"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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> It's most excellent, Thomas! Your attention to detail and proficiency at
> modeling really come through.

Thank you indeed Sam. Each modelling day comes with new tricks to learn...

>
> The atmosphere might need a little work. I'm not sure how to achieve 
> realistic
> scattering effects as I'm not too great at using media, but I wonder if 
> you
> could fake some of it with emitting media? MegaPOV's glows might also do 
> the
> trick, though it would require going back to 3.6.

I used emitting media here for the halos, but obviously they need more work. 
They were the primary reason why I reveled this image ;-)

>
> More pronounced reflections on the surfaces also wouldn't hurt. I'm 
> guessing
> they would have more to reflect if the air was receiving more light...

Yes, I agree. Most surfaces have some measure of reflection (mostly 
reflection {0, 0.1}) and I should perhaps increase the lower value.

>
> All-in-all it's a superb modeling job and faithful reproduction of the 
> original.
> Good job!

Thanks again Sam :-)

Thomas

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