A Colonial Style Drop Leaf Table

[Dave R]

Thank you gentlemen.

I gave the rendering another shot after moving the top light and making it smaller. I also used a more subtle line export.

Those heavy stretchers between the legs are accurate to the original but not really my cup of tea. I suppose since this was intended to be used in a tavern, the stretchers were made heavy to support the hob nailed boots of those men sitting around the table with their flagons of ale.

[Box]

I'm with Cotty a bit on this, it might be accurate but it does look large. I think it's the proportions that are throwing the eye off.
You're saying the drop leaf is only 12" which makes the table only around 2' tall but the eye tells me it is dinner table height and therefore the grain is huge. When i look again and work out how big the whole thing is the grain makes sense.

Perhaps it needs something else in the image to see the scale right.

[Dave R]

I'm sure you're right about needing something to provide context for the size. If I get some time I'll add a couple of ladder back chairs as reference.

[Box]

And a flagon of ale.

[Dave R]

Good idea. I need to find a flagon. there's one in the warehouse but it's awful. (or is that offal?)

[Box]

I'm sure I can model one for you, but I will have to do extensive research, I may be some time.

[Dave R]

No worries. I can probably come up with something. I don't want to put a lot of detail into it, anyway. It'll just make the render time longer.

[Box]

I'm sure you can, and far better than me, it was the research I was interested in. Come to think of it, put in a couple of Octoberfest serving wenches and nobody will care what your table looks like.

[Dave R]

[olishea]

For what it's worth I prefer the lighting of the first image.

[Dave R]

@olishea said:

:lol:

For what it's worth I prefer the lighting of the first image.

Thank you. Can you say what you like better?

[olishea]

Just brighter. I know the second one has sharper shadows and less noise which is nice, but needs more brightness IMO. It looks quite dim on my screen. Could just be different monitors, of course, but it's looking flatter to me.

A quick exposure adjustments would improve it, or increasing intesnity of the light above if you can be arsed rendering again. Hope this helps.

[Dave R]

You're right, the second one isn't quite as bright as the first. I didn't make as much of an adjustment in the image editor on that one as I could have. I'll probably render it again with a couple of chairs and maybe a flagon of ale. For that I'll probably add a couple more lights, too, but I'll bump up the intensity of the top light a little more.
Thanks for the crit.

[Dave R]

[olishea]

Awesome!! Nailed it!

[Dave R]

Thank you, thank you. I really ought to do something different with the floor but I think I'll move on to something else.

[mrossk]

of course, no one mentioned that the table is facing the wrong way, but now i'm just nitpicking

[Dave R]

It's not the table. It's the rude people who didn't move the chairs back before they left.