Thanks very much Stefan! I've never seen that site before, looks quite good.

@stefanq said:

YOU must agree with me that it's a great tool for product rendering

Stefan, I was hoping you were going to say that was real, then I saw the strange little shadows at the bottom that indicate it's Hypershot. So I have to say, Great Job with the Dragon!

Where did you find that model(Or did you do it yourself?)?

@unknownuser said:

Working the gland hook action.

@unknownuser said:

Not at the moment, have a adult date, and need to get out for a bit, and pull some wagons around the back ally.

Durant "Oh, Maya is up in my colin" Hapke

It's amazing how he can say so much without saying anything rude

Lovely picture Durant.

Lovely looking cars you've got there. Any Chance I could have a shot at rendering one of them? I'd enjoy that.

Oh, and I think CADken is talking about the logo/badge you put on the front of your Red Car.

very good so far! Might I ask what method you are using to make it?

Gorgeous Model and Chair, Looks really good with the new Textures. Would it be a lot to ask if you sent me a sample of the chair? I'd love to do a render of it.

@unknownuser said:

but you know I have this material fetish

You and me both I've got a database of over 2000 textures.

@unknownuser said:

candy with wheels
Mmmmm... Wheeled Candy...

Very nice Renders, I'm still trying to figure out how to do interiors with Hypershot.

Dave, everyone know's that's the first beta of Sketchup(V0.05) You've got there. The original SketchUp (V0.01 Alpha) is this:

That Japanese one is very good, and the Airplane one made me laugh for some reason.

Very good renderings.

And the what I find to be the best Free HDRI's is: http://www.openfootage.net/

The only downside of them is they're usually well over 100mb, But on the upside they're released under CC 2.0.

Lovely ring, what Material did you use for the Gem?

Well the website ends in .be, so that would indicate Belgium.

Adam, I bought the HyperShot HD Version, And by shopping money, it's mainly just the money I was going to use to buy a new bumper for my car, the old ones barely hanging on, but I'll have to Duct Tape it.

Lovely Renders Stefan,

Might I ask where you got that HDRI?

Hard Drive with a normal Map:

The thing is though, there's cheaper packages, so you don't have to pay 10K.

There's the Web Version:

@unknownuser said:

• 800 by 450 realtime resolution
• Up to 360k pixels rendering resolution
• Windows XP, Vista, 32/64 bit

$195.00

And the HD Version:

@unknownuser said:

• 1920 by 1080 realtime resolution
• 4.1 Megapixel rendering resolution
• Windows XP, Vista 32/64 bit

$995.00

I bought the HD Version, but that's instead of me buying a new bumper for my car.

Actually it's Hypershot. Forgot to mention that(I really mustn't type before lunch...)

...And whatever else I turn my hand to.
Well, here's the first couple of renders:

A Simple Stool:

A Mitsubishi Aircon Unit:

A Crystal Ashtray:

More Soon!

Adam, I must say, You're the reason I've no money to spend on shopping this week! I splashed out and bought Hypershot. And I must say, it's bloody brilliant!

Nice Character you've got there Stijn, I'm still amazed SketchUp is able to do this sort of thing.

And Ross, did you say
@unknownuser said:

astronaut training
? Were you an Astronaut?