Yeah, that's what I've meant from the start, see my post :) Actual retopo is going fast enough already, even with 4000 faces I usually get that part done in a day... but I've just got very excited about this 3ds max script on renderhjs's link.
I really like Polyboost/Graphite tools for retopologizing high detail areas like faces and such. But good lord that retopo script is awesome for quickly blocking out large areas like limbs and such, then jumping in with Polyboost for the more delicate areas. Makes a great combo! WrapIt looks cool too...
tools = cool graphite modeling GUI = unuseable in general its the GUI that made everything bad,- the scripts itself are very good but autodesk failed somehow with their new GUI attempt. Its clunky - very hard to adjust and lags to often. Apart from that are like 100 different small icons pretty difficult to learn and…
Volume Voxels I believe but its not really clear yet. At least you can extrude multiple loops at once (e.g 2 trouser pipes) and the script will right away project them not from 1 direction but multiple normal directions to the the high density mesh- very impressive and super effective because it works inside max. But yeah…
Okay, so I've started a new head/bust today using the Retopo script... as for speed, I'm at about 2200 polygons for one half, so I guess I'm going reasonably well here. Trouble is that it's a really old guy with lots of detail, so I have to add another couple hundred polygons tomorrow. I expect it to be around 5000 in the…
I think you can rip it off and have it floating around. However it still behaves the same way not like polyboost. I'd like to try installing polyboost on 2010 and see if it works. I think the tools are pretty valuable even if the interface is a headache. You can also bind a key to toggle it on/off too as well as dock it…
It really depends on what tools you are using, I can think of 2-3 scripts for max and a few settings and workflows that could get that done in 8 or less hours. But it depends on what you're working in. Protip: Rub Per's belly to avoid him ripping your face off, if you go a little lower he might spill a few secrets while he…