Just one more thing (you're never finished with 3D-Coat : ) : I'm just discovering the new uv tools and they seem very easy to use compared with Silo's ones. I should have used them yesterday, instead...

@ JackieD.
It's suggested to unwrap your model by yourself, but (and that's what I've done in the examples above) you can let 3D-coat do it for you. The uv's are a bit strange but it works! And it's so easy, as unwrapping uv's is not the best part of life. The painting itself is pure joy, try it free and you'll see what I mean

I agree, it's an amazing tool, I bought it a few months ago and it's really great fun to use, tough I'm a long way to know all this soft's features (Andrew is the man that doesn't sleep, developing new tools and functions faster than I can try them). Very user-friendly and excellent feedback from his site, too. I posted here some things textured with 3D-Coat, if you want to see:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1735690
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1595928
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1594826
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1684595
So you can see it works fine for Carrara, too.
I plan to texture my newest critter (see gallery) with this fantastic tool this afternoon...
Just try it...incredible!
Have a nice day
Eric

Thanks a lot to notefinger for the serial number. I downloaded C5 saturday, and even I mailed to receive it they didn't answer. The soft seems to be great, but I really ask about the support.