Stonehenge Project

twharvey

Remus,

That looks great. Kim Fredrik is also working on a render of the stones. It will be interesting to see what everybody comes up with. There are lots of dramatic photos on various web sites particularly sunrise and sunset that might provide inspiration.

I think I'll upload the model to 3DW and post a link here so anyone can get at it.

Tom

igor

remus: have you taken some of solo's modeling prowess? when i saw that render, i hade to serriously ask myself "is that a photo, or a render?".
the only thing i can find that separates it from realism is the grass. though i really shouln't be talking, since i cant make grass yet (i know you use clip maps, but thats the extent of my knowlage)
well, when i looked at solo's "terrain" topic, i thought i had seen my "Oh My God that is the most insane thing i have ever seen" model of the day, but this just topped it (sorry solo).

twharvey

OK, The SU model is on 3DW at:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6adbb97cb78b2b8e153050c10dfa4b4d

I'm looking forward to some more cool pics. I'll have too start an album!

Tom

remus

I really havent done much...i just added an HDR background and swapped some textures around. Its mostly down to Toms bril modelling

Julius, new sky coming right up

Igor, the grass was just a spur of the moment addition when i remebred kwist's trick using the photoshop brushes, i'm going to try and improve it for the next one.

remus

This is pretty OT, but i thought it looked pretty wicked:

Gaieus

Here is some grass I made using Kwist's grass component. If your renderer supports alpha mask as clipmap (like Kerkythea does), you are ready to use it. If not, creating an clipmap from the alpha mask is just a minute.

Works in SU as well with the transparent png.

twharvey

I've tweaked a lot of the textures to get a smoother finish on the stones and put the model on 3DW at

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6adbb97cb78b2b8e153050c10dfa4b4d

Tom

twharvey

@remus said:

This is pretty OT, but i thought it looked pretty wicked:

Remus,

How do you know what the hippies see on mid-summer night?

Tom

remus

My little secret

solo

Gone for a eerie foggy morning look, used a standard rock texture.

solo

Thanks, This is a normal daytime atmosphere. (with a little texture bumping)

kwistenbiebel

That's nice.

I also downloaded the model but my rig is currently rendering a hard one (displacement kills you) so I will get to it later...
Nice render challenge

solo

looking forward to see the crazy stuff you come up with. (so... whats cooking?)

Now i'm playing.

Mystery solved!!

solo

...but to the inhabitants of the planet 'Dingleberry' henge's were no mystery, infact every self respecting Dingleberry had one or two in their garden.