....A quick Vray try:

Maxwell:

Maxwell again

And a Podium rendering:

Another Maxwell image:

A Maxwell version:

A colleague architect and friend asked me to render his design.
I spent a day (almost)on the modeling an texturing part.
It took several evenings (on and off) to get the renderings. As usual I spend too much time on these things .

Cheers,
Kwistenbiebel

Fry Render versions:

I don't want to be a reason for marital conflicts....I'll think again before doing 'challenge' proposals on the Podium forum.

...But what an amazing result !!!!!

....and you just cracked me up :....orbiting traffic huh ?

(kwistenbiebel)

Hey....doesn't this thread just prove that Sketchup should be getting some new texturing tools in next version?

I mean ...looking at the gallery section, people are really starting to pick up on sketchup for advanced modeling of characters , complex shapes, sloping landscapes etc....

Having some easy and neat tools for 'all purpose' texturing definitely should be on the 'wishlist' or preferrably on the 'to do 'list for SU.

(kwistenbiebel)

great resource !
Rob, your tuts are a great contribution :thup:
Thanks for that.

poster-kwistenbiebel

Sorry guys but does 'Rhino' refer to 3D in any way?
I mean, a rhinoceros is not exactly sexy ...(at least not to me)

What about 'MOI', which just means 'me' in French...
Or 'Maya'...which is a comic figure (a bee) from the eighties.

kwistenbiebel