POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Compass : Re: Compass Server Time
30 Jul 2024 20:28:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Compass  
From: Jim Holsenback
Date: 4 Jan 2011 06:05:55
Message: <4d22ff13$1@news.povray.org>
On 01/04/2011 04:10 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 03/01/2011 23:14, Jim Holsenback a écrit :
>> On 01/03/2011 02:22 PM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>> Just giving the latest release a test drive ... this wip still has some
>>> work left to go, not 100% happy with the brass but it's coming along nicely.
>>
>> Like this version better ... I had forgotten that in a layered texture,
>> the finish on outer texture rules. The needle is now a stylized arrow of
>> sorts ... and a touch of radiosity.
> 
> Really nice.
> 2 tickling issues:
>  - White needle on white (majority) background ?

yeah ... not the best choice. tips got to be red tho

>  - the shadow of the needle seems fake: the south picky needle displays
> a shadow which looks like mercury astronomical symbol.

maybe one more smashed cone on each side would make it look like
feathers on an arrow


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