the problem with this is that outer wall surfaces should be pretty
smooth.  at least to the point where average joe wouldn't be able to
scale it unaided.  you'd be surprised how small a handhold/foothold
needs to be in order to scale something.  i would guess that rock should
stick out less than a centimeter from the mortar.  this would also make
it difficult for ice or snow to "lay" on it.  ice may very well be on
the wall, but more the clear kind, not the white kind, and it would sort
of look like thin frozen waterfalls all over the wall.  i hope that
imagery makes sense. oh, one last thing, the gaps between the stones
shouldn't be that noticable from that distance.  we should see the many
stones the wall is made of, just not the gaps.

Marc-Hendrik Bremer wrote:
> 
> Rune schrieb in Nachricht <39cf6b2b@news.povray.org>...
> >"Marc-Hendrik Bremer" wrote:
> >> Here is the scene Pic I work on.
> >
> >I like it!
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> >
> >> It refuses to look imposing or something like that.
> >
> >Like Tom said, try lowering the camera to eye-level.
> >
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >> I want to look it good as independent of these things as possible.
> >
> >Hmm... You can't expect to make a building that will look imposing no
> matter
> >from which angle it is shown.
> 
> That is probably right. It don't have to look imposing from all angels, but
> I hope I can make it in a way, that is okay for many camera positions.
> 
> >
> >The walls could need improvements. Are the stones just lit very brightly or
> >did you use a slope pattern to place snow on top of them? I don't think
> snow
> >will stick to a wall like that. Either it sticks to the whole wall or not
> at
> >all (I think). Also, the stones seem to be placed in some blue-greyish
> >mortar. Try to make the stones more visible and the mortar less visible.
> >
> 
> There is indeed a slope pattern with snow. Torganswall is located in
> everlasting ice, so I thought there should be some snow in the rifts.
> Anyway, I reduced the mortar a bit, perhaps not enough yet. Do you know a
> way to make a more regular looking wall without using hundreds of bricks?
> 
> >By the way, it's some very nice Danish flags you have there! 8-D
> 
> :-) Lack of creativity and the Danish flag is good for a procedural texture.
> 
> Marc-Hendrik

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