Hey Everyone, As the title points out here is Part 8 of the ongoing quest to create a quick Roughcast and Pebbledash surface using 3ds Max and Mental Ray. (Remember though that the techniques will work with ANY of 3ds Max Plugin Render Engines. As always watch the Youtube Version here (or on Youtube) or alternatively use the link to grab the Hirez .MOV file from the MBM Website. DOWNLOAD HERE! Enjoy.

Hello Guys and Gals, October 2010 brings not only New Modules from the MentalBoutMax team, but a Brand New concept for us in the form of The 'Crash Course' Series. As our very first offering we have released Parts 1 & 2 of a 3 Part presentation that will get you Up, Running and Fully Conversant with the NEW PhysX simulation tools found in the 3ds Max 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack!. With Part 3 coming soon we are confident that even Max users who have never touched Physics Simulations...

Hey Everyone, Part 7 of our Free Roughcast Creation Module has been uploade to YouTube for you your viewing pleasure, check it out and Enjoy! Watch the YouTube Version Below (or over at our YouTube Channel) DownLoad the HI Rez Quicktime From MBM (Right Click and 'Save Target As'. Enjoy Bri and the MBM Team

Hey Guys and Gals, Part 6 of our Free Roughcast Creation set has been up on YouTube for a couple of weeks now and have finally gotten around to being able to add it to our Blogs (that is both here and over at www.mentalboutmax.biz/Blog) Watch the YouTube Version Below (or over at our YouTube Channel) DownLoad the HI Rez Quicktime From MBM (Right Click and 'Save Target As'. Enjoy Bri and the MBM Team

Hey All, Time to let part 5 of our 'Quick Creation methods' module for Roughcast & Pebbledash wall surfaces out into the wild. Again this section uses both photoshop & 3ds Max to create the required maps and renders. YouTube Version: Download the Hi Rez Quicktime Here! Enjoy Bri & the MBM Team

Hey everyone, Here as promised is Episode 2 of the MBM round Up. News updates that will be of interest and use to the 3ds Max user Community. Enjoy. Download MBM Round Up Ep 2 HERE!

Hey Guys, Time to rollout Part 4 of our Roughcast and Pebbledash creation videos. Both 3ds max & Photoshop feature here as we try to very quickly make use of quickly grabbed images for texture maps. Enjoy Bri Watch the YouTube Version Here: OR Download the Hi Rez Quicktime from the MBM site HERE!

Hello guys & gals, Todays posting is a departure from the series of videos we have been posting up over the past few weeks (as you have no doubt noticed!!) because we want to bring you the first Episode of our new 'MentalBoutMax Roundup'. Download it, give it a listen, and then give us your feedback on how we can produce this little show so as to be of REAL use to the 3ds Max community in general, and maybe also what you think our RoundUp might be able to do for you. DOWNLOAD Here and...

Hey Guys, As promised here is Part 3 of the Ongoing Free series of videos outlining some quick (ish) methods for creating Roughcast and Pebbledash surfaces in 3ds Max. Youtube Version: As always you can grab the Hi Rez Quicktime HERE! (Right Click & 'Save As') We also mentioned in our last post that there were other benefits that will come to customers from our use of a Full E Commerce shopping system! Well, something that we hope will be a BIG plus with our customers is the integration...

Hey Guys, Why, you may be asking, are changes being made with regard to the 3ds Max Training produced by the team here at Mental Bout Max? Well, that is a question that has a few different answers to it. Over the course of our next few Blog entries we will try to cover some of the rationale behind the changes being made, AND highlight the Ongoing Benefits that we hope will come to YOU the customer. Reason Number One: Probably the ‘Major’ reason for the changes that are currently underway at...