Today’s Top Row honor goes to ZBC member Sim Ki Yong for his sculpt “Blonde.” The anatomy is top notch, but the fabrics in this sculpt are what really make it stand out. Sim’s grasp of textures and the folds in the cloth give it a realistic feel. Take a look at page 6 for a small breakdown of how he got the effect of layers between the bra and shirt.

This isn’t the first time Sim has received Top Row for one of his sculpts. Some of you may remember the Blade Master from a few years ago. It seems that everything Sim does turns to gold!

Check out Sim’s Top Row thread at ZBrushCentral.

We have two Top Row threads from exceptional artists inspired by the hit show “Breaking Bad.” The artist known as “Rikk The Gaijin” created his rendition of Walt starting with a DynaMesh sphere, then retopologized, uv-mapped, poly-painted and finished him off with FiberMesh for the hair. Take a look at the final product in his Top Row Thread.

Frank Tzeng’s take on Walt was also done entirely in ZBrush. The modeling, sculpting, texturing and rendering were all done using tools in the lastest versions. See Frank’s final product in his Top Row Thread.

Want to create your own version of Walt? Find out how the new features in ZBrush 4R5 can help bring your creation to life.

ZBrushCentral members Siamak Roshani and Jeremy Celeste recently posted a realistic US Army Ranger portrait, and it turned out fantastic! Siamak tackled the modeling using an existing base mesh and used UV Master to create the UVs. He then used ZBrush and Photoshop for the texturing. Jeremy did the lighting, shading, rendering, and compositing of the final model. Check out the final renders and a few WIP shots at their thread at ZBC.

Siamak and Jeremy have also provided 3D World Magazine with a tutorial that shows their process from beginning to end. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Smile for the camera bub! ZBrushCentral member Rafael Grassetti aka Grassetti, takes things into another realm with his latest TopRow nod. If we were handing out frequent flyer miles, Grassetti would be a charter member with more than a few rides along the top of the ZBrushCentral main page with this thread. This creature has the right mix of creep and freak to really get our blood moving. See how the BPR rendering system helped out with production of the final image. For more on the BPR rendering system, check out our dedicated section on rendering inside ZClassroom.

Certain franchises have the capacity to affect even the stock market. Halo is one of those properties. With a loyal following that covers the globe and a fan base that lives by the brand, this fourth installment knocks it out of the park. We get the inside track with this latest TopRow post from David Lesperance, aka metalman123456123. Visit the thread to see how ZBrush can help take your landscape and environment designs even further. With features like FiberMesh, released in ZBrush 4R4, we’re sure you’ll have all the tools you need to create some far out worlds and realistic terrain.