Hybrid arm things :) [Edit page 2]

[kwistenbiebel]

@Solo, I'll bring along my friends:

They look quite persuasive

I did my best on re-texturing the arms as tree trunks using the 'projected' method.

[Gaieus]

Biebel,

Although truely not the most perfect, there is a wrapping feature in texturing in SU - have a look at here (all the way to the bottom):
http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_win/Content/D-Modification_Tools/ModTool-PositionTexture.htm

TaffGogh has created a series of terrains with beautifully positioned images on top for instance.

[kwistenbiebel]

Thanks for that link Gaieus,
Are you refering to that 'wrap around corners' method or to the 'projected' method at the bottom (which I used here)?

[Gaieus]

Well, there is a wrapping around cylinder part, too but that's still for 2D curved surfaces (I mean they just curve around one axis).
Certainly a sphere works very differently.

[kwistenbiebel]

New shot....
Vray again :

[kwistenbiebel]

Indigo render (v1.01):

[Gaieus]

These are great!

[kwistenbiebel]

Thank you Gaieus.

Podium Render v1.5 :

[kwistenbiebel]

Slightly different version (also Podium 1.5) with depth of field applied (using the d.o.f method described here on the forum).

[solo]

These are fantastic Biebel, I cannot choose which I like most. The top ones make me think of a charasmatic church rival.

What would look cool is if one hand was in a fist, the individual amongst them.

[kwistenbiebel]

Thanks Solo,
Indeed I would like to 'custom' build the hands (fists etc...). I am trying to learn Silo for this, as I feel Sketchup is kind of limited for it (I know it 'can' be done by guys like you )...
So maybe I get back to this scene some time later.

Here's a similar shot but used Fry for it:

[Mark Leichliter]

@kwistenbiebel said:

Indigo render (v1.01):

This is a fantastic render. Nice composition, intriguing materials, excellent lighting. Nice job!

[Hussel Hann]

amazing...how the hand is created?