great body ref model

Thegodzero

http://www.freedom-of-teach.com/index.php

I saw one of these on someones desk at work and my jaw droped. The level of detail is just dead sexy!

oXYnary

So's unfortunately the price.

Rick Stirling

We've got one. I think he's wearing a gasmask and holding tampons.

To be honest, you are much better off with some really good reference books.

Mister Sentient

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Good anatomy books are indispensable but sometimes it's helpful to have a three dimensional figure that you can study from any angle.

James Edwards

I use both depending on my needs, but nothing beats just rotating the dude around 360 beside my monitor for quick ref. There's something to be said for being able to see the forms and how they relate with each other in 3d space - even if it is only an artists representation. It's more than adequate for the kind of non-precision work most of us do. Well worth the money imo.

pior

Dont you guys think that version 1 looks better than version 2 (gay skyblue) and version 3 (obtrusive colors) altogether?

Maybe close up quality is different tho.

edit : looks good enough to me...

http://www.freedom-of-teach.com/images/p3f_anafig1_c.jpg

fogmann

It reminds me of the anatomy atlases my mom used to have. They were cover to cover full of photos of dissected humans (well, they were already corpses before they were dissected, of course). It could be a great reference for whoever has a stomatch to look at those photos for too long.

ThE_BirD

We've got the color one at work and I have the Sepia one(my coveted billiards trophy)at home.... The color one has a turn table but I like the sepia one a bit better... It's a little easier to see whats going on without the color... also they all come with a detachable magnetic penis... yep that's what I said poop... "a detachable magnetic penis"...

Daz

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yep that's what I said poop... "a detachable magnetic penis"...

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Afaik it's not magnetic but.....http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...001&sc=1000


We had one of those models at EA. They're pretty nice.

Vitor

yes i've came across that site a few time ago and since then i want to buy one of those things! but once again, Cg is too expensive to be just an hobbie, so we got to make some sacrifices .

but, even thou those are great references, i payed the same money for Gray's Anatomy. I don't think it's that fair that way...

SouL

The statues are very good. Color choice doesn't really matter, depending on your level of anatomy knowledge. But I suppose the colored one helps you see what's muscle and what's tendon. Several artists here at work have the Sepia colored one.

The statues are good in learning what's underneath the surface. What muscle goes where, and how they lay on top of each other. It's still up to the artist to decipher how all those muscles would look with skin layed on top. I would say it's a good reinforcement of materials you would learn from taking an anatomy class. By no means is it a substitute, though.

Rick Stirling

It's cheaper to disect a tester, and you can have a barbeque afterwards.