Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
: Seriously, i think a mesh that's accurate enough for a realistic render
: would not be that fast either.

  Why not? The rendering time of meshes is quite independent of the number
of triangles in it (yes, there *is* a dependency, but the rendering time of
a mesh grows *very slowly* in relation to the number of triangles; you can
double the number of triangles without the rendering speed slowing down almost
at all).

: One thing about your render: I think the red carpet should be removed, it
: makes the whole front part look very red.

  There is a red carpet in the other images. I think it's part of the original
model, but 3Dwin4 didn't export the color correctly (or alternatively there
was no color information in the 3ds file). I had to set the red color myself
for that (perhaps it's too red, but it's too late to change that).

: How about bump mapping of the brick structures like in some of the other
: renders?

  I used bump mapping with the given bump-map images. It may not be too
visible, but it is there (eg. you can see it in the reflections in the
floor, and in some of the column tops).

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