a little close up to see the fur test.
the smooth mesh is not activated.
i must corrected the bump.

a little close up to see the fur test.
the smooth mesh is not activated.
i must corrected the bump.

Cimer KyK ! i am a big fan of your work !
some hair test ( scanline render this time…). who know how to render the hair shadows in another pass ?
the mesh is not smoothed, so the bump is not correct.
The last render is looking pretty close to real, but the ears are looking messed up… 3d wise.
Thank you Kickflipkid687 . you are right with the ears. i will correct it .
new update with better skin render… i think…hope 
Wow… thats looking really nice now! It’s pretty darn close to photorealism. I think just the lack of detail right now in the ears and no eyebrows is making it not real, otherwise
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Matt
another hair test… it really need more work on it. i discovered that i could have better hair with the hair pass slot…but after finish this one. the mesh is not smothed ans the vray render is set to low…
thank you Kickflipkid687 ! i started to correct them 
I think some of your pictures shows some of the best skin made with Vray. I think that also your modeling add to realism of the heads. How much did the Zbrush count ? You used Zbrush for all your heads model ?
Unfortunatelly , that max file on rapidshare was deleted. Can you post a new adress ? Your tutorial ? 
Great looking skin I would love to get this good thanks for posting but the link to the file you updoaded is not working , could you please reupload it ? as I would love to play around and see what i come up with . thanks very much
Wow! Looking good man… I really like the shader - looks great. I love the little details like the fur on the skin… is it just a uniform thickness of light fur on the model to give that effect? Or did u actually paint on different thicknesses/densities throughout the face?
Well - Keep up the great work! Looking forward to more updates!
5 stars!!!*****
"This is sorta an old thread, so I doubt it’s still being worked on "
Yes you have right ! i am working on a new one, with much much better quality…i hope 
My new aproche will be multilayered map with linked lights. and All the map will be done by hand, no photos ( i have a new computer now…so i can play with good resolution map …yahoo ! )
So now, i can give you the COMPLETE file :
The 3dsmax Head with all the setup and Map.
done with my old pc p4…and 512ram. 
preview of the direct rendering in max : what you see here is what you have in the file

And the 3dsmax file of it :
http://rapidshare.com/files/14628378/marc_mordelet.rar.html
Feel free to post here, some test made with another mesh , or to post update of this shader to share better results.
Enjoy !
Best Skin shader i’ve seen come out of vray.
Great work and most of all thank you for sharing!
thank you ! 
some people tel me that the render is completly black.
i think i dont have put the hdr map in the file !! so, just try with another one 
if the hdr map is free ( i dont remember the one i used ) ill link it here when ill be back tounight.
Marc