Wow ! Thanks everyone for your fast answers ! I wish I could get appointments with my dentist that quick...
@ely862me said:
Making the circles with more segments as dale said is the deal..here the circles are with 40 segments .
The shapes over the glass are obtained with intersection..All the best!
Elisei
That's exactly it ! Sorry to sound (be) that numb but could you explain the intersection method ? 
Hi !
Well I'm not new to Sketchup but I'm still facing some trivial difficulties...
So here is my last one... I'm trying to model this set of glasses :
But I don't know how to do it !
I've tried various things before posting but nothing turned out good...
1- I modeled a slice or profile of the glass and used follow me. Then I tried to draw the vertical carvings with rectangle on surface but I found it too long to be the appropriate solution.
The result :
2- Same thing but with 2 different types of profiles.
I'm hopeless... What am I missing ? 
@tomsdesk said:
...going for a "just after the cloud-burst" effect: whadaya think? (Also threw in a couple of DWC's, a sketch and a finished, of the render...love the adds over straight SU exports!)
I love your watercolor renders ! 
I'm not sure why I'm not thrilled by your first photo-realistic image but your watercolor technique is astounding !
Can you tell me more on your post-processes ? I'm not sure I understand Gaieus when he's mentioning traditional watercolor ?
Er... I think I also miss your DWC's reference ?
When I googled for it I found a link to a spanking club (Disciplinary Wives Club...)... I'm almost sure that's not what you meant !
Anyway, any advice/clue/hint at how you achieved such a great result will be highly appreciated !
Wow ! I think it's a great job considering your deadline...
Would you consider writing a quick tut on your matte painting techniques sometimes ? 
Here's the link to the clip mapping grass tutorial !
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=startdown&id=10
Never tried this trick but Tridem's very clear demo really makes me wanna grow some grass...
Hi !
Well I'm new to modelling and rendering but I found Kerkythea's instancing brush is amazing tool for what you're trying to achieve.
There's a couple of great grass patches (including Majid's grass pack you can find here :http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4960&sid=218bdacb2c1bc20047da887e866a0cea), flowers and trees you can download from KT's repository http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=select&id=17.
Also there's this great tutorial on the instancing brush here http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=fileinfo&id=68.
Oh, of course there's also the sandbox tools !
I'm all new to that but I ended up pretty satisfied with my first exterior rendering using these tools.
Hope this helps !
Hi,
Your model is brimey, couldn't resist trying a render... So here's my attempt of Kerkythea render using ready-made textures.
Lights a bit too close from the ceiling also... 
I love your views ! 
And model ! Sometimes 3D really makes me !
So many talented people on this forum ! There's a couple of blokes we should consider cloning...
Hi Dermot,
Have you tried just lowering your omni lights a little ? IES lights are very demanding which may explain your rendering time I think.
Maybe by just lowering your omni and removing the IES...
I think there's gotta be some absolute rule on how remote should a light source be from an object but unfortunately I've relied on experience so far... Try and place them slightly further from the ceiling in order not to get this halo.
I've never used IES lights yet. I think they are physically accurate light presets from light manufacturers
You can download some presets here : http://www.mrcad.com/download-free-ies-lights/
Hi !
Looking nice !
Maybe you should place a light towards your background pic. I had the same problem the first time I tried to put a cyclo behind windows...
I think your omni lights are a little too close from the ceiling also.
The fridge and oven textures don't look as nice as they could.
Entourage would definately add something to it but it looks pretty good to me so far !
@olishea said:
No time to correct verticals etc this is just for the client to see how things are progressing.
Can't see an reason why you should correct anything ! Looks pretty good to me already !
@edmund said:
I was wondering how you did the grasspave stuff. It looks great!
Hi ! I drew the pavement in Sketchup and filled the grass part with the instancing brush in Kerkythea using Majid's grass pack.
PM me if you need more details ! Glad you liked it !
@dermotcoll said:
Super building - i'd be too scared to stand at one end of it incase I tipped it over!!!
Loved the night shots - very atmospheric
Yea it's a really amazing building. I think it's an office facing a lake in Austria.
A good way I found to experiment on outside and inside views at the same time !
Well from the location indicated on your profile I guess you're likely to appreciate the lake atmosphere...
Thanks for commenting Dermot !
@dale said:
Are those green pavers? Where did you find them, I have a project I'm working on and had to make up a tiled texture for. Yours look lie the real thing does. Good work.
Hi Dale !
Well, first I found a ready-to-use texture I liked that was including the pavement and the grass.
Then I thought it would look more real to actually model everything. But... with the pavement extruded, my Kerkythea file grew up to 1.5 Go... 
So... I just left the pavement flat and did the grass in Kerkythea with Majid's grass pack (Thank you !)... Which doesn't make me satisfied yet (wish it was shorter... need to work some more on Kerkythea).
Anyway... I did draw the pavement in Sketchup but left it flat !
Thanks for taking some time to comment !
@olishea said:
it will, i've seen similar lamps that work just fine and give a nice scattered light. some serious cantilever you got there
Hehehe ! I shud have said the building really exists too... It's an office by Baumschlager and Eberle... I dunno how to make a trademark symbol... I hope I don't get sued for that
So anyway, I hope they have done some serious calculation for that lever or my 3d will crash...
I photomatched it to get the overall proportions and retextured furnished and landscaped...
@unknownuser said:
Hi,
Those were worth the wait, especially like the last two.
Thank you !
@unknownuser said:
Are the streetlamps vertical light hitting a mirror?
Well at least I like to think it could work like that !
To tell you the truth I have no idea if it could work in real life...
@ecuadorian said:
These are nice, Nicolas. KT is one of the favorite engines in this forum. By chance, is Spanish your first language?
Hi !
Thanks for your comment !
Well Spanish isn't my first language... I'm french... But I can give it a try if you want ! Digame hombre !
