In time, this page will include useful links, and files to download.
Including Zbrush Alpha textures and XSI scripts, links to sites of game development and 3d related information.

ZBrush3

I know there's a few good Alpha texture packs going around for Zbrush, and there's a few that are free - like here - but it's also useful to have a few more. Here are a few alpha Textures I've created as I work on my own little projects. Some are tilable and can be used as stencils. I'll keep creating more as I need them, and add them here. I hope you find them useful.

Zbrush Alpha Textures V1.0

XSI

Peter Peterson has created a handy RT DX9 shader node, that allows you to add a specular map and/or apha mask onto your realtime shader.
File hosted by PixelPickle.net: xsiShaders 1.0.0

Instuctions:

1) Unpack the attached xsiShaders.zip.
2) Open the Render Tree and update to activate the material shader.
3) Add a new node "Nodes -> RealTime DirectX -> DX FX".
4) Connect the DXFX2 output to the RealTime input for the material.
5) Switch Camera viewport to Realtime shaders -> DirectX9
6) Doubleclick the DXFX2 node in the render tree and browse to "phong.fx" where you unpacked the zip.
7) Under the DirectXFX_Parameters node, change the technique to "Textured_Diffuse_Specular".
8) Switch to the "Images" tab and setup the diffuseMap, specularMap and the UVs.
9) Tweak the color parameters.

Game Dev

If you're looking into developing your own game or 3D Vis project. I recommend looking at:
It's open-source (free), and has a huge community of helpful professionals and amateurs.

Garage Games have released their Torque Game Builder. Which is a 2D toolset and TorqueScript. Actually looks quite useful. Torque Game Builder

Useful Misc. Links

Meshlab is a free, open source mesh optimiser

The Scrolling Game Dev Kit is a free, open source 2D game development kit. Coding not required

Tweak! is a quality cg modeling forum

Artnatomy , a nice reference of face muscles

FARP a good resource on many levels, linked page is a collection of hand gestures.

A jolly good illustrator and great friend's website