Excellent Jean, once again a great tut.

That is a nice idea firkins, i like it a lot

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Thanks Gaieus.
It looks like it should be full of bananas

LOL, I was thinking my woodworking tools but bananas sound much better.

Nice box Gai

Not sure why I thought that, ive never seen a timber box full of bananas before!

Thanks Gaieus.
It looks like it should be full of bananas

Hank this ruby by TIG may interest you, it's a very good way of placing text where you want.
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=14125#p14125

If on a budget, I would personally go for the Nvidia Gforce 8800 GT.
A very powerful card at a good price.

On your budget you may even have enough to go for a 8800 GTX 768mb.
Not sure of the prices across the water!

Bear in mind, these cards require a pretty hefty PSU and usually take up two slots on your pc.

Great stuff Tom.

It would be very useful to build a library of these low poly models for architectural backgrounds.

Thanks Eric, these will certainly get used at some point soon.

Thanks Mateo, I look forward to using those.

That bike seems really pointless to me! Both positions look pretty poor to me.

Texturing is very good, you have done well to achieve that.
I just find the door and windows blend in a little too much, they need a slightly different look I think.

Gaieus is correct, use the ones in Kerkythea (you need to download them first),you will achieve some very good results and they are simple to use.
Here is the link to where they are:
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=select&id=11

Jenujacob covers a lot in his post.
I guess a lot depends on how much you wish to spend and how much time you have to learn new software.
All the programs listed above will give good results.

I personally like Kerythea because it is free, renders really well and has a great community. Lots of tutorials and people willing to help over at their forums.
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/

Take a look through our renders forum here, you will see various gallery images from different programs http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewforum.php?f=82

I always love to see the vray renders, they look pretty amazing. Unfortunately I beleive the software is pretty expensive and has a steep learning curve.

Looks very nice cheffey and a nice idea.

Thanks Kwistenbiebel.

Thanks Jean, that really is a good way of achieving that effect.

Thanks Tig, thats a very useful addition that will get used.

Thanks for the info.

I have found a slight problem with V2 on Vista.
It will not show in plugins pull down as the new version.
I have extracted ruby to plugins folder and overwritten older version. I also tried deleting it and dragging in a new v2.rb, so I know the correct ruby is in the folder.
When I go to use it, I still get the old menu and not the new 3 point option.

It works perfectly on my XP machine.

I love this tool, it really makes me smile.
Create this really complicated roof shape, pick the surface, choose hip and a perfect roof is created.

Is there a way to make the Gable work turning 90 degrees?
If I want my roof to follow an L shape for example.
With hipped it follows no problem, is there a way to takle this with a gable?

Thanks Ron, how did I miss these!

Excellent stuff and great tip about the weld script guys.

Dylan