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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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How the Farmer learned to love the PC

Dec 05, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

It was late 1981 or early 1982 as the Farmer sat at his desk in the old farmhouse and stared, in awe, at the greyish white, sort of rounded, boxes that sat in front of him. Th.... Read More

Managing Large Project Video Memory in iClone 7

Dec 04, 2019 at 03:00 pm by Warlord720

Working with large scenes can be a real pain, particularly in a real-time app like iClone 7. With most iClone projects... you don't even think about the setti.... Read More

Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Versus the Puget Workstation

Nov 27, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

This isn't going to be your usual review about gameplay but rather about installing Red Dead Redemption 2 PC (RDR2) on a pc and how it handles it. The gaming news is full of R.... Read More

What about InstaLOD Studio XL, the Heavy Duty Poly Cruncher?

Nov 22, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

A few weeks ago, I was given an opportunity to add InstaLOD Studio XL to my 3D creation pipeline. This is the big brother, standalone version of InstaLOD t.... Read More

AI Driven Headshot - New Character Creator Plugin

Nov 21, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Ah… nothing like this time of year and I don't mean the holidays. However, it is an early Christmas for a lot of digital artists out there as our creative products get.... Read More

How to fix Reallusion's Hub Update Problem

Nov 20, 2019 at 11:38 am by Warlord720

If you are one of the unlucky few that ends up with the Reallusion Hub hang up… with all buttons grayed out then don’t fret. Follow some simple troubleshooting st.... Read More

Puget Systems Workstation - The First Two Weeks go better than expected

Nov 14, 2019 at 10:41 am by Warlord720

For the past two weeks or so I have been using the Puget system for everyday work from character creation to clothing creation and then checking that work in VR. It has been a.... Read More

Marvelous Designer 9 Brings New Tools

Nov 07, 2019 at 11:44 am by Warlord720

CLO Virtual Fashion released version 9 of its clothing app, Marvelous Designer (MD9) about a month ago. This update packs in a few new tools that are very promising to improvi.... Read More

Puget Systems Workstation - First Use

Oct 31, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

As it always is in life, the Puget System workstation was delivered during a time of travel, changing weather and not enough hours in the day to take the system out of the box.... Read More

Confidence. Seems you either have it or you don't.

Are you scared of the Deep End?

Oct 24, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Confidence. Seems you either have it or you don't. Not much in between as just a little bit of confidence can go a long way whereas the reverse can keep you from realizing y.... Read More

Quick & Easy Winter Items in Marvelous Designer

Oct 17, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

With Fall here and Winter approaching its time for warm weather clothing and other items such as comforters, pillows, blanket, and bedspreads. It's also the time of year quest.... Read More

Review: 'Automatic Unfold' UV Unwrapper

Oct 10, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

In a recent article, I mentioned unwrapping and a tool I use in 3DS Max, PolyUnwrapper, which saves a lot of time and aggravation. One thing worse than skin weighting is unwra.... Read More

With New Tools Low Poly is Still a Mindset

Oct 03, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Two of the dominating factions of 3D usage sit firmly at each end of the spectrum. On one end you'll find the high-poly world of image rendering for various uses from advertis.... Read More

Tips: AAA Texturing for the Masses

Sep 26, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Without AAA texturing a model is just a mesh… and meshes are a dime a dozen. A lot of us can make meshes but can we texture them? Not so much for some of us. Maybe even.... Read More

InstaLOD IS in iClone 7... Sorta

Sep 19, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

In today's busy world, some of the answers to our questions are right in front of us, but we don't see it. Such a case is InstaLOD and iClone 7. Ever since Reallusion a.... Read More

Review: Adobe Spark Post for Android

Sep 12, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Alright. I admit it. This desktop tower fanatic has finally used a productive app in (gasp) Android on (double gasp) a Galaxy Tab E and liked it (hell HAS frozen over)! Now w.... Read More

Deep Fake Detection Squad

Sep 04, 2019 at 03:49 pm by Warlord720

Whilst reading about the latest, easy to use, Deep Fake app I am even more concerned about the little things those Deep Fakes will screw up. You know… like the upcoming.... Read More

Supersampling - The Unknown SuperHero of VR

Aug 29, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

A funny thing happened on the way to reviewing VR flight simulators. I got sidetracked into the dark side of gaming and VR, looking… nay… praying for a way to ac.... Read More

Review of FLYINSIDE VR Flight Simulator

Aug 21, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed a simple, budget-priced virtual reality flight sim, the Cessna VR Flight Simulator. It is a nice introduction to VR flight sims if one is not.... Read More

Do You Make Things Harder Than They Have To Be?

Aug 15, 2019 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

In my world of 3D content creation, there is a personality that sticks out more than it probably should. It doesn't necessarily represent the majority of 3D artists, but it do.... Read More