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18 Aug 2024 02:13:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Phalanx revisited, with blur  
From: David Fontaine
Date: 10 Jul 2001 16:04:37
Message: <3B4B5DF6.F1E8C19@faricy.net>
Francois Labreque wrote:
> 
> I know you wanted comments on the focal blur, but...
> 
> Before you start on your gigantic render, you might want to put some
> randomness in the position of the soldiers' arms.  Even the best trained
> marines can't line up their rifles EXACTLY when parading, so I strongly
> suspect that a phalanx on the move wouldn't do so either.  It would add
> to the realism of the scene (if such a thing can be said of Lego
> characters!).  You also need a flag-bearer.

Hmm, yeah...

 
> On another note, why have a drawbridge if there's no moat?  Wouldn't
> heavy oak doors suffice?

Look very closely, there is a moat... and it's actually the right width
for the drawbridge!  And there's a green/gray stone foundation under the
castle you can just barely see.  I moved the camera down to be about
eye-level with the pahalanx, but the moat disapperead...


> Very nice clouds, BTW!  Image map?

Jaime Vives Piqueres' method.

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