"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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>
> Very nice!

Thank you, Bill.

>
> The colour scheme makes it look like he's on Mars, which is an interesting
> coincidence because I'm currently reading Dan Simmons' "Olympos", the 
> sequel to
> "Ilium". Ancient Achaeans on Mars is something that occurs in the plot...

Spot on!! The scene *was* inspired by "Ilium" and "Olympos" indeed. It seems 
that I have got the evocation right :-)

>
> Will this warrior be making a return in future work? It seems a shame to 
> put all
> that effort into the modelling to have him half-hidden by fog and distance 
> :)

I agree. Like several of my figures, he is likely to come back one way or 
another. However, the modelling of the panoplia was an interesting exercise 
in itself too (still not entirely finished) which stretched my Poser 
possibilities to their limits. I need to model better sandals, using 
conforming clothes strategies instead of dynamic ones like I prefer. That 
means a more serious incursion into Poser's Setup Room.

Thomas

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"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> schreef in bericht 
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>A very evocative image; and I do like that fog. I also love the 
>'widescreen'
> aspect ratio; it really makes the scene stand out.

Thank you, Kenneth. I have a preference for those ratios....:-)
>
> I actually didn't know what 'hoplite' meant until seeing your WIPs and 
> looking
> it up on-line! The shield is a work of art.

Well, hoplite is not a word we tend tu use every day ;-)  I like to increase 
my knowledge through renders as a pretext, or inversely to apply my 
knowledge to renders. In both cases there is always some research to do 
which is highly stimulating.

Thomas

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"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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> You've conveyed a wonderful sense of mood in this work, Thomas. I'm glad 
> the
> textured fog worked out as well as it did. I was expecting a much larger 
> final
> image, but I can understand about wanting to move on to other projects 
> (and not
> wishing to be tied down by a long render).

I am not much of an *inventor* myself, so I am always glad to use the smart 
macros others have wrought. Your textured fog is a particularly nice 
addition to the collection indeed. Only the figure does not participate in 
its use because otherwise the washed out effect was too great.

I am not feeling enough incentive to wait for a larger render :-/  but that 
may change if a go through a period of lesser productivity.

> Great work on the model, but it's a shame that most of his details are 
> lost :(

I agree. Be certain that I shall have him come back!  ;-)

Thomas

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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> Spot on!! The scene *was* inspired by "Ilium" and "Olympos" indeed. It seems
> that I have got the evocation right :-)

Dead right - the connection popped into my head as soon as I saw the image. I
just thought it was too great a coincidence that you produced this image just as
I happened to be reading that book!

Now, how about some moravecs and "gods" ? :D

(in a new setting, obviously, I wouldn't want you to clutter this lovely
atmospheric image:)

Bill

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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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> Now, how about some moravecs and "gods" ? :D
>
> (in a new setting, obviously, I wouldn't want you to clutter this lovely
> atmospheric image:)

It is an idea I shall keep in mind :-)

And Mars has been terraformed, so even my image is not absolutely correct... 
;-)

Thomas

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