 3D Print Sculpt ?

Golden Yak

I've produced some sculpts that I intend to be turned into 3D prints, and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on good ways to render out some images of the sculpts from Zbrush prior to printing.

I went hunting on ZBCentral as well for examples of what I'm talking about, something like this:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=518979

from this thread (which has many other good examples:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?202758-CRTart-Toys-Miniatures-and-Games

Here's another:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=545783

from:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?195454-quot-Is-this-some-kind-of-bust-quot-my-zbrush-works&p=1205392&viewfull=1#post1205392


I want to show off sculpts that haven't had time to be printed yet. I'm not that familiar with rendering images out of Zbrush, or what materials would be best for this sort of thing.

I'm hunting through tutorials online and reading up on Keyshot as well, and I thought I'd ask here as well in case anyone has any suggestions. Currently looking at this one:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?183669-danitchu-Sketchbook-(tutorial-Pg-4)/page4

Eric Chadwick

I've renamed your thread from "Rendering a 3D Print Sculpt" to "[Zbrush] Rendering a 3D Print Sculpt ?". Adding the program name will help knowledgeable people find your thread, and the question mark prevents it from looking like you're posting a solution or tutorial.

Have you looked into Zbrush's lighting and rendering options?
http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/course/rendering

throttlekitty

That style is usually called a Clay Render, you should be able to do it in ZB just as well as any other program. There's also a hundred bajillion tutorials on the topic, finding one you like should be easy.