Yeah...first line should be goal keeper only if I remember correctly.

Looks very convincing.

Transferred Daniel's old topic and added link to his first post

The thread is going on - with the implementation of the project in the "QUEBEC WINTER CARNAVAL - ICE PALACE" topic. (Just took this a bit into the front of the transfer to make the link available).

Thanks Craig, The reason I did that was because you posted that thread, I was inspired by the submissions, so took a deserved break from SU work and had some SU fun.

Thanks for all James, tanks by the observation, already I corrected the link.

@unknownuser said: Robert these are great. The first thing that struck me however is that your images are from different perspectives but the mountain background is the same. ehhmm. correct. It was the only background the owner gave me to work with. Since its off season for similar shots, I had to settle for the same background. Good Catch, and thanks for the input.

I created the brick texture in CS3. Began with a standard brick texture, desaturated, and played with levels to get the desired effect. Thanks Again

This reminds me of the Battlebots TV show, which was awesome! Good work!

Im just not exactly happy with the way that came out. And to top it off it took 5 hours to render on my 6-7 year old computer lol. I dont think ill be attempting that one again. The bronze doesnt look right and i made the eyes too low poly. Plus i forgot to put a black "felt" pad on the underside of the bronze piece that rests on the glass.

LOL - NOW I got what he was meaning... and all my work getting the tree being watered was just for nothing... Don't worry, the detail work on the house will comprise a BIG eaves gutter!

ok here is the kitchen with fixed cabinets, but i need a better stainless steel texture because that one didnt work. anybody got one? [image: RAA5_20080116215101_4h45m21s2.jpg]

Remus, just push the window in and create reveals so the frame is sat further back, it will look much more like a window then and should help with the light/shadow on that wall.

Thanks. That greenery stuff is all part of Vue. There's plenty to choose from. Take a look at their demo video it's pretty amazing work. SU imports into Vue with no problems so far. At one time indoor scenes were not to good but the lighting selection is much better in Vue6. http://www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue/vue_6_infinite/

@wizer said: i'd love to see some real photos on this or a link to where you got the idea? Thanks It came up as part of a discussion on a woodworking discussion board. I'm hoping to put in a dust control system at some point, so I wanted to see how this guy had designed his blast gates. Sketching it up helped me understand the design. The guy who built them has a site at http://www.crowsnest.us/woodshop/tools/dust_collection.htm.

WOW .. these are really great again.. love your style.

Dylan, not sure if there are any tutorials out there. I'll see if I can put a quick step-by-step together over the next couple of days. Really very straightforward - its down to having good photo reference to work from. A.

Thanks guys. The set up and actual render went really quick. I think I may still play around with this one a bit and post some more soon. Hopefully we will see the new Artlatis today and I can post some shots using that. Scott

Nice one Jason, well done Mike

what if you raise the tanks up an eighth or a quarter inch to get a tiny shadow under it? i find this helps...