Gail Shaw wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> Comments? Suggestions (esp re the walls <grin>)
> Gail

It looks quite nice, but the lighting seems a bit flat, higher contrast
would be good IMO.

For the walls, i would suggest a small and asymmetrically scaled turbulent
crackle or agate, esp. crackle will be extremely slow of course.

Also might want to have some geometric structure with the same pattern as
used for the color since in most cases the components of structured stone
will have different resistance against erosion.

Christoph

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> 
> I've toned down the textures on the columns and made them rougher,
> scattered the bones, added the dragon, a few more objects in the
> foreground and the dragon's treasure pile.

I preferred the non-scattered bones.

Is it just me or is the skull squashed against the helmet's face?

> The dragon is a poser model bought at renderosity

Is the lighting of the dragon real, or did you crank up the ambient so
we could see it?  To me, it seems just a tad too bright compared to
other objects that far in the cave.

> 
> I've added a burnt texture to the bones and helm, but it's not very
> visible.

Indeed.  Try a color_map that goes from completely black to completely
transparent.

> The dragon's treasure pile is not very visible, been quite far back
> in the cave. I'm not sure whether I should add another light to
> pick out the treasure, or if I should remove it.

I had to adjust the gamma correction of my videocard to waaaaayyyy up
there to see it.  Put a torch or a lava pit close to it.  Or make the
loot a lot bigger.

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"Francois Labreque" <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote in message
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> Is it just me or is the skull squashed against the helmet's face?

Don't think so, I'll have a close look

> Is the lighting of the dragon real, or did you crank up the ambient so
> we could see it?  To me, it seems just a tad too bright compared to
> other objects that far in the cave.

Same ambient as everything else, slightly higher diffuse

>
> Indeed.  Try a color_map that goes from completely black to completely
> transparent.

got a wrinkles pigment clear to very dark grey.

> I had to adjust the gamma correction of my videocard to waaaaayyyy up
> there to see it.  Put a torch or a lava pit close to it.  Or make the
> loot a lot bigger.
>

I've removed it. Too much time and memory for something that was barely
visible.
I might scatter a few more shiny objects around the front

Gail
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"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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> It looks quite nice, but the lighting seems a bit flat, higher contrast
> would be good IMO.

Hmmm..........................

> For the walls, i would suggest a small and asymmetrically scaled turbulent
> crackle or agate, esp. crackle will be extremely slow of course.

I've added wrinkles and a granite normal and the walls look much metter
(imho)
I'll look at agate, see if it looks better.

> Also might want to have some geometric structure with the same pattern as
> used for the color since in most cases the components of structured stone
> will have different resistance against erosion.

already there, just not scaled big enough to see clearly.

Gail
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Didn't Bilbo Baggins get himself into the same situation?  Or was it Frodo?
Anyway, maybe you should consider adding a Hobbit...

"Gail Shaw" <gsh### [at] monotixcoza> wrote in message
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> > looks like he could stand that way for ever and ever. Do you plan to add
a
> > knight or something like that in the foreground?
>
> Not a knight. The story is a couple of treasure hunters are searching for
> the dragon's
> treasure, not realising that the dragon is still around. I thought about

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"Cris Williams" <wor### [at] netscapenet> wrote in message
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> Didn't Bilbo Baggins get himself into the same situation?  Or was it
Frodo?
> Anyway, maybe you should consider adding a Hobbit...

It was Bilbo. He used the Ring to make himself invisible and sneaked into
Smaug's cave.

There's an idea. I'll add an invisible hobbit <grin>

Gail

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"Marc-Hendrik Bremer" <Mar### [at] t-onlinede> wrote in message
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> Well uhm, it's been a while since I wrote my last iso-statement. But as
far
> as I know, those spots appear because the rays "slip through" the surface
> and goes on until Pov decides it's hitting the background. Please try it,

Tried last night with a red background. The spots stayed black. However I
now don't
think that they are max-gradient problems. I pushed the max gradient from 20
up to 500 and the spots stayed the same.

Gail
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