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    A Colonial Style Drop Leaf Table

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    • cottyC
      cotty
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      Nice mix of rendered image and sketchy line style. Perhaps the texture is a bit tall?

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      • Dave RD
        Dave R
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        A bit tall? The real board from which I made the texture is over 12" wide. The leaf is a bit under 12" wide. It does look a bit large but it is accurate based on the real thing.

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        • cottyC
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          πŸ‘

          (It was only my first impression, I never thought you would scale a texture wrong πŸ˜‰ )

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          • Jean-FrancoJ
            Jean-Franco
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            Very nice result Dave.
            You always find nice textures.

            Jean-Franco

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            • olisheaO
              olishea
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              Lovely work and lovely style πŸ‘

              oli

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              • Dave RD
                Dave R
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                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.
                Colonial drop leaf 2.png
                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.

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                • BoxB
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                  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.

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                  • Dave RD
                    Dave R
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                    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.

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                    • BoxB
                      Box
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                      And a flagon of ale.

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

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

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                          • Dave RD
                            Dave R
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                            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.

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                            • BoxB
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                              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.

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                              • Dave RD
                                Dave R
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                                πŸ˜† πŸ˜†

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                                • olisheaO
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                                  πŸ˜†

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

                                  oli

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                                  • Dave RD
                                    Dave R
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                                    @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?

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                                    • olisheaO
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                                      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. πŸ˜‰ Hope this helps.

                                      oli

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                                      • Dave RD
                                        Dave R
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                                        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.

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                                        • Dave RD
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                                          Chairs added for scale and brighter for Oli.

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                                          • olisheaO
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                                            Awesome!! Nailed it!

                                            oli

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