POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : undersea adventure WIP : Re: undersea adventure WIP Server Time
30 Jul 2024 10:15:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: undersea adventure WIP  
From: Alain
Date: 9 Dec 2012 15:27:43
Message: <50c4f43f$1@news.povray.org>

> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>
>>
>> LOL! Otoh, the present anchor is a bit tongue-in-cheek. Imagine the ship
>> going with it :-)
>>
>
> Yeah, it's kind of a 'fantasy' anchor (well, only because I didn't take the time
> to research any real ones!) The bathysphere is just an imaginary one too--but it
> needs more do-dads and greeblies. And the 'lamp arms' are much too basic right
> now.
>
> Something else that escaped my attention: The stone columns on the left have
> coral encrustations (or whatever that stuff is), but the ones on the right do
> not. I forgot to trace() them!
>
>

Real bathispheres are realy smooth skinned. A smooth sphere is the best 
shape when you need to resist the the presure...
Then, you may have some kind of cage surrounding it to receive any 
needed attachments.


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