See what you think of these changes. You should try putting those laser
blasts out away from the spacecrafts firing them. They appear static where
they are, seemingly stuck to the ends of the laser cannons(correct term?).


//BEGIN
sphere {
  <0,0,0>,2
  pigment {rgbt 1}
  //no_shadow
  hollow
  interior{
   media{
    absorption <1.25,1,.25>
    emission <2,1.75,1.25>
    //scattering{1,.01}
    intervals 30
    samples 5, 20
    confidence 0.9
    variance 1/100
    density {
     spherical
     cubic_wave
     turbulence 0.66
     lambda 1.8
     omega .9
     color_map{
      [ 0 rgb 0]
      [ .33 rgbf <1,0,0>]
      [ .5 rgbf <1,0,0>]
      [ .85 rgbf <1.5,.75,0>]
      [ 1 rgbf <1,1,1>]
     }
    }
   }
  }
  scale 5
  //translate <15,-13,6>
 }
//END


Gail Shaw wrote:
> 
> This is something I've been playing with for the last couple of weeks.
> The X wing and Y Wingcomes from the Starwars POV archive
> and the TIE from the Starwars modelling alliance ('fraid I don't have
> urls for either)
> 
> The sun is actually a Chris Colefax lensflare, as is the proton torpedo.
> 
> The laser blasts were done using similar code to that of the
> light sabres of a month or so ago. This is my second play with media
> and I would appreciate comments on how to improve the explosion
> bottom right.
> 
> Media code
> 
> sphere {
>   <0,0,0>,2
>   pigment {rgbt 1}
>   no_shadow
>   hollow
>   interior{
>    media{
>     emission 3
>     //scattering{1,.01}
>     intervals 40
>     samples 5, 20
>     confidence 0.999
>     variance 1/100
>     density {
>      spherical
>      cubic_wave
>      turbulence 0.75
>      lambda 3
>      color_map{
>       [ 0 rgb 0]
>       [ 0.5 rgbf <1.0,0,0,0.8>*0.5]
>       [ 1.0 rgbf <1.0,0.5,0,0.4>*0.5]
>      }
>     }
>    }
>   }
>   scale 5
>   translate <15,-13,6>
>  }
> 
> Thanks
> Gail
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