Dojo

solo

Wow, is very expressive! I can hear the silence !
How did you achieved that "volumetric light" effect?

Thanks,

I wanted to use the 'medium' method in Thea but that would increase render time, I did not want to render more than 2 hours (original size 2000x)so I used the 'glare' option after render (in Thea) I believe it worked pretty well, I could use PS and add dust but thought it looks okay without it.

Rich O Brien

Read between the images

Rich O Brien

Pete, can you show SU textured image?

solo

@unknownuser said:

Pete, can you show SU textured image?

Sure, As you can see I mostly used the bump maps instead of diffuse maps in SU, that way I can map easier, and in Thea I link the diffuse (little trick I use to keep model size down as bumps weight less than diffuse and easier to see for mapping)

Rich O Brien

Why not normals maps? I always thought they were superior.

Nice tip though.

solo

I usually swop out the grey scale bumps for normals in Thea for close materials, otherwise grey ones work fine (I do set the contrast higher in Thea for grey maps however)

I use Paintshop X4 and Pixplant2 to create all my normals, spec, displacement and bumps as well as make textures seamless if needed.

Zacchia

Hi Solo
Like it a lot!! Maybe also because I practice Karate...

pbacot

Sensei!

allanx

Nice render Solo, it feels like there's gonna be a showdown of Samurai's...I love the model very clean and organized.

allanx

lapx

Yea, solo . Nice work! Fantastic mastery of textures. You need some wrestlers in the scene now;)
How long have you been using Thea? I thought you used Vray as well?

mitcorb

Excellent work, Sensei

Roger

I can hear the click of bamboo shinai on steel face masks. And the smell a lot of sweat.

artysmedia

I'm waiting to the fight between Neo and Morpheus!
Great render as ever!

meak

beautiful atmosphere
solo sensei

solo

@lapx said:

How long have you been using Thea? I thought you used Vray as well?

I'd say about two years if not longer, I was involved with the beta from the first beta version.

I did, I never owned Vray (think struggling freelancer) but learned from the trial version and was part of beta testing also,then the beta testing changed and one needed a license to continue which I never had so that was the end of my Vray days.

michaliszissiou

Excellent render-modelling peter!!!
Always practical solutions, expected from you. A great lesson.

dale

masterfully done as per usual, and nice hints for Thea.

nomeradona

very nice athmosphere. nice render and lighting. I wish you put now some samurai characters model in artisan.. keep on playing because when you play we see the best from you.

artysmedia

@nomeradona said:

keep on playing because when you play we see the best from you.

This quote is useful for all us!

solo