thank you very much for your hints and the video link Simon! actually i did use the car paint shader but somehow the lighting kills the shinyness of the paint, but i thought it was okay because actually there are a lot sls out there with matt foliage on them. i must admit that i didn't use sketchup for this rendering at all. i loaded the .3ds file into maxwell studio and created a simple plane for the ground. the displacement of course increases the rendertime but as there is only the car geometry in this it was okay for me... i just love playing with displacement i definetly will try the shadow channel solution!

@tadema said: Very nice . Is the inside of the Church plastered/rendered? John Its lime plaster with a distemper finish. It is a church but as they struggle so much for funding these days, they can becoming more community drop in / function centres, which is the reason for the glass extension and cafe area.

Thanks Richard, it was down to the excellent model source & maxwell.

Thanks Carloh i suspect an upgrade price rather than a full new license. i found this info interesting: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-state-of-rendering-part-2/#maxwell The next release of the product will support new volumetics, alembic, deep compositing and will see Maxwell integrated much more closely with Next Limit’s RealFlow with direct Maxwell previewing built into RealFlow. “There will be between 25 and 30 new features from volumetrics to deep compositing, it is a major release, the biggest release in our history,” explains Cañada. my biggest wish is open cl rendering.

Aha. It's certainly psychedelic

Interesting design, although it doesn't look very realistic. Hard to see what is sustaining all those bricks on some of the top floors. Surely not glass.

Looks interesting Hector, i see you are really enjoying sketchup !

Thanks TIG. Thanks Allan, I would love to see you work your magic, I can PM you the raw render output and line work Thanks Mike , I would gladly send you any of my models to mess with if it would help you along. Thanks Richard, the hardest thing for me is to age a model and make it look authentic, over here most aged stone (especially sand stone) is almost black. Maybe I'll play about and see what can be done. Daniel, now that's another word to confuse me further John

There is now a tutorial showing the modelling process. www.ronenbekerman.com/3d-modeling-howto-the-mills-chair/#utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferea660&utm_medium=facebook For the most part it looks like it can be translated to a SU workflow.

@bryan k said: Looks good. Is this existing or proposed or your orginal design? It is my original design, Thanks

Hi Sekta It was done with the Pro version, i did try the demo first which certainly gives you an idea of what is possible.

Thanks Chris and Bryan...I have made a banner using this image and here it is... allanx [image: NPR Roam Banner]

Thanks, Bryan.

O-o-o! .... cool Sketchup!

On your last picture, the tree is in the center, with all attention on it. I would change the angle to make the tree less important than architecture.

Thanks for the link!

Very nice, pleasing proportions and mindful of minimizing footprint. But looks lonely out there on the prairie

Very cool concept and design! But, to maximize shade and solar gathering, you might want to change orientation to directly east/west.

I think they are to dark to reflect and the floor has to much pattern

@tadema said: Thanks Steve, fixed the palm and you gave it a friend @tadema said: there's a multitude of PS mistakes here if you look close Oh great, now it's become like a "spot the differences" thing, gonna drive me nuts till I find them all @tadema said: a result of rushing and lack concentration John umm...yeah, sure looks rushed. What took you probably 20 minutes would have taken me about six months (and it still wouldn't come close to yours)