I was wondering about a question which I had never thought of before until someone mentioned this to me. Basically, I was trying to create my own custom character using a combination of morph dials and ZBrush sculpting to get the face I wanted. However, I was using another characters skin texture to try to get the skin tone and look just right. I tried various textures from some figures I had purchased for V4 here in the marketplace. The person I spoke with though said that I can't use another skin texture I bought to achieve a replica of an image I am trying to create because you have to create you own due to the fact the eyes and brows will never look OK unless you find an exact match.

So, my question is, what should I do to get an image I want? If I find one that fits I guess that would be OK but if I am trying to make a figure from a photo for example I will need to do my own texture for the face and body?

Also, I have a general question about textures and using them on your own figures. Say either I create my own character or use different ones I got in the market place here, can I change those textures on the figures OK without causing issues with the eyes, brows, etc. or is each texture specific to that charcter I bought to look the best/correct on? What about say I bought a character that has different looking eyes or eye color, can they be used on other characters too without issues or just the one it was designed for? The reason I ask is because I thought anything made for V4/M4 would fit those models OK.

Thanks for any replies on this.

Jeff

Development on: Mac Pro 2008, Duel-Boot OS - Snow Leopard 10.6.6 & Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon , 10GB 800 MHz DDR2 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT.