Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schreef in bericht 
> news:48b8b56f@news.povray.org...
> 
>>The model of a corinthian capital is still in progress and not yet ready
>>to stand a closeup look, but it took a lot to even get to a first stage
>>of completeness.
>>
> 
> That is certainly excellent progress already. I have avoided corinthian 
> capitals until now in view of the work implied, so I am impressed.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
Human features aside, it is really quite a vexing challenge.  The steep 
curves and grooves of the acanthus shoots the poly count up with so 
little to show for it and the model gets heavy quickly.

I thought also that it would be a lot of work but only a lot of work.  I 
didn't expect to have my ingenuity so thoroughly challenged with the 
complex curves in space, the balance of positive and negative space, and 
the interaction of natural and geometric elements.

I think I will have to spit my efforts in two directions, one a very 
high-poly 'natural' version, breaking the features into separate files 
and perhaps even using POV looping to assemble the model at rendertime, 
and the other a low-poly, very stylized version.  My attempt to 
comprimise the two just doesn't seem to work.

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