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  Re: Candle holder in the night (92 kbbu)  
From: Stephen Bell
Date: 31 Mar 2001 17:20:42
Message: <3ac6583a$1@news.povray.org>
If you wanted to vary the wicks just a little bit, you could take a section
of torus and make them look bent.  Just an idea.

Stephen

"Jari Juslin" <zds### [at] ikifi> wrote in message news:3AC4EC2F.D60B18BA@iki.fi...

> > Last image. Sorry for the big image...
>
> Nice job. The atmosphere, reflections and candle holder model look good.
>
> If you want to strive for perfect image:
> -the candlewicks are too clean and sharp. They look too much like
> cylinders.
> -the material of the candles looks a bit like plastic, especially on the
> lowest one, that is also darkest. Too clean, too sharp. Have you tried
> blobs? I think making the candle main cylinder of blob and then
> subtracting the concave middle with small sphere could work. Or then the
> all-famous ISO surfaces...
>
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